I love you baby, can I have some more? There’s darkness in that lyric. Of course, it comes from Neil Young’s “The Needle and the Damage Done,” one of the best songs off Harvest, a great album from 1972. And yes, he wrote it about it about Danny Whitten, the original Crazy Horse guitarist whose … Read more
Analog is going digital! Tune into Screaming Vinyl Live to listen to The Dead Weather’s Sea of Cowards on vinyl for twenty-four hours. Via a live camera and audio stream, surprise guest DJs will preview the album that comes out officially on May 11, 2010 on Third Man Records. Online video chat by Ustream
Icelandic dream-pop band, Seabear, released the video for the gorgeous “I’ll Build You a Fire.” Check out Vampire Weekend’s new video for “Giving Up the Gun” featuring RZA, Jake Gyllenhaal, Lil Jon, and Joe Jonas. Oh, wonderful randomness. Jack White directed the video for The Black Belles’ “What Can I Do?” out now on Third … Read more
Jon Spencer – Photo | Aggie Donkar The Blues Explosion rumbled into to North Carolina last night…leaving a wake of sweat, ringing eardrums, and frayed vocal chords behind them. And for any naysayer who may have been poised in the crowd, waiting to tattle that the blues is somehow NOT number one, well, they disseminated positively disgruntled, … Read more
All photos by Jason Gonulsen 2014 was my first Forecastle Festival, which was also happened to be my first music festival of the year. There are a few more on the agenda, but they’re all gonna have a hard time measuring up to my time spent in Louisville with Jack White, Jenny Lewis, Jason Isbell, … Read more
Jack White closing out Day Two of Forecastle | All photos by Jason Gonulsen Day Two of the 2014 Forecastle Festival featured electric sets by Jack White, Jason Isbell, and Band of Horses. Isbell stole the day leading off with Southeastern’s “Flying Over Water,” while White played to thousands opening with The White Stripes’ “Dead … Read more
You’ve all heard the story, and it goes something like this: aspiring musician creates demo tape/CD/jump drive/etc, hands that piece of technology to an artist or artist’s manager, waits by phone. Except, the phone never rings. Unless you’re Olivia Jean, who beat all the odds. After winning over Jack White with a demo, Jean has … Read more
Bear In Heaven album art courtesy of Dead Oceans/Hometapes There is just waaaaay too much record release action in Quarter 2 for us to pick only 25 albums. So, this time around, we’re scrapping the usual format for this post and going balls out by listing the humongous list of albums coming out in the … Read more
The Lion’s Roar album art courtesy of Wichita Recordings Speakers Rating: 85/100 Sisters Söderberg, Johanna and Klara of Sweden’s First Aid Kit, bowled over critics, music lovers, and esteemed colleagues alike with the release of their folkie debut LP, The Big Black and The Blue, back in 2010. The effort was easily one of our … Read more