- Over the weekend I donned my correspondent cap for FOK and hit up the Arts & Leisure closing party event at Space 15 twenty in Hollywood. My findings are now online. – Remember those homemade, New Kind of Mambo, compilations I raved about last summer? No? If not, dig in here. Their are now [...]
The above still, taken from 1955′s Rebel Without A Cause, was expertly used as the cover art to the woefully out-of-print, left of the dial rockabilly compilation, Teenage Repression. One of the (many) highlights of the set is the Blue Echoes “It’s Witchcraft“—the b-side to their 1959 single, “Debbie.” The production, arrangement and vox sound [...]
Every couple of years or so, whenever the mood strikes, I hit up the Jonathan Richman section of the record store as he consistently releases albums I tend to miss out on. (Did you know he is now on Vapor Records, Neil Young’s imprint? Neither did I.) Over the holidays, while in Athens for a [...]
Not sure how I had never seen this gem before (high five, Reid). Like a lost Jonathan Richman project from another dimension, Son Seed (?) kicks out the jams with “Jesus Is My Friend.” So many “special” moments…too many to go into here. Wow. + Download DRM free music via eMusic’s 35 free MP3 no [...]
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 149: Jean Michel Bernard – Generique Stephane ++ Tune-Yards – Sunlight ++ No Age – It’s Oh So Quiet (Bjork) ++ Bonnie “Prince” [...]
We don’t, but if we did, it might very well look something like this nine-plus minute visual mixtape. Dig. + Download DRM free tunes via eMusic’s 35 free MP3 no risk trial offer ____________________________________________________________________________________
(I mentioned this entry in the Mountain Man post and have since received a lot of email inquiries about it. For those who did not grab it the first time around, have at it below.) Recording under the moniker White Antelope, Fleet Foxes principal singer/songwriter Robin Pecknold continues to tackle folk covers on his MySpace [...]
“At first listen, it might be tempting to label Fool’s Gold as ‘world music,’ but the band is, in its essence, a Los Angeles band.” Or so says Fool’s Gold’s label, I Am Sound. And indeed, in some ways at least, that description is apt. You certainly can’t say that Fool’s Gold’s debut (Sept. 29) [...]
My Morning Jacket, Bright Eyes and M. Ward fans will find themselves together, en masse, October 18th at the Greek Theater here in L.A. when Monsters of Folk come through town. We are giving away a few pairs of tickets to the show. Leave your name, and a valid email address in the comments – [...]
