Music Reviews

This is a review of the music concert recently held by Wiz Khalifa. I have not heard the album version of Rolling Papers just yet, but if it sounds anything close to the concert, no one will be let down.

Is it really all about who you know in Hollywood? Wiz might say so. He’s made connections with Snoop Dogg, Juicy J of Three Six Mafia, and Too Short through music sharing and singles. He proved Tuesday night that he is no stranger to hip-hop.

Bruckner last night hosted one of the memorable music concerts in the recent memory as he played Symphony number nine. Shen people who pursue relentless entertainment are surveyed about classical music concerts, they often complain that the atmosphere is too reverential –- no eating, no drinking, no talking, no texting, no coming and going, too much suppression of the audience’s ego for a greater good. Desperate for their business, presenters and symphony orchestras have lately been experimenting with “friendly” formats.

After last week’s breathless dance track, Breaking News, a second new Michael Jackson song has been unveiled at michaeljackson.com today. After the Take That Concert Tickets news, this is the hottest piece of Music gossip around.

This one, Hold my Hand, is a swaying ballad that on November 28 will become his first official single since he died last year.

J.G. Thirlwell - aka Foetus, was a major player in the underground scene of the 1980s. Like Rihanna is now. In conjunction with others such as Lydia Lunch, Genesis P. Orridge, Coil, and The Hafler Trio, Foetus defined the bleeding edge of confrontational music during those “Family Values” days. While Robert Mapplethorpe and “Piss Christ” artist Andres Serrano had the Bush One-era NEA screaming for mercy, Foetus and his contemporaries seemed to provide the soundtrack.

Fleetwood Mac caught a lot of criticism for their 1979 album Tusk, mostly because they had not produced another Rumours. They took the easy way out by releasing their first live album on December 8, 1980. They also went conservative as ten of the eighteen tracks had originally appeared on their Fleetwood Mac and Rumours albums and only three from Tusk

Billed as a lost Springsteen album, these 21 songs were left over from the 40 or so he recorded for 1978's Darkness on the Edge of Town, which is re-released this week in the form of a luxurious, multiple-disc box set.

Heard here for the first time, they reveal the author working through his influences – Roy Orbison, doo-wop, classic rock 'n' roll – and while a thrill for fans, the truth is he was right first time. Not only do the songs not quite fit Darkness's tightly edited tales of struggle, they're not quite up to its high standard either.