This Sunday September 6 the Bloodshot Records 15th Anniversary Beer-B-Q comes to World Cafe Live . If you're looking for something fun to do this weekend, then you should check it out! There will be performances from Waco Brothers, The Yayhoos, Bottle Rockets, Deadstring Brothers, Ha Ha Tonka, Cordero, Robbie Fulks & Dex Romweber Duo. There's going to be Rolling Rock drink specials, art by the Yard Dog Gallery and free food to the first hundred people who show up. Here's the lineup (subject to [...]
This Sunday September 6 XPN Welcomes the Bloodshot Records 15th Anniversary Beer-B-Q to World Cafe Live. If you're looking for something fun to do this weekend, then you should check it out!There will be performances from Waco Brothers, The Yayhoos, Bottle Rockets, Deadstring Brothers, Ha Ha Tonka, Cordero, Robbie Fulks & Dex Romweber Duo. There's going to be Rolling Rock drink specials, art by
Favorite Folk Songs and Sleepytime Songs , the first two installments in the Peter Yarrow Songbook series, recently arrived in my house, and my children enjoyed them so much we've switched over to an all-folk format - at bedtime, at playtime, all day everyday by listener demand. It's validating to be asked to sing Golden Vanity to my child as she falls asleep, and a relief to put aside the Disney tunes and the circus polkas which generally fill the house. But Yarrow and his collaborators get [...]
Where to begin? I should start with the ornamental comb, like three white gleaming stakes from some Gnostic purification ritual, holding a jet-black stack of hair atop the fiery head of Polly Jean Har... Continue reading "SXSW Report: Friday with PJ Harvey, New York Dolls, Camera Obscura and Beyonce's Little Sister" >
Notes From Middle America is contributor Danny R. Phillips monthly column. You can read past installments here . In light of Touch and Go's recent decision to shut its doors, Bloodshot Records may not be Chicago Illinois' longest standing label, but at 15 years old, it might now be the "new" reference point for venerable Chicago indies for years to come. Founded in June of 1994 by Rob Miller and Nan Warshaw , the label is home to many acts and genres; [...]
We're proud to announce that we'll be co-sponsoring Bloodshot Records day party at SXSW 2009 again this year! What does that mean? We're not quite sure, but we'll be sure to post details about the event as the date arrives and the lineup gets finalized. We do know that Shiner is providing free beer and we'll be drinking it and listening to the following bands. Justin Townes Earle Justin Townes Earle - Mama's Eyes Dex Romweber Duo Dex Romweber Duo - Lookout [...]
KatJonBand Genre: Experimental / Alternative / Rock From: Holland Two elder statespeople of the original punk scene Kat (Ex ex of Dutch anarcho punks The Ex ) and Jon (Langford ex Mekons ) have joined forces to form KatJonBand. Come on guys taking the first three [...]
Concert Review: The Sadies , Saturday, October 4, The Horseshoe , Toronto Saturday of Aimz: 1. Wake up at 11, hungover from too much Keith's . 2. Pull it together with the help of coffee and donuts. 3. Drive out to Scarborough to buy a new curling broom. (If this isn't the start of a Canadian country song, then I don't know what is.) 4. Drink 2.5 liters of water, eat half of a large tomato, mushroom, and [...]
This set was a preview show for 2005's Freedom And Weep ... Waco Brothers 03-16-2005 The Hideout Chicago, Illinois 01 - Intro 02 - Nothing At All 03 - How Fast The Time 04 - Red Brick Wall 05 - Do What I Say 06 - Walking on Hell's Roof 07 - If I Can Make It Through 08 - The Chosen One 09 - Come A Long, Long Way [...]
In this week's paper, Christian Schaeffer interviewed Jon Langford of the Waco Brothers , who are returning to town to headline the last night of Twangfest 12 at Off Broadway. His interview is here (as well as his interview with Caleb Travers , one of the night's opening acts; Ha Ha Tonka and the Everybodyfields are also playing.) Here's an MP3 and a few choice outtakes MP3: The Waco Brothers, "Do What I Say" [...]
Now this is pretty awesome -- a full album of On the Beach covers. The Cover Me blog has compiled MP3's of one our longtime favorite "Ditch Trilogy" albums. Here's OTB's "Blues Trilogy": The Waco Brothers - Revolution Blues Mercury Rev - Vampire Blues Grapefruit Ed - Ambulance Blues Check out these tracks and go to Cover Me for the rest including a killer "Walk On" by Jeff Tweedy. More
Photo via YouTube Over the last couple years, some very cool stuff has been happening at the old Berkeley Church in Toronto, long converted from its original purpose as a house of worship to an event hall. My only experience was the totally insane show the Yeah Yeah Yeahs played there during the Film Festival last year and between being pummeled by the rest of the crowd and having Karen O scream in my face, I can confirm it's a lovely room. A room that, for the last [...]
In effort to raise awareness about upcoming releases as well as finding a place for the numerous submissions we get, this post continues our weekly purging of free and legal MP3's for your listening enjoyment. The number of tracks will fluctuate each week depending on the songs uncovered or sent. This week, we'll keep our offering SXSW related. Below, you'll find a wide array of artists playing in Austin today. MP3: Lyrics Born -"Hott To Deff" MP3: Bound [...]
Here's part two of some of the bands I hope to check out at SXSW this week... Disappear - My Brightest Diamond Pluto - Clare & The Reasons Restless - Langhorne Slim Crimewave - HEALTH Your Song - Kate Walsh The Girl - Dr. Dog I [...]
For more than a decade, these punk rockers on holiday have luxuriated in twanging pedal steel, stand-up bass and the rocking-est country barroom stomps ever delivered in a north English burr.
While recent reports show CD sales dwindling - if not nose-diving - you would hardly know that from the spate of new releases this week, faithfully compiled by Largehearted Boy . Must owns include: Steve Malkmus & the Jicks, Born Ruffians, The Gutter Twins, and What Made Milwaukee Famous. Also worth considering: Jim White, These United States, Cadence Weapon, Howlin' Rain, White Hinterland, and a whole lot more! And what? Bauhaus has a new album? And it's white? ... You had better run quickly and pick these up - the apocalypse approaches! Hopefully, there's still time, though, [...]
It's no secret that one of our favorite labels is Bloodshot Records out of Chicago. HearYa + BeerNuts will be one of the sponsors for their SXSW 2008 event, along with Shiner (as in free beer), TimeOut Chicago and The Yellow Tricycle Button Company. Bloodshot's lineup of American music is sure to put together a great beer drinking soundtrack for everyone. Swing on by and grab some super-classy beer koozies (as pictured below) and delicious beer nuts from the HearYa gang. Here's the lineup: [...]
Any big Mekons fans out there? They're another band I need to spend some quality time with. They were one of the bands that formed out of the 1977 British punk scene. Among the art students at the University of Leeds were Jon Langford, Kevin Lycett and Tom Greenhalgh. They formed the Mekons. Also forming out of the Leeds art school around that time were Gang of Four and Delta 5 . Jon Langford eventually settled in Chicago, and has been involved in a number of projects, most notably the Waco Brothers. [...]
It's the first Monday of the month, and that means it's time for another full album covered. Last month's Nevermind post was probably the most popular one I've done, so here's to hoping this keeps the momentum. This isn't one of Young's most famous albums, but it's my favorite. It's got the country groove, but with more balls than on Harvest . Plus, some of the songs are just badass. So here we go... Jeff Tweedy - Walk On [...]
Jaymay - "Blue Skies" (NY singer/songwriter getting praise from the UK press) The Whigs - "Right Hand on My Heart" (fresh off a Letterman appearance; indie rock from Georgia) What Made Milwaukee Famous - "Resistance St." (can't wait for this upcoming Barsuk release) American Music Club - "San Francisco" (LOTS of upcoming tour dates for Mark Eitzel and company) Destroyer - "Foam Hands" (the latest from Dan Bejar) She & Him [...]
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