Over the past six months I’ve been inviting some of my favorite voices online (and beyond) to guest DJ during my weekly show on SIRIUS XMU. For those of you sans satellite radio we’ve been turning the sets into mixtapes. They range from the sunkissed 70s grooves of Rising Storm and Cold Splinters to the [...]
Occasionally, when the mood strikes, I’ll make seasonal recommendations, and folks, today is one such occasion. Newly reissued by Fat Possum, Sonny & The Sunsets’ LP Tomorrow is Alright (originally released in 2009 via Soft Abuse) deserves a place in your summer soundtrack. Tailor made for sunburns, balmy nights and road trips, this is a [...]
Sure, Richard Hell may have taken more than a few liberties with “Blank Generation,” but what’s that old adage again; “good artists borrow, great artists steal”? Before Hell dubbed his generation ‘blank,’ Bob McFadden and Dor were talking their own jive on “The Beat Generation” parodying all the hep cats that were emerging on the [...]
J. Neas reporting from the final day of the Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago at Union Park. A hard and fast thunderstorm tore through the park area right before kick-off today and the result was a muggy, hot afternoon. But as I said yesterday, Sunday was no slouch of a line-up, and it seemed bands [...]
J. Neas reporting here from Chicago and Day 2 of the Pitchfork Music Festival in Union Park. The theme of the day was, again, sun and hydration. I at times feel, weather wise, like I haven’t left the South, except that there are fairly common breezes and far less humidity. Safety was the rule of [...]
J. Neas here reporting from Chicago. The opening day of the 2010 Pitchfork Music Festival is done and what a wild ride its already been. The park feels more full than last year (did they release more tickets or something, or am I imagining things?), but the atmosphere is still great. I’ll return to some [...]
Our weekly two hour show on SIRIUS/XMU, channel 26 (SIRIUS), and channel 43 (XM), can now be heard twice, every Friday – Noon EST with an encore broadcast at Midnight EST. SIRIUS 150: Jean Michel Bernard – Generique Stephane ++ The Beach Boys – Papa Oom Mow Mow ++ Carlos & The Bandidos – Mexicali [...]
Ahoy there, J. Neas here. AD is once again heading to the Pitchfork Fest at Union Park in Chicago later this week. I’ll be posting daily recaps of the previous day’s festivities here on AD as well as updating my personal Twitter account during the day. No promises that you won’t have to read the [...]
One more track from the garage off the (forthcoming) Where The Boys Aren’t mixtape. Holly Golightly and co. may not have written “Meet Jacqueline” (that would be the Troggs), but in terms of sheer attitude and swagger their version is without question the definitive. Powered by an ever present Bo Diddley beat, the original’s lyrics [...]
“I Wish My Cat Could Talk” and “I Want to Hate You But Then I Kiss You, I Want to Kill You But Then I Miss You”, taken from “Goodbye” and “Crazy For You” respectfully, are the consistent lyrical themes of Best Coast’s lovable punky-pop debut Crazy For You. It’s pretty obvious, and honestly adorable, [...]
