I've never been a huge fan of 14 Songs, which is probably an odd statement coming from a massive fan of both the Replacements and much of Paul Westerberg's solo work. But when I was first getting into Westerberg in high school, I was always more fond of Eventually and Suicaine Gratifaction . . .
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The guys in the Allah-Las (one of my favorite new bands from L.A., who I'll be writing about at length shortly) just hipped me to this video for Dennis Wilson's "Lady" (aka "Fallin' In Love") from 1970. According to Beach Boys lore the song was originally intended for use on the the album that became the band's Sunflower
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Our weekly two hour show on SIRIUS/XMU, channel 35, can now be heard twice, every Friday - Noon EST with an encore broadcast at Midnight EST.
SIRIUS 196: Jean Michel Bernard - Generique Stephane ++ Braids - Lemonade ++ Azeda Booth - In Red ++ Baths - Lovely Bloodflow ++ Kurt Vile - Freak Train ++ Tijuana Panthers - Crew Cut ++ The Babies - Wild 2 ++ The Strange Boys - MLKs ++ Shannon & the Clams- Old Man Winter ++ The Vaselines - You Think You're A Man ++ Hunx and his Punx - You . . .
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We caught up Martin Larsson of Swedish dream-pop band The Radio Dept. before their gig at The Troubadour last week. Along with the trio's critically acclaimed third full-length, Clinging to a Scheme, this album cycle saw the band touring the United States for the very first time. They've experienced a steady stream of open arms, and L.A. was no exception.
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Ty Segall, whose Melted was one of my favorite LPs of last year, has a new record coming out June 21st via Drag City. Yup, we're jazzed. In the meantime, here's Segall as Ty Rex, donning his best Bolan top hat, doing . . .
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For all the legacy of Sonic Youth's noise-laden, avant-garde beginnings and the continued examination of it through their later work, founding member Thurston Moore's solo albums have always been a touch more pop leavened. 2007's Trees Outside the Academy was even downright gorgeous in many spots, taking his music in softer directions . . .
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Theirs is a sound that is not easily pinned down. This, the thing that seems to frustrate and confuse White Denim's critics is very thing that initially drew me in--it's also what has kept me coming back. A line in the sand is often drawn when it comes to music, to fandom, and that is one of eclecticism and improvisation. While I will be the first to admit that "eclectic" is all too often misappropriated as a euphemism for "unfocused," White denim is anything but. Theirs is a . . .
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Gil Scott-Heron's death was announced on Twitter. And that feels strange, this announcement. It happening in something that consolidates social construction into a linear sheet of micro-thoughts. Cleaning up the fringes, the frays and outliers. Funneling us into with herd, we stampeding beasts galloping with excitement only to corral ourselves into trending topics, redundant links and fleeting interest. Where fact can become fiction, and fiction can morph into reality. Where individual voices can get lost, and it's difficult sometimes to decipher sincerity from pretense. It's . . .
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Essential Gil Scott-Heron recording from 1977 captured at the now defunct Bottom Line club in New York City. If you're looking for an intro to the man, there is no better place to start. Download links, info, etc after the jump.
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The yin and yang of Neil Young---acoustic/electric from Amsterdam, 2008. Happy Memorial Day Weekend.
Download: Neil Young: RAI Theatre, Amsterdam: Part One @ Part Two 192kbs
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Our weekly two hour show on SIRIUS/XMU, channel 35, can now be heard twice, every Friday - Noon EST with an encore broadcast at Midnight EST.
SIRIUS 195: Jean Michel Bernard - Generique Stephane ++ Thee Headcoatees - Meet Jacqueline ++ Jack & The Rippers - Cathy's Clown ++ Foreign Born - Early Warnings ++ Orange Juice - Falling And Laughing ++ The Beach Boys - Girl Don't Tell Me ++ The Beach Boys - Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow ++ The Beatles - Los Paranoias ++ The Beatles - You Know My Name . . .
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I took a film class once where we contemplated what kinds of movies could or could not be construed as Westerns. The professor was tall and lanky in a bow tie, with hands that hung down to his knees, a mustache and a 'power donut' hairdo. There were some cute girls with dyed hair and tattoos in the class. I don't remember what we decided about Westerns in the end, but Bring Me The Head of Alfredo Garcia become a member or log in.
Sticking with the early--raw--R&B for a minute, here's a side that pops up on eBay every once in awhile if you're into collecting 45s. Recently comped on a sampler entitled Mr Hot Shot R&B, Anthony Lamont's "Benny The Skinny Man" kicks the door in with the opening riff before launching into a nasty, propulsive, shuffle that lasts throughout the tracks two and half minutes. They don't . . .
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Should you ever happen upon it, there's a great underground, oft-bootlegged, raw soul, r&b and trash compilation floating around called Pass The Soul. At twenty-five tracks the collection kicks off with Simon & The Piemen's "Cut It Out," a filthy dirty (mostly) instrumental banger from 1963 that sounds something like a twisted "Tighten Up" summoned from the darkside. With production quality on par . . .
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A bittersweet love letter to the city of new Orleans post-Katrina, season two of David Simon's Treme continues to boast inspired music supervision. If you tuned in this past Sunday you may have caught the inclusion of Delta bluesman Mississippi Fred McDowell's "I Wish I Was In Heaven Sitting Down." If you know the track via McDowell's album Good Morning Little School Girl . . .
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