Let It Be (1984, reissued 2008) is The Replacements fourth studio album and is considered a "masterpiece" my many 'Mats fans. It was given a five star rating by All Music . It was also the Replacements breakthrough album in that people outside of the upper Midwest really started to pay attention to the band. I love the cover art (right top), a photograph by Daniel Corrigan , taken on the roof of Bob and Tommy Stinson's family home in South Minneapolis. It reminds me of my summers in [...]
The Replacements producer/manager Peter Jesperson: We cut "Within Your Reach" during that secret solo Paul [Westerberg] session. And Chris [Mars] tried to play drums on it, and it just wasn't working. It didn't fit the song. And for some reason, [Suicide Commandos drummer] Dave Ahl had a drum machine there and we turned that on and [engineer Steve] Fjelstad mic'd it up and that's what we used for the song. (p.111) Buy : The Replacements: All Over But the Shouting, An Oral History (2007) [...]
The Replacements first studio album, Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash (1981), which many consider one of the best American punk albums of all time, barely got any play outside of Minneapolis/St. Paul area. Regardless, they followed-up this release with an EP entitled Stink . The cassette and album covers were hand stamped, giving the release even more of an underground feel. Lori Barbero , a Minneapolis musician and drummer for Babes in Toyland , talks about the opening track in the book [...]
Grant Hart , Mark Olson , Prince Rogers Nelson , and Paul Westerberg were all born within three and a half years of each other in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. Hart, New York-born Bob Mould and Illinois-born Greg Norton stated the hardcore band Husker Du at about the same time as Westerberg and his Minneapolis-born friends Bobby and Tommy Stinson and Chris Mars formed The Replacements . The two bands even performed together and had somewhat of a healthy competition in the Minneapolis music scene. Although by the time that [...]
STREAM: Big Star - "In the Street" "Children by the million sing for Alex Chilton when he comes 'round" - The Replacements: “Alex Chilton” In the 30+ years since the release of Big Star’s first two albums, #1 Record and Radio City , these discs have grown to a legendary/cult status that its members (Alex Chilton, Chris Bell, Jody Stephens and Andy Hummel) never seemed to recapture. These albums, which were originally issued in [...]
After two days of reading I am now on page 95 of Jim Walsh's The Replacements: All Over But the Shouting, An Oral History. At first I didn't like the book mainly because of the style in which it is written. It literally is an "oral" history in that every paragraph is a quote from someone associated in some way with The Replacements , be it a fan, a musician, a fellow writer, or even a relative. Walsh did tons of research finding hundreds of old interviews from various magazine and newspaper articles [...]
So here’s the second part of the Alt-Rock 101 article I started last week . We’ve had Sonic Youth, Hüsker Dü and The Meat Puppets, now it’s time for these three: The Replacements – I Will Dare Minutemen – History Lesson (Part II) R.E.M. – So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry) The Replacements, like Hüsker Dü before them and The Hold Steady after them, hail from Minneapolis. There’s a reason I mention The Hold Steady. In this great article, Craig Finn talks of how they saved his life. [...]
I just started reading The Replacements: All Over But the Shouting, An Oral History (2007). Written by Jim Walsh who was in the front row as The Replacements plowed through the basements and bars of Minneapolis to semi-national fame in the 1980s-indie underground. Walsh estimates that he saw The 'Mats 150 times over twelve years. I never saw them live, but when I first heard them on college radio 1988, my 15-year-old self was immediately in love. I'm only through the preface, but I can already tell [...]
For many years now Scott McCaughey has been making a living as one of the auxiliary members of R.E.M., and as the leader of his one-time side project The Minus Five. But before either of these endeavors came into the picture, McCaughey was the ringleader of one of Seattle’s best kept secrets, the Young Fresh Fellows. The band has just released I Think This Is , its first record in eight years.
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs are set to replace the Beastie Boys at Lollapalooza after the band was forced to drop out. The band are taking the headlining slot on Saturday night (August 8). As we previously reported, the Beastie Boys cancelled their appearance at the bash after band member Adam Yauch was diagnosed with cancer. Yeah Yeah Yeahs
The Replacements: Sixteen Blue [purchase] It's common rock and roll currency to appeal to the pathos of adolescence. Here The Replacements lament how difficult it is to be sixteen, bored, and naive. Great song from a really great album.
Toronto is in day 27 of its civic workers strike. From the City of Toronto web site: At 12:20 a.m. on Monday, June 22, 2009, the City of Toronto's unionized employees represented by the Toronto Civic Employees' Union Local 416 (CUPE) and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 79 began a legal strike. I moved here in 2002, and this is the second time these unions have gone on strike. The strike has been termed the "Garbage Strike" since there is no garbage pickup [...]
Wild Yaks - "River May Come" Wild Yaks - "Tomahawk" Wild Yaks - "Wish I Had A Whip" mp3s via Fader b/c our acct isn't working right now There is a good chance that after seeing the Wild Yaks live, we will be changed people. According to several very reputable [...]
Ya jadi buat kalian yang belum nonton, silahkan cari cari di tempat dvd bajakan, atau yang ngga level beli dvd bajakan, silahkan tungguin sampe masuk bioskop (estimasi perkiraan saya, berkaca dari keterlambatan film yang masuk ke Indonesia, taun 2012 baru ada di Indonesia). Nih sebagian bocoran lagu yang masuk ke film-nya. Endjoi!. The Replacements – Bastards of Young (fyi, lagu ini adanya pas banget banget di awal film, amazing lah. Jadi kronologisnya, begitu pencet play, langsung keluar lagu ini. Wow isn’t it?). Lou Reed - Satellite of Love [...]
The Dream Syndicate found whatever was in Sister Lovers and Tonight's The Night still breathing in L.A. in 1984 and used it to make Medicine Show , still a nervous and wild local classic. Guitarist-singer Steve Wynn will perform the album in its entirety tonight with his band the Miracle 3. He speaks now from a quiet park in New York. This interview by Chris Ziegler.
Filed under: News , Exclusive Though Josh Freese has worked for many accomplished musicians during his career -- most recently, he's worked with Devo , Weezer and the Vandals -- the talented drummer uses one of the tracks on his new solo album, 'Since 1972,' to pay tribute to his favorite former employer, ex- Replacements frontman Paul Westerberg . On the song 'Blood on Your Knuckles,' Freese honors his peer/hero in both melody and lyrics, sliding in a nod to the Replacements' classic [...]
Filed under: Count Five Art Brut frontman Eddie Argos is a little embarrassed to admit that he only learned of the existence of Minneapolis college-rock legends the Replacements around six months ago while surfing the Web. But he's not embarrassed enough to keep him from writing a song about his belated discovery. Called, naturally, 'The Replacements,' the track features the lyrics "How have I only just found out about the Replacements?/Some of them are nearly as old as my parents" and appears on his group's latest [...]
Inevitably, whenever you meet somebody new, that person is likely to ask, "So, what do you do?" And by "do" they don't mean what are your hobbies or what do you like to do on the weekends. They're asking how you make a living. Oftentimes, and however unfairly, your answer to this question will be judged, helping them to form a first impression of you.
I recently did an interview with Billy from The Scotsman's Under the Radar blog (amongst other venerable organs) which took the form of an interesting chat about the current tension between bloggers and professional journalists. He has played off my opinions against those of his friend Mike Diver, who is currently the online editor for (the excellent) Clash magazine. The whole thing can be found here, along with plenty of comments from Ally and Milo, professional writers from around these parts, and myself and Tart, on the side of the bloggers. The comments on that thread It's an [...]
Nothing says summertime like a couple of songs about swimming. And what better backdrop than California artist Eric Zener , who obsessively paints the webs of light and reflections in the underwater chlorine-filled worlds known as swimming pools. Loudon Wainwright III - "Swimming Song" (from Attempted Mustache ) The Replacements - "Pool and Dive" (from Don't You [...]
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