As summer begins to melt away like a brilliant setting sun, the weather will soon turn more brisk, the leaves on the trees will die a flashy, colorful death and the air will become more crisp. The first week of September is a seminal time of the year - millions of kids are back in [...] Read more, get songs or stream the entire mix on Indie Rock Cafe
A massive big up to my Wolf Music homies who I had the pleasure of meeting out in the disco paradise of Garden Festival. Lots of childish vaginal jokes were shared out there... Anyways this is about the music! So here's a wicked selection of new tracks from the duo's label which will be out on vinyl on 19th September. WOLFEP009 Fantastic Man - Dont Worry It's Just Me by Matt_Wolf_Music WOLFEP009 Medlar [...]
The Tolbooth Sessions is a compilation of 10 bands from in and around Stirling, London. Each of the bands recorded one track with Andy Monaghan, an established Scottish musician as the producer in the tolbooth's recording studio. As a fan of compilations, I was very excited about listening to this record and I can safely say it wasn't a disappointment. Read more..
We review the second Buddy Holly tribute of the summer...see how it stacks up against the first!
Listen to Me: Buddy Holly celebrates what would have been the 75th birthday of the late rock icon with covers of his best-loved hits by superstars such as Stevie Nicks, Brian Wilson, Ringo Starr, Natalie Merchant, Jackson Browne, Patrick Stump and Zooey Deschanel. The record, which is a benefit in support of several music-related charities, will be accompanied by a special V.I.P. live concert at the Music Box in Hollywood that will be shot for PBS' December pledge drive and an eventual DVD release. Listen to Me will hit stores on September 6th, but you can preview the album in [...]
Essential West African music that spanned generations and influenced many. Look for it in your record store's smallest or most invisible sections. This music finds comfort in its own corner(s) of the world; it acknowledges the grandeur of distance, the sense of space undiscovered, and the exuberance that comes from knowing it's there. Any young'n who may possibly (improbably) be interested in exploring African music -- specifically, West African music -- should sample the well-known and irrepressible greats "Ogiobo" and "Sweet Mother" and reward themselves with the rest. "Highlife" as a genre -- "sensation" would probably be...
CLICK IMAGE TO VIEW This is just a little documentary I stumbled upon while on the travels through the net. Very cool lots of info and features from various artists talking about BDK aswell as the man himself. You gots to pay respect to one of the greatest hip hop icons and I find definitely underrated. So chek it and enjoy also for more BDK ino check out my ' Drop On A Classic ' article about him. WIB never half steppin!! }WeedyBoyDetective{ [...]
These are some "fly-on-the-wall" session recordings of Al Kooper producing a band called "St. Regis" . I found this bit of info on a message board from Al. "Did you produce a song called 'One Good Turn Deserves Another' ? Who was the band ?" "I did indeed (unreleased).An 80's band (now extinct) called St Regis. Fraternal twins that could teach Liam & Noel a thing or two". Al [...]
Make a joyful noise The town of Nagore in southeast India's Tamil Nadu province is the site of a Sufi shrine dedicated to a Sufi saint named Meeran Sahib Abdul Qadir Shahul Hamid Badshah. The site is home to a group of devotional singers practicing a transcendental form of Islam that relies of music to induce trances of religious ecstasy. It is not uncommon for pilgrims to visit other nearby religious sites -- a Hindu temple, a Christian church...
Ah, yes. I've always had a perverse love for some of the King's most trite work - case in point the beach-party-ready "Do The Clam," a song that clearly belongs on any dis-respectable Labor Day soundtrack. Or, you know, your next twisted mushroom party. MP3: Elvis Presley :: Do The Clam -------- ______________________________ ______________________________ _________________________
'A Tribute To Alkaline Trio', featuring covers from Into It. Over It., Koji, Allister and I Can Make A Mess Like Nobody's Business, and many, many more is available for streaming below. Read more »
It's always a nice bonus when a good album also benefits a good cause. Ready for the Sunshine is a charity compilation CD featuring fifteen indie bands from various countries - including Sambassadeur, Au Revoir Simone, Matt Pond PA, Taken by Trees, Jens Lekman, Camera Obscura and The Submarines. All of the album's proceeds will [...]
The boundary for this compilation is huge, and surrounds all of Africa, a continent with more guitarists and guitar styles than anyone can easily count. How does a compiler approach one of these albums, I wonder -- how do they decide what to put in and keep out, and where to draw the boundaries? The boundary for this compilation is huge, and surrounds all of Africa, a continent with more guitarists and guitar styles than anyone can easily count. Dan Rosenberg has dealt with a number of different genres for World Music Network in the past, and the only [...]
VARIOUS ARTISTS - UNITED & ANARCHIC (Vol.3) (Loops of Fury, Zodiac Cartel, Electric Soulside & Rektchordz) RELEASE DATE - 29/08-11 - Beatport Exclusive The third in the U&A series celebrating 5 years at the top of the Electronic tree for Elite Force's U&A Recordings . It's a whopper, including a *massive* follow-up from The Loops of Fury to their chart-topper 'I Need'. Support on their last single was amazing, with the key supporters including Soulwax, Steve Aoki, [...]
I'll tell you what just caught me by surprise - the fact that I am moving to Leicester in two days time. Like I've known this for a while now, but I've never really thought about it. Or prepared for it. my first new friend of next week The facts, as I know them, are as follows. I start a job in Leicester University at 9am [...]
Even in the hands of contemporary artists, these Muppet songs still sound as hilarious and heartbreaking as the furry characters who originally brought them to life. If you grew up during the late '70s' there's a good chance you learned as many important life lessons from a frog, a pig, a bear, a dog, and a what-have-you, as you did from your parents and educators. Jim Henson's lovable, furry Muppets always seemed to have a better grasp on what it's like to be a human being than most human beings did. In his review of the 1977 film The [...]
Many people can't resist the adorable charm of Paul Rudd, so it's impossible for them not to be a little excited about the release of "Our Idiot Brother", featuring Rudd as a naive, free spirit who looks for the answers to life with his dog (named Willie Nelson) and generally drives his family nuts. With Zooey Deschanel starring as one of his sisters, it's almost too much adorable charm to handle in one movie. Read more »
We review a jam-packed tribute to the classic songs of the Muppets featuring songs performed by Weezer, Andrew Bird, My Morning Jacket and more.
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