ALBUM REVIEW: Palace Amusements by The Brixton Riot on Modern Hymnal Records is a great throw-back to everything that is good about rock music that is missing these days from the island known as Brooklyn. These Jersey guys reminds us of the hooky parts of Jets to Brazil, Ted Leo RX and the more memorable parts of 702s and 802s jangly guitar punk. To help them celebrate this release you should get your ass down to Maxwells on Fri March 23rd where they will play with Lieder , Roadside Graves and [...]
The post-Minutemen band celebrate their reunion with an anthology.
As previously reported , fIREHOSE — Mike Watts' post-Minutemen project with Ed Crawford and George Hurley — are reuniting after 18 years for a string of U.S. tour dates, which includes an appearance at this year's Coachella Music Festival . Now, Columbia Records has announced a new two-disc anthology to commemorate the reunion. Titled lowFLOWS: the Columbia anthology ('91-'93) , the expansive set includes both of the band's albums - 19912s Flyin' the Flannel and 19932s Mr. Machinery Operator - in addition to 19912s Live Totem Pole EM, previously unheard tracks, further [...]
I'm not one for reunion tours but still its good to be reminded of the greatness of fIREHOSE and their music. A west coast reunion tour comes in support of their new collection, lowFLOWs: the Columbia anthology ('91 -'93). Chronicling the final three-year arc of bassist mike watt, singer/guitarist Ed Crawford, and drummer George Hurley, this 2-CD, 45-track package brings the two original fIREHOSE albums on Columbia Records (1991's Flyin' the Flannel and 1993's Mr. Machinery Operator) plus 44 minutes (15 tracks) of out-of-print and previously unreleased recordings. With liner notes written by best-selling rock author/critic Michael Azerrad, lowFLOWs will [...]
No, this isn't that television show that your father used to watch. For those who haven't seen or heard about this movie, it takes place in beautiful San Francisco and documents the lives of a few couriers. They are on fixed gears riding at extremely high speeds in a very hilly and commonly congested city, so this movie is exciting all of the way through. I'll post a trailer to show what's going on, but damn, the music in this film is great. This movie is a few years old, but like I said, [...]
The him of She & Him announces solo dates.
In support of the upcoming solo LP, Between The Times & The Tides , Sonic Youth guitarist Lee Ranaldo will be hitting the road this spring with some old friends and big names. In April, Ranaldo will play a pair of dates with Disappears , which features Sonic Youth drummer and Between The Times cohort Steve Shelley. Then in May, he'll open a series of shows for folk singer-songwriter M. Ward . For Ward's part, he'll be joining Ranaldo after spending time with Feist in Europe, followed by stateside shows with Jonathan Richman [...]
The deluge of 2012 reunions has begin in earnest, although few people would have put money on Mike ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/news/ firehose-announces-reunion-tou r/60476/
fIREHOSE - Mike Watts' post-Minutemen project with Ed Crawford and George Hurley - are reuniting after 18 years for an appearance at this year's Coachella Music Festival . They've also scheduled some West coast dates around the festival, including a few with M. Ward. Check out the schedule below, along with their video for "Brave Captain". fIREHOSE 2012 Tour Dates: 04/05 - Sacramento, CA @ Harlow's 04/06 - Portland, OR @ Doug Fir 04/07 - Seattle, WA @ Neumos 04/09 - Bellingham, WA @ Wild Buffalo House of [...]
La organización de Coachella , uno de los principales festivales de música en la actualidad, dio a conocer el lineup para la edición de este año, que por primera vez tendrá lugar en dos fines de semana consecutivos, de 13 al 15 y del 20 al 22 de abril, con la curiosidad de que en la segunda se repetirán los artistas en los mismos días que la primera. "Psst... hagan correr la bola" ( pass it on ), fue el mensaje que acompañó a [...]
fIREHOSE, the Harvey Girls, the Reivers and more take Daniel Johnston's classic for a stroll in the pasture.
Minutemen L-R: D. Boon, Mike Watt, George Hurley Last night I was housesitting for my homeboy, Ducktaper, so I brought along Double Nickels On The Dime (1984). I've written about this Minutemen classic before [ click here ], mainly because it's one of the greatest rock albums ever made. Not punk rock. Rock. In fact, if you gave me only three records to bring on that proverbial desert island ... you know, the one with functioning electricity and some sort [...]
Today marks the release date of dos y dos , t he fourth album by the two bass guitar duo of Mike Watt (Minutemen, fIREHOSE, etc.) and Kira Roessler (Black Flag). It's the first album Mike and Kira have released together since 1996's Justamente Tres on Kill Rock Stars, and the second since their marriage ended in divorce in 1994. I had the opportunity to speak with Kira about the new dos album and the collaborative process involved in creating it, while also [...]
Mike Watt returns to his roots with this new record.
Welcome to My First Show, where we give bands a chance to talk about the first shows they ever attended -- no matter how uncool and embarrassing those tales may be. Je... Continue reading "My First Show: Les Américains' Jeff Parker Butthole Surfers, Stone Temple Pilots and Firehose -- In A Water Park, Even." >
Most cop cars are Crown Vics. Any kid could tell you this. You don't drive unmarked one's in bad neighborhoods without locking them up and driving one will give you a certain amount of highway respect - even if you are not a cop. Which makes it perfect fodder for a song title. That's an easy bet. Here'a new song by Eastern Anchors which is every bit Chavez as it is HUM sounding. All good things for consumerists of the noisy rock variety. This Anchors song is stealth though like most cruisers with [...]
D Boon, smart, passionate and witty singer and guitarist with the mighty Minutemen, died in a car crash 25 years ago today.
carolyn pennypacker riggs illustration for 2009 LA RECORD Mike Watt interview Mike Watt is set to complete his third opera. Here is the message transmission exactly as we received it: mike watt (minutemen, fIREHOSE, solo artist, Stooges' bassist, missingmen and secondmen leader) sez: "I'm finishing my third opera ("hyphenated-man") w/bass brother tony maimone at studio g in brooklyn [...]
Thought I'd posted this before? More Alt Sk8 Punk joy as used in Natas' ' Street on Fire ' video part. Michael David Watt founded both Firehose and the equally brilliant Minutemen - if you don't know check them out.
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