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Obits - a band born from the ashes of several beloved acts: Drive Like Jehu, Hot Snakes, Edsel, Shortstack, and Pitchfork (no, not that Pitchfork). The common thread running between the majority of these bands is Rick Froberg, the vocalist and guitarist who lends Obits their familiar, yet exhilarating, sound. And it is Obits' guitar work that continuously steals the show, including on new single, "Shift Operator." The band sounds like a veritable throwback with overt palm-muting, intertwining guitar lines, and a layer of fuzz that thankfully cannot be described as lo-fi. No, Obits is nothing if not a [...]
new video for the OBITS for their YOU GOTTA LOSE choon has surfaced tho we're too excited plus more bout the JJ tix on sale tomorrow to care care. wotyougot
Watch 'You Gotta Lose' below. Moody, Standard & Poor will see daylight shortly. Click here to view the embedded video. MP3: Obits - Pine On
by Bill Pearis DOWNLOAD : Obits - You Gotta Lose (MP3) As we told you already , Brooklyn's own Obits release their second album, Moody, Standard and Poor on Sub Pop on March 29. This sophomore disc finds the group expanding their palette with strings, hints of electronica, and Burundi drumming. Ok, not really. It's Obits. It's another fiery chunk of rock n' [...]
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , Exclusive , Q + A Sub Pop Records Rick Froberg has called Brooklyn home for more than a decade, but the Obits frontman cut his musical teeth in the San Diego scene of the early '90s, playing first with Pitchfork and later Drive Like Jehu -- bands whose dusty garage-influenced rock 'n' roll was the antithesis to the alt-rock and grunge then sweeping the rest of [...]
Susan Rotolo, one of Bob Dylan's muses, has died . Rotolo met Dylan in 1961 and the pair moved in together the following year. It was her background - child of radical parents - which helped shape Dylan's political direction; her depature to live in Europe then opened a second front, as a lonely Dylan wrote Boots Of Spanish Leather. She left Dylan for good in 1963, believing him untrustworthy, but not before she appeared on the cover of the Freewheelin' Bob Dylan. A full life of activism and a forty year [...]
MUSIC NEWS - The Atlanta Journal Constitution has reported that blues guitar legend Eddie Kirkland , " The Gypsy Of The Blues ", was killed Sunday (February 27) morning in a Florida car crash. Kirkland, 88, was born in Jamaica and was a former bandleader for Otis Redding. He recorded with John Lee Hooker, among others. Kirkland performed Saturday night at the Dunedin Brewery, nearTampa, according to his website. Just before 8:30 am on Sunday, Kirkland was driving a 1998 Ford Taurus when he attempted a U-turn and turned into the path of a Greyhound bus, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. [...]
Sohrab of Obits sent us these answers to our questions in this next installment of our q and also a series. q: What is the last song you (really) heard? a: Recently I've been listening a lot to Les Archives De La Musique Arabe by Asmahan . She was born in Syria, but grew up in Egypt. I first heard of her because she sang Mohammed Abdel Wahab songs, who I'd become familiar with through Simon Shaheen 's recordings on the [...]
Clare Amory of Excepter has died from cancer . I don't think I can improve on the words of Excepter's Jon on his SSSP blog: Yesterday, the Space Shuttle Discovery departed Earth on it's final mission. Among the cargo aboard, was one astronaut who's name was not publicly announced. My beautiful friend, and band mate- Clare Armory has left our Planet Earth. Her soul has been set free to bless this mad universe that we all live in. I know how difficult that it is to lose a loved one to cancer. I lost my mother nine [...]
Posted at 12:50pm, 2/22/2011 Every week we bring you the best cutting edge music from around the web. Our newest batch of uploads are ready for your listening pleasure. You can download the following mp3s individually OR play them all in a row. Click on the artists at the right under Related Downloads to learn more about each band and see similar music suggestions. Play All [RICH MEDIA, CLICK TO VIEW ON SITE] [RICH MEDIA, CLICK TO [...]
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Sam Sundos of The Sundelles sent us these answers to our questions in this next installment of q and also a . q: What is the last song you (really) heard? a: She (youtube) by Gram Parsons q: What is your favorite beverage? a: Coffee q: What is your favorite band to see live? a: Kurt Vile Listen: Freeway [...]
Something good comes by way of Brooklyn's Obits and the upcoming release of their second album, Moody, Standard and Poor . http://www.subpop.com
Grab 'Shift Operator' here. Moody, Standard & Poor will see daylight shortly. MP3: Obits - Pine On
The death has been announced of Marvin Sease , star of the Southern American Chitlin Circuit. Originally a gospel singer, Sease drifted towards R&B in the late 80s. He originally funded his own solo album - also called Marvin Sease - but when London-Mercury records picked him up, the record got an extra track and a major rerelease. That extra track was this, Candy Licker: What it lacked in subtlety it made up for in underground popularity and Sease took the name Candy Licker as a nom de stage. [...]
Is it time to start listing the best tracks of year already? Why yes, yes it is. It seems really early, but hey once we have one hundred and twenty minutes or so of awesomeness playlisted up, it's time to post. You can download any or all of the tracks at your leisure 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 [...]
MUSIC NEWS - Legendary rock guitarist Gary Moore is dead at 58. Adam Parsons , who managed Moore during his days with Thin Lizzy , confirmed to BBC News that the Irish musician passed away this morning (February 6, 2011) in his sleep while on vacation in Spain. Robert William Gary Moore , was born in 1952 and joined the Dublin blues-rock band Skid Row at the age of 16, becoming friends with vocalist Phil Lynott. He later teamed up with Lynott when he replaced Eric Bell in Thin Lizzy [...]
BBC News is reporting the death of Gary Moore , formerly of Thin Lizzy. Obituary to follow. -- Visit No Rock & Roll Fun to comment, complain and kvetch
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