My very good friend Randy Fuller has a really cool blog that is not about rock and roll. It's about wine, but he wrote an excellent piece recently on rock and roll wines. Actually, it's about good wine in bottles with rock and roll labels - Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon is there, so are the Rolling Stones, and even a Woodstock poster bottle. As I said, very cool, and you can read it here . I've known Randy for many years now, we went [...]
This Friday and Saturday at the Railway features music, visuals, and magic (yes, magic!) utilizing all three rooms. Fond of Tigers, the Sorrow and the Pity, Michael Red, No Horses, Cris Derksen, Mariachi Los Dorados, Phinder Dulai, and Hugenelk all play Friday and Main Offenders, Sangha, Cloudsplitter, October Trio, D Trevlon, Blind God, Ora Cogan, Chin, Teresa Trovato, Love & Electrik, and the Skinny on Saturday. Also tomorrow, Twin Crystals , Stamina Mantis , Shearing Pinx , and Ahna play 223 Main St. tomorrow. It's an early show, so get there by 8pm [...]
After a lot of careful thinking, I have decided to leave the band. Having played with Hookah for almost 19 years, it was an extremely difficult decision, made even more difficult by my love for my band mates and our music. Naturally I'll be coming back to sit in periodically, but after New Year's Eve you'll be enjoying a new bass player. It has been an amazing privilege to spend so many years playing with this band, and I'll always be grateful for the experiences I've had along the way. I've gotten to travel all over the world to [...]
So the pretty lil event site Winter is the New Summer that Devin and I have been working on has officially launched in full! Whoo! Let's have a 750ml salute to that! We did a soft launch in October, then last week we introduced the poster concept and from this week on until the end of winter we will have a different member of the Portland scene acting as a Poster Boy or Poster Girl, holding up our event picks of the week, this week being Rocky formerly of the Hush and currently of [...]
Marc Richter may be best known as head honcho of Hamburg-based Dekorder Records, but since 2007 he's run a parallel campaign as the dark ambient project Black to Comm . Closer in spirit to experimental figures of yesterday like Moondog and Bernard Herrmann than current artists, Richter seems dead set on completely disorienting our frame of reference. His new full-length for Type Records, Alphabet 1968 , is a collection of oddities featuring: 'kitchen gamelan', smudged and disguised samples of vinyl, radio, and live recordings. Fairly static in composition, these ten tracks of [...]
Here is the next episode of 'A French Sunrise' Radioshow by the french DJs/Producers Westhill & Alenza !! More info: DBS DJs | DBS Schedule | Tracklist | www.afrenchsunrise.com | www.myspace.com/westhillalenza Start time: Every Sunday 13:00 - 14:00 CET convert ***Click Here To Listen*** [...]
was für eine spezielle kombi! wen haben wir denn da? zunächst unser aller herzlichst julie doiron. die immer noch gern angepriesen wird, indem man sie mit eric's trip in verbindung bringt, auf die zusammenarbeit mit mount eerie, herman dune oder wooden stars hinweist. dabei genügte es mittlerweile, sie für sich stehen zu lassen, für ihren einnehmenden, gehaltvollen solooutput. dann hätten wir daniel romano. der hat sich bei attack in black einen namen gemacht. schließlich noch den guten fred squire, bei calm down it's monday unter vertrag und umtriebig bei allen zugange, die ihn brauchen, rufen. [...]
News from the inbox : ++ Rooney, above, will be touring in support of their new EP Wild One . Their first show will be at the El Rey on the 27th of this month. ++Enter your email address and get a free copy of a new song by Athlete . Their new full length album Black Swan comes out in Feb of 2010. ++Mark Ronson and Bebel Gilberto have teamed up on a song originally done by [...]
Daniel Romano, Julie, Doiron, and Fred Squire: beautiful music Julie Doiron is someone I've never paid enough attention to in these here pages, but it's not for a lack of interest in her work. She is perhaps one of the great unsung heroes of the Canadian music scene: an indie pioneer as part of Eric's Trip, and a consummate collaborator with Mount Eerie and Wooden Stars (to name a few), and a respected and loved solo musician in her own right. Doiron has hit another one out of the park, this time by teaming up with [...]
Just when you think that 2009 was winding down for interesting new releases and that we're destined to have a December filled with nothing but the usual best ofs, live records, and Christmas albums we get this little nugget. Stalwart Canadian artists Daniel Romano (Attack In Black), Fred Squire (Calm Down It's Monday) and Julie Doiron (Eric's Trip) are teaming up to release a new album. The
Before Schubas, Wax Tailor 's music came to attention to me while sitting at a microbrewery café years ago with soulful cuts crafting a smooth trip-hop and hip-hop combination not heard of since Madlib 's Blue Note foray. While one is established, the other is rising with his unique blend, evoking a sound reminiscent more of Portishead than any other hip-hop producer. Utilizing jazz instrumentals, strips of film dialogues, and vocalists from around the world, Jean-Christophe Le Saoût has been building upon his firm French foundation with a featured track on the recently [...]
Robert Cray announces UK tour dates Robert Cray has announced his UK tour dates. For thirty plus years Robert Cray has laid down track after track of good-time, uptown, low-down blues. He's won five Grammy's and been nominated for 11 more. From classic titles 'Phone Booth' , to highlights from his more recent releases 'Poor Johnny' , whether addressing timeless themes of heartache and romance 'The Things You Do To Me' or this morning's headlines 'Twenty' , Cray delivers on [...]
"Meet Jump Clubb. A band from Beverly Hills whose music combines dance, disco, and electronic styles with indie mentalities and vocals straight from the height of the lo-fi era. Think LCD Soundsystem meets Beat Happening. Or Hot Chip meets Eric's Trip." —Press Release I don't find anything really offensive about this Elliott Smith cover: Smith's vocal and rhythmic syncopation has always seemed like it would translate pretty easy to the dance club (despite the stormclouds hanging over Smith as a songwriter), so it actually seems kind of natural. But I know somebody [...]
Recommended Show: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2009 SADDLE CREEK SHOWCASE @ KNITTING FACTORY 361 Metropolitan Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11211 $12, 7PM Another night of great shows happens tonight all over the City. The choice isn't quite as obvious as last night, but Saddle Creek's showcase at the Knitting Factory is sure to be a crowd pleasure (if you want to venture off the beaten Manhattan path into Brooklyn). Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson, Orenda Fink, Old Canes, UUVVWWZ, Beep Beep and guest Suzannah Johannes are all on the bill there tonight. Check out a list of other shows [...]
It's been a good year for Thievery Corporation . A Grammy nomination for Best Recording Package, madcap touring schedule, and meeting and opening for Paul McCartney are no small feats for this worldly group. But now they're stepping it down a notch, closing ranks, and preparing to hit the studio for 2010. In an interview with Billboard.com , co-lead Rob Garza said the band is going to finish their year with shows and enter the studio in January to record the follow-up to 2008's Radio Retaliation . As for preparations for the [...]
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 [...]
In life, the best things are usually the ones you don't know about, stumble upon and end up enjoying thoroughly. It's hard to plan. The best things just fall into place. As is the case with music festivals (and CMJ is no exception to this rule) it may be the reason for the phrase. Like SXSW, CMJ is full of unofficial parties, secret shows, and all sorts of RSVP lists that open the doors to epic parties, or parties that could be epic but no one knew about them, and hence, no one showed up. Luckily, we're going to clear [...]
[youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =6XGbfGdxv2k&feature=player_em bedded] You can always count on Prefix for the realest contests and here's proof. We have two DJ Hero prize packages that we're giving away. Take a look at the track list below and let us know in the comments what song you look forward most to playing. Two registered Prefix users will be selected at random. Increase your chances to win: If you retweet "Win a DJ Hero [...]
For Seth Smith and his band Dog Day [ MySpace ], their rise to Canadian notoriety began in 2005 - a new project following the demise of his former band, The Burdocks , and features Nancy Urich (also of The Burdocks) and KC Spidle & Crystal Thili of hardcore act, The Hold. This new release, Elder Schoolhouse is a limited edition, vinyl only release available through Divorce Records and could be best described as " a collection of five songs that show Dog Day at their most experimental...still centering their [...]
Eric Testroete has this photo ensemble running on vimeo that is quite worth the 7 minute admission. It's his trip to Japan flashing before your eyes, literally. I had this general idea mapped out to take video/images of my frequent trips to San Francisco and make a similar presentation using this very song All My Friends by LCD Soundsystem . It obviously works well and I was obviously beat to the punch. Great song. cocoip [...]
The Baltimore based duo Beach House are releasing their highly anticipated Sub Pop Records debut on January 26th called Teen Dream . Likely to [...]More about Beach House
Lady GaGa and Beyonce Knowles' hook-up in an electro dance track called "Telephone" has hit the web. "Telephone" is not the only collaborative project between [...]More about Lady GaGa
Lou Barlow Lou Barlow – Bulletproof [La Roux Cover] Vampire Weekend – Everywhere [Fleetwood Mac Cover] Dr. Fox’s Old Timey String [...]More about Vampire Weekend
It’s another Monday. Specifically, it’s a Mike Monday remix of “Zum Zum” by the Spanish duo Thugfucker. Featured on the Zum Zum EP with [...]More about Animal Collective
Un voyage hédoniste se profile, vous venez ?Vous venez tous... mayer hawthorne -green eyed love- beck (record club) -femme fatale (of velvet underground & nico)- [...]More about Beck
I’ve wanted to share these songs for a while now but I didn’t have too much to say about them all. I think they’re all awesome remixes and covers of [...]More about The xx
MGMT проговорились, что собираются выпустить новый альбом в начале 2010 года, и называться [...]More about Beyonce
Like come on...it has been so musically dead over the past couple days. Some good...I guess ok songs have dropped but nothing that blew me [...]More about Kanye West
This one is coming a little early but it is good enough time after dinner to enjoy this little snack. I am kind of just [...]More about Lil' Wayne
DOWNLOAD // SLEEPYHEAD Welsh sensational Ellie Goulding has covered Passion Pit’s 2008 hit Sleepyhead and i love it! Her vocals [...]More about Passion Pit
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