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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
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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
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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
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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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Snowbird, Connections, Elizabeth & the Catapult, Falcon   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Wednesday, January 22, 2014 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

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DALE EARNHARDT JR JR drops a video for "Run."

SNOWBIRD, featuring fmr Cocteau twin Simon Raymonde with cameos from members of Radiohead, is advance streaming Moon.

CONNECTIONS, Columbus lo-fi pop-rockers, are advance streaming Year One.

ELIZABETH & THE CATAPULT is advance streaming Like It Never Happened.

SHY BOY is advance streaming their self-titled debut.

SUSANNA HOFFS: "Feel Like Making Love" is back after a period of absence. You're welcome.

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN talks about High Hopes and plugs a lot of other artistsin an interview for The Record.

PAVEMENT: An oral history of their fab LP, Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain.

GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR talks about their controversial reaction to winning the Polaris Prize.

GOOGLE's MUSIC TIMELINE still needs a little work.

KATY PERRY talks to GQ about aliens, her body, going geisha and more...

JUSTIN BIEBER blows 75K in a Miami strip joint.

KANYE WEST's 18-year-old battery victim wants a cash settlement.

LINDSAY LOHAN held a last-minute press conference at the Sundance Film Festival to announce her next film.

BARBARELLA may be headed to the small screen.

THE GRAMMYS add Lindsey Buckingham, Dave Grohl, NIN and QotSA to the lineup.

THE UNITED STATES: Top American and Russian officials discussed security cooperation during the Sochi Olympics. The Navy said air and naval assets, including two warships in the Black Sea, will be available during the Olympics in case they are needed for contingency operations resulting from a terrorist attack.

AFGHANISTAN: US military officials are urging the Obama administration to consider keeping 10,000 troops in Afghanistan after 2014 and drawing that number down to near zero by the end of Obama's term; they say fewer troops will be insufficient for security purposes and thus the only other option would be a full pullout at the end of this year.

SYRIA: Three Islamist fighting groups, including the large Islamic Front coalition as well as the Islamic Union of the Soldiers of al-Sham and the Army of the Mujahideen, issued a statement yesterday rejecting the Geneva II talks and vowing to fight on; they also thanked Turkey and Qatar for their support. In an effort to combat the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham, the US, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar have reportedly been funneling cash and weapons to rebel groups, including the Syrian Revolutionary Front and the Army of Islam.

A FALCON stole a hidden camera, films penguin documentary.

THE SQUIRREL THREAT: Yesterday was Squirrel Appreciation Day? Have we learned nothing?

A PORCUPINE fell on a woman's head, sticking her with hundreds of quills. Don't cross the Pirhana Bros. Ever.

CATS can now buy hand-made leather and nickel silver battle armor.

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Hospitality, Morgan Delt, Jake Bugg, Cats, Dogs, Stairs   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Tuesday, January 21, 2014 - 08:00 AM
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BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & JESSE MALIN cover The Ramones' "Do You Remember Rock N' Roll Radio?"

HOSPITALITY is advance streaming Trouble

MORGAN DELT is advance streaming his remarkably trippy self-titled album.

JAKE BUGG plays a solo acoustic set at WNYC Soundcheck.

SONS OF FATHERS stopped by KUTX for a mini-set.

BECK drops a new song, "Blue Moon," ahead of Morning Phase.

THE SOFT MOON dropped "Feel" as a single. (Not the Big Star number.)

SHARON JONES & THE DAP-KINGS played "Retreat!" and " You'll Be Lonely" for Conan and Twofer Tuesday.

THE ORWELLS: Mario Cuomo talks to ClashMusic about creating their own scene, touring and more.

CHERRY GLAZERR, a teenage band on the rise, is profiled at LA Weekly.

JOHNNY RIVERS: The 'Secret Agent' of rock 'n' roll.

RADIO's ANSWER TO SPOTIFY? Less variety.

JUSTIN BIEBER had drugs and drug paraphernalia strewn all over his house when it was raided Tuesday ... but drugs were not on deputies' radar. Also, the Biebs sexted pics to Selena Gomez after their breakup. Not a wise choice.

BEN AFFLECK's equipment was a subject on the podium of the Producers' Guild Awards.

LENA DUNHAM responds to the controversy over her retouched Vogue photoshoot.

KHLOE KARDASHIAN complains about the paparazzi on her reality show. M'kay.

J.J. ABRAMS says the script for Star Wars Episode VII is complete, and confirms that he’s talked with Breaking Bad actor Jesse Plemons about a role.

THE UNITED STATES: Despite concerns about terrorism at the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, heightened by the release of a threatening video by Islamist militants, the US is sending a relatively small security contingent to the games.

LIBYA: Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb is said to be regrouping and moving freely between bases in Libya and neighboring countries.

IRAN: A global interim agreement to halt Iran's nuclear program, which went into force Monday, will not stop Tehran trying to develop a military atomic capability, Israel's prime minister said.

SYRIA: The UN has withdrawn its invitation to Iran to join this week's peace conference on the Syria crisis. Syria’s main political opposition group, the Syrian National Coalition, threatened, via Twitter, to withdraw from the talks, while France and Saudi Arabia said Iran was not welcome. Iran wanted to attend without accepting the idea of a Syrian transitional government.

CATS & DOGS teach their offspring to take the stairs.

A TURTLE TRAFFICKER was sentenced to a year in prison after pleading guilty to a federal conspiracy.

BRITISH ZOO MONKEYS have been cut off bananas.

A MAN AND A BENGAL TIGER, best of friends... mass hysteria!

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