The Avett Brothers are offering a free download of their first single, “I and Love and You,” off of their forthcoming album of the same name.You can download the track over @ Spinner.com (click here). The Brothers are playing the Orpheum on September 5th. To purchase tickets (click here).
Here’s a live version of the track from SXSW.
MP3: The Avett Brothers – I & Love & You (SXSW – 3/18/2009)
Arish “King” Khan is a French-Canadian Indian living in Germany and used to go by the name Blacksnake. He’s also the leader of King Khan and the Shrines; a 10-piece retro-soul
rock n’ roll band. Khan puts on one of the most exciting live shows I’ve ever seen and he has over a decade of solid records under his belt. His career started with the garage punk-rock band The Spaceshits, playing alongside his partner in crime Mark “BBQ” Sultan – they weren’t afraid to strip naked and wreak havoc in every town they performed in.
I caught up with Khan by phone in Montreal last week, which was a tough feat considering he doesn’t own a cell phone – he bummed his brothers for the interview. When I called, he was heading out to catch the death-metal band, Mayhem. We discussed his upcoming gospel project with the Black Lips, stage head and his family.
R&G: When did you get back to Montreal from Los Angeles?
Khan: I got back about a week ago, and after that last Shrines tour, me and BBQ were invited to go play in South America, so we played in São Paulo and Buenos Aires, and then flew back to Montreal.
R&G: Do you own a cell phone?
Khan: No, I don’t.
R&G: Will you ever?
Khan: No, I won’t.
R&G: Do you see it as a hassle to own one?
Khan: Yeah, I’ve gone so far without a cell phone. I’m notorious for borrowing people’s cell phones, but I think it causes brain and testicular damage. It’s too powerful a thing for it not to do something to your balls – if it’s right next to them. I choose life.
R&G: You live in Berlin, right?
Khan: I do.
R&G: What are you doing in Montreal?
Khan: My brother’s getting married this summer, and I also just got a bunch of invitations to a host of festivals in Canada that me and BBQ have been invited to play. I figured I’d hang out here. This is where I’m from – there’s plenty of stuff to do.
R&G: Will you sing at your brother’s wedding?
Khan: Actually, yeah. The Black Lips are coming down for it too. We’ve got a musical family, so there’ll be some rocking going on for sure.
Manic Street Preachers
Pete Yorn is playing the Roxy tomorrow night (6/24). To purchase tickets (click here).
MP3: Pete Yorn – Dancing in the Dark (Live – Acoustic Springsteen Cover)
MP3: Manic Street Preachers – Pennyroyal Tea (Live 1994 – Nirvana Cover)
MP3: Pedro the Lion – Let Down (Radiohead Cover)
Download:
Pete Yorn – Back & Fourth (Buy)
Manic Street Preachers – Journal for Plague Lovers (Buy)
Pedro the Lion – It’s Hard to Find a Friend (Buy)
Kyp Malone Of TV On The Radio – Wiltern 11/6/2008 (Image – Rollo & Grady)
[Via NME]
“TV On The Radio’s Kyp Malone has announced that he will release his debut solo album this autumn. The singer-guitarist is calling his solo project Rain Machine, and is working with producer Ian Brennan (Lucinda Williams) on the album, which will be released by Anti- Records in the US. “I’ve been writing and recording songs alone since I moved to NYC in 2000, at first alone because I didn’t know anyone, then through the years by choice because of a particular freedom that going it alone afforded,” Malone said in a statement.” Continue Reading @ NME.com
Dinosaur Jr.
Rollo & Grady Recommended New Releases – Tuesday, June 23th:
Brian Olive – Brian Olive (Buy)
Label: Alive Records
MP3: Brian Olive – Jubilee Line
Deer Tick – Born On Flag Day (Buy)
Label: Partisan Records
MP3: Deer Tick – Friday XIII
Dinosaur Jr. – Farm (Buy)
Label: Jagjaguwar
MP3: Dinosaur Jr – I Want You To Know
“New Morning” is off of Tradition In Transition, the highly anticipated album from Quantic (Will Holland) and his Combo Bárbaro, which sees Quantic tapping into sounds from the Caribbean, Latin America and Africa and fusing those rediscovered psychedelic, experimental and rhythmically rich sounds of the past with deep funk and soul elements. He’s assembled an international cast of musical creators, including the Peruvian pianist Alfredo Linares; revered Brazilian arranger Arthur Verocai; and British drummer Malcolm Catto of The Heliocentrics. I recommend exploring Quantic’s entire catalog [Tru Thoughts].
MP3: Quantic And His Combo Barbaro – New Morning
MP3: Beats In Progress feat. Quantic – Crumpet Chase (Quantic Remix)
MP3: Quantic – Time is the Enemy
Download:
Quantic & His Combo Bárbaro – Tradition In Transition (Pre-order Tru Thoughts)
Quantic – Mishaps Happening (iTunes)
Quantic – An Announcement to Answer (eMusic)
