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Gruppo fresco e giovane, di quelli che dici 'noo, non sono italiani' e invece siiiii...proprio si. Cresciuti in Brianza ma con la mente continuamente agli States, questi ragazzi hanno già una precisa identità sonora. Suonano bene i Pocket Chestnut , guardano all'America a bassa fedeltà, al blues, al country e ovviamente a certo alternative rock che non ha mai sentito nominare band come Rakes o Babyshambles . Piuttosto Shins mi viene da dire. Sgangherati quanto basta, ma professionali e catchy come solo una buona canzone pop sa essere. Il disco d'esordio lo avremo nei [...]
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Why Write è in realtà il progetto indipendente dietro il quale si cela Jacob Faurholt , prolifico e talentuoso sognwriter danese, che ha all'attivo già 3 album firmati col suo nome di nascita. Licenziato dall'etichetta canadese What a Mess!, prodotto sotto lo sguardo sapiente del producer americano KRAMER ( Galaxie 500 , Low , Daniel Johnston ) e registrato grazie all'aiuto di amici musicisti danesi, "Why Write?" è uno dei migliori ep myspace di questo mese. Un concentrato di psichedelia pop, sporcata da una bassa fedeltà e da un'approccio molto molto americano-folk-analogico [...]
My introduction to Vic Chesnutt came through the 2004 Daniel Johnston compilation, The Late Great Daniel Johnston: Discovered Covered . In many ways it was the perfect pairing, with one near otherworldly yet wholeheartedly and deeply human voice singing for another. The world will miss Mr. Chesnutt. But thankfully, we don't have to miss his music. With 17 albums and collaborations with everyone from Widespread Panic, Elf Power, and Lambchop to his most recent work with Fugazi's Guy Picciotto, the man has left behind a vast record of his creativity that is fully worth diving into. And once you've [...]
Le classifiche dei migliori 10 albums del 2009 divise per redattore: TOP 10 ALBUM 2009 REDATTORI INDIEFORBUNNIES BUY HERE #50) Atlas Sound Logos [Kranky] Cantante e frontman dei Deerhunter , Bradford Cox si serve del nome [...]
Christmas week at Melophobe is over, and sadly, we must now be a bearer of bad tidings rather than digital presents. The bad news being that Vic Chesnutt died on Christmas Day after overdosing on muscle relaxants earlier in the week. The Athens, GA based singer-songwriter drew major label attention in the mid-90s around the same time fellow Athenians and big Vic Chesnutt fans R.E.M. were being tendered a record breaking contract and the burgeoning rock underground was becoming increasingly infatuated with Elephant Six Collective groups such as Elf Power and Neutral [...]
BUY HERE #10) Bobo Rondelli Per Amor Del Cielo [Live Global] Ebbene sì, un altro disco italiano. Anche alla luce di questo disco, c'è da dire che il suolo italico, in quanto a musica, merita forse più attenzione. Per questo motivo (ma non solo) ho deciso di inserire nella mia classifica il lavoro di un signore livornese che risponde al nome di Roberto Rondelli , in arte Bobo . "Per Amor Del Cielo" [...]
we love you and miss you so much vic chesnutt...it was so amazing to know you and record an album with you and tour all over the world with you..you are the greatest songwriter and singer to ever come out of athens and it was an honor to play with you..i love these lyrics of vic's about water (this is from memory so it may be a little off) ......."The same water that the dinosaurs drank .......is the same water that the Persian fleets sank in .......The same water that moistened the primordial ooze [...]
rip, vic. this one has hit me pretty hard, i gotta admit. justin has a very nice tribute to him over at aquarium and kristin hersh set up a donation page to help offset some of the expenses and also wrote up a very touching tribute to him. here he is performing songs off dark developments, the record he did with elf power. its from the pour house in james island, sc on 2.26.09. thanks to brooks wilson for the show.... 1. tuning 2. mystery [...]
Fifteen years after the completion of college I often get nostalgic for the times my high school friends and I would get together during the winter holidays. Often my friend Dave, a student at the University of Georgia, would mention some new band he'd seen or met in Athens. Now Dave knew of what he spoke - he roomed with Elf Power's Anderw Reiger his freshman year and ended up as a close friend and collaborator with many of the Elephant 6 crew. Dave also introduced me to the music of fellow Athens resident, Vic Chesnutt. [...]
I was kind of a slow starter regarding The Red Hot Chili Peppers. Today I love them, but that wasn't always the case. I would say around the mid 80's I decided I absolutely loved "Behind The Sun" from their 1987 release The Uplift Mofo Party Plan. To this day it's one of my favorite RHCP tracks. They had a couple of other songs being played on the radio like "Fight Like a Brave" and "Me and My Friends," but I wasn't totally sold until Mother's Milk hit the streets in 1989 with the Stevie Wonder cover "Higher Ground" and their [...]
"We have lost one of our great ones." - Michael Stipe, Dec 25, 2009 Vic Chesnutt (November 12, 1964 - December 25, 2009 ) was a singer-songwriter living in Athens, Georgia. He had been writing songs since he was five years old. Injured in a car accident in 1983, the paraplegic artist's first big breakthrough to commercial success came with the release of the tribute album Sweet Relief II: Gravity of the Situation . [...]
DOWNLOAD: Vic Chesnutt, Elf Power & the Amorphous Strums - And How (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Vic Chesnutt, Elf Power & the Amorphous Strums - Teddy Bear (MP3) ------ "I flew around a little room once." A line from Supernatural. He was just that. He possessed an unearthly energy and yet was humanistic with the common man in mind. He was entirely present and entirely somewhere else. A mystical somewhere else. A child and an old guy [...]
We're saddened this Christmas Day by the news that singer Vic Chesnutt passed away at the age of 45 in Athens. For more on Chesnutt's life and legacy, be sure to read the New York Times' obit . We'd like to pay tribute to Vic by posting this video of Independence Day that Chesnutt and his band performed on a Vienna rooftop back in October 2008... Vic Chesnutt - Independence Day Previously on HT : Review - Vic Chesnutt @ Somerville Theatre [...]
Singer-songwriter Vic Chessnut is in a coma. It's another suidcide attempt, according to Spinner.com : In tragic news, the New York Times has reported that singer-songwriter Vic Chesnutt is in a coma. While the cause is technically unconfirmed, it is widely believed to be the result of a suicide attempt. News about Chesnutt's condition initially spread via Twitter by his friend and fellow singer-songwriter Kristin Hersh, who sent out the following tweet on Thursday: "Yeah, I can tell you what I know but no one [...]
Update 2: The Athens Blur Magazine has removed its previous report without explanation, instead running this story . We will keep you updated on Chestnutt's condition as more details become available. Update: According to The Athens Blur Magazine , Chesnutt has died. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family this Christmas day. Vic Chesnutt , the critically acclaimed Athens, Georgia based singer/songwriter, is in a coma and currently finds himself battling for his life. His [...]
"Other people write about the bling and the booty. I write about the pus and the gnats. To me, that's beautiful." ~ Vic Chesnutt, in the NY Daily News , April 10, 2005 Sad news for a Christmas morning: Athens, GA folk-rocker Vic Chesnutt passed last night, allegedly as a result of complications after an overdose of muscle relaxants. The well-respected and prolific 45 year old singer-songwriter, left a paraplegic after a car accident in his late teens, was [...]
Sad Christmas news indeed. The 45-year-old Athens, Georgia singer-songwriter Vic Chesnutt reportedly entered a coma as a result of a suicide attempt ( not 100% confirmed ) and later died. I was lucky enough to host, not one, but two MOKB Presents shows for Vic Chesnutt here in Indianapolis. He was quiet but polite, preferring to make his impressions while on the stage rather than before or after. He was an incredible musician who commanded [...]
Update: According to The Athens Blur Magazine , Chesnutt has died. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family this Christmas day. Vic Chesnutt , the critically acclaimed Athens, Georgia based singer/songwriter, is in a coma and currently finds himself battling for his life. His label, Constellation Records, confirmed the news earlier this evening: "Vic is in the middle of a serious medical situation, he is in a coma, and his family and friends are with him," said Constellation Records' Don Wilkie in a statement. "We [...]
Vic Chesnutt , the critically acclaimed Athens, Georgia based singer/songwriter, is in a coma and currently finds himself battling for his life. His label, Constellation Records, confirmed the news earlier this evening: "Vic is in the middle of a serious medical situation, he is in a coma, and his family and friends are with him," said Constellation Records' Don Wilkie in a statement. "We have no comment right now on the specifics other than that his doctors are continuing to assess his condition. We will issue a full statement at an appropriate time. In the interim, we request [...]
Disclaimer: Years are fairly arbitrary time periods. The only thing that makes a decade is the human conditions' odometer fetish. Unfortunately, like you, I'm human as well and fall prey to these tendencies. I can't claim to know everything, I'm just an educated observer; and here are my educated observations. They are not perfect and neither you nor I will completely agree with them in a years time, but that is the fun of lists. This year was all about the Flaming Lips. I don't care how old I get, I will still sing along to [...]
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