In the previous instalments of Curious Germany we noted the tendency in the 1960s of artists re-recording their hits in European languages, particularly in German to cater for the mainland continent's biggest market. Here are a few more German re-recordings, plus a Motown-goes-Schlager track, a most unexpected cover, pre-Schlager stardom Krautrock, a slightly strange Beatles cover, and another singing footballer. * * * The Beatles – Komm, gib' mir Deine Hand.mp3 The Beatles – [...]
Unless you've been living in an isolated, internetless location for the last four years, you're likely aware of Daytrotter . The site started in 2006 and, in the four years since, has provided listeners with nearly ten million free, live tunes from their favorite bands. I will say that again for dramatic effect and because I enjoy repeating myself: ten million tunes. Free. As important as providing music lovers with access to all of those sessions, Daytrotter offers a reminder of just how pure and rewarding it is to really love, and really appreciate, music is. Stripped [...]
Jemina Pearl It's Superbowl weekend, but there are still a bunch of awesome shows happening this weekend! But before we get to the shows, a reminder that Loud Loop Radio will be back on the air tomorrow, Saturday, February 6, at 3 p.m. until 5 p.m. on Radio DePaul . Lets get to it, shall we? HIDEOUT'S INTERVIEW SHOW The Hideout's Interview Show, hosted by Mark Bazar, turns two this Saturday. They [...]
Hey folks, It is that time of year again when your friendly campus and community radio station in Kingston, CFRC 101.9 fm , asks you to open your wallet to support them. Their funding drive runs for 10 days (Feb 5th-14th) this year and they are aiming to raise $25000. Please give a little or give a lot to support this amazing Kingston institutions. You can donate online or pledge by phone at 613-533-2372. You can get yrself a tax receipt or great gifts including awesome long-sleeve shirts and totebags , cds, and/or gift [...]
Ava Luna - Black Diamond I We employ several workers here at the Torture Garden. Mostly they do heavy labour, the kind of stuff I can't do myself: changing the titles of the latest post, handing letters to one another, suddenly child-sized in scale. They're the ones who painted the banner from my design, and hoisted it up with ropes and ladders, fitting it to the top there. They sort out the electricity and the heating (it gets cold here sometimes, especially lately), and they deliver the t-shirts and hoodies. They even look after me [...]
Warning: This performance may feature strobe lighting effects. It may also feature frantic LED mania and a 30-foot mirror on stage so you can catch yourself pogoing in the front row. Yes, it does look like Vitalic's latest show for his Flashmob LP is sprinkling some disco dust around the Academy. It's not a night of gold lamé leggings and handclaps though – Frenchman Pascal Arbez is taking back what's rightfully his. After straddling the punk/techno divide with his debut album OK Cowboy [...]
photo by Michael Ligon January's gone and my February concert schedule's looks busy but my March schedule looks even busier not even counting this year's Canadian Music Week . So while precious little of the actual CMW(or more accurately, Canadian Musicfest ) schedule has actually been announced yet, Toronto promoter has already announced his NeXT-at-CMW shows running March 11, 12, 13 at The Velvet Underground, The Silver Dollar and The Comfort Zone. Mr. Burke's never been shy about reminding us how he used to run his own mini-festival AGAINST CMW but has [...]
The Gaslight Anthem Live At Park Ave For last year's Record Store Day, The Gaslight Anthem , in conjunction with Orlando indie store Park Avenue CDs, released a limited edition 10". The album featured an in-store performance recorded while the band was touring with Rise Against, Alkaline Trio, and Thrice. The album is now available for download on ThinkIndie.com for a limited time at $2.99. The Gaslight Anthem Live at Park Ave [...]
Taylor Swift, Beyonce score big at the 2010 Grammy Awards / Best moments from the Grammys / list of Grammy winners / best of Grammy fashion / Neil Young wins first-ever Grammy award How JD Salinger created the original rock star with his character Holden Caulfield Mixtapes land deals for new generation of rappers Peter Gabriel speaks about his upcoming covers album... "no drums or guitars. Just chamber instruments, keyboards and brass." Hunting for [...]
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Classic rock fans everywhere are rejoicing over the release of these 2 DVD's. Who doesn't want to see more Thin Lizzy and ZZ Top concerts? Especially when they're from eras of the band that haven't been documented to death already. Thin Lizzy's Are You Ready?: Live At Rockpalast DVD captures a concert filmed for the German music program on the 1981 tour. This is an interesting period of the band because it features Snowy White on guitar alongside Scott Gorham. Snowy was an unusual choice, [...]
We Are Scientists made Washingtonians very happy last Thursday night when they stopped by the Black Cat. The D.C. gig was the second of only three gigs on the 'Big Fuckin' Deal Tour' (the other cities hit being Philadelphia and Hoboken, New Jersey, not including a free show shoehorned in between D.C. and Hoboken at Penn State - lucky university students). Going along with the 'limited engagement' feel of this tour, bassist Chris Cain told me an extremely limited number of tour t-shirts had been made for this tour (30) and that I had snagged #26 [...]
The Specials, the celebrated British band that reformed in 2009 after more than two decades apart, will play its first North American shows in nearly 30 years in April, starting with an appearance on NBC's "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" on April 13. The Specials are also one of the topped-billed bands for the first night of the 11th annual Coachella Music and Arts Festival in Indio, Calif., on April 16, and have announced a New York club show at Terminal 5 on April 21. Two more April shows are in the works as part of the brief [...]
Last night, the Black Lips played the least basement-like stage in LA, the El Rey, but they still rocked it out beyond belief. With a look that can only be described as hipster gone San Diego, with a splash of dirty South, the boys personified perfectly the dirty sleeze rock that blasted out of their speakers. I clung to the sides of the venue, determined to avoid the bodies and beer being thrown around. It was as raucous as it could be with 10 security men [...]
VINCITORI CONTEST: 1 T-SHIRTS ARCTIC MONKEYS -> leonix 1 T-SHIRTS ARCTINC MONKEYS -> Claudia Tosti CD ANIMAL COLLECTIVE - "MERRIWEATHER POST PAVILLION" -> marc_antony CD THE HORRORS - "PRIMAL COLOURS" -> Antonello Grossi CD FRUIT BATS - "THE RUMINANT BAND" -> munich CD FRANZ FERDINAND - "ULYSSES EP" -> Valeria Piazza CD IL TEATRO DEGLI ORRORI - "DELL'IMPERO DELLE TENEBRE" -> Lucariello CD JULIAN PLENTI "JULIAN PLENTI IS...SKYSCRAPER " -> Sara Manini #100) Girls - Girls #99) Sonic Youth - [...]
by Bill Pearis DOWNLOAD : Serena-Maneesh - Ayisha Abyss (MP3) It's been about four years since Norway's Serena-Maneesh brought their effects pedals and puffy pirate shirts to America. They return this week. They play a late show at Mercury Lounge on Friday (1/22, after the BV Presents Dawn Landes record release show earlier in the evening) and Littlefield in [...]
Feeling tense after weeks of being bombarded with Special Election campaign ads? Freezing cold got you in a rut? Get yourself down to Great Scott in Allston tonight for a big release! The night sees four of the areas heavy metal hitters, and hosts the record release of FINISHER's Socially Dead on Witch Trial Records . Watchfire start the evening quick with some classic metal and hardcore riffs combined with catchy breakdowns. This band will have you thawed [...]
2010 is the year to come out and play in The Playground ! With the continued success of its event promotions arm, 2010 sees The Playground go from strength to strength with future explosive line ups set to be better than ever before including acts of the moment, Crystal Fighters, Robot Disaster and Lyrebirds to name but a few. Photo: Crystal Fighters Having established a name for producing solid yet eclectic alternative, indie and dance events for breaking bands over the years at [...]
Last summer at the Wakarusa Music Festival , I caught something out of place. In the middle of the day, in a covered side stage with maybe 20 people around, Louisville's Wax Fang was firing away like they were in a theater of a thousand. Lead singer Scott Carney threw his hand from guitar solo to Theremin distortion while Kevin Ratterman wailed on the kit as he provided keyboard atmospherics that worked over Jake Heustis' exotic rhythm section and other special effects. There was so much happening on that stage it was easy to forget it was [...]
Photo by Askar Ibragimov Text by Cosmo Lee Mayhem will tour the US this spring, with support from Ludicra , Tombs , and Krallice . No official announcement has been made yet. But the Internet has been batting this ball around, so I figured I'd give it a good whack. "Mayhem" is still the most loaded word in black metal. No one would make black metal documentaries if it weren't for Mayhem. [...]
This Week's Other Releases
Essential Mix - Riva Starr (Feb)
Cover That Don't Suck
Reuse Recycle Remix - February 8
