Puritan Blister (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
"The reason for their talk is: death" --Thomas Merton 1. Celebrity Murder Party- The Only One (Charlatans) 2. Copycat- Anarchy In The UK (Sex Pistols) 3. Higher Ground Family All Stars- Fairies Wear Boots (Black Sabbath) 4. David Bowie- Pablo Picasso (Modern Lovers) 5. October Hill- Fake Plastic Trees (Radiohead) 1. Hood Internet- Like Yea(h)sayer (BG vs Yeasayer) 2....
Blog Town, PDX (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
In what will probably be the oddest local event since Dave Chapelle (barely) showed up at Pioneer Square, famed troubadour Jonathan Richman will be performing at the Know ! Two nights: May 7th and 8th of next year. Supposedly the Modern Lover stopped by the Alberta bar before his show at the Aladdin earlier this month and was smitten with the place, offering to play there on his next...
Pedestrian.tv (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
... and unheard recording by Arthur Russell. The track 'Oh Fernando Why' was kindly supplied by Modern Lovers bass player Ernie Brooks and is available to stream below. Arthur Russell: Tapes of Thought is currently in its final stages of editing and will be broadcast on ABC Radio National's Into The Music in the near future. The documentary will also be available to purchase through Connell's...
El Ambigú (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
Artistas y temas que influenciaron a The Clash, recogidas en el recopilatorio REVOLUTION ROCK (A CLASH JUKEBOX), con comentarios de Paul Simonon Intérprete "Canción" ÁLBUM [Info adicional] The Modern Lovers "Roadrunner" The Troggs "I Can't Control Myself" The Kinks "Dead End Street" Roger Miller "King of the Road"...
PopMatters Music (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
After a short chat with Feelies co-chairman Glenn Mercer, co-leader of The Feelies, writer Kieran Curran started thinking about the seminal rock band's place in our modern times... The Feelies are a band which seem to defy classification even today. Through not being part of any "scene" as such, they followed their own idiosyncratic muses, incorporating influences both typical for...
