Last night Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks played “Houston Hades” on “Late Show with David Letterman.”
Check it out.
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Audio: 30 Years On Hear The Jesus & Mary Chain’s Awesome ‘Psychocandy’
It’s been 30 years since the release of The Jesus & Mary Chain’s Psychocandy.
Listen now and remember the greatness.
Thanks Brooklyn Vegan!
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Video: Bob Dylan Sings ‘Tangled Up in Blue’ in Hawaii Plus More
Bob Dylan performs “Tangled Up in Blue” at the Neal S Blaisdell Arena in Honolulu, Hawaii last night:
Plus excerpt of “Blowin’ In the Wind”:
Excerpt from “Forgetful Heart”:
Excerpt from “Pay in Blood”:
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Audio: Return of Courtney Love, ‘You Know My Name’
Courtney Love is back with a new song, “You Know My Name.
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R.I.P. Dept.: Jesse Winchester Dead at 69
Photo by Cindy Winchester.
Folksinger Jesse Winchester died this morning (April 10, 2014) from cancer, his wife Cindy Winchester told The Commercial Appeal.
Winchester died at his home in Charlottesville, Virginia.
The Commercial Appeal wrote:
The mellifluous-voiced author of “The Brand New Tennessee Waltz,” “Mississippi, You’re on My Mind” and “Biloxi,” the Memphis-raised Winchester had long been a favorite of critics and fellow musicians, covered by a wide array of artists from Wilson Pickett to the Everly Brothers, Jerry Garcia to Reba McEntire. Bob Dylan was famously quoted as saying of Mr. Winchester: “You can’t talk about the best songwriters and not include him.” In 2007, Mr. Winchester was recognized with a Lifetime Achievement Award from performing rights organization ASCAP for his body of work.
Read more of the obit here.
Here’s a story my wife and I wrote about Jesse in 1977 right after interviewing him.
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Neil Young’s ‘A Letter Home’ Now Set For ‘Likely’ Spring Release
Neil Young’s next album, A Letter Home, has been pushed back to a ‘likely’ spring release, Young told Billboard Originally, back in January, Young told Rolling Stone the album would be out in March.
As I first reported, the album is a collaboration between Young and Jack White. It was recorded at White’s Third Man studio in Nashville, is being released on Third Man Records and features Jack White on two tracks.
“It’s not ready for prime time yet. It’s not really a release yet, but it’s a very unique record,” Young said. “It’s like a time capsule. It doesn’t sound like anything you’ve heard that was made recently. And some great songs, some beautiful music.”
“They’re songs that I love, songs that changed my life, songs that made it so that I understood what someone else was saying to me, songs by greater writers.”
Although Young has not revealed which songs will be on the album, I have speculated that it will include many of the covers Young performed at Farm Aid last year and at his recent acoustic shows in New York and Canada such as Bert Jansch’s “Needle of Death,” Phil Ochs “Changes,” Bob Dylan’s “Blowin’ in the Wind,” Gordon Lightfoot’s “Early Morning Rain,” Ivory Joe Hunter’s “Since I Met You Baby” and Tim Hardin’s “Reason to Believe.”
Young also told Billboard that his forthcoming memoir will be called “Special Deluxe.”
He told Billboard it’s a book that focuses on his love of cars.
“So it’s a history through automobiles, and it’s a history of automobiles and it’s a history of the environmental impact of automobiles. And it’s a projection into the future of automobiles. It has its own agenda that develops over the book.
Young also said he’s working on new music, and would like to do an album with a full orchestra, live, recorded mono with one mic.
“I want to do something like that where we really record what happened, with one point of view and the musicians moved closer and farther away, the way it was done in the past. To me that’s a challenge and it’s a sound that’s unbelievable, and you can’t get it any other way. So I’m into doing that.”
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Watch: The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart Play Songs Off Upcoming Album, ‘Days Of Abandon’
This past weekend at the second annual Baltimore Popfest, the Pains Of Being Pure At Heart played new songs from their upcoming third album, Days Of Abandon, which will be released on April 22, 2014.
Check out the songs:
“Until the Sun Explodes”:
“Simple and Sure”:
“Masokissed”:
“Beautiful You”:
“Eurydice”
“Art Smock”:
Thanks Stereogum!
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Audio: New Panda Bear Track Surfaces – ‘Marijuana Makes My Day’
New Panda Bear track, “Marijuana Makes My Day,” from a mixtape that Sonic Boom made, via Gorilla vs. Bear.
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Video: Watch Bret Easton Ellis-Written ‘Film’ for Dum Dum Girls’ “Are You Okay?’
New video for the Dum Dum Girls’ “Are You Okay?” is more than just another video, of at least that’s the intention.
Bret Easton Ellis wrote the script.
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Video: Watch Tweens’ ‘Be Mean’
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