I'll be rock and rolling this coming week away on vacation, so while I'm gone here's a mix to kick your pre-Halloween week into party mode too. Dance on. Eli "Paperboy" Reed And The True Loves - (Doin' The)Boom Boom Buy Roll With You James Hunter - She's Got A Way Buy The Hard Way The Clash - Wrong 'Em Boyo [...]
Hailing from the west coast's current musical hotbed Portland, Oregon, Starf*cker has managed to carve their own small niche in what is a pretty crowded arena lately for keyboard/percussion based indie dance music. Not quite as quirky as Justice or MGMT , and somewhat less intricate than Yeasayer , they have a hypnotic, loopy, synth and guitar driven sound that works just as well for chilling out and and listening as it does on the dance floor. In [...]
http://www.flickr.com/photos/t omvu/2077607429/ , originally uploaded by Barry Yanowitz . Los Campesinos! have taken the frenetic danceable sounds that made Hold On Now, Youngster... one the better records of the year, focused and refined them just a little bit, and the end result is their fine second release of the year, the "mini album" We are Beautiful,We Are Doomed . It's available digitally today with an extremely limited cd edition to be released next week. I'd advise [...]
Hey Philly and beyond, come on out to the North Star this Friday night for the Chris Tucker tribute, I'll be helping my friends at Girl About Town with the silent auction stop by and say hi. Here's more info via Girl About Town: On Friday October 17th, six area bands will gather at the North Star Bar in Philadelphia to honor Christopher Tucker . Chris was our friend who passed away this summer, and he was a talented musician and overall great guy who touched a lot of people [...]
If you are like most people, chances are you had off from work today. Hopefully in the spirit of Columbus Day you spent it out discovering your own piece of America and really enjoyed the day off. Here's a couple songs to cap off the theme of the day. Grace Potter and The Nocturnals - Mr. Columbus Buy This Is Somewhere Graham Parker - I Discovered America [...]
Wow, what a week . Where'd all the money go ? 1 : John Lee Hooker - I Need Some Money Buy Very Best Of 2 : Soulsavers - Paper Money Buy It's Not How Far... 3 : Tonewreck - Someone Else's Money Buy Bag Of Songs [...]
Just found out today that Bag of Songs and Philadelphia favorites the A-Sides , who released one of the best discs of 2007 in Silver Storms , are sadly no more. There's a glimmer of good news in the clouds though, Jon and Patrick are forging ahead with a new project called Sun Airway . Here's the first taste of their new sound. Fans of the shimmering, majestic music of the A-Sides , I don't think you'll be disappointed, it's good [...]
With big thanks to our friend Chris for the tip, here's the brand new video today from from the white hot Drink Up Buttercup for the song Mr. Pie Eyes , due out on a UK 7" single on Make Mine records on November 10th. More Drink Up Buttercup - [ WEBSITE ] [ MYSPACE ] Drink Up Buttercup - Mr. Pie Eyes
I wasn't there myself but here are a few video highlights of Bruce Springsteen 's appearance at yesterday's Obama Voter Registration Rally on the Ben Franklin Parkway In Philadelphia. Bruce plays again today in Ohio and on Monday in Michigan. Show info via Brucesprinsgsteen.net : Columbus, Ohio On Sunday, October 5, Springsteen comes to Columbus, OH (where he also appeared for John Kerry in 2004). He'll be playing an acoustic set at a rally "aimed at encouraging Obama supporters to register and [...]
John Lovrich behind the board at Snugfit Studios 10.03.08 Sometimes there just aren't enough hours in a day to fit everything in. Since I spent too many hours at work yesterday, and last night in the recording studio with my band(more on that to come), there was not a lot of time left over to post. So here's this week's 5 On A Friday, on Saturday. 1 : Beverly Washburn - Everybody Loves Saturday Night Buy Growing Up Too Fast [...]
A random handful of recent cool tunes as Bag Of Songs wraps up its 2nd year. Plenty of cool things coming up as we celebrate turning two, including our 2nd Anniversary party on October 26th at The M Room in Philadelphia co hosted by my friends at Girl About Town and featuring The Swimmers , The Figgs , The Thirteen , and Black Joe Louis and The Honeybears . Stay tuned. [...]
A couple photos from this past Monday night's incredible sold out three hour show by Robert Pollard's Boston Spaceships at Johnny Brenda's in Philadelphia. Detroit's The High Strung opened with a great set of their sixties tinged garage rock, showing that a three piece guitar, bass, drums combo can still bring the rock. Robert Pollard and band, including Tommy Keene on guitar took the stage at 10pm, just after a full cooler of beer on [...]
The music of your youth seems to be one of those things that gets indelibly burned into your memory for life. Creedence Clearwater Revival 's string of albums from 1968 to '70 were one of dominating sounds of radio well into the early seventies, and the fact that my parents owned all of their records made their music a constant presence. It's a continuous run of hit singles matched by few bands of any era. Listening to the new 40th anniversary remasters was like taking a trip back in time, they sound amazing, with that [...]
Hey, I heard there's a debate tonight . You know, there's always two sides to every story. 1 : The Jayhawks - People In This Place On Every Side Find The Bunkhouse LP 2 : Jason Falkner - Both Sides Now Buy Everyone Says It's On 3 : Wilco - Side With The Seeds [...]
The Black Angels and Roky Erickson are heading out together for a few tour dates in Texas and the West Coast, I've seen both bands recently and man, the combination of the two together is going to generate some amazing nights of music for you lucky westerners. Black Angels will be opening the shows and then backing up Roky for his portion of the set. DO NOT miss this one if you're anywhere near, it will be incendiary. Roky [...]
Forget about the Phillies and The Mets, all the Philly vs New York action you need will be at The M Room in Philadelphia this coming Sunday, September 28th. Come on out and cap off the first official weekend of fall with a grand slam of amazing music featuring New York's I Am The Heat , Philadelphia's Creeping Weeds , New York's Butane Variations and wrapping the night up with Philly's Cheers Elephant . [...]
By now I'm sure you've seen the press release information about the new Ryan Adams & The Cardinals album, Cardinology , as it seems to have been posted everywhere the past couple days. In case you haven't though, here's the lowdown, the projected release date is October 28th with a digital single for the song Fix It being released this Tuesday September 23rd. And because no one likes to wait,with big thanks to the Live Music Archive here's a live taste of a few of the new [...]
[ PHOTO CREDIT ] Paying tribute today to one of the many musical losses of 2008 , Norman Whitfield , who passed away earlier this week. Norman's musical influence on sounds of the 60's and 70's is undeniable. The songs he penned with his writing partner Barrett Strong , and the production work he did helped define the sound of Motown and Soul music as we know it today. Here's just a small sampling of his work today. [...]
It's probably pretty obvious by now that here at Bag Of Songs we have soft spot for sugary harmony laden power pop and lately we're really digging on the new Major Labels record, a "supergroup" project of sorts composed of Mike Viola , Bleu and Ducky Carlisle , all great artists in their own right. Imagine throwing some McCartney , Queen , ELO , Cheap Trick , and Nick Lowe all into a musical blender together, the result would be The Major [...]
Looking for something to do this Thursday, come hang out with my friends from Girl About Town at the M Room as they have put together an excellent night of music to kick off the back to school season in style, featuring Austin TX's Brothers And Sisters , Philly's own Adam & Dave's Bloodline ,New York's Phonograph and Baltimore's Impossible Hair . It's going to rock for sure. I'll be there. [...]
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