I just saw the Hold Steady at McCarren Park Pool a couple weeks ago, and they put on a really good show…although I’m pretty sure Paul wasn’t impressed. His standards are immaculate. I’m not sure if they makes any sense, but it really sounds right. Anyway, the band was very fun on stage and the [...]
The We’re Late For Class boys keep on cranking out some great stoned musical fodder for you heady pleasure. This time they create a great ambient soundscape to some Jim Morrison poetry…and, yes, it’s Jim reading! Grab the Oreos and give this shit a listen after you burn one down. And, oh yeah, you can [...]
I’ve already told you about how great this band is and how excellent the album is… now Bryan Scary and the Shredding Tears’ Flight of the Knife album is the editor’s choice at iTunes and it’s going for a mere $5.99 this week only, so get it now, and support killer new music! Do yourself [...]
I just found this cool new way to share mix “tapes” with friends, called Muxtape. You upload the songs (which is quick), order the tracks, and it reads the titles and diplays them, and plays the songs back for your favorite cats. So go ahead, listen to this, it’s fun and easy, and [...]
I was pretty blown away when I found New York’s super-hip independent paper, the Village Voice, writing up the recently remastered and rereleased Emerson, Lake & Palmer live document, Welcome Back My Friends To The Show That Never Ends. Then I almost swallowed my eyeballs when I saw that the review was resoundingly positive! [...]
First to answer correctly (or who I’m thinking it sounds like) wins a copy of this album…
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Well, let me explain this before you do something drastic and decide to never frequent this blog ever again. Friday night, Franny (whose performance as Mrs. Bingley-Hardin in a the Impact Theater One-Act Festival was brilliant!) and I were out at a bar with Jess, Chippy, Jake, Kate, Richard, and an end-of-10-day-fast Cara, following the [...]
I found this over at Hidden Track. It’s David Lee Roth’s isolated vocal from ‘Runnin With The Devil‘! You must hear it now, so go there…
So, I’ve recently stumbled on some new music that I really like, but of course that’s because it’s music that isn’t afraid to go in new (old) directions. It may sound confusing, but how uncool has it been in the last 20 years to sound like prog-rock at all? Correct, very. But [...]
Okay…I got a quick schooling on the legendary soul singer, The Mighty Hannibal last night at Magnetic Field, where we went to see a new throwback 4-girl singing group called the Sweet Divines. What’s cool is that in the super-packed house, I got to stand next to the blind soul legend right there at [...]
Mighty Baby is a definitely one of the Best Bands You’ve Never Heard In Your Life. Or have you?! Mighty Baby was a short-lived band from the late-60’s, their sound sometimes described as sort of the Grateful Dead or Buffalo Springfield of England. Of course, they were never as well-known as either of those bands. [...]
Maybe the Mother Hips are my Wilco. They have that similar laid back California classic rock sound, and I’m diggin’ it. They even come from about the same time as Wilco, the bands’ members having met at university in Chico in 1990. I honestly never heard them (or of them, even) until [...]
Petra Haden, daughter of jazz bass legend Charlie Haden, has made a brilliant a capella facsimile of The Who’s Sell Out album and you need to hear it. Here’s what Pete Townshend had to say about the 2005 album…
”I was a little embarrassed to realize I was enjoying my own music so much, for [...]
…for being yourself! Have a great T-day everyone, and rest of the weekend. I will return on Tuesday. Until then, let the James Gang thank you too… (and plan your strategy for how you’re going to catch up with Crystal on Rock Trivia!)
mp3 audio: James Gang- Thanks
I’ve got a serious little lo-fi goodie here for ya’s. This is a song that popular rock band ‘The Phish‘ made famous via their live shows, but was written in 1985 by a man named Nancy who is also known as Richard Wright. Says Nancy or Mr. Wright regarding his/her names, “Nancy is [...]
Wow. I can’t believe that last night was the first time I heard these cats. This is some jazzy-rocky ‘out’ music that is still quite rhythmic. If this is prog-rock, I’ve not heard any proggers do it like this before. While you listen, I’ll leave you with some words from the [...]
I was about to post this as a Case for Collins, but then I realized that it is no longer a guilty pleasure to like Hall & Oates for most people, and that this is some indisputably great stuff. Now if this was Oates solo material, then I would have to reconsider. But [...]
So yesterday’s Atlantic Antic annual street fair in Brooklyn was a huge success, as usual. Mary Weiss had us dancing in the street outside of Magnetic Field. But I’ll have pics and more to come on that. But now… I scored some new records at a booth at the Antic and I’m [...]
All right now. I’ve got a seriously deep cut here from an equally deep band. I have recently over the past several months, fallen in love with the self-titled album by a short-lived band from the late-60’s called Mighty Baby. They are sometimes described as sort of the Grateful Dead or Buffalo [...]
Well, I just found out that jazz keyboardist/composer/legend Joe Zawinul passed away at the age of 75 earlier today. Joe is best known for pioneering the use of electric pianos in jazz music, along with Herbie Hancock, and was instrumental in the creation of jazz fusion. He played on Miles Davis’ classic fusion [...]
Here’s a band I’ve really been diggin’ lately. This song is originally from the 1972 debut album from the Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Framed. But the version I’m sharing with you is an unknown live version. I really don’t know where this is from, so if you know, help us out. [...]
Alright, today I’ve got my new favorite shit for you. It’s two songs (since it’s a double album) from prog/psych rock trio, Aphrodite’s Child’s 1972 (year I was born) album, 666. This concept-y album was the brainchild of keyboardist and other instrumentalist, Vangelis…yes, the ‘Chariots of Fire’ Vangelis! This album is so [...]
Here’s a West Side Story song as done by Yes, which was actually stuck in my head for the second half of yesterday, after Franny and I left the Charlie Parker Jazz Festival at Tompkins Square Park. Yes never put this song on an album but it has appeared on many re-releases over [...]
Here’s a great track from the Kings of Leon’s latest studio album Because of the Times, which if you don’t have and you like rock and roll, you should get asap. I was just thinking, as much as I dig the White Stripes, I listen to Kings of Leon more often and skip them [...]
I just learned that THE jazz drummer, Max Roach, passed away yesterday and I wanted to pay him a little tribute. Roach pioneered drums as an art form and helped create the rhythmic flow of bebop and helped move jazz into the direction that we all dig the most. Do yourself a favor [...]
Yo, here’s a great instrumental song from a 70’s Afro-Rock band that consisted of 4 African and 3 Caribbean musicians. And look, their cover art was done by Yes cover artist, Roger Dean. These guys made some fantastic albums, so check ‘em out. Dig…
mp3 audio: Osibisa - Y Sharp
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Check out this Hall & Oates cover by Nina Simone from her 1978 album Baltimore. This album also had another cover of a song that I love originally by Randy Newman, called “Baltimore”, which I originally knew through the Tamlins reggae version. Dig it…
mp3 audio: Nina Simone - Rich Girl
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This one tracks back to the last Rock Trivia question (Question 25) as the group that Matt spilled the beans about. Whatever, right? We all love beans. And this here 10cc song is like one of your favorite beans. No, it’s not green… it’s succulent. And guess what album it [...]
I’ve got a seriously tasty treat for you Steely Fans out there…actually I’ve got a little aperitif while you link over to our pals at Hidden Track and download the whole damn meal. It’s a Steely set that was recorded for a radio program in ‘74 and the quality is awesome…no static at all! [...]
Tell you what, I gotta say I favor this live album over the highly-acclaimed Stop Making Sense. I’ve only heard it since it was re-released on CD for the first time in 2004 and the sound is spectacular, the additional tracks are in no way filler, and you get half the songs just as [...]
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