We all want to get home to our families and our couches, so let’s take a look at this last post of the work-week and do just that…
Deputy Girardin brought this video to our attention yesterday, one of the most under-the-radar, off-the-charts clips you’ll find on the world wide web. It’s a Nels Cline-infused performance of Maggot Brain by the incredible Banyan band from late 2005, and in lieu of over-fluffing it too terribly, we’ll just let the moving pictures speak for themselves. Enjoy, and enjoy another glorious summer weekend:
If the Crossroads Festival webcast isn’t enough to keep you entertained, check out the following shows on the boob tube this weekend…
Friday (all times Eastern):
- Buffalo Tom makes a rare TV appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman [CBS 11:35 PM]
- Silversun Pickups perform live on Last Call with Carson Daly [NBC 1:35 AM]
- Dr. John, Leann Rimes and Massive Attack are all featured on the latest episode of Live From Abbey Road [Sundance 2:00 AM]
Saturday:
Sunday:
- Elvis Presley’s eponymous 1956 debut is featured on Classic Albums [VH-1 Classic 3:00 PM]
- The original lineup of the Stray Cats reconvenes for a performance at Brixton Academy [HDNet 3:30 PM]
- A classic Smiths concert is the subject of this week’s BBC Crown Jewels [VH-1 Classic 11:00 PM]
Stevie Wonder, Joss Stone and Carlos Santana are among the major names that will be performing at Radio City Music Hall on September 18th as part of The Dream Concert. The Dream Concert was put together by the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation to benefit the building of a memorial on the National Mall. Tickets go on sale this Monday at 9am and are priced at $250, $500 and $1000. The concert may be pricey, but it’s for a worthy cause.
Have a great weekend, and if you are around tonight check out the webcast of the Flaming Lips rockin’ their home state…do it. What else?
It’s Uncle Neddy’s mix tape time, so let’s all gather ’round the campfire and listen to what our main man has in store for us this week…
He’s some movie music for your summer Friday. It’s a pretty disparate crop, of both movies and music. I suggest you grab the music, but watching all six of these movies in a row might not be good for your insomnia. More importantly, are we thinking The Simpsons movie is going to be any good? Yea or nay?
01 Let’s Go Crazy — Prince: Purple Rain
02 Wizard’s Sleeve — Yo La Tengo: Shortbus
03 Save Me — Aimee Mann: Magnolia
04 Rebel Rebel — Seu Jorge: The Life Aquatic
05 We’re Going To Be Friends — Jack Johnson: Curious George
06 Superfly — Curtis Mayfield: Superfly
?uestlove’s always been one of our favorite personalities in the live music scene. Between the throwback afro, the down-to-Earth demeanor, the punctuation mark in his name and the ability to bend genres and cross over like a 1990 Timmy Hardaway, he’s everything you want out of a drummer. Toss in his ability to turn the ol’ tables, and you’ve got gold. Gold, Jerry, gold.
But ?uestlove’s pissed, and he’s taking his pissedoffedness to The Roots’ message board, as is his custom. What’s got the funky drummer so hot this time? He volunteered to DJ his high school’s upcoming ’80s revivial reunion shindig, and the organizers flat-out snubbed him. He starts out humble, but I absolutely love his increasingly hostility as he gives the situation more thought:
so then my ego kicked in and i was like (saying to myself…maybe they aint up on your position as the Student Of All Music…i mean im offering to do for free what some people have to pay up to 5 figures to get in the world….i mean sheeesh if john mayer told his high school “i will do a performance for free” at his high school reunion that woulda been the shit right?
what they think i dont know about depeche mode and talk talk?
they think all im gonna play is “it takes two” and “fight the power”?
?uestlove may have forgotten to close his parenthetical thought, but the man presents a logical point about how people would react if John Mayer offered his services. Only it turns out, John Mayer actually received some shabby treatment from his high school alma mater a couple years back. But “sheeesh” is right, buddy — I suggest showing up and taking a dump in the punch bowl. Read on after the jump for ?uestlove’s full treatise on Okayplayer…
Everyone’s favorite non-alt-country alt-country band heads back to these United States for a string of 21 shows beginning in the rock powerhouse of Duluth, Minnesota on August 14th. But the month of July saw Wilco head to Europe for a series of festival gigs, playing for crowds in Scotland, England, Spain, Norway, Belgium and countless other places where the currency is shitting on the dollar. Reviews from Europe have been few and far between, so let’s take a look at some of the better videos of the band’s recent exploits across the pond. Up first, Impossible Germany from the Spaziale Festival in Torino on July 17th:
In a related note…is it Turin or Torino? C’mon, let’s pick one or the other.
Good ol’ Wikipedia, your source for information that may or may not be entirely accurate, has a number of pretty cool lists about music. This week’s B List is a list of lists featuring our 20 favorite Wikipedia lists. Damn, that’s a lotta lists…
1. List of songs whose title constitutes the entire lyrics
Examples: No Honey, No Money by Beck and Wipe Out by The Safaris
2. Bands who use the now-famous cowbell in their recordings
Examples: Gov’t Mule and Blue Oyster Cult
3. List of songs about killers
Examples: Midnight Rambler by the Rolling Stones (Albert DeSalvo) and Bring On The Night by The Police (Gary Gilmore)
4. List of album covers containing nudity (Rule #1)
Examples: Lovesexy by Prince and Mother’s Milk by the Red Hot Chili Peppers
5. List of albums that contain a hidden track
Examples: Eurotrash Girl on Cracker’s Kerosene Hat and Malibu Nights on Tenacious D’s self-titled debut album
Read on for 15 more great lists on Wikipedia on this week’s B List…
Welcome to the second edition of our MP3 Boot Camp department, where we bring you the best in live concert mp3s from the bootleg blogs and official podcasts. We’ve got tons of links for ya this week, so let’s get down on it:
Did we miss any killer boots? Let us know with a comment below…
Six days ago I saw Crowded House deliver an incredible performance at the Masonic Lodge in New York City. The show started me thinking about the stuff I listened to two decades back, when Crowded House first broke. I would listen to the Top 40 radio stations and augment that with the cool shit my older sister Rebecca turned me onto. It was an incredible time for music — alternative was still alternative and smooth pop rock still had some soul.
So this week’s Grousing The Aisles looks back at four legendary shows that happened 20 years ago. This time we’ve provided links to high quality MP3 files for those of you who aren’t into the whole lossless thang.
Peter Gabriel 10/??/1987 SBD (FLAC, MP3):
Petey Gabes was riding a huge wave of success as he finished the So Tour in 1987. Sledgehammer and Big Time were both huge hits, critically and commercially. Gabriel put together an amazing lineup for the extensive world tour: Bass player Tony Levin — the guy who plays with drumsticks — kept the music groovin’, while David Sancious played the keys and David Rhodes handled guitars. Gabriel’s band mixed in material from his five solo albums judiciously. A few of the final shows of the tour were recorded for a radio broadcast, and this week someone uploaded the show to a torrent site: It’s a doozy.
The show opens with a massive version of San Jacinto, which originally was released on Security in 1982. Gabriel played all of his big hits in the set including but not limited to Solsbury Hill, Sledgehammer and Shock The Monkey. My favorite parts of the show are the two beautiful ballads: In Your Eyes and Don’t Give Up. Petey was in fine voice throughout the show, and the band was clearly gellin’ (I’m gellin’ like a felon). If you only have one Peter Gabriel bootleg in your collection, make sure you pick this one.
Read on after the jump for three more incredible shows for download…
I just figured out where I’ll be on September 29th: in the cineplex waiting for the curtain to rise on the new Wes Anderson vehicle, The Darjeeling Limited.
Anderson’s latest film, which he co-wrote with Roman Coppola and Jason Schwartzman, involves three brothers — played by Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody and Schwartzman – who ride through India on a train in order to grow closer together. Well, at least that’s what I’ve read, and what the trailer shows.
Apple posted the trailer for the film on its website, and I already can’t wait to see it. The trailer’s leaked all over YouTube as well, so feel free to add a big pile of cinematically induced drool to your desk (or semen to your undershorts):
If nothing else, judging by the trailer, it looks and sounds as if we’ll all be spared Owen Wilson’s awful accent from The Life Aquatic. Welcome back, Owen, it’s truly nice to not want to punch you in the throat this time.
- While we’re talkin’ September movies, Sean Penn has adapted Jon Krakauer’s amazing Into the Wild book for the big screen — Emile Hirsch stars. Interesting. Don’t fuck it up.
