Most people don’t like to admit it – but many of music lovers have fantasized of being a rock star. I mean really – haven’t you ever been driving your car listening to a great band and imagining yourself on stage in place of ____________. ?????
I will admit to pretending (in my mind of course) [...]
On this date in 1978, Johnny Thunders released his first solo album, So Alone. It included the single, “(You Can’t Put Your Arms Around A) Memory“. Johnny Thunders was, of course, in The New York Dolls and Johnny Thunders and The Heartbreakers before this solo effort. He had an all-star lineup of musicians helping him [...]
On this date in 1982, Monsoon released their third single, “Tomorrow Never Knows“. It was backed by “Wings Of The Dawn“. Both tracks appeared on their only album, Third Eye. The London, England post punk/new wave band disbanded in 1983 after one album and a few singles.
Wikipedia: Monsoon
Blogload: Monsoon – Third Eye – happynewwave.blogspot.com
A smattering of Manchester indie-loveliness from Help Stamp Out Loneliness, which you could file under ‘twee’ or ‘C-86′ if you want. For us, though, we’re stapling them firmly onto the ’sounds a bit like The Would-Bes’ card we keep in our musical filing system.
It’s nothing to do with this, by the way:
This is what it’s [...]
The entire Beatles back catalogue has appeared online in a proper download shop. Bluebeat are knocking the lot out for 25 cents a go.
Bluebeat. You surely have heard of them?
Wired is surprised, too:
The idea that the various stakeholders involved with the Beatles would license an unheard-of music store to sell the band’s music at such [...]
Thanks to Pitchfork for giving me the best news of the week: Spoon’s upcoming seventh LP has a name, a tracklist, and a birthdate! Transference drops via Merge on January 26th. Seasoned Spoon concert vets will probably recognize the tracklist, which means they’re already way ahead of the advantage curve on this one [...]
Cory Doctrow takes to The Times to patiently explain to Peter Mandelson why it won’t work:
Fifteen years of draconian copyright regimes show that when you create powerful enforcement tools without any consequence for misuse, they get misused. And half a century’s worth of evidence on digital technology shows that no amount of enforcement will make [...]
Tomy Iommi has, effectively, buggered his hands with years of heavy-riffing, and now he’s turned to stem cells to see if he can reverse the problem:
“I’ve had this problem with my hand and I’ve had this stem-cell treatment on it,” Iommi told the BBC Radio 2 Radcliffe and Maconie Show. “The cartilage [was worn out [...]
Charles Montgomery – better known as Chuck Biscuits – has died.
His drumming in DOA helped create the sub genre Hardcore. His energetic battering of drums took him through a number of Vancouver bands before he moved to California. Arriving in 1982, he started a five-month spell with Black Flag before moving through another large number [...]
Let’s hope it’s not over before it’s really begun: The XX have pulled a series of European dates because Baria Quereshi stepped down yesterday with exhaustion.
They played London without her, but they’re not sure what the future holds:
Sim added that the band will be discussing their future this weekend after Quereshi’s temporary break and nothing [...]