It was 1976 when the Steve Miller Band played the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium on the Fly Like An E agle tour. A thin-framed, long-haired apparition, with no discernible instrument, stepped to the forefront, pulled out a mouth harp and blew a hypnotic soulful rendition of "Mercury Blues." It wasn't Steve Miller that hooked me on the Steve Miller Band – it was Norton Buffalo . Steve Miller called him his "Partner in Harmony." Buffalo's talent was bigger than one band, even though he remained a Steve [...]
CMJ released the band schedule for its 2009 Music Marathon & Film Festival yesterday, which is about as good a sign of fall hitting New York as the return of apple cider at Greenmarket. The festival runs from Oct. 20 - Oct. 24 and includes various venues throughout the city, and the list of featured artists would probably take all four days to read through. But skimming the selection reveals a fairly equal distribution of well-known acts like Atlas Sound and Deer Tick , anonymous locals (including krautrock-y Jeff Buckley-channelers Pocketknife), twenty-two bands who [...]
The press release below doesn't actually list all the acts performing at CMJ this year, so you're probably better off checking out cmj.sched.org to get a true idea of what's happening during this year's marathon. Of course, sched.org is a little confusing too and it doesn't list unofficial events and day parties (as far as I know), so you'll have to wait a little bit longer for info to trickle out from the blogs and other unofficial sources. Lastly, even though the press release says the schedule is "final", you can pretty much bet that things will shift [...]

: Our Favorite Artists and Their Favorite Love Songs I don't have a lot to say about this album compilation from Starbucks but AMAZING! There is an eclectic mix of genres from country to techno and these noteworthy artists did justice to their favorite love songs. Most if not all versions of the originals are acoustic and listening to these tracks just give any venue a coffeehouse vibe (pun intended). Audio quality is great, so nothing to worry about. Get a taste [...]

: Our Favorite Artists and Their Favorite Love Songs I don't have a lot to say about this album compilation from Starbucks but AMAZING! There is an eclectic mix of genres from country to techno and these noteworthy artists did justice to their favorite love songs. Most if not all acoustic versions of the originals and listening to the tracks just give it a coffeehouse vibe (pun intended). Audio quality is great, so nothing to worry about! Get a taste of the [...]
Honeydove is a power trio made up of Kate Tucker and Ed O'Brien (from Kate Tucker and the Sons of Sweden) and drummer Lucas Carlyle. The band's bio says its influences are "darkness, tambourines, tall trees, empty spaces and abandoned buildings, amongst other things." read more

Seminal folk revivalist, labor organizer, five-string banjo master, and champion-of-community Pete Seeger turns ninety years old today, May 3. In his honor, folk venues across the country are hosting singalongs and fundraisers under the umbrella concept of F or Pete's Sake, Sing , with all profits to benefit Clearwater, the educational and environmental organization which Seeger founded a few decades ago to clean up the Hudson River north of New York City. Acoustic Music Scene has a relatively comprehensive list of local hootenannies and group sings participating in the global celebration. [...]

While searching for the Kendra Smith flexi-disc, I came across this one, given away with a different issue of The BOB Magazine. I had totally forgotten I had this, but it's a good one. The A-side "I'll Meet You Halfway" by Redd Kross is an outtake from 1993's Phaseshifter . It sounds to me like the boys were going for a kind of Neil Diamond vibe here (quite sucessfully, I might add). This also appeared on the B-side of "The Lady In The Front Row" 7" single (but not on the 10" EP that I own, go [...]
Damien Jurado plays the Round at Bumbershoot 2009 Mentioned before on Sound on the Sound, the Round is a gathering of musicians and artists (word, paint and otherwise) from different backgrounds to get on stage, collaborate, meditate, amuse and maybe play a few of each others songs for an evening in the space of Seattle's Fremont Abbey. Just as an example of the typical pairings, the next edition happening April 14 gathers Jesy Fortino of Tiny Vipers , Grant Olsen of Arthur & Yu , John Van Deusen of about to break band [...]

En toen was het alweer maart.. Tijd om te kijken naar wat februari ons aan albums heeft nagelaten: A.C. Newman - Get Guilty Tweede solo album van toch wel de hoofdpornograaf van The New Pornographers . Dat het wel heel erg klinkt als diezelfde band is niet erg want ze maken nou eenmaal erg leuke muziek . A.C. Newman - Like A Hitman, Like A Dancer [...]

Not sure how old this mix is but it's a pretty cool collection of love song related covers: Sweetheart: Our Favourite Artists Sing Their Favourite Long Songs Download here Tracklisting: 01 Death Cab for Cutie - Love Song (Cure cover) 02 Katy Perry - Black and Gold (Sam Sparro cover) 03 DeVotchKa - Hot Burrito #1 (I'm Your Toy) (Flying Burrito Brothers cover) 04 Department of Eagles - Love Me (Elvis Presley cover) 05 Jessica Lea Mayfield - Words of Love [...]

Above : "Sweethearts" She & Him. God, we love She & Him. This cover of Screamin' Jay Hawkins' classic I Put A Spell On You is amazing, showcasing an absolutely killer set of vocals from Zooey Deschanel, a nearly acapella rendition above the almost inaudible sparse strumming of M. Ward's electric guitar. It showcases a jazzier side to Ms. Deshanel than She & Him has shown us before, and we like! We heart this song.... okay, forget we ever said that. I Put A Spell On [...]

Fresh off the release of his fine Get Guilty , red bearded New Pornographers co-frontman A.C. Newman has got some more new material for us. Well, new in the sense that his version of A-Ha's laughably nostalgic "Take on Me" is almost nothing like the original. If you recall, a while back there was talk of another Sarbucks Compilation , this one to be focused on love songs for the month of February (apparently we aren't the only outlet getting in on this love songs in February thing ). The comp is appropriately [...]

They don't love you like I love you Sweetheart , la compilation di San Valentino venduta da Starbucks , brilla per la sua opacità. Se qualcuno me la regalasse, una tale mancanza di emozioni proprio nel giorno degli innamorati mi preoccuperebbe. Non si salvano i Death Cab For Cutie, alle prese con una piatta Love Song dei Cure, né She & Him con una pigra I Put A Spell On You di Screamin' Jay Hawkins, tutta tesa a dimostrare soltanto che [...]

They don't love you like I love you Sweetheart , la compilation di San Valentino venduta da Starbucks , brilla per la sua opacità. Se qualcuno me la regalasse, una tale mancanza di emozioni proprio nel giorno degli innamorati mi preoccuperebbe. Non si salvano i Death Cab For Cutie, alle prese con una piatta Love Song dei Cure, né She & Him con una pigra I Put A Spell On You di Screamin' Jay Hawkins, tutta tesa a dimostrare soltanto che [...]
Song Keith ~ " Up In the Clouds " myspace plays: 15,855 mp3 download Keith is a UK based foursome with a sound that is getting comparisons to Doves and Elbow. Their album, Vice & Virtue , is due out later this month. Bonus Video: [...]

Ok so I heard about the Sweetheart: Our Favorite Artists Sing Their Favorite Love Songs project a while back and wasn't too worked up about another covers album. Then I heard the Jem's cover of Yellow and quickly changed my mind. Given how overplayed the original was I didn't think it was possible to hear the song in a new light but cudos to Jem for making that possible. The album is due on Valentines day and is being exclusively released by Starbucks. Download. 1. Death Cab For Cutie - Love Song (The Cure) 2. [...]
Interesting shows around Los Angeles this week: Monday 2/9 The Holloys, Sabertooth Tiger, Rumspringa, Slang Chickens @ The Echo Le Switch, Blank Blue, Les Blanks, Vaudeville @ Spaceland Eddie Kowalczyk @ Hotel Cafe Free Moral Agents, Warpaint, Mode @ Detroit Bar Big Digits, Birth!, Showgirls @ Pehrspace Local Natives, The Meeting Places, Dusty Rhodes and the River Band, Marvelous Toy @ Silverlake Lounge Golden State @ Viper Room Combichrist @ Avalon Steel Panther @ Key Club Adele on Late Show [...]

Per chi ci crede, e soprattutto ha voglia di festeggiarlo, sarà a breve San Valentino. Tra le iniziative migliori c'è la revisione della carta costituzionale , un colpo di stato , una r evisione dei Patti Lateranensi ovviamente a favore della curia , un cd di Starbucks. Si chiamerà Sweetheart e dal sottotitolo "Our favorite artists sing their favorite love songs", è abbastanza evidente cosa contiene: cover. Premettendo che non è il caso che vi aspettiate che sia una tracklist a botte di David Bowie, Sonic Youth, Iggy Pop perchè evidentemente non sono gli artisti preferiti [...]

Wuuuw hele 2 volumes af Hvis musik var... på en uge :P Der er simpelthen så meget fedt musik ude for tiden at jeg i denne uge skriver både vol. 35 og vol. 36. På tirsdag sku vol. 37 gerne være parat... så masser af fedt nyt musik :) Peasant - Those Days [...]