fuck’s second record, “baby loves a funny bunny,” 20th anniversary collectors’ edition out now on Vampire Blues. Limited edition vinyl reissue includes digital download with previously unreleased bonus tracks!
Month: July 2017
LOCAL BANDS & PROMOTERS: YOUR SCENE IS DYING AND IT’S YOUR FAULT | Bloodrock Media
Here’s a wake up call for you, and I will do my best to remain objective yet blunt. Your scene is dying, and it’s your fault. Promoters and bands alike. Your fault. You. Pissed off yet? Well strap
Source: LOCAL BANDS & PROMOTERS: YOUR SCENE IS DYING AND IT’S YOUR FAULT | Bloodrock Media
“THE THING YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER IS, NO MATTER HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THE MUSIC OR WHAT IT STANDS FOR, SOMEWHERE, SOMEHOW, THAT MUSIC IS AFFECTING SOMEONE IN A POSITIVE WAY.“
The SoundCloud You Loved Is Doomed | Pitchfork
Amid rumors of bankruptcy, SoundCloud finds itself where many of its forebears have: slouching unsuccessfully towards scale and profitability.
Source: The SoundCloud You Loved Is Doomed | Pitchfork
“After being shopped last year for $1 billion, SoundCloud could end up being sold so cheaply that its founders may have trouble turning a profit. Deezer, which has an estimated 6.9 million subscribers mainly outside of America, is said to be among potential suitors, and it has the heft of ownership by Warner Music parent company Access Industries. Or might Apple Music be interested in a distinctive free tier to go along with its carefully branded subscription service? Google’s name periodically surfaces in the rumor mills as well. For music fans, SoundCloud’s struggle is another age-old story of a vital cultural wellspring that loses its identity in a quest for profitability. It typically ends with a 21st-century graveyard of broken embeds, dead links, and lost sounds.”
Yes, Iggy Pop is 70. And yes, he obliterated his set at FYF Fest
The Legendary Free Music Night You’ve Never Heard Of – Noisey
Source: The Legendary Free Music Night You’ve Never Heard Of – Noisey
“[That night] was one of the worst experiences I’ve had,” says Bookman, now a host for radio station Indie 88. “That whole thing was really stressful, as you can imagine. They were so hot at the time, but also a handful. Nobody knew how stressful the day would be. We didn’t know what would happen from one second to the next. I was supposed to have them on the air at 6PM and they never showed up. They just went and did their own thing. So that was a little upsetting. And I saw what was going on at the club with the line-up. I couldn’t deal with it, so I went down to the Beverley Tavern and drank and let everyone else deal with it.”
The Strokes – Hard To Explain 10/02/2001 Horseshoe Tavern
The True History Of The Traveling Wilbury’s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTZiWlsw1Iw
30 minutes of musical history.
The Story Behind Alice Cooper’s First Hit, ‘Eighteen’ – WSJ
Source: The Story Behind Alice Cooper’s First Hit, ‘Eighteen’ – WSJ
“The last line of my lyric to “Eighteen” was supposed to be “I’m 18 and I hate it.” But as I neared the end of my vocal in the studio, I decided to flip it to “I’m 18 and I like it.” I wanted to turn the teenage angst around.
That was a surprise to everyone in the control booth. With my earlier lyric, the song was a good hard rocker. But by flipping the line, the song became a statement.”
Nick Lowe: An elegant elder statesman of rock (From HeraldScotland)
NICK Lowe once penned a song called When I Write The Book. Thirty-odd years later, we’re still waiting. Elvis Costello may have recently…
Source: Nick Lowe: An elegant elder statesman of rock (From HeraldScotland)
His energies are required elsewhere. Fatherhood, rather late in the day, and a settled second marriage have played havoc with his work-life balance. “When I go off on tour, it takes me two weeks prior to that to turn into the bloke who does the shows,” he says. “If I put the wrong plastics in the recycling bin, my wife always says to me, rather tartly: ‘You’ve already left, haven’t you? You’re not here anymore.’ And she’s sort of right, because the guy who does the shows can’t do the bins. He doesn’t know how to empty the bloody dishwasher or how to take the kid to football – and he’s not remotely interested in doing it, either.
“Then when I come home from tour, I get bollocked for not getting the right thing from Tesco. I’m like, ‘Wait a minute, I’ve just got back from having my back patted and told how bloody marvellous I am. Give me a break here!’ The older I get, and since the boy came along, it takes a great deal of effort to change backwards and forwards. Unless I just want to be a terrible dead beat, of which there are quite a lot in the musical world. Deadbeat dads! All of that definitely has a bearing on how easy it is to create anything new.”
1000 GESTALTEN / G 20 Hamburg Summit on Vimeo
“this is spooky, wonderful, amazing, > empowering!
so many of us are asleep,
all it takes to WAKE UP is to remember the truth of who we are.
Energetic pieces of the same mysterious infinite ocean of love.
Reminding others who we are, helps us remind ourselves!
Thank you for such a powerful reminder.”
Where the streets have no statues: why do the Irish hate U2?
Source: Where the streets have no statues: why do the Irish hate U2? | Music | The Guardian
“In other words, the nation’s dislike of U2 is classic Irish begrudgery – the phenomenon that Irish people are predisposed to feel envy and resentment towards those who achieve a certain level of success. Harry Browne, author of The Frontman: Bono (In the Name of Power), believes this theory has some credence. “[There is] a pride in being in the position to take this large object and cut it down to size, which I think is a very Irish, post-colonial phenomenon,” he explains. “I think that’s a big aspect of it.”
The idea of Irish begrudgery is difficult to gauge. Liam Neeson, Saoirse Ronan and Conor McGregor enjoy all the glitzy spoils of being famous but have escaped the same backlash. In rock history, artists such as Thin Lizzy and Rory Gallagher are widely beloved among their countrymen. A statue of Lizzy frontman Phil Lynott stands on Dublin’s Harry Street; there are sculptures and plaques dedicated to Gallagher dotted throughout the island at which fans can bend the knee. If begrudgery plays a part in U2’s unpopularity, it’s uniquely barbed when it comes to the band.”