10 . Prince - The Rainbow Children (2001) Jazzy, funky, and dipping deeply into P's then new-found life as a Jehovah's Witness, this album connected with me more than any Prince album of the 00's (and nope, no JW am I). As much as the 54 second "Wedding Feast" makes me cringe, the album makes up for it with great tracks like "Digital Garden", "The Work, Pt. 13, and "The Sensual Everafter". Favorite tune : " 1+1+1 is 3 " (mp3) - to [...]
The last decade of music was fucking amazing. One would think that being the Brit Rock maniac that I am I would be all about the 90s. While I did enjoy that decade, the music that came out in the last ten years made me wish it was a woman that I could kiss deeply and shower her with love and affection. So what were the best ones? Here is my Top Ten with comments followed by my other 40 to round out the Top 50 CDs of the Noughties! 10. The Coral - [...]
In the year nineteen eighty-three, Prince's Triple Threat Tour did hit the road. Vanity 6 opened the evening, with The Time as their backing band behind a curtain. Next up, before Prince took the stage, Morris Day and the boys got their 45 minutes in the spotlight, and they took every advantage, trying their hardest to upstage their boss. I was a wee 12 year old during this tour, so I didn't get to witness the competition firsthand. But from all accounts, it made for an amazing tour - Prince touring behind [...]
Care to be haunted and moved and blown away by a great song? Then listen to the brand new tune from Matthew Ryan : "The Wilderness". Matt's been making appearances on Ickmusic since I first fired this bad boy blog up back in 2004. He never disappoints, and this tune definitely has me looking forward to the new record, Dear Lover , due out in late October. Keep up with Matt on his Web Site , and be sure to follow him on Twitter . One [...]
A couple times a year, I slip into my Prince-only phase - three, four, five weeks of obsessive listening. To spur it on this time around, it was the Spin issue commemorating the 25th Anniversary of Purple Rain . The movie and album pulled me into Prince's purple universe in the latter half of 1984, and I haven't left since. What I could use right now is some live Prince - something I haven't experienced since April 2002, when he was touring behind The Rainbow Children album with his 'One Night [...]
I stumbled upon Old Californio's YouTube page tonight, and they just uploaded a bunch of sweet video action from a recent in-studio performance at SoCal's KPFK. If you don't have their Westering Again album, which came out earlier this year, youse a fool baby. Buy It . Here's a kickass tune called "Chilao" which isn't on the album but I sure wish it was! It sums up everything I love about these guys: the earthy Southwest vibe, the unique arrangements and instrumentation... Gah! I love 'em!
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Not only did Bonnaroo bring together two of my favorites in the form of a Phish-Springsteen collaboration, but, as it turned out, Bruce also found time to catch Sunday's set by Band of Horses. And as you can see from some brand new pics posted to BoH's blog, Bruce hung around to meet Ben Bridwell and the band afterward. Thanks and props to Christopher Wilson Photography for capturing the moment! My musical universes continue to converge. Check out Band of Horses Tour blog with more pics of the encounter, and [...]
Brooklyn-based electrofunk wizard Alan Wilkis gave me an early peek at his latest release Pink and Purple . For those of you not familiar with Alan, let me bring you up to speed the self-described "musician, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and general musical mover-and-shaker" first came to my attention last year with his self-released debut Babies Dream Big ( Review ). Earlier this year he dropped a brilliant remix of Pheonix 's hit "19013 which only served to build the anticipation for his new material which has been in constant rotation since it landed in my [...]
Tonight Dave Matthews Band will celebrate the release of their new record Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King with an intimate show at the historic Beacon Theater in New York. The show will be broadcast live beginning at 9:00 PM EST on the Fuse network as well as online over at Hulu . Through a twist of fate (and the amazing detective skills of my better half) I will be in attendance tonight and will be sure to post a full review of the show as well as the new album in the [...]
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