This quest post is by Dave Allen , digital pundit , bass player for Gang Of Four and CASH Music board member. The online music "business" has long been a minefield for musicians, especially unsigned independent musicians. When the default business plan for streaming services such as Spotify , Pandora and Mog , is to raise investor money, license music from the recording labels and then launch a service that requires advertising in the stream, [...]
Gang of Four - "Never Pay for the Farm" I am one of the die-hard GO4 fans who made a pledge earlier this year via PledgeMusic to help fund GO4's forthcoming disc Content . Not having the funds to afford a helicopter ride home to London from Glastonbury (£950), I opted for the "Ultimate Content Can" (£45). This can contains " the new album on CD, a book version, on paper, of an art piece that Jon and Andy have [...]
Post-punk band Gang of Four are readying the release of their first set of new songs since 1995's Shrinkwrapped with a Pledgemusic campaign to support the release of their new album Content . Pledge gifts range from signed CDs, limited edition white label LPs and hand-written lyrics to a private concert, copies of the band's first show (Leeds '77) and Andy Gill's mixing services. Here is Andy & John's posting from the band's MySpace page: "Making [...]
Is it hyperbole if it's said with sincerity? Even a cursory listen to the work of Gang of Four reveals two very simple truths. This band who released their first album in 1979 made music that has been an influence on an amazing number of bands and some (like Bloc Party) owe their careers to the their innovative style. Despite his modesty, bass player Dave Allen was part of one of the great rhythm sections of all-time. Coupled with Drummer Hugo Burnham, they were not only talented musicians but had the ability to write music that showed those talents without [...]
And this video that I found over on Dave Allen's fantastic Pampelmoose site did not help one bit! » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
Ok, here's the thing. At the Ripple, we're proud to confess our membership in the Dave Allen Groupie Club. Whether his pioneering work with Gang of Four , his funk blow-outs with Shriekback , his big sound swamp rock with King Swamp , or any of his other projects, Dave Allen never fails to amaze, entertain, and some times boggle our minds. With that lead in, we're thrilled to learn that Polyvinyl Records released Dave's new project, Faux Hoax , "Your Friends Will Carry You Home," on May 19, 2009. [...]
Polyvinyl just sent out some information about this new project/band Faux Hoax which is set to release an EP on the label. The new group is a recording project from Danny Seim ( Menomena ), John Askew ( The Dodos / Tracker ), and Dave Allen ( Gang of Four ). Vocal and lyrical collaborations were also done with Joe Haege ( 31 Knots / Tu Fawning ) & writer Adam Gnade. The star studed cast have worked on this project for over 2 years and are now ready to release 3 song EP Your Friends [...]
Dave Allen of Pampelmoose and Joe Long of WOXY.com I'm very pleased to announce that I have struck a deal to have the Pampelmoose New Music Hour featured each week on WOXY.com - here's the official announcement. Dave Allen, founding member of the critically-acclaimed post-punk band, Gang of Four and blogger at Pampelmoose.com, a music, media and [...]
There is always room in this world for dead comedians, eh? I think sometimes dead comedians are funnier than live ones...so this one's for Dave Allen . Dave Allen was born July 6, 1936. In 1959 he got a break by appearing on a talent show called New Faces , and he made a name for himself in the 1960's. In 1961 he toured England and France with the then unknown band The Beatles . He was famous for sitting on a stool on stage drinking whisky and smoking. I remember, way back [...]
Found on COED Magazine, Bands Who Twitter via LargeheartedBoy. [Although I'm not actually a band...]
Click image to watch and listen. I'm fairly coherent in this one...
So after calling it a day with Gang of Four in early 2008, I turned my attention to getting some music recorded and released by Faux Hoax, a whacky trio consisting of myself, John Askew of Tracker and FILMguerrero, and Danny Seim of Menomena and Lackthereof. Well, due to all of our conflicting schedules things [...]
Look what arrived in the mail today, a Gang of Four biography. Just skimmed it. Lots of fun facts, lots of inaccuracies. More later.
Spinnerette's Brody Dalle The New Music Hour on Portland's 94.7FM is dedicated to bringing listeners music, both local and national, that they may not normally hear on the station. I'm on air with resident DJ Squid every Tuesday and Thursday at 8PM. This is the show from Tuesday September 23rd. For more local and Northwest music [...]
The New Music Hour on Portland's 94.7FM is dedicated to bringing listeners music, both local and national, that they may not normally hear on the station. I'm on air with resident DJ Squid every Tuesday and Thursday at 8PM. This is the show from Thursday September 18th. Cruel Black Dove - Come On Over (The Clapp [...]
Wonder Ballroom bar during MusicFestNW.. The New Music Hour on Portland's 94.7FM is dedicated to bringing listeners music, both local and national, that they may not normally hear on the station. I'm on air with resident DJ Squid every Tuesday and Thursday at 8PM. This is the show from Tuesday September 16. Fujiya & Miyagi - Uh The [...]
Sunset SW Portland tonight, and I thought summer was ending.... The New Music Hour on Portland's 94.7FM is dedicated to bringing listeners music, both local and national, that might not normally get on the station's playlists. I'm on air with resident DJ Squid every Tuesday and Thursday at 8PM This is the show from Thursday September [...]
Glass Candy's Mr Johnny Jewel After the wonderful week of MusicFestNW I am getting back in the swing of joining Squid at 94.7FM again tonight to play selections from the incoming promo CDs and MP3s on the New Music Hour. The show is at 8PM and I will be on air every Tuesday and Thursday. Tonight [...]
Vimeo let me down so here's a good old-fashioned YouTube video of tonight's set from Spoon's Britt Daniel and Sleater-Kinney's Janet Weiss playing together at MusicFestNW.
This weeks playlist was culled from a mix of local and national acts playing at this year's MusicFestNW. The New Music Hour on Portland's 94.7FM is dedicated to bringing listeners music, both local and national, that might not normally get on the station's playlists. Below are the tracks in order of appearance on the show [...]
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