November 11th, 2009
November 10th, 2009
Amoeba, Waterloo and Other Music Records – Top 10 Sellers
1.) Julian Casablancas – Phrazes For The Young
2.) Michael Jackson – Thriller
3.) Slayer – World Painted Blood
4.) Morrissey – Swords
5.) Soundtrack -Where the Wild Things Are
6.) Various Artists – Yo Gabba Gabba: Music Is Awesome
7.) Weezer – Raditude
8.) Nirvana – Live at Reading
9.) Nirvana – Bleach
10.) Tegan & Sara – Sainthood
Week Ending – 11/2/2009
November 10th, 2009
New Album Releases For Tuesday (11/10/2009)
David Wingo of Ola Podrida
Rollo & Grady Recommended New Releases – Tuesday, November 10th
Hyperstory – hyperstory (Buy)
Label: Pureland Records
Hyperstory – Ascension
Ola Podrida – Belly of the Lion (Buy)
Label: Western Vinyl
Ola Podrida – Your Father’s Basement
November 10th, 2009
Band of Horses and Others // Pablove Foundation Benefit
Pablove Foundation Benefit Show
Avalon – Hollywood
Saturday, November 21st
Performers
Band of Horses
Tom Morello: The Nightwatchman
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Shirley Manson of Garbage
Tom Gabel of Against Me!
Sea Wolf
Butch Walker
Jarrod Gorbel of Honorary Title
Songs for Kids
To purchase tickets (Click Here)
The Pablove Foundation raises money to improve the lives of children with cancer. Your ticket purchase directly benefits the charity’s programs. These include funding pediatric cancer research, helping families without health insurance, and improving hospital playrooms. Please visit pablove.org to learn more.
November 10th, 2009
Bob Lefsetz // Widespread Panic At The Orpheum
[Via – Bob Lefsetz – Lefsetz Letter, November 9th]
Are you catching the Britney brouhaha Down Under? Turns out she MIMES!
She’s got to. In order to deliver on the audience’s expectations. She’s got to be the Britney from TV. Perfect in every way. Dazzling them with her dance moves. And it’s almost impossible to dance like that and sing. Have you ever talked to one of those fucks who calls you when he’s on the treadmill? You wonder if they’re going to have a heart attack during the conversation!
But what does the audience expect? A show, a tightly choreographed presentation, something you watch and ooh and ahh to? Or a musical performance, that penetrates your body and mind?
Last time I checked, I didn’t see Widespread Panic on TV. Look at MediaBase, they’re not in the Top Forty either. By nineties standards, they don’t exist. But it’s 2010.
In the MTV-era, you had to look good. Your video had to be visually interesting. To the point where in the nineties, they wouldn’t trust so-called “artists” with creative issues, too much money was at stake. Write with the usual suspects, the pros, to create something we know we can sell. And we’ll employ one of the usual suspect directors to create a sleek clip. Hell, if we don’t get it right, we’ll scrap it and redo it! You only get one chance to make an impression. If it’s not exactly right, you’re toast. Kind of like the new album by Mariah Carey and the pushed-back opus by Alicia Keys. The initial singles stiffed, and the labels wanted to whip up a frenzy in order to sell a hundred thousand albums right away! Thus, the release delay. If you’re phenomenally lucky, you can ultimately sell a million. Still, you might mean nothing on the road. Is this a game you want to play?
Sure, there are old warhorses like Ms. Carey, but most of the acts are brand new. Thrown up against the wall and then discarded. They all have one thing in common. They want to be FAMOUS! They’re no different than the idiots on reality TV. They want to appear on TMZ and Perez. Then they’ll think they’ve made it. But that making it is very different from the old paradigm.
November 9th, 2009
Artist To Watch // Wake Up Lucid
Wake Up Lucid (Myspace)
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Album: Look Alive People (November 10th)
Label: Unsigned
Wake Up Lucid – Broke Down House
