THE LOVE OF IVY » Listen http://theloveofivy.com You look just like an Elvis from Hell Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:05:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 CityLife CD Reviews: Grizzly Bear and Meat Puppets http://theloveofivy.com/2009/06/10/citylife-cd-reviews-grizzly-bear-and-meat-puppets/% http://theloveofivy.com/2009/06/10/citylife-cd-reviews-grizzly-bear-and-meat-puppets/%#comments Thu, 11 Jun 2009 06:56:59 +0000 PoizenIvy http://theloveofivy.com/?p=346 Hey y’all, I was without Internet access during the same week I pulled double duty for the CityLife music section with not just, but two CD reviews: Grizzly Bear’s Veckatimest and The Meat Puppets’ Sewn Together. Enjoy, I did.

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With his latest album, The Rebirth of Venus, Australian singer/songwriter Ben Lee is also still searching, but he seems to have landed on a path that works for him. The first three tracks are devastatingly beautiful and touching, but beyond that, I’m torn. I beleve he is sincere, but some of it is hard to swallow. I think I’m still seeking the truth myself.

]]> http://theloveofivy.com/2009/05/22/citylife-cd-review-ben-lees-rebirth-of-venus/%/feed 0 CityLife CD Review: Tinted Windows http://theloveofivy.com/2009/04/30/citylife-cd-review-tinted-windows/% http://theloveofivy.com/2009/04/30/citylife-cd-review-tinted-windows/%#comments Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:37:53 +0000 PoizenIvy http://theloveofivy.com/?p=317 tinted_windows
The way this review reads, you might mistakenly think I’m not a fan of Tinted Windows (comprised of Fountains of Wayne‘s Adam Schlesinger, Cheap Trick‘s Bun E. Carlos, Smashing Pumpkins guitar slinger James Iha and MMMBopper Taylor Hanson), but just as every wine has a time and place, so does this album. Sadly, I’ve hear that the band is disappointingly boring live, with the exception of Bun E., of course.

]]> http://theloveofivy.com/2009/04/30/citylife-cd-review-tinted-windows/%/feed 0 CityLife CD Review: Rocco Deluca’s “Mercy” http://theloveofivy.com/2009/03/30/citylife-cd-review-rocco-delucas-mercy/% http://theloveofivy.com/2009/03/30/citylife-cd-review-rocco-delucas-mercy/%#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2009 07:04:50 +0000 PoizenIvy http://theloveofivy.com/?p=273 Photo by Hal Horowitz/WireImage.comAnyone else catch Kiefer Sutherland‘s hard-drinkin’, Christmas tree tacklin’, cell phone losin’ antics in the documentary I Trust You To Kill Me? He may have been the worst road manager (while simultaneously being the biggest cheerleader) for Rocco Deluca during an overseas tour, but did you know the star of 24 co-owns a recording studio and a record label? Yep, he does, and the latest labor of love from Ironworks is Rocco Deluca’s Mercy.

]]> http://theloveofivy.com/2009/03/30/citylife-cd-review-rocco-delucas-mercy/%/feed 0 CityLife CD Review: BeauSoleil’s “Alligator Purse” http://theloveofivy.com/2009/01/22/citylife-cd-review-beausoleils-alligator-purse/% http://theloveofivy.com/2009/01/22/citylife-cd-review-beausoleils-alligator-purse/%#comments Fri, 23 Jan 2009 01:08:32 +0000 PoizenIvy http://theloveofivy.com/?p=176 That’s right another CityLife CD review (I’ve been busy for the past three weeks, but I’ve now reached a dry patch); Grammy-winning Cajun musicians BeauSoleil’s first release in five years, Alligator Purse.

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