Greil Marcus, one of the writers of pop culture criticism and zeitgeist definitions, is celebrating the twentieth anniversary next week of his landmark book and one of our personal favorite texts to return to every once in a while, Lipstick...
Filed under: News , R.I.P. Dickie Peterson , bassist and frontman for legendary heavy metal pioneers Blue Cheer , died Monday, Oct. 12, at the age of 61. Peterson, who founded the proto-metal outfit in 1967 in the Bay Area, passed away in Germany after battling liver cancer, according to Blabbermouth. Influenced by the era's heavy blues innovators Cream and Jimi Hendrix , Blue Cheer made its first impact in early 1968 when it released its debut album 'Vincebus Eruptum.' A roaring opposite to Haight Ashbury's [...]
Comme je ne suis jamais à l'aise avec les définitions, je vais laisser quelqu'un d'autre s'en charger, en l'occurrence Michel Rose, auteur de L'encyclopédie de la Country et du Rockabilly : « Sorte de rock 'n' roll blanc, typiquement sudiste et rural, né à Memphis en 1954. D'une part influencé par les formes ancestrales de musiques country et western, alors appelé hillbilly, et le blues noir ainsi que le rock 'n' roll nordiste de Bill Haley. » Un sacre gloubli-boulga donc. Les paroles parlent de voitures et de filles et les chanteurs portent la banane comme [...]
Well this is just horrible, I have only been posting once or twice a month. Not very blogger of me is it. I'll use the excuse that I have been working very hard trying to make my sales quota and getting my bonuses. ( I really am just a lazy bugger and have been downloading audio books (mp3) like crazy. I do have a moral dilemma about this, I am only downloading copies of books that I already [...]
Filed under: The Hit List The summer of 2000 belonged to ' Thong Song ' and ' Who Let the Dogs Out .' The dog days of 1997 would have been unrecognizable without ' MMMBop .' But the truly timeless songs of summer are the ones written about the season itself. These all-time summer hits are hotter than black vinyl car seats in Arizona and more fun than running through the sprinkler. 10. ' In the Summertime ,' Mungo [...]
Eddie Cochran: Boll Weevil [ purchase ] You don't hear much about Eddie Cochran or the boll weevil anymore, but they were once both a pretty big deal.
Words by Phillip Mottaz Dedicated to those songs that I can't stop playing, humming, or thinking about; the 4+ minutes you fall head-over-heels in love with. Past instances have included Sleater Kinney's "Rollercoaster," The Stooges' "No Fun," and CCR's "Ramble Tamble." Some songs live in my guitar. I have a very natural (read: "dumb") style that's mostly just strumming along, and certain songs from certain bands tend to dwell within my strings. Others do not. The space taken [...]
The Hot Melts Genre: Rock / Pop From: Liverpool, United Kingdom Wirral (or as we scousers say d'ose from over de water) foursome, The Hot Melts have had an incredibly busy last 12 months. They've torn up and down the nation's motorways and are currently on tour with Eagles of Death Metal straight after returning from a fruitful SXSW. They've found success with two unique 50s influenced punk/rock singles and are now set to get even busier, with the news that the band are releasing their [...]
Chris Isaak's self-titled second record from 1986 was a revelation to me, a voracious 15 year old music fan always on the hunt for new sounds. In this case it was an old sound delivered by the smoothest dude I had ever heard.
- Frequenze Old School Tribute - Se mai si dovesse indicare un sinonimo per il termine " Rock'n'Roll " io punterei su Chuck Berry , ma sceglierei Eddie Cochran per quanto riguarda il Suono. Il S U O N O. Mi sembra ancora così incredibile che pezzi come i suoi, che hanno superato i 50 anni di età, arrivino ancora così freschi, e siano quasi certamente più definiti e potenti di molti dischi usciti [...]
by David Debiak - A&SB Contributor Ever wonder why the music industry is in the shitter? It's because they sell a lot of shit. It takes a while for pop culture to catch up to me, something I'm rather proud of. I finally saw these little jerk-offs for the first time over the weekend... Not only is this song horrendous but there's a band playing it for them in the background. Those guitars aren't plugged into anything. So basically the only thing they needed to do was sing... and they [...]
Yesterday marked the 50th anniversary of Buddy Holly's death (along with Richie Valens and the Big Bopper) in a plane crash in an Iowan cornfield, on the way home from a concert in Clear Lake's Surf Ballroom . Better than I could say it, this eloquent story blazes with warmth and vibrancy as it fleshes out Holly's last days, and is well worth your time. Radio newscast of the breaking story - KLGO Radio Dearest (demo) - Buddy Holly Heartbeat - [...]
Terminó el mes de Enero, mes que he empleado para repasar de manera subjetiva como casi siempre, a los pioneros del rock and roll, aquellos tipos que hicieron que el rock sea hoy lo que es. Lo normal es que falten algunos nombres, pero considero que a grandes rasgos están los que deben estar, pero, nunca llueve a gusto de todos. En cualquier caso, y a modo de repaso fotográfico, como me gusta hacer últimamente, aquí queda el mes de Enero de 2009, un mes de rock and roll: [...]
Terminó el mes de Enero, mes que he empleado para repasar de manera subjetiva como casi siempre, a los pioneros del rock and roll, aquellos tipos que hicieron que el rock sea hoy lo que es. Lo normal es que falten algunos nombres, pero considero que a grandes rasgos están los que deben estar, pero, nunca llueve a gusto de todos. En cualquier caso, y a modo de repaso fotográfico, como me gusta hacer últimamente, aquí queda el mes de Enero de 2009, un mes de rock and roll: [...]
Como en la última entrada mostré el instrumento que ha acompañado a Mr. Chuck Berry a lo largo de todas su carrera, su inseparable Gibson ES-335 , me he animado y hoy voy a colocar algunas de las guitarras que se convirtieron en leyenda junto a sus inmortales dueños. Una de ellas es la Martin Acoustic D-18 que utilizó Elvis Presley entre 1954 [...]
Como en la última entrada mostré el instrumento que ha acompañado a Mr. Chuck Berry a lo largo de todas su carrera, su inseparable Gibson ES-335 , me he animado y hoy voy a colocar algunas de las guitarras que se convirtieron en leyenda junto a sus inmortales dueños. Una de ellas es la Martin Acoustic D-18 que utilizó Elvis Presley entre 1954 [...]
Una de las personalidades que no me hubiese perdonado pasar por alto en este desordenado y subjetivo repaso a los inicios del rock and roll es sin lugar a dudas la de Eddie Cochran . Es evidente que la gran mayoría de músicos que participaron en ese primitivo modelo de rock fueron, son y serán una referencia y fuente de la que han bebido, beben y beberán la práctica totalidad de intérpretes. Pero el caso de Eddie Cochran es aún más singular, dado lo corto [...]
Una de las personalidades que no me hubiese perdonado pasar por alto en este desordenado y subjetivo repaso a los inicios del rock and roll es sin lugar a dudas la de Eddie Cochran . Es evidente que la gran mayoría de músicos que participaron en ese primitivo modelo de rock fueron, son y serán una referencia y fuente de la que han bebido, beben y beberán la práctica totalidad de intérpretes. Pero el caso de Eddie Cochran es aún más singular, dado lo corto [...]
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich are back with the release of their greatest hits, including "The Legend of Xanadu," "Hold Tight" , which was recently featured by Quentin Tarantino in the film Deathproof, "Bend It," "Last Night in Soho" and plenty more. Formed in 1964, the group caught the eyes and ears of many songwriters and producers who liked their unique and infectious sound. The distinctive name, coupled with well produced and catchy songs by Howard and Blaikley, quickly caught the UK's public's imagination, and their records started to sell in abundance. [...]
This one is simple - songs with hand claps (h/t e.e.c ) Generation X: Dancing With Myself - 7MB The Routers: Let's Go (Pony) - 3MB Shirley Ellis: The Clapping Song - 4MB The Ramones: Sheena Is A Punk Rocker - 3MB Martha & The Vandellas: Jimmy Mack - 3MB MGMT: Time To Pretend - 7MB The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - 2MB The Dixie Cups: [...]
SKEETS McDONALD - You Oughta See...
Yes folks, überhajpade Beach House handlar detta om. De måste ha varit på vippen till att bli "trending topic" på Twitter många gånger med tanke på [...]More about Beach House
In the midst of exams at the moment so havn’t had any time to post at all! Heres some tracks that i’ve picked up over the week, and have [...]More about Lady GaGa
Brand new single from Vampire Weekend! I think I can confidently say that there isn’t a Vampire Weekend song that I don’t like. Vampire [...]More about Vampire Weekend
Beck had completed the second album from his Records Club collection: "The Songs of Leonard Cohen." This time around the group included Devendra Banhart; Ben, Andrew and [...]More about Beck
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Death to the Throne + the XX? Why didn't I think of that? Probably because home boy mr. Phoenix has been out of sight, out [...]More about The xx
A Bailar! Después de una serie de posts llenos de sonidos y ritmos que invitan a bailar a las neuronas y agudizan los oidos, toca [...]More about Beyonce
I tell you man these Swedes are unstoppable with this music thing, I can’t tell you how many times a good song leads me back to the [...]More about Kanye West
My boy and yours, Lil Wayne is going to jail. The big news of the week was Lil Wayne sentenced to a year in prison [...]More about Lil' Wayne
As you know we love us some Top Shop/Top Man here at Tastes Like Caramel, so it gives us great pleasure to share this week’s contest with [...]More about Passion Pit
The Cribs - We Share The Same Skies
The Swell Season featuring Jason Segel - Nov 18, 2009
k-os - I Wish I Knew Natalie Portman
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WKND PLYLST!! This has nothing to do with NEW MOON!
Vampire Weekend - Cousins
remixed: the beach boys, lady gaga, duck sauce, ellie goulding, shakira, la roux, madonna, & more!!!
