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 [...]
“As Son Volt returns with its first album in seven years, its frontman discusses his ambivalence about being known as an ‘alt-country’ pioneer and his split with Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy.”
Newsweek reports…click HEREspinning: primal scream – vanishing point
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.
Download:MP3: Neil Young – Cortez The KillerMP3: Built To Spill – Cortez The Killer (cover)
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.
Download:
MP3: New Order – Ceremony
MP3: Galaxie 500 – Ceremony (cover)
Thanks to You Ain’t No Picasso, I can’t get this song out of my iTunes, let alone my head. This whimsical pop couple hails from New Zealand and make sweet, sweet light-hearted noise.
Click on the track below from their album Mars Loves Venus for a taste.
Download: Brunettes – Loopy Loopy Love
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 Trompe le Monde.
Download:MP3: JAMC – [...]
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 [...]
Author/fanboy Nick Hornby chats with Bruce Springsteen in the UK’s Observer newspaper.
“Nick Hornby has always been a Springsteen fan, and listened to his music every day while writing his latest bestseller. But he never had the chance to meet his hero – until The Boss came to London for his recent Royal Albert Hall shows. [...]
i heard about these guys on one of the mp3 blogs earlier this week…can’t remember which one. very cool sound, reminiscent of the postal service/dntel thing if that’s your bag. indie-electronica.
i’m posting one of their mp3’s on the radio-to-the-right, but be sure to check out their site for more tunes and L.A. dates.
Download: I [...]
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-rawk-detroit-street-cred,” but don’t hold [...]
7.25.05: Pitchfork, again, has a candid interview via telephone with Adams.
A) If you have not seen the 1966 film “Blow Up” I recommend checking it out. A dash of murder, mystery, and mayhem, all served up amid ’60s swinging London.
B) The Yardbirds fill in as the house band in the film. PLEASE download the song below that they perform. It’s shit-hot. Actually this is [...]
