Like they say – Like father, like son. And so, John Lennon’s Sean is a huge hit with his new project ‘The Ghost of a Saber-Toothed Tiger’.
The project consists of himself on guitar and vocals, a drummer, keyboardist and his longtime girlfriend Charlotte Kemp Muhl on backup vocals. Lennon performed at the premiere after-party for [...]
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John Lennon’’s son Sean’s new project is a hit!
June 7th, 2010 |
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Yoko Ono mourns Oasis split
June 4th, 2010 |
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Yoko Ono is quite upset about the Oasis spilt – because she feels goodness shines from the band’’s music.
John Lennon’’s widow is an avowed Oasis fan and still finds it difficult to believe Noel Gallagher walked out on his brother Liam and bandmates prompting the group’’s break-up.
Liam still wants to make music with his Oasis [...]
New John Lennon ‘Bed-in for Peace’ pics surface
March 13th, 2010 |
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New pictures of John Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono, clicked during their famous Bed-in for Peace in Montreal in 1969, have surfaced.
The pictures, snapped by Life photographer Gerry Deiter, are being showcased in an exhibition in Coventry Cathedral, West Mids.
Deiter was the only photojournalist who was permitted to capture the couple for the full [...]
John Lennon’s son defends decision to use father’s footage in car ad
March 6th, 2010 |
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John Lennon’s son Sean has said there is nothing wrong in the use of his father’s footage in a car advert.
The late Beatles member features in an advert for French firm Citroen, pondering on “copying the past” and “looking backwards”.
Many have condemned Lennon’s widow Yoko Ono for using the interview footage for commercial purpose.
However, the [...]
Four Tet | 02.26 | San Francisco
March 3rd, 2010 |
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Words by: Chris Clark | Images by: Paige K. Parsons
Four Tet/Nathan Fake/Rainbow Arabia/NewVillager :: 02.26 :: The Independent :: San Francisco, CA
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Four Tet :: 02.26 :: San FranciscoNoise Pop 18 went off with a delicious bang last week, as electronic wizard Four Tet brought a set of modernistic minimalism with a decidedly dance floor erupting edge to San Francisco’s Independent.
Night Three of the almost week-long annual event was yet another reminder of just how much diversity and world class talent the Bay sees grace its stages throughout the calendar year. Centered on highlighting the abundant local talent as well as national and internationally acclaimed touring artists, Noise Pop’s 18th anniversary includes some of the indie world’s brightest stars and budding up-and-comers. Hosted at over 20 venues throughout the Bay Area, from small art bars to large theaters, Noise Pop features music, art and film. With past performances from the likes of The Shins, Modest Mouse, The White Stripes and countless others, this year’s festivities include another stellar lineup, including Four Tet, Yoko Ono, Memory Tapes and dozens of other indie-related acts.
Selling out far in advance, headliner Four Tet, along with supporting cast Nathan Fake, Rainbow Arabia and NewVillager, brought a quality performance to The Independent’s packed crowd.
Some were there for breaking duo NewVillager, an odd, multi-media concoction of Ben Bromley and Ross Simonini, that delivers an electronically tingling New Pop sound. Their underground favorite “Rich Doors” portrays a strange brew of sculpting, percussive ’80s-era gadgetry and layered vocals that clearly found a home in San Francisco. Husband and wife duo Rainbow Arabia take a multitude of seemingly unrelated textures and combine them with female vocals to produce an ethereal melange of hallucination-inspiring sounds. Part tribal, part electronic, Rainbow Arabia fit right in with the plethora of burners and hipsters in the house. Think Gang Gang Dance performing at Al Bundy’s house on Married with Children and you’re off to a good start. Nathan Fake presented the most impressive opening performance this night. Featuring a massive catalogue of original music for a 25-year-old producer, London’s Fake played a short set of dance beats complimented by a barrage of extraneous dissonance that, at times, thrived. His energy helped facilitate a dance floor vibe that would get the room properly warmed for the man of the hour.
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Kieran Hebden, aka Four Tet, is a modern music marvel. Widely heralded as one of the premier beat makers of his generation, he has spent the last decade fine-tuning his craft nearly to the point of perfection. Compositionally, there’s no true way to define Four Tet’s music other than experimental, unique and innovative. It’s this very sense of singular experimentation that can either be jaw dropping live or, conversely, a bit of a snooze. With so much emotion and mood delivered with each track, witnessing Four Tet in the live setting is truly a shot in the dark as to which side will shine through. At The Independent, he was stellar and very much alive, delivering a carefully concocted collection of older tracks and fresh material from his recently released There is Love In You (JamBase review).
His set flowed effortlessly, treating the ever-enthusiastic crowd to a shining exhibition of syncopated kick-drums, electronic craftsmanship and beat-perfect placement. Sure, there were moments of auditory limpness but those brief stints were immediately followed by explosive club thump excursions where the room swayed collectively to each precisely layered beat.
Deftly capable and able to use an unusually limited number of sounds and make them paint an astoundingly full portrait, Four Tet performed new songs like “Angel Echoes” and “Sing” beautifully, with the latter’s house-y undertones stirring the crowd into dance party fervor. Peppering his set with a taste of the new album and some choice cuts from Rounds and Ringer, Four Tet once again illustrated that he’s second to none in taking flavors from all over and combining them into one delicious stew.
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Noise Pop Highlights S.F. Festival Has Begun
February 23rd, 2010 |
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Noise Pop 2010 Announces Full Event Schedule; Festival Starts Today
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San Francisco’s Noise Pop festival starts today (February 23). To celebrate its 18th year, Noise Pop has produced a one-of-a-kind lineup that focuses on unique performances and special collaborations.
Highlights Include:
Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band – Performing in the Bay Area for the first time in 14 years
Ghost of a Saber Toothed Tiger (featuring Sean Lennon and Charlotte Kemp Muhl plus special guests) – Performing their first Bay Area show
The Dodos collaborating with Magik*Magik Orchestra
Rogue Wave playing an intimate show at Bottom Of The Hill
Thao Nguyen and Mirah performing a full set together for the first time
John Vanderslice will be joined onstage with the all-female choir Conspiracy of Venus
Members of The Decemberists performing together as Black Prairie
Tim Rutili Of Califone speaks after the screening of his film All My Friends Are Funeral Singers
Claudia Gonson of Magnetic Fields gives Keynote Speech at Industry Noise
For a complete schedule of shows go to noisepop.com/2010/schedule.
Son finally forgives John Lennon for abandoning him
December 18th, 2009 |
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John Lennon‘’s son Julian says he has forgiven his late father for abandoning him as a child.
The Beatles star, who was murdered in New York City in 1980, left his first wife Cynthia Powell for Yoko Ono and had little contact with his young son after the divorce in 1968.
Julian, who’s also a musician, began [...]
Remembering John Lennon
December 8th, 2009 |
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Did you know that John Lennon died 29 years ago today? It was Dec. 8, 1980 when the former Beatle was gunned down outside his New York City home by Mark David Chapman. Chapman shot Lennon to death as the star was returning to his home inside Manhattan’s The Dakota. Lennon and his wife, [...]
Yoko Ono Praises Lady Gaga’s “Imagineâ€
October 19th, 2009 |
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Yoko Ono was moved to tears when she heard Lady Gaga’s rendition of one of her late husband’s signature songs.
The “Paparazzi” singer performed John Lennon’s “Imagine” at a gay rights march in Washington last weekend
and even the legendary Beatle’s widow took to Twitter to praise the pop star: “Dear @ladygaga Thank you for singing IMAGINE,” [...]
Britney is a survivor, says Yoko Ono
September 19th, 2009 |
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ohn Lennon’’s widow Yoko Ono believes that pop star Britney Spears is a survivor.
“I think she’’s a survivor and she’’s doing very well,” Us magazine quoted her as saying at the ThreeAsFour Homage to Yoko Ono in NYC.
Ono suggested that the ‘Womanizer’ hitmaker’ came back strong after becoming infamous for her psychotic behaviors, drug use, [...]
Sean Lennon & Girlfriend Recreate Iconic John Lennon Yoko Ono Spooning Photo
September 7th, 2009 |
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Sean Lennon and his model girlfriend have recreated the award-winning Rolling Stone cover photo of his parents, Yoko Ono and John Lennon. The original photo was shot by famed photographer Annie Leibovitz on Dec. 8, 1980, just hours before the former Beatle was assassinated outside his New York City apartment building, The Dakota, by lone [...]
Ben Lee:
The Rebirth of Venus
August 4th, 2009 |
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By: Wesley Hodges
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There are no polyrhythmic movements, no lyrical subtleties and not a single track that doesn’t at least attempt to hook the listener towards the catchier midsection of the musical spectrum. Nothing far out here, just the pop music that we’ve come to expect from Ben Lee. An internationally known artist since his teens, Lee has been pumping out accessible albums for over a decade.
Optimistic and cheery to the point of repetition, Lee’s newest full length effort The Rebirth of Venus (New West) is a 13 song set dedicated to the fairer sex that finds the singer-songwriter trying “to find a balance between [his] own masculine and feminine nature,” and is dedicated to the Goddess of Love and Beauty herself with portions of the album’s proceeds benefiting FINCA’s Village Banking program, which empowers women in poorer countries by providing credit for entrepreneurial efforts and small businesses.
The album is unabashedly catchy, and the LP’s centerpiece is a tune called “I Love Pop Music,” a unique track with an expectedly catchy chorus that alternates with Lee’s alarming verses commenting on the dangers of our modern ways. There is an ode to “Yoko Ono” (a first outside of John Lennon?) that finds Lee positing, “They’re still reeling from the fact that you came stealing/ Their alpha-male rock star/ Blew his mind and opened his heart.” Much of the album misses the mark and even strays from the central theme at times into political commentary such as in the melancholic plea “Wake Up To America.” However, many of the tracks will play well in the live arena (a place where Lee excels) with their engaging call-and-response verses.
Rebirth is an interesting concept and thought provoking in its mission, but as a piece of art it’s more forgettable than Lee’s earlier works. If nothing else, this album will surely find itself in Women’s Studies courses for years to come as an anomalous rock album by a male artist centrally based on the ideas of feminism.
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‘Naked Lennon’ up for grabs
July 25th, 2009 |
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A rare naked photo of John Lennon has been put up for online sale for 54,000 dollars.
The photograph, said to be “too graphic to be shown online”, is up for grabs on memorabilia website Momentsintime.com
According to the New York Post, the shot is taken from a nude shoot for the Beatle’s Two Virgins album, [...]