Weekly FeaturesMay 7-13Issue 1.51by Bob Hill• Back in the late ’70s the Chesterfield Kings had all the earmarks of a great American rock band destined for failure. The critics absolutely adored them. They played their hearts out for peanuts. They were huge in Europe. All of which generally leads to a five-year shelf life, a 10-year reunion, and a brief mention decades later on VH-1’s…read more
by Brenda Paro• Sometimes the sound of a band carries with it an entire suitcase full of atmosphere, an echo of the place, time, and even the climate where the album was created. While it certainly doesn't always rain in Oregon, the band A Weather brings to mind what most of us think of when we imagine the Pacific Northwest. Their album Cove, released on March 4th on Team Love Records, is a cool breeze off gray water…read more
by Andy Gill• Originally published in Q, August 1987 Minneapolis: It must be something they put in the water. As well as dominating the post-Thriller black pop market—via Prince and his acolytes (Sheila E, Appollonia Six, the Time, Jill Jones, Madhouse) and the Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis production stable…read more
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Daily UpdatesMay 9 This is fun for approximately five minutes, but what the hell. The site is called Song Tapper, a place to go when you can't remember the title of a song. They let you tap it out on your keyboard's spacebar and their ca-razy site takes some guesses. We tried "Paint It Black" and it actually did get it right, and then we tried several other songs but to no avail. Be sure to check out the playback feature of your tapping, although most ridiculous is the thought of hundreds of people tapping out songs our their spacebars all at the same time. Tap tap tap...
Dave Grohl writes a cheeky letter to Metallica. Brilliant. (Idolator) In "Wish I was there" news: Bruce Springsteen performed Darkness on the Edge of Town and Born to Run in a rare theater show in New Jersey. (Backstreets) Because, yes, most Facebook music apps are crap, Melodeo added a new feature that lets you stream your iTunes. (Wired) Country music legend Eddy Arnold passed away this past Thursday at the age of 89. (Reuters) Shot by seven high school students, a new doc on Sonic Youth featuring interviews, backstage footage and 10 songs will debut in Vegas starting June 12. (The Playlist) If you haven't seen it yet, here's the first video from Scarlett Johansson singing a cover of Tom Waits' "Falling Down." It's basically a day in the life of Scarlett done in some artsy-fartsy fashion. Meh. (Brooklyn Vegan) The handwritten lyrics (by John Lennon) to "Give Peace a Chance" are being auctioned in London this summer, but if you're in NYC you can see them at Christie's until Saturday. (Jam) Our friends at Daytrotter have teamed up with WXPN for a 30-minute weekly radio show featuring their recording sessions. (The Music Slut) The Black Lips talk some shit about a few fellow American musicians. (Gigwise) "Hatty told Matty, 'Let's don't take no chance.
Let's not be L-seven, come and learn to dance...'
Matty told Hatty, 'That's the thing to do.
Get you someone really to pull the wool with you.'" - Sam the Sham and the Pharoahs, "Wooly Bully" This Day in 1973 Mick Jagger generously supplemented $150,000 of his own money to the $350,000 raised by the Rolling Stones' January benefit concert for victims of a Nicaraguan earthquake. 1979: Piere Bouvier, Simple Plan
1962: David Gahan, Depeche Mode
1949: Billy Joel
1945: Steve Katz, Blood, Sweat & Tears
1944: Richie Furay, Buffalo Springfield/ Poco The cinematic treasure Black Roses has been derided as a '80s glam metal zombie movie. We think that's really missing the point. It's obviously a late '80s mutant death rock schlockfest.
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