Losanjealous (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
PICK OF THE WEEK Part Time Punks Festival The Raincoats (pictured), Section 25, Gang of Four (DJs), Medium Medium, The Jazz Butcher, Abe Vigoda & more Sun Oct 11 Info THIS WEEK’S TICKET GIVEAWAYS Pearl Jam w/ Ben Harper & Relentless7 Tues Oct 6 Gibson Amphtiheater Win seats in the Gibson Skybox [ENTER TO WIN] New LP Backspacer out now Sign up for our weekly mailing & [...]
Ripped In Glasgow (Free subscription) | 09/20/2009
"An Evening Of Contemporary Sitar Music" from 1988. This is a 43 minute drone with some sitars on it, which was recorded at Waterman's Art Centre in Hammersmith. Fuck knows what sort of a nick you'd have had to be in to attend such an evening but I'm sure everyone was suitably spaced out. The reissued version of this had extra tracks but my Fierce UK one only has this one. According to Wikipedia...
Losanjealous (Free subscription) | 08/31/2009
PICK OF THE WEEK FYF Fest Presents: Save Our State Parks Sat, Sept 5 | Los Angeles State Historic Park 1245 N. Spring (Chinatown) | Black Lips, Lightning Bolt , Tim & Eric, Lucero, Converge, Dillinger Escape Plan, Dan Deacon, F* Up, The Thermals, Glass Candy, No Age, Torche, Japanther, Times New Viking, Darker My Love, Carbonas, Peanut [...]
Sound Bites (Free subscription) | 08/28/2009
So this is, I think, going to be the penultimate Summer Fridays mix for 2009. I know it's sad. Only one more. But on the bright side... still one more! A lot more new stuff this week, including such states...
Rock Insider (Free subscription) | 08/28/2009
The initial lineup for the 2nd annual Part Time Punks Fest has been announced. The event will take place on October 11th at The Echo/Echoplex and will feature performances from The Raincoats (OMG!!!!!), Abe Vigoda , Crystal Stilts , and more. More performers to be announced soon! Lineup can be found below. PART TIME PUNKS 2ND ANNUAL FESTIVAL. Buy Advanced Tix (first 100 are $20/each) CONFIRMED SO FAR:...
the echo and echoplex (Free subscription) | 08/26/2009
[ October 13, 2009; 8:30 pm to 11:55 pm. 8:30 pm to 11:55 pm. ] Pat Fish (acoustic) || Listen || Watch Pat Fish used to be The Jazz Butcher, and made about a million albums years ago, most notably for Alan McGee's Creation Records. He's still going strong, knocking up backing tracks in his house & performing songs for us on his guitar (In fact, he only dredges up one [...]
Cynical-C Blog (Free subscription) | 08/12/2009
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The KEXP Blog (Free subscription) | 06/18/2009
If you’re anything like me, you probably have a CD or two — or have recorded a CD or two — employing the use of the toy piano. There’s something about those tinny, slightly-out-of-tune little wonders that can add just the right light-hearted touch of melody to a song. So, yeah; toy pianos, [...]
Staring at the Apocalypse (Free subscription) | 03/19/2009
The Sinister Ducks - March of the Sinister Ducks Situation Two, 1983 The Sinister Ducks were: Max Akropolis (aka Alex Green from The Jazz Butcher) Capt. José da Silva (aka David J of Bauhaus) Translucia Baboon (aka comic book writer Alan Moore ) Released in a fold out sleeve that features a comic-strip adaptation of the lyrics of 'Old Gangsters Never Die' by Gary Leach. Cover artwork by Kevin...
New Musical Express (Free subscription) | 02/18/2009
Former Spaceman 3 singer Peter Kember (AKA Sonic Boom) has announced details of a series of gigs taking place this month.
Tuned In (Free subscription) | 01/01/2009
Happy New Year's. If all has gone according to plan, today is the day that the Tuned In household hosts its annual New Year's Day open house / lasagna party. (Why lasagna? Why the hell not! It was good enough for Garfield!) There's usually a football game on at some point during the festivities, but as [...]
Zero G Sound (Free subscription) | 10/21/2008
. Here´s another favourite from the 80s...: The Jazz Butcher´s 1982 debut "In Bath Of Bacon". A true style chameleon, the Jazz Butcher is a hard act to categorize — and nowhere more so than on this album, which is primarily a one-man effort with help from assorted sidemen. The songs here are embryonic forays into styles he would explore more confidently on subsequent albums....
So Quoted (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
Wherein Whoa Amazing how often you can listen to songs before making the connection Kinda it was years of listening to the Jazz Butcher's "Caroline Wheeler's Birthday Present" before I realized it was "Hotel California" Race Car Ya-Yas Casiotone Nation Slack-ass bastards. click your lazy selves over here if you want to read this crap.
RegnYouth Archives (Free subscription) | 09/12/2008
For a time in the mid ’90s, like their flagship band Oasis, Creation Records appeared to be unstoppable. As the marquee banner at the 1996 Knebworth shows had it, “form is temporary, class is permanent”. Many people hold a special place in their hearts for Creation, and like Rough Trade, Postcard or Cherry Red, it [...]
Sound Bites (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
Hey look -- it's a Summer Fridays mix that's actually up on Friday! Please note the non-sucky cover art this time, courtesy my friend Kate. Not sure why there is a turtle in the sky. (Would you like to contribute...
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