11/07/2008
The Kinks to Reunite?! Work on New Songs?!!
In 2000, I saw Ray Davies, lead singer of the Kinks, perform at a the Jane Street Theater in NYC...with Yo La Tengo as his backing band!! It was truly awesome witnessing Davies reach into his "Kinksy" back catalogue and play such favorites as "A ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 11/07/2008 10:29 AM EST in 60's Pop, Rock, NOICE!! | Permalink
09/15/2008
R.I.P. Pink Floyd's Rick Wright
Sadly, legendary Pink Floyd keyboardist Richard "Rick" Wright passed away today at the age of 65. As a founding member of the insanely influential band, Wright played a major role by incorporating his progressive style into such Floyd classi ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 09/15/2008 9:38 PM EST in Rock, 60's Psych | Permalink
08/19/2008
Video: Chromeo Stops By Daryl Hall's House For a Jam Session
Last month the only successful Arab/Jew music duo known as Chromeo stopped by Philly fav Daryl Hall's (of Hall and Oates) home studio to film a webisode of the Live From Daryl's House. The electro-funksters joined Hall and his band in some l ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 08/19/2008 8:55 AM EST in Rock, WTF?, 80's Pop, Video, Local Music | Permalink
08/04/2008
Watch This Trailer: Lemmy Of Motorhead Gets His Own Documentary
Oh Lemmy, how we love your relentless dedication to all things rock and roll. If that weird growth on your face had a mouth it would groan obscenities incoherently, while spewing whiskey. How dreamy. I'm glad you have finally gotten your own doc ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 08/04/2008 7:18 AM EST in Rock, Movie Music, Video, Metal | Permalink
07/09/2008
Ray Manzarek Wonders If Jim Morrison Is Still Alive, Plans To Make New Doors Movie
Rumors have been swirling about the "death" of The Doors' elusive lead singer Jim Morrison, since the day he "died" in 1971. Did he fake his own death to avoid the French Police? Perhaps he is now living in Africa? How about a key member of the ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 07/09/2008 9:08 AM EST in Rock, WTF?, 60's Psych, News | Permalink
06/15/2008
On Father's Day: A Springsteen Tribute to Tim Russert
As many of you know Tim Russert, NBC News Washington Bureau Chief and moderator of Meet the Press, passed away on Friday. Personally, I feel a loss because this is really the first time that I have followed the presidential campaigns very cl ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 06/15/2008 1:07 PM EST in Rock | Permalink
06/06/2008
Video: Jeremy Jay is Walkin' on Air
This morning I caught this on Buzzfeed and after just a few seconds I was nodding my head. Jeremy Jay's "Airwalker" is like a funkier version of a Galaxie 500 tune, or what Lou Reed would've sounded like in the late 70's had he traded in his whi ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 06/06/2008 11:26 AM EST in Indie-Pop, Rock, YouTube | Permalink
06/03/2008
Bo Diddley Bounces into the Beyond - A Walrus Tribute
Bo Diddley, one of Rock music's originators, passed away yesterday of heart failure at his home in Archer, Florida. Diddley's innovating music was an inspiration to many popular blue-eyed soulsters of his time like Buddy Holly, Mick Jagger, and ...
Read MorePosted by Emily on 06/03/2008 12:13 PM EST in Rock, YouTube, Blues | Permalink
05/29/2008
Sink Into Elvis Costello's Blue Chair
Elvis Costello's "Blue Chair" single off the 1986 Blood and Chocolate album is one of my favorite upbeat songs about unrequited love. Produced by T-Bone Burnett, this pub rock classic is certain to help all the rebuffed "other men" in the world ...
Read MorePosted by Emily on 05/29/2008 12:29 PM EST in Rock | Permalink
05/28/2008
Holy Sh*tballs! New Music From Wire!!
Wire is probably my favorite band of all time (or at least one of them) and hearing new music from them is always a cause for celebration, especially when it sounds as good as the sonically-charged "One of Us." Of course this tune is nowhere ...
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