May 27th, 2009
Rollo & Grady // Wednesday – B-Sides and EP’s
Sarah Assbring AKA El Perro Del Mar
MP3: The Kills – London Hates You
MP3: El Perro Del Mar – You Hit Me (It’s A Crying Shame)
MP3: Stereolab – Forensic Itch
May 26th, 2009
Justin Adams & Juldeh Camara // Fulani Coochie Man
Justin Adams (l) and Juldeh Camara (r)
Juldeh Camara is an African master musician, taught to play by his blind father, who himself was taught directly by the djinn. Camara plays the ritti, a rustic one-string fiddle and West African ancestor to the violin. His collaborator Justin Adams has been on the cutting edge of the World Music scene since the early 90’s with Jah Wobble, Robert Plant (Adams co-wrote Mighty Rearranger) and produced Tinariwen’s first and third albums. Adams driving guitar style is influenced by African, Arabic and Irish traditions as well as rock n’ roll and the Blues (Bo Diddley, Howlin’ Wolf and Muddy Waters).
‘Fulani Coochie Man’ is off their forthcoming album, Tell No Lies via Real World Records.
Justin Adams and Juldeh Camara – Tell No Lies (Pre-Order)
MP3: Justin Adams & Juldeh Camara – Fulani Coochie Man
MP3: Justin Adams – Ya Ta Kaaya
MP3: Tinariwen – Cler Achel
Download:
Justin Adams – Soul Science (iTunes)
Tinariwen – Aman Iman: Water Is Life (iTunes)
May 26th, 2009
New Album Releases For Tuesday (5/26/2009)
Rollo & Grady Recommended New Releases – Tuesday, May 26th:
Black Moth Super Rainbow – Eating Us (Buy)
Citified – Absence (Buy)
Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest (Buy)
James Yuill – Turning Down Water for Air (Buy)
Julian Marley – Awake (Buy)
Doom – Born Like This (Buy)
Naomi Shelton & The Gospel Queens – What Have You Done, My Brother? (Buy)
Sir Richard Bishop – The Freak of Araby (Buy)
MP3: Sir Richard Bishop – Barbary
MP3: James Yuill – This Sweet Love
MP3: Doom – Yessir! (feat. Raekwon)
MP3: Black Moth Super Rainbow – Smile the Day After Today
MP3: Naomi Shelton & the Gospel Queens – What Have You Done
MP3: Citified – My Family Cup
MP3: Grizzly Bear – Cheerleader
May 25th, 2009
TechCrunch vs. Last.fm, Part II: Are Users Getting Cheated?
From Digital Music News:
Is Last.fm supplying confidential user information to the RIAA? Several months ago, TechCrunch accused CBS-owned Last.fm of doing just that, the beginning of a controversial firestorm. Last.fm executives vehemently denied the accusations, complete with some harsh words for TechCrunch. Other executives also panned the article, and dismissed the piece as unfair and simple yellow journalism.
But this story is not over. In a Friday post titled “Deny This, Last.fm,” TechCrunch pointed to a complicated data sharing arrangement involving CBS, based on new sources. The piece alleges that Last.fm shared the information internally with its corporate parent, without knowledge of the eventual destination. “CBS requested user data from Last.fm, including user name and IP address,” TechCrunch head Michael Arrington asserted. “CBS wanted the data to comply with a RIAA request but told Last.fm the data was going to be used for ‘internal use only’.” Continue Reading
May 25th, 2009
Los Angeles Shows – May 26th – May 31st
King Khan
Tuesday, May 26th
Sadies @ Spaceland
R.I.S.E. @ Dakota Lounge
Wednesday, May 27th
moe. @ Roxy Theatre
Sun Kil Moon @ El Rey Theatre
The Prodigy @ Hollywood Palladium
Thursday, May 28th
The Wooden Birds @ Spaceland
moe. @ Roxy Theatre
Ben Harper @ Wiltern Theatre
Lucinda Williams @ House of Blues Anaheim
St Vincent @ El Rey Theatre
The Wooden Birds
May 24th, 2009
Former Wilco Member Jay Bennett Dies
From LA Times writer: Todd Martens
Multi-instrumentalist and former member of Wilco Jay Bennett died this weekend, according to a post on the website for Undertow Music Collective. He was 45.
A cause of death was unknown. “We are profoundly saddened to report that our friend died in his sleep last night. Jay was a beautiful human being who will be missed,” read the update on Undertow. The company released his 2002 solo album, “Palace at 4 am (Part I).”
Representatives from the label and management firm had not responded to requests for comment as of Sunday evening, but the Chicago Sun-Times reached Bennett’s friend and collaborator Edward Burch. “Early this morning, Jay died in his sleep and an autopsy is being performed,” Burch told Jim DeRogatis.
In the late ‘80s, Bennett founded the rock band Titanic Love Affair in Urbana, Ill., which lasted into the mid-‘90s. He was best known for his seven years in adventurous rock act Wilco. Bennett split from the Chicago-based group in 2001, and since his departure had been pursuing a solo career, as well as operating Pieholden Suite Sound – named after a song on Wilco’s 1999 album “Summerteeth” — in Champaign , Ill.
Bennett released the solo effort “Whatever Happened I Apologize” via the Web late last year, and reported at that time that he was pursuing “another” master’s degree at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Yet it was Bennett’s time in Wilco that won him the most acclaim. Continue Reading
May 24th, 2009
Amoeba Records, Hollywood – Top 10 Sellers
Amoeba Records – Hollywood
1.) Green Day – 21st Century Breakdown
2.) Steve Earle – Townes
3.) Meat Puppets – Sewn Together
4.) Silversun Pickups – Swoon
5.) Conor Oberst – Outer South
6.) Yeah Yeah Yeahs – It’s Blitz
7.) St Vincent – Actor (Buy)
8.) Camera Obscura – My Maudlin Career
9.) Bob Dylan – Together Through Life
10.) Kings of Leon – Only by the Night
**Week Ending – 5/18/2009
MP3: St. Vincent – Laughing With A Mouthful Of Blood
St Vincent – Thursday, May 28th – El Rey Theatre (Buy Bix)
