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Rollo & Grady Recommended Los Angeles Shows for w/o May 4th
Monday, May 4th:
Gangi @ Spaceland
Golden Animals @ Fold
Tuesday, May 5th:
Mike Doughty @ Hotel Cafe
The Eye The Earm and The Arm @ The Silverlake Lounge
Wednesday, May 6th:
Ryan Bingham @ Troubadour
Ryan Bingham
From Digital Music News
Major labels are seeing sales decreases following a shift towards variable pricing on iTunes, according to numerous sources to Digital Music News. The sources included executives within major labels, all of whom requested anonymity.
In the initial weeks following the pricing changes, including a move towards top-end, $1.29 downloads, overall revenues are moving downward. That goes far beyond the top tracks, and includes the aggregate of millions of songs. “It’s what we’re seeing after the first couple of weeks, on a top level,” one executive shared, without discussing specifics on individual artists. Continue Reading
Alela Diane of Headless Heroes
MP3: Feist – One Evenin’ (Rene Goulet’s Da Luz Remix)
MP3: Headless Heroes – True Love Will Find You In The End (Daniel Johnston Cover)
Download:
Feist – The Reminder (iTunes)
Headless Heroes Info (Click Here)
Wilco just added an additional show at the Wiltern on Thursday, June 25th. Tons of tickets left (click here).
MP3: Wilco – Airline To Heaven
Wilco – Ashes of American Flags (DVD) (Buy)
Rollo & Grady is starting a new feature where we will highlight the Top 10 weekly sellers from our favorite independent record stores in the US.
Waterloo Records – Austin
1. Bob Dylan – Together Through Life
2. Black Joe Lewis – Tell ‘Em What Your Name Is
3. Flatlanders – Hills and Valleys
4. Slaid Cleaves – Everything You Love Will Be Taken Away
5. Kat Edmonson – Take To The Sky
6. Del Castillo – Del Castillo
7. Boxmasters – Modbilly
8. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – It’s Blitz
9. Leonard Cohen – Live in London
10. Willie & The Asleep At The Wheel – Willie and the Wheel
**Week Ending – 5/2/2009
Amoeba Records – Hollywood
1. Depeche Mode – Sounds of the Universe
2. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – It’s Blitz
3. Silversun Pickups – Swoon
4. Camera Obscura – My Maudlin Career
5. Pet Shop Boys – Yes
6. Grouch & Eligh – Say G&E!
7. Metric – Fantasies
8. Bat for Lashes – Two Suns
9. Ida Maria -Fortress Round My Heart
10. Rick Ross – Deeper Than Rap
**Week Ending – 4/27/2009
Image – Sam Erickson
From 2002 to 2008 photographer and filmmaker Sam Erickson regularly documented My Morning Jacket as they steadily grew into one of the most acclaimed and influential bands in the world. The images come from the band’s three studio albums: It Still Moves, Z, and Evil Urges and numerous shots from their epic live shows.
Beginning on May 22nd, the Morrison Hotel Gallery will show 21 of these images for a six-week exhibition. The majority have never been viewed by the public. This also marks the first time the Morrison Hotel Gallery has done a show on a band that is ascending, rather than reflecting on a career. The gallery is located on 313 Bowery Street.
MP3: My Morning Jacket – Rocket Man (Elton John Cover – 2001)
MP3: My Morning Jacket – Northern Sky (Nick Drake Cover – 2005)
Download:
My Morning Jacket – Evil Urges (iTunes)
MP3: Banjo Or Freakout – Someone Great (LCD Soundsystem)
MP3: The Kooks – Sweet Jane>Beast of Burden (Velvet Underground & Rolling Stones)
MP3: Lykke Li – Knocked Up (Live – Kings of Leon)
Lykki Li – The Masonic Lodge @ Hollywood Forever on May 29th (Sold Out)
John Joseph McCauley III and Deer Tick are playing Spaceland on Independence Day. The group will be in town promoting their forthcoming release Born On Flag Day via Park the Van Records. To purchase tickets (Click Here).
MP3: Deer Tick – Ashamed
Download:
Deer Tick – War Elephant (iTunes)
Pre-order Born on Flag Day (Insound)
