The Chime In
What is the most important moment in music history?
Music is one of the most debatable topics that exist. Nudging it's way into the make-up of everyone's personality – music has started revolutions, spoke out against war and generally just made people think about themselves and the things around them. So what happens when we try to figure out what the most important moment in music history? HEAVE dissects and disagrees on a rather hard question to answer...
Posted by Wes Soltis on Jan 17, 2008 @ 12:00 am
The British Are Coming
New music and news from across the pond.
HBO needed to find a new hit after "Deadwood" and "The Sopranos" became part of television lore. Well they got one with "Flight Of The Conchords," but still lost half their audience in the process. I still think "John From Cincinnati" was going somewhere, even though I'm still scratching my head. Thankfully, the comedy duo of Bret and Jemaine will release a full-length album of their songs on American imprint Sub Pop. Meanwhile, "Flight Of The Conchords" is due to start filming their second series in New York this June...
Posted by Joe Roth on Jan 16, 2008 @ 12:00 am
Takin' You Back
A little country goes a long way.
For a long time I didn't have a country folder on my hard drive. I simply had a folder labeled "Johnny Cash." It's taken me a while, but older country music is starting to grow on me. Aside from the musical theme, all of today's artists have been in jail. Don't worry, I won't start posting Brad Paisley songs or anything like that.
Willie Nelson - Stardust - Cover albums always prove to be a challenge...
Posted by Greg Herald on Jan 16, 2008 @ 12:00 am
We've Got You Covered
Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins revive the Traveling Wilburys.
Easily the most under-appreciated super group of all time is the Traveling Wilburys. Tom Petty, Roy Orbison, Bob Dylan, George Harrison and Jeff Lynne all had success in their own right, but as a group they have been almost completely overlooked. Really, “Handle with Care” is the only Wilburys song that most people know.
Jenny Lewis decided to give a nod to the Wilburys when she released Rabbit Fur Coat with the Watson Twins. Lewis and the Watson two pay homage to Petty, Dylan and company by enlisting their own hipster super group that includes Ben Gibbard and Conor Oberst . However, she does alter the lyrics of the new version slightly. And by slightly I mean that she changes one word.
In the original, the second verse begins with “I’ve been fobbed off and I’ve been fooled”, Lewis opted to change “fobbed” to a certain other word beginning with the letter f, most notable rhyming with duck. The change is slightly noticeable, but only because she over annunciates her chosen word. All in all, Lewis effectively pays tribute to a great band that never got its due.
STREAM: Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins – Handle With Care
Posted by Cory Roop on Jan 15, 2008 @ 12:00 am
Vinyl Diving
You learn a lot of things when you take over a record collection.
Throughout the last few years I've developed the rationale to discuss music with people older than me. While talking about what Pavement record is the best and why is great to do amongst friends, there is something undeniably fulfilling talking to your father about Ted Nugent or your grandpa about Johnny Cash. I look at my mother in a completely different light knowing that she has seen Cheap Trick about eight times and that she says, "Robin Zandar was singing "I Want You To Want Me" each and every time to me...
Posted by Wes Soltis on Jan 14, 2008 @ 12:00 am