I have more than the occasional random thought, and I’m going to share one of them with you now. First of all, before I get to that, this post is Death Cab for Cutie related, and related to that, you’d probably be interested to know that Death Cab recently recorded a live session for Daytrotter, […]
Author: Matt Wardlaw
Bob Lefsetz on Tom Petty and Mudcrutch
One of the loudest men on the internet, Bob Lefsetz recently penned a couple of pieces relating to the new Mudcrutch CD, which I wrote about here yesterday. He urged Warner Brothers and Petty to put Crystal River online in all of its 9 minute glory, and WB were indeed paying attention, and now have […]
Coldplay – Violet Hill
Coldplay made the first music from their upcoming new album available for free download (for one week only) today via their official website. The official website has been slammed, so here it is for your listening pleasure. Download Coldplay are a guilty pleasure for me that I got into a long time after many had […]
A recommendation for the new album from Tom Petty and Mudcrutch
Before I get into this, I’d like to throw a brief recommendation towards the new tunes just posted by one of Detroit’s greatest rock and roll bands, the Dirty Americans. Surf on over, and give ’em a listen. I just wanted to put up this post in case you’re feeling any skepticism about picking up […]
Rock and Roll Quote of the Day from Tegan and Sara
Yeah, this isn’t going to REALLY be a daily thing, but I will feature great quotes, when appropriate, as I come across them. Like this one from Tegan, of Tegan and Sara. link There is nothing more un-rock & roll than shorts. We learned this on our first tour. Our first tour was opening for […]
Record Store Day and how I managed to miss it
Ah, the record store, my first true love, and a relationship that remains true to this day. I worked at a record store as recently as 2006, when I picked up a Saturday shift to have fun and talk music. I saw it as a good potential opportunity to blow off steam from the week, […]
Bruce Springsteen’s eulogy for Danny Federici
When people want to know why I have such a strong love for Bruce’s music, and Bruce as a person, I’ve always got at least one example that I can point to. Now, here is the latest example as posted at brucespringsteen.net: The eulogy as delivered by Bruce Springsteen, for 40 year E. Street Band […]
VIDEO – Jane’s Addiction Reunited
The original lineup of Jane’s Addiction (with Eric Avery!) reunites for the first time in nearly two decades for a four song performance at the NME Awards USA. The band reunited to accept the inaugural NME Godlike Genius Award for the U.S., presented at past UK Award ceremonies to U2, Paul McCartney, New Order, and […]
VIDEO – Kathleen Edwards on The Late Show with David Letterman
I knew there was someone that was going to be on late night television that I wanted to see. I couldn’t come up with it. And now, thanks to Kathleen Edwards, now I remember. It was Kathleen Edwards, who actually performed one of my favorite songs, The Cheapest Key, which comes off of Kathleen’s new […]
VIDEO: Snoop Dogg jams with Willie Nelson
So if you’re Snoop Dogg, and you’re in Amsterdam at the same time that Willie Nelson is playing a show….well of course you have to join him for a song! Meanwhile, Willie of course needs to see how the other half lives, and so he shows up at Snoop’s show, and does some rapping of […]