This opening track from Nirvana's 1991 album Nevermind has spawned a whole lot of covers - many of which are instrumental, the vocal melody seems to speak to jazz piano players especially. Female vocalists also like taking a shot at this grunge classic - we round out with a few male-vox covers, a guest appearance from The Muppets and you've got - 10 covers of Smells Like Teen Spirit. The Contestants: Artist : Tori Amos Album : [...]
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Last Tuesday night The Hot Sardines (@hotsardines) opened for The Bad Plus (@thebadplus) at City Winery, a perfect lineup for the relaxed venue. With tables surrounding the stage and the option to grab a fantastic meal during some classy jazz, it's absolutely nothing like the standard NYC indie setup. The Hot Sardines were a reserved three piece with lots of smiles. They play the kind of jazz you listen to on your old record player and pretend life is in black and white. It's [...]
Wilco @ Jazz Fest 2011 - photo by Justin Ward As fall comes into full swing this week, we're getting a really nice mix of interesting shows in NYC with some especially noteworthy bands in the indie rock and folk realms. Starting with the more eccentric artists, there's tUnE-YaRds @ Le Poisson Rouge (tonight), Cymbals Eat Guitars @ Music Hall of Williamsburg (Wed), the triumphant return of the Rapture @ Webster Hall (Thurs), and Superhuman Happiness doing two nights at Zebulon in Williamsburg (Fri-Sat). For something eclectic but a [...]
the dodos | photo by whitperson This is another one of those week's of live music in NYC that requires some serious skills with scheduling and logistics. There are a ton of great shows and there's just not enough time, energy, and cash flow to take them all in. Since I'm still out of pocket, and there's so much to choose from, I'm foregoing my normal highlight reel and just going with the entire list. Call me a slacker if you will, but given all these options, I think I'm mainly just indecisive... [...]
Despite all the critical press and legions of faithful fans, there's fewer Uncle Tupelo and Wilco cover versions out there than you would expect. On the occasion of Jeff Tweedy's 44th birthday we dig up a handful to share with you.
Guest post by Sabato of sabatobox.com : Virtuosic jazz trio The Bad Plus recently paid a visit to the Northampton Iron Horse. Pianist Ethan Iverson, Bassist Reid Anderson and Drummer David King put on a fantastic concert of mostly original material for a warm audience of aficionados and assorted hipsters. The concert itself was in question early in the evening, as an afternoon lightning storm knocked the power out of the entire block. But that was no obstacle for the Bad Plus who offered a couple of "unplugged" songs in the dark, starting with their [...]
As a classically trained musician, I came to the serious concert stage through the garage. As such, I struggled with my own personal musical identity for sometime. How do the different sides of my experiences, interests, and training coalesce to form one musician? Let alone, how do I interpret the music of JS Bach when I've also been musically informed by Built to Spill and Thelonious Monk? All Time Top 5 is a bi-weekly feature written by Those Who Dig where we combine our love for High Fidelity, lists, and [...]
The music of Stravinsky has been appropriated and reconfigured for ages now. From Charlie Parker to Ornette Coleman and Frank Zappa, pieces have been pulled, re-arranged and served as the catal
El trío estadounidense de jazz avant-garde, The Bad Plus tocará el próximo sábado (26 de Marzo) en Carolina del Norte, una adaptación completa del ballet compuesto por Igor Stravinsky en 1913. El proyecto es una comisión hecha por Duke University en colaboración con Lincoln Center. "La consagración de la primavera" es una pieza mundialmente famosa por su extrema complejidad y no solo en términos de composición, también exije concentración absoluta por parte de los ejecutantes ya que las abundantes frases asimétricas y los ritmos elaborados incrementan considerablemente la dificultad de interpretación. Es también una pieza adelantada [...]
Five awesome covers of Radiohead's "Karma Police."
It's the end of the year and in addition to gingerbread, whiskey cider, and Vince Guaraldi, it's also time to look back at the albums that defined my year. This is not a list of of album from 2010. This is a list of the albums that were the most present and perpetually in play in both the background and foreground of my life. Making an end of year mix tape? Check out the attached music and see if my selections sound like your version of 2010. Later we can all [...]
Photos of the Minneapolis jazz band at Anthology on 12/28. Follow Owl and Bear on Facebook and Twitter for contests, MP3s, and links that don't make it onto the blog.
The jazz popsters will play Anthology on December 8. Follow Owl and Bear on Facebook and Twitter for contests, MP3s, and links that don't make it onto the blog.
American jazz trio The Bad Plus have a way of completely deconstructing covers, while still maintaining the essence of the song that attracted us to it in the first place. For an example, check out this professionally shot video of The Bad Plus covering Everybody Wants to Rule The World by Tears For Fears at a recent gig in Sydney... Bad Plus - Everybody Wants to Rule The World The Bad Plus cross the country this December ending the year with a four-night stand on December 28-31 at [...]
The Bad Plus marks a decade of pace setting progressive music with a new CD that represents two firsts: all original songs and all instrumental. Compact Disc - Instrumental - Music - Shopping - Recordings
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Whew, now THIS is a big ass week of music releases. You have a ton of big albums from all corners of the indie rock world hitting the streets today, so pretty much everyone should be able to find something the love in what is hitting the streets today. Of course, for myself, I couldn't be more pumped about the return of Superchunk and their new one Majesty Shredding , though I also recommend giving The Walkmen's new one Lisbon and Black Mountain's Wilderness [...]
Filed under: All About Jazz Things are a bit calmer for the Bad Plus these days. The band returns with its eighth album, called ' Never Stop ,' which, if nothing else, emphatically states the band's mission statement. It's also the first album of all original songs for the trio. It follows up 2009's ' For All I Care ,' which featured rock covers performed with indie rock singer Wendy Lewis and a few classical tunes. By the time this came out, fans and [...]
It has come to my attention that some people may find 1400+ word posts a little hard to get through. I'd be very glad to receive some feedback on that point in the comments, but for the time being I'll assume that there is some legitimacy to the claim. As a result, this post is going to be my attempt at a speed post: I'll brief the general idea and each artist, but leave it up to you to listen to the individual songs, and try to be a little more succinct with my writing. That said, jazz [...]
Max turned me on to this cover awhile ago. A little Googling will turn up some info on this Chicago soul band, and a rather pretentious writing voice . But let's not get judgmental about tone, because JC & The Uptown Sound really have something going here. This a different cover, but I like that. For some reason people just haven't been able to sack up when they cover Wilco (read: Norah Jones covering "Jesus, Etc. "). This a great treatment of the song. Sometimes when Max and I have sat around jamming on this track, [...]
Hugh Cornwell at The Media Club in Vancouver, BC Photo : D. Caplan ( more ) Jul 6 2010 Beirut Music Hall of Williamsburg Brooklyn, NY 08:00 PM Buy Tickets Amex presale begins: Wed, 06/16/10 12:00 PM [...]
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