Two of this rag’s favorite musicians joined forces on Saturday night when Mike “Silent G” Gordon came out to play bass during Chest Fever at Levon Helm‘s Midnight Ramble in
Every year this seems to come faster and faster, and every year Glide starts off the ‘best of the year’ discussions saying there really weren’t that many great albums to choose from. What used to be flipping through a dozen stacks of CDs, and finding a few forgotten gems, has now become two-dozen page scrolls through iTunes. And before you get to the random, unnamed tracks at the end, you realize how much newly issued music had a truly significant impact on our ears the past twelve months. So, as quickly as we initially dismissed the year, we inevitably end up having a hard time keeping the contenders list under 100.
Warren Zevon invaded the mainstream only briefly during his career but in so doing forged a memorable persona with the public. Preludes, a double disc package of unreleased demo recordings combined with an interview on cd, illustrates how much more there is to the man than the combination of comic absurdity and latent violence in songs such as “Excitable Boy” and “Werewolves of London.”
Perhaps in honor of the Pearl Harbor attacks, my colleagues and I spent the evening of December 7th singing karaoke in a private room on New York’s Lower East Side.
Until now we haven’t had much use for MTV-wannabe, The Fuse Network. That’s changed thanks to an interesting new series called Videos That Rocked The World, a show which profiles
I don’t care if this sounds racist, but the following video is living proof that black people are just inherently cooler than everyone else. Tell me you wouldn’t want to
We turn once again to Uncle Neddy for our end-of-week shenanigans, allowing him to direct you towards some kickass new jazz that isn’t quite jazz: “Technically, probably not one of these tracks is really jazz at all, but what the hell! Here’s a hastily thrown together mix of some newish instrumental music for ya. I highly recommend all these albums, so try and then buy if you’re so inclined.”
01 His Girl — The Budos Band: The Budos Band II
02 Swamped — Bill Frisell/Matt Chamberlain: Floratone
03 Bamako Blues — Bob Brozman Orchestra: Lumière
04 King Rig — Erik Friedlander: Block Ice & Propane
05 Kingda Ka — Groundtruther: Altitude
06 Welcome, Ghosts — Explosions In The Sky: All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone
Mike Gordon and Bill Kreutzmann will continue their trend of playing in lush tropical locales on January 5th in Costa Rica. Steve Kimock will be busy sailing the seas on
I'm Like a Virgin Losing a Child is the debut by the Manchester Orchestra hailing from Atlanta, Georgia. Although they are a considerable distance from Manchester, England, this is an encouraging pop rock album, catchy enough to get radio airplay while still managing to be unique and engaging.
The Perishers made great inroads during a North American tour with Sarah McLachlan. The Swedish outfit then created some perfect, timeless and melodic pop songs on 2005’s Let There Be Morning, that left many wanting more. And while there is always the thought of on Victorious with the tender, earnest opener “Midnight Skies” that builds into a rich pop tune.
