Smokin' Joe Frazier passed away last night after a battle with liver cancer at the age of 67. He was a hall of fame boxing champion most famous for his [...]
Cody Smoot, the guitarist who portrayed the character of Flattus Maximus in the theatrical Richmond art-comedy-metal band Gwar, was found dead of unknown causes this morning, as Metalsucks reports (via Brooklyn Vegan). Smoot performed with the band last night in Minneapolis, so his passing is a sudden shock, to say the least. Read More...
Cory Smoot, the guitarist who portrayed the character of Flattus Maximus in the theatrical Richmond art-comedy-metal band Gwar, was found dead of unknown causes this morning, as Metalsucks reports (via Brooklyn Vegan). Smoot performed with the band last night in Minneapolis, so his passing is a sudden shock, to say the least. Read More...
Monday Afternoon Quick Fix runs every Monday afternoon to showcase the best of Chicago music news, views and stories from around the interwebs and blogosphere that we might have missed. • The Tribune caught up with JC Brooks & The Uptown sound to discuss the group's beginnings . • Gapers Block reviewed last Thursday's sold-out Thrice show . • The Sun-Times follows up with White Mystery and we all discover that The Who was a turning point for a young Alex White . • [...]
WFMU Record Fair Oct 28 - 30 Starting next Friday Octo 28th through Sunday the 30th at the Metropolitan Pavilion in Manhattan (125 W. 18th St) WFMU is hosting their annual Record Fair . It's been an amazing trip to see all sorts of young folks thinking it's cool to own a piece of music and not just digital copy. All weekend they will be spinning 452s and featuring the recent Italian documentary Vinylmania by Director Paolo Campana. I hope to attend on Friday to rummage the crates of records. A [...]
State Champion has a new record called Deep Shit out on Sophomore Lounge, and the band is playing an album release show this week with Obits and Bottomless Pit . It's this Thursday (Oct. 20) at the old Pour Haus (now Club 21), and I'm not sure if the place will be standing after this hootenanny. In honor of the auspicious occasion, we're giving away a pair of tickets and the new State Champ LP on vinyl to one lucky [...]
MUSIC NEWS- Charlie Daniels says his longtime keyboardist, vocalist, and co-writer of " The Devil Went Down to Georgia ", Joel "Taz" DiGregorio , 67, was killed Wednesday night in a single-car accident on Interstate 40 west of Nashville, TN while on the way to Georgia for a Charlie Daniels Band . booked for October 13 at the Cumming Country Fair and Festival. Taz was alone in his SUV when his vehicle flipped over going around a curve, Daniels said. "He was an intricate part of our sound for 40 years," Daniels said on Thursday. "If you listened to our records, you could [...]
Former Weezer bassist Mikey Welsh passed away in a Chicago hotel room over the weekend. Welsh was with the band during the period after original bassist Matt Sharp had left the band, appearing on The Green Album and playing on Weezer's subsequent tour. He left the group in 2001, citing a mental and physical breakdown, and began to pursue painting. Strangely, according to NME , he had posted a (now-removed) tweet that read "dreamt i died in chicago next weekend (heart attack in my sleep). need to write my will today" on September 26, weeks [...]
MUSIC NEWS - Chicago, IL police report that former Weezer bassist and artist Mikey Welsh was found dead in a Chicago hotel room. Police spokeswoman Laura Kubiak said Welsh was due to check out of the Raffaello Hotel at 1 pm Saturday. But when he didn't, hotel staff went to his room and later entered it. Kubiak said Welsh, 40, was found unconscious and not breathing. Kubiak said Sunday the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office will conduct an autopsy to determine the cause of death. She said there's nothing to indicate foul play. [...]
MUSIC NEWS - Bert Jansch , the Scottish folk musician and founding member of the band Pentangle, died in London on Wednesday, British media reported at 67. Jansch was suffering from cancer and recently cancelled an Edinburgh concert due to health issues. He was born in Glasgow in 1943 and became well known during the London folk revival during the 1960s as an accomplished acoustic guitar player. He released " Bert Jansch ," his first album, which was played on a borrowed guitar, in 1965 and two years later formed Pentangle with Jacqui McShee, [...]
I've always wondered about just how much one man can do. There are literally millions of brilliant people in the world, and there's only a handful of people at any given time that change the way an entire world acts, thinks, behaves and creates. But Steve Jobs, the lifeblood of his company, Apple, was one of those exceptionally rare people. Though we will miss him, he lives on through the inspiration he instills in his wake. One person can change everything. We were lucky to live in the same time as Steve Jobs. Here's the official obit [...]
According to the Associated Press , the Scottish folk singer/guitarist and Pentangle co-founder Bert Jansch died this morning in London after a long battle with lung cancer. He was 67. Jansch was one of the most important figures in the late-'60s British folk revival, the same movement that produced Nick Drake. And like Drake, he was an absolute virtuoso of a guitarist, a man capable of picking out subtle and complex figures and making it look easy. He played with Pentangle from their 1968 formation to their 1972 breakup, and he also released more than 25 solo [...]
Sylvia Robinson, "The Mother Of Hip-Hop," passed away earlier today at the age of 75. Though she got started in the singing duo Mickey and Sylvia and eventually notched a hit, " Pillow Talk ," she's most famous for producing pioneering rap singles "The Message" (Grandmaster Flash And The Furious Five) and "Rapper's Delight" (Sugar Hill Gang) during her career at Sugar Hill Records. R.I.P.
It is time for the next volume of the Best Downloadables of 2011 . You can download any or all of the tracks at your leisure (with the usual right-click or control-click) or you can stream all the songs in this mix using the Yahoo media player at the bottom left of the page. If you are using Chrome you should really think about installing the awesome ex.fm extension (especially if you use last.fm ). Listen. Downloadables: ( ) [...]
MUSIC NEWS - Reknowed photographer Robert Whitaker , best known for this work with The Beatles back in the 1960s, has died. He was 71. Whitaker took many pictures of the Fab Four , including a cover for the album Yesterday and Today featuring meat and dismembered dolls. For the USA release, the controversial image was covered up with a considerably less graphic shot. Whitaker also worked with other major music performers, such as Cream and Mick Jagger and covered the wars in Cambodia [...]
From BBC home's "On This Day" "Pop star Marc Bolan has been killed in a car crash in south-west London. The 29-year-old former T-Rex singer was killed instantly when the car being driven by his girlfriend, Gloria Jones, left the road and hit a tree in Barnes. Miss Jones – an American singer who had just returned from the US – broke her jaw and is suffering from shock". via retrorambling.wordpress.com
Date 9/16/11 Location Red 7 Doors 9pm Tickets $12 @ Frontgate You kids leaving early from the festival on Friday night(most of us), should head on down to Red 7 for a sweet show going down featuring Sub Pop rockers Obits . Joining the guys on stage are some great local bands in the form of [...]
According to Drake and Chromeo , the French dance DJ and producer DJ Mehdi has died at the tragically young age of 34. Mehdi has been a part of the French hip-hop and electro scenes since the late '90s, but he really rose to prominence after linking with Ed Banger Records. In recent years, he's remixed and collaborated with a ton of big names, and he's been a constant presence on the touring circuit. It's also worth mentioning that his track "Signatune" was an absolute anthem, and the music video for its T. Bangalter edit [...]
Their set featured: Beggin' Dogs Killer Shift Operator Sun Enjoy the full playback here. Obits recently debuted a video for 'You Gotta Lose'. Purchase Obits items via Insound. MP3: Obits - Pine On
Flying Saucer Attack: Distance Brian Eno: Before and After Science Tom T. Hall: Country Songs for Children (2) Vampire Weekend: Contra Les Paul and Mary Ford: Best of the Capitol Masters The Lovin' Spoonful: Anthology Obits: Moody, Standard and Poor (2) and I Blame You Belle & Sebastian: Dear Catastrophe Waitress Dr. Dog: Shame, Shame The highlight of the week, musically speaking, was seeing Disappears and Obits at the Satellite [...]
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