Good Rockin' Tonight (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
Tighten Up, Vol. 88 is the third album by Big Audio Dynamite, recorded, mixed and released at the Beethoven St. Studios in West London on Spring 1988. The album gets its name from Tighten Up compilation series by Trojan Records. The album cover is a painting by Paul Simonon, former bassist of The Clash and Mick Jones' bandmate. The allmusic review of this album gives it only two stars and I have to...
PopMatters Music (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
With the 30th Anniversary release of the seminal Clash documentary Revolution Rock , director Don Letts reflects on the sheer power of seeing the Only Band That Mattered in a live setting, the possibility of a Big Audio Dynamite reissue, and his unabashed love... for Curb Your Enthusiasm .
Material Interest (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
Fashion and music are, of course, inextricably linked (as anyone who's ever spent time trying to dress like David Bowie or Brian Eno can attester, not that we know anyone like that). And although it's the musicians who usually hog...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
Last updated July 9, 2008 12:52 p.m. PTWatch this: 'Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten'"JOE STRUMMER: THE FUTURE IS UNWRITTEN"120 minutes. UnratedJulien Temple's inventive rockumentary follows Joe Strummer from prep-school bully to dentally challenged firebrand fronting the big audio dynamite that was The Clash, and the difficult time that followed. "It was not a matter of life and death," U2's...
ireallylovemusic (Free subscription) | 06/17/2008
now this is a lot of timewarped fun. i realise that’s going to reveal a lot about my era of musical discovery, but fuck it, anyone who drops in some big audio dynamite alongside a classic landscape track is worthy of a clickety-click. 1. gonorstein step’s out 2. joe jackson step’s out [...]
The Ethicurean (Free subscription) | 06/15/2008
I've been wanting to launch a series on "Ethicureanish" music, and a friend in England has just turned me on to a great band with which to start. Carbon/Silicon is the project of Mick Jones (formerly of The Clash and Big Audio Dynamite) and Tony James (Generation X and Sigue Sigue Sputnik). They make politically astute, current-sounding punkish rock.
Word Around the Net (Free subscription) | 05/21/2008
The stuff we sell is just the best Passing all consumer test Days of heaven nights of sin Voodoo stick and sharks fin When all around you seems like hell Just one sip will make you well Multipurpose in a jar If you ain`t ill it`ll fix your car -Big Audio Dynamite, Medicine Show There are two things that are quite predictable in free market commerce when some new demand or opportunity opens up.
The Confidentials (Free subscription) | 05/18/2008
What I'm listening to now .... Just because I have heard more Clash/Big Audio Dynamite in the past few days while I've been out and about :) It's definitely the longer version of the song
Gizmodo (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
So, you dropped all of this money on a home theater system only to have it burst your eardrums, break your dishes and create a shockwave that can be felt 100 miles away whenever Bruce Willis blows up...
Art's Strange World (Free subscription) | 04/30/2008
Nothing much to write about today so, once again, you get a little peek into my iPod: Hideaway - Freddie King The Angels Rejoiced Last Night - The Louvin Brothers I Turned Out A Punk - Big Audio Dynamite Fix It Jesus - The Blind Boys Of Alabama Everybody Hurts - The Meat Puppets I’m Getting Sentimental Over You - Frank [...]
Spinner.com (Free subscription) | 04/28/2008
Filed under: News , Exclusive , Coachella Spinner.com : Ex-Clash and Big Audio Dynamite man Mick Jones brought his new band, Carbon/Silicon, to the Inland Empire for their Coachella debut. And while he was impressed with the California festival, he couldn't help but think back to 25 years ago, when the... Read more
New Musical Express (Free subscription) | 04/28/2008
Across the pond, Archer and Jones share a stage. And plenty of whiskey. JD Set Legendary Mash, Lynchburg BBQ Hill (April 12)
The Daily Record (Free subscription) | 04/25/2008
Punk Pioneer Mick Jones Is All Smiles Playing At Jd Whiskey Gig In The States
Paper Thin Walls Bullhorn (Free subscription) | 04/24/2008
The Clash's Mick Jones writes song inspired by "Don't Tase Me Bro" guy. Too bad we're too late for Big Audio Dynamite's version of "Chocolate Rain."
Discobelle.net (Free subscription) | 04/18/2008
Friday and Mixin’ it up! This time we asked Skinny Friedman and Apt One from the DJ duo Philadelphyinz to make the mix for us. They have divided the mix between each other so everything from the beginning through Tum Tum is by Skinny Friedman. Everything afterwards is Apt One. But before we let them [...]
