Celebrating their twentieth anniversary as a label, Warp are set to release a giant musical box-set featuring music released through the label over the past two decades. The box-set, titled Warp20 (Infinite) contains three separate 'sections' each with heaps of decent material to indulge in.
Jamie Lidell with Janelle Monae @ Paradise Tulsa, Citay, Faces On Film @ Middle East upstairs Fucked Up, Vivian Girls @ Great Scott Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby, Jimmy Ryan, Jenny Riddle @ TT the Bear's Noel Paul Stookey @ Club Passim PLUSHGUN with Lovewhip @ Harper's Ferry The Slackers, The Void Union*, Have Nots @ [...]
A happy Monday to everyone! Just spent a full weekend in Chicago for the first time in some time and I am smitten with this city all over again. I saw a great show Saturday, ate some amazing food and though the Cubbies lost, there is a lot of excitement and energy in my surrogate [...]
I was Youtubing around for videos of Jamie Lidell at Lollapalooza and found that he'd released a video for "Hurricane," my favorite song off his new record. It's simple, wacky and strangely reminds me of the video for George Michael's "Faith" — they're both simple, feature the lead singer dancing around and make me want [...]~~
It would be easy to dismiss Jamie Lidell as just another English cat enamored of classic Motown R&B (see: Joe Cocker through Mark Ronson). But Lidell mitigates any possible debt to the American past with his innovative arrangements, backed here by a jazzy band constructed out of chopped up samples, a strolling bassline, and a multi-tracked chorus of Jamies.Johnny Mercer, writer of countless Ame...
Wow talk about amazing photos!! Way to go Jon. Well judging from these photos I think you can imagine it was a pretty sweet show, but I'll give you a little recap.Janelle Monae was Janet and Michael Jackson combined. She even did MJ's signature backwards moon-walk on stage. So much excitement, as you can see from the crowdsurfing. 10 times the amount of energy compared to any other fem...
I know, it's been awhile since I blogged. I tried to see MGMT last weekend at McCarren Pool , and I was completely unsuccessful. It took me ten minutes to find the end of the line. Apparently, arriving thirty minutes early was not early enough. I felt like I was waiting in line for an iPhone. After waiting way too long, I gave up and left. I had already seen these guys, and I didn't fe...
--- - |- Soon enough, soulman Jamie Lidell's not gonna have a spare second to sit down and pose for these kinds of wacky promotional photos. The always colorful crooner's got tour dates out the wahoo, stretching nearly into next year. Things just got a whole lot crazier with the addition of a new North American tour and way more dates on his run with fellow snazzy dresser Elton John. Lidell w...
A lot of good releases came out this morning. Here are the ones worth the slightest bit of consideration:... Madonna - Hard Candy... Estelle - Shine... Portishead - Third... Mindless Self Indulgence - If... Augustana - Can't Love, Can't Hurt... Jamie Lidell - Jim... Puscifer - V is for Viagra (The Remixes)... The Roots - Rising Down... Mudcrutch - Mudcrutch... Def Leppard - Songs from the Spark...
Jamie Lidell with Janelle Monae @ Paradise Tulsa, Citay, Faces On Film @ Middle East upstairs Fucked Up, Vivian Girls @ Great Scott Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby, Jimmy Ryan, Jenny Riddle @ TT the Bear's Noel Paul Stookey @ Club Passim PLUSHGUN with Lovewhip @ Harper's Ferry The Slackers, The Void Union*, Have Nots @ [...]
Wow talk about amazing photos!! Way to go Jon. Well judging from these photos I think you can imagine it was a pretty sweet show, but I'll give you a little recap.Janelle Monae was Janet and Michael Jackson combined. She even did MJ's signature backwards moon-walk on stage. So much excitement, as you can see from the crowdsurfing. 10 times the amount of energy compared to any other fem...
I was Youtubing around for videos of Jamie Lidell at Lollapalooza and found that he'd released a video for "Hurricane," my favorite song off his new record. It's simple, wacky and strangely reminds me of the video for George Michael's "Faith" — they're both simple, feature the lead singer dancing around and make me want [...]~~