Fat Wreck Chords is offering a blast from the past by releasing their "Fat Music For Fat People" compilation on vinyl for the first time. Released back in 1994 as a budget CD, its got all your 90s new school punk favorites like NOFX , Propagandhi , Rancid , Lagwagon , 88 Fingers Louie , & more. From the label: "Some of you may remember the day you sent us a letter and three bucks back in the day for the initial and epic Fat compilation Fat Music For [...]
Lookout! Records , the Berkeley, California-based record label and one-time home of Green Day, Operation Ivy, Rancid, The Donnas, Alkaline Trio, and countless others, is no more, according to the label's former signee Ted Leo. In a message posted on his website , Leo revealed that while the label had ceased putting out new material in 2006, it was still printing back catalogs until December. Now, however, the label has "sadly, shuttered its windows for good," explained Leo. Leo, who released four Ted Leo and the Pharmacists records through Lookout! during the early 2000s, went on to [...]
This week, the 2012 music festival season officially kicked off with Coachella making their lineup announcement. This, of course, was followed by your Facebook newsfeed being bombarded with comments about people who are "so going this time" and the other people saying "I've already been there, and the lineup was better in (fill in year)". Whether you decide to go or not is of no interest to us, but being in the amateur music promotion industry, we figure we would provide you with some reasons to get excited about this annual Palm Springs party. 10. Jimmy [...]
Every now and then I like to dig into the library and pull out some reggae essentials. Today's unforgettable track dates back to 1998 when Rancid punkers Tim Armstrong and Lars Frederiksen enlisted some reggae special forces to join them on a new album to be recorded in Jamaica. The album Life Won't Wait crossed some serious punk boundaries adopting new sounds from reggae, dub, and funk. The track I'm bringing you today is the title track Life Won't Wait and it features reggae superstar Buju Banton and [...]
Every now and then I like to dig into the library and pull out some reggae essentials. Today's unforgettable track dates back to 1998 when Rancid punkers Tim Armstrong and Lars Frederiksen enlisted some reggae special forces to join them on a new album to be recorded in Jamaica. The album Life Won't Wait crossed [...]
Welcome to the end of the year. A time for reflection, for resolutions, for binge drinking, and for me telling you what was good in the TBE hood! Kicking things off are my 15 favorite covers spanning all genres and damn near all instruments. Guys! Girls! Guys singing girls' songs! Girls singing guys' songs! It's mayhem! Strap in, rock on, and let me know if I missed your favorite cover of the year. 15. ♫ Jimmy Cliff - Ruby Soho (Rancid cover) / Reggae legend + Punk legends = Legendary. 14. ♫ Sondre [...]
I Rancid hanno scelto Rock In Idrho per la loro unica data italiana del 2012. Dopo 8 anni di assenza dai palchi della nostra penisola, i Rancid torneranno a Milano per un unico show il 21 luglio, che si preannuncia già un evento imperdibile per chiunque sia cresciuto con il punk anni '90. La band guidata da Tim Amstrong e Lars Frederiksen avrà modo di presentare per la prima volta al pubblico italiano i brani del nuovo album, la cui uscita è prevista proprio [...]
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Artwork by Jacob Youngblood Ziegler Brandon's TBE Digest is a place where I gather up all the recent jams that are worth a listen (or 10) but don't necessarily need their own post. Here you will find new tracks by known bands, remixes, covers, and even mashups if they are interesting. My favorites of the lot are in bold . This may be the last Digest I do like this. I'd really like to take the time to give the best of these tracks the solo post they deserve. If [...]
Download great new covers of Depeche Mode, Leonard Cohen, The Carpenters, Blue Oyster Cult, Thrice, The Kills, Beach Boys, Ready for the World, Rancid, and Adele!
Listen to Jimmy Cliff cover Rancid's 'Ruby Soho' on his new EP.
Bob Marley will forever remain the ubiquitous face of reggae, but Jimmy Cliff came before to inspire generations of musicians and introduce the world to the genre he and fellow Jamaicans called simply "makin' music." On his latest release, Sacred Fire , Cliff turns around to give a reverent nod to songs he originally influenced - looping the sequence of influence full circle. He also covers some early Bob Dylan and unveils a new song of his own. Produced by Rancid's Tim Armstrong and recorded on vintage equipment, the five-song EP is a buildup to a full-length [...]
If you were a high school punk at any point in the 1990s, Rancid's " Ruby Soho " is a song that's running through your veins at all times. Rancid frontman Tim Armstrong recently produced Sacred Fire , a new EP from a fellow legend, reggae innovator Jimmy Cliff. And the EP features Cliff singing "Ruby Soho" in that perfect honeyed falsetto, with music behind him recorded to sound like the soulful early-'70s reggae that Cliff helped to make famous. Grab Cliff's version below. Also below, check out two videos of Cliff singing with the Roots on [...]
Tim Armstrong is a punk through and through. The former guitarist for the seminal Operation Ivy is now the frontman for Rancid, the man behind the supergroup the Transplants, and the head of Hellcat Records (label home of Tiger Army and the HorrorPops). It is almost impossible to talk about punk music in the last 25 years without mentioning the undeniable influence he's had on the culture as a whole. Armstrong also just so happens to be a really big fan of musical theater. Kicking off last month, Armstrong and longtime [...]
News of groundbreaking reggae legend Jimmy Cliff working with ska-punk extraordinaire Tim Armstrong of bands Rancid and Operation Ivy (among others) as producer first appeared back in August . With a full-length record promised in early 2012, an EP was mentioned for November. Now word comes that the EP Sacred Fire will come at us two ways: as a regular release and a Record Store Day "Black Friday" special edition release. On November 25th, a limited edition 12-inch colored vinyl will be available exclusively for the RSD faithful. Braving [...]
Grammy-winning musician/actor/singer/songwrit er/ producer Jimmy Cliff today revealed the details of his first studio effort in seven years. Entitled Sacred Fire EP, it was produced by Tim Armstrong (Operation Ivy, Rancid, The Transplants) and will be released on Collective Sounds on November 29th. Featuring a combination of originals and covers, Sacred Fire EP will serve as a pre-cursor to a new full-length album in early 2012. In conjunction with Record Store Day, on 11/25 (Black Friday), fans can purchase limited...
Filed under: News , Video , New Music Josh Greenbaum When you think of Rancid frontman Tim Armstrong , cabaret configurations and Broadway dance numbers don't usually come to mind. But that's exactly what the punk rock prince has gone with his new musical show, 'Tim Timebomb's RockNRoll Theater.' The series, the first scripted show to be syndicated by VEVO, features guests including AFI singer Davey Havok, ' CSI [...]
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Hey, sorry for the disappearing act over the past few days. I was celebrating my birthday a little too hard and I fell off my bike on Saturday night. It was a stupid move so I guess what I was most thankful for this past weekend was that I didn't get seriously injured...just a concussion, gashed up forehead, broken nose and a lot of road rash. Here is my short playlist to describe my experience and how I am feeling these days. 1. Black Whales - Rattle Your Bones [...]
When he's not busy with his band Rancid and producing records with Jimmy Cliff , Tim Armstrong's working on a musical theater themed web series. No, we're not joking. We were just as apprehensive hearing about this but judging by the trailer up at RollingStone.com , we're not only curious but also excited at Tim Timebomb's finished product. Watch the trailer here . Social Bookmarking
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Picks for your busy Friday night: ► The Ruby Friedman Orchestra , with their debut release on the way and "(That's Why I Let You) Hang Around" already in your iPod (we hope) , hold forth at the House of Blues on a bill that also includes the Hush and Silent Treatment . ► The good news is that Canadian synth-freaks Gobble Gobble have changed their name. They're now called Born Gold . The better news is that their new album "Bodysongs" is spazzy fun. They visit the Echo [...]
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