Best Coast's Bobb Bruno & Bethany Cosentino Hello everyone! Hope you all had a wonderful weekend. Far too many exceptional shows last week including last night's NO CANCER! Benefit show with No Age , Vivian Girls , Best Coast , Graham Forest , Darker My Love and more. I do believe Bethany from Best Coast 's performance as one of their most entertaining yet. [...]
In between novels , film scores , and collaborations with Shane MacGowan , Nick Cave remains leader of the acclaimed outfit Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.On March 29, Mute Records will look to further remember Nick and the boys with the next installment in the label's entire reissuing of Nick Cave an the Bad Seeds catalog. As slicing up eyeballs reports, the label will follow last year's reissuing of the band's first four albums with the re-release of three more full-lengths (1988's Tender Prey , 1990's [...]
The first update of 2010 (and the first in more than 3 months!) is two days late, partly due to a computer virus, but better late than never! I'd almost forgotten how to write these. The website hasn't been entirely fallow since November; I've posted Best of 2009 posts on "music albums" and " Summerworks shows" , with "Fringe shows" coming up soon, and "comedy shows" and "music singles" not far behind. But the core of the site - the updates - well, it's good to have one of those up again, and I'm going to try to [...]
Some random thoughts and takeaways from this week's NMS LA: It was exciting to see both a sold out crowd and this great event coming into its own. It's a credit to the tenacity of Tom Silverman and Dave Lory and bodes well for the future of the new music business. It's also refreshing that almost no one asks, "How can I get a record deal?" anymore , but rather "How can I move my career forward?" [...]
Are you ready to rock? If you are then I have some shows for you! On Thursday, I am all about Those Darlins' at TTs. This band from Tennessee have a rock and twang attitude and are so entertaining live. Friday has the Brooklyns at the Cantab and The Acrobrats at O'Brien's. And if you need a little soul injection, don't forget the Red Rose Soul Club at the Rosebud and it's free! On Saturday there's a great lineup at Church with The Dirty Truckers, Muck & the Mires and Watts and at Great Scotts, there's Reverse and Sun Lee [...]
Nick Cave bitd Another batch of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds albums are to receive the remastered treatment. Tender Prey, The Good Son and Henry's Dream have all been digitally re-mastered and remixed for 5.1 Surround Sound for the first time since their original release. Tender Prey, The Good Son and Henry's Dream (their fifth, sixth and seventh albums) will come out 5th April 2010, each as a separate deluxe double-disc collectors edition. [...]
It's true – Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler auditioned to replace Robert Plant in Led Zeppelin. It was early in the summer of 2008 that a rumor began circulating about Tyler trying out for Zeppelin – six months after the band's reunion gig with Robert Plant on vocals at London's O2 Arena. …And it's a rumor that Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry now confirms. Perry tell s Classic Rock Magazine : "Steven disappeared and I called around. Somebody said that he was in London trying out for [...]
PICK OF THE WEEK Tenacious D and Friends Partners In Health Haiti Relief Benefit With Frank Black, Russell Brand, Aimee Mann, James Mercer, Bob Odenkirk, Patton Oswalt, Maya Rudolph, Jason Segel, Ben Stiller & Tig Notaro Tues Feb 2 | The Wiltern | Info HEADS UP Princeton w/ Castledoor & LANME (Los Angeles New Music Ensemble) @ Spaceland (February Mondays residency-free) Mon 2/22 Princeton w/ w/ Le Switch, Wade Ryff and [...]
Live Daily is reporting blues-rockin' guitarist Joe Bonamassa will spend most of the spring pounding the pavement in support of his forthcoming 10th studio set, "Black Rock." Following a late-February leg in Russia, the singer/songwriter/guitarist will kick off the US portion with a March 3 show in Eugene, OR. The two-month trek crisscrosses the country, stopping by theaters in 30 cities through a March 8 concert in Omaha. Details are included below. "Black Rock," Bonamassa's 10th solo effort, is slated to hit retailers March 23 and will mark his sixth release on [...]
Thinking about music and songs...all these songs I've been listening to...for the past DECADE...a decade that I lived and loved in, rose up in and shouted...out loud..."sing me that song that I want to hear"..."sing it for me would you?"..."and please don't mind me, I'll just sit here and listen". All these songs in no particular order...served up one a day. Solomon Burke--"Valley of Tears" (2006) Amazon: Solomon Burke-- Nashville [...]
Here we are at the end of January and there are great shows to entice you out of your cozy homes to brave the cold. On Thursday, Great Scotts has Retribution Gospel Choir (with members of Low) and the Gobshites are back again at the Burren for some good Irish drinking songs (I went last week and it was a good time). Friday has a couple of pretty awesome shows with Eddie Japan and Huck at Sally O'Brien's (love free shows!) and then there's a garage night at Precinct with JJ & Thee Cuban Heels, The Swinedells and The Downbeat [...]
The Strange Boys Recently announced shows. Bootleg Theater 2/13: West Indian Girl with Pollyn The Echo 2/14: Dengue Fever 2/16: Magic Kids / Pearl Harbor / Dunnes 2/26: The Strange Boys El Rey Theatre March 11th: The New Mastersounds with Trombone Shorty Largo at the Coronet 1/26: Jenny Lewis [...]
Lots of music so let's get to it! On Thursday, The Gobshites are doing their third night of their January residency at the Burren. If that's not your thing UK soul singer Findlay Brown is at TTs with Marc Pinansky and Rick Berlin. Friday has a lot to offer. There's a benefit for the victims of the Haiti earthquake at the Middle East Downstairs featuring: The Gobshites, Force the Fallen, Forgetful Jones, The Doom Buggies, Sherman Burns and Van Burens (rockin' for a good cause is a good thing). There's a cool show at Precinct with Corin Ashley, Mike Gent [...]
Wednesday night blues: 1) B.B. King: "Paying the Cost to Be the Boss" 2) Dwight Edwards: "Icon of the Blues" 3) Earl Gaines: "Somebody, Somewhere" 4) John Lee Hooker: "Shake It Baby" 5) Carl Weathersby: "My Baby" 6) Joe Bonamassa: "The Ballad of John Henry" 7) Albert King and Stevie Ray Vaughan: "Pride and Joy" 8) Burton Gaar: "Hall of Fame" 9) Eddie and Jimmy Burns: "Treat Me Like I Treat You" 10) John Weston and Blues Force: "So Much in Love"
From day one of The Pop Cop , this blog has directed readers to the MySpace page of any artist we've written about. The social networking site's instant ability to let fans hear streamed songs packaged in a consistent, practical set-up made it a much more reliable alternative to linking to a band's custom-made website. Recently, however, it has been pretty hard to resist the urge to hunt down the people who run MySpace and give them a right good kick to the crotch. They seem hellbent on making the experience increasingly annoying for everyone. Musicians are [...]
Welcome to the weekend! Lots of cool happenings to share with you. Starting on Thursday, Joe Pernice is at the Lizard Lounge (there are still tix but this show is sure to sell out). Also on Thursday the Wheelers and Dealers will be at the Plough (cool, country songs about drinking) and The Gobshites are at the Burren (cool, Irish songs about drinking). On Friday Mission of Burma starts a 2 night stay at the Paradise and on Friday the Konks are the opening band. Also on Friday The Full Time Dreamers starts things off at the Cantab along with [...]
We lived those nights, like we were dying...On the long haul drives, for our Amaria...With the ragged sails high, and the radio on -" Angry Johnny and the Radio," The Gaslight Anthem How do destined-to-be-favorite songs find their audience in the download era? Has the digital music revolution of the past decade made it easier to find music while simultaneously making it harder for music to find us? While discussing these questions with a fellow music dork a while back, we admitted that even [...]
Brian Eno - Always Returning Barzin - Sometimes The Night... Joe Henry - Jesus' Son Paul Duncan - The Fire Uncle Tupelo - Fatal Wound Bill Frisell - That Was Then The Mud Hut
Found some time to process the remaining bookmarks. Here are the rest of the 2009 posts/threads that are worth mentioning. Lots of gems to hunt for!! + The Art of Memory Pre 2010 : alio die & aglaia, peter brötzmann/toshinori kondo /massimo pupillo /paal nilssen-love, celer, andrew chalk, elegi, eleh, robert haigh, jon hassell, supersilent and more. great list ( The Art of Memory ) + King Midas Sound's Best of 2009 Consumed ( King Midas Sound ) + Top 10 of 2009 : Lists by Peanut Butter Wolf, Ma Dukes, Dam-Funk, [...]
January being the birth month of Allen Toussaint , I thought I'd come back from my year-end break and devote a few posts to some music associated with him, as I used to do on my old radio show, and here some years past. On another note, I'll also be putting up some Carnival-related tunes in the coming weeks, as the season is now rolling with Twelfth Night just past and Mardi Gras just a bit more than a month away. But, back to Toussaint [...]
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TOUR: The Tallest Man On Earth Announces U.S. Dates
[mp3] Joanna Newsom - "Kingfisher"
Hot Chip: One Life Stand
Yeasayer – Odd Blood (Review)
