September 2011
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The Shins: "Breathe"
Musical guest The Shins perform the Pink Floyd classic “Breathe” as a part of Pink Floyd Week
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Ben Folds Five Returning To Studio, Plan on...
After reuniting the Ben Folds Five for three new songs on the upcoming compilation “The Best Imitation of Myself: A Retrospective,” Folds says a new album from the trio isn’t guaranteed — but is likely.
Read more: http://www.billboard.com/news/ben-folds-five-returning-to-studio-plan-1005373062.story#/news/ben-folds-five-returning-to-studio-plan-1005373062.story
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Funk legend Sly Stone homeless and living in a van...
In his heyday, he lived at 783 Bel Air Road, a four-bedroom, 5,432-square-foot Beverly Hills mansion that once belonged to John Phillips of The Mamas & the Papas.
Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/the_rise_and_fall_of_sly_stone_qijyKoYzmAqer1PA0YogSJ#ixzz1Z5J3MGAq
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(One list of The) Greatest Cover Songs Of All Time
We came across this list and figured we’d through it up for you to look at. There are certainly songs that deserve to be on this list and maybe a few that should get off, but it’s a good starting point:
Read more: http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/entertainment/greatest_cover_songs_of_all_time.html
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Led Zeppelin - Going To California (live)
The Earls Court Concert
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Dave Grohl stops a concert to personally kick out...
Listen up, mother….. If you’re going to a Foo Fighters concert, be advised: there’s no mother…. fighting. There’s only motherfucking dancing. If you break this rule, Dave Grohl might just stop the show, give you a dressing down, and then throw you out.
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Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World (Unplugged)
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The Beatles "Hello Goodbye"
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We Can Work it Out - Paul McCartney Unplugged
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Did we take REM for granted?
Upon learning that R.E.M. announced it was disbanding yesterday, my reaction was a mixture of dull acceptance and a steadily increasing, wistful sadness. Although the landmark, three-decade-old alternative rock group has somewhat stealthily become one of my favorite bands over the last decade (one day you’re walking around your apartment and you realize you own four out of the first five...
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Krist Novoselic, Duff McKagan and More Pay Tribute...
In late September of 1991, Geffen Records publicist Susie Tennant put together the record release party for Nirvana’s Nevermind. The celebration took place at a small, downtown Seattle venue called the Rebar – but was cut unceremoniously short when Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl collectively instigated a food fight that got them ejected from the bar. The soon-to-be iconic trio...
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Watch: Radiohead Hit "Colbert"
“Do you know that song ‘Creep’?” asks the affable, roadie-looking guy in charge of “The Colbert Report“‘s in-house sound mix, talking about the night’s special guest. “I like that song… but the stuff they played [in soundcheck] was real trippy.”
Read more: http://www.pitchfork.com/news/44124-watch-radiohead-hit-colbert/
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35 Years Later: Pink Floyd Pigs Fly Again
Pink Floyd are recreating their iconic Animals album sleeve by floating a flying pig over Battersea Power Station - more than 35 years after the stunt was first performed.
Read more: http://news.sky.com/home/showbiz-news/article/16077234
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Kurt Cobain disappointed on the first version of...
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Pearl Jam Halfway Done with New Album
Amidst all the excitement over the Cameron Crowe-directed documentary and 20th anniversary of their debut album Ten, Pearl Jam is still hard at work on new material.
Read more: http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2011/09/pearl-jam-halfway-through-new-album.html
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Patti Smith - Because The Night (Acoustic)
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Thom Yorke Announces Radiohead Tour, Atoms For...
What had been rumored and speculated upon for months is finally true: Radiohead will be touring in 2012. As Pitchfork and a Radiohead fan site point out, Thom Yorke made the announcement while co-hosting Gilles Peterson’s BBC Radio 1 Show. After announcing two New York shows, as well as guest spots on Saturday Night Live and The Colbert Report, a 2012 tour seems like a logical and exciting...
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Neil Young to Release Autobiography Next Year
Last year was big for rock biographies with Keith Richards’ Life becoming one of the most popular books to be written by a musician. Now Neil Young is going to take a stab at an autobiography with Waging Heavy Peace, as Rolling Stone reported. It will be published on the Penguin imprint Blue Rider Press in 2012.
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Nirvana - Breed (Live At The Paramount/1991)
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Watch "The Swell Season" Trailer
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A Minute With: Bob Weir looking back to Grateful...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Grateful Dead revisit their historic 1972 tour of Europe with the release this week of “Europe ‘72 Vol.2, ” featuring live versions of more of the band’s classic songs and new material. Reuters talked with guitarist/vocalist Bob Weir about the album, and how the 1972 tour became such a seminal moment in the band’s long career.
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Bruce Springsteen - Prove it all night - Phoenix...
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BRUCE TO PERFORM AT TWO NYC CONCERTS THIS FALL
Bruce Springsteen will perform at the annual Stand Up for Heroes benefit, a New York Comedy Festival benefit for the Bob Woodruff Foundation, on November 9 at the Beacon Theatre. The Max Weinberg Big Band and Jon Stewart, Ricky Gervais, and Jim Gaffigan will also appear. Tickets are available through Ticketmaster. Bruce will also be a special guest performer at a benefit concert for the...
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Bruce Springsteen Interview
The day before his benefit concert for the New Jersey chapter of the American Red Cross, Bruce Springsteen stopped by the studios of Brookdale Public Radio (90.5 WBJB) Monday afternoon to show his support for the station’s 2005 Fall Membership Drive. WBJB is located in Lincroft, NJ—a stone’s throw from Red Bank—and affiliated with Brookdale Community College.
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Pearl Jam Halfway Done with New Album
Amidst all the excitement over the Cameron Crowe-directed documentary and 20th anniversary of their debut album Ten, Pearl Jam is still hard at work on new material.
Read more: http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2011/09/pearl-jam-halfway-through-new-album.html
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My Morning Jacket Announces Tour Dates
My Morning Jacket are continuing to support their successful album from earlier this year with a string of new tour dates that end with a performance at the Madison Square Garden, which is all kinds of epic.
Read more: http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2011/09/my-morning-jacket-announces-tour-dates.html
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100 Greatest Beatles Songs (Rolling Stone...
Rolling Stone Magazine has a new list, of the 100 greatest Beatles songs…from Hello Goodbye to…we’re not going to tell you #1 :-)
Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-beatles-songs-20110919
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Wilco's new album (The Whole Love) streaming at...
Wilco’s more than 15-year evolution as a band has featured a stunning series of sonic ebbs and flows. The group’s revolving cast of members started off recording country-flavored pop songs with fairly standard chord progressions, rhythms and instrumentation. But each album that followed Wilco’s 1995 debut, A.M., grew increasingly experimental, culminating in 2002’s...
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Radiohead playing 1 hour on Colbert Report next...
Radiohead’s New York week just got a little bigger! The band will also play two headlining shows at New York’s Roseland Ballroom, a venue way too small for them, September 28 and 29. Those tickets go on sale 9/26 at 10AM at ticketmaster, and they will go about as quickly as tickets can possibly go. And of course, the band will also serve as musical guest on the 9/24 season premiere of Saturday...
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R.E.M. CALL IT A DAY
From their site: “To our Fans and Friends: As R.E.M., and as lifelong friends and co-conspirators, we have decided to call it a day as a band. We walk away with a great sense of gratitude, of finality, and of astonishment at all we have accomplished. To anyone who ever felt touched by our music, our deepest thanks for listening.” R.E.M.
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Bob Marley on Jamaican Music
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Beck and freinds cover INXS' "Never Tear Us Apart"
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Grateful Dead & The Rolling Stones waiting for a...
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The Anatomy of a Concert (pic)
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Jazz Ensemble of Radiohead's Bodysnatchers (vid)
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New Neil Young Doc Aims for 'More Emotional'...
There was a tiny camera positioned on Neil Young’s main microphone for a pair of shows at Massey Hall in his hometown of Toronto this past May that gives new meaning to the phrase “up close and personal” – but it was all part of Jonathan Demme’s plan.
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The Original "Istanbul"
For They Might Be Giants fans: Here is the original version of “Istanbul” performed by The Four Lads.
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The Ramones raw rehearsal footage from 1975
And yes, it’s raw…but it has to be, it’s The Ramones
Arturo’s Loft from MARC CAMPBELL on Vimeo.
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MOG Launches Free Version of Music Service
A press release for MOG announced today that the service launched a free, ad-supported version of its music service. The service launched yesterday and gives listeners access to a catalog of around 11 million songs.
Read more: http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2011/09/mog-launches-free-version-of-music-service.html
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Rare Nirvana Concert to be Televised
VH1 will celebrate the 20th anniversary of Nirvana’s landmark album Nevermind by televising the never-before-seen concert movie Nirvana: Live at the Paramount on Friday, September 23rd at 11 p.m. ET/PT. The hour-long concert will be simulcast on VH1, VH1 Classic and Palladia.
Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/rare-nirvana-concert-to-be-televised-20110915
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Cake - Sheep Go To Heaven (vid)
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T-Rex - 20th Century Boy
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Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World (MTV...
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7 Interesting Facts About Johnny Cash
He was the man in black and was considered to be one of the most badass singers of his time (and ours). Sadly, Johnny Cash passed away on September 12, 2003 just a few months after his wife, June. In honor of his death, we remember Mr Cash by looking back at seven little known facts about the man in black.
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Jim Carrey covers Radiohead's Creep (vid)
At Arlene’s Grocery
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Actung Baby being re-recorded as a tribute album
Depeche Mode and Patti Smith are among the acts who will feature on a new U2 tribute album commemorating the 20th anniversary of the group’s Achtung Baby album.
Read more: http://www.3news.co.nz/U2s-Achtung-Baby-being-re-recorded-as-tribute-album/tabid/418/articleID/225416/Default.aspx#ixzz1XwRxxz2J
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Yim Yames (My Morning Jacket) covers Bill Withers
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Adele achieves three Guinness World Records in...
Set to go on sale this Today in the UK, the 2012 edition of the Guinness World Book of Records features a number of new record winners, three by renowned British music icon Adele.
Read more: http://www.examiner.com/adele-in-national/adele-achieves-three-guinness-world-records-2012-edition-released-this-week
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Stephen Fry worked on new Kate Bush album
Stephen Fry tweeted recently that he worked on an album. It was later reveiled (via twitter) that is was on Kate Bush’s new album, “50 Words”.
Read more: http://www.katebushnews.com/index.php/2011/09/twitter-reveals-stephen-fry-and-stefan-roberts-on-new-album/
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David Byrne To Build Giant Inflatable Globe At The...
More news from the High Line, Manhattan’s devastatingly cool elevated rail park: Starting September 16, visitors can enjoy a new public art project—a giant inflatable globe narrated by the sound of David Byrne’s voice (itself devastatingly cool).
Read More: http://www.fastcodesign.com/1664947/david-byrne-to-build-giant-inflatable-globe-at-the-high-line
