Steve Lillywhite is the man responsible for producing the debut albums by U2 and Dave Matthews Band as well as many of their subsequent million-selling releases. While Bono and Dave have both consistently trusted Steve to fit their visions between the speakers, so have artists as diverse as The Rolling Stones, Peter Gabriel, Johnny Thunders, Ultravox, Guster, She & Him, XTC , Jason Mraz, The Pogues,...
by Amanda Marcotte Since I’m quite shortly going to stop living in Austin, TX---where I’ve lived longer than any other place in my life---I’m starting to get sentimental. So today’s original song for the Genius Ten (leave yo...
For a brief period in 2004, many viewed Devendra Banhart as the Pied Piper of a burgeoning freak-folk scene -- a role he briefly adopted near the close of his 100-minute set Monday at a crowded Vic Theatre.
Battersea, London I'm lucky enough to be in Londontown at the moment and lastnight got to witness a fucking fantastic show...I was expecting to see Peter Doherty but was pleasantly surprised it turned out to be a Babyshambles show complete with Patrick Walden for a few songs. Love him or hate him Peter Doherty is quite the talent and I'd even say a Dylan of this generation. Pentionville Rough... A...
A tweet from a friend led to my playing “I Wish I Was Your Mother” by Mott the Hoople. I’ve been using the Zune software, rather than Rhapsody, lately. It has a “Smart DJ” function that is similar to Genius...
New Orleans CityBusiness : Every year, for the past 18 years, punk rock fans from throughout the country have made a pilgrimage to New Orleans. They arrive on the doorstep of the St. Peter Guest House in the French Quarter, asking if Room 37 is available for the night, or if they could just have a look inside. The small unassuming suite is where legendary New York Dolls guitarist Johnny Thunders injected...
by Martin Longley Friday's gig's sold out, although in the new Knitting Factory this still means that we're not feeling claustrophobic. Still room to move. It's like a mini-history of London punk, with former Slits singer/guitarist Viv Albertine playing a...
Recommended The Movie: Lech Kowalski interviewed Douglas Colvin, better known to the world as Dee Dee Ramone in 1992 to discuss his relationship with the late Johnny Thunders for his, at the time, in progress documentary, Born To Lose (The Last Rock And Roll Movie) . With that in mind, it's not surprising (though it is slightly disappointing) that Dee Dee spends the vast majority of this hour-long...
Last week, it was mourning the death of a great poet/rocker, Jim Carroll. It's fitting then that this week we celebrate the birth of another great rocker/poet, Nick Cave. This is Cave's (& the Bad Seeds) second appearance on Issa's Sunday Service and, though I promised myself to keep the repeats to a minimum, at least to start out, my extremely biased opinions are showing. There She Goes, My Beautiful...
Ed Murray is back with another chunk of lo-fi goodness, and this time, he's cranking up some live recordings from Wayne Kramer and Johnny Thunders' short-lived Gang War.
Another fine tune courtesy of Tom Petty’s Buried Treasure. The Seeds were a Los Angeles-based garage-psych-rock band in the 60’s and early 70’s. They were fronted by one Sky Saxon, who parted with the band in the early 70’s to join up with Yahowha religious family (aka the Source Family), led by Father Yod. They [...]
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