Joplin.
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Beck’s Record Club Is Worth Joining
“This summer, Beck launched Record Club, a series of covers reinterpreting an entire classic album from the past. The first album up is Velvet Underground and Nico (AKA that record with the Andy Warhol banana on the cover), upon which he and a group of eight musicians collaborated, filming the sessions and posting them on Vimeo (under his full name, Beck Hansen).”
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Monotonix at The Garage (24 August 2009)
(via @soundboy, photo by Anikainlondon on Songkick)
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“I offer all the songs that I am playing in the spirit of true friendship, and while singing them, if I should seem stern, because it will come over me like that sometimes, that’s the song, you know, that I’m humbled to serve.”
- Daniel Higgs
(via ARTHUR)
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I have listened to The Pains of Being Pure at Heart S/T debut LP 6 times in a row - no joke - over the course of the past 36 hours. That *never* happens. This record is so, so good. Belle & Sebastian meets My Bloody Valentine is how I keep describing it. Incredible. Its just one of those albums that gets stuck in your head in a good way - the way you’re just thirsty for it and you scroll through your iPod and you’re like, “oh shit, I guess I’ll just listen to it again.” Not a lot of music does that for me.
Thanks for turning me on to it, Ruth!
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Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros – Home
This band really blows me away. So great. So sad I missed them earlier this month in Philly.
whitneymcn:We’re going to be out of town on Sunday or I’d be at their Music Hall of Williamsburg show. Seriously, just watch this video of them performing Home; if you can watch that and still tell me you don’t want to check them out live you’re crazy.
It’s Arcade Fire, Afternoons, Johnny Cash, Dylan and Jesus all mixed together in a cauldron and poured onto stage to create a live show visual reminiscent of “Hair” Revue, but sounds like a polyphonic dream. toomuchhappiness
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I finally watched the Pixies reunion tour documentary loudQuietloud last night after having it on my queue for, like, 2 years. It was a perfect balance of live and behind-the-scenes, plus an interesting insight into older successful musicians’ lives. Very nice film.
(photo: Jonathan Furmanski)
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Fuck Buttons - Surf Solar
The first single from the new album Tarot Sport.
(via ATP Recodings on Vimeo)
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Documentary: What Is The Future Of Vinyl Music?
Josh Ralph takes an in-depth look at the possible future of vinyl records in this 3 part video documentary called “What is the future of vinyl music?”, which features interviews and insights from a wide range of vinyl and music fans, audio experts, record store owners, DJ’s and industry players.
NYLVI (click through to watch parts 2 & 3)
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The Social History of the MP3
My good friend Eric Harvey has been working on this essay for a few months now, and it came out just amazing. Eric is truly one of the best and most thoughtful critical writers out there right now, and he’s got a wonderful skill for articulating huge ideas and conveying a great deal of historical context without being dry and dull.
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Echo and The Bunnymen - The Puppet
The other day I had the great pleasure of watching “Urgh! A Music War” which features some of the best bands of 1980 playing live at various venues around the world. This clip is one of the best performances, but it was hard to choose which one to post because they are all amazing. The fashion, the sounds, the style. Awesome.
You can order the DVD direct from Warner Brothers (recommended) or watch a ton of clips on lo-fi quality YouTube.
Check out this incredible track listing:
The Police - Driven to Tears
Wall of Voodoo – Back in Flesh
Toyah Willcox – Danced
John Cooper Clarke – Health Fanatic
OMD – Enola Gay
Chelsea – I’m on Fire
Oingo Boingo – Ain’t This the Life
Echo & the Bunnymen – The Puppet
Jools Holland – Foolish I Know
XTC – Respectable Street
Klaus Nomi – Total Eclipse
Athletico Spizz 80 – Where’s Captain Kirk?
The Go-Go’s – We Got the Beat
Dead Kennedys – Bleed for Me
Steel Pulse – Ku Klux Klan
Gary Numan – Down in the Park
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts – Bad Reputation
Magazine – Model Worker
Surf Punks – My Beach
The Members – Offshore Banking Business
Au Pairs – Come Again
The Cramps – Tear It Up
Invisible Sex – Valium
Pere Ubu – Birdies
Devo – Uncontrollable Urge
The Alley Cats – Nothing Means Nothing Anymore
John Otway – Cheryl’s Going Home
Gang of Four – He’d Send in the Army
999 – Homicide
The Fleshtones – Shadowline
X – Beyond and Back
Skafish – Sign of the Cross
UB40 – Madame Medusa
The Police – Roxanne
The Police– So Lonely
Klaus Nomi – Aria
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Weathervane Music - BC Camplight’s “Your Daddy Is A Little Girl”
The next installment of the 2009 Weathervane Music Project Series is now up! After premiering the video to a packed room at their show at Johnny Brenda’s Friday night, we’re proud to officially release BC Camplight’s “Your Daddy Is A Little Girl,” written by Brian Christinzio and produced by Brian McTear. The song is available as a FREE download at theProjects page, where you can also watch an amazing video profile of the band and a technical video documenting many of the ins and outs of the recording process.
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Ruth - Polaroid/Roman/Photo
Hot track, Britt! Nice find.
britticisms:Delicious French New Wave with an addictive scattering of horns and boy and girl vocals. The beat is slinky while the melody gets stuck in your head all day long. The above is the title track from their 1985 record, the group’s only LP release.
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