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Deke Richards RIP, Generationals, Local Natives, Westerberg, Pandas   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Wednesday, March 27, 2013 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

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WAVVES' video for "Afraid Of Heights" features cross-dressing, dive bars, and more.

GENERATIONALS advance stream Heza. Me likes it.

LOCAL NATIVES stopped by the World Cafe for a chat and mini-set. 

UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA exhibit their funky style during this live set featuring songs from their first two albums as well as a cover of "My Shadow" by Jay Reatard. Live on KEXP from Mellow Johnny's in Austin, TX during SXSW 2013.

PAUL WESTERBERG, Live on KFOG, Spet. 12, 1996.

DALE EARNHARDT JR JR returns with “If You Didn’t See Me (Then You Weren’t On The Dancefloor).”

DEKE RICHARDS (center), who as part of the songwriting and production team known as the Corporation was responsible for many of Motown Records' signature songs, died Sunday of esophageal cancer. He was 68. Among his co-creations are the Jackson 5's No. 1 hits "I Want You Back," "ABC" and "The Love You Save."

MARIANNE FAITHFULL: The "grande dame" of British pop talks to Mojo about Brecht's Seven Deadly Sins and the reissue of her classic Broken English album.

CHAOS CHAOS: Chloe and Asy Saavedra-- formerly Smoosh -- talk to Drowned In Sound about changing names, cities, business models, etc.

EARWORM: Scientists' tips for getting that tune out of your head.

25 ALBUMS You Should Own On Vinyl, according to Spinner.

LINDSAY LOHAN was adamant that she not be forced to go to rehab until after Coachella.

JUSTIN BIEBER: Investigated for battery.

JARED LETO received a fan's severed ear in the mail.

ROBERT PATTINSON inks a 12 million dollar deal with Dior.

HUGH HEFNER claims to have slept with over 1000 women.

KORDELL STEWART has filed for divorce from his reality star wife Porsha Williams. She was blindsided.

EMMA WATSON will receive MTV's second annual Trailblazer Award. She's also nominated for three other MTV Movie Awards for her role in The Perks of Being a Wallflower, which I highly recommend.

WILLIAM SHATNER is appalled at a Star Trek parody video produced by the Internal Revenue Service at taxpayer expense.

SYRIA: A car bomb killed at least three people, wounded dozens and blew the windows out of buildings in northeastern Damascus on Tuesday as rebel fighters stepped up attacks in the Syrian capital, pro-government television stations said.

EGYPT: Salafist and Muslim Brotherhood leaders are working together in view of an imminent crackdown by President Morsi's government on opposition forces. A political activist was released after he demanded a judge for his case.

A PANDA MOM wrasssles her cub.

THE SQUIRREL THREAT: A militant rodent started a fire that disrupted a funeral procession.

A CHINESE SQUID ate a bomb.

THE SWARM: An estimated 8000 honey bees attached themselves to the front left tire of a truck in Houston.

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New Releases, Mudhoney, Caveman, Matt Costa, Cat & Soldier   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

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THE MEN drop "I Saw Her Face" as their debut video, full of primitive, old skool video fx.

NEW RELEASES from Junip, Crime & the City Solution, Fleeting Ends and more are streaming via Spinner.

MUDHONEY is advance streaming Vanishing Point.

CAVEMAN is streaming their self-titled sophomore album.

MATT COSTA stopped by Morning Becomes Eclectic for a session.

JUNIP offers up “Your Life, Your Call” for download.

DRAMARAMA give you "Anything, Anything" and a "Last Cigarette" for Twofer Tuesday.

MARNIE STERN gets personal with the Village Voice.

DAVID BOWIE, ranked by Stereogum.

MICHAEL NESMITH talks to the L.A. Times about his solo tour, songwriters, current likes, etc. 

PU$$Y RIOT: The embattled Russian collective was interviewed by 60 Minutes.

LINDSAY LOHAN: The lockdown rehab she promised to do is a fiction.

JESSE JAMES tied the knot with drag racer Alexis DeJoria.

HAYDEN PANETIERRE & WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO were caught canoodling on camera at Sunday's Miami Heat-Charlotte Bobcats game.

JAMES FRANCO is a terrible neighbor ... so say the people living next to the actor's L.A. home, who claim he leaves trash everywhere, takes up valuable parking spaces, and makes a lot of noise.

KATE UPTON: Laying the groundwork to reject that online prom invite.

ASHLEY GREENE's condo fire was officially ruled an accident.

TIGER WOODS is the top ranked golfer in the world again.

THE UNITED STATES Justice Department unsealed a guilty plea today by Ahmed Abdulkadir Warsame, a Shabaab leader and coordinator between Shabaab and al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb.

ISRAEL renewed monthly tax transfers to the Palestinian Authority.

EGYPT's top prosecutor issued arrest warrants for five leading rights activists for allegedly inciting violence against the Muslim Brotherhood.

 

A SOLDIER SAVES A CAT: A cat repays the favor.

A PREGNANT WOLF SPIDER is believed to have traveled more than 6000 miles from India in a box of grapes.

ZUUL: A family cat was discovered in the wall of her home - which had been struck by an airplane - just before a wrecking ball was set to take down the wreckage.

GRUMPY CAT was unimpressed by her TIME photoshoot.

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Telekinesis, John Denver, Jimi Hendrix, Luka the Husky   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Monday, March 25, 2013 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

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RILO KILEY loves L.A. in the video for "Let Me Back In."

TELEKINESIS is advance streaming Dormarion.

THE MUSIC IS YOU:  Various Artists stream a tribute to John Denver.

THE JIMI YOU NEVER KNEW: A two-hour episode of World Cafe showcasing music that has surfaced over the past few years and interviews with family, friends and musicians.

SHOUT OUT LOUDS chat and plays songs from their new LP at WNYC Soundcheck.

PRIMAL SCREAM drops “It’s Alright, It’s OK" ahead of More Light. And it's more than OK.

THE SMITHS: The Paolo Cuckoo Tape.

HARRY NILSSON: "Everybody's Talking" on Swedish TV, circa 1969.

JOHN FOGERTY talks to Spinner about his late brother, Dave Grohl, Tina Turner and more...

DEVENDRA BANHART talks to The Guardian about Britpop, life under Chávez and childhood memories of bugs' guts.

WILD BELLE: Elliot Bergman makes a mix of songs about bells for The A.V. Club.

WHY ISN'T CHEAP TRICK IN THE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME? is now a band as well as a good question.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: The Croods top the chart with 44 million, a bit above projections.  It took in another 62 million in foreign markets, suggesting Dreamworks Animation is back after its stumble with Rise of the Guardians.  Olympus Has Fallen places with 30.5 million -- considerably above projections in the 20 million range, despite poor reviews.  Oz the Great and Powerful slides 47 percent to show with 22 million, almost exactly as projected. Oz now totals around 314 million worldwide against a 215 million budget.  The Call drops 49 percent to the fourth slot with 8.7 million (but 30 million total against a 13 million budget).  The debut of Admission rounds out the Top Five with 6.4 million, which is probably disappointing for a movie with Tina Fey and Paul Rudd, but not terrible against a 13 million budget.

LINDSAY LOHAN continues to drink — and drink often — despite being sentenced this week to 90 days of lockdown rehab.

RHIANNA barely acknowledged her tardiness when took the stage at Barrington High School moments ago - despite being more than four hours and 30 minutes late for her much-anticipated charity gig.

TILDA SWINTON has currently taken up residency sleeping at MoMA.

DENNIS & KIMBERLY QUAID are reconciled, but can't stop their divorce.

MILEY CYRUS seemed to be in a great mood after fiance Liam Hemsworth flew back to L.A. from his native Australia.

ASHLEY GREENE (Twilight) lost her dog in a condo fire.

ROBERT REDFORD: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.?

MALI: In the third major offensive since fleeing the town in January, Islamist militants attacked French and Malian forces in Gao after slipping past checkpoints on March 23. French President Hollande confirmed that Abdelhamid Abou Zeid, a senior leader of al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, was killed "during combat led by the French military in the Ifoghas Mountains in northern Mali at the end of February."

ISRAEL: Hackers claimed to have breached the Mossad's firewall and obtained details on over 34,000 Israeli officials. Israeli forces destroyed a Syrian machine gun nest after gunmen fired from Syria into Israel twice in the past 24 hours.

ALGERIA: The Islamist Green Bloc is preparing to select a candidate to run for president in 2014.

SYRIA: Rebels loyal to the al Qaeda-linked Al Nusrah Front and the Al Yarmuk Brigade captured a strategic military base south of Damascus.

IRAQ: Security forces captured al Qaeda's mufti, or religious emir, for Babil province and 19 "wanted gunmen" in Baghdad.

LUKA THE HUSKY just wants to watch TV.

A GREAT WHITE gets his head in a shark diving cage. What say you, Police Chief Brody?

MOM vs 7-FT GATOR, in a schoolyard just as students prepared to leave for the day.

MILLIONS OF PRAWNS have now blanketed a beach in Coronel,Chile. Alert Robyn Hitchcock.

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Byrds, Wire, Surfer Blood, True Believers, TK, Cutout Bin, Big Daddy   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Friday, March 22, 2013 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

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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.

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

... with THE BYRDS!  Pretty much because I dig them as we turn into Spring (or Fall).  Let's start with a rare 1965 clip of their breakthrough smash cover of "Mr. Tambourine Man."  There are screaming girls, plus go-go dancers when they hit Shivaree for "All I Really Want to Do" and "Feel A Whole Lot Better."  Next up is a rare sync of "I Knew I'd Want You." There are even more dancers when they cover Buddy Holly's "Not Fade Away" for Shindig! on June 23, 1965, while I'm pretty sure that's Ed Wynn introducing "Chimes of Freedom."  You might recognize the voice introducing "Bells Of Rhymney" from poolside in August 1965 and "It Won't Be Wrong" from a corral in January 1966 on Where The Action Is.  BONUS:  Want a couple in color?  Here's "Turn, Turn, Turn!" and "Mr. Spaceman." DOUBLE BONUS: A rare 1967 sync of "Eight Miles High."

WIRE is advance streaming Change Becomes Us.

SURFER BLOOD stopped by Morning Becomes Eclectic for a session.

TRUE BELIEVERS play a Texas-influenced set live on KEXP from Mellow Johnny's in Austin, TX during SXSW 2013.

TELEKINESIS plays catchy power pop tunes (including a cover of INXS' "Don't Change") to the crowd at Mellow Johnny's Bike Shop for KEXP during SXSW 2013. And here's Michael Lerner talking to Stereogum about his new record, which album we all need to go out and buy this second, and why we should all listen to more Howard Jones.

MAGNOLIA ELECTRIC CO., Live in Curtis Heights, May 17, 2009.

THE ISLEY BROTHERS: "Shout." Shindig. Friday. A little bit louder now.

WAVVES: Nathan Williams talks to Pitchfork about fighting (and paying) for his own art, and his path from notorious slacker to one of indie rock's biggest workaholics.

JASON MOLINA is eulogized by Alexander Tudor at Drowned In Sound.

VILLAGERS: Conor O’Brien talks to Drowned in Sound about critical acclaim, religion, lyrics, influences and more...

THE MOST CONTOVERSIAL MUSIC VIDEOS, according to Flavorwire.

CUTOUT BIN: From Sonny Curtis to The Strawbs, from Wilson Pickett to Wavves, from Adam and Binki to The Zombies, plus Fleetwood Mac, Husker Du, CCR, Van Morrison 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: The Croods, which is currently scoing 67 percent on the ol' Tomatometer; Olympus Has Fallen, which is scoring 57 percent; and Admission, scoring 40 percent.  Also, Spring Breakers expands wide at 74 percent (but 56 percent among top critics).

KIM KARDASHIAN secretly sat for her divorce deposition and testified that when she accepted Kris Humphries' proposa, she really did love him.

MILEY CYRUS & LIAM HEMSWORTH are reuniting.

TIGER WOODS: Lindsey Vonn is reportedly not freaked out about his past.

BOOBY BROWN has been sprung from jail, but remains under house arrest.

HARRY REEMS, whose starring role in “Deep Throat” in 1972 made him America's first bona fide male pr0n star — and whose life, more than most, embodied the time-honored American narrative of fame, failure and redemption — died on Tuesday in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was 65.

30 AMAZING KUBRICK CINEMATOGRAPHS: The fancy name for animated GIFs.

STAR TREK: INTO DARKNESS has an international trailer online.

NORTH KOREA threatened to attack US bases on Guam and Okinawa in response to military exercises involving the US and South Korea. North Korea also was suspected in a series of cyberattacks against South Korea.

IRAN: Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei said Iran was not opposed to direct talks with the US to resolve issues over its nuclear program but he was not optimistic. He also said Iran would destroy Tel Aviv and Haifa if Israel attacked Iran's nuclear infrastructure.

SYRIA: A senior pro-government Sunni cleric was killed in a suicide attack inside a mosque in Damascus along with 42 other people. Rebels captured villages near the Golan Heights. The UN said it would investigate claims that chemical weapons were used in an attack in Aleppo earlier this week.

MEET BIG DADDY, a giant spider crab at the Blackpool aquarium.

A SNAKE is framed in a house fire case.

THAT DEAD DEER? He's just resting.

A CHINESE HEN laid a giant egg... with another egg inside.

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Jason Molina, Cotton Jones, Atlas Genius, Bahhing Kitty   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Thursday, March 21, 2013 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

Karl

PATE REUNION UPDATE:  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.

DJANGO DJANGO drops a stunt-filled video for "WOR."

JASON MOLINA: Stream the late frontman's entire discography.

COTTON JONES stops by KEXP for a few songs during The Roadhouse.

ATLAS GENIUS stopped by The Current for a chat and mini-set. 

ALL SONGS CONSIDERED goes electronic, if that's your bag. 

SONNY & THE SUNSETS drop “Dark Corners” ahead of Antenna To The Afterworld.

JOHN VANDERSLICE drops "Raw Wood" ahead of Dagger Beach.

SMITH: Their chart-topping cover of the Bacharach-Dixon-David classic, "Baby, It's You." Because I'm feeling a little Death Proof.

CHRISTOPHER OWENS talks to Drowned In Sound about his motivations for leaving Girls, as well as for releasing an album like Lysandre.

WIRE guides The Quietus through the inspirational near death experiences, peculiar practice and events that have shaped their decades of operation.

YO LA TENGO is profiled by the West Australian. (Thx, LHB.)

THE MOVING SIDEWALKS: Fresh Air looks back at Billy Gibbons, pre-ZZ Top.

KRISTEN STEWART & ROBERT PATTINSON were spotted at a karaoke bar Tuesday in Los Angeles, after two months apart.

JIMMY FALLON is expected to take over The Tonight Show by 2014, and move it to NYC.

MILEY CYRUS is wearing her engagement ring again.

KATE UPTON may accept a video invitation to prom.

ADELE: Planning a secret wedding?

BOBBY BROWN began his 55-day DUI sentence.

JON HAMM has been instructed to wear underwear.

VINCENT KARTHEISER & ALEXIS BLEDEL are excitedly celebrating their engagement.

IRAN is stepping up its military assistance to Assad in Syria, and the supplies have strengthened his belief that he can prevail in his struggle with the opposition, a senior State Department official said Wednesday.

SYRIA: Controversy over the use of chemical weapons in an attack near Aleppo continued. An Israeli official said it is "apparently clear" that chemical weapons were used. The US and the UN's health organization could not confirm the use. Both the Syrian government and rebel organizations asked the UN to investigate.

ISRAEL: An Israeli official said the US is "very seriously" preparing for a potential attack on Iran.

EGYPT: An Israeli diplomatic mission arrived in Cairo for discussions with their Egyptian counterparts. An Egyptian judicial advisory body said the Muslim Brotherhood lacks a legal standing.

PICKLES THE KITTEN sounds like a goat.

A RAT is suspected in this week's power outage at Japan's tsunami-crippled nuclear plant. But you know it was masterminded by squirrels.

ZOMBIE WORMS get it on in whale bones.

GIANT CAMELS once roamed the Arctic?

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