With a little more direction, Spirit If.. has the makings of a winner, instead it has too many B-sides mixed with the good stuff to award Drew higher status on the Broken Social Scene name chain.
Along with the changes in the Hanson brothers’ personal and professional lives, The Walk goes beyond the difficult first step into an introspective, worldly journey. Whether or not one likes mostly upbeat familial pop music has no bearing on the fact that these young gentlemen have their act together and possess tremendous songwriting and performing talent.
The festival’s website says “Tough shit, honkey,” mas o menos. Originally called for today, the initial artist announcement for the expanded Big Cypress shindig will be unveiled some time…well, whenever
Coming up with the perfect title for a new album is something artists have struggled with since Leo da Vinci named his masterpiece “Mona Lisa” instead of the more catchy “Hot Chick I Fucked Last Night.”
Giving an album a good title can make all the difference in the world. Squeeze’s Cosi Fan Tutti Frutti may be a decent record, but I’m not putting anything with that title on my iPod. Meanwhile, Me First and the Gimme Gimme’s Ruin Jonny’s Bar Mitzvah probably sold an extra thousand copies due to its awesome title.
Most of the time record companies don’t really care too much what a band names an album, but once in a while they put their proverbial foot down (perhaps their literal feet as well). A few weeks ago we looked at 10 albums released with controversial cover art, so this week we look at eight albums whose titles were rejected either by members of the band or the big bad record company…
1. Grateful Dead — Skullfuck:
The Grateful Dead submitted a live album to Warner Brothers in 1971 with the title Skullfuck. As you can imagine, the record company rejected the title, and instead decided to release the album with no title. Fans call this album Skull and Roses to avoid confusing it with the band’s eponymous debut.
2. XTC — Black Music:
XTC released their debut album, White Music, on Virgin Records in 1978. The band wanted to call the album Black Music but Virgin nixed the idea because they thought the title may suggest a blues or soul album. Racists!
Read on for six more rejected album titles we would liked to have seen…
But some of our friends attended last night’s tribute concert to Bob Dylan, celebrating Todd Haynes upcoming biopic. Apparently Cat Power no-showed the Beacon bill, but My Morning Jacket, Calexico,
It means no worries, brahhh: “Lion King audiences at the Minskoff have been sniffing the sweet scent of marijuana. It turns out the pot-head fans of former Grateful Dead bassist
Scarecrow Collection just released a podcast featuring some well-played covers hand picked by guitarist Nick Setteducato. Check out the band tearing through covers of Come Together, Sledgehammer, Polly and more. We especially dig their inventive sequence of Take 5 > In Memory of Elizabeth Reed > Take 5.
Finally, our friends at Covert Curiosity turn us onto two killer up-and-coming acts: iKiLLCaRS and This Will Destroy You. Check that shit out.
Boston-based band, Dispatch, will release to DVD "Dispatch: Zimbabwe Live at Madison Square Garden," a concert film exploring the trio’s on-going efforts to raise money for the frightening situation
Cowboy Junkies have announced that they recruited Ryan Adams and Natalie Merchant as guest vocalists and instrumentalists on the 20th anniversary edition of their 1988 album ‘The Trinity Session’. The
Elvis Costello has indicated that he will never play in England again. The singer-songwriter who was born in Paddington, London, but who now lives in New York, has said he
