jourgensen, cabrera, dengler, hammond and dorough
halfsie or fullsie
fri 7/25/2008
You may have wondered: are they? A little?
Well, yes. Yes, they are.
Al Jourgensen
Age: 49
Lead vocalist for industrial pioneers Ministry. Rocks a fake British accent on the '80s new wave ditty Work For Love.
Fullsie: Both parents are Cuban.
Carlos Dengler
Age: 34
Bassist for NYC rockers Interpol. Dropped his quasi-Goth look for a neo-Wild West sheriff style.
Halfsie: Colombian mother and German father.
Ryan Cabrera
Age: 26
Pop singer known for gravity-defying hair and dating Ashlee Simpson. Now sports the Colin Farrel/Orlando Bloom look.
Halfsie: Colombian father.
Albert Hammond, Jr.
Age: 28
Cigarette-loving guitarist for New York rock band The Strokes. Dates models and wears his guitar higher than most.
Halfsie: Argentinian mother and Gibraltarian father.
Howie Dorough
Age: 34
The Backstreet Boy who didn't quit, didn't have a drinking problem and doesn't have a crazy little brother.
Halfsie: Puerto Rican mother and Irish-American father.
Cassidy, Backstreet Boys, Coheed and Cambria and Sigur Ros.
the music press
tue 11/13/2007
- After some jail time and a car accident, Philadelphia rapper Cassidy returns with his fourth studio album, B.A.R.S.: The Barry Adrian Reese Story. Billboard finds Cassidy “fit and focused with a revised worldview that's not unlike the faith-restoring turn Kanye West took after his own auto mishap.” Rolling Stone loves the R&B hooks and smooth rhymes but predicts B.A.R.S. "probably won't stay in your personal rotation for very long."
- The Backstreet Boys are back sans Kevin Richardson with Unbreakable, “the best pop album of the year so far," according to Sputnikmusic. The Onion's A.V. Club thinks otherwise: “Backstreet Boys sound particularly confused,” sounding like Maroon 5 on an album that “lacks both a mission statement and a sense of purpose.”
- Prog-rockers Coheed and Cambria, led by vocalist Claudio Sánchez, deliver their fourth release, No World For Tomorrow. Popmatters isn't satisfied: “is not a mature concept album, it’s a science-fiction fantasy.” All Music writes that the album is "simple ear candy for those who haven't studied the band's previous releases, and sweet resolution for those who can spot the references to older songs."
- Icelandic post-rock band Sigur Ros return with Hvarf-Heim, the soundtrack to the documentary Heima. The album is “a beautiful post-rock symphony, topped by singer and guitarist Jonsi Birgisson's simultaneously naïve and profound singing,” according to The Boston Globe. The snobs at Pitchformkedia find the album remarkable, for recasting the band's music “for strings, harmonium and far more tactile instrumentation than the usual bowed electric guitar or thundering percussion.” Tactile instrumentation.
it ain't my fault
daily dos
fri 6/15/2007
Lou Perlman, the music mogul behind boy-bands *NSync and Backstreet Boys, was taken into custody by the FBI in Indonesia for securities and bank fraud.
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