Queerty (Free subscription) | 01/08/2009
"Some Velvet Morning" is one of our favorite songs of all time, with Lee Hazlewood playing the part of a tripped out lonesome cowboy recounting his tutelage in the art of love by Phaedra and Nancy Sinatra blissed out, singing about daffodils. What we didn't know is that the version of the song we all [...]
the central shaft (Free subscription) | 01/02/2009
Lee Hazlewood, "Lars Gunnar & Me" Segment from Torbjörn Axelman's 1975 film A House Safe For Tigers. Lee here tells a good story of working with the studio musicians(including Hal Blaine)during the recording of the "Lee And Nancy" cult hit Some Velvet Morning . And if that was'nt enough, last and but certainly not least we have THEE MOST SMOKEY AND THEE MOST COOLEST OF BARITONES in a duet of "You've...
Brooklyn Vegan (Free subscription) | 12/09/2008
DOWNLOAD: Dent May & his Magnificent Ukulele - Meet Me In The Garden (MP3) AC Newman @ the Bell House (more by Tim Griffin) AC Newman will be touring in support of his new Matador album in February and March...
The Quietus | All Articles (Free subscription) | 12/08/2008
In its second half, Sleepwalk retains this spooked edge even as it favours songs over soundscapes. There's always been a "welcome to your new favourite records" vibe to Optimo mixes, and this one's no exception: I'd only heard six of these 20 tracks before, and I'm pretty attuned to this stuff. It's unthinkable that someone who'd yet to delve into the wonderful worlds of Arthur Russell or Karen Dalton...
Electric Roulette (Free subscription) | 12/02/2008
Over the years... by which I mean Since Pop Music Began... there's been SuperStar Producers, weaving weird magic over records, putting their stamp on proceedings and thereby, giving it a seal of approval. You had Phil Spector, Brian Wilson, James...
OPTIMUSCRIME TORONTO (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008
Behold! The Saturday night set list! Many thanks to the lovely Aaron and Terence for allowing me to piggyback on fantastic night. And thank YOU for coming out! Set the First (B material) Magic People - The Paupers - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yq3YwFKCbHI Take Her Any Time - The Longboatmen 96 Tears - ? and the Mysterians - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrTnaPa9BaA Partie Des Dames - [...]
A.V. Club (Free subscription) | 11/18/2008
Former Belle chanteuse meets the gruff Screaming Tree again.
JamsBio (Free subscription) | 11/04/2008
I'm a sucker for male/female duets. There's something about the contrast of voices that really connects with me. I especially love when the song is a dialogue between the couple. Here are 15 of my favorite boy/girl duets.
This is London (Free subscription) | 10/27/2008
The Last Shadow Puppets is a side-project which deserves to be more than a footnote of the Artic Monkeys.
Electric Roulette (Free subscription) | 10/23/2008
Okay. Today, I shall be jumping on a plane to go to Belfast. The reason I'm going there is because I'm seeing my girlfriend's family who are appallingly cool (double bass playing in a jazz combo dad heads the bill,...
New Musical Express (Free subscription) | 10/22/2008
The Last Shadow Puppets are set to play two shows in New York and Los Angeles next week, supporting the release of an exclusive EP release.
JamsBio (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
It helps to know a drunk if you want to understand Lee Hazlewood's music. Hazlewood was a modern-day troubadour, painting in broad strokes the lives of drifters, losers and boozers with a wry and knowing hokeyness.
motel de moka (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
The Undertones - Teenage kicks The Undertones (1978) A charmful ode to young lust and according to John Peel, the most perfect three minutes of music ever pressed into vinyl. While I beg to differ with him, truth is the man was right, nothing can be subtracted from this to make it any less perfect. Nancy Sinatra & [...]
Dead Flowers: Anglophiles Anonymous (Free subscription) | 09/24/2008
Listen/Download: "Leather and Lace" Myspace Wiki
BobFromBrockley (Free subscription) | 09/12/2008
As promised, following yesterday's post about Little Miss Sunshine , being screened on Sunday by the Brockley Jack Film Club , here are three songs. > mp3: Devotchka La Llorona 5 MB > mp3: DeVotcchka How It Ends 8 MB These two tracks by DeVotchKa are from the soundtrack of the film. "How it Ends" is a thing of shimmering beauty. "La Llorona" is my favourite DeVotchKa song, a kind of mariachi/spaghetti...
