Cat Power
November 5th, 1998
KCRW – Brave New World
American Flag
Say
Metal Heart
Cross Bones Style
Naked If I Want To
Cat Power and The Pretenders – Greek Theatre – September 3rd (Buy Tickets)
Last.fm co-founders Martin Stiksel, Richard Jones and Felix Miller
[via] Jemima Kiss – guardian.co.uk
The three founders of music recommendation site Last.fm, Martin Stiksel, Felix Miller and Richard Jones, are to leave the firm later this year.
Two years after the site was bought by US media giant CBS and seven years since once of the UK’s most successful web 2.0 start-ups launched, all three are to leave Last.fm to concentrate on new projects. The company is to remain at its base in east London.
CBS paid $280m for Last.fm in May 2007 – valuing the deal at £142m based on exchange rates at the time – representing the biggest acquisition of a UK web 2.0 start-up to date.
In a joint statement, Stiksel, Miller and Jones said: “The time is right to begin the process of handing over the reins.”
“This is the latest stage in a long journey for us founders, which began in a living room in east London in 2002, and took us to the headquarters of one of the biggest media companies in the world,” they added.
“A huge ‘thank you’ has to be said to all of you in front of your computers. With your contribution, enthusiasm and ‘scrobbles’ you have helped to make Last.fm into what it is today: the best place for music online. Big up yourself for that – as we say here in east London.” Continue Reading
Statement from Last.fm blog (click here)
Ben Sollee
Time: 12:00n – 12:30pm
Stage: Sonic
MP3: Ben Sollee – A Few Honest Words
Cage The Elephant
Time: 12:45pm -1:15pm
Stage: That Tent
MP3: Cage The Elephant – Ain’t No Rest for the Wicked
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
Time: 1:30pm – 2:30pm
Stage: The Other Tent
MP3: Ted Leo & The Pharmacists – La Costa Brava
Devendra Banhart was given free range to remix any track from Oasis’ recent album Dig Out Your Soul and chose to produce a laid-back version of “(Get Off Your) High Horse Lady.” [Via NME]. You can sample the song here.
New York based Swimming in Speakers recently started following me on Twitter. The album art intrigued me, which led me to their MySpace page and ultimately to their music. The band is led by self-taught multi-instrumentalist Chris Clarke and vocalist Meadow Eliz. “Serve Them Well” is a sensational pop song, I’ve been listening to it non-stop. These guys/gals have a bright future. Follow SIS on Twitter (click here).
MP3: Swimming in Speakers – Serve Them Well
Download:
Swimming in Speakers – Swimming In Speakers Ep (iTunes)
Here are a couple badass funk tracks from Memphis 70: The City’s Funk And Soul In The Decade After Otis, 1968-1978.
From the liner notes:
“The death of Otis Redding in late 1967 was a watershed in the sound of Memphis soul. He had been the figurehead and defining figure as Stax had taken a distinctly gritty take on soul to the top of the US charts. “Memphis 70″ shows what happened next as local musicians emerged from Otis’ shadow and created new and exhilarating sounds. The most successful of these sounds meant artists such as Isaac Hayes eclipsed Otis’ success, but in typical BGP style we take the road less travelled to bring a selection of sought-after rarities and unreleased gems that perfectly reflect the era.”
Memphis ’70: The City’s Funk and Soul In the Decade After Otis 1968-1977 (Buy)
MP3: Gene “Bowlegs” Miller & Friends – It’s Bump Time
MP3: Alvin Cash – Tip Toeing
From Associated Press:
“On the heels of its first successful “No service fee Wednesday,” concert promoter Live Nation Inc. says it will expand the summer ticket program from the lawn to reserved seats this week, while acknowledging that some fees never went away. The first 24-hour discount Wednesday drove lawn ticket sales up six-fold to a single-day record, although the company wouldn’t say how many tickets it sold.
Live Nation said this Wednesday it will drop service fees on all tickets to its U.S. amphitheaters this summer, including for regular seats, and lift the cap on the number available. It will continue to charge $6 on every ticket for parking at some venues, while other venues still incur a $3 to $4 facility fee.
Since many tickets have already been sold, there are about 1 million tickets for reserved seats still available, along with about 4 million lawn tickets for concerts featuring Coldplay, Toby Keith, Crosby Stills & Nash and others. Lawn tickets cost about $20 to $25, and the discount trims about $10 from the cost. The average reserved seat ticket costs $62.04 with an average $14.40 service charge that would be waived.
“It was a pretty resounding message from the fans: ‘Make it cheaper for us to see a concert and we’ll come,'” said Live Nation’s chief executive of global music, Jason Garner. “So we’re responding to it this week by taking it to the next step.”
The move to drop service fees was made possible after Live Nation launched its own ticketing platform in January. Typically, service fees help pay the ticket-selling company — which is usually Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc. The two companies plan to merge this year following an antitrust review.
Live Nation was able to cut the surcharge in the hopes that it would make that money up by getting more people to come to the venues it owns and having them pay for such things as parking, hot dogs and beer.”
Bon Iver
Elvis Perkins in Dearland
Time: 12:30pm – 1:15pm
Stage: This Tent
MP3: Elvis Perkins – Emile’s Vietnam In The Sky
Heartless Bastards
Time: 1:30pm – 2:30pm
Stage: Which Stage
MP3: Heartless Bastards – Valley Of Debris (Live ACL – 2007)
Booker T. and the DBT’s
Time: 3:00pm – 3:30pm
Stage: Which Stage
MP3: Booker T. – Warped Sister
Bon Iver
Time: 3:45pm – 4:45pm
Stage: This Tent
MP3: Bon Iver – Beach Baby
Gov’t Mule
Time: 5:00pm – 5:45pm
Stage: Which Stage
MP3: Gov’t Mule with Susan Tedeschi/ Col. Bruce Hampton – Turn on Your Lovelight (Live)
