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Audio: Bob Dylan Sings ‘Lonesome Day Blues,’ ‘Trying To Get To Heaven’ – The Tivoli, Brisbane, Australia, Aug. 27, 2014

Two more audio clips from Bob Dylan’s show at the Brisbane, Astralia club, The Tivoli, on August 27, 2014.

Plus the clips I’ve previously posted in case you missed them.

“Lonesome Day Blues”:

“Trying To Get To Heaven”:

“Thunder On The Mountain”:

“Ballad Of A Thin Man”:

“All Along The Watchtower”:

“Blowin’ In The Wind”:

Setlist:

Things Have Changed
She Belongs to Me
Beyond Here Lies Nothin’
Workingman’s Blues #2
Waiting for You
Duquesne Whistle
Pay in Blood
Tangled Up in Blue
Love Sick
High Water (For Charley Patton)
Girl From the North Country
Cry a While
Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum
Lonesome Day Blues
Tryin’ to Get to Heaven
Thunder on the Mountain
Ballad of a Thin Man
Encore:
All Along the Watchtower
Blowin’ in the Wind

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Audio: Bob Dylan Sings ‘Ballad Of A Thin Man,’ ‘Long And Wasted Years’ – Brisbane, 2014

Bob Dylan at The Tivoli. Photo by Paleearth.

I’ve previously posted a bunch of clips from Bob Dylan’s Brisbane, Australia shows.

You can find them here and here and here.

These new clips just went online. There’s “Long and Wasted Years” from the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre on August 25, 2014, and then a nearly 9 and one half minute “Ballad Of A Think Man” from Dylan’s club show at The Tivoli on August 27, 2014.

Enjoy.

Bob Dylan, “Long And Wasted Years,” the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, Brisbane, Australia, August 25, 2014:

Bob Dylan, “Ballad Of A Thin Man,” The Tivoli, Brisbane, Australia, August 27, 2014:

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Video: Radiohead’s Thom Yorke DJs Poolside At Roosevelt Hotel in L. A.

Thom Yorke at the Roosevelt Hotel. Photo from video by Spellesmusic.

Some fans videoed some of Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke’s recent DJ set out by the pool at the Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles.

Check it out.

Thanks Stereogum!

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Video: Thurston Moore & His Supergroup Do 13-Minute ‘Forevermore’

Thurston Moore and his new band.

Thurston Moore and his new supergroup, which includes Sonic Youth’s Steve Shelly and My Bloody Valentine’s Debbie Googe, performed at Belgium’s Pukkelpop festival this past weekend.

Moore’s got a new album called The Best Day due October 21, 2014.

Here is Moore and his band performing a song off the new album, “Forevermore.”

Thirteen minutes worth!

Plus here’s an old Sonic Youth track, “Climbers & Creepers,” that you might not have heard. This was part of Peter Coffin’s”Music For Plants” series.

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Video: Jack White Covers (Briefly) Beck’s ‘Devil’s Haircut’ & Much More in San Francisco

Jack White with new short haircut in San Francisco.

At his show last night, Jack White covered some of Beck’s “Devil’s Haircut” during “Sixteen Saltines.”

The show took place at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, CA.

Skip to the 11 minute mark to hear “Devil’s Haircut,” or better yet, enjoy all 11-plus minutes which includes some of a”Lazaretto,” “Steady As She Goes,” and “Sixteen Saltines”/”Devil’s Haricut.”

More of the show:

“Fell In Love With A Girl”:

“Just One Drink”:

“Bead Leaves and the Dirty Ground”:

“Temporary Ground”:

“Love Interruption”:

“Hotel Yorba”:

Theremin Madness with guitar:

“Top Yourself”:

“You Know That I Know”:

More “You Know That I Know”:

“Hypocritical Kiss”:

“I’m Slowly Turning Into You”:

“Ball and Biscuit”:

“High Ball Stepper”:

“Seven Nation Army”:

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Video: Arcade Fire Cover the Pixies’ ‘Alec Eiffel’ in Boston

Arcade FIre in Boston.

Hear Arcade Fire’s latest cover, the Pixies’ “Alec Eiffel” off 1991’s Trompe le Monde.

They performed this at the Xfinity Center, Mansfield, MA.

You’ll hear the group play a bit of the group Boston’s “More Than A Feeling,” and then into “Alec Eiffel.”

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Audio/ Video: Bob Dylan at Newport, 1965 – Complete – ‘Like A Rolling Stone,’ ‘Phantom Engineer’ & More

Bob Dylan, Michael Bloomfield at Newport, 1965.

OK, so I’ve posted this landmark set before, but someone just uploaded most of it again yesterday so why not give it another listen.

This never gets old for me.

This was Bob Dylan’s first public electric performance (OK, of course he played rock ‘n’ roll as a teenager, but after he started making records as a folk singer, this was the first electric show).

This took place on Sunday, July 25, 1965.

Here’s audio for the set opener, “Maggie’s Farm”:

Maggies Farm (Newport '65) by Bob Dylan on Grooveshark

This clip is the audio with the exception of “Maggie’s Farm.”

0:00 – Pre-show/Intro
2:20 – Maggie’s Farm (BLOCKED – Can be seen in “The Other Side of the Mirror”)
8:07 – Like a Rolling Stone
14:39 – Phantom Engineer (It Takes a lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry)
18:00 – Intermission/Intro
22:04 – It’s all Over Now, Baby Blue
29:34 – Mr. Tambourine Man

Here’s some of the video but no audio:

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Video: Bob Dylan Joins The Byrds for ‘Mr. Tambourine Man’ – 1990

Roger McGuinn Bob Dylan and David Crosby.

The Byrds —David Crosby, Chris Hillman and Roger McGuinn — reunited at a 1990 tribute to Roy Orbison and were joined by Bob Dylan for this performance of “Mr. Tambourine Man,” a song that was a folk-rock hit for The Byrds.

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Video: Thurston Moore Band with Steve Shelley, Deb Googe, James Sedwards in London – August 14, 2014

Thurston Moore Band

Thurston Moore Band (Thurston Moore/Steve Shelley/Deb Googe/James Sedwards) performing “Speak To The Wild” live for their first set at Cafe OTO, London on August 14, 2014.

First set:

“Speak To The Wild”:

“Germs Burn”:

“Grace Lake”:

“Detonation”:

“Forever Love”:

Second set:

“Detonation”:

“Germs Burn”:

“Speak To The Wild”:

“Forever Love”:

“Grace Lake”:

Another fan video from the show:

Full set: THURSTON MOORE feat. STEVE SHELLEY JAMES SEDWARDS | Clubbing , Casa Da Música | Porto March 3, 2014:

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Video: Neil Young Delivers Devastating 11+ Minute ‘Cortez the Killer’ in Italy – July 2014

Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Italy, 2014.

Incredible version by Neil Young and Crazy Horse of “Cortez the Killer,” Barolo Square, Barolo, Italy, July 21, 2014.

Thanks, Thrasher, for reminding me about this clip.

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