A friend tipped me off that KCRW has been playing a single from the eclectic British band Morcheeba’s new album Dive Deep, which is officially being released in the U.K. today.
Drifting from soft-rock to soulful swagger to hip-hop and dreamy electronica, Morcheeba’s style continues to defy a musical label. For me personally, this [...]
Angela Correa, from Echo Park, California, records soft, lovely music under the name Correatown. Her EP, Echoes was released January 22, and is like an appetizer of what she will bring on her unreleased full length album. I just heard about her and missed her EP release party last weekend, but she’ll play [...]
Today we have Part II of My So-Called Life Time Travel. Of the songs below, only The Lemonheads’ “Dawn Can’t Decide” appears on the official soundtrack album.
Episodes 10 and 11 are particularly rich in musical goodies. Episode 10 is pivotal for wildchild Rayanne (played by AJ Langer), who plans a birthday party for [...]
I don’t know why it has taken Uncle T and Indie Mom so long to make me a Ryan Adams fan. Now that I’m on the bandwagon, I can’t understand why I was resistant. I started coming around when I was finding the music for Uncle T’s concert review last October. As [...]
The main attractions on Cat Power’s newly-released Jukebox are Chan Marshall’s smoky purr and her talent for making the songs she covers completely unrecognizable from their originals. This her second collection of cover songs (with the exception of two of the tracks), the first being 2000’s The Covers Record. That was a good [...]
We’ve been watching the deluxe DVD set of the 1994 television series “My So-Called Life” since I got it for Christmas. We’ve watched everything on the six discs: episodes, commentaries, extras, and interviews. Bless my husband, he claims he’s enjoyed it.
I’ve also enjoyed revisiting the music, which although you can hear it in [...]
So….who’s going?
MGMT: of moons, birds, and monsters [buy]the raconteurs: hands [buy]portishead: theme from to kill a dead man [buy]my morning jacket: it’s about twilight now [live 2000] [buy]manchester orchestra: brother [annuals cover] [buy]
The Magnetic Fields: Davol, Merritt, Woo, and Gonson
On the Magnetic Fields’ new album Distortion, Stephin Merritt and Claudia Gonson alternate vocals from song to song between his low and her high registers, Merrit with the despondence of a 45 record slowed to 33 1/3 rpm. I’m still getting a feel for it, but a [...]
San Francisco, July 2007Upcoming Albums (all dates/titles tentative)
Chris Walla: Field Manual (January 29) [preorder deluxe version | hall of justice | sing again (2008)]
Summerbirds in the Cellar: Druids (February 1) [preorder | Wooden Lions video]
Nada Surf: Lucky (February 5) [preorder | official website | see these bones (2008)]
Hot Chip: Made in the Dark [...]
art by Scott GurskyCheck out LA Weekly’s article on Tom Petty’s Los Angeles, complete with lovely artwork and a map of Petty’s L.A. by Scott Gursky.
Go to Live Music Blog for a tentative and still-evolving SXSW 2008 lineup.
Aquarium Drunkard spotlights Mark Kozelek and has Athens band Patterson Hood’s take on their hometown.
B(oot)log has live Kevin [...]
