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The Tears: Autograph (MP3)
2007-03-09 14:12:01 Listen: [Download the MP3 Here] More About: Auto , Tear , Autograph , Ears , Graph
Fresh Air Now Podcasting for Free
2007-03-08 02:10:08 If you've ever listened to NPR, then you know that Terry Gross is probably the best interviewer today. While "Fresh Air" is featured on practically every NPR station in the country (for good reason), the podcast up till now has been a prohibitively expensive Audible download. The good news? The show is now podcasting for free. Subscribe through iTunes (link below) or through the Fresh Air homepage.Some classic interviews:[Thom Yorke][Stuart Murdoch of Belle and Sebastian][Ricky Gervais, promoting "Extras"][Wes Anderson, promoting "The Royal Tenenbaums"] More About: Pod , Podcasting , Free , Podcast , Cast
Amiina Ready New Album
2007-03-08 02:10:08 From their official site:Dear all,Finally our debut album, Kurr, will be allowed to wander off into the big world. It will happen on March the 21st, but pre-orders have already started. We do hope it brings you joy!This first run is a little bit special, as it is released by our own Bláskjár Records. For now the album will only be available at our shows and in our webstore. But we're talking to some people who want to make it more widely available, so by this summer it will hopefully have travelled to most decent record stores around the world. We'll give you news on all that later.But if you can't wait that long, come to our shows, or purchase it online (there are also some other new nice things there to buy)! Amiina w/ Sigur Ros on Jools Holland:Tour Dates:march 21 Madison (Café Montmartre ) tickets march 22 Minneapolis (The Varsity Theatre) ticketsmarch 23 Chicago (Lakeshore Theater) ticketsmarch 25 Cleveland (Cambridge Room, House of Blues) ticketsmarch 26 Detroit (Mag... More About: Read , Album , Ready
Dead Flowers Interviews Matt from Foreign Born
2007-03-07 02:09:01 Matt Popieluch is the lead singer in Foreign Born, one of Los Angeles' very best bands. In the group, he's complimented by Ariel Rechtshaid's melodic bass playing, Lewis Pesacov's distinctive effects-laden guitar, and Garrett Ray's innovative drumming. They have had one proper release, the "In the Remote Woods" EP on Startime, and have had their debut LP "On the Wing Now" available to buy at shows for the past few months.I got in contact with Matt because "On the Wing Now" is the best LP I've heard in years, an unusually confident mix of rock influences that never retreats into nostalgia. While "In the Remote Woods" showed promise, "On the Wing Now" realizes the band's potential on songs like "In the Shape" and "Letter of Inclusion".Matt also performs solo under the moniker Big Search. Big Search's debut "Mysticism vs Classicism" was released in 2003. Dead Flowers : As I understand it, you recorded "On the Wing Now" without label support, and then shopped it around. Can... More About: Views , Interviews , Inter , Interview
Brian Jonestown Massacre: Ballad of Jim Jones
(Classic MP3) 2007-03-03 14:06:03 Lyrics: I walked from New York and back from L.A. I lived on a mountain and once by the bay I bought an apartment and slept in the hay but there's no place that's softer than (your arms) living today is just getting so bad there's a look on your face and it says"you've been had!" you can take all my money but don't make me mad cause there's nobody meaner than (me) I prayed to Buddha, to Allah, More About: Jim Jones , Classic , Jones , Massacre , Town
I Am Kloot: Over My Shoulder (MP3)
2007-03-03 14:06:03 Listen: [Download the MP3 Here] More About: Over , Should , Loot
Liam Meets Nelly
2007-03-01 20:04:09 You know, you just can't beat Liam when it comes to a good Coldplay quote: Nelly Furtado was left hot and bothered after hooking up with her idols Oasis backstage at last Wednesday's (February 14) Brit Awards. The singer, who revealed she used to write the Gallagher brother letters when she was a teen such was her love, said being at the same bash as them was surreal. ?I was watching the show
Things That Suck #62: The Press Response to Lily Allen
2007-03-01 20:04:09 To hear otherwise respectable critics describe her, you would think Lily Allen were the second coming of rock, pop, you name it. Truth is, the pudgy singer got where she is thanks more to nepotism than dues paid, and there's nothing rock n' roll about that. While we're on the topic, let's mention that it's impossible to have a true grassroots, word-of-mouth campaign on the internet/myspace More About: Press , Hat , Things
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
2007-03-01 02:02:01 Recently Pitchfork pompously declared, as is their wont, that hearing the Arcade Fire for the first time was like discovering a new musical language. If that's the case, then discovering God speed You! Black Emperor is like discovering a new musical planet. Like many others, I first heard of GYBE through Radiohead. Between OK Computer and Kid A, there was a strange internet rumor that GYBE More About: Speed , Lack
Frow the Vaults:
Thoughts on Swervedriver's Mezcal Head 2007-02-28 14:01:05 (Originally posted on Glamorama, 2.12.2004) A tidal wave is brewing somewhere off the east coast of America. We're talking the kind of thing that would get Patrick Swayze all excited and have Keanu Reeves chasing after him and robbing banks in a Nixon mask. That tidal wave is nostalgia. Nostalgia for thirteen years ago to be exact. 80s revivalism is dead. If another Echo and The Bunnymen clone More About: Drive , Thoughts , Driver , River , Thought
The Jazz Butcher
2007-02-28 14:01:05 Doc writes: What goes with Thomas Pynchon, Harlan Ellison, Altimont, and drink? The Jazz Butcher (AKA The Jazz Butcher Conspiracy or The Jazz Butcher and his Sikkorskis from Hell), of course. The Jazz Butcher himself, Pat Fish (nee Huntrods), is an Oxford graduate from the north of England. Throughout the band?s career, Fish has worked with musicians such as David J, Max Eider, Richard Formby, More About: Cher
From the Vaults:
Interview with Jez from Swervedriver 2007-02-28 14:01:05 (Originally posted on Glamorama in 2004) Last month, as part of the Glamorama Classics series, I did a piece on Swervedriver's LP "Mezcal Head". Much to my surprise, Swervedriver's drummer Jez got in touch to say how much he appreciated the feature. It was a great honor, to say the least. But even more surprising was that Jez agreed to sit down with me during my recent visit to London, in order More About: Inter , Drive , Interview , Driver , With
http://sendmedeadflowers.com
2007-02-28 14:01:05 Dead Flowers has moved to http://sendmedeadflowers.com. The old posts will remain on blogspot, but everything has been transferred over to my FTP, so I will use that now. Please adjust your bookmarks and rss feeds. Cheers, -Mick Technorati Profile More About: Dead , Send , Lower , Http
Adam from Swervedriver & Sam from Interpol: Setting Suns!
2007-02-28 14:01:05 On Myspace: The Setting Suns is a collaboration between Sam Fogarino, drummer from Inter pol and Adam Franklin, guitarist and singer from Swervedriver and Toshack Highway. The duo met over dinner in NYC last winter, while being introduced by long time, mutual friend Jack Rabid (The Big Takeover).[Link from Swervedriver.com] More About: Drive , Driver , River
Foreign Born on KXLU 2.23.07 (Podcast)
2007-02-28 14:01:05 Listen (fast-forward to the 1:41 mark): [Download the MP3 @ the KXLU Demolisten Site] More About: Pod , Podcast , Cast , Foreign , Fore
Hurricane #1
2007-02-28 14:01:05 Hurricane #1 was the group started by Andy Bell when Ride folded. In many ways, the group epitomized one aspect of Creation's slow decline in the 90s: they wanted to be like Oasis a little too much. Watch any of their videos (such as the excruciating "Chain Reaction") and you'll see singer Alex Lowe strutting around like a Liam impersonator. Lowe, a former boxer, even went so far as to More About: Cane , Hurricane
Ride
2007-02-28 14:01:05 Creation band Ride was one of the real driving forces behind the shoegazing movement in the UK. They had a minor hit in the US as well, "Vapour Trail" off their debut LP "Nowhere". You might have heard it on your local alternative station at 3 in the morning. In retrospect, it's hard to say that Ride were a great band. They had some memorable moments, but there are a lot of songs on their
Dead Flowers Interviews Pete from Adorable
2007-02-28 14:01:05 Pete (Piotr) Fijalkowski was the lead singer of the Creation Records band Adorable in the early 90's. Their first single, "Sunshine Smile", was NME's single of the week in May 1992. They went on to record the phenomenal debut record "Against Perfection", which unfortunately failed to live up to the success of their debut single. Another record, "Fake", followed in 1994, but testy relationships More About: Views , Flowers , Interviews , Inter , Interview
Arcade Fire: Live at Judson Memorial Church
2007-02-28 14:01:05 From the Radiohead AtEase Board: ARCADE FIRE Judson Memorial Church New York City February 16, 2007 xACT 1. band takes stage/tunings 2. No Cars Go 3. Haiti 4. Black Mirror 5. Keep the Car Running 6. Antichrist TV Blues 7. Black Waves/Bad Vibrations 8. Poupee de Cire 9. Well and the Lighthouse 10. Ocean of Noise 11. Rebellion 12. Intervention 13. encore break 14. Neon Bible 15. Wake Up (in More About: Arcade , Live , Arcade Fire , Fire
Beginning on Monday: Creation Week
2007-02-28 14:01:05 Stay tuned... More About: Week , Creation , Monday , Onda
Marc Bolan and T-Rex:
Deborah (Classic MP3) 2007-02-28 14:01:05 Listen: [Download the MP3 Here] Probably Influenced: Devendra Banhart More About: Classic , Class , Marc , Bola , Marc Bolan
Jeff Buckley and Liz Fraser:
All Flowers in Time Bend Towards the Sun 2007-02-28 14:01:05 Scrounging around on Soulseek for the live version of this unreleased track, I was amazed to find the studio version. This is a bit of a holy grail for Buckley fans, so it's my pleasure to put it up. If I remember "Dream Brother" correctly, Jeff and Liz went into the studio together. However, they decided never to release their collaboration because romance complicated things. Anyways, here More About: Flowers , Time , War , The Sun , Bend
Thoughts on:
"Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman" by Haruki Murakami 2007-02-28 14:01:05 Murakami is remarkably consistent: his writing seldom if ever slips below the readable mark. Many of the stories here rank up with his best work. "The Rise and Fall of Sharpie Cakes" is a humorous and frightening Kafka-esque tale of psychotic crows and their control of a dessert company, the sort of story that only Murakami can dream up. The story that gave the collection its name, meanwhile, More About: Sleeping , Thoughts , Thought , Woman , Oman
Arcade Fire: No Cars Go Mk II
More articles from this author:2007-02-28 14:01:05 NME Reports: Arcade Fire talk about re-recording song They wanted to do 'No Cars Go' with orchestra Arcade Fire have discussed their re-recording of 'No Cars Go'. The track, which appears on new album 'Neon Bible', originally appeared on the band's self-titled debut EP from 2003. Speaking to the Toronto Star Regine Chassagne said: "I always had an orchestra in my mind from the conception of More About: Cade 1, 2, 3, 4 |
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