Grizzly Bear’s odds and sods collection, Shields: Expanded and Shields: B-Sides, outtakes, remixes and demos from last year’s record Shields, will see release November 12, 2013. Check out two of the tracks.
David Bowie is releasing a three-disc expanded version of his most recent album, The Next Day and he’s calling it The Next Day Extra. Big wow since the single disc album wasn’t so good. Still, for those who dug it, or if you just want to hear tracks that didn’t make it onto the single disc version of the album, check these out.
Shelby Lynne has a new EP called “Thanks” due December 10, 2013. This one is from that EP.
Here’s what Lynne herself says about the song and the video on the Huffington Post site:
“I had the song in my head and I was ready to go as soon as I walked into the studio door. Maxine Waters was with me, the guys had already made their way over, not knowing what to expect. I didn’t either really because I had never met Ed Maxwell on bass, and Michael Jerome was set to play the drums, had never met him either. Ben Peeler was my lead man. I told him I wanted to record some gospel tunes in the desert, when could he hand-pick some players and get them over there, I’d be ready with songs in hand. He was the man responsible for pulling together the heads for this recording.
“Maxine and I walked in the door to these handsome, smiling faces, introductions were made. I had Stella on my back because I had carried her in that way from the Jeep. She is my 1920’s acoustic guitar I bought in Tucson not too long ago. She would be the fitting rhythm for this tune. It needed to jump! Jump! So while we were all standing around about to get too comfortable I reached around and pulled Stella to my front, and said “Fellas, lets hit a little of this.” Jason Harter and I have worked together for years enough to know how I roll. I don’t want to see a camera, I never do do-overs and LIVE is my WAY. Whatever happens is suppose to happen and there you have it.
“So he was rolling video, tape, digital, whatever they call it now, when we walked in the door. By the middle of the second pass, I stopped and told engineer Grady Price ‘Let’s get RED…let’s cut it now before we lose it.’ So what you see here is our little video that Jason put together with what he gathered during the actual recording of the song ‘Call Me Up.’ That day, that minute, those very seconds, I told Jason that if this video had cost a million dollars, I wouldn’t have liked it as much. Cheers and peace!”
Banksy’s latest artwork (as of Wednesday, October 30, 2013 at 12:27 p.m. PST), a thrift store painting that Banksy added a Nazi soldier to and titled “The banality of the banality of evil,” is being auctioned at the online charity website, BiddingForGood.
Bidding began Tuesday with a minimum bid of $74,000 required. As of midday Wednesday 74 bids had come in, the most recent being $220,200. The auction will close on Oct. 31 at 8 pm EDT.
The painting is signed by the original artist, and by Banksy. It’s 36” x 24.5” and the frame is 43” x 31.5.”
The money raised will go to Housing Works. Below is the BiddingForGood website description of Housing Works:
Housing Works is a healing community of people living with and affected by HIV/AIDS. Our mission is to end the dual crises of homelessness and AIDS through relentless advocacy, the provision of lifesaving services, and entrepreneurial businesses that sustain our efforts.
What an incredible way for Banksy to end his month-long “Better Out Than In” street art show? Right when attention on Banksy is at an all time high, he puts a painting up for auction for a good cause. On so many levels this is terrific.
This text below is on Reed’s website. Tom Sarig is Reed’s manager:
Just a couple of weeks ago Lou did a photo session intended to become a print ad for his friend Henri Seydoux’s French audio headphones company Parrot. The renowned photographer Jean Baptiste Mondino took the shots, and this was the very last shot he took. Always a tower of strength. – Tom Sarig
