The White Stripes front man and his latest project, the Black Belles, should beware! Rock history is littered with manager-producers who got a little too hands-on Alongside a wonderful version of Amy Winehouse's You Know I'm No Good by rockabilly legend Wanda Jackson, the latest batch of releases from Jack White's Third Man record label contains a minor mystery. Released in shops today on the usual...
Dunes. Oh yes. When LA Weekly ran a piece on the Queens of the LA lo-fi scene (with the righteous Pearl Harbor, Dum Dum Girls, and Best Coast), they forgot Dunes! Oh noes! Dunes are a sparkly, spangly lo-fi pop band whose ethereal sound is similar to a punk rock meets Phil Spector version of Gang Gang Dance in shower of spires. Eerily cool, effortlessly good, and hey - just as righteous as the bands...
Went to Harold and Maude last night at Gypsy Hill . I obviously had heard about before now but never got round to seeing, it’s not one of the 10 films channel 4 show on repeat! Anyway it’s really really good, funny, snappy and moving in equal measure. It’s also thankfully weathered the years well and the odd bit’s that haven’t (the occasional slips into overly wacky humour)...
by Brendan Sudol on 02-05-2010 Memphis, TN band Magic Kids have signed to (warning: website may induce seizures) True Panther Sounds , the newest addition to the Matador Records family. The ensemble's debut single "Hey Boy" for Goner Records showcased a hazy, ornate, pop-oriented sound, channeling both Brian Wilson and Phil Spector.
“You never close your eyes anymore when I kiss your lips.”—“You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’”, written by Phil Spector, Barry Mann, and Cynthia Weil, produced by Phil Spector, recorded by The Righteous Brothers Bill Medley’s deep, dark rendition of this line made it clear from the get-go that this would not be one of the standard-issue lightweight...
Due to the overwhelming magic of the internet, I sort of swan-dived in to a ooey-gooey four-disc collection of pretty much ever girl group Phil Spector, murderer that he is, ever produced. It’s more than several earfuls to consume, earfuls of lost love and mean boyfriends, chocolate shakes and Walls of Sound - it is [...]
Another quirky story from the BBC for you today. A tourist lost in the dark on a frozen sea in Northern Germany has been rescued after flashes from his camera were spotted on a beach webcam ! A woman was watching the sunset from her home in Southern Germany when she saw flashes from the man's camera and alerted the authorities! Technology saves the day! Your Thursday questions are: - Which flamboyant...
The cuts here are the best kind of children’s songs. They are fun without being cloying, innocent without being dumb. Harry Nilsson’s musical taste ran the gamut of 20th century pop styles. He would borrow a Tin Pan Alley phrase one second, delve into ragtime, and then re-emerge into hard rock and avant-garde classical the next measure. No wonder rock’s royalty, from Little Richard...
This is my reproduction of the inner tray card of the Sun Ra CD, "Music from Tomorrow's World" (Atavistic, 2002). L-r: Marshall Allen, Jon L. Hardy, John Gilmore, Sun Ra, Ronnie Boykins, George Hudson. (Credit: the original photo was transferred and restored by John McCortney, AirWave Studio, Chicago.) Allen, Gilmore, Boykins and Hudson are all wearing fezzes (tarabish). See my earlier post...
Last night at 2010 Grammy awards, Leon Russell and Zac brown provided audience with legendary performance where they rocked the party with their performance together on hit song “chicken fried”. Keyboardist Leon Russell started his career from the night clubs of Tulsa when he was in his teen age.Then his destiny brought him to Los [...]
Leon Russell joined Zac Brown Band on the stage yesterday during the Grammy Award’s performance. The veteran keyboardist Leon Russell coupled with the “Zac Brown Band” after their “Delta Lady” performance. Leon Russell rocked the Grammy Award’s stage and brought back decades of experience and legendary performances to the audience when he performed “Chicken...
Filed under: News With the release of his sophomore album, 'Love Will Find You,' English singer-songwriter Findlay Brown stopped by Spinner's headquarters to discuss his musical direction and his recent visit to the ' The Late Show With David Letterman .' The album -- lush with full, Phil Spector -inspired production -- is a bit of a departure from Brown's last, which he describes as "glorified...
Two more albums in stores as of yesterday (in case Los Campesinos! and Beach House aren't enough for you): local noise-rock supergroup AFCGT's self-titled Sub Pop debut , and No Kids-descended retro-pop ensemble Gigi's debut Maintenant (an utterly nostalgic album titled "now"—how cute). Both are reviewed in this week's music section: What's up, Sub Pop? It seems like lately you've...
I just finished reading Don Delillo’s White Noise, which was first published in 1985, and is out in a very nice Penguin Classic Deluxe paperback. Somehow I didn’t read the book when it came out, even though there was considerable buzz. Maybe I was bitter and envious that Delillo was getting the lit-crit [...]
UK singer/songwriter (and former bare-knuckle boxer) Findlay Brown’s sophomore album Love Will Find You finds influence (much like fellow Englishman Richard Hawley) in classic crooners like Roy Orbison and Ricky Nelson. Making his US debut on Verve Forecast Records...
He attributed his skill to his early experience as a dancer which, he said, gave him ‘an understanding of rhythmic time’ As the drummer on early hits by the likes of Fats Domino and Little Richard, Earl Palmer helped to invent the backbeat that came to define the sound of rock ’n’ roll. Yet the propulsive rhythm he provided on such seminal 1950s recordings as Tutti Frutti and Long Tall Sally was merely
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