GREAT concert! Thanks to Musecology 1. If You Found This It's Probably Too Late 2. Brianstorm 3. Still Take You Home 4. From The Ritz To The Rubble 5. Dancing Shoes 6. Balaclava 7. I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor 8. Teddy Picker 9. Do Me A Favour 10. Mardy Bum 11. Fake Tales Of San Francisco 12. This House Is A Circus 13. If You Were There, Beware 14. The View From The Afternoon 15. You Probably Couldn't See For The Lights But You Were Looking Straight At Me 16. When The Sun Goes Down 17. Leave Before The Lights Come On 18. A Certain Romance + Get it here + Check out the review
Thanks to B.O.O.T.L.E.G.S for this one! 01. Panic 02. First Of The Gang To Die 03. The Youngest Was The Most Loved 04. You Have Killed Me 05. Disappointed 06. Ganglord 07. I'll Never Be Anybody's Hero Now 08. William, It Was Really Nothing 09. Irish Blood, English Heart 10. I Will See You In Far Off Places 11. Girlfriend In A Coma 12. Everyday Is Like Sunday 13. In The Future When All's Well 14. I've Changed My Plea To Guilty 15. Let Me Kiss You 16. The National Front Disco 17. Dear God, Please Help Me 18. How Soon Is Now? 19. I Just Want To See The Boy Happy 20. Life Is A Pigsty 21. Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want 22. Don't Make Fun Of Daddy's Voice + Get it here
Although this might be an overplayed song, it still amazes me... the beauty of such guitar playing and singing by Jose Gonzalez. I can't wait for his new album.
This weekend I'm starting a section which I'd love to get your feedback. Every week I'll cover a different bassist that I admire and inspires me on their playing. Although James Jamerson would be the ultimate Number 1 for me, I'm still gathering more data to write that one up.
This week the spotlight is on Willie Weeks:
Born in Salemburg, North Carolina, Weeks grew up working in the fields and listening to country, pop, and R&B on the radio. At age 12 he started singing and then playing guitar in a gospel group—learning on a homemade axe strung with fishing line—and when the group began performing alongside big-time acts, he got his first glimpse of an electric bass. “It was a Fender Precision,” Weeks recalled in a May ’90 Guitar Player interview. “I said, ‘Man, that’s it!’” In the 30 years between Donny Hathaway’s Live and John Scofield’s That’s What I Say, Willie Weeks has played on more than 200 albums. Here’s a partial list of artists whose tracks his grooves have graced: Billy Joel, Chaka Khan, Michael McDonald, Buddy Guy, Aretha Franklin and so many others. Currently his is touring with Eric Clapton. The snippet below that I took from Clapton's last performance in Detroit on April 5th, illustrates a little bit what Willie is able to do with the bass.
First there was Cesaria Evora, Then Lura, and now, the Portuguese/Cape Verdean singer/composer/guitarist Sara Tavares. The title of this CD (pronounced bal-on-SAY) refers to the equilibrium necessary for balancing her mixed, Crioulo culture that stretches from Africa, Europe, and the Americas. Blessed with an angelic voice, and a knack for writing accessible compositions that are global, yet ancestral, Tavares is closer to Les Nubians than to Evora, as the title track makes clear. She's more about adapting her homeland's musical conceptions to include Angolan sembe Afrobeats on "Poka Terra," with rapper Melo D, reggae, and Cape Verdean coladeira rhythms on "Planeta Sukri," co-starring vocalist Boy Ge Mendes. Fadista Ana Moura helps Tavares tell her soulful story on "De Nua." With this heartfelt, autobiographical work, Sara Tavares emerges as a new dark and lovely diva for this decade. --Eugene Holley, Jr. + Check it out (thanks to Sarajevo-X forum)
Judging by their first single - Wish Upon a Dog Star - Perry Farrell's new band is very promising. Later you learn that he has paired with Nuno Bettencourt (ex-Extreme) and this musical partnership not only defined sound but crystalized the band. The debut album - Ultra Payloaded (to be released on May 29th) - features a host of guests participating in the recording. That includes The Red Hot Chili Peppers Flea and John Frusciante, UK production duo/beat-makers Hybrid, New Order/ Joy Division bassist Peter Hook, down tempo pioneers Thievery Corporation, Porno for Pyros' guitarist Peter DiStefano, Black Eyed Pea's Fergie, film composer Harry Gregson-Williams (Chronicles of Narnia, Kingdom of Heaven), and a 30-piece orchestra. According the Perry's own words "Our album, 'Ultra-Payloaded,' is a story expressed through music. The story centers around a group of people known as the Solutionists. They're a brain trust of artists, musicians, technology cats and fashionistas that plan these wonderful underground parties. They become experts at the art of public display. All the songs on the record tie into the story line, but here are some excerpts that go along with each song." Stay tuned for more... + MySpace website + Wish Upon a Dog Star (1st single)
01. Sunshower 02. Can't change me 03. Flutter girl 04. Mission 05. Preaching the end of the world 06. Seasons 07. Fell on black days 08. Disappearing one 09. Moon child 10. Sweet Euphoria + Check this out
Waiting For The 7.18 Positive Tension Banquet Hunting For Witches This Modern Love The Prayer Uniform I Still Remember So Here We Are Little Thoughts Helicopter Sunday + Check it out
01. Knights Of Cydonia 02. Hysteria 03. Supermassive Black Hole 04. Showbiz 05. Map Of The Problematique 06. Forced In + Bliss 07. Butterflies and Hurricanes 08. Feeling good 09. Invincible 10. Starlight 11. Plug In Baby 12. New Born 13. Time is Running out 14. Stockholm Syndrome 15. Take a bow Password: sgeltoob Quality A+
Every time a tribute album comes out we have the probably of the quality inconsistency amongst the bands contributing to the project. This one follows the same rule. I would say that Tom's voice is probably one of the key elements of Keane's sound, which becomes quite evident listening through this sub-par tribute CD. I know that no one here is an accomplished musician, but just a die hard fan... Hamburg Song is probably one of those interesting and worth listening to. + Under the Ironed Sheets - Keane Tribute CD
A GREAT radio broadcast. Thanks to Some Bootlegs 01. Cold cold heart 02. Sunrise 03. Thinking about you 04. Sinkin' soon 05. Not too late 06. Not my friend 07. Humble me 08. Wake me up 09. Broken 10. Until the end 11. Creepin' in 12. The long way home 13. Little room 14. My dear country 15. Rosie's lullaby 16. Be my somebody 17. Don't know why 18. Come away with me 19. Encore, applause 20. Lonestar RS1 - RS2
This was a free acoustic show recorded on May 5th 1995 in the infamous Sproul Plaza (a major center of student activity at the University of California, Berkeley) Set List: 1- Last Goodbye 2- Lover you should have come over 3- So real 4- Mojo pin 5- Grace, + Link 1
Earlier this year, Brooklyn foursome Takka Takka started offering a free EP for download over the internet; by the end of September, dudes were playing for thousands at Central Park in support of full-length debut We Feel Safer at Night, opening for fellow unsigned word-of-blog heroes Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (the bands once shared a member).
A few songs stood out in my first listen: "Coco on the Corner", "We Feel Safer at Night", "Fever" e "They Built You Up Too Fast". + Check it out
We had a blast @ 5th Ave Bar! To those that came thank you SO MUCH! We've got a great feedback. This will certainly keep us going. For those that couldn't make it, we've got some videos for you! * November Sky
I guess this was the video that generated a lot of controversies for being about 2 lesbian girls in a high school.. whatever is the reason to promote it, I'm here for the music. That one on most part is interesting but it reveals evident influences of Morrisey and his previous band - The Smiths. That's my 2 cents. Any takers?
GREAT concert! Thanks to Musecology 
