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Aretha, Robyn Hitchcock, Charles Bradley, Cutout Bin, Concrete Cat   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Friday, May 10, 2013 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

Karl

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

...with ARETHA FRANKLIN, Live in Stockholm, 1968! The "Lady Soul" concert was broadcast on Swedish TV, including "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman," "Come Back Baby," "Dr Feelgood (Love Is A Serious Business)," "Since You've Been Gone (Sweet Sweet Baby)" "I  Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You)," "Chain Of Fools," and "Respect."

ROBYN HITCHCOCK stopped by Morning Becomes Eclectic for a session.

CHARLES BRADLEY stpped by The Current for a chat and mini-set.

PHOSPHORESCENT: Matthew Houck visits the KEXP studios along his band to perform his brand of indie rock featuring songs from his latest record "Muchacho."

LOW stopped by World Cafe for a chat and mini-set. 

THE LOVE LANGUAGE drops "Calm Down" ahead of Ruby Red.

WILLIAM SHATNER, BEN FOLDS & JOE JACKSON: Just some "Common People."

VAMPIRE WEEKEND talks to Pitchfork about the making of Modern Vampires of the City.

GOGOL BORDELLO: Eugene Hutz talks to Rolling Stone about throwing Latin American music into his Balkan stew.

ORIGINAL MTV VJS NINA BLACKWOOD AND MARTHA QUINN talk to USA Today to promote their joint memoirs of the early days of the once-revolutionary channel.

20 UNEXPECTED COVER SONGS, compiled by the HuffPost.

CUTOUT BIN: From REM to the Coasters, from Billy Bragg to James Brown, from Thomas Dolby to King Khan, plus, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, Proclaimers, Ramones, Bruce Foxton and more -- this Friday's fortuitous finds are streaming from the Pate page at the ol' HM.

NOW SHOWING: This weekend's wide releases are Baz Luhrmann's take on The Great Gatsby, which is currently scoring 42 percent on the ol' Tomatometer; and Tyler Perry Presents Peeples, also scoring 42 percent.

AMERICAN IDOL is axing Mariah Carey, Randy Jackson, Nicki Minaj, and Keith Urban.

AMANDA BYNES pleaded no contest to driving on a suspended license.

NINA DOBREV & IAN SOMERHALDER split, making The Vampire Diaries a bit awkward.

MACAULAY CULKIN has moved in with Babyshambles frontman Pete Doherty in Paris. What could possibly go wrong?

24 may return as a limited series on Fox. Kiefer Sutherland is negotiating and establishing a perimeter.

THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. may have its woman in Alicia Vikander.

THE WORLD'S END: Director Edgar Wright, with Simon Pegg and Nick Frost (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz) have an international trailer for the completion of the Cornetto trilogy.

HEZBOLLAH leader Nasrallah said Syria will provide the terror group with "game-changing weapons" as a strategic response to Israeli airstrikes on Hezbollah weaponry in Syria.

SYRIA: The Syrian Army is trying to retake lost territory in Qusayr, Aleppo, and Idlib.

LIBYA: Militiamen continue to blockade the Foreign and Justice ministries. Prime Minister Zeidan said militiamen threatened him with a grenade and a gun during negotiations yesterday. Security forces evicted irregular brigades from 56 sites in and around Tripoli.

EGYPT: An American citizen was stabbed near the US embassy in Cairo. Authorities discovered a cache of weaponry in the South Sinai. Two senior Muslim Brotherhood officials failed to show up for a speaking engagement at a Washington, D.C. think tank; their current whereabouts are unknown.

 

THE CAT That Loved Concrete.

FEED ME, SEYMOUR: A new species of carnivorous plant has been found in Aichi Prefecture, on the central-southern coast of Japan's main island.

GRASSHOPPERS swarm ex-Beatle Paul McCartney in Brazil.

PYTHON in a Winnipeg dumpster.

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Jon Pratt, Iron & Wine, Palma Violets, Grant Hart, Catman   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Thursday, May 09, 2013 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

Karl

PATE REUNION:  Jon, Mike & Jon (and we hope Ron) will be retaking a stage somewhere near Iowa State University on July 5th, 2013, just one short decade after their last reunion gig.  Clear your calendar for something transcendent, a train wreck, or both!  If you're on the Facebook, check in with the event page.

JON PRATT rehearses the Pate deep cut, "It's A Crime," to prep for the reunion.

IRON & WINE: Sam Beam stops by WNYC Soundcheck for an unplugged set.

JAMIE LIDELL played solo, with the help of a table full of electronics, live in the WNYC Soundcheck studio.

THE VEILS visit the KEXP studios and perform a set of tunes from the album "Time Stays, We Go."

PALMA VIOLETS stop by The Current for a chat and mini-set. 

GRANT HART drops "Is The Sky The Limit?" and "Letting Me Out" ahead of The Argument, a double album based on John Milton's epic poem Paradise Lost. I think I prefer the latter track, but ymmv.

QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE dropped “I Sat By The Ocean” and “If I Had A Tail” on Belgian radio.

DAVID BOWIE brings in Gary Oldham and Marion Cotillard for "The Next Day," which is likely NSFW.

PATTI SMITH talks to L.A. Weekly about Banga, her memoirs, and more. (Thx, LHB.)

ELEANOR FRIEDBERGER talks to Stereogum about making her Personal Record, her upcoming “full band” tour, and the vague future of Fiery Furnaces.

THE MARS VOLTA gets a retrospective from PopMatters.

1963: The Guardian looks back at the year that would define rock and pop music for the next 50 years.

BRITNEY SPEARS confirms she's doing a Vegas residency.

CHRIS & LUKE HEMSWORTH staged an intervention to end brother Liam's engagement to Miley Cyrus.

JENNIFER LAWRENCE photobombs Sarah Jessica Parker at the 2013 Met Gala in NYC.

MICHAEL JACKSON was a "monster" and sexual abuser, according to the lawyer for famed choreographer Wade Robson. Jacko's estate calls the claims outrageous and pathetic.

NICK LACHEY says the best part about being divorced from Jessica Simpson is that he no longer has to play grabass under the table with Creepy Papa Joe.

ROBERT DOWNEY JR. is looking for Tony Stark money to reprise his Iron Man role. Will the Mouse pony up?

WYNONA RYDER was told she was not pretty enough to be an actor.

MOROCCO: A prominent Salafist preacher issued a takfir fatwa against Moroccan human rights activist Ahmed Assid for suggesting that religious school textbooks could lead youth to violence, and called for Assid to be 'silenced.'

ALGERIA: The opposition Islamist Movement for a Peaceful Society party chose hardliner Abderrezak Mokri as its new leader during the fifth party congress, held over the weekend in Algiers. The congress was attended by Islamist leaders from Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Syria, Egypt, and the Palestinian group Hamas.

LIBYA: A veteran diplomat gave a riveting minute-by-minute account of the lethal terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya, last Sept. 11 and described its contentious aftermath in nearly five hours of testimony at a charged Congressional hearing that reflected the weighty political stakes perceived by both parties.

IRAQ: Keeping silent on terrorist groups and failing to co-operate with security forces is prohibited under sharia law, a number of Iraqi clerics said.

CATMAN: Duhnuh nuhnuh nuhnuh nuhnuh...

TAPEWORMS burrowed into the brain of a British volunteer in Madagascar. The penguins are still cute, though.

MAYBE THE BEAR ate your monkey.

THE GIANT SNAILS invade Houston.

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Vampire Weekend, Pistol Annies, Sharon Jones, Nectar-Feeding Bats   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Wednesday, May 08, 2013 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

Karl

GIRL CRISIS: Members of Chairlift, Class Actress, Au Revoir Simone, TEEN and more cover the Bangles' hit "Walk Like an Egyptian." (Was actually written by Liam Sternberg, but you know what I mean.)

VAMPIRE WEEKEND advance streams Modern Vampire of the City via iTunes.

PATTY GRIFFIN streams American Kid.

PISTOL ANNIES advance stream Annie Up.

ALL SONGS CONSIDERED: New tracks from the Polyphonic Spree, Akron/Family, Eleanor Friedberger and more highlight the latest edition of the series.

SHARON JONES & THE DAP-KINGS reurn with "Retreat," and it's anything but. My fave of theirs in a while!

MIKAL CRONIN covers The Proclaimers and Sixpence None The Richer on Ukelele.

SUFJAN STEVENS sings on Chris Schlarb's cover of the Beach Boys' "'Til I Die."

ROGUE WAVE drops “Siren’s Song” ahead of Nightingale Floors.

SIR PAUL McCARTNEY: "Birthday."

THE INVENTION OF DAVID BOWIE: A longread from the New York Review of Books. (Thx, LHB.)

NOAH AND THE WHALE: Charlie Fink talks to The Observer about the new album, and the last one's PR treadmill: "For us, the coasts are great, then some spots in the South, then it's getting to Chicago. On the way to Chicago is where you find the challenges."

BUILT TO SPILL, ranked by Stereogum.

THE BAND's 10 BEST SONGS, according to Stereogum.

 

RAY HARRYHAUSEN, the animator and special-effects wizard who found ways to breathe cinematic life into the gargantuan, the mythical and the extinct, died on Tuesday in London. He was 92 and lived in London.

LINDSAY LOHAN is being allowed to take Adderall at the Betty Ford Clinic... for now.

CHARLIE SHEEN & DENISE RICHARDS were in court Tuesday as the judge pored over what sources say is a shocking report about conditions in Brooke Mueller's home.

RACHEL LEIGH COOK and her husband, Vampire Diaries star Daniel Gillies, are expecting their first child.

TIGER WOODS embarrasses LINDSEY VONN at a celebrity gala after party. Shocka.

ANNE HATHAWAY goes blonde.

TOM CRUISE has officially decided to accept Mission: Impossible 5.

GIRLS GONE WILD founder Joe Francis may be going to jail for attacking a woman at his mansion in 2011.

SPOCK vs SPOCK: It's an extended Audi ad, but a good one. Extra points for the song.

THE UNITED STATES: A Pentagon report blamed the Chinese government and military for cyberattacks on US governmental and defense contracting websites, and suggested cyberwarfare has become part of Chinese military strategy.

SYRIA: The US and Russia agreed to try to convene a meeting later this month between the Assad regime and the opposition in an effort to resolve the Syrian conflict.

LIBYA: Defense Minister Barghathi resigned but then withdrew his resignation after being asked to remain by the prime minister and others. The government issued a statement denying that any of the ministers had resigned. Militiamen continue their siege of the Foreign and Justice Ministries. A Navy officer was assassinated in Benghazi. A US diplomat in Tripoli said special operations assistance during the 2012 attack on the Benghazi consulate was requested but denied.

IRAQ: Security forces captured a senior al Qaeda leader in Mahmudiyah just two days after he entered Iraq from Syria, and three al Qaeda fighters who were transporting IEDs in Anbar.

NECTAR-FEEDING BATS may have the most dynamic tongues in the mammal world, according to a new study.

A DOME-HEADED DINOSAUR roughly the size of a large dog once roamed the plains of southern Alberta, a team of Canadian scientists announced Tuesday.

BILLIONS OF CICADAS: A horny insect horde is set to hit the East Coast of America in search of sex after lying dormant for almost two decades.

HOW CAN BUMBLEBEES commit crime?

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The Stooges, Orange Peels, Veronica Falls, Rottweiler + Deer   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Tuesday, May 07, 2013 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

Karl

IGGY & THE STOOGES play a First Listen Live concert at (Le) Poisson Rouge. Plus a vintage 1972 profile from Nick Kent.

NEW RELEASES are down at the reportedly shuttered Spinner, but they promise to return.

THE ORANGE PEELS advance stream Sun Moon.

DUNGEONESSE advance streams their self-titled debut LP.

SMALL BLACK advance streams Limits of Desire.

VERONICA FALLS play a live set of their signature lively reverb-heavy music from their latest record "Waiting for Something to Happen" on KEXP.

JAMES BLAKE: The english electronic R&B artist James Blake stops by the KEXP studios for a live set of music featuring songs from his latest record, "Overgrown."

ROBERT POLLARD drops “I Killed A Man Who Looks Just Like You.”

THE ROLLING STONES were joined by TOM WAITS on "Little Red Rooster" at Oakland’s Oracle Arena. And why not a vintage clip of "The Last Time" for Twofer Tuesday?

R.E.M.: The deluxe reissue of Green is marked with an hour-long 1988 interview reposted by Pitchfork.

BURT BACHARACH talks to Weekend Edition about his memoirs, the value of melody, and writing a song about rain for a movie scene that had none.

NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL: An unecessary defense of the band, at Drowned In Sound.

LAURYN HILL has been sentenced to 3 months in prison for failing to pay taxes on about a million bucks.

THE ABBA MUSEUM opens today.

LINDSAY LOHAN was saved from almost certain arrest by the lawyer she once stiffed and fired ... this according to the judge.

CHRIS PINE talks to Out magazine about his breakup with model Dominique Piek, his friendship with Zachary Quinto and more...

BEYONCE talks to ABCNews about her family, her new movie, and the reax to her trip to Cuba.

CHRIS BROWN confirmed his latest breakup with Rhianna.

JUSTIN BIEBER was attacked onstage in Dubai.

TEEN MOM Farrah Abraham now has a NSFW trailer for her, er, videotape and dropped another clip that's even more NSFW.

SYRIA: Carla del Ponte, a leading member of the UN's team investigating possible use of chemical weapons in Syria, said there were "strong concrete suspicions but not yet incontrovertible proof" that sarin gas had been used by Syrian rebels.  However, the White House disagrees.

EGYPT: An alcohol seller was gunned down by men believed to be Islamist militants in the Sinai.

LIBYA: Militiamen blockaded the Foreign Ministry again, after pressing Congress to pass a law barring Gaddafi-era officials from holding public office. The militiamen now demand the removal of Prime Minister Zeidan.

A ROTTWEILER and A DEER, playing together...mass hysteria!

A PLAGUE OF TOXIC CATERPILLARS invades the UK.

TORTOISES in dino-cosies

A GROUNDHOG terrorizes the Bridgeton Little League. Dinsdale!

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Phoenix, Eluvium, Shovels & Rope, Skateboarding Beagle   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Monday, May 06, 2013 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

Karl

PHOENIX, performed "Trying to Be Cool" and "Drakkar Noir" at the Ed Sullivan Theater before a full Live on Letterman webcast.

ELUVIUM advance streams Nightmare Ending.

CLASSIXX advance streams Hanging Gardens.

SHOVELS & ROPE play songs from their debut on Mountain Stage.

THE MEN brought an alt-country, punk rock-americana set to the KEXP studio for a session of songs mostly off of the album "New Moon".

QUEEN was killer back in '74.

VAMPIRE WEEKEND: Ezra Koenig and Rostam Batmanglij talk to All Songs Considered about New York, mischief and the new LP.

JEFF HANNEMAN, who died of liver failure at 49 on Thursday, was the songwriter, sometimes-lyricist and shredding fingers behind some of Slayer's most enduring songs.

RID OF ME: An oral history of the PJ Harvey album that just turned 20. Get Off My Lawn.

13 SONGS About Losing Your Virginity. There Will Be Meatloaf.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Iron Man 3 dwarfed all competition with 175.3 million, the second-highest opening ever afterThe Avengers.  IM3 already has a worldwide gross of 680.3 million -- easily beating the total grosses for the first two Stark sagas.  It will likely finish somewhere around the 5th to 7th all-time grosser... until 2015 brings and Avengers sequel, anyway. Marvel magic plus Disney marketing = Box Office Gold, Jerry. Pain And Gain placed a distant, distant second with 7.6 million on a 62.5 percent drop.  42 shows with 6.2 million.  Oblivion heads there with 5.8 million (thanks the marketers for opening this abroad well ahead of Iron Man).  The Croods round out the Top 5 with 4.2 million.

LINDSAY LOHAN checked into the Betty Ford Clinic for what is to be a three-month stay.

KEIRA KNIGHTLEY married Klaxons keyboardist James Righton in a low-key ceremony.

CHARLIE SHEEN's twin boys were removerd from the home of their mother Brooke Mueller, after officials decided her house was an “unsafe environment” for children. The children are now in the care of Denise Richards.

REESE WITHERSPOON: Bonus crazy arrest video.

JAIME KING and husband Kyle Newman are expecting their first child later this year.

SNOW WHITE & THE HUNTSMAN could become a trilogy. Sigh.

THE UNITED STATES: The FBI has found radical Islamist material, including al Qaeda's online magazine, on the computer of the widow of slain Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev.

SYRIA: anonymous Obama administration officials now tell the New York Times the President's comments about a "red line" in Syria was an ad-lib. Oh boy. Regardless of whether this is truth or spin, and whatever one thinks about US involvement in Syria, or about the Obama administration, one has to wonder how the world's less rational regimes will take this sort of story.

EGYPT: The secular opposition is reaping scant benefit from the Muslim Brotherhood's difficulties in government.

LIBYA: An armed militia attacked and broke up a meeting of government supporters in Benghazi.

IRAQ: Insurgents killed seven Iraqis in a bombing at a Sunni mosque in Baghdad. Al Qaeda killed two soldiers in Taji. Security forces detained a wanted al Qaeda leader in Mawahil and three al Qaeda propagandists in Anbar.

 

MURPHY THE BEAGLE skateboards, plays rugby.

I WAS SWALLOWED BY A HIPPO: "The hippo who tried to kill me wasn't a stranger – he and I had met before a number of times..."

MAN AGAINST SNAIL: An epic battle is raging in South Florida.

SHOW AND TELL: University students have been known to get up to wild antics in the past but no-one could have imagined an alligator would be found in one of their cars on campus.

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