In an effort to win the world over to her electrifying good looks, penetrating singing style and sexually charged performances, the Egine has been blanketing Facebook with paid advertisements. She is also preparing a new album and showing off some nifty covers on her Facebook page. As for this tune, here’s some description from the …
Sunday Night October 7, Studio Seven hosted The Koffin Kats — Detroit’s foremost psychobilly band. This is my third time seeing The Koffin Kats and I’ll see them again and again and again… The Koffin Kats need no introduction. They dive head first into their songs with Vic Victor serving up vocals while dancing a …
In 1971, Bob Dylan and Allen Ginsberg wrote and recorded together. Bob took the tapes to CBS Records, who said “no way will we release this crap.” The tapes went unheard until 1982, when producer John Hammond started his own record company and put them out, as he saw it as a “landmark cultural moment.” …
In the summer of 1983, needing a break from my high-paying, but totally dead-end job at Kodak in Rochester, I asked for a month off and got it – and I bought my 19 yr old self a plane ticket and Euro-Rail Pass and set off to Europe. I brought a Walkman and just ONE …
Thanks to James Bresnahan:
I’ve always had to call into question not just the musical taste of someone who claims not to like Van Morrison, but their entire being. For me, it would be like saying that ‘I don’t like to breathe fresh air’ or ‘I prefer to live in a dark cold cave’ than enjoy a sunshine day. …
Recently I was given the new release by Seattle Oi band, Sledgeback called 7 Years Like A Broken Record. In my humble opinion, Sledgeback should be given the title of Seattle’s foremost oi band. They bring oi to its most pure levels. Singer Gabi Hun is originally from Hungary and this gives Sledgeback its unique …
Most of you have seen the Black Power Mixtape which isn’t music, it´s Swedish TV interviewing Movement leaders in the 1960s, but here’s Carola Standertskjöld, a Finnish jazz singer, singing an Elaine Brown protest song in 1970 on TV with posters of Huey Newton behind her. The Scandinavians really embraced Black Power, hence my Listen …
People have writen off the CD, which turned 30 this week. Then again, they’ve also written off the iphone4, 3, 2 and 1. They’ve even written off iphone5, because of the maps. Vinyl is the new king that accounts for 2% of album sales and Neil Young charges $75 for his new vinyl release… It’s …
I’ve asked friends to help me compile the creepy-dark-sinister-ghoulish-zany-zombyish-or-madcap-macabre list of Halloween songs. I’d like this to be an interactive thing, where people keep adding their ideas and YouTube clips for a Halloween song list. (Please add your selections to the comment section below.) – Randy Rendfeld This tune has a Portland connection. Here’s what …
Tuesday night, October second, the legendary Joe Jackson played Seattle’s Moore Theater. I doubt anyone in this near sold out crowd was under the age of forty. This was a crowd who was well educated, had probably followed Jackson’s career from the get-go, and was very enthusiastic. The show began with just Jackson on electric …
Here’s an excellent graphic with Midday Veil’s West Coast Tour Schedule. Below are the three official videos and an improvisational session from Soundcloud. Enjoy. More information is available at www.MiddayVeil.com Here’s their brand new video, “Choreia”: Here, from Soundcloud.com, are some improvised recordings made inside the INTEGRATRON, an acoustically perfect wooden dome situated on a …
The latest from Jesse Sykes: “We are so excited to be playing (as a FULL band!) in Seattle at our old stomping grounds, The Tractor Tavern, on Thursday, Nov. 8th!! Joining us are the amazing Rose Windows – only 10 bucks! Also, we will be in “Big Sur” on Sat. Oct 27th (duo show) and …
Cuban-born percussionist Candido Camero, the man credited with bringing the conga to Jazz in the 1950s and who later enjoyed some success in the disco era, will be performing with friends at Seattle’s Jazz Alley (2033 6th Ave, Seattle) Oct. 18th to 21st, as part of a series of concerts celebrating his life and work. …
As fine a Byrds rip as “American Girl“, sans doubt! – Tom Kipp
It’s been nearly a year since the debut of Ben Howard’s Every Kingdom album and less than that introducing the young Devon, UK native to American audiences. But already the evidence of his success is clearly visible. The more obvious signs are his sold-out gigs and teams of Ben fans cropping up on social media, …
Amazing. Uncanny. Unlike anything I’ve ever heard. Ya gotta listen. – Peter Stampfel
Father John Misty’s record Fear Fun is hands down one of my favorites of this year! – Marco Collins is currently rocking at JetCitystream.
There are two version of this song, “The Saturday Kids” AND “Do You Remember (The Saturday Gigs)”. Similar but different lyrics and slight difference in the arrangement like where the organ comes in and whatnot. Compare the two songs and you’ll see that they’re not exactly the same and “The Saturday Kids” is the less …
“Would you believe in a love at first sight?” “Yes, I’m certain that it happens all the time.” “What do you see when you turn out the light?” “I can’t tell you, but I know it’s mine.” Once in a while, you need a “Beatles day” – and Sunday was one of those days. One …
TK, I ran across this piece by Sean Beaudoin at Salon.com. It’s a list of the bands he will be forced to listen to in hell: http://www.salon.com/2012/07/11/the_ten_bands_i_will_be_forced_to_listen_to_in_hell_salpart/ Top ten lists are nothing new—but there was something a little different about this one. Beaudoin just seems to center on the bands/artists he despises the most from …
Where did it come from? Ignoring “Day by Day” (from the Godspell movie soundtrack; #13 on the Hot 100—and, yes, let us please ignore it in perpetuity), 1972 was hardly a high water mark of religious themes in pop music. And as fellow EPBer Mark Hjelm suggests, “Supper’s Ready” does not appear to have sprung …
The City Winery in Chicago (Racine and Randolph) is a fine new venue for seeing music. Their menu is more obscure (to my uneducated mind and palate) than the Hopleaf‘s but the intimacy and quality of sound are first rate. Nicholas Tremulis opened the show and I was pleasantly surprised by how well an acoustic …
In an always-bizarre and forever-endearing bit o’ serendipity, the last great Beach Boys LP, in fact the best one since either WILD HONEY or SUNFLOWER to this very day, and the 70s album most dominated by Brian Wilson, was THE BEACH BOYS LOVE YOU, released in April 1977, just as The Sex Pistols were gettin’ …
Well, yeah, I get the message, but it’s a bit unrealistic. I mean it would be a good way to show that unions are responsible for making this actiion illegal. Then the band comes on and I can’t understand a word they say. They’re just screaming at me. Screaming in my opinion is not a …
Some high school friends and I put together a music anthology to celebrate turning 50. It was a 5 CD set of songs that come out when we were in high school. I did the mix and the accompanying essay. It to me (with some help) represented about a year’s worth of research to put …
The vid is mondo clever and the tune is primo catchy. Both are satisfying in a manner reminiscent of Cee Lo Green’s “F*** You.” For more Go Radio info go here.
Of course, the video below doesn’t begin to compare with the recently posted version where the Stones rock out on their own tune, still, the antic rascality unfurled when bony little Leo Sayer puckishly proffers “fever in the bunkhouse” to the statuesque baby doll Linda Ronstadt has charms of it’s own. He enjoys himself so …