Friends of The 405 Folkroom Records sent us an email recently with the header February 14th . Aww how romantic we thought, as we dusted off our smartest shoes, dug out some breath mints and Googled the nearest flower shop. It wasn't an invitation for a hot/twee date sadly - but even more excitedly it is the title of the second release on the label, an EP by Andrew Butler . The five-track EP by the London-based singer/songwriter is of course to be released on Valentine's day, and promises to behold tender saccharine [...]
A pochi giorni dal suo nuovo tour italiano scambiamo quattro chiacchiere con Alex Zhang Hungtai musicista taiwanese trapiantato in Canada che si nasconde dietro il moniker di Dirty Beaches . "Badlands", suo acclamato debutto, è il disco che avrebbe composto Johnny Cash se fosse ancora vivo, o meglio il disco che avrebbe suonato se si fosse evoluto nel tempo. Una sorta di noir-rockabilly su basi vintage-elettroniche, tra Suicide ed Elvis , una soundtrack noir per un immaginario film di David Lynch . [...]
Student grades are due tomorrow, but we went to church anyway - we had to sing, and anyway, after two years of semi-regular practice as a Unitarian Universalist, I have come to a place in my life where I find peace and solace in shared practice which starts and ends with love and service, togetherness and open-ended truths, and a shared commitment to social justice. Much of this is due to the particulars of our chosen worship setting. The UU church which we attend is in transition, with an interim minister who has my [...]
You might remember we had Mojo Filter's remix of Time & Space Machine back here . He's got a new album, of edits of classic tracks out next month, which apparently is Mixmag album of the month. Free track to download. The template for this is Pocketknife and Cousin Coles Tambourine Dream ( here ) which took Neil Young and Bruce Springsteen to the nu-indiedisco back in 2008. That's a tough act to follow. Those remixed this time run from Cowboy Junkies to Bert Jansch to Neil Young and Johnny Cash. Cowboy Junkies version of [...]
The Wedding Present will be releasing their much-anticipated eighth studio album, 'Valentina', in March. It was recorded in France, California and England during 2011 and mixed by Andrew Scheps [whose past credits include Metallica, Iggy Pop and Johnny Cash]. Valentina comes four years after 2008's 'El Rey' and is performed by David Gedge [singing, guitars & percussion], Graeme Ramsay [guitars, piano, harmonium & co-writer with Gedge of all but one of the songs], Pepe le Moko [bass & backing vocals] and Charles Layton [drums & percussion]. Following an album launch event at the 'South By Southwest' [...]
Quando ero solo un bambino, mia mamma mi disse: 'Figliolo , sii sempre un bravo ragazzo, non giocare mai con le pistole' . Notte. Una strada. L'entrata di un club: Le Mura. "L'Amour Braque" di Andrzej Zulawski sullo schermo del club. Lo scrittore veste una divisa in black. Ora che è divenuto un uomo maneggia una pistola carica di parole pronte a colpire con la violenza e la crudeltà di ogni rapporto inevitabilmente destinato a trasformarsi in un ring di fuoco. Il dolce sapore delle more finisce sempre col prendere il [...]
REVIEW OF BONNIE PRINCE BILLY - OLD FRUITMARKET, GLASGOW - SUNDAY 29 JANUARY The phone went around 5pm on Sunday night. Basil Butcherboy lets me know there's a spare ticket to go catch Bonnie Prince Billy who is in town as part of Celtic Connections. I said yes...and discovered then there was a whole crowd going along including Robert Butcherboy and other musician friends of theirs whose depth of knowledge and love of all forms of music leave me looking [...]
Vide Poches #010 by rockoh Woollen Kits - « Maths » ( Maths/Out Of Town EP) J'ai découvert « Maths » sur l'excellente compilation sortie par Fan Death Records en décembre dernier. Depuis je n'ai pas appris grand-chose de plus sur Woollen Kits , sinon qu'ils sont un trio australien « arborant des coupes de cheveux sympa « . Et qu'à l'instar de leurs potes The UV Race (dont on vous [...]
Seattle is known for producing some great music and Roman Holiday is no exception. Made up of Nick Howard (bass), Shane Lance (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Daniel Collins (lead guitar), and Emerson Shotwell (drums, percussion) this alternative rock quartet will capture your attention at first listen. The band recently released their single "Fuel The Fire" on iTunes . The song will also be on their upcoming LP Move Your Heart, Shake Your Bones . The band has been creating buzz in their hometown and abroad, regularly drawing hundreds of fans each night, [...]
Based on the title of its lead single ("Going Home"), you might expect Old Ideas to be a very somber, reflective record –- one of the sorts that Johnny Cash was recording in his final years, when he embraced the fact that he was nearing the end of his life and created some of his most frail, heartbreaking work, literally singing from his deathbed at one point. But there's still cynicism seeping through Cohen's disaffected voice, which, though it never lent itself to traditional vocals, is now more than ever a soft, hoarse whisper, at times seeming to [...]
Arthur Matos - Seu lugar Com clima caseiro, o sergipano Arthur Matos , que fez sua estreia com a banda Nantes em 2010, lança seu primeiro álbum solo, Seu Lugar . Bêbado de referências folk como o Fleet Foxes , Matos entrega um trabalho intimista e psicodélico com letras bastante pessoais e trabalhadas, muitas vezes sendo mais priorizadas do que a melodia em si. Mas apesar disso, a melodia também se mostra um dos investimentos do trabalho às vezes. Em Voltando Ao Seu Lar , encontramos a [...]
In celebration of the upcoming 54th Annual Grammy Awards , there is a major show that was just scheduled to take place the night of the awards ceremony. The show will feature performances by Rihanna , Deadmau5, Sebastian Ingrosso (Swedish House Mafia) and Calvin Harris . Hows that for a dance party? These are acts that can easily fill in major theatres but they will be playing at a smaller intimate venue. This show is all set to take place at [...]
Live gems spanning 1956-79, many of them unreleased, make this worth hearing.
Il norvegese Terje Nordgarden ha sempre avuto un rapporto privilegiato con l'Italia: ha vissuto qualche anno a Firenze, ha inciso un paio di dischi (con l'aiuto di Paolo Benvegnù ), è tornato nella sua Norvegia, fino a che, sull'onda del fidanzamento con una fanciulla siciliana, si è ritrovato a vivere ad Acitrezza. A livello climatico è certamente un salto non da poco ed effettivamente anche la sua musica ha risentito, sin dall'ottimistico titolo dell'album, di un ritrovato e rinnovato calore. Se in passato il cantautore dei fiordi aveva attraversato territori tali da farlo accostare ora a [...]
The problem with First Aid Kit is that their singing is so damn good that you'll overlook their equally good songwriting. The album opens with this verse on its title track: Now the pale morning sings of forgotten things She plays a tune for those who wish to overlook the fact that they've been blindly deceived By those who preach and pray and teach But she falls short and the night explodes in laughter. I fell in love with the debut album released by these Swedish sisters in [...]
MP3: My Mysterious Death (Turn It Up) The more your hear about the origin of Old Columbus bands, the more you realize how many of them formed accidentally, the result of spontaneity and serendipity. Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments was one such band. On a night about 20 years ago, soon after the dissolution of Ron House's previous band, Great Plains , a band playing Stache's ended early. The story could have ended right there. Everyone at the bar [...]
The JAKE BUGG is a 17-year-old Nottingham bred he-singer, via the vocal similarities of the JOHNNY CASH, who's unleashed his new video for 'Trouble Town' , shot in his hometown.
In this trio of murder sings, we deal with a horse-loving psycho, a mother-loving psycho and a couple of miners for whom three was a crowd. * * * Willie Nelson – The Red-Headed Stranger (1975).mp3 Ah, the follies of the blonde woman! As the song begins, we are told what the "yellow-haired lady" doesn't know: don't mess with the red-headed stranger and, whatever you do, don't try and steal his pony (here we must assume that Nelson [...]
Rick Rubin remixing the Justice single "On'n'On" really isn't quite the culture clash some might think — at least, not when you take into account the fact that Rubin has been responsible for some of the best work by everyone from The Beastie Boys to Johnny Cash, and covered plenty of ground in between. It [...]
Palladia has started airing a Black Keys concert film/documentary called This is a Concert by the Black Keys which features footage shot at the band's recent Webster Hall performance as well as gives insight into the group's creative process. You can catch This is a Concert by the Black Keys this Saturday morning at 9:30AM ET on Palladia. Friday, January 27 [All Times ET] J. Page, Edge, J. White - Might Get Loud [VH1C 4:30PM] Yo Ya Ma & Friends [...]
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