Artist: The Tubes

Pullin' 'Tubes: Tom Waits Will Be Satisfied

Nov 14, 2011, 3:00pm Hidden Track

For the uninitiated the music of Tom Waits is a challenge at best. It's slightly abrasive, filled with odd guitar tunings, clanking rhythms, off-beat time signatures and of course Waits' unmistakable vocals, which sound something like a ragged world-worn homeless man that has been drinking cheap whiskey and smoking unfiltered cigarettes for the last 50 years. While those things might be a turn off for some people, they are the things that his scores of dedicated fans love about the idiosyncratic singer-songwriter . Waits' music is as undeniably progressive as it is familiar, a hauntingly creaky blend of rock, folk, jazz, blues and [...]

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Pullin' 'Tubes: Time To SMiLE

Nov 7, 2011, 2:36pm Hidden Track

In the pantheon on great "lost" albums, the Beach Boys ' Smile , may be the one that has been the most sought after by fans. The album was intended be the follow up to the band's seminal release Pet Sounds , and was described by Brian Wilson in an October 1966 interview as "a teenage symphony to God." Rumors have swirled for years about the recording sessions for the album, which included a lot of turmoil from within the band, a decent amount of drug use and a healthy dose of bizarre behavior from Brian Wilson , [...]

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Pullin' 'Tubes: Real Estate Listings

Oct 31, 2011, 11:00am Hidden Track

While Real Estate may be one of the more buzzed about bands in recent months, those that are trying to find them via a simple internet search might find themselves suddenly interested in buying some property, before they actually find their way to some information about the Brooklyn-via-New Jersey act . The young three-piece, who have spawned numerous side-projects, are among the new crop of lo-fi psychedelic rock bands that happily exist in an interesting gray area that attracts both jamband and indie-rock fans, with their laid back blend of jangly guitar, hazy day-glo vocals and the occasional [...]

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Tube: M83 are set to hit "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon" next month

Oct 29, 2011, 11:38pm THE CULTURE OF ME

Anthony Gonzalez a/k/a M83 had his most recent record, the just-released Hurry Up, We're Dreaming debut at #15 on the Billboard Top 200 Chart AND #1 on Billboard 's Current Electronic Albums Chart, is set to hit the stage for a television recording on Monday, November 21 on "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon". Here's to hoping that the dudes in The Roots get in on the action for a performance of "Midnight City", right? Godspeed!

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I'm Generally Not One To Party, But If I Were… (Part 1/4)

Oct 28, 2011, 8:57pm Ivy League Spins

I'd party to this playlist. And it'd be the hippest party around. Part 1 below, parts 2-4 to follow sometime, maybe today. Or tomorrow maybe. Probably. Definitely by Sunday... evening. Marvin Gaye: Medley (You/Grapevine/Your Precious Love) (5/11/1972 Live In Washington D.C.) Phish: Tube (1997/10/29 Live At Madison Square Garden) Celtic C ross: Hicksville ( Hicksville ) [...]

• Abe Vigoda - Repeating Angel
• Celtic Cross - Hicksville
• Four Tet - Sing
• Led Zeppelin - All My Love
• Marvin Gaye - Medley (You/Grapevine/Your Precious Love)
• Perpetual Groove - Get Down Tonight
• Phish - Tube
• Public Enemy - Prophets Of Rage
• Talking Heads - The Great Curve
• The Specials - Enjoy Yourself (It's Later Than You Think)

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Artist:	Abe Vigoda
Title:	Repeating Angel
Link Text:	Abe Vigoda: Repeating Angel
File Name:	07-repeating-angel.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Genre:	Rock
Year:	2010

Artist:	Celtic Cross
Title:	Hicksville
Link Text:	Celtic C ross: Hicksville
File Name:	01-hicksville.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Genre:	Electronic
Year:	2003

Artist:	Four Tet
Title:	Sing
Link Text:	Four Tet: Sing
File Name:	05-sing.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Genre:	Electronic
Year:	2010

Artist:	Led Zeppelin
Title:	All My Love
Link Text:	Led Zeppelin: All My Love
File Name:	06-all-my-love.mp3
Genre:	Rock
Year:	1978

Artist:	Marvin Gaye
Title:	Medley (You/Grapevine/Your Precious Love)
Link Text:	Marvin Gaye: Medley (You/Grapevine/Your Precious Love)
File Name:	01-medley-you_grapevine_your-p recious-love.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Genre:	R&B
Year:	1972

Artist:	Perpetual Groove
Title:	Get Down Tonight
Link Text:	Perpetual Groove: Get Down Tonight
File Name:	04-get-down-tonight.mp3

Artist:	Phish
Title:	Tube
Link Text:	Phish: Tube
File Name:	13-tube.mp3
Genre:	Rock
Year:	1997

Artist:	Public Enemy
Title:	Prophets Of Rage
Link Text:	Public Enemy: Prophets Of Rage
File Name:	15-prophets-of-rage.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Genre:	Rap
Year:	1988

Artist:	Talking Heads
Title:	The Great Curve
Link Text:	Talking Heads: The Great Curve
File Name:	03-the-great-curve.mp3
Bitrate:	160 kbps
Genre:	Rock
Year:	1980

Artist:	The Specials
Title:	Enjoy Yourself (It's Later Than You Think)
Link Text:	The Specials: Enjoy Yourself (It’s Later Than You Think)
File Name:	01-enjoy-yourself-its-later-th an-you-think.mp3
Genre:	Pop
Year:	1980

Pullin' 'Tubes: Let's Go To Cafe au Go Go

Oct 17, 2011, 1:00pm Hidden Track

When you talk about the venues that played a pivotal role in shaping New York City's rock scene, certain ones come to mind immediately. The Fillmore East, CBGB's and The Wetlands all left their mark, with both those that played gigs there, as well as those that frequented them, some almost on a nightly basis. Seemingly overlooked in this discussion was the importance of the Cafe au Go Go , a tiny club, with notoriously bad sight lines, located in the basement of 152 Bleecker Street, which from the period of 1964 to 1969 hosted every important and influential rock, folk, blues, jazz [...]

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Son of Son of Son of Son of Halloween

Oct 16, 2011, 3:30am 30 Days Out

I tell you one thing: as a kid, if I'd gone up to trick or treat at a house and Elvira answered the door ... I would have been pretty, ah, scared. Looking at the photo, I'm pretty sure I would have the same reaction today. MP3: "Elvira's Intro" by Elvira, Mistress Of The Dark MP3: "Attack Of The 50-Foot Woman" by the Tubes MP3: "Little Demon" by Screamin' Jay Hawkins [...]

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Pullin' 'Tubes: Welcome To The Machine

Oct 10, 2011, 11:00am Hidden Track

Over the last few years, the music world has been taken over by a new wave of "British Invasion" bands that have brought a diverse swath of styles and sounds across the Atlantic to captivate American audiences. Acts such as Adele, Mumford & Sons and Foals have all found big audiences in the U.S. Any list of UK-based breakout bands would be severely lacking if it also didn't include Florence & The Machine - the recording moniker of one Florence Welch. Welch's enchanting baroque-pop, unique fashion style and powerful live [...]

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Pullin' 'Tubes: Marketa Goes Back to NYC

Oct 3, 2011, 4:50pm Hidden Track

Marketa Irglova storybook rise to fame began at the age of 17 with her starring role as "Girl", alongside Glen Hansard, front man of Irish folk-rockers The Frames, in the 2007 musical-drama Once . The unexpected runaway success of the movie, which cost only $160,000 to make, and has grossed over $20 million world worldwide, garnered the pair an Oscar for Best Original Song, and made Irglova the youngest person to win an Oscar in a musical category at age 19. Capitalizing on all of that, Irglova and Hansard formed The Swell Season , who have released [...]

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Pullin' 'Tubes: Freak Flag Fly

Sep 19, 2011, 2:03pm Hidden Track

I think I can speak for the entire HT Staff in saying that we were all bummed when Carrie Brownstein decided to part ways with NPR Music last October, after spending nearly three years blogging at Monitor Mix . It was no surprise that Brownstein's next move was to return to arguably what she does best - playing music, though she has proven herself to be a triple threat by adding acting into the fold too, starring in the highly entertaining Portlandia . With her former band [...]

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Pullin' 'Tubes: The Return Of Ryan Adams

Sep 12, 2011, 5:00pm Hidden Track

For an artist that has been as prolific as Ryan Adams , it's hard to believe that he hasn't put out a proper studio album of new material since 20082s Cardinology . We're talking about a guy who ambitiously released three records in the same year, including Cold Roses - the sprawling double-disc of Grateful Dead inspired psychedelic country-rock. After disbanding The Cardinals in 2009, Adams has stepped out of the spotlight performing only sporadic gigs, got hitched to Mandy Moore, became a Facebook enthusiast and dabbled in heavy metal with [...]

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Pullin' 'Tubes: DJ Shadow Gets Excited

Aug 29, 2011, 1:00pm Hidden Track

Back in 1996, DJ Shadow dropped his groundbreaking, and critically acclaimed debut Endtroducing... . The album, made up entirely of samples, featured snippets of everything from A Tribe Called Quest to Nirvana to Bjork to Kraftwerk, creating a heady, layered, mind bending and sonically diverse record that has has been named to just about every Best Of list since its release. In the 14 years since, the pioneering Bay Area-based turntablist , whose dedication to the art of crate digging resulted in one of the best scenes in the 2002 documentary Scratch [...]

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Pullin' 'Tubes: Kind Of Blues

Aug 22, 2011, 11:00am Hidden Track

In a recent issue of Rolling Stone, the venerable music magazine did something that caught me a bit by surprise, as they dedicated their lead album review to The Bright Lights - a four-song EP by 27-year-old Austin-based blues revivalist Gary Clark Jr.'s that garnered four out of five stars. The 500-plus word piece , penned by Will Hermes, opens with the question - "When was the last time a young blues guitarist really blew your mind?" Anointing Clark as a "genuine 21st-century bluesman," Hermes placed him ahead of an impressive list of liked minded contemporaries such as [...]

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Pullin' 'Tubes: Things Get SuperHeavy

Aug 15, 2011, 1:00pm Hidden Track

Supergroups are nothing new in the world of music, in fact they date back all the to the mid-1960s when Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker formed arguably the first one with Cream. The trend has been has a big renaissance in recent years with the likes of Monsters Of Folk, Wild Flagg, Them Crooked Vultures and The Dead Weather, all qualifying. The latest group to throw their collective hat into the the ring, may also be one of the most unique and eclectic ones, with Mick Jagger, Dave Stewart (Eurythmics), Damien "Jr. Gong" Marley, Joss Stone and Indian [...]

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Pullin' 'Tubes: Jesse & The Rippers

Aug 8, 2011, 12:25pm Hidden Track

Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter got their first mention here on Hidden Track back in January of 2007, during HT 1.0, when we had a reoccurring feature around these parts called Listen To This Shit , which featured a mix of music that former E-i-C Slade Sohmer had advised to shove in your ear holes. While that initial post made mention that Sykes sounded eerily like a female version of Widespread Panic front man John Bell, it appears as if a lot has changed in the three and a half years since. [...]

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Pullin' 'Tubes: Taking A Dip In The Ocean

Aug 1, 2011, 1:00pm Hidden Track

Back in 2003, it seemed as if you couldn't turn on the radio or MTV without hearing the Fountains Of Wayne's ubiquitous hit Stacy's Mom . The song helped earn the power-pop act some justifiable attention for their highly recommended release Welcome Interstate Managers - a collection of smartly written songs that wove tales of the lives of suburbanites. It also garnered them a seemingly odd Grammy nomination for Best New Artist, despite the fact that they've been putting albums since the mid-90s and achieved some early success with their song [...]

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Des tubes en pictos

Jul 28, 2011, 5:50am La Blogotheque

De bien belles affiches illustrant en pictogrammes des chansons célèbres. Trouvé chez La Boite Verte

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Pullin' 'Tubes: Good Circulation

Jul 25, 2011, 10:58am Hidden Track

For the last 30 years Thurston Moore has been best known as the front man of the psychedelic noise rockers Sonic Youth - whose influence most recently can be heard all over the new crop of lo-fi, psych rock acts like Woods, Kurt Vile and Bear In Heaven. While Sonic Youth last put out an album in 2009 with The Eternal , their 16th in total, that doesn't mean that Moore hasn't been keeping busy outside of his full time commitment. Back in late May, [...]

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FlashBack! - The Tubes - Outside Inside (1983) (album stream)

Jul 18, 2011, 6:25pm Totally Fuzzy

Outside Inside is a 1983 release on Capitol Records by The Tubes. The album was produced by David Foster. The Tubes had their biggest radio hit with the single "She's a Beauty". Read more »

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Pullin' 'Tubes: And All That Jazz

Jul 18, 2011, 11:00am Hidden Track

While Norah Jones may have gotten all the notoriety for helping to revive the tradition of female jazz-influenced vocalists in the early aughts, some credit should also be paid to Madeleine Peyroux , whose debut album Dreamland came out six years prior. Peyroux, whose vocal style has justly garnered comparisons to Billie Holiday, began singing professionally as a teenager, after she moved to Paris with her mother and discovered the street musicians in the city's Latin Corner, spending several years touring throughout Europe singing jazz standards as a member of The Lost Wandering Blues & Jazz Band. [...]

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