from left: Jay Huling, Colin Scot, Kevin Shipman and Carl Berg The What's New have always fascinated record collectors: a group mistakenly listed as a Florida band, they released two EPs in France but nothing in the U.S. Their story starts with the Yachtsmen, a folk group founded by students at Long Beach City College in 1959. They became regulars at Disneyland in Anaheim, releasing an LP on Disney's Buena Vista label (BV-3310), "High and Dry with The Yachtsmen" in 1961. On the LP [...]

When I originally discovered the music from the solo project of Paris songwriter Stéphane Milochevitch I described Thousand (his musical nom de guerre ) by stating that his music exhibits all of the qualities of a glass of fine red wine: it is bold, smooth, and a little spicy. I'd add that like a good red wine, his music also demonstrates a subtle complexity of flavor that makes it particularly satisfying. Milochevitch's baritone is woodsy and cedar-infused and the songs he composes are blended together with the thoughtfulness of a master vinter to reveal the mystery of [...]
"Australia was a virtual musical mirror of the northern hemisphere during the 60's; talented groups sprouted up in all the major cities, most of which were waxing excellent cover versions of American and English soul and rock n roll records. Somebody's Image was fronted by a then-teenage singer named Russell Morris who, by 1969, had risen to prominence as a major solo star in Australia. This version of the ubiquitous "Hush" was released before the most famous one cut by Deep Purple, and takes its arrangement from Billy Joe Royal's version. However, this version wiped the [...]
(This post complements my post on Peter Honri's book Working the Halls . You might want to read that first!) You may remember my post in October about Peter Honri's book Working the Halls . I was so impressed by the book and the accompanying flexidisc that I felt that rare desire Holden Caulfield talks about in Catcher in the Rye to call up the [...]
Odd Future's Mellowhype, Hodgy Beats and Left Brain, as well as Domo Genesis have put out some new music for you all. A couple days ago Mellowhype dropped "453 which will be off their album "Numbers" dropping sometime this year, and last night Domo Genesis dropped his latest random track "Stray Bullets". Both are dope songs, check out "453 above and "Stray Bullets" below...

Together Hodgy Beats and Left Brain are MellowHype, one of the many subsets within Odd Future. The two will be releasing a new project titled NUMBERS this year and while "453 will not be on it, the track is the first new MellowHype in some time. Hodgy loosed the track last night via his Tumblr and this morning on twitter said "whats funny is that 45 shit ain't even on numbers. just be ready. MellowHype is ill as fuck. bank on it."

Hodgy & Left Brain delivered this preview of their forthcoming album NUMBERS today. People have been quietly whispering that Hodgy is the best (non Earl) Odd Future emcee. 2012 could be the year those rumblings grow louder. Left Brain is Billy Shears . [ Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.] via Hodgy's Tumblr

If you haven't had a chance to see Nick Waterhouse yet, well, you've missed out! But he's moving back to L.A. from the Bay Area so all is not lost, as he assures us that shows are indeed forthcoming. He was kind enough to tell us about records so awesome that words can't describe 'em... RECORDS OF THE YEAR: PACKY AXTON: LATE LATE PARTY JIMMY HUGHES- STEAL AWAY [...]
I sent out a question on facebook from the STLMU music blog fan page and invited all of the people on the profile there to answer it. We just reached 5,000 and are at the cap now, so if you want to subscribe to our posts, you still can, just can't add it now. Some chose to and here are your favorites, they are as follows: 1) The 45 : Click HERE to visit them online. (The 45 received 71 votes total for their release " Feed The Monster ".) [...]
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Tweet From the very beginning of "Singing Saints Darling" , a flashback of the 1970s came rushing over me. Having been compared to Bon Iver , José González and Bob Dylan , you can hear how Philippe Nash 's vintage sound incorporates influences of today. From Brighton in the UK, Nash describes his music as "folk/gospel". His vocals have that airy quality that sounds almost choir-like and ethereal. While I've never been one to listen to gospel music [...]
I did some serious damage at Mississippi Records this weekend, so I'm not allowed near a record store or pre-purchase link 'till 2012, but on the top of my wishlist is this brand new limited edition Wheedle's Groove 45s Box Set from Light in the Attic Records coming out this Friday. The box set features [...]
Hailing from Cleveland, OH, The Valentinos were made up of the Womack brothers (Bobby, Curtis, Harry, Friendly Jr, and Cecil). Curtis and Bobby were discovered as young teenagers in 1956 by Sam Cooke while the brothers were singing gospel music. Four years later, Cooke had the group travel to California where he signed them to his SAR record label. The group initially wanted to record only gospel material, but their gospel debut flopped. Thanks to an arrangement with Cooke, the group agreed to branch out into the world of secular music, although their powerhouse singing never lost its roots in [...]

Sunday November 20, 2011 SPILL THE WINE hosts San Jo's SOULERO DJs! ~~~~~ With DJs ALLEN THAYER (WAX POETICS) MARGARITA (SOULEROS) MOSES (SOULEROS) GUILLERMO (Sweater Funk) VINYLRICHIE (Sweater Funk) Plus more Soulero crew rollin' through with some SERIOUSLY DEEP Chicano Soul! ~~~~~ Issue 49 - The Latin Issue - features a lengthy article written by DJ and music journalist Allen Thayer about the origins, traditions and continued importance of Lowrider Oldies within the Chicano community. Come on down [...]
In the post-Sgt Pepper era when rock n roll got "serious", the single was thought to be kids stuff and not a sufficient medium to relay a "heavy" message, ushering in the album rock era. While the album era certainly yielded its share of excellent LP's, it also encouraged excess. Jimi Hendrix was the consummate artist; one that put great care into what he released in his lifetime, and of course the LP's released in which he had creative control are nearly flawless. I can easily put on Hendrix LP's (of which I have listened to literally hundreds [...]

Picked this up during a recent dig, Little Helen "More & More" on Soul Town Records. Another fine classic that is all about vocals. LITTLE HELEN - MORE AND MORE

Cancel your weekend plans, because Chicago's very own re-issue label Numero Group plans to sell new and used vinyl and other merch from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at its home-base in Little Village ( 2348 S. Marshall ) this Saturday. In addition to opening its own collection of LPs and 45s (minus Boddie), there will be odds and ends such as books and maybe even a "gently used" sombrero. What's a record dig without music? Rest assured that the "weird shit," as Numero Group writes on its blog , [...]
I have a whole smattering of psych & garage 45's digitized that never seem to make it onto my daily site (dereksdaily45.blogspot.com) so thanks to the magic of Bedazzled, I'll share a few micrograms of them here from time to time. First up, we have The Brass Toad, from (possibly) a town called Orange, TX with "In The Back Of My Mind" (1969). The group certainly has the type of late period psych sound as heard from fellow Texans The Bubble Puppy, [...]

Its a big night for Wah Wah 45s tomorrow at The Scala. The North London record label throw their annual big party on Saturday with a line up that includes Greg Wilson, Gilles Peterson, Blue Daisy, Stac, Earl Zinger, Coleman Brothers and Dom Servini and Scrimshire. Gilles Peterson dropped into the Wah Wah studio to play some exclusives, chat about music, gigs, DJing, X-Factor and everything in between. Tickets are priced £15 / £20 otd / £17.50 NUS. [...]

This post gives those with an interest in the history of music hall a chance to sample a wonderful book about the remarkable Honri family. It's called Working the Halls by Peter Honri. Like many such books on the subject, it's now out of print, but this post is a chance for you to read a few excerpts and listen to tracks from the accompanying flexidisc, called Concert-in-a Turn . It features a loving preface (or 'Overture') by Spike Milligan which laments the fact that "a few etchings and paintings by Sickert are the [...]
Brenda Holloway is perhaps best known for being the west coast face of Motown, years before the label uprooted itself from Detroit to shift opeartions to Los Angeles. Along with her younger sister often on backing vocals, Brenda cut a remarkable run of singles for Tamla Motown. In addition to those records, her discography is a maze of incredible, obscure records cut under mysterious circumstances and with a number of pseudonyms; here are some of my favorite sides. [...]