Takin' You Back
Takin' You Back turns indie.
Yeah, 1992 seems like it wasn’t very long ago for old guys like me. However, I realized yesterday that kids born in 1989 will be graduating high school and going off to college or getting real jobs or some such nonsense. Since these children missed out on the good stuff from the early nineties and only remember grunge (No offense meant, I like Soundgarden, too), this is my contribution towards educating the youth of America...
Posted by Greg Herald on Feb 07, 2008 @ 12:00 am
Across The Pond
Johnny Marr jumps in the Cribs, Jools Holland turns 200 and music from Make Model
One of the greatest guitarists of a generation has joined forces with one of England's greatest family bands. Johnny Marr, journeyman guitarist to the stars, will be collaborating with The Cribs for and upcoming E.P., and possibly a full length. Bassist Gary Jarman had this to say about their first encounter in Portland, OR. “I was a bit defensive at first – I was like, who’s this other English guy at the barbecue?” Jarman explained. “He came up and started talking to me and then the penny dropped about who he actually was...
Posted by Joe Roth on Feb 06, 2008 @ 12:00 am
The Rise
Your new favorite band can pop up overnight. Introducing Grand Archives.
It takes a modest band to make modest music. Modesty, along with the ability to write an uplifting infectious pop song, resides deep within Seattle based Grand Archives – a four piece whose lead singer, Mat Brookes, formally partook in the melancholy sounds of Band Of Horses. But a Band of Horses rip off they are not – as Brooke’s message is just as different as the melodies Grand Archives produce...
Posted by Wes Soltis on Feb 06, 2008 @ 12:00 am
We've Got You Covered
Death Cab for Cutie shows that there’s room for more than one cover on the "Stubbs the Zombie" soundtrack sung by a guy named Ben.
Last week Ben Kweller got inside our heads with his version of the infectiously catchy “Lollipop.” This week we won’t be rocking and bobbing our heads so much as swaying and holding up a lighter or, for the more tech-savvy, a cell phone. For the soundtrack to the greatest video game starring a zombie in a fictional late 50’s utopia, Death Cab for Cutie covered The Penguin’s classic (and 151st greatest song of all time according to Rolling Stone), “Earth Angel.”
Ben Gibbard’s mournful voice coupled with piano and a simple drum beat make you really feel for the guy. It sounds like he either got his heart ripped out by a woman or has the worst case of unrequited love in the history of the world. Either way, bravo to whoever decided that this video game’s soundtrack should consist of classic songs recorded by some pretty awesome modern performers. The result is absolutely superb, and we’re not done yet. Take a listen to "Earth Angel" below.
STREAM: Death Cab For Cutie - Earth AngelPosted by Cory Roop on Feb 05, 2008 @ 12:00 am
Vinyl Diving
Johnny Cash recaptures a generation.
I don’t think anyone under the age of thirty understood the profound coolness of Johnny Cash until Walk The Line was released in 2005. I knew Cash played in prison and had a drug problem, and I thought both of those things were pretty cool – but I had no idea he liked to pretend his guitar was a gun. I never knew what the epitome of rock n’ roll was until I saw him shoot that six stringer straight at the crowd. Wearing all black? That’s pretty cool. Using an instrument as a firearm? That’s really cool...
Posted by Wes Soltis on Feb 04, 2008 @ 12:00 am