Spinner.com (Free subscription) | 09/26/2008
Filed under: News , Album Spinner.com : Be it serious or ironic, everyone loves a good cover song (emphasis on good). NYC's indie darlings the French Kicks are no exception. To that end, the band released an EP this week comprised entirely of covers, titled, well, 'Covers,' which finds the... Read more
The Star-Ledger (Free subscription) | 09/22/2008
The Shirelles were just teenagers when they sang their own doo-wop song, "I Met Him on a Sunday," and brought down the house at the annual Passaic High School talent show in 1957. In the audience, a classmate was enthralled...
KTemoc Konsiders ........ (Free subscription) | 09/17/2008
Tonight you're mine completely You give your love so sweetly Tonight the light of love is in your eyes But will you love me tomorrow? Is this a lasting treasure Or just a moment's pleasure? Can I believe the magic of your sighs? Will you still love me tomorrow? [...] – The Shirelles The song by The Shirelles was damn slinky, sexy and suggestive for its days, implying the regrets of ‘the morning after’...
Stereogum (Free subscription) | 09/15/2008
French Kicks released Swimming , fronted by the dreamy ("post-punk for cocktail hour," we called it) " Abandon " and some coffee-fresh cover art, back in May. The New York quartet are heading on tour to support said collection, but are also offering up the four-song Covers EP, which finds them putting their mark on the Ramones, the Zombies, the Shirelles (via Carole King), and today's focus, Lindsey...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 09/14/2008
Melodies in her blood, King brought a streak of I-am-woman feminism to songs
Aversion Music (Free subscription) | 09/12/2008
The French Kicks will try on other bands' songs for size on an upcoming EP.
Andrea's Buzzing About: (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
‘There’ll be days like this,’ ‘There’ll be days like this,’ Mama said.” The Shirelles, “Mama Said” Coming down with some virus most likely, as the school nurse says it doesn’t look like strep throat (despite the sore throat that’s making it hard to lecture). I can deal with that. Headache, only ’bout a 4 out of 10, not so [...]
TalkLeft (Free subscription) | 08/22/2008
As we await Sen. Obama's choice of a running mate, I'm humming the Shirelles and "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?" This is an open thread.
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 08/22/2008
Belonging to the Shirelles was more than a matter of singing together, says Beverly Lee. She ought to know: She's been with the group since she was a junior in high school 50 years ago and is the only original member still performing as a Shirelle. "We were...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
Seattle duo We Are Golden performs Thursday at Columbia City Theater.
Last Plane to Jakarta (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
Composers -> Hal David -> "The Look of Love," Dusty Springfield "Walk On By," Dionne Warwick "Don't Go Breaking My Heart," Burt Bacharach "Always Something There To Remind Me," Sandie Shaw "What the World Needs Now," Jackie DeShannon "Reach Out For Me," Nancy Wilson "Wives and Lovers," Jack Jones "Twenty Four Hours from Tulsa," Gene Pitney "Don't Make Me Over," Dionne Warwick "Trains and Boats and...
Tampa Bay Online (Free subscription) | 08/03/2008
She might be known worldwide as the Material Girl, but there's more than a little of the small-town Michigan girl left in Madonna.
Manchester Evening News (Free subscription) | 08/01/2008
THE annual Tatton Park picnic concerts are set to attract thousands of music lovers from across the region this weekend. Now in their 17th year, the park's annual midsummer picnic concerts have become a highlight of the Cheshire social scene.
Boing Boing (Free subscription) | 07/31/2008
Here's a 1969 video of Smith (with lead singer Gayle McCormick) performing a great version of The Shirelles' 1961 hit "Baby It's You." (The Beatles did it in 1963). (via Save vs. Death)...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 07/29/2008
As much as I love Mad Men, I also want to correct its saccharin, overly credulous portrayal of its women.
