A drunk, an atheist and a poet walk into a bar. They’re all the same guy, and there is no punchline. Welcome to Del Amitri! And so begins the long overdue Popdose Guide to Del Amitri, written by David Eastman. I’ve had a Del Amitri post brewing since a stray mention caught the attention of […]
Category: Good Listening
It’s Wilco, but not Wilco
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 49¢. Check back on Saturday, July 19 and you’ll find a link to download […]
Bruce Springsteen digital EP, Tesla live DVD available this week
Just a reminder for you all that Magic Tour Highlights, the new digital EP release from Bruce Springsteen and the E. Street Band, was released on Tuesday. The release features Danny Federici’s final appearance with the band from March of this year, and guest appearances from Roger McGuinn, Alejandro Escovedo (on a duet of Escovedo’s […]
Interview: Inside the studio with Heart
My good comrade Chris Akin and I have been involved in the entertainment scene for over 10 years. As all music fans do, we’ve had many musical arguments, but we are musical brothers in arms on many things like Journey, Night Ranger, and Bruce Springsteen. Chris first nabbed my respect by knowing that Survivor had […]
Good Listening: The Brought Low
So I mention The Yayhoos in one of my recent posts, and lo and behold, the spirit of the Yayhoos saw fit to deliver a genuine real rock and roll band to a club right down the street from my house last night. I walked a quick block from my house to The Hi-Fi Concert […]
Celebrating 30 years of The Stranger by Billy Joel
“All summer, I was just taking in a lot of things – friends who would be splitting up, and others who would be getting together. The reason I called the album The Stranger wasn’t just because of the song. Each song on it seemed to have some kind of strangeness, some kind of alienation about […]
It don’t take money…..
So I was catching up yesterday on about a month’s worth of Pop Candy, and came across the following link of greatness, brought to us by the fine folks at Stereogum. It seems that Judd Apatow and Seth Rogen felt that Huey Lewis would have the goods to deliver a new soundtrack smash ala “Power […]