Manu Chao Shakes It Up At Outside Lands. Saliva & Spirit!I fell in love with Manu Chao somewhere on the bus between Bairritz and Barcelona. It's been a love affair ever since: His beat-friendly pan-global rock is infectious and diverse; you can groove to one night and then fall into a delicious nap under a hammock in the sun while listening to it the next morning. Thus, it was good to know, Man...
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Manu Chao's music vids consistently capture a beautiful spirit on film. His brand new video for "Politik Kills" off La Radiolina is a prime example. Self-directed with JS Sauvaire co-directing, it's shot from Chao's perspective as he follows a young fella around Monrovia, Liberia. FADER Mag reports that the kid was a soldier during the civil war that ended only a year ago. As I watched this...
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MUSIC: TOP 1501 Goodbye the Band - Sky Tiger LP [download it here, free]Goodbye the Band (download many more of his other albums here, free, as well) is my longtime friend and couple-of-times roommate, the New Jersey-born John Acquadro. He and I have bonded (and occasionally tussled) over the last near-decade about the music we make (among other things), and it is safe to say I've rarely (if ev...
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For all you Manu Chao fans out there, in front of his upcoming September 2007 new full length release, a free download of his new single "Rainin In Paradize" is available at: ""http://www.manuchao.net/"http://www.manuchao.net/Plus Tour Dates: June 2nd- Los Angeles, CA (Venue TBA shortly)June 5th – Tijuana, MX –"June 8th – Denver, CO – Red Rock Amphitheatre":http://www.redrocksonline.com/pa
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Manu Chao is at the Greek in Berkeley tonight! The show is sold out, but I'm considering walking up there to check out the scalper rate. I mean, after all, it is Manu Chao.If you haven't had a chance to hear any of his music, I highly recommend Clandestino: Esperando La Ultima Ola. I don't know if this is his first solo album post-Mano Negra, but I know it was released in 1998 or so. And it is ...
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1. Nickelback, "How You Remind Me." One sign of getting old: I'm never quite certain why I'm supposed to hate certain songs. I mean, I know enough to hate Journey, but songs like this, that sound good on shuffle play? When they inspire wrath, I'm too tired to care.2. Alicia Keys, "Fallin'." I don't know what was in women's oats in 2001, but there are gonna be a lot of belters on this week's lis...
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Fascinating new widget, this one, "Top Songs of MOGs Like Me."- I hate Interpol!- "13 Angels" by A Silver Mt. Zion was one of my favorite pieces of music when I was a teenager!- I love the Magnetic Fields!- I dig that Thom Yorke character!- I love Steely Dan... but not Can't Buy a Thrill!- I have a (very brief) history with Francisco Lopez ... that I'd rather not divulge here. Also has to do wi...
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damn had to unshuffle to listen to some more manu chao...here's one of my faves from 07's la radiolina
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So next week at this time I will be up in Chicago for the Lollapalooza Festival. A great deaal has changed in music since I saw the first festival almost 15 years ago to the dat at The Great Woods Performing Arts Center (Now some Corporate Named Place-Tweeter Center?). Back then it was a touring show and Janes Addiction, Nine Inch Nails, Henry Rollins, Living Color, Siouxie and The Banshees wer...
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http://terriblelovesongs.blogspot.com I've been feeling a little of the 'it's summer so where's the sunshine?' blues over the last couple of days (I live in the UK). Today I want to shake this feeling so I decided to try out a little experiment (you know I like experiments). I'm going to find some songs on YouTube, watch and listen and then let you know how they made me feel. You can join in as...
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Are you starved of music that makes your hips move against your will? In that case, you should check out a band called Manu Chao.Manu Chao is french born singer/ songwriter of Spanish origins who's all about love, life, and music. He sings in several different languages including French, Spanish, English, Portuguese, Gaelic, and quite a few more.They've been featured in movies such as Princes...
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A long time ago, Spencer said I should go to Manu Chao with him in Berkeley. After a month or so, I still hadn't bought my ticket. By the time I tried (several days before the show), it was sold out. But I get the feeling it was sold out for a while, since on Craigslist, people were offering and asking for $100 per ticket. Besides this, it seemed there were many more people in search for ti...
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On my way to post something brief about Manu Chao's La Radiolina, I ran across a post of the new Magnetic Fields album, by one Spencer Owen, that totally nails what's wrong with the album. Check it out over here. I'd really like to see Stephen Merritt pull off an homage to the Jesus and Mary Chain, but if he's going to do it he'll need to dig a bit farther into that imagination of his. Basical...
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it's been a few years now since i first heard this, again, i was introduced by a "friend" on MySpace. this is a great song; i listened to it like non-stop the 1st summer i heard it...it goes great with a Red Stripe. haha!
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