The Eddie Kranepool Society (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
From all reports last night’s Billy Joel concert was the event of a lifetime. I guess if you’re a Joel fan it was but as an angry young teen when Billy Joel was playing Piano Man, I was into the Sex Pistols and “Anarchy in the U.K.” and hanging out at Max’s Kansas City, CBGB [...]
The Hype Machine (Free subscription) | 07/12/2008
in post Hell Week: The Fleshtones! from Star Maker Machine .
Sound Bites (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
There's nothing bloggers like to do more than post holiday-appropriate MP3s. So here's two songs about American music. One is genuine in intent, and the other is by Denim. MP3: The Fleshtones - American Beat (buy) MP3: Denim - American...
Sound Bites (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
As tomorrow is a holiday here in the U.S. (Independence Day), seemed only right that this week's Summer Fridays mix should come a day early. At first I thought I'd do an all-American one, then I thought about making it...
Cave 17 (Free subscription) | 06/05/2008
Let’s pretend that this hipper-than-hip NYC sextet would ever listen to me, or to anyone. They wouldn’t, but let’s pretend. Here’s what I would say: 1. You should never name your band something that is easy for lazy-ass snarky critics to parody. (Example: A BIG NO…and a small meh.) 2. You should never title an album something [...]
Twangville (Free subscription) | 05/28/2008
John Hiatt on Austin City Limits. JOHN HIATT, Same Old Man (New West)Official Site | MySpace | Preview Our favorite ‘Master of Disaster’ proves he’s still the ‘Same Old Man’ with his aptly titled new album. Rumor has it that Hiatt was intended to be the surprise artist at New West Records’ SXSW day party this [...]
Twangville (Free subscription) | 05/23/2008
Some Legends are in your face, like the E-Street Band, some Legends lay waiting in the shadows waiting for us to stumble upon them. The Fleshtones are Living Legends, lurking in those shadow, secretly giving the worlds greatest R&R show, waiting to pull you in to never let you go. Once you stumble upon the [...]
The Cedar Lounge Revolution (Free subscription) | 05/03/2008
A quick follow-on from the piece on the Fleshtones a couple of weeks back. I wrote: There’s a book out about them by Joe Bonomo. It's called Sweat:The Story of the Fleshtones, America’s Garage Band, which seems appropriate. And while I tend to avoid such things (some hideous crimes against the English language have been committed [...]
A Second Hand Conjecture (Free subscription) | 05/02/2008
Robby and I got back to our roots a few weeks ago, garage band roots that is. We went to see the Fleshtones. Robby shared his thoughts over at Last Fm. I figure they belong here as well. First, my verdict. Maybe the most fun band ever live. Yeah, click the links, go listen to [...] [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
GaragePunk.com (Free subscription) | 04/18/2008
Host: Kopper In this exciting episode: The Mummies, Thee Vicars, New Bomb Turks, Necessary Evils, The Novas, Thee Mighty Caesars, Feedtime, The Dangermen, The Gentleman Callers, The Honeymoon Killers, Davie Allan & The Arrows, The Fleshtones, Lazy Cowgirls, Cheap Time, and much more. Do the Hammerlock, ya turkey necks! DOWNLOAD | SUBSCRIBE
The Allmusic Blog (Free subscription) | 04/03/2008
You can talk all you want about the demise of the music industry but all you need to know about the actual music made in the first three months of 2008 is that it was darn tough to boil the list down as far as we did. Nearly 60 new albums and 30 reissues is a truck load of goodness, a musical high that won't be ruined by the efforts of doomsayers, party poopers and cranks no matter how hard they try....
The Cedar Lounge Revolution (Free subscription) | 03/29/2008
Demented is one word that springs to mind when thinking about the Fleshtones… exuberant is another. Since the late 1970s they’ve been playing a mutated form of garage rock crossed with psychedelia, blues and soul. For those of you haven’t heard them think of a less early middle-aged, less branded Blues Brothers (whose music I [...]
33 1/3 (Free subscription) | 03/26/2008
David is on vacation this week, but the office has been haunted by the sound of his voice, which kicks off this trailer for the upcoming Fleshtones feature length documentary, Pardon Us For Living but the Graveyard Is Full . The trailer also features Handsome Dick Manitoba , Peter Buck of REM, and our very own Joe Bonomo , who wrote the book on the Fleshtones. Speaking of.... There is a great review...
Twangville (Free subscription) | 03/08/2008
A squealing farfisa, barely in time hand claps, raggedy harmonies, the Fleshtones are back!!!! “The who?!?” you might ask yourself. I feel for you. Asking that very question is admitting your life has been devoid of the purest brand of R&R up till now. The Fleshtones have been giving it up for years. They played [...]
33 1/3 (Free subscription) | 03/04/2008
I wanted to take a quick break from the usual 33 1/3 fare and mention some things that have been happening with another of our music-related books called Sweat: The Story of the Fleshtones, America’s Garage Band . (Incidentally, Sweat is quite possibly the only book that I've ever worked on that is batting 1000 when it comes to 5-star Amazon reviews. 15 for 15. Not too shabby.) Popmatters awarded Sweat...
