...and so brings to a close our very first Blog Takeover Week. We'd like to thank Nicole Atkins from the bottom of our Jersey-loving hearts for her time and contributions during the week, for locking up and shutting off the lights to the office each night—and for restocking the liquor cabinet. How about that shit? We'll see all of you at The Rock and Roll Hotel tonight when she and The Black Sea roll into town, right? 'Til then, Nicole's DJ'd the week's Final Ten from the road... [...]
In college, Vetiver guitarist Kevin Barker became interested in the fingerstyle guitar playing of John Fahey and Bert Jansch. He began to write songs and recorded under the name "Currituck County" for Teenbeat Records, Troubleman Unlimited, and Track and Field Organisation in the UK. Later, he moved to Brooklyn, NY where he attended film school at Columbia University and began playing with Devendra, Antony, and Vetiver. His debut album, You And Me , will be released by Gnomonsong this January. The album was produced by Thom Monahan (Vetiver, Lilys, Gary Louris, Devendra Banhart), and features Pat Sansone (Wilco), Joanna [...]
"When Charlie speaks of Lester, you know someone great has gone... The sweetest swingin´ music man, had a Porkie Pig hat on..." Here´s three versions of Goodbye Pork Pie Hat , the immortal ´59 tribute to recently deceased tenor great Lester ´Pres´ Young by ´angry man of jazz´ Charles Mingus. The bassist´s original, which became a jazz standard over the years, simply flows and flows. In ´68 British folk experimentalists Pentangle - featuring the dual guitar wizardry of Bert Jansch and John Renbourn - tackled [...]
Li avevamo conosciuti con l'Ep di esordio, "Little Brite". All'epoca erano in due, Joel North e Bruce Blay, in bilico fra architetture alla Papa M e Bert Jansch. A collaborare con loro parenti ed amici. Due di questi, Paul North e Spencer Stephenson, sono entrati ufficialmente nel gruppo. Per inerzia gli Sleep Whale oggi sono [...]
Citing Argentinean film score composer Gustavo Santaolalla and British folk legend Bert Jansch as influences, his new album Slow Attack sees Brett Anderson exploring the abstract rather than the lyrical, choosing to abandon traditionally narrative songs and instead, as he himself puts it, 'using words as impressionistic brushstrokes'. In equal parts both cinematic and pastoral, the album's instrumentation heavily features woodwind and stringed instruments, lending it a gorgeously rich quality. Perhaps taking inspiration from the amorphous beauty of solo Mark Hollis/late Talk Talk, this, Brett's third solo album seems to exist in its own space and time [...]
Another year of (mostly) daily tunes here at Doklands, and I have to say I'm still having fun with this. I considered winding this up after hitting 1,000 tracks because really, how much is there left to say? Glad I didn't, though. Nik Bärtsch's Ronin - Modul 38-17 Miriam Makeba - Jol'inkomo Bishop Allen - Psycho Killer Oysterband - Road To Nowhere MGMT - This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody) Geoffrey Oryema - Listening Wind The Staple Singers - Life During Wartime The Staple Singers - Slippery [...]
When The 1969 Warner/Reprise Songbook appeared in early 1969, the liner notes said, by way of explanation, the sampler's goal was "hopefully to win new friends for some very creative people." People like Jethro Tull, the Pentangle, Frank Zappa, Van Dyke Parks, Randy Newman, even Tiny Tim. Warner Bros. Records, founded in 1958, was just beginning to hoist its freak flag, and in just a few years the label's roster would be the cream of the crop. And so the ride began: with L.A. street freak Wild Man Fischer's "Songs For Sale" introducing "My [...]
- Frequenze fast reviews - HOPE SANDOVAL & THE WARM INVENTIONS "Through The devil Softly" Nettwerk, Uk Hope Sandoval , splendida ed indimenticabile voce dei Mazzy Star torna con un secondo album (Through The Devil Softly) in compgnia di The Warm Intentions, per gli amici Colm O'Ciosoig (My Bloody Valentine) , ed ancora una volta tessono una tela intima ed appassionata di riflessioni [...]
Melody Nelson Genre: Self Medicated Rock From: London, London and South East, United Kingdom Melody Nelson have earned a reputation as London's loudest band. Inspired by sonic pioneers Love , Muddy Waters , Serge Gainsbourg and repeated listens to garage rock and psychedelia collection Nuggets the band were formed in London's East End by Irish-Jamaican-Londoner Aidan O'Connell [...]
Tavis Smiley : I want to talk about the song, "Dreamer," that you dedicate to Dick (Gregory). Prince: Oh, well, when I saw the "State of the Black Union," Dick Gregory really moved me and a lot of my friends. I show it to everybody who comes over the house, especially White folks, because they need to hear that, so that they know more about all of us. Because what he said affects all of us. He said something that really hit home [...]
" Fleeting, like smoke. (No.3) " 01. Grand Funk Railroad - Mean Mistreater The Anthology - Thirty Years of Funk 1969-1999 (1999) 02. Jake Holmes - Too Long Above Ground Sound (Phoenix Records, 1968) 03. The Court & Spark - Rooster Mountain Bless You (Absolutely Kosher, 2001) 04. Stone Circus - Sara Wells Stone Circus (Fallout, 1968) [...]
Several weeks ago, Akron/Family hit up the nation's capital... only they weren't alone. Opening the show was Wand , a brilliant songwriter who sometimes composes tunes about people who don't share a certain characteristic with their creator himself. In other words, he's principled. He's also thoughtful, friendly, and independent (maybe even a bit stubbornly so). Midway through his solid set of bleak folk tunes, Wand invited a friend of his from Tennessee to accompany him on pedal steel guitar. Later on, as my buddy and I exited DC's Rock and Roll Hotel after the show, this same [...]
Devendra Banhart To Release New Album, What Will We Be, This Fall On Warner Brothers Records Devendra Banhart exploded on the international music scene in 2002 quickly winning a coterie of devoted fans as well as an unusually hefty amount of critical kudos right from the outset. His latest release is 'What Will We Be' , recorded in a sleepy Northern California town throughout the Spring of 2009 co-produced by Devendra and Paul Butler (from UK outfit Band Of Bees). [...]
Devendra Banhart upcoming release is What Will We Be , recorded in a Northern California town throughout the Spring of 2009 co-produced by Devendra and Paul Butler (from the U.K.'s Band Of Bees). What Will We Be is his label debut for Warner Brothers Records.The basic recording line-up- with Banhart on vocals and guitar; Noah Georgeson (producer of Banhart's last two albums, Little Joy, Bert Jansch and Joanna Newsom) on guitar and backing vocals, Greg Rogove (Priestbird) on drums and backing vocals; Luckey Remington (The Pleased) on bass and vocals and Rodrigo Amarante (Los Hermanos, Little Joy) [...]
BBC News reports that Damon Albarn is collaborating with The Horrors on the third Gorillaz album. The Guardian has news of the new band of Geoff Barrow of Portishead , BEAK> . The result, which is currently streaming through the band's website, bears traces of Portishead's eerieness, but also that of heavier acts signed to Barrow's Invada Records label. There's a krautrock aspect too, together with the swampy, faraway vocals characteristic [...]
BBC News reports that Damon Albarn is collaborating with The Horrors on the third Gorillaz album. Brainz lists the greatest apocalyptic novels of all time. The Guardian has news of the new band of Geoff Barrow of Portishead , BEAK> . The result, which is currently streaming through the band's website, bears traces of Portishead's eerieness, but also that of heavier acts [...]
For about six months after my ill-advised and short-lived marriage , I locked myself away in a cave and proceeded to go temporarily insane. My hermitage was a converted warehouse space in the shadow of the Kingdome - vast, sterile and windowless. I rented it as a base of operations for my fledgling freelance photography business. After a manic burst in which I fitted it with a darkroom and kitchenette, I began to slip irretrievably into a deep depression. I quit my steady job. As my money began to dry up, I gave up my Capitol Hill apartment and [...]
Friday Finds is back. Numero 8. Highway Memorial Shrine - Nodzzz "illegally cute lofi garage" Black - Dam Funk "LA's inheritor of all thing funkadelic" true enemies & false friends (yesteryears suite) - Klimek "a brass fanfare in orbit" Laughing Owl - John Zorn "Zorn made another lounge album, woot woot!" tryouts - Javelin "soundtrack to your trip to the aquarium" Girls - Doe N Reezy "in what club do girls get crazy to songs like this?" Candy Girl - Trailer Trash Tracys [...]
Black Dice when they opened for Animal Collective ( more by Tim Griffin ) today in NYC * DANCE * Mitch Easter @ Maxwell's * N.A.S.A @ Bowery Ballroom * Wicked Awesomes @ Cake Shop * Kaki King @ Galapagos Art Space * Juana Molina, Lia Ices & Jetty Rae @ MHOW * Alasdair Roberts & Bert Jansch @ [...]
Billy Lee Riley- "Thunderbird" (MP3) "My gal is red hot. Your gal ain't doodley squat." Rockabilly boasts thousands of great lyrics, but perhaps none are better than Billy Lee Riley 's "Red Hot" . The rockabilly giant died August 2. The Los Angeles Times ' fascinating obituary of Riley recounts a great story about Riley's reaction to Sam Phillips' alleged suppression of the song. It's worth noting that much of Riley's original Sun sessions are pure blues. The instrumental "Thunderbird" is just plain [...]
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