Dan Kern V/A The Total Groovy Drag City Buzzcocks founder Pete Shelley has always surprised his public. Just think of the overt craziness of "Orgasm Addict," or the hinted gay innuendoes of "Ever Fallen in Love (with Someone You Shouldn't've)" that exploded later into righteously electronic gay anthems such as the BBC-banned "Homosapien." Yet even I was floored by the revelations on this Drag City box set, which contains the entire catalog of his short-lived, spaced-out noise, late 70s label Groovy Records—even the name hints at a secret life [...]
As major labels continue to exist behind the times, artists and labels with little capital and lesser reputations are producing some of the most innovative, interesting, and inspiring music. Whether it's creating a new niche in digital technology or looking to once obsolete formats, Agitated Atmosphere hopes to pull back the curtain on a wealth of sights and sound from luminaries such as Pete Shelley and Groovy Records . When one sees the name Pete Shelley, thoughts quickly turn to pop-punk pioneers, Buzzcocks . But beneath that English [...]
A new Mekons album to look forward to later this year , the band return with Ancient & Modern (their 26th record) on September 27th, slated for release on their own reformed Sin Record Label and there's a promise of tour too. Damaged Goods are reissuing a long out of print collaboration between Holly Golightly & Dan Melchior on vinyl (and CD) in August. "Recorded in London and Californian in 1999 with long time friend Bruce Brand on percussion this album features 10 tracks, some of which you'll know if [...]
This years music edition of Oxford American is sub-titled True Soul & Other True Sounds and what a treat it is, along with the magazine you get two CD's worth of music, the first disc with an intro by Lucinda Williams concentrates on the "True Soul" and traverses eclectic range of artists, from Fern Jones (50's christian country), Jeanette "Baby" Washington (sweet 60's soul), Caroline Herring (indie folk) to the manic singing and thumping of oil drums by George "Bongo Joe" Coleman, the second disc concentrates specifically [...]
Photo credit: Scott Spychalski I must now take a hot moment to thank whatever sucker sold Tindersticks' album Curtains to the Hastings in my hometown, shortly after the album came out in 1997. I came... Continue reading "Dispatch from Chicago: Tindersticks at Epiphany, 3/12/09" >
Ted Leo and Andrew Bird are set to celebrate the inauguration of Barack Obama as US President with a show in Washington D.C. the night before. ' Big Shoulders Ball: Chicago Celebrates Change ' is set to take place on January 19 at the Black Cat venue in the city. The event will also see performances by Waco Bros. , Eleventh Dream Day , Jon Langford , Sally Timms , David 'Honeyboy' Edwards , Ken Vandermark , Freakwater , Icy Demons [...]
My wife just got her first iPod, and a couple days ago she asked me if I could re-create the first mixtape I gave her in an iTunes playlist. Could I recreate a mixtape I had made nearly thirteen years ago for her iPod? Yeah, I could do that. If she had asked me to do something simple like change a diaper or take out the garbage, I probably would have said "in a minute," then promptly forgotten about it. But creating a playlist for my wife was something I was willing to get to work on immediately. [...]
NYC : For lunch, wander north into the perpetually shrinking Little Italy (which is surrounded by the perpetually growing Chinatown) for some real New York pizza. It's best to avoid Little Italy's restaurant-laden main drag, Mulberry Street—unless you like over-priced, unsatisfying Italian-American food. Instead, try Lombardi's (on Spring Street between Mulberry and Mott Streets). The pizzas are cooked in an ancient coal oven and are arguably the city's best. ( gayot ) Nola : Creole soul food is Praline's much-applauded specialty, and it's considered by many locals to be the best in the city. Originally [...]
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