Check out this new track from Jamie XX, “All Under One Roof Raving,” which he debuted on BBC Radio 1.
Listen here.
The song begins right around the 60 minute point in the show. By the way, right after the Jamie XX track is a cool one by Stevie Wonder, “AS.”
Here’s cool footage of the XX rehearsing “Angels”:
Thanks Pitchfork!
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New album, The Voyager, coming from Jenny Lews July 29, 2014.
Check out this WYNC Soundcheck podcast with Lewis playing songs from the album.
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Bob Fass interviews Bob Dylan on his “Radio Unnameable” radio show at WBAI in New York on January 26, 1966.
This is an amazing window into what Dylan was like in those days. It’s like Dylan is hanging out in your living room free associating.
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The Arctic Monkeys participated in the Australian radio network Triple J’s “Like A Version” cover series, covering the Arctic Monkey’s “Feels Like We Only Go Backwards.”
The Arctic Monkeys’ acoustic version is quite good.
Arctic Monkeys, “Feels Like We Only Go Backwards”:
And the original.
Tame Impala, “Feels Like We Only Go Backwards”:
[In August of this year I’ll be publishing my rock ‘n’ roll/ coming-of-age novel, “True Love Scars,” which features a narrator who is obsessed with Bob Dylan. To read the first chapter, head here.]
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The Hold Steady performed at the Fuzz 92.1 Radio Theater, Scranton, PA, USA on April 6, 2014.
Check these out.
“Almost Everything”:
“You Can Make Him Like You”:
“The Only Thing”:
“The Ambassador”:
“Big City”:
“Spinners”:
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Here’s Bob Dylan singing “Only A Hobo” at WNBC Radio Studios in New York on the Oscar Brand Show, March 1963.
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On Lou Reed’s birthday, March 2, 2014, Radio Valencia featured major Velvet Underground fan Jonathan Richman DJing an epic two-hour Lou Reed show.
You can listen right now.
Here’s the playlist:
We’re Gonna Have A Real Good Time Together by The Velvet Underground from Another View (1969/1986)
Velvet Underground by Jonathan Richman from I, Jonathan (1992)
White Light/White Heat by The Velvet Underground from White Light/White Heat (1968)
I’m Waiting for the Man by The Velvet Underground from The Velvet Underground and Nico (1967)
Jonathan discusses Lou Reed and The Velvet Underground I
I Heard Her Call My Name by The Velvet Underground from White Light/White Heat (1968)
Venus in Furs by The Velvet Underground from The Velvet Underground and Nico (1967)
Some Kinda Love by The Velvet Underground from The Velvet Underground (1969)
Jonathan discusses Lou Reed and The Velvet Underground II
What Goes On by The Velvet Underground from 1969: The Velvet Underground Live (1974)
Heroin by The Velvet Underground from 1969: The Velvet Underground Live (1974)
Jonathan discusses Lou Reed and The Velvet Underground III
Foggy Notion by The Velvet Underground from VU (1969/1985)
Sweet Jane by The Velvet Underground from Loaded (1970)
Jonathan discusses Lou Reed and The Velvet Underground IV
Sister Ray by The Velvet Underground from White Light/White Heat (1968)
Thanks Doom and Gloom From the Tomb!
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David Byrne, Mike Mills formerly of R.E.M, Cake’s John McCrea, Tift Merritt, and Marc Ribot performed at NYC’s Le Poisson Rouge Tuesday evening. The concert supported Content Creators Coalition-NYC, a group currently petitioning congress for pay-for-play radio royalties for artists, Consequence Of Sound reported.
As it stands now, when a recording is played on the radio, the composer is paid a royalty but not the recording artist (unless they happen to be the composer.)
Byrne covered “Just a Friend” by Biz Markie to make a point.
“Mr. Markie didn’t write that tune (although he did probably write the rap),” Byrne wrote in his e-newsletter. “The drum and keyboard loop was lifted from a Freddie Scott recording, but the song was written by Gamble and Huff, the great songwriting team that wrote for The O’Jays and The Spinners. So chances are Biz Markie didn’t see any royalties from all the radio play that song got.”
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Check out photographer Jo Lopez’s photos from Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band’s second night in Adelaide, Australia on February 12, 2014. — Bruce Springsteen website
The Swans have completed their 13th studio album, To Be Kind, out May 13th. To Be Kind will contain 10 Swans songs and clocks in at over two hours. Guests include St. Vincent. One song, “Bring The Sun,” is 35 minutes in length. — Rolling Stone
Roland has announced that the company is producing a new 808/909 hybrid drum machine that it’s calling the TR-8. “With the TR-8, we have obsessively analysed and faithfully re-created every detail and nuance of the analogue circuitry of these legendary rhythm machines,” Roland states in its description of the TR-8. “The boom and snap of the 808. The thud of the 909. The robotic click of an 808 rim shot or a classic 909 snare roll. It’s all here.” — Pitchfork
Former Sex Pistols frontman John Lydon will write an autobiography with music journalist Andrew Perry as his Boswell. Simon & Schuster plans to publish the book in October. “This book is basically about the life of a serious risk-taker,” Lydon said. “I make things safe for other people to follow on in my wake. I’m a stand-up-and-be-counted fella – but that’s in a world where nobody seems to be able to count.” — New Musical Express
Beck, Kendrick Lamar and Neutral Milk Hotel will headline this year’s Pitchfork music festival, which takes place in Chicago July 18 – 20, 2014. There will be a DJ set from Giorgio Moroder, and performances from Grimes, Pusha T, Kathleen Hanna’s the Julie Ruin, Sun Kil Moon and Tune-Yards. — Billboard
Da La Soul, celebrating the 25th anniversary of 3 Feet High and Rising, have made their entire catalog—including remixes, instrumentals and rarities—available free for download on their site until noon ET tomorrow, February 15, 2014. So get on it NOW and get the music while you can. — De La Soul website
Bob Weir rebooted RatDog last August and the group is currently touring for the first time since 2009. The lineup is bassist Rob Wasserman, bassist Robin Sylvester, guitarist Steve Kimock, drummer Jay Lane and keyboardist Jeff Chimenti. RatDog is mixing Grateful Dead songs, RadDog originals, other Bob Weir songs and various covers. — jambands.com
Kimono Kult is the new group that includes former Mars Volta members John Frusciante and Omar Rodríguez-López plus Bosnian Rainbows’ Teri Gender Bender. Check out “La Canción De Alejandra” off their debut EP, Hiding in the Light, due out March 4, 2014.
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Sky Ferreira will perform on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” on February 28, 2014.
Arcade Fire violinist Sarah Neufeld has a new EP and you can stream it right now.
U2 will perform “Ordinary Love” for the first time live at the Oscars on March 2, 2014.
Former X singer Exene Cervenka is holding a four-day garage sale that started today, getting rid of decades worth of cool stuff so she can relocate from L.A. to Austin, Texas. “I have eight guitars – nobody needs eight guitars!” she said. — Rolling Stone
Maggie Estep, an important figure in the early-’90s slam poetry movement died Wednesday, two days after suffering a heart attack. She was 50. — New York Times
Bob Dylan will perform two shows in Ireland this summer. He’ll be in Cork at Live at the Marquee on June 16, 2014, and then play in Dublin at the O2 on June 17, 2014. — The Independent
Beck will appear on “Saturday Night Live” as musical guest on March 1st, the Saturday following the release of his new album, Morning Phase. — Rolling Stone
Savages will release an EP later this year that will include the track “Fuckers.” Singer Jehnny Beth told Australia’s Tripple J radio: “We’re going to release a song that we play live called ‘Fuckers’. We recorded it live from a show did in London last fall at The Forum. It’s going to be available on vinyl as well. We’re also be covering a Suicide track called ‘Dream Baby Dream’.”
Kitten’s new “Money” video features Chloe Chaidez in bed with Ariel Pink. I reminds me of Andy Warhol’s film, “Beauty No. 2” staring Edie Sedgwick.
“Beauty No. 2”:
Prince performing “Chaos and Disorder” in Shepherd’s Bush Empire on February 9, 2014:
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