It's happened. I'm back on a Neil Young kick. This week's discovery of a decent sounding recording of the unreleased "Time Fades Away" album has it's hooks in me. Some interesting factoids/tidbits found on this site...
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Don’t F*CK With The Star Room Boys
After the Bloodkin post i'm on an Athens tangent. The now defunct Star Room Boys were one of my favorite neo-traditional-honky-tonk country outfits until their 2003 demise. In their eight years together they released two fantastic albums: 1999's Why Do Lonely Men & Women Want to Break Each Other's Hearts?, and 2002's This . . .
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…just like something out of tennessee williams
Everyone has a band they root for. An underdog. A band, who despite an enormous amount of talent and perseverance, remain obscure. Life in the minor leagues. The band I root for is Athens, Georgia’s Bloodkin. Practicing what they preach, for better or worse, for the past 15+ years of their creative career.
Some of the most haunted Southern literature never committed to paper.
Bloodkin is: religion, redemption, regret, a bar fight, pride, shame . . .
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Time Fades Away
Unlike the recently released LP "On The Beach," Neil Young, at this point, has no plans to release this Live album on compact disc. Luckily, you can find it HERE...
*Link courtesy of Golden Fiddle
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Garcia 8/1/42 – 8/9/95
For a long time I have believed The Grateful Dead to be an incredibly misunderstood band. Too often (90% of the time) their music has been eclipsed by their fanbase, and the tired cliches that come with it. Check out the link below for a vast vault of free Live Grateful Dead recordings. Set aside your pre-conceptions and dig deep into this treasure trove of American music.To quote the late Bill Graham, “The Grateful Dead aren't the best at what they . . .
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THE LATE-GREAT PAVEMENT
For those of you who stop by from time to time, it's no surprise I'm a Pavement fan. Below is an assortment of collected Pavement articles/interviews from over the years that have been gathering dust in my bookmarks.
- SPIN 1994 "Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain" era
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Velvet Underground vs. Cowboy Junkies
A truly inspired cover can sometimes trump an artist's original vision for a song. In this ongoing series, The Cover Wars, I'm interested in which version (or versions) you prefer. The song: Velvet Underground's "Sweet Jane" off their 1970 album Loaded. The cover: The Cowboy Junkies version off The Trinity Session album.
Velvet Underground - "Sweet Jane"
Cowboy Junkies - "Sweet Jane"
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Searching For The Wrong-Eyed Jesus
Saw this documentary today in West Hollywood. Alt-country musician, champion of the redneck-underground, Jim White steers us through the deep South connecting the various threads that make this part of America such a potent, fertile, ground for music, literature, and art. Pure Southern Gothic. Picked up the stellar soundtrack in the lobby immediately following the film. Highly reccomended.
Searching For The Wrong-Eyed Jesus
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Neil Young vs. Built To Spill
Neil Young is the man, but damn if Built To Spill don't just kill it here. "Cortez The Killer" off Young's 1975 album Zuma, is the topic of part IV of the cover wars.
Neil Young - "Cortez The Killer
Built To Spill - "Cortez The Killer (Live . . .
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New Order vs. Galaxie 500
Part III of the covers war. Ceremony was the last Joy Division song the band wrote before the death of frontman Ian Curtis. No "dancey" New Order vibes to this one.
Galaxie 500 does a really nice version of the song in their own narcoleptic way.
New Order - "Ceremony"
Galaxie . . .
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JAMC vs. Pixies – Covers II
A truly inspired cover can sometimes trump an artist's original vision for a song. In this ongoing series I'm interested in which version (or versions) you prefer. The song: The Jesus And Mary Chain's "Head On" off their 1989 album Automatic. The cover: The Pixies version off their 1991 album become a member or log in.
The Jesus Lizard…be afraid
There are only two camps when it comes to the Jesus Lizard. Those who love them and those who really don't like them. There is no middle ground. Perhaps that is part of the attraction.I got this album as soon as it came out, and went to see the band shortly afterwards at the Masquerade in Atlanta. My memories are of a wild-eyed, drunken, shirtless, David Yow writhing around stage in black jeans and cowboy boots. Excorcising his demons in front of . . .
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Sugar Smacks Ain’t This Sweet
So I just bought this Brendan Benson album in May, but damn if it's not going to make my top 10 of 2005 list come December. Actually, in truth I hadn't heard of this dude at all until I got this. I've since learned that he has some sort of "indie . . .
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Stone Roses: B-Side – “Tell Me”
If you like The Stone Roses, you had best be downloading this song immediately, cuz.
"Tell Me" was the b-side to the band's single "So Young," back before the band tore itself apart. The sound of inevitability, rock & roll.
Oh, and Joey, this is where "the rubber meets the road," my friend . . .
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The Killing Moon
In honor of tonight's full moon, the drunkard is offering up two appropriately evil tunes for download. First up -- the Echo & The Bunnymen classic "Killing Moon." The second -- Pavement's worthy cover of The Bunneymen's song off their Major Leagues ep.
Echo & The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon
Pavement - The . . .
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