I'm on a boat, with a dick in a box... Dick Dale on a Rocks Off Cruise ( more by Deneka Peniston ) Surf guitar legend Dick Dale will head out for some Midwest/East Coast dates in July, heading as far south as Richmond before looping back to California in the days following. NYC is doubly on his itinerary, including shows at Brooklyn Bowl on July 21 with Lyres , Twin Guns , [...]
The Detroit Cobras at Bell House ( more by Chris La Putt ) Garage covers crew The Detroit Cobras have some upcoming summer shows including a weekend on the East Coast that includes Maxwell's in Hoboken on July 20th. Tickets for the NJ show are on sale. Its been five years since The Detroit Cobras released Tied & True , and so far no word on a follow-up long-player. Until then, you [...]
Disappears Annnnnnd, it's the final Weekend Diversions of 2011. So sad. So, so, so sad. Or is it? Yes, it is. Maybe. Either way, there's no shortage of rad New Years Eve shows we just have to talk about this weekend. Of course, there's Disappears at the Bottle or Local H at the Bottom Lounge , but there's also JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound at Schubas tonight and so much more. Dig it, y'all. [...]
I pulled a time-honoured, if slightly risky skill out of the bag last night in order to get my own way, and it came through in spades. I was most pleased! Jonny from the Edinburgh Man podcast happened to have a spare Arcade Fire ticket spare, so I met him in town for a quick pint and we went up to the castle to what was my first properly big gig for years. Gig cuntery, however, made itself know in the most irritating manner as soon as the band started playing. First off, a considerable stream [...]
photos by Chris La Putt Detroit Cobras @ The Bell House The Detroit Cobras played The Bell House on Friday (8/12) as part of their tour that hit Maxwell's a day earlier (8/11).... ""...Rachel, Mary and crew played a pretty fucking awesome set complete with two encores. During the second encore Rachel pulled a lucky audience member on stage to help her sing "Ya Ya Ya (Looking for My Baby)" it was so beyond!" [...]
Detroit Cobras on a boat in 2010 ( more by Andrew St. Clair ) As mentioned in What's Going on Thursday? , the Detroit Cobras played Maxwell's in Hoboken, NJ last night (8/11) with The Booze . They'll do it again in Brooklyn tonight (8/12) at The Bell House with The Baxx Sisi's and Des Roar . Tickets are still available. Frequent tour-mates and sometimes member sharers, [...]
Not of course, given the business I work in, like I can't fill it up to the brim again in a second of course. I mean, there's the Rob St. John and Ian Humberstone as well as the All Creatures Will Make Merry vinyl artwork to finalise of course. But that can, realistically, wait until Monday. I think. So that leaves me with tomorrow and nothing to do but hang out with Mrs. Toad. The house has been so hectic with guests, and with the Festival August might well be worse, that at least one day to spend [...]
An album of Buddy Holly covers is pretty daunting. He arguably invented rock 'n' roll before the age of 22. His backing band, the Crickets, supposedly inspired the Beatles' name. And Rivers Cuomo looks just like him. Fortunately, the artists covering Holly's biggest hits on Rave On Buddy Holly are allowed to interpret the songs however they want. Certain artists bring more of their personalities to the table—Paul McCartney's spit-flying screaming on "It's So Easy" and Patti Smith's Spanish sweet nothings on "Words of Love", for example—while others, like too-cute-for-school She and Him, stick to sunny '50s pop [...]
Various Artists - Rave On Buddy Holly Release date: June 28, 2011 This is commonly referred to as "the nightman tripped and spilled all his typography on our album cover."
Big names like Fiona Apple and Lou Reed pay tribute to the rock and roll pioneer Buddy Holly
Rave On Buddy Holly will be released on June 28th and you can stream the album in its entirety below. With a cast of superstar singers like Florence + The Machine, Fiona Apple, Patti Smith, She & Him and Lou Reed, I'm not at all surprised that I love this new tribute to rock 'n' [...]
Who knew there was such a genre of music called Latina Alt? Girl in a Coma's lead singer reminded us of a Latina and grungy blend of Eliza Dushku and Courtney Love. Hot!
Plus, watch Paul McCartney cover five different Buddy Holly songs!
Buddy Holly, one of the most influential and iconic figures in rock history, will be paid tribute by a slew of some of the biggest names in rock lucky enough to live beyond Holly's tragically short life of 22 years: On June 28, Fantasy Records and Concord Music Group will release Rave On Buddy Holly, a 19-track covers record featuring Holly classics performed by the likes of Paul McCartney, Lou Reed, Patti Smith, Julian Casablancas, the Black Keys, Graham Nash, She & Him, Cee-Lo, and — noted master of the cover song — Fiona [...]
One of the most famous Texans, Buddy Holly, would've been 75 this year had he not hopped on that horrible little commuter plane in Iowa with the Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens ( NO, NOT MY RITCHIE ). A special compilation album has been put together by music supervisor, Randall Poster (past works include projects with: Wes Anderson, Martin Scorsese and Todd Haynes), with a list of contributions by some heavy hitters. You can get the latest on the release here and pick it up on June 28th via Fantasy/Concord. BTW, I never saw " [...]
Friends & Family II Chicago imprint Grape Juice Records just released its second annual compilation album free to the public on the label's bandcamp page on December 20. The album, Friends & Family II , includes such local folk and indie rock acts as Jon Drake & The Shakes, Julie Meckler, Will Phalen, Musikanto and Rambos, just to name a few. Grape Juice's yearly compilation tradition began last year when the label celebrated its fifth anniversary in high-style, including a custom cake from Charm City Cakes (AKA [...]
As the neighborhood festival schedule stretches into Labor Day weekend, the South Loop's Bash on Wabash winds up Sunday with the Detroit Cobras . These Motor City rockers have been going strong since the mid-90s. I Wanna Holler (But The Town's Too Small) - Detroit Cobras
[caption id="attachment_13223" align="alignnone" width="445" caption="California Wives"] [/caption] Well, if you couldn't tell by stepping outside this morning, Summer is ending and Fall is near. It's practically chilly in the shade! Still, Chicago's festival season and outdoor performances roll on. Of course there's the North Coast Music Festival set to take over Union Park this weekend. Be sure to check out our North Coast Music Festival Preview before heading out there this afternoon. Also set for this weekend is the Joyous Outdoor Event with music curated by the Metro and featuring [...]
You know those coppers in police programmes who stop worrying about catching criminals and worry more about box-ticking, stats and generally keeping within the process and staying out of trouble? For the last couple of weeks I have been the record label equivalent of exactly that. For the last couple of weeks I have been going through two years of paperwork, trying to add up costings for releases, getting the overall accounts in order for my tax return, and even sorting out our domestic filing. We are so shit with post that I found Christmas cards from 2008 [...]
The King Khan & BBQ Show's break-up last week in Daegu, South Korea was raucously entertaining, much like the garage-rockers' renowned shows. Jay Mattson provides his first-hand account of the chaotic scene at Bar Guess, where Arish Khan and Mark Sultan have appeared to part ways after over a decade of working together.
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