[Blogging may be light the next couple of days as your faithful scribe embarks on a little road trip. I'm pretty distraught over missing tonight's battery of shows too, especially on such a special day — the birthday, as it is, shared by Jack White, Courtney Love and John Tesh.] The "Also I Like to Rock" series continues at the Hammer Museum, and this week's free show is headlined by Everest and Red Cortez [pictured]. ... Excellent local bill at the Silverlake Lounge too, where [...]
Sure, the name The Baseball Project may not spill off the lips as easily as say, Franz Ferdinand, but with key guys like members like Steve Wynn (Dream Syndicate, Steve Wynn and the Miracle 3) and Scott McCaughey (Young Fresh Fellows, Minus 5, and R.E.M), along with REM's Peter Buck and foxy drummer Linda Pitmon, you can count on some a-tastic rock show action comin' your way. The band is gonna follow up last year's Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails with another record and a six-week US tour! Whoo-hoo! (But will Peter Buck be playing bass [...]
Eccoci al consueto appuntamento con i dischi in uscita della settimana. Un cd attesissimo - voi lettori di Soundsblog l'avete bramato e discusso davvero tanto - è certamente il nuovo album di Morgan , il primo di tre tributi alla nostra canzone d'autore. Come vi abbiamo largamente annunciato arrivano gli EP dei ragazzi di Amici (tutti insieme, per la gioia o la disperazione dei molti fan). Sempre su queste pagine vi abbiamo poi dato anticipazioni sui nuovi album dei Modena City Ramblers , degli Yeah Yeah Yeahs (con la [...]
The first 45 recorded for Euclid Records' Euclid Sessions is now available: Steve Wynn's "John Coltrane Stereo Blues, Pts. 1 and 2." Here's what the store has to say about the song: Steve Wynn first r... Continue reading "Euclid Sessions' First 45 Available: Steve Wynn's "John Coltrane Stereo Blues Pts. 1 and 2"" >
Taken from his slick album Downtown , "Lesson Number One" is a gentle '50's style ballad with jangly guitars, soaring harmonies, and some sinewy guitar lines snaking underneath the layers of instrumentation.
STEVE WYNN TALKS ABOUT HIS 2008 RELEASE, "CROSSING DRAGON BRIDGE" "The days during my three weeks in Ljubljana were pretty simple. I would wake up early and leave my apartment on Trubarjeva Street and cross Dragon Bridge in search of a good cup of coffee which I would I would sip as I watched the vendors in the open market as they sold cabbage, purses, cheap watches and anything else that might be worth a Euro or two. I'd watch this panorama of commerce and barter and think about which song I would drag into [...]
Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Carla Bozulich : 2005-02-15, Berkeley [mp3,ogg,flac] "Shake" [mp3] other Carla Bozulich posts at Largehearted Boy Erin McKeown : 2008-10-25, Dublin [mp3,ogg,flac] "Pink Elephant" [mp3] other Erin McKeown posts at Largehearted Boy Kate Gaffney : 2008-11-28, Philadelphia [mp3,ogg,flac] "Look at Miss Ohio [...]
First Band From Outer Space - Impressionable Sounds of the Subsonic Riding some freakish cosmic supernova from their home planet in Alpha Centuri to the relative safety of earth's atmosphere and the terra firma of Guttenburg, Sweden, signed by some secret intergalactic pact to the Transubstans label , The First Band From Outer Space do everything humanly and extra-terrestrially possible to live up to their name. Wildly freaked out, stoned out, spaced out progressive/psychedelic rock, FBFOS sound pretty much like no other band I've heard [...]
Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Cracker : 2008-07-03, Hobart [mp3,ogg,flac] "Sweet Potato" [mp3] other Cracker posts at Largehearted Boy Drive-By Truckers : 2008-07-03, Milwaukee [mp3,ogg,flac] "Shut Up and Get on the Plane" [mp3] other Drive-By Truckers posts at Largehearted Boy Grace Potter : 2008-10-15, James Island [mp3,ogg,flac] [...]
This is badass. From Euclid Records : Euclid Records, for over 25 years a major player in the St. Louis record and CD retail market, will be starting a new series of live in-store performances followed up by the release of limited-edition 45 rpm singles recorded in the store. Each release will be strictly limited to 300 copies, $1 for each one pressed will be donated to the New Orleans Musicians Relief Fund (NOMRF) to benefit musicians displaced or suffering loss of equipment in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Steve Wynn, the [...]
The legendary Steve Wynn recently released a new solo album called Crossing Dragon Bridge. Wynn recorded it over a three week period in Ljubljana which is in Slovenia with Chris Eckman of the Walkabouts. After the primary recording was done touches were added to include an eight-piece orchestra in Prague, a woman's choir in Ljubljana, and some friends including Miracle Three drummer Linda Pitmon,
The legendary Steve Wynn recently released a new solo album called Crossing Dragon Bridge . Wynn recorded it over a three week period in Ljubljana which is in Slovenia with Chris Eckman of the Walkabouts. After the primary recording was done touches were added to include an eight-piece orchestra in Prague, a woman's choir in Ljubljana, and some friends including Miracle Three drummer Linda Pitmon, Kirk Swan, former Green On Red's Chris Cacavas and Tim Adams of the terrific Teenage Prayers chimed in from New York, Los Angeles and [...]
Last week I gave y'all Some Not So Golden Random Rarities For My Peeps, which featured rare mp3 tracks from an assortment of groups including Mike Ness, Primus, The Lewd... and even a track by my old band Mom, a side project sorta thang featuring... visit for more mp3's & random revelations
Dream Syndicate : 1982-05-01, Los Angeles [mp3,ogg,flac] "Until Lately" [mp3] other Dream Syndicate music blog posts: @lhb @hype @elbo.ws The LeeVees : 2007-12-01, Bridgeport [mp3,ogg,flac] "Kugel" [mp3] other LeeVees music blog posts: @lhb @hype @elbo.ws Loudest Boom Bah Yea : "Prey Loud To A Fairy Dance Y'All" (live at LVRX)" [mp3] [...]
I've been listening to the Hollies version of this (which is the first version that was a hit, but not the first that was recorded) pretty regularly lately. I've no idea what's up with that. Although it's become apparent to me that Radiohead's "Creep" might not exist without it. Jorge Gonzalez "Necesito Poder Respirar (The Air That I Breathe)" (comp. Albert Hammond/Mike Hazelwood) Steve Wynn "The Air That I Breathe" (comp. Albert Hammond/Mike Hazelwood) [...]
The Beatings : "Feel Good Ending" [mp3] from Secret Songs The Beatings : "Stockholm Syndrome Relapse" [mp3] from Secret Songs The Beatings : "Twins" [mp3] from The Autumn Rhythm The Beatings : "Heavy Metal" [mp3] from The Autumn Rhythm The Beatings : "Brighter than Bright" [mp3] from 6 Hz [...]
Couple weeks ago, we introduced Possibly 4th Street , a regular SOTC feature in which writer Rob Trucks invites musicians he likes to play anywhere, somewhere, in public. So far, he's messed around with the Fiery Furnaces and Oakley Hall , but here's the real thing: a songwriter who brought us to a dog run. Thank God for a man who raises the stakes. photo by Rob Trucks EXCLUSIVE DOWNLOAD Steve Wynn, "Bruises (Live [...]
Ani DiFranco's new album, Reprieve , is out next Tuesday. Ani DiFranco : "Decree" [mp3] from Reprieve (out August 8th) The Italian netlabel Kirsten's Postcard has made available a free and legal Belle & Sebastian tribute album. Various Artists: "A Century of Covers" free and legal Belle & Sebastian tribute album [mp3] Steve Wynn played two sets [...]
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