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Broken Bells, Willis Earl Beal, The Family Rain, Lioness   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

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HOSPITALITY's video for "Going Out" stars Dean Wareham and Britta Phillips.

BROKEN BELLS is advance streaming After The Disco via iTunes.

WILLIS EARL BEAL is advance streaming A Place That Doesn’t Exist.

THE FAMILY RAIN is advance streaming Under The Volcano.

FOUR TET is streaming early releases via Bandcamp

TEGAN & SARA drop “Don’t Find Another Love" from the Endless Love soundtrack.

DALE EARNHARDT JR JR covers Randy Newman's “I Think It’s Gonna Rain Today”.

THE TREMELOES: "Here Comes My Baby," live circa 1967. Written by Cat Stevens.

PETE SEEGER, the singer, folk-song collector and songwriter who spearheaded an American folk revival and spent a long career championing folk music as both a vital heritage and a catalyst for social change, died on Monday in Manhattan. He was 94. The New York Times obituary, however, is pretty lame when it comes to discussing Seeger's Communist past (as the NYT knows, Seeger didn't denounce Stalin until the 1990s).  The New Republic does a better job, and refers to ex-communist Ron Radosh's writings on Seeger. Whatever one's opinion of Seeger's politics, his music, Stalinism, or the blacklist, the supposed Paper of Record could have done much better at reporting that aspect on Seeger's momentous life and career.

THE HOLD STEADY frontman Craig Finn talks to the Memphis Flyer about the band's upcoming album and tour. (Thx, LHB.)

U2 manager Paul McGuinness talks about the road from pubs to stadiums.

JONATHAN RICHMAN: Ten of his best.

JUSTIN BIEBER has decided to move out of Calabasas; the egging incident and the Sheriff's raid on Bieber's home were the final straw. Will he retire from music and open a tattoo parlor? It's too good to check.

MILEY CYRUS &  MADONNA: Unplugged together. Obligatory, really.

VIN DIESEL dances with himself... to the strains of Beyonce and Katy Perry.

ZOOEY DESCHANEL is designing for Tommy Hilfiger.

CAPTAIN AMERICA 3 is already being discussed, even before the sequel opens this Spring.

CLASSIC COEN BROTHERS FILMS, reinterpreted as gig posters.

UKRAINE: Anti-government protesters on Tuesday said they would not leave the streets despite a vote by Ukraine's parliament repealing anti-protest laws that have sparked demonstrations and takeovers of government buildings. The vote came hours after Prime Minister Mykola Azarov submitted his resignation in a bid to end the protests that have gripped the country since November.

THE UNITED NATIONS Security Council urged countries to stop the payment of kidnap ransoms to extremist groups like al Qaeda, which have earned hundreds of millions of dollars from such crimes.

EGYPT: Former president Mohammed Morsi went to court for his trial related to a January 2011 jail break. An Egyptian general in the Interior Ministry was shot dead outside his home in Cairo.

IRAQ: The US will sell 24 Apache attack helicopters to the Iraqi military.

A LIONESS sneaks up on a reporter.

GEM the PUPPY is looking good after surviving a trip through a recycling center.

ZOMBIE BEES are spreading across the United States

MAN STABS SHARK, stitches up his own leg, goes to the pub for a beer.

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Sweetheart, Plus/Minus, Golden Smog, Chickens   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Tuesday, January 28, 2014 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

Karl

CULTS played "“Keep Your Head Up” at the Ed Sullivan Theater.

SWEETHEART 2014: Fab love songs covered by fab artists, streaming at NPR.

PLUS/MINUS advance streams Jumping The Tracks.

MARK McGUIRE advance streams Along The Way.

GOLDEN SMOG, Live at the Great American Music Hall,June 26, 1996.

CHVRCHES covers the Bauhaus classic "Bela Legosi's Dead" for the Vampire Academy soundtrack.

CLOUD NOTHINGS drop "I'm Not Part of Me" ahead of  Here And Nowhere Else. Nice!

THE MINDBENDERS bring Twofer Tuesday: "Game of Love" and "Groovy Kind of Love."

SAVAGES talk to PopMatters about Throbbing Gristle, Alan Moore, Surrealist Manifestos, and more...

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN plans to sell recordings of his shows at exorbinant prices. I blame the bankers.

MAXWELL's: The inconic Hoboken music club is reopening as an artisanal pizza parlor.

THE 10 BEST GRATEFUL DEAD SONGS, according to Stereogum.

SCARLETT JOHANSSON: Preview her Super Bowl commercial.

HEIDI KLUM and her bodyguard boyfriend Martin Kirsten split after dating for a year and a half.

ELIZABETH BANKS will make her feature directorial debut with Pitch Perfect 2.

QUENTIN TARANTINO has filed a copyright lawsuit against Gawker Media for allegedly disseminating copies of his script, The Hateful Eight.

ADAM SCOTT & PAUL RUDD gave Bosom Buddies the shot-for-shot parody treatment.

BETTER CAUL SAUL: Jonathan Banks has joined Bob Odenkirk for the Breaking Bad prequel.

UKRAINE: The Ukrainian president and opposition leaders have agreed to scrap anti-protest laws that had fueled anger at the government, the presidency says. Viktor Yanukovych also offered an amnesty to protesters, but only if they cleared barricades and stopped attacking government buildings.

SYRIA: The US is providing light arms, including antitank rockets, to "moderate" rebels in southern Syria. The US has also resumed the shipment of nonlethal aid, including vehicles and communications equipment, to Syrian rebels in the north, a month after shipments were suspended following the seizure of Free Syrian Army warehouses by Islamist rebels. A recent effort to unify jihadist ranks split by infighting with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham has temporarily stalled.

EGYPT: Army chief Abdel Fatah el Sisi is expected to soon announce plans to run in presidential elections, a move supported by the military.

HUNDREDS OF CHICKENS made a brave bid for freedom when a truck transporting them overturned on a motorway in China.

FLATULENT COWS set fire to a German dairy farm.

CATS were lifted off their feet by the blast of gale-force wind that ripped across counties from Kent to the Midlands on Saturday afternoon, accompanied by lightning, hailstones and torrential rain.

SNATCHED BY A CROCODILE: A 12-year-old boy is missing in a remote part of the Australian Outback.

 

 

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David Crosby, Robert Ellis, Jeremy Messersmith, Marissa Nadler, Deer   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Monday, January 27, 2014 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

Karl

ARCADE FIRE covers INXS's "Devil Inside."

ROBERT ELLIS is advance streaming The Lights from the Chemical Plant.

JEREMY MESSERSMITH is advance streaming Heart Murmurs.

MARISSA NADLER is advance streaming July.

DAVID CROSBY is advance streaming Croz.

MARCHING BAND is streaming So Much Imagine.

TEGAN & SARA sing an Oreo jingle.

THE MARY ONETTES drop "Silence Is A Gun" ahead of Portico.

THE BOTH: Aimee Mann and Ted Leo share "Milwaukee" ahead of their self-titled LP.

PAUL COLLINS & PETER CASE, formerly of The Nerves, play "Hanging On The Telephone" in-store.

NEIL YOUNG shares his recording philosophy.

NEIL GALLAGHER reviews Oasis videos...and he hates them.

THE PIXIES talk to Salon about the perks of being veteran artists, and the downsides of social media.

A HISTORY OF THE DRUM MACHINE, from Soul-Sides' Oliver Wang.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Ride Along repeats atop the chart with 21.2 million; its 49 percent drop is not terrible after a long weekend debut, and 75.4 million against a 25 million production budget should leave a happy studio. Lone Survivor repeats at No. 2 with 12.6 million; again, a 43 percent drop isn't great for a well-reviewed war movie (and one unlikely to do big overseas biz), but 93.6 million so far against a 40 million production budget isn't bad. The Nut Job shows with 12.3 million on a 37 percent drop -- and should recoup its 42 million production budgetin the coming week.  Frozen moves up a notch to the fourth slot with another 9 million and a 347 million domestic total against a 150 million production budget (worldwide, it has crossed the 800 million mark).  Jack Ryan Shadow Recruit rounds out the Top Five with 8.8 million; the reboot seems unlikely to recoup its 60 million budget domestically, but has grossed 76.7 million worldwide so far.  Below the fold, I, Frankenstein opened in sixth place with 8.3 million against a 65 million budget. Ouch. I note, however, that Lionsgate isn't really taking the hit for this -- Lakeshore Entertainment (which produced the similar Underworld series) is really the company on the hook for this one. Also, American Hustle continues to lead the Oscar-bait on this week's chart, despite the widening releases for Dallas Buyers Club and Nebraska.

BEHOLD A PALE HORSE: The Grammys Winners.

JAY-Z & BEYONCE top Billboard's Power 100 List.

JUSTIN BIEBER resurfaces on the beach in Panama with Chantal Jeffries, who has a record. Bieber's people are asking the singer to come back to L.A. so they can sit with him and convince him to go into therapy.  Meanwhile, TMZ questions the charges against him.

ROBIN WILLIAMS & PAM DAWBER, together again. Ork, ork.

JOSH LUCAS and his wife, Jessica Ciencin Henriquez, are calling it quits after almost two years of marriage.

UKRAINE: Dozens of protesters on Sunday seized the justice ministry in Kiev, smashing its windows.

THE UNITED KINGDOM: The head of the Police Officers' Association said British nationals who travel to Syria to fight with the rebels could be arrested upon their return, and noted that already this year UK authorities have arrested 16 people on suspicion of terrorism offenses in Syria, compared to 24 arrests total in 2013.

LIBYA: Kidnappers holding five Egyptian diplomats gave Egypt 24 hours to release Libyan Revolutionaries Operations Room head Shaban Hadia Al-Zway, who was arrested two days ago in Alexandria on suspicion of links to al Qaeda. As a precaution, Egypt evacuated staff from its embassy in Tripoli and consulate in Benghazi.

SYRIA: The Assad regime and the Syrian opposition failed to reach any agreements in their first face-to-face meeting.

THE UNITED STATES Congress cut the US military and development aid budget for Afghanistan for this year to $1.1 billion, down from last year's $2.1 billion, in the wake of President Karzai's refusal to sign a bilateral security agreement and reports of waste and fraud in Afghanistan.

IRAN: The head of the UN's nuclear watchdog says the interim deal reached with Iran on its nuclear program is an important step forward, but that "there is still a long way to go".

A DEER. In the woods.

THE BIRDS are forcing the move of a Spokane bus stop.

THE CANNIBAL RATS' GHOST SHIP likely sunk.

AN ABANDONED PINK PUPPY finds a home.

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The Clash, Posies, Jagwar Ma, Jayhawks, Cutout Bin, Rabbits   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Friday, January 24, 2014 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

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THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

...with THE CLASH! Although Saturday Night Live polices clips turning up o­n the Internet, we have its long defunct imitator, Fridays, to thank for these April 1980 high-octane performances of "London Calling" and "Train In Vain," followed by equally powerful takes o­n "The Guns of Brixton" and "The Clampdown."

THE POSIES perform live on KEXP's Morning Show

JAGWAR MA plays a mini-set at KEXP.

ROSANNE CASH played an intimate session at Apogee Stduios for Morning Becomes Eclectic.

THE JAYHAWKS: Poised for Stardom.

ARCADE FIRE is streaming the soundtrack to Her.

THE HOLD STEADY drops "I Hope This Whole Thing Didn't Frighten You" ahead of Teeth Dreams. Rawk On.

BUILT TO SPILL covers Bob Dylan's "Jokerman."

MADNESS: "One... Step... Beyond."

PATTERSON HOOD: The Drive-By Trucker discusses his Portland residency, balancing family with band life, "drinking for a living," Willy Vlautin, Jason Isbell and...Kendrick Lamar? (Thx, LHB.)

MY BLOODY VALENTINE have innovated a great deal in the world of drums, rhythm and percussion over their 30-year career, but this has been overlooked in the race to acclaim their guitar progressions.

LYDIA LOVELESS talks to SPIN about jumping from alt-country to fuzzy jangle-pop, firing her Dad from the band, and more...

JAMES GOVAN: The successor to Otis Redding who wasn't.

CUTOUT BIN: From Robyn Hitchcock to Belle & Sebastian, from Radiohead to Edgar Winter, from Scott McKenzie to The Jam, plus Jimi Hendrix, Stone Roses, the Beatles, Todd Rundgren and more -- this Friday's fortuitous finds are streaming from the Pate page at the ol' HM.

NOW SHOWING: This weekend's only new wide release is I, Frankenstein, which seems like the unholy Frankenspawn of Van Helsing and Underworld and unsurprisingly was not screened for critics. However, Oscar bait Nebraska (91 percent) and Dallas Buyers Club (93 percent) are expanding wide or near-wide.

JUSTIN BIEBER was arrested in Miami Beach early Thursday on charges of drunk driving and drag-racing. His people are urging him to seek help. Bieber reportedly ratted out his mother as one of his drug suppliers.

ANNE HATHAWAY thought people needed a break from her.

DEAN McDERMOTT: Tori Spelling's husband, who's been the subject of cheating rumors since the holidays, has entered rehab.

QUENTIN TARANTINO's quashed script for The Hateful Eight has found its way to the media.

THE KARDASHIANS: Are viewers finally tiring of them?

WONDER WOMAN: Gal Gadot inked a three-picture deal with Warners.

UKRAINE: Violent protests have spread beyond the capital, Kiev, as President Viktor Yanukovych held crisis talks with three key opposition leaders.

IRAQ: The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham killed four civilians in a bombing in Babil, an Awakening leader near Kirkuk, two policemen and a civilian south of Mosul, a policeman in Hit, a soldier in Abu Ghraib, and a civilian in Badush.

SYRIA: Al Qaeda emir Ayman al Zawahiri issued an audio statement urging jihadist groups in Syria to avoid "partisan fanaticism" and focus on their common enemies, to submit themselves to a shared sharia court with enforcement powers, and to feel free to name a leader for themselves.

LIBYA: The Congress commissioned President Nuri Abu Sahmain to assume the role of Commander in Chief for a month to deal with instability in the country, including ongoing clashes in Sebha.

A RABBIT STAMPEDE: Let's go to the video.

THE O'HARE AIRPORT ALLIGATOR story results in criminal charges.

ABUSED DOG gets a prosthetic paw. Accent on the "aw."

A GHOST SHIP OF CANNIBAL RATS may be headed for Britain.

 

 

 

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Uncle Tupelo, Villagers, Eric Gaffne, Didga   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Thursday, January 23, 2014 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

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STEPHEN MALKMUS & THE JICKS perform "Lariat" on French television.

UNCLE TUPELO is streaming the deluxe edition of their classic No Depression LP.

VILLAGERS played a mini-set for Deezer Sessions

ERIC GAFFNEY, a co-founder of Sebadoh, has a trove of unreleased material on Bandcamp

ALL SONGS CONSIDERED: Tracks from Real Estate, Actress, Saintsenecs and more highlight the latest edition of the series.

THURSTON MOORE has a "Detonation" as a single.

OFF!: The punk supergroup drops "Void You Out" ahead of Wasted Years.

SUPERFOOD drops a "TV" ahead of heir upcoming MAM EP.

THE JAGS have your number written on the "Back of My Hand." From TOTP and the "Where Are They Now?" file.

BELLE & SEBASTIAN: Stuart Murdoch talks to Rolling Stone about his first foray into filmmaking, being inspired by John Hughes and Belle and Sebastian’s plans for their ninth album.

SHARON JONES talks to Rolling Stone about beating cancer and career advice from Riker's inmates.

LUCINDA WILLIAMS talks to Rolling Stone about her upcoming, Muscle Shoals-inspired album.

ROGER DALTREY is fronting a new album by Wilco Johnson (Dr Feelgood), who was  iagnosed with pancreatic cancer in January 2013.

JUSTIN BIEBER is trying to keep the police out of his cellphone.

JONAH HILL did The Wolf of Wall Street for 60 grand.

BILL COSBY is returning to an NBC sitcom near you. 

QUENTIN TARANTINO shelves The Hateful Eight after the script leaked.

SHIA LeBEOUF claims his recent bizarre behavior was "performance art." So now maybe Joaquin Phoenix also has a plagarism claim (Yes, I'm kidding).

VANESSA PARADIS isn't bitter about Johnny Depp's engagement to Amber Heard, in case you were wondering about the terms of their separation agreement.

THE CAPTAIN & TENILLE: Love isn't keeping them together anymore.

PIXAR is making a Star Wars film?

SYRIA: At the Geneva II talks on Syria, Secretary of State Kerry said "parallel efforts" will be made during the talks to find other ways to pressure the Assad regime. Kerry also revived the idea that Iran could be part of the negotiations.

IRAN: An apparent delay in Iran's building of a nuclear conversion plant suggests its stockpile of low-enriched uranium gas will grow for a while longer, despite Tehran's deal with world powers to curb its disputed atomic activity.  Iran's oil exports have picked up modestly in January for the third consecutive month, according to sources who track tanker movements, adding to signs that the easing of sanctions pressure on Tehran is helping its oil exports to recover.

IRAQ: Security forces killed an Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham leader east of Ramadi, 50 ISIS fighters in Anbar, 13 ISIS fighters west of Baghdad and two in Latafiyah, 10 south of Mosul, three near Samarra, and two more in Tikrit.

AFGHANISTAN: Fourteen Taliban fighters died in a premature detonation in Helmand. Oops.

DIDGA the CAT's Super Skateboarding Adventure.

THE SLOTH-MOTH PACT: It's everything you imagined.

ARE BRITISH BATS migrating to the Netherlands?

MYSTERY SEE-THROUGH SHRIMP(?) caught near New Zealand.

 

 

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