...stays in Vegas. Or something. We survived our Halloween excursion to Sin City. It could be called "From Big Elvis to Coolio in three drunken days." This is "Big Elvis"... down to 400 lbs from his original 800 lbs! Three solid daze of booze, broads, rock n roll, horror and fun! We ended up doing virtually everything on our list. Some of [...]
Jack Oblivian got his last name with Eric and Greg and their Popular Favorites but— like Cartwright and Reigning Sound —he found new greatness with his solo work. His Disco Outlaw is rock 'n' roll as natural as Charlie Feathers and Johnny Thunders and he'll play his first show in Los Angeles in ten years tonight at the Echoplex. This interview by Chris Ziegler.
Filed under: News , Exclusive For as long as rock 'n' roll has existed, there have always been photographers capturing the performers at their shows and in intimate settings. Some of these images are memorable: Anton Corbjin's photo of U2 for the cover of 'The Joshua Tree,' Pennie Smith's 'London Calling' shot of the Clash 's Paul Simonon smashing his bass and Jerry Schatzberg's image of Bob Dylan on the 'Blonde on Blonde' album cover. Those photographs and many others form the basis of [...]
by tim howard This is an open letter to anybody who has ever claimed they're 'too old for this'. Once upon a time, youth was seen as the basic tenet for rock & roll. Its listeners were young rebels, gleeful in the freedoms unfurled by the 50s and expanded on in the 60s. The performers, too, were young and, so we were told, carefree; remember that when the breakup of his band was announced in 1970, George Harrison had only [...]
Brand new track sent from over the pond from some brand new dudes. Just recently birthed into the world of myspace (like 3 days ago), UK's The Lawds aren't wasting any time in delivering a punch line. With influences like Chuck Berry, The Standells, and The Move well, you should already know how I feel about that. Got one of those feelings these guys won't have any trouble finding a label. The Lawds - I Want Your Mind
Filed under: The Hit List George Harrison seemed like the gentle Beatle , but even he reserved special animosity for the one figure we all love to hate -- the taxman. Here's a list of vocalists, from Nas to Luciano Pavarotti , who have sung the blues over their failure to pay their back taxes. Nas In October 2009, the Queens, N.Y. rapper [...]
Chuck Berry - Memphis [ purchase ] I've heard this Chuck Berry song probably a thousand times in my life and its devastating brilliance never really hit me until now. Don't get me wrong, I always thought it was a good tune. If you asked me about it yesterday, I would've said the unexpected calypso feel is a nice touch and the lyrics tell a good story. But, I would've also said the Lonnie Mack instrumental and The Faces cover on A Nod Is As [...]
Chuck Berry - Come On ( buy ) This is a wonderful track. I don't know what I like best: The crispy guitar, the cool chick singing in the background, or Chuck's negative attitude.
Chuck Berry - School Days
Si bien las listas son completamente subjetivas y muchas veces no tienen absolutamente nada que ver con lo que nosotros en realidad consideramos bueno o malo, esta vez creo que estuvo bastante cerca de lo que yo hubiese elegido (con algunas claras excepciones). Hablo de los 10 mejores guitarristas de todos los tiempos que eligió la gente de Tim Magazine. Obviamente el primer puesto se lo lleva sin ninguna duda Jimi Hendrix. Jimi Hendrix Slash B.B. King Keith Richards Eric Clapton [...]
For those of you who don't drive on the 91 freeway, Chuck Berry and Little Rickard will be performing at San Manuel Casino. Click here for more info and tickets.
For those of you who don't drive on the 91 freeway, Chuck Berry and Little Rickard will be performing at San Manuel Casino. Click here for more info and tickets.
It had been four long years since Green Day had grace us in the gateway to the west, but the boys in black made sure to dazzle thousands of screaming fans with a set stretching to 30 tracks covering their whole catalog. While the first half of the set was dedicated to material from 21st Century Breakdown and American Idiot , the last half was crammed with as many of their past hits as possible. Rarely is a band so open with fans, inviting them on stage and allowing them to show off their best [...]
Filed under: Exclusive , The Hit List If Quentin Tarantino 's movie career can be encapsulated in a single blast of music, it's the twang-laden rumble of Dick Dale 's 'Miserlou.' Energizing the opening credits of ' Pulp Fiction ,' it's a hard, fast piece of retro cool set in an eminently modern (and post-modern) context. Plus, it's exciting as hell. Few other filmmakers have been so renowned for their ability to find just the right piece of music to set a mood, accent a moment [...]
North Carolina's Weedeater are unflagging primal monstermen who convert weed and bourbon into simple energy and don't stop touring til at least three things burst and deflate. They are working on a new album for Southern Lord and speak now from the road. This interview by Matt Dupree.
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News Slightly out of breath after opening last Friday's set at Central Park's SummerStage with two rollicking bluesy solo acoustic tunes, '100 Million Years' and 'Sad, Sad Song,' M. Ward smiled and said, "This is our first time playing the park." While it may have been his first gig there, he sang like he owned the joint. A veteran of the Portland music scene, M. Ward is a musician's musician and has recorded, performed and toured with a diverse list of acts [...]
Download: "Oh Yes, Los Angeles" mixtape by When You Awake Jody from the fantastic blog When You Awake—your sympathetic destination if homesick, lonesome, riled, fiery or any mindstates in between—presents us with this week's mixtape, dedicated to cosmic cowboy/cowgirl rock songs about the city of Los Angeles. (City of doom and freeways, too.) Listen to Jody's [...]
For today's Top 5, I figured it was about time I give our readers a little Country Music 101. For starters, not an album on this list was recorded after 1975 and I'm not putting in more than one album per artist. I acknowledge that country music isn't everyone's cup of tea, but I'm writing this to potentially open a few eyes (and ears) towards a genre that not everyone quite understands or appreciates. So pop open that bottle of Jack and allow me to educate you on what country music is really all about. [...]
what now?? Chuck Berry - "You Never Can Tell" get the soundtrack if you dig
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