June 9th, 2011
Black Lips :: Daytrotter Session
Daytrotter posted a new session with Black Lips yesterday. For the full session click here.
MP3: Black Lips – Dumpster Diving (Daytrotter)
June 8th, 2011
KhanWood Clarke :: King Khan & Friends Go Country
King Khan has decided to go country. In a recent conversation with Khan, he said goal was to assemble a serious country band with the best and wildest of his Kukamonga Death Cult: something like our generation’s Highwaymen. He has enlisted some talented musicians to help create his vision. In addition to Khan, Demon’s Claws’ Jeff Clarke and his talented girlfriend Emily Blitz, Sean Wood from the Spits, and the Sadies are going to comprise the band.
Jeff Clarke
Khan explained to me that Jeff’s songs “are very reminiscent of Merle Haggard and Waylon Jennings and his voice has a bit of Willie Nelson in it too.” Khan’s songs are more reminiscent of Lee Hazelwood and Johnny Cash, “adding a bit of psyche to the tradition of the murder ballad and some lonesome gunfighter anthems to boot.” Sean is “the missing link of the true Rockin’ country element….He is the Bocephus… the Phoenix rising from the ashes of punk…. He is the ranch dressing needed to make this the best salad ever.”
The Sadies
But they need some help. They need to raise $3,000 in order to fly Sean into Khan’s Moon Studios in Berlin to finish the album, so they launched a Kickstarter page.
June 6th, 2011
Dave Kusek :: iCloud – Amnesty for Music Pirates?
[By Dave Kusek]
For slightly more than $2/mo everybody will soon have access to all the music they can find, steal, share, rip, produce, morph or buy using iTunes Match. Is this amnesty for all the music pirates? I hope so.
As we predicted in The Future of Music, the future is about access to music rather than ownership. With Apple iCloud and iTunes Match, Apple has once again set the bar for all music distributors, while again lining up all the major record labels for yet another lunch. The twist to all of this is – does iCloud grant you immunity from prosecution for copyright infringement for sharing or downloading music however you wish to? We shall see.
Fantasize with me as we did in 2005…
It’s the year 2015 and you wake to a familiar tune playing softly. It gets you out of bed and makes you feel good. As you walk into the bathroom, your Personal Media Minder activates the video display in the mirror, and you watch a bit of personalized news while you get ready for the day. You step into the shower and your personalized music program is ready for you, cued up with a new live version of a track that you downloaded the other day. It is even better than the original recording, so while you dress, you tell your “TasteMate” program to include the new track in your playlist rotation.
You put on your new eyeglasses, which contain a networked audio headset, letting tiny earbuds slip into your ears. You switch on the power, and the mix that your friend made for you starts to play. Music pours into your consciousness. It becomes yours. Continue Reading
Related Posts:
Rollo & Grady Interview with Dave Kusek (click here)
Rollo & Grady Interview with Gerd Leonhard (click here)
June 6th, 2011
Artist To Watch :: The High Drops
The High Drops
Hometown: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Album: EP (TBA)
Label: Unsigned
The High Drops – These Kids
