July 1st, 2009
Rollo & Grady // Covers
Guillemots
MP3: Steven Wilson – Sign ‘O’ The Times (Prince Cover)
MP3: Guillemots – Take Me Out (Franz Ferdinand Cover)
MP3: Xavier Rudd – Let It Be (Beatles Cover)
July 1st, 2009
New Music // Kong, AdamandEvil, Blue Roses & Lonely H
AdamandEvil
Here’s a couple bands that we’ve been listening to lately.
Blue Roses (Myspace)
Hometown: Shipley, United Kingdom
Album: Blue Roses (US Release Date – July 21st)
Label: XL Recordings
MP3: Blue Roses – Doubtful Comforts
AdamandEvil (Facebook)
Hometown: Hollywood and London
Album: AdamandEvil EP (Unreleased)
Label: Unsigned
MP3: AdamandEvil – Weeds
MP3: AdamandEvil – Weeds (Daisy O/Dell Remix)
July 1st, 2009
Jessica Lea Mayfield // Hotel Cafe – July 17th
Jessica Lea Mayfield
Hotel Cafe
Friday, July 17th (Doors 10:30pm)
Purchase Tickets ($10)
MP3: Jessica Lea Mayfield – Kiss Me Again
July 1st, 2009
Moby // “Shot In The Back Of The Head”
Here’s an interesting email that Moby sent to Bob Lefsetz today.
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How’s it going?
The album just came out and it would be #1 euro charts if not for michael jackson re-releases.
So that’s good.
But here’s something funny: the best selling itunes track is ‘shot in the back of the head’.
Why is that funny?
Because its the track we’ve been giving away for free for the last 2 months and that we’re still givng away for free.
Odd.
How are you?
Moby
MP3: Moby – Shot in the Back of the Head
Download:
Moby – Wait for Me (iTunes)
June 30th, 2009
Bob Lefsetz // Phoenix @ The Wiltern – Los Angeles
[Via – Bob Lefsetz – Lefsetz Letter, June 29th]
“Why was everybody there?
I e-mailed Stacey to park beneath the building and she said:
“I’m glad you already have tickets, because this show is totally sold out.”
Huh?
Daniel Glass told me it was a tight ticket, but he owns the label. What was bringing 2,000 plus people out on a Sunday night?
Was it SNL?
Sure, that was a plum gig in the last century, but TV can’t break a band today (other than the Disney Channel, but the Jonas Brothers are already fading, yet it’s still a viable outlet for girl singers). And so many of the people on that Saturday late night show can’t sell a ticket. It’s the epitome of hype. Hey, look at me! My label squeezed somebody powerful and now I’ve got a moment of fame before I go back to my day job!
But supposedly it was different with Phoenix, SNL chased them.
Still…
June 30th, 2009
NYT // Vibe Magazine To Close Down Immediately
[VIA – NYT – Richard Perez-Pena]
Vibe, one of the nation’s leading popular music magazines, is closing immediately, a spokeswoman said Tuesday. Word was broken early this afternoon by the Web site dailyfinance.com and spread to other music and media news sites. The spokeswoman, Tracy Nguyen, said the Vibe staff would be formally notified in a meeting at 2 p.m. She said she did not know how many people would be laid off as a result of the closure.
The closure of Vibe leaves just two large-circulation music magazines, XXL and The Source, focusing on hip-hop and R&B. The Source has had its own troubles, going through a bankruptcy and emerging under new ownership last year. A rock-focused magazine, Blender, folded last year.
In a memo to staff members announcing the closure, Steve Aaron, chief of the Vibe Media Group, wrote that for months, the company tried in vain to either find new investors or “to restructure the huge debt on our small company. Continue Reading the New York Times Story (click here)
June 29th, 2009
King Khan and Atlas Sound To Play Fun Fun Fun Fest
The King Khan & BBQ Show, Atlas Sound, Broadcast, Red Sparowes and Jesus Lizard are some of the confirmed artists for the 4th annual Fun Fun Fun Fest held in Austin’s Waterloo Park on November 7th and 8th. For more info (click here).
MP3: The King Khan & BBQ Show – Lil’ Girl In the Woods
MP3: Atlas Sound – Cold As Ice
June 29th, 2009
Monday // Covers
Mason Proper
Mason Proper, Stellastarr & Wild Light are playing the Troubadour on Friday, July 31st (tix)
MP3: Mason Proper – Lock Lovedown Gets Innocuous (Kanye West/LCD Soundsystem)
MP3: The Roots featuring Erykah Badu – I Wanna Be Where You Are (MJ Cover)*
MP3: Deer Tick – Nebraska (Bruce Springsteen)
*Via Gorilla vs. Bear Via Questlove’s Twitter
