The MOG Gazette August 19
New on MOGtv
Video Interview With The Hold Steady's Craig Finn
Craig Finn talks about meeting Bruce Springsteen and The Clash's Joe Strummer. Plus the music that changed his life: Husker Du, The Clash, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen and more.
http://mog.com/mogtv/hold_steady1
Finn also talks about the latest Hold Steady album, hanging onto youthful idealism and the responsibility of us all to stay informed.
http://mog.com/mogtv/hold_steady2
What's Hot on MOG
NEW! Artists On MOG! Franz Ferdinand, Valencia
Franz Ferdinand have come to MOG! Their first post is a video of the legendary Pacific Northwest proto-punk garage band the Sonics performing their classic, "Strychnine," at the recent Way Out West festival in Goteborg, Sweden where Franz Ferdinand also performed. Rock with Franz at their MOG page.
http://mog.com/franz_ferdinand
Plus:
The Philadelphia-based alterna-rockers Valencia have their second album, <I>We All Need a Reason to Believe</I>, coming out Aug. 26. And now they're Moggers:
http://www.mog.com/valencia_band
Also check out:
Anberlin
People in Planes
http://mog.com/people_in_planes
NEW! "My Trusted Blogs" Widget
Now any MOG Music Network blog you choose to add to your Trusted Blogs can be displayed on your profile page. Just click "Customize" at the top of your MOG profile page to enable this widget and more!
Music News of the Week
New Bon Iver!
Fri Aug 15 2008
http://mog.com/blog_post/content/122/181643
The Game and Lil Wayne Collaborate for "My Life" Video
Mon Aug 18 2008
http://mog.com/MrFrost/blog/182229
AC/DC New Album Info: Could You Pick Out The Title In A Line-Up?
Mon Aug 18 2008
http://mog.com/Charley_Rogulewski/blog/182159
Trent Reznor In Talks To Bring "Year Zero" Series To HBO
Tues Aug 12 2008
http://mog.com/MrFrost/blog/180116
New Kanye West Video "Champion" & New Jay-Z Song "Jockin Jay-Z"
Tues Aug 12 2008
http://mog.com/MrFrost/blog/180016
New! Stream Jolie Hollan's "Mexico City" off "The Living & The Dead"
Tues Aug 12 2008
http://mog.com/Michael_Goldberg/blog/180550
New DMB Album
Wed Aug 13 2008
http://mog.com/blog_post/content/122/180727
Death Cab for Cutie Reveal U.S. Tour Dates
Wed Aug 13 2008
http://mog.com/MrFrost/blog/180582
RATM To Host Anti-War Music Fest During Democratic National Convention
Thur Aug 14 2008
http://mog.com/MrFrost/blog/181199
Rumored Title & Release Date For New U2 Album
Thur Aug 14 2008
http://mog.com/MrFrost/blog/181170
Album Reviews of the Week
Artist: Juliana Hatfield
Album: How to Walk Away
incurablyerin: "While the 1990s have come and gone for most of us, Juliana Hatfield's new album retains that familiar alterna-indie-rock sound. It's the sound that made us care about her in the first place--that and Ms. Hatfield's signature wispy, kittenish voice singing about the lighter side of heartbreak. "The fact remains," Ms. Hatfield sings in the first track of the same name on her recent release, How to Walk Away, and so too remains the Juliana Hatfield we all remember."
More: http://mog.com/incurablyerin/blog/181815
Check out incurablyerin's music collection
http://mog.com/music_collection/full_list/19/302298
Artist: Death Vessel
Album: Nothing is Precious Enough For Us
Captain Obvious: "What's with all these Americana and folk artists with names that sound more fitting for death metal bands? I think I'm going to start a bluegrass band named Bludgeoned Carcass. Death Vessel is actually the moniker for singer/songwriter Joel Thibodeau, who has long enough hair to be in a death metal band but actually creates a unique brand of psych-folk."
Wed Aug 13 2008
More: http://mog.com/blog_post/content/134/181207
Artist: Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis
Album: Two Men with the Blues
carmensandiego: "In early 2007, Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis teamed up for two live shows at Jazz at Lincoln Center billed simply as Willie Nelson Sings the Blues. Accompanied by Marsalis's band, the two mostly took on old blues standards, from Chicago-style down south to the Big Easy, resulting in what had to be a moment of providence for honest audiophiles - a live record credited to Nelson and Marsalis boasting of their emergence as Two Men with the Blues."
Wed Aug 13 2008
More: http://mog.com/carmensandiego/blog/181093
Check out carmensandiego's music collection
http://mog.com/music_collection/full_list/19/21100
Artist: Islands
Album: Arm's Way
pinkertonwasbetter: "You went to all of their shows. You sent in the $7 needed to join their fan club. You wore their T-shirt everyday straight for a week. And how did they repay you? By breaking up. Such is the relationship saga of many fans of the phenomenal indie rock band the Unicorns. May they rest in peace. As in other areas of life, however, there are never any real ends to relationships, only the beginnings of new ones. Such is the story of Islands, sprung from the ashes of the Unicorns."
Tues Aug 12 2008
More: http://mog.com/pinkertonwasbetter/blog/180165
Check out pinkertonwasbetter's music collection
http://mog.com/music_collection/full_list/19/186776
Artist: Sparks
Album: Exotic Creatures of the Deep
Spencer Owen: "Joke refrains repeated to death by a flamboyant, falsetto-flaunting singer (Russell Mael) with harmony stacks bigger than Freddie Mercury's. Songs based on novelty-style concepts. Unrealistic, programmed synthetic string sections and piano patches (Ron Mael) standing in for the real thing, with occasional silly rock riffing and drums and even a track mostly cribbed from a Kylie Minogue strip-club groove. All from a pair of brothers that's still doggedly making music after roughly 40 years."
Wed Aug 13 2008
More: http://mog.com/Spencer_Owen/blog/180985
Check out Spencer Owen's music collection
http://mog.com/music_collection/full_list/19/64
Word of MOG
CONCERT REVIEW: Bob Dylan Blows An Anti-War Message Through Prospect Park, Brooklyn
Wed Aug 13 2008
indiepixie: "Listening to Dylan live today can be equated to listening to Dylan in the early 60s via transistor radio in a cornfield in Nebraska. His voice live is almost unrecognizable, like it's been dragged through tobacco fields naked, tortured for years in smokey bars with no windows, lugged through tired deserts of American heartland, washed out to sea and beached back again, and then hung to dry for too long on radio antennas everywhere."
More: http://mog.com/indiepixie/blog/181086
Check out indiepixie's music collection
http://mog.com/music_collection/full_list/19/205543
Some People Film Everything They Do
Tues Aug 12 2008
Punk Turns 30: "It doesn't take a crystal ball to tell you that music is a visual medium and that punk rock is one of the more interesting visuals you can get."
More: http://mog.com/blog_post/content/44/180620
Listen to Dr. Dog's Lillywhite Session
Fri Aug 15 2008
Anyone's Guess: "Philly's Dr. Dog recorded live a handful of songs from their new album, <I>Fate</I>, with Steve Lillywhite as part of an on-going series on World Café. These guys are terrific - so too the new album - with their jaunty sixties-style beats and harmonies enveloped by a modern rock sensibility."
More: http://mog.com/blog_post/content/36/181533
Interlude: Surprise, Surprise
Wed Aug 13 2008
ÜberDrivel: "Whenever I go to a show, I'm hoping for the unexpected. There are hits and misses, but generally if something unusual happens, that's a good thing. Since my iPod is busted and I'd rather be outside than attached to computers speakers, exposure to new music has been primarily through shows this summer. I think that's often the best way, as the live setting really allows an artist to inject some personality into their art, and sometimes a band's mannerisms are as compelling as the music. The summer is quickly coming to an end, but the shows keep coming."
More: http://mog.com/blog_post/content/197/180605
Gnarls Barkley: Hail, Hail, Rock 'n' Roll!
Tues Aug 12 2008
carmensandiego: "I expected many things tonight as I made my way into Atlanta to catch Gnarls Barkley at the Variety Playhouse. I expected a spaceman costume or two, maybe a bunny suit, or even an impromptu wedding ceremony where Cee-Lo plays the role of the blushing, heavily-tattooed bride - all with a hip-hop/R&B-edged soundtrack to go along with it. Fair enough, right? Out of all possible expectations, though, the one that came through in the end is the one I never saw coming: Gnarls Barkley may have been the best rock n roll concert I will ever see."
More: http://mog.com/carmensandiego/blog/179976
Check out carmensandiego's music collection
http://mog.com/music_collection/full_list/19/21100
A Wilco Show and Meeting Jeff Tweedy
Wed Aug 13 2008
jameson: "So I got to see Wilco last night. While it was against my better judgement and against my bank account to do so, it will be a night that I won't soon forget."
More: http://mog.com/jameson/blog/180581
So I Guess I Won MOG Wars, eh?
Fri Aug 15 2008
Groon: "I was going to post some sort of big, over-the-top production about fighting battles and wars and vanquishing foes and such, but honestly my creative juices don't seem to be flowing too well at the moment, and I don't want to make it boring or stupid, or even worse, annoying and bragging. So let me just say thanks to everyone who helped make my first MOG wars a lot of fun."
More: http://mog.com/Groon/blog/181555
Check out Groon's music collection
http://mog.com/music_collection/full_list/19/48667
The Capitol Hill Block Party
Sun Aug 17 2008
amber: "With all the hoopla of Coachella and Bonnaroo, with Virgin and APW and Lolla, we tend to forget the small music festivals. I, too, have been remiss about touting the greatness of local block parties; despite the lack of huge name headliners, there is often such lovely aural goodness to indulge in."
More: http://mog.com/amber/blog/181989
Check out amber's music collection
http://mog.com/music_collection/full_list/19/24371
One Year Later
Mon Aug 18 2008
Kate Earl: "A year ago I was homeless. My independent label was dismantled and I had hoped to be signed onto the major portion of my label. I had no interest in touring the old sound while a new sound needed to be developed. I had to find the music I heard inside. I had made Fate and now I was talking about beats and soul and groove and people looked at me like "you? right." I was stuck in this Catch-22: no money for recording and no money until recordings had been turned in."
More: http://mog.com/Kate_Earl/blog/182200
New Website! (www.masonjennings.com)
Mon Aug 18 2008
Mason Jennings: "Hey Everybody! I hope you are having a great summer. I have been having so much fun and have been traveling a lot. I have been in 4 continents in the last year and hope to make it 5 before too long. I am so excited for the Fall U.S. tour and to bring a lot of the new songs to the stage for the first time."
More: http://mog.com/Mason_Jennings/blog/182198
Detroit, Bowling, GPS, St. Paul
Mon Aug 18 2008
Your Vegas: "Hi everyone, hope you're well. Jon here on the blog. The time is 3:14 am on Saturday morning and the place is my hotel room in St. Paul, Minnesota. Last night we performed at the Magic Stick in Detroit. We've played there once before opening up for The Bravery but last night was our own headline show. What's great about the Magic Stick is that there's a bowling alley downstairs so after rocking out we went to try out our bowling abilities."
More: http://mog.com/Your_Vegas/blog/182192
Mogger of the Week
Say hello to Ben Heller!
Ben Heller hails from "an area known as the Black Country in the heart of U.K." He's a vinyl junkie who has "devoted a 'shrine-like' room to my 3000+ albums. It's my sanctuary, my escape, my 'comfort blanket.'" What encouraged him to build up such a large collection? Ben says he's been collecting "since I realised I wasn't a good enough singer or songwriter to achieve my dreams."
Though he owns a lot of music he still has a couple worth naming as favorites. "<I>London Calling</I> by The Clash remains my favourite album of all time, closely followed by The Beatles' <I>Abbey Road</I>."
In the two years he's been a Mogger Ben has found, "MOG respects everyone's opinion. We're not all as literate as the professional writers, but when your regular Mogger posts, it's with passion, and for me that's what it's all about...passion for the integral reason we're all here-music."
Be sure to say hi to Ben Heller!
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