Flashback, 1987: I'm a freshman in high school, just finding my way into the dark underbelly of underground music thanks to the burgeoning alternative college radio scene in and around the Boston area and a younger brother whose musical tastes blossomed early. I hadn't really noticed UK band The Smiths during middle school, but when Girlfriend in a Coma hit the airwaves, it touched me deeply, and I purchased the album from which it came, hardly aware that it would be their last, that the band was already disintegrating from the stress between an exhausted and [...]
Feeling slightly better this morning (my fever broke in the middle of the night, which is always a weird feeling - waking up in a pool of your own sweat but cooler and somewhat relieved) I donned my Sunday Best and drove out to Topanga State Park for my dear friends Fawn and Brian's wedding. [...]
The French label Vicious Circle is going to make some noise this month of May with the French tour of two of its keys figures: Shannon Wright and Elysian Fields (that we'll film at the Café de la Danse (Paris) on May 17th).
Tons of news this week: Taylor Swift heading to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Stripes call it quits, Yelawolf a hit in Antioch, Katy Perry to play the Bridgestone, Ke$ha has her first #1 hit (in the UK) and more Kings of Leon bull ish.
Download it here (.zip file, 47,45 MB) 1. Crooked Fingers - Solitary Man ( Neil Diamond) 2. William Elliott Whitmore - Don't Pray On Me ( Bad Religion ) 3. Noah and the Whale - Devil Town ( Daniel Johnston ) 4. Amanda [...]
Photo by Todd Zimmer THIS WEEK'S BEST BET: The Sword w/ Karma to Burn, Mount Carmel Monday, November 29 The Masquerade - 695 North Avenue NE in Atlanta 30306 Admission is $16 / Purchase Tickets Damn if the Sword isn't back. When drummer Trivett Wingo left the sludge metal masters in October, forcing the band to cancel their U.S. and European tours in support of their ferocious third LP, Warp Riders , I thought it would [...]
Qui si è arrivati a Mohna grazie al necessario Slowcoustic, che ne ha scritto la settimana scorsa. Il colpo di fulmine è stato immediato: autoralità femminile lontanamente shannonwrightiana su tessuti strumentali graffiati da pianoforti antichi ed atmosfere decadenti. Come per un film privo di colori musicato da Yann Tiersen. Il disco, "Mohna (1985-1994)" è uscito [...]
Gli Shipping News nascono mentre i June of 44 sono ancora vivi, vegeti ed arroganti nel far impallidire il resto del mondo. E' il 1996 quando Jeff Mueller e Jason Noble (immerso nel classicismo dei Rachel's) decidono di tornare insieme, dopo aver già generato- uniti- il solo disco seminale di una band altrettanto seminale [...]
SHANNON WRIGHT HONEYBEE GIRLS (Vicious Circle) by Rachel Grimes of King's Daughters and Sons Having loved all of Shannon Wright's previous records, Honeybee Girls is more subtle, more restrained, and more settled. There is a clarity in the production and vocal quality that is new and more glistening.
Saturday, November 21, 2009 @ 8 p.m. / 7:30 p.m. doors open / All ages / General admission, standing room only / $17 advance, $20 at the door / Tickets at ear X-tacy and the930.org / BUY TICKETS From The 930 : In August 2009, a friend, a brother, a son, and a husband…. Jason Noble was diagnosed with cancer. Please visit this website for details of his recovery: www.caringbridge.org/visit/jas onnoble There is much history between [...]
Work was not fun today. Not even "Subway Sunday" could brighten my mood. Oh well, it happens, I guess. I have a busy week ahead of me. I think. Right now I'm looking forward to my days off. I'm very tired. Of course, I have to take my car to be serviced early Wednesday morning, so I won't have an opportunity to sleep in on that day. Curses! Hey, how about a mix tape? RULES for uninitiated noobs : With roughly 100MB of webspace, I give birth to a weekly Mix Tape to be [...]
Saturday, November 21, 2009 @ 8 p.m. / 7:30 p.m. doors open / All ages / $17 advance, $20 at the door / Tickets on sale Friday, October 9 at 10 a.m. at ear X-tacy and the930.org From The 930 : In August 2009, a friend, a brother, a son, and a husband…. Jason Noble was diagnosed with cancer. Please visit this website for details of his recovery: www.caringbridge.org/visit/jas onnoble There is much history between Jason, and Shellac and Shannon… this event is a celebration of [...]
I woke up Thursday morning, the day of the big "date", with a sore throat. I tried not to think much of it, but I quickly hurried to pack a small bag with a change of clothes, and hopped in my car to begin my drive home to Jersey. When I got to my mother's house, I told her that I was going to be hanging out with with some of my high school friends in the city, and staying over at one of their apartments. I thought this was an interesting lie at the time because I had actually [...]
La divina, amica di Albini e Tiersen, intollerante nel dominare nuove e vecchie leve del cantautorato femminile. Torna a settembre con "Honeybee Girls", per Vicious Circle. La presentazione dell'album si terrà al Circolo Degli Artisti di Roma, il primo ottobre. Qui un primo estratto ed una fantastica versione live di "Louise". MP3 Shannon Wright - Black [...]
Burn to Shine Atlanta slated for possible fall release
The Burn to Shine Atlanta house at 54 Moreland Ave. finally came crashing down this morning at 9 a.m.
Julia Lanoë e Carla Pullone, fra ballate tardo romantiche ed atteggiamenti in stile Liz Hysen. "Seules Au Bout De 23 Secondes" è il loro secondo disco, dopo l'esordio di "June" del 2005 ( a cui si aggiungo alcuni Ep), e conferma un gusto raro nel miscelare concreta ricerca melodica (in ambito folk autorale modello Shannon [...]
Formazione anglo-italiana, con sede ufficiale a Bologna, immersa in dimensioni folk svezzate alla moviola tanto da atteggiamenti post (dove la tensione è leggera e non claustrofobica) quanto da schermaglie melodiche (in bilico fra nevrosi -elettrica- e morbidezza -acustica, legata a fisarmonica e piano-). I Magpie Wedding tendono a deragliare (anche se non di rado [...]
Shannon Wright es una cantautora de la ciudad de Jacksonville, en el estado de Florida. Comienza en el mundo de la música como integrante de la banda de rock Crowsdell, en la que permaneció hasta la desaparición de ésta en el año 1998. Tras esto, comienza su trayectoria en solitario en la que cuenta ya con un total de siete álbumes, el último de los cuales lleva por nombre "Let in the Light" que fue publicado el año 2007 en el sello Quarterstick Records . Tras unos primeros discos de rock bastante contundente, por los [...]
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