Category: Music
Cage the Elephant, Beck’s Tour: Photos From the Road – Rolling Stone
I helped set up this show along with 50 other Stage Hands at Budweiser Stage in Toronto. It was the morning the truss fell off the forklift onto my shoulder. Wish I could have afforded to see the show. I like both bands a lot. Note: this is a link to a slide show. Source:…
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8 punk bands who rocked the ’70s scene alongside the Ramones
Play all of these in succession and you will know what 1977 was like 1. Television 2. Patti Smith Group 3. Richard Hell And The Voidoids 4. Johnny Thunders And The Heartbreakers 5. Blondie 6. The Dictators 7. Dead Boys 8. The Cramps Source: 8 punk bands who rocked the ’70s scene alongside the Ramones
Beatles Art Director on Secrets of the ‘Abbey Road’ Cover – Rolling Stone
Kosh looks back on the analyses and conspiracy theories that followed with amusement, starting with the “Paul is dead” rumors that sprang from supposed clues in the photo. He recalls being in the office when an Apple executive called McCartney in France to make sure he was, in fact, alive; “Fuck off,” McCartney said, hanging…
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Brian Eno Interview: ‘Apollo’ Expanded, Moon Landing – Rolling Stone
I definitely grew up with this album. I still have the original on cassette and I recorded my own album in the same studio as Apollo which hangs in shimmering gold on the studio wall. The excerpt below is from the end of the article. Much more good stuff. Read from the beginning. Being grown…
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A Conservative Impulse in the New Rock Underground | Village Voice
August 18, 1975 Arabian swelter, and with the air-conditioning broken, CBGB resembled some abattoir of a kitchen in which a bucket of ice is placed in front of a fan to cool the room off. To no avail of course, and the heat had perspiration glissading down the curve of one’s back, yeah, and the…
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Independent Artists | The Age of Empowerment | MIDiA Research
Doesn’t hit at the important issues but still food for thought. Live music is the only way… INDEPENDENT ARTISTS | THE AGE OF EMPOWERMENT Added on 9th July, 2019 by Mark Mulligan Key takeaways A sector with real scale. Artists without record labels generated $643.1 million in 2018, up 35% from 2017. These independent artists…
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Top 8 videos capturing Britpunk beginnings in all its snarling glory
“Don’t accept the old order,” Johnny Rotten drones monotonously as he clips his nails for ITV’s cameras. “Get rid of it.” Host Janet Street-Porter was the rare mainstream journalist sympathetic to early punk, documenting the original vibrancy as record company contracts were first offered to the new order Rotten represented. Refreshingly, the reportage eschews all…
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BBC: Marc Bolan – The Final Word (2007) – YouTube
…very well done and enlightening documentary on Marc Bolan and his bands. 1:17:00
The Day the Music Burned
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UbuWeb Sound – Obscure Records
GO TO THE SOURCE TO HEAR THE MUSIC! Obscure Records was a U.K. record label which existed from 1975 to 1978. It was created and run by Brian Eno, who also produced the albums (credited as executive producer in one instance). Ten albums were issued in the series. Most have detailed liner notes on their…
The Truth About Vinyl – Vinyl vs. Digital – YouTube
…the technical possibilities with digital recording seem to have led to increased audio compression and loudness in current recordings. Thus, no fault of the format itself, current digital recordings may lack something relative to vinyl recordings, both past and present.
Return of reel-to-reel as musicians reject digital for better sound of dated technology
I have kept my Akai Reel to Reel that I used in the 70s. Real sound-on-sound. Combining digital and analogue has been my plan since my first record in 2008. I’ve never looked back… It began with vinyl, and cassettes closely followed. But now reel-to-reel tape decks have joined the analogue revival and are making…
Bob Dylan’s Surprise Juno Appearance (1986) | Junos Vault – CBC Player
Source: Bob Dylan’s Surprise Juno Appearance (1986) | Junos Vault – CBC Player
50 Most Important Drummers Of All Time – DRUM! Magazine
BY JON COHAN, RICK MATTINGLY, AND ANDY DOERSCHUK Consider for one moment the magnitude of what’s going on here. We’ve chosen 50 drummers who have had the most profound influence on the art form. Do… Source: 50 Most Important Drummers Of All Time – DRUM! Magazine