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#songoftheday = Bryan Ferry – “Avonmore” (Prins Thomas Remix)
I am in love with this remix of the legendary Bryan Ferry’s “Avonmore” by Prins Thomas. It’s taken from a limited edition vinyl release by, who else, The Vinyl Factory, which is fast becoming one of our favorite labels. The remix is a psychedelic dance track, so, naturally, it has a trippy, psychedelic video.
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Emmy The Great: Exclusive Interview 2016
On March 11th the much beloved singer/songwriter Emmy The Great will release her gorgeous third album, Second Love (her debut was called First Love, Virtue her second). It’s her first album in five years and it was well worth the wait, each song like a poetic love letter that goes straight to your heart. A…
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NEWS: BOSTON CALLING ANNOUNCES SCHEDULE FOR SATURDAY MAY 28, 2016 & SUNDAY MAY 29, 2016
LIMITED SINGLE DAY TICKETS ON SALE TOMORROW, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2016 at 10AM EST VIA WWW.BOSTONCALLING.COM February 18, 2016 – Boston, MA – Boston Calling reveals its schedule and releases a limited number of single day tickets for Saturday May 28, 2016 and Sunday May 29, 2016. After performances by Sia and Sufjan Stevens on Friday night, iconic…
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#songoftheday = Sam Beam and Jesca Hoop – “Every Songbird Says”
I was already excited about Iron and Wine’s Sam Beam making an album with Jesca Hoop — one of my favorite singer/songwriters — and now that I’ve heard “Every Songbird Sings,” I’m practically drooling. On their own, each of their voices tends to give me chills, they’re just so perfect that I am in awe…
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#songoftheday = Fleurie – “Sirens” (Official Lyric Video)
Trippy. Ethereal. Gorgeous. Brilliant.
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REVIEW: KANYE WEST: THE LIFE OF PABLO
Sometimes even the best artists lose their mojo. Sometimes even the best artists fall prey to their big egos. Sadly, Kanye West has done both with his new album, The Life of Pablo. But did we really need a new album to learn these things about Kanye? Probably not. It was pretty obvious that he’d…
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Dave Pirner of Soul Asylum: Exclusive Interview 2016
Soul Asylum will release their brand new, 2016 studio album Change of Fortune on March 18th and it’s one of their best in years, right up there with Grave Dancer’s Union (1992) and Let Your Dim Light Shine (1995). It is not an attempt to rehash those albums, though. On the contrary, today’s Soul Asylum…
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#songoftheday / VIDEO: Lana Del Rey: “Freak” (co-starring Father John Misty)
So, I already reviewed this song when I reviewed Lana’s Honeymoon album, but I’m naming “Freak” the #songoftheday today because it’s one of my favorite tracks on the album and I also feel it’s one of her very best tracks, right up there with “Video Games” and “Summertime Sadness.” Here’s hoping it gets the remix…
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REVIEW: SKID ROW KICKS SOME F—ING ASS WITH VOCALIST ZP THEART
Last night was part of Mohegan Sun’s ’80’s weekend at their Connecticut casino. Def Leppard was supposed to perform in the 10,000 seater arena but were unable to due to health issues with one of the band members. So, as we learned last night, Joe Elliot called Skid Row guitarist Snake Sabo and asked if…
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#albumoftheday / REVIEW: RADIATION CITY: SYNESTHETICA
At the core of Radiation City are couple Cameron Spies and Lizzy Ellison. Following two much praised EPs, it came time to record their third full-length album. But there was trouble in Rad City, as they’ve nicknamed it; the couple was on the verge of breaking up. But in spite of this, they decided to…
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WORLD PREMIERE / #songoftheday = Nils Kercher “UNBROKEN SPELL” feat. Mariama Kouyaté
Nils Kercher makes delightful world music that stimulates the senses with sounds you’ve likely never heard before. The instruments he plays include the kora, balafon, and bolong. If you’re not familiar with them, don’t worry, neither was I.
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#albumoftheday / REVIEW: EMM GRYNER: 21ST CENTURY BALLADS
When it comes to indie singer/songwriter Emm Gryner, I always have very high expectations. This might have something to do with the fact that her album Northern Gospel was my #1 album of 2011 and that her album Torrential was my #12 album of 2014. Suffice to say she’s one of my favorites, so forgive…
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#songoftheday = Ezra Furman – “Ordinary Life”
“I’m sick of this record already,” begins “Ordinary Life,” a song roughly halfway through the album that is about, well, being sick of ordinary life. While he sings about losing the will to live in Boston, floating and waiting to die, the song isn’t intended to inspire suicides. Quite the opposite in fact, “Just because…
Thank you for your comment. I don’t know what to think about Marilyn Manson and the Evan Rachel Wood thing…
I met Marilyn Manson twice. I was probally 24? Blonde hair and skinny. He had someone film each one of…
I enjoy getting lost in the gentle aesthetically psychedelic dreamscape that Still Corners creates. I’m an old man who lived(s)…
Greetings! I just released my vocal and songwriter debut today called The Kryptonite EP and was reaching out to send…
Thank you for posting this clip. Truly one of the most astonishing perfoances I’ve ever seen. Kudos to James Cordon…