Ozomatli will be playing @ The House of Blues in Anaheim 2/26-2/28 (Buy Tix).
Ozomatli – Super Bowl Sundae
Lewis Black – Coke and Pepsi and the Superbowl of 2001
Download:
Lewis Black – Rules of Enragement (iTunes)
Ozomatli – Don't Mess With the Dragon (iTunes)
Oh my! Coachella just redeemed itself. What a line-up. It’s still way too fucking hot in Indio, but this may be worth it. What are the odds that Amy Winehouse will make the trip?
Los Angeles’ Finest=Best Hip-Hop Group In America
I’m about four months off on praising the best hip-hop album of 2008, “Fun DMC”. But I’m still hooked on their 2002 classic “O.S.T.” I will beat a dead horse, but you guys who drool over Lil’ Wayne, Kanye, 50 Cent, Young Jeezy or any other of those prepackaged “rappers”, expand your horizons. If you want to hear great rhymes and beats without the bling and bullshit check out People Under The Stairs’ catalog. You will not be disappointed. BTW-you have to love West Coast rappers paying respect to the Bronx.
I Rest My Case: Lil’ Wayne Fans (Click Here)
Question for Lil’ Wayne: How many Gangsta’s chat with Katie Couric???
Download:
MP3: People Under The Stairs – The Break Down
MP3: People Under the Stairs – Acid Raindrops
MP3: People Under The Stairs – Letter 2 C/O Bronx
MP3: People Under The Stairs – Love’s Theme #1
Download:
People Under the Stairs – Fun DMC
People Under the Stairs – "O.S.T. (iTunes)
People Under the Stairs – The Next Step (iTunes)
The Kills are one of the best live bands out today. When they come to town they normally play at the El Rey Theatre. It’s a perfect venue for their stage show. They are touring in Germany, New Zealand and Australia in March. I imagine that they will not return to Los Angeles until 2010.
Download:
The Kills – Midnight Boom (iTunes)
The Kills – No Wow (iTunes)
Modest Mouse tickets went on sale today for their February 24th show @ The Hollywood Palladium (Buy Tix-$35).
California Tour Dates:
Sun Feb. 22 – Oakland, CA – Fox Theater
Mon Feb. 23 – Visalia, CA – The Fox Theatre
Tue Feb. 24 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Palladium
Tour Info (Click Here)
Download:
Modest Mouse – Good News for People Who Love Bad News (iTunes)
Modest Mouse – The Lonesome Crowded West (iTunes)
When it rains, it pours.
Colin Irwin:: Telegraph.co.uk
Singer and guitarist John Martyn, who died yesterday, had a reputation that always preceded him. A rebel in all senses, he railed against every musical cliché and genre straitjacket they tried to pin on him – annihilating the genre barriers between folk, blues, jazz, rock and avant-garde as he bullishly rejected attempts to tame him and mould him into a sellable product. Continue Reading
Download:
John Martyn – Sweet Little Mysteries: The Island Anthology (iTunes)
Stephen McBean of Black Mountain
Black Mountain just announced their West Coast tour dates. They will be playing @ The Echoplex on March 21th (Buy Tix).
**All dates will be performed with The Sadies.
Tour Dates:
March 20th San Francisco @ Rickshaw Stop (Buy Tix)
March 21st Los Angeles @ The Echoplex (Buy Tix)
March 22nd San Diego, @ Casbah (Buy Tix)
March 23rd Santa Cruz @ The Crepe Place (Buy Tix)
March 25th Portland, @ Hawthorne Theatre (Buy Tix)
March 26th Bellingham, @ The Wild Buffalo
March 27th Seattle @ Neumos (Buy Tix)
Download:
MP3: Black Mountain – Druganaut
MP3: Black Mountain – Thirteen Walls (Live @ Maps – RCDC)
MP3: Black Mountain – Angels (Live @ Maps – RCDC)
Download:
Black Mountain – In the Future (iTunes)
The Sadies – Favourite Colours (iTunes)
“As Tears Go By” is considered to be the first original composition written by Jagger and Richards. The song was initially named “As Time Goes By.” Their manager Andrew Oldham received a writing credit for changing “Time” to “Tears.” Oldham gave the ballad to 17 year-old Marianne Faithfull in 1964. The single hit #22 on the Billboard Charts and helped launch her career.
The Stones recorded their own version in 1965. The same year they released the Italian version “Con le mie lacrime” as a bonus track to the “As Tears Go By” single album.
Download:
The Rolling Stones – Hot Rocks 1964-1971 (iTunes)
Marianne Faithfull – Greatest Hits (iTunes)
Jonathan Cohen: Billboard Magazine
“Lynyrd Skynyrd keyboardist Billy Powell died this morning (Jan. 28) at his home in Orange Park, Fla. He was 56.
According to the Associated Press, Powell called 911 around 12:55 a.m. this morning, saying he was having trouble breathing. Rescue crews arrived at the home but Powell was pronounced dead just before 2 a.m.
Orange Park Police Lt. Mark Cornett told the AP that Powell had missed an appointment yesterday for a cardiac evaluation.
Powell, whose fluid piano runs spiced such classic Skynyrd songs as “Freebird,” “Call Me the Breeze” and “Sweet Home Alabama,” and founding guitarist Gary Rossington were the only two surviving band members aboard the 1977 plane crash that killed singer Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist Steve Gaines and backup vocalist Cassie Gaines.” Continue Reading
