My Old Kentucky Blog ❤ Today's edition of MOKB/SIRIUS Blog Radio features a lot of what we've been talking about this week and last as well as some of the songs and artists our friends… Read full post »
Fong Songs ❤ Today the Olympics kick off in Beijing at 8:08:08pm on 08/08/08. You can bet it's Chinese wedding day central as well since 8's are lucky in Chinese culture-- the more… Read full post »
Moistworks ❤ 1+1+1 = 3 Prince 1 2 3 4 Feist 1-2-3-4-5-6-7 Count The Days Inez & Charlie Foxx 1-2-3-4-5-6-7 Count The Days Patti LaBelle & The Blue Belles 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8 Kool &… Read full post »
Repeat, repeat. ❤ Seriously, what happened to the good old days when their was just one cover version? I guess I've only got myself to blame. Before we get on to various performances… Read full post »
Gorilla Vs. Bear ❤ As promised, here's the gorgeous new Sigur Ros single with the bad name, taken from their upcoming Með suð i eyrum við spilum endalaust LP. Driving tribal rhythms, pastoral acoustic… Read full post »
Pirates of the Bargain Bin ❤ Deepavali. Also known as Diwali, or the Festival of Lights. One of the most important days in Hinduism. Celebrated on the end of the seventh month of the Hindu calendar.… Read full post »
Popdose ❤ Nick Lowe - The Rose Of England from The Rose of England (1985) King Curtis - Firefly from Night Train (1995) David Byrne - Dirty Old Town (Mapeyé) from Rei… Read full post »
False 45th ❤ From Tick Tick's site :Thee Silver Mount Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band with OAK and GREG DAVIS @first unitarian church 152 pearl street burlington, vt doors @ 730p Advance… Read full post »
stereogum ❤ When Port O'Brien get nautical -- boats, ports, fishermen's sons -- they speak from experience. Or at least lead Porter Van Pierszalowski and bandmate Cambria Goodwin do. During a recent… Read full post »
The Music Slut ❤ Featured tracks include: Madvillain - Accordion Beirut - Mount Wroclai (Idle Days) Arcade Fire - Neighborhood #2 (Laika) The Decemberists - The Mariner's Revenge Song View each & every selection… Read full post »
Dalston Oxfam Shop ❤ Been feeling like the late 80's have been neglected lately. People are loving early 90's rave and still searching for those early 80's new wave rarities, plus some are feeling… Read full post »
Cover Freak ❤ Thursday marks May Day, the international worker's holiday that we don't celebrate in the U.S. because it was invented by dirty commies. Feel free to listen to these songs in… Read full post »
AM, Then FM ❤ It is late at night in the early ’70s. You are listening to your local FM rock station. A song comes on, its crunchy intro mixing some nasty wah-wah guitar… Read full post »
The Music Slut ❤ 8/15 - 8/17 @ Glanusk Park (Wales). Here's whom to expect: Spiritualized Super Furry Animals The National Caribou Los Campesinos! Magik Markers The Cave Singers For the full roster, head… Read full post »
DoucheBagFace ❤ It’s Saturday night, and I’m half studying, half watching Portishead tear it up on the Coachella webcast. I really, really wish those guys were playing more here in the US… Read full post »
mapsadaisical ❤ Bloody hell, The Wire didn’t make much of this, did they? What did Portishead do to them, come round their office and stick a Mika CD in a Mika… Read full post »
Some Velvet Blog ❤ What In The World - David Bowie The Boy With The Perpetual Nervousness - The Feelies Move On Up - Curtis Mayfield (stone cold classic alert!) People Say - The… Read full post »
Tiny Dancing ❤ The practice of going out somewhere is a fickle mistress. On the one hand, you get to see stuff, some of which you might even quite like. On the other… Read full post »
Quarterlifeparty ❤ At 4AM (oof) Thursday morning I will be on my way to my 5th consecutive Coachella Music Festival . You would think by now I would be used to the… Read full post »
Visions and Revisions ❤ I am quite ashamed that I am just getting this post up considering my fondness for all things Greg Dulli & Mark Lanegan, but especially for their collaborations. Lanegan has… Read full post »
A Bulldozer With A Wreckingball Attach… ❤ Jack Irwin (1916-2008) was remembered on Monday in Saskatoon. He was my grandfather's brother, which makes him my great-uncle. I only met him twice as an adult (as an adult… Read full post »
Minneapolis Fucking Rocks ❤ (Aqua Teen Hunger Force - "Sirens" part one) (Aqua Teen Hunger Force - "Sirens" part two) Download : Neko Case - "Hold On, Hold On" Download : Neko Case -… Read full post »
4f ❤ Has anyone heard of the fad in Britain called Wyatting ? Rober Wyatt played with the legendary Soft Machine during the late 60's and 70's and pioneered the rise of… Read full post »
to the dogs or whoever... ❤ covering Bob has been very popular of late as the market seems to be flooded with Artists taking their stab at what many consider to the greatest songwriter of the… Read full post »
Some Velvet Blog ❤ Joe Zawinul , the great jazz legend and keyboardist died today . He was 75 years old. Zawinul got his start playing with Maynard Ferguson and went on to play… Read full post »
Locust St. ❤ 1960 Gil Evans Orchestra, La Nevada. Gil Evans Orchestra, Where Flamingos Fly. Something is always happening on this record, and some passages have a hallucinatory vividness that nonetheless conceals vital… Read full post »
The Vinyl District ❤ Is it two men? Two women kissing? Male and female? Who knows? Who cares? Each year I eagerly await another debut LP like this and each year I'm sorely let… Read full post »
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