LA Times (Free subscription) | 30/12/2008
Formerly with L.A.-based Americana group Lonesome Strangers, Randy Weeks has to be doing something right -
Cybergrass (Free subscription) | 30/12/2008
/PRNewswire/ Santa Monica, CA -- 89.9 FM KCRW-Santa Monica and KCRW.com celebrate the history of McCabe's Guitar Shop in a three-hour music special produced by the station, McCabe's at 50. Originally broadcast on Thanksgiving, it will be repeated on air and online from 9 am to noon PST on Wednesday, December 31, 2008. ...
PowerPop (Free subscription) | 23/12/2008
Well, scratch another one off my want list! Great to see an official CD release on Alive Records of the legendary band the Nerves , a powerpop supergroup of sorts that featured Peter Case , Paul Collins and Jack Lee . They are probably best known for Jack Lee's Hanging on the Telephone which was covered by Blondie on their 1978 Parallel Lines LP. The set includes their 1976 EP (their only recorded...
Liberal England (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008
The most depressing thing I have read today is the contribution of Dr Ray Jones to a brief Guardian symposium on the baby Peter case. He is professor of social work at Kingston University and St. Georges University of London and a former director of social services. Jones writes: When the media and public bigots, zealots and hypocrites are out on their witch hunts is probably not the best time for...
Bumpershine.com (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008
As the Christmas box sets come piling in, Drake takes great pains to sort out the power pop from the poop. (NOTE: In addition to “Welcome to the Night Sky”, Wintersleep’s “iTunes Live Sessions EP” is also now available at the US iTunes Store.) -ed. Drake’s Take: New Releases 11.11.08 New releases from here on out are [...]
PopMatters Music (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
Sometimes it makes for a complicated route, but singer-songwriter Peter Case has always made music that's at once rooted in the past and new beginnings - everything from the blues, folk and country...
Free Keene (Free subscription) | 18/10/2008
For the time being, you can only listen to Free Talk Live on the radio in Keene on Saturday nights from 7 to 10p, and that’s only if the Red Sox aren’t playing. However, when it does actually air, you can now hear Keene’s own internationally syndicated talk radio program on four FM and [...]
slacktivist (Free subscription) | 19/09/2008
How many times have you heard someone say ... "Satellite," Echo and the Bunnymen "Satellite," Elvis Costello "Satellite Beach," Peter Case "Satellite of Love," U2 "Satellite Sky," Mark Heard "Satellites," Rickie Lee Jones "Satellites Lost," The Delays "Satisfaction," Cat Power...
Twangville (Free subscription) | 02/09/2008
Bruce Robison performing “She Don’t Care” at Scholz Beer Garte, Austin 8-13-08 BRUCE ROBISON, The New World (Premium) Official Site | MySpace | Samples (Amazon) The most disappointing thing about this album is that there are only ten tracks. This is perhaps a countrier version of something Peter Case would put together which makes it top [...]
slacktivist (Free subscription) | 29/08/2008
You pay no attention but it won't hurt your grades ... "The Painted Desert," 10,000 Maniacs "Painted Moon," The Silencers "Painter Song," Norah Jones "Painting by Numbers," James McMurtry "Pair of Brown Eyes," Peter Case "Pair of Brown Eyes," The...
Keep The Coffee Coming (Free subscription) | 08/08/2008
This one is from 1992's Six-Pack of Love. MP3 File
LAist (Free subscription) | 04/08/2008
Where is the best place in LA to buy a guitar? Truetone Music in Santa Monica. New and used guitars sit beside pedals, amps, strings, picks and more. It's a guitar lovers paradise and home of the best repair shop too. Many guitar legends are fans of Truetone. When Dave Alvin, Beck, Peter Case, Joe Henry , Aimee Mann, Ry Cooder, Walter Becker, or Loudon Wainwright III need a guitar, you're sure to...
Time Has Told Me (Free subscription) | 16/07/2008
Vol.1 01 Why Don't We Do It In the Road - Lloyd Cole (Mar 13, 1990, Opera House, Wakefield, England) 02 Hey Bulldog - Elvis Costello (May 6, 2007, The Fillmore, Denver, CO) 03 All I've Got to Do - T Bone Burnett (Oct 24, 1984, Rockefeller's, Houston, TX) 04 I Feel Fine - Peter Case (Oct 29, 1986, Nijmegen, Holland) 05 Two of Us - John Wesley Harding and Jon Auer (July 2, 2007, Thumbs Up, Yokohama,...
Mirror.co.uk (Free subscription) | 23/06/2008
So that's why they called it Blue Peter.
Popdose (Free subscription) | 20/06/2008
Peter Case - Wilderness from Torn Again (1995) Wilco - War on War from Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002) Neil Finn - Sinner (Live) from KBCO Studio C: Volume 10 (2000) Timbuk 3 - Wheel of Fortune from Edge of Allegiance (1989) Yes - State of Play from Talk (1994) Buddy Rich - Big Mac from The Roar of ‘74 (1973) Howard [...]
