Los Amigos Invisibles, Venezuela's most popular acid jazz / funk group, has been on the scene for more than a decade at this point. Their Grammy-nominated sound, which for the most part has functioned as a consistently refreshing alternative to the standard Latin pop coming out of the Other America, echoes Gilberto Gil during his "Palco" disco-ish days and Jamiroquai, well, at any point in his career. Not So Commercial , released for download February 8, is a follow up to their 2009 release Commercial: technically, in fact, it's a collection of the "leftovers" from their previous [...]

Considerado como uno de los grupos más influyentes de los últimos años, los señores de Pearl Jam no sólo han logrado transitar con éxito las dos últimas décadas, además han podido hacerlo sin perder jamás el respeto del público y la crítica. Y para celebrar precisamente sus 20 años de vida, la banda lanzará un documental sobre su historia, dirigido ni más ni menos que por Cameron Crowe, quien es mejor conocido por cintas como Almost Famous y Jerry Maguire , y con quien la banda ya ha colaborado en el pasado. [...]
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"Vitalogy" was the third studio album from Pearl Jam. It was written during the "Vs. " tour and was much more aggressive and experimental than their older works. The original copies were packaged to look like a medical book from 1920, with the album first released on vinyl. Their first single from the album was "Spin The Black Circle" which incidentally netted the band their first and only Grammy award, surprising considering how many huge songs they've had before and after. Originally the album was meant to be titled "Life" but then they changed their [...]
Opting for brevity over obscurity, the band Corduroy dropped the first three words ("Whatever Happened To") from their moniker, leaving just the fabric as their name; I doubt that had any affect on the band's music, but probably made their fans a little happier. (Real fans probably only ever referred to them as 'Corduroy' anyway, [...]

Nous sommes en visite semi-privée à l'étranger, donc pas conneries aujourd'hui. Corduroy E-Type (1992) Nous usions nos semelles avec ce Dad Man Cat. Si vous souhaitez changer de pompes rapidement clic sur la pochette.

Before I even listened to them, I had an image of Toronto band Corduroy as cute, lovable and fuzzy because I associated "corduroy" with that picture book series about a stuffed bear in green corduroy overalls . But in all fairness, "cute, lovable and fuzzy" really aren't too far off for a description of the band. Although this four piece has been around since 2007, I hadn't heard of them until fairly recently. They had one previous release, Whatever Happened to Corduroy , which got them [...]

Know why Superman feels the need to save the newspaper industry? Because FREE sells more than un-free; or, in other words, the blogs are winning. But what is our society giving up by demanding so much of everything online to be "free"? That remains to be seen, but quality investigative journalism seems to be one of the early casualties. As for the music industry, it's a similar problem we're faced with. You want FREE. We give FREE. And somewhere kittens are crying. Huh? Whatever dude, it's FRIDAY! That's right woodchuck chuckers, it's Free Music Friday time on EF!! Guilt-free LEGAL [...]

We're here enjoying our orange juice and Labor Day and figured we'd pass along a few tunes for you should you need a little something for your backyard barbecue soundtrack this afternoon. First up is Toronto rock four-piece Corduroy , who I just had to check out since they are named after my favorite Pearl Jam song. Ok, not really, but that'd be cool, right? At first listen we were reminded of another group of fellows that we sure like, Tokyo [...]

Toronto band Corduroy are going to be releasing three song EPs, called Demoroys . The Demoroy's will be available for free download on the band's Myspace (www.myspace.com/thebandcordur oy) and on a Pay-What-You-Can basis at shows. Demoroy Volume 1 will be available for free download on Tuesday, September 7, 2009! Demoroy Vol. 1 is the bands first recorded material since their 2007 self-titled EP. The Demoroy was recorded at Toronto's Giant Studios (owned [...]
Back in 1995, Hollywood Records put out a sampler of their stuff called ACID/BASE. On one disc, a dozen cuts from the UK label ACID JAZZ (which was distributed at the time by Hollywood). The Brand New Heavies opened the set, artists like the James Taylor Quartet , Snowboy , Gregory Isaacs and Vibraphonic got a nod. Being that it's owned by Disney, it's not surprising Hollywood's now the home of every pop merchandising project from Miley Cyrus to the Jonas Brothers . But at [...]

This one's for Rockin' Rik and anyone else who likes a good dose of old fashioned horn skronking juke-joint blues-soul. Eli Paperboy Reed came to my attention via his now legendary (in mine and Rik's house at least) performance on Later with Jools Holland. Pity he reminds me of that unfunny excuse for a ' comedian ', Jimmy Carr, but we can forgive him that, as Eli's only gone and recorded a cover of Motorhead's 'Ace Of Spades '. And put it [...]
What is acid jazz? No, really... The liner notes for the compilation Phials of Acid Jazz say: It embraces retro funk, straight-ahead Latin, progressive 'trip-hop' and house. In some instances it's not jazz at all, except in a loose sense. ...jazz-influenced, funky, modern-with-a-rare-groove-vibe and directed at the mop-heads wearing out their Adidas Sambas on the dancefloor. Over at The AcidJazz Server , the long-time home of AJ on the web, it says: [...]