Non ci riesco proprio! Davvero. Questo disco non mi rimane in testa. Non c'è niente da fare. Passa via un po' grigio, come la polvere sotto il letto o i raggi di sole che filtrano dalle persiane di prima mattina. Pensi di averlo imparato, di averlo impugnato, di canticchiarlo comodamente nella vasca da bagno. Ma l'unica cosa che ti si pianta nella mente è la domanda peggiore: " 1990s chi"? Oddio. "Kicks" non è proprio un disco da buttare via o brutto in una qualche particolare maniera, solo è la raffigurazione di un [...]
OK, so this is the luxury item on this ongoing list of suggested Xmas presents, retailing for the best part of £40. But for the Lloyd Cole fan in your life, believe me they will love you forever if you manage to get Santa to deliver Cleaning Out The Ashtrays on 25 th December. It comprises 4 x CDs and a 36 page booklet compiled and written [...]
Yeah, it's like that. _____ Wale ft. J. Cole & Melanie Fiona " Beautiful Bliss " (prod. by Green Lantern & Mark Ronson ) DJ Kay Slay ft. Yo Gotti , Jim Jones , Busta Rhymes & Ray J " Blockstars " Maino " Gotta Love Me " Skillz " Up All Night " [...]
Now that we're into the month of November I thought that I'd use some of the postings over the next few weeks to make a few suggestions as to what might look good on lists written up for Santa Claus. I should point out that what will follow is by no means an exhaustive list of what I think has been the best music released in 2009 - hell, I've not bought enough or listened to enough to be so presumptuous - but there are some things that I do believe every music fan should have in their [...]
Lloyd Cole stopped through San Francisco on his way to Australia and graced us with a wonderful double set at The Swedish American Music Hall. Here are a few shots from his performance.
In the mid 1980's, Lloyd Cole and the Commotions were a huge part of the alternative scene in England and the U.S.. Chiming melodies, great musicianship, coupled with the lyrics of one of the premiere songwriters of our generation, Lloyd Cole. While many artists disappeared after starting their solo career, Lloyd Cole has continued to make music that surpasses the quality of his group's work. This is proven by a glance at the 2009 release of "Cleaning Out The Ashtray", a 4-volume collection of B-sides and rarities that encompasses his entire career. We tracked out the As [...]
Here's the October 24th installment of the Sirius XMU Download 15 playlist. If it's this late, you know I must have been up to something good. I was shooting Echo & The Bunnymen, Lloyd Cole, and Ben Gibbard all weekend. Jake Fogelnest picks 'em and plays 'em, and I find 'em and post 'em. A match made in heaven. We also keep a complete Download 15 Archive . Full track list and mp3's after the jump. [...]
This is the second time I'm doing this kind of shorties post, and it may show that I'm better than I thought on consistency... During a week, I post a lot of news and finds on my twitter @eardrums and I get a lot of email that never gets published on the blog. I'll try to post some of it here + give you some recommendations to new releases you should buy. Let's start with some "VERY SHORTIES" and below this, you will find a lot of free goodies and music recommendations: [...]
NPR is streaming in its entirety REM's new album, Live at the Olympia . Free at Amazon MP3: the 16-track CMJ 2009: The Bands, The Music, The City, Vol. 3 . The Burlington Free Press interviews singer-songwriter Andrew Bird . Clash Music reports that the Rakes will break up [...]
The New Statesman interviews author John Irving. How do you start a novel? With the last sentence. Every novel of mine began with a last sentence, and not even the punctuation in those 12 last sentences changed. The first couple of times that happened to me, I thought it was an oddity. I didn't recognise it as a habit, nor would I have labelled it a "process". But then I came to recognise that this is the way my mind works. [...]
The New Statesman interviews author John Irving. How do you start a novel? With the last sentence. Every novel of mine began with a last sentence, and not even the punctuation in those 12 last sentences changed. The first couple of times that happened to me, I thought it was an oddity. I didn't recognise it as a habit, nor would I have labelled it a "process". But then I came to recognise that this is the way my mind works. [...]
Ok, so not exactly a full on X Factor edition, but two of the highlighted performers did cut their teeth on that "talent" show whether as a judge or performer. Below are some recent highlights from the global world of pop music, and all it's beautful/ugly permutations. Alexandra Burke - Broken Heels (300 kbps) Alexandra Burke (of X-Factor fame) calls upon the oh-so-now talents of a certain GaGa producing RedOne , and his key tapping fingers are in prime form here on [...]
PICK OF THE WEEK The Decemberists Here Come The Waves: The Hazards Of Love Visualized UCLA Royce Hall Monday, October 19 Info THIS WEEK'S TICKET GIVEAWAYS Why? w/ Au & Serengetti & Polyphonic Tuesday, October 20 Echoplex Info [ ENTER TO WIN ] Jay Reatard Shattered [...]
Week 2 of X Factor series 6 was Diva Week. This is never an easy week for the fellas, as for most of them, diva doesn't come naturally. Whitney Houston was their mentor and the musical guest for this week's live show, and a good few of the acts sang her songs. Most of them sang them better than she's able to sing these days too (although none of them would've matched Whitney in her prime - drugs have a lot to answer for!) Lucie Jones opened the show with her take on Whitney [...]
What's going on this Thursday everyone...time to hit folks with with a bit more of some quality Black Radio representation from our DJs & air personalities from all over the world here on BlackRadioIsBack.com .... This week, we have another installment from the new season of Hood Strong Radio to share from our peoples from Providence, Rhode Island, DJ Leggs (who also is an accomplished B-Boy and president of S&J Music Group & Hoodstrong Entertainment). Hood Strong Radio is a weekly hour long radio show that mixes up solid [...]
You'll rarely hear anyone say that because most forget how long Spit Vicious has actually been around. But the idea & that statement came up as a topic of discussion on my other e-stomping grounds. Curren$y's place in the game goes longer than his current tenure with the Jets! Before he embarked on the stoner-style that made him initially popular as a member of the Young Money camp (a style which Wayne robbed him of but that's another day, another post), he was a No Limit solider. "Roll up with both the [...]
yep, i stole this from sara from her post over here . don't want to listen to them streaming ? download the tracks here : brian eno // the big ship blur // sweet song electrelane // saturday hidden cameras // a miracle fucked up // looking for god lightning dust // antonia jane magnetic fields // i don't want to get over you [...]
TUNE IN today (by clicking the rather conspicuous link above) for Altrok's Daily Retro! Today at 11:30am Eastern , we'll have Let's Active, The Thompson Twins, Dr. & The Medics, The House Of Love, ABC, Kid Creole & The Coconuts, X, Hunters & Collectors, Stiff Little Fingers, Lloyd Cole, Tommy Keene, Romeo Void, Seona Dancing, The Lightning Seeds, Lene Lovich and so very many more! And if you miss it today, there'll be another two-hour-long selection [...]
MP3: Because We Are the Sky (4.4 mb) When someone tapes your voice, does it sound strange to you when you hear it played back? Mine does, as it does for so many people. The sound I hear myself making from inside my head, from within the acoustical confines of my skull I suppose, is often embarrassingly different from the sound emitting from the tape recorder. And I wonder if this implies a certain lack of self-awareness, or if it's a matter of the way sound behaves in different spaces (inside a head, for instance, [...]
I surprised myself by finding out that I last did this feature in February . I guess therefore that I better explain it for any new readers.... The idea is to feature different songs but with the same title. So far the series has featured:- Part 1 - Careless by Bourgie Bourgie and Cinerma [...]
new music from vampire weekend – cousins + music video
WKND PLYLST!! This has nothing to do with NEW MOON!
HOT CHIP TAKE another crack at IT and I’m IN
The Beach House Theory of 2k10.
Friday Five: Surf Songs
