Another Tuesday, which means another set of new releases.
Candlebox returns with their first studio album in ten years. Now, I was never a huge Candlebox fan, but any band that managed to survive the 90’s is alright in my book. The new album, entitled Into The Sun, will probably grab the attention of most 90’s fans. I don’t know if I’ll pick it up, but if you want a review wait for Scott over at The Rock Dose to deliver one.
Here’s an acoustic, live performance of the first single “Stand”.
Nine Inch Nails are releasing the previous free download album The Slip into stores today. I liked the album when I first heard it, but I haven’t listened to it enough to give you a breakdown. It seems like a standard NIN album, so folks shouldn’t be disappointed. So, if you didn’t take advantage of the free download, then defiantly pick this album up.
Listen to “Discipline”, which was the first single type thing from The Slip.
Beck is releasing his wonderful new album Modern Guilt on vinyl today. So, if you live near a record shop then swing by and snag a copy. I know I’ll be hunting down a copy of Beck’s recent work.
Enjoy the video for Beck’s groovy single “Gamma Ray”.
Liz Phair has already hit New York, Chicago and San Fran in support of the 15th Anniversary reissue of her breakthrough album Exit From Guyville.
Phair has now added three more dates to celebrate her 1993 debut, which include:
8/27 in Philadelphia at the Theater of the Living Arts
8/28 in Washington, DC at the 9:30 Club
8/29 in Boston at The Paradise
The shows will feature Phair performing Exit To Guyville in it’s entirety, which seems pretty cool to me.
Last week I received the news that b5 was retiring this site, as well as, several other great music blogs here. The company has to do what they have to and basically trim the fat. So, once July is over, so is this site.
It’s been a blast working here and sharing some of my favorite music with people from all over the place. I guess it’s true what they say, nothing good lasts forever.
However, I will be heading over to Evolvor to keep doing what I am doing, it may not be exactly the same, but it’s better than nothing. So, if you’re a reader, then you have nothing to fear, cause I’m still alive!
Hmmm, seems like a good song to play right about now…
I usually I don’t post about these silly gossip stories, but this is just funny; since it makes my man Billy Corgan look like a jerk.
Here’s what’s going on between the friends and collaborators, which is according to Courtney Love. Alright, maybe this needs some verification, but let’s roll with it.
Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love’s only child Frances Bean is turning 16, which means that she’s having a Sweet 16 party, with a performance by My Chemical Romance. Oh the joy!
Anyways, Corgan will not be attending the festivities, which supposedly made Frances Bean cry, which in turn ticked off Courtney, which made her take to the internet.
Here’s what she had to state: “Corgan, I’m at work and am too tired to find you or get a number that you still have not sent me“. Love also added,”Out of whatever misguided shame thing you’re going through (that is a private conversation), you do not make children cry. A sweet sixteen is a big event and I think she looked upon you as family. I know she did, as a trustworthy and wise (child), and you can’t lay your s— on a child of [m]ine, and you as a man of 40 — my child sobbing, due to you, is unacceptable. I hate stating this on some random public forum, but the line is the kid, man. The line is the kid, and she does not get to shed tears over you. Her family has already done that.”
Love continued her rant by adding, “From now on, and trust me, she will never call you again”. But, Courtney didn’t stop there, “You can speak to me and I will pass it on to my family … which won’t happen due to this absurd shame you are having. I was and won’t ever say anything of negative content publicly about you – but you made my 14 year old child sob on purpose. That is enough of you. You’re the last man on the island, yet you don’t understand why they are all so alienating. Hubris, my dear Hubris, on a level I’ve never known, the frenzy of reknown [sic], you miss so terribly. Just admit it, accept it, and let it go. In the meantime, don’t make my kid or anyone’s kid cry again.”
Ah, rock star feuds are amusing. Especially coming from folks like Courtney Love and Billy Corgan. I really hope he responds, cause that should be a good one.
I know this is a 90’s related blog, we’ll get to why this song ties into the 90’s in a moment, but this is one of my favorite Bob Marley tunes. Yes, it’s a bit played out, but none the less a beautiful piece of music.
And, for some reason, I’ve been listening to “Redemption Song” a lot lately. Maybe because of the lines “Emancipate yourself from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds”. Man, gives me chills just typing out the words.
“Redemption Song” appears as the last track on Marley’s final studio album, which was from 1980’s Uprising. Marley had already been diagnosed with cancer and was apparently dealing with his own mortality during the writing/recording of the album. He would pass away a year after the release of Uprising.
The song has been covered by a ton of artists ranging from legends like Stevie Wonder and U2 to newer acts like Alicia Keyes to his son Ziggy with the Chieftans, but 90’s folks have done their fair share of takes on the song.
Beck has just added some new tour dates for his late summer run, which is in support of his new and fantastic album Modern Guilt.
Here are Beck’s current tour dates:
08/21/08 - Reno, NV - Grand Sierra Resort and Casino
08/22/08 - San Francisco, CA - Outside Lands Festival
08/24/08 - Bend, OR - Les Schwab Amphiteater
08/30/08 - Seattle, WA - Bumbershoot Festival
09/19/08 - San Diego, CA - Street Scene Festival
09/20/08 - Hollywood, CA - Hollywood Bowl
09/22/08 - Phoenix, AZ - Dodge Theater
09/23/08 - Albuquerque, NM - Kiva Auditorium
09/25/08 - El Paso, TX - Abraham Chavez Theatre
09/27/08 - Austin, TX - Zilker Park, Austin City Limits Festival
09/29/08 - Kansas City, MO - Uptown Theatre
09/30/08 - Minneapolis, MN - Wilkins Auditorium
10/02/08 - Chicago, IL - Aragon Ballroom
10/03/08 - Chicago, IL - Aragon Ballroom
Let’s hope that Beck shows the East Coast some love. I’ve only seen him once and it was so awesome that I need to see him again, plus Modern Guilt is great.
Here’s a live performance of “The New Pollution” from a show in Berlin last month.
The brothers Gallagher have unveiled the tracklisting and cover art for their seventh studio album Dig Out Your Soul.
The follow up to 2005’s Don’t Believe The Truth will hit shelves on October 6 in the UK and October 7 in the States through the band’s own label Big Brother Recordings. The album’s first single “The Shock of the Lightning” will see light on September 29.
The west coast got lots of action this past weekend by some of my favorite 90’s acts, so let’s have a quick wrap up of the festivities.
On Saturday night, July 12, VH1 honored legendary rockers The Who with performances by the Foo Fighters, the Flaming Lips, Incubus, Tenacious D, Pearl Jam and of course The Who at the Pauley Pavilion on the campus of UCLA in L.A . There were also a slew of celebrities at the event, which also raised over a million bucks for various charities.
Foo Fighters kicked the night off with their renditions of “Young Man Blues” and “Bargain”, which also featured Supergrass frontman Gaz Coombes. The Flaming Lips then brought back their take on a Tommy medley that included “Pinball Wizard” and “See Me Feel Me”.
Incubus followed the Lips with “I Can See For Miles” and “I Can’t Explain”. Funnymen Jack Black and Kyle Gass delivered an acoustic version of “Squeeze Box”. Finally, Pearl Jam closed the tribute performances with “Love Reign O’er Me” and their first crack at “The Real Me”, both included the addition of a string section. The Who then concluded the night with their own hit filled set.
You can check out some great pics from the event right here, which include some sweet shots of Vedder with Tenacious D and Gave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins and Matt Cameron hanging out. Don’t forget to catch the show this Thursday, July 17, on VH1, VH1 Classic and MHD beginning at 9 p.m.
The other big event this past weekend was the Sub Pop 20th Anniversary bash at Seattles’ Marymoor Park.
Mudhoney and The Vaselines (the band that Kurt Cobain loved and covered 3 times with “Molly’s Lips”, “Son of a Gun” and “Jesus Doesn’t Want Me For a Sunbeam”) seemed to have stolen the show. However, there was also that little Green River reunion to make the event that much cooler, man, I bet Jeff Ament and Stone Gossard were beat!
Since Beck just released Modern Guilt, and celebrated a birthday this week, it only makes sense that we do an FYI on Mr. Hansen.
Bek David Campbell, aka Beck Hansen, was born on July 8 1970 in Los Angeles, CA.
His father David Campbell, who is a Canadian musician, wrote the string arrangements for Stone Temple Pilots’ Storytellers.
His mother, Bibbe Hansen, worked with Andy Warhol in Prison, Restaurant, 10 Beautiful Girls and 10 More Beautiful Girls.
In 1988 Beck recorded his first cassette, Banjo Story.
In the late 80’s, Beck and future Presidents of the United States of America frontman Chris Ballew, formed a duo that performed on the streets of L.A.
Beck first signed to the small label Bong Load Custom Records in the early 90’s.
Beck has eight unreleased albums prior to his first release, they include: We Like Folk…We Cares…Destroy Us (1991), R-Marcel (1992), Are you positive (1992), Beck, Like the Beer (1992), Don’t Get Bent Out of Shape (1992), 1992 Demo, Fresh Meat and Old Slabs (1993)and Golden Leftovers (1993).
The 1993 single “MTV Makes Me Want To Smoke Crack” is the first official release from Beck.
Golden Feelings is the first album released by Beck in 1993.
In 1993 Bong Load Records released a single entitled “Loser”, which created buzz for the unknown artist.
Beck signed to Geffen Records, even though the label offered him the least amount of money, they gave him the most creative freedom.
A Western Harvest Field by Moonlight is the last unofficial release in 1994.
Steropathetic Soulmanure was released on February 22, 1994 through Flipside Records.
Mellow Gold was Beck’s major label debut, released on March 1, 1994, would reach platinum status
“Loser” would reach the top spot on the Modern Rock Tracks and #10 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1994.
On June 27, 1994 Beck released One Foot in the Grave through K Records, which features Chris Ballew on guitar and bass.
In 1995 Beck was part of Lollapalooza, alongside Sonic Youth, Cypress Hill, The Jesus Lizard, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Moby and more.
Odelay was released on June 18, 1996 and would go on to win the Grammy for Best Alternative Music Album in 1997.
The first single, “Where It’s At”, premiered during Beck’s performances at Lollapalooza in 1995.
The video for “Devil’s Haircut” was directed by Mark Romanek, who know, the man behind NIN’s “Closer”, Johnny Cash’s “Hurt” and Audioslave’s “Cochise”.
Beck’s thrid major label debut, Mutations, was released on November 3, 1998 and was produced by Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich.
Beck had intended for Mutations to be released through Bong Load Records, which didn’t make Geffen too happy, so people started taking each other to court.
The Mutations track “Tropicalia” would appear in the 2004 Ben Stiller/Jennifer Aniston flick Along Came Polly.
In 1998 Beck teamed up with his grandfather Al Hansen for an art exhibit entitled “Beck & Al Hansen: Playing With Matches”.
Midnite Vultures, Beck’s fourth Geffen release, hit shelves on November 23, 1999 and reached gold status.
The video for the first single, “Sexx Laws”, was directed by Beck and features an appearance by Jack Black.
The Beck EP was released in 2001 and features B-sides from the Midnite Vultures era.
Beck appears as himself in the 2001 Futurama episode “Bendin’ in the Wind”.
Beck contributed a cover of David Bowie’s “Diamond Dogs” for the 2001 flick “Moulin Rouge!”.
Sea Change was released on September 24, 2002 and would peak at #8 on Billboard’s Top 200 chart; it was also Beck’s first album to make it in the Top Ten in the U.S. charts .
Guero was released on March 29, 2005 and debuted at #2 on Billboard’s Top 200.
The first single, “E-Pro”, sample The Beastie Boys tune “So What’cha Want”
Jack White appears on the track “Go It Alone”.
The EP Gameboy Variations contains remixes of four Guero songs and was released on February 1, 2005.
The Jack Black comedy Nacho Libre features six Beck songs: “My Heart Is with the Children”, “There Is No Place for Me in This World”, “Tender Beasts of the Spangled Night”, “10,000 Pesos”, “Holy Man” and “Return of the Luchador”
Beck appeared at the 2006 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival.
The Information was released on October 3, 2006 and hit the #7 spot on the Billboard 200.
The first single, “Nausea”, made it’s live debut on May 24, 2006.
The non-album single “Timebomb” was released on August 21, 2007 through iTunes.
On May 19, 2008 the track “Chemtrails” debuted on BBC Radio 1 and refers to a conspiracy theory.
Modern Guilt was released on July 8, 2008 and was produced by Danger Mouse.
Cat Power appears on the tracks “Orphans” and “Walls”.
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