Bud Scoppa

May 3, 2024 | uncut.co.uk | Bud Scoppa

All Born Screaming introduces a new Annie Clarke, as she discards her icily cerebral persona and becomes nakedly feral. The transition to beast mode happens when second track “Reckless” mutates from genteel to carnivorous with a blitzkrieg of concussive programmed drums and chinking synths. Dave Grohl’s massive drums intensify the hard-funk ferocity of “Broken Man” and “Flea” before the LP’s first half climaxes with the Princely strut, “Big Time Nothing”.

Jan 29, 2024 | hitsdailydouble.com | Bud Scoppa

Before he launched indie label ael Goldstone- Mom+Pop Music i n 2008, Mich Goldie for short-made a name for himself as a major-label A&R executive at Epic, DreamWorks and Sire. The Long Island native is best known for discovering and developing grunge standard-bearers Mother Love Bone, followed by Pearl Jam-formed by Mother Love Bone's Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament and Eddie Vedder-and Rage Against the Machine.

Nov 15, 2023 | hitsdailydouble.com | Bud Scoppa

Where in the world is Fred Davis? That's a reasonable question considering the frequent-flier miles Davis racks up as a partner in merchant bank the Raine Group, which has nine offices around the world. He splits his time between the New York and London locations when he isn't circling the globe advising and investing in such music-business entities as SoundCloud, Quality Control, Downtown and Firebird. His present job, which began in 2014, represents Davis' third successful career change.

Oct 24, 2023 | hitsdailydouble.com | Bud Scoppa

No, Ronnie Wood and producer Andrew Watt haven't wandered into a White Stripes photo shoot-they're at Bravado's RS No. 9 pop-up store in NYC, which opened just hours before the release of The Rolling Stones' Hackney Diamonds ( Geffen). The LP, by the way, is a gratifyingly fun listen, and the reviewers largely agree: It got a 79 score on Metacritic based on 17 reviews.

Oct 23, 2023 | hitsdailydouble.com | Bud Scoppa

No, Ronnie Wood and producer Andrew Watt haven't wandered into a White Stripes photo shoot-they're at the RS No. 9 pop-up store in NYC, which opened just hours before the release of The Rolling Stones' Hackney Diamonds ( Geffen). The LP, by the way, is a gratifyingly fun listen, and the reviewers largely agree: It got a 79 score on Metacritic based on 17 reviews.