You can always count on Heather Browne to bring the awesomeness to your ears. Today’s awesome is spelled W-I-L-C-O. But it’s not your everyday standard issue Wilco – we’re talking a full disc (disc one of two) of Wilco covering other people’s songs! You’ll hear covers of songs by Petty, Ramones, Replacements……just check it out […]
Author: Matt Wardlaw
A couple of interviews that you might dig
Hopefully my Friday night will consist of rocking out with Dave Grohl and the Foo Fighters! Music comrade John Soeder caught up with Foos guitar player Chris Shiflett for a conversation that led me to discover that somehow, their brilliant cover of “Band on the Run” has taken a walk away from my Ipod. Foo […]
49 minutes of new Paul Westerberg for 49 cents – here’s the download link
The new music from Paul Westerberg that I wrote about over the weekend (which was initially supposed to be available on Saturday) is now available. And for those that are keeping score, it’s actually 43:55 of new music. Still, you can’t beat 43:55 minutes worth of new Westerberg for 49 cents….or can you? Check it […]
DVD Review: New Order – Live in Glasgow
I finally got my hands on a copy of Live in Glasgow, the new live DVD from New Wave electronic godfathers New Order. As I continue to hammer away at my musical bucket list of bands from the 80s that I haven’t seen live yet, New Order sadly remain on the “haven’t seen” list, and […]
HUMOR: Changing Your Facebook Status
Here’s one for all of my Facebook-lovin’ friends (I’m addicted like crack.) I laughed, I really did. Perhaps you will too. But then again, you might not. p.s. Perhaps we should be Facebook friends. Changing Your Facebook Status
Good Listening: Hall and Oates – The Liberty Concert (1985)
This morning, my Ipod was shuffling away, and hit on some Hall and Oates. That made me think of the Hall and Oates playlist that I had made for the Ipod, and I quickly navigated towards it. Within that playlist is one of my all-time favorite musical segues that happens in the opening moments of […]
The week in review – Mark Knopfler live in Dayton, OH, etc.
My fellow Vinyl friends, it is a good day here at the Vinyl Empire. If a tree falls… After nearly a month, the tree that fell in my back yard is being removed, no thanks to my neighbor (whose yard this tree was formerly in.) After he went AWOL, I decided to pursue my original […]
Oh my God, is this really Courtney Love?
I don’t even want to post the picture here, because it is horrifying. I’m trying to erase it from my head as we speak. But if you’d like to see it, check it out right here courtesy of Captains Dead. The good Captain shares Love’s open letter to Ryan Adams within the same post, with […]
Quick Hits – Billy Joel, Barenaked Ladies, Van Halen, Dream Theater
First, an update to the Westerberg entry I posted yesterday – it seems like you might have to wait a bit longer to plunk down 49 cents for 49 minutes of new Paul Westerberg. The new music is supposed to be available today, and might be still – but it’s more likely that the download […]
49 minutes of new Paul Westerberg for 49 cents
The subject line tells you all that you need to know….and what’s not to like about that? From Westerberg’s site: On June 49, (that’s July 19 to you and me), Paul Westerberg will be releasing 49 minutes of music for just 49ยข. Check back on Saturday, July 19 and you’ll find a link to download […]