Al revelarse el cartel de Bonnaroo se anunció que habría un acto llamado 'Superjam' el cual estaría encabezado por Jim James y John Oates . Sabíamos que sería algo especial, pero no teníamos idea de que sería una gigantesca fiesta en la que habría covers, mucha música y una importante cantidad de invitados especiales. Todavía no se han revelado los detalles exactos de lo sucedido, pero los primeros videos del evento muestran a invitados como Billy Idol , R. Kelly y Brittany Howard de Alabama Shakes haciendo covers [...]

Vem conhecer a viagem apaixonante do novo single do quarteto de Chicago que ganhou nossos ouvidos com o excelente Dye It Blonde (2011) e retorna com harmonias suaves e influências múltiplas. O Smith Westerns tem um som bem individual, que soa retrô e melodioso, cheio de coros influenciados por Beatles , T.Rex e outros atos grandes das décadas de 60 e 70. Seu novo single, extraído do novo álbum, Soft Will , não sai dessa linha. A faixa começa trazendo de volta os acordes amenos das guitarras nostálgicas da banda, [...]
It's a nice day for a Red Wedding. Spoiler Alert: Don't Google the above quote. RULES for uninitiated noobs: I give birth to a weekly Mix Tape to be deposited on your iPods or Zunes or Kingklangs or whatever the industry is currently pushing on you. Sometimes there will be themes that link all the [...]
As a 17-band menu of bands gathered for the three-day Holland Pop Festival in June 1970 outside of Rotterdam, Bob Hite of Canned Heat summed things up perfectly: "I feel less uptight here than I ever have anywhere." It was that kind of show, as an overstuffed crowd of some 100,000 in Kralingse Forest took in something that came to [...]
Smith Westerns es de esas bandas que como sello tienen la buena vibra, es fácil disfrutar del cálido confort al que te llevan con su power pop influenciado por Supergrass , David Bowie o T. Rex y conforme la banda va evolucionando se le sienten más esas agridulces melodías que nos recuerdan a Big Star . La banda originaria de Chicago ya tiene tres producciones en su carrera, su más reciente Soft Will, fue lanzada a principios de [...]

The 1970 festival Stamping Ground was also called the "Dutch Woodstock". It that took place in Rotterdam, with attendance estimated at 350,000. 01 - Santana - Gumbo 02 - Al Stewart - Zero She Flies 03 - Canned Heat - Human Condition 04 - Canned Heat - So Sad 05 - T-Rex - Pavillions Of Sun 06 - Jefferson Airplane - Saturday Afternoon 07 - It’s A Beautiful Day - Wasted Union Blues 08 [...]
For those who fall easy under the spell of rock and roll's wild-haired cosmic prancer, Marc Bolan's Demos From the Underworld is streaming on the the glam man's legacy Bandcamp. This digital album collects a sampling of musical sketches from T. Rex's final three LPs, Bolan's Zip Gun, Futuristic Dragon, and Dandy In the Underworld, and [...]

By Danielle Gibson April 17, 2013 Vinyl-only label Demon Records have a selection of exclusive Record Store Day releases coming out on April 20th plus a number of classic albums re-mastered, re-cut and re-released. Starting this month they will be presenting audiophile-friendly heavyweight vinyl releases from a broad spectrum of influential and adored artists across several genres. These include: The Jesus and Mary Chain, T. Rex, Marc Bolan, Suede, Ian Dury & The Blockheads, Dinosaur L, Family, Ruth Copeland, Ashley Beedle, Tom Moulton, Sugar, The Beat, Average White Band, The SOS Band [...]

HANNAH GALVIN is our very own Sydney girl in-the-know. She's a PURPLE SNEAKERS website subeditor and valuable member of our rapidly expanding online community. Being behind a fair chunk of the content you read on our site, we thought it was time for her to show you what she's into and invited her to conduct our 'Guest Soundcloud Wrap' for the week... Take it away HANNAH ! "As part of Record Store Day for this year, San Fran's TY SEGALL will be releasing a follow [...]

Escucha: Ty Segall - "The Motivator" (T. Rex Cover) En 2011, Ty Segall lanzó un EP con covers de T. Rex , ahora Goner Records lanzará una mini-secuela titulada Ty Rex 2 . El vinilo 7 pulgadas saldrá en el Record Store Day (20 de abril), e incluye dos covers más de Marc Bolan . El lado A corresponde a " Cat Black (The Wizard's Hat) " y el lado B es " The Motivator ", un corte de [...]

As a follow up to his 2011 T. Rex covers EP Ty Rex, Goner Records will release Ty Segall' s mini sequel, Ty Rex 2. The 73 will be out on April 20th for this year's Record Store Day, and features two more Marc Bolan covers for Segall's fakebook. The A-side is "Cat Black (The Wizard's Hat)" and the B-side is the Electric Warrior cut "The Motivator", which you can stream below in all it's glam-garage glory (via Pitchfork ). Check [...]

1. Considering how long I waited for the gift of new music from David Bowie (10 years, like everybody else), I'm not completely sure why it took me two weeks to finally unwrap the musical contents of The Next Day , which was officially released on March 8 in Australia (and four days later in the U.S.). Perhaps I was wary of being disappointed by an opus so long awaited that I had built up unreasonable expectations, and I wanted to let some of the hoopla surrounding it die down, so I waited until it sold 85,000 copies in [...]

1. Considering how long I waited for the gift of new music from David Bowie (10 years, like everybody else), I'm not completely sure why it took me two weeks to finally unwrap the musical contents of The Next Day , which was officially released on March 8 in Australia (and four days later in the U.S.). Perhaps I was wary of being disappointed by an opus so long awaited that I had built up unreasonable expectations, and I wanted to let some of the hoopla surrounding it die down, so I waited until it sold 85,000 copies in [...]

The music industry is in peril. Artists trying to make it, record companies trying to exploit them, and the internet attempting to control it all, somehow. Back when Get It On by T.Rex was first released in 1971, there was none of what's going on now, well, none of the politics that is. It was a time when artists rarely knew that they were being robbed, and I'm not so sure they really cared much; the true "artists" that is. But what defines a true artist nowadays anyway? This morning the [...]

Hat tip to Bedazzled for this one.
So, recently I got engaged. Yeah, it's been a real ball - especially for her, as she's already three to four Google docs into planning - but it's also changed things. Our parents now have each other's phone numbers, I can't be honest with my feelings and say stuff like "Christ, your sister looked great tonight," and I'll never be able to watch Singles again without having a nervous breakdown. And for some reason, you find yourself innately pestering your close friends with idiotic questions like, "Oh, when are you two making the jump?" Granted, it's only been [...]
Filed under: News Janet Macoska Fans of the Ramones will have a chance to buy a piece of history when late frontman Joey Ramone 's personal items go up for auction. Perhaps one of the biggest purchases will be the singer's record collection, which encompasses 97 pieces of vinyl , including titles from Led Zeppelin , the Who , KISS , Bob Dylan , Elton John [...]

here is the 12th episode of our Illegal Sunday series ENJOY IT AND SPREAD THE WORLD! share, like, tweet, reblog, you know what to do get and give, you know ;) our picks for this week are after jump or in other words here are best mashups, edits and unofficial remixes of the week El Perro Del Mar – Walk on By ( Simon Iddol trippier-hop edit) [ mp3 SoundCloud] El Perro Del Mar [...]

As 2012 was the year of the “alt” r&b genre becoming huge thanks to the likes of Frank Ocean and The Weeknd, 2013 has been looking for it’s 1st star of this genre, and Azekel seems to be a very worthy candidate. This is his love-making mashup cover of T-Rex/XXYYXX’s “Get It On”. As the bass rolls through at a time-stopping pace, the East Londoner croons so elegantly, probably making every girl in England blush in the process. Picking such a great song to mess around with and make original, will have even the most cynical floored right [...]