Eye Mind: The Saga of Roky Erickson and the 13th Floor Elevators, The Pioneers of Psychedelic Sound
local Cut (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Active since: 1998 Members: Ben Jacobs; a whole bank of electronic doodads. Latest release: 2008’s zany Parallax Error Beheads You, which took six years to make. Why you care: Ben Jacobs—who records, sings, and dances under the much-more-fun-sounding alias Max Tundra—is like a pint-sized mix of Aphex Twin’s Richard D. James and Scritti Politti’s Green Gartside. Since debuting...
musings (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Arctic Monkeys - 18 Nov 2009 Fri, 20 Nov 09 Duration: 20 mins Matt Helders and Nick O'Malley from Arctic Monkeys dropped in to chat with Steve Lamacq about the music that influced their current album 'Humbug'. We discovered their love of Nick Cave, Roky Erickson - Creedence Clearwater Revival plus we found out that Matt is not a morning person - that they fell in love with the 80's Matchbox B-Line...
ART INTO DUST (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Bucketfull Of Brains 73 is finally upon us. It features Lucky Soul, The Drones, John Wesley Harding. Achievements In Sound , Rob Symmons, Roky Erickson, Peter Holsapple, Big Star, along with all the usual stuff. As always a great read from cover to cover. My contribution this issue is one I'm really thrilled with. Achievements In Sound is the band monika used by none other that Gino Nave who back in...
Moistworks: An MP3 Boombox (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
TWILIGHT ZONE Dr. John Babylon Atco : 1969 [Buy It] Back in my teens, if you had asked me to dream up the ideal musician, I would have imagined an unholy combination of Sly Stone, Randy Newman, and Roky Erickson, and I wouldn't have known that the thing I was dreaming already existed, and that it was named Dr. John. There's an occasion for this post, a birthday, and as a result it isn't a post where...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
LUCINDA WILLIAMS DEBUTS SONG AT ROCK HALL'S AMERICAN MUSIC MASTERS JOPLIN TRIBUTE Lucinda Williams The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum and Case Western Reserve University celebrated Janis Joplin during the 14th annual American Music Masters series, entitled Kozmic Blues: The Life and Music of Janis Joplin, Sunday night to a near-capacity audience at the State Theater in Playhouse Square. The...
mel.opho.be (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Portland may be music heaven most of the time, but often, the culture of constantly rotating indie rock and electro-pop gets a little tiresome and stagnat. The Scion Garagefest was a much-needed breath of fresh air into a music scene begging for something a bit more rowdy. Out of the whole day and all the many bands that played, the last half of the line up at Berbati’s Pan was one of the more...
local Cut (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Born: 1972 in New York. Latest release: NGH WHT—The Dead Emcee Scrolls with the Arditti Quartet, a collaboration with composer Thomas Kessler. Why you care: Quick—name a slam poet other than Saul Williams. Guaranteed, if that were a question on Cash Cab, 10 out of 10 contestants would get kicked to the curb. But it isn’t [...] Related posts: Primer: Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings...
Brooklyn Vegan (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Roky Erikson @ Scion Garage Fest in Portland (vej) "The Scion Garage Fest was pretty amazing, and I managed to catch the complete sets from ten bands. Simply Saucer was a huge disappointment, as their set was comprised of mostly...
thus spake drake (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
What's old is new; what was once out is now in... it's too hard to keep track anymore. Are Huey Lewis & the News really making a cultural comeback? Like many bands from their era (I'm looking at you, Journey), the News are benefiting from a resurgance, due in part from television and film exposure. Last year, they were tapped by Judd Apatow to write the theme to Pineapple Express and then Chuck...
Erik's Choice (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Once upon a time, Roky Erickson of Austin, Texas, helped pioneer psychedelic rock via The Spades ("We Sell Soul") and The 13th Floor Eelvators . His impact was significant enough to inspire Where the Pyramid Meets the Eye: A Tribute to Roky Erickson (1990) and to renewed efforts by Erickson, plus more recent releases of his earlier work. One of my favorite tracks on the tribute compilation...
Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Demons, bloodsuckers and the undead all made appearances at Roky Erickson's Halloween show at a crowded Bottom Lounge on Saturday -- and those were just the creatures that populated his songs.
bomarr blog (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
north american hallowe'en prevention inc. - "do they know it's hallowe'en?" (stream-only) A couple of things to spice up your Halloween weekend. First, we have this great "indie rock all stars" posse cut by the North American Hallowe'en Prevention Inc . called " Do They Know It's Hallowe'en? ". A satire of the song " Do They Know It's Christmas? " This song features...
Turn It Up (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Poster Children: The Champaign, Ill., band prided itself on relentless touring and high-energy shows in its prime. These days, cofounders Rick Valentin and Rose Marshack spend more time at home to tend to their young family and the touring pace...
gorilla vs. bear (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
the sandwitches The Sandwitches is the new project from Heidi Alexander + Grace Cooper , both formerly of like-minded SF band the Fresh & Onlys . The group's new record How to Make Ambient Sadcake (out now on new SF label Turn Up ) has been described as "what it would sound like for a band on Woodsist to cover Fleetwood Mac's... Tusk " and also " a Holy Communion of Roky Erickson...
The Daily Swarm (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
It was his appearance in the 2004 documentary Dig! that cemented the public’s love affair with the wayward and messianic artistry of Newcombe. In it, he presents an almost Red Shoes-intensity to the commitment of his art. His profile heightened after Dig! and people either revered or held judgment against him. He despised Dig! and if you asked him about it, he would simply tell you it isn’t...
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robertfoy2009 | 10/16/2009
The High Score We Showed Up to Leave >>>> Download We Showed Up to Leave <<<< artist: The High Score album: We Showed Up to Leave Tracklist: 1 Back Tonight mp3 2 Roky Erickson mp3 3 Kick the Door mp3 4 Telling Me to mp3 5 Ringing in Our Ears mp3 6 Were not Like You mp3 7 I'm not Real mp3 8 Classic Rock mp3 9 I Can't Come Down mp3 10 Heart Skip mp3 11 RIP it Apart mp3 12 Cruise Control mp3 13 Cadillac...
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