Popdose (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008
Gather round the fire, kids, let’s roast some chestnuts and let Uncle Mojo tell you a story: Back in 1990, he was a blithely ignorant intern at Billboard, so happy to get any byline in the rag that he joyously accepted the retail section’s “Christmas in July” preview so all the purchasing pros out there [...]
Bedazzled! (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
A great segment on Jonathan Richman from an old MTV show "The Cutting Edge", produced by IRS Records and hosted by The Fleshtones Peter Zaremba. From February 1986.Jonathan Richman on "The Cutting Edge".mov (Quicktime)Jonathan Richman on "The Cutting Edge".m4v (iTunes)
Cable &Tweed (Free subscription) | 28/10/2008
Hey bargain hunters -- Yep Roc Records is having a sale through November 7, with much of their back catalog priced at just $5. The albums include those by such artists as Big Sandy & His Flyrite Boys, Bob Mould, The Fleshtones, The Forty-Fives, The Go-Betweens, The Gourds, Marah, The Minus 5, Paul Weller, Robyn Hitchcock, The Sadies, Sload, Southern Culture on the Skids, and others. Lots of good stuff...
Largehearted Boy (Free subscription) | 13/10/2008
Lucinda Williams releases her album tomorrow, Little Honey, which finds the singer-songwriter surprisingly content. Vic Chesnutt, Elf Power, and The Amorphous Strums' Dark Developments combines some of my favorite musicians in this release from Orange Twin. The week's release...
33 1/3 (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
I know I've plugged Joe Bonomo's wonderful, wonderful book about the Fleshtones on here several times before, but we just got this great review by Kris Needs in Mojo , and we wanted to share it with you. *** Pursuing an unquenchable lust for life, music and partying since forming in a debauched Queens basement, the Fleshtones have paid homage to Archie Bell and the Drells, Standells-era punk and also...
High-Def Digest: All Hig (Free subscription) | 13/08/2008
If you're a fan of 'U-571' you should probably skip this section and just jump down to the tech sections below. I don't know if it was just the mood I was in or what, but I laughed all the way through...
The Eddie Kranepool Society (Free subscription) | 17/07/2008
From all reports last night’s Billy Joel concert was the event of a lifetime. I guess if you’re a Joel fan it was but as an angry young teen when Billy Joel was playing Piano Man, I was into the Sex Pistols and “Anarchy in the U.K.” and hanging out at Max’s Kansas City, CBGB [...]
Sound Bites (Free subscription) | 04/07/2008
There's nothing bloggers like to do more than post holiday-appropriate MP3s. So here's two songs about American music. One is genuine in intent, and the other is by Denim. MP3: The Fleshtones - American Beat (buy) MP3: Denim - American...
Sound Bites (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008
As tomorrow is a holiday here in the U.S. (Independence Day), seemed only right that this week's Summer Fridays mix should come a day early. At first I thought I'd do an all-American one, then I thought about making it...
Cave 17 (Free subscription) | 05/06/2008
Let’s pretend that this hipper-than-hip NYC sextet would ever listen to me, or to anyone. They wouldn’t, but let’s pretend. Here’s what I would say: 1. You should never name your band something that is easy for lazy-ass snarky critics to parody. (Example: A BIG NO…and a small meh.) 2. You should never title an album something [...]
Twangville (Free subscription) | 28/05/2008
John Hiatt on Austin City Limits. JOHN HIATT, Same Old Man (New West)Official Site | MySpace | Preview Our favorite ‘Master of Disaster’ proves he’s still the ‘Same Old Man’ with his aptly titled new album. Rumor has it that Hiatt was intended to be the surprise artist at New West Records’ SXSW day party this [...]
Twangville (Free subscription) | 23/05/2008
Some Legends are in your face, like the E-Street Band, some Legends lay waiting in the shadows waiting for us to stumble upon them. The Fleshtones are Living Legends, lurking in those shadow, secretly giving the worlds greatest R&R show, waiting to pull you in to never let you go. Once you stumble upon the [...]
The Cedar Lounge Revolution (Free subscription) | 03/05/2008
A quick follow-on from the piece on the Fleshtones a couple of weeks back. I wrote: There’s a book out about them by Joe Bonomo. It's called Sweat:The Story of the Fleshtones, America’s Garage Band, which seems appropriate. And while I tend to avoid such things (some hideous crimes against the English language have been committed [...]
A Second Hand Conjecture (Free subscription) | 02/05/2008
Robby and I got back to our roots a few weeks ago, garage band roots that is. We went to see the Fleshtones. Robby shared his thoughts over at Last Fm. I figure they belong here as well. First, my verdict. Maybe the most fun band ever live. Yeah, click the links, go listen to [...] [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
GaragePunk.com (Free subscription) | 18/04/2008
Host: Kopper In this exciting episode: The Mummies, Thee Vicars, New Bomb Turks, Necessary Evils, The Novas, Thee Mighty Caesars, Feedtime, The Dangermen, The Gentleman Callers, The Honeymoon Killers, Davie Allan & The Arrows, The Fleshtones, Lazy Cowgirls, Cheap Time, and much more. Do the Hammerlock, ya turkey necks! DOWNLOAD | SUBSCRIBE
