Archive for August, 2011
Video Premiere: Trevor Hall, “All I Ever Know” Acoustic
We’re excited to premiere this exquisite acoustic video from Trevor Hall, the Bob Marley/Ben Harper loving singer-songwriter from South Carolina who MTV named a top artist to watch last year. Turns out they were right; Halls’ new album, Everything Everytime Everywhere, just debuted at #3 on the iTunes rock chart. You can stream the full [...]
Martin Scorsese’s George Harrison Doc: Watch The Trailer
Following his meditations on the Blues, Bob Dylan and The Rolling Stones, celebrated director Martin Scorsese has turned his eye to his favorite Beatle, George Harrison, with George Harrison: Living In The Material World. The new documentary will debut on HBO on October 5 an 6. Check out the awesome new trailer below. “He was [...]
No Drugs Found In Amy Winehouse’s System; MTV Plans Tribute
The family of Amy Winehouse has released a statement saying that the troubled “Rehab” singer, who died on July 23 at the age of 27, was not under the influence of drugs at the time of her death. “Toxicology results returned to the Winehouse family by authorities have confirmed that there were no illegal substances [...]
New Video: Wilco, “I Love My Label”
Check out this video of Wilco recording Nick Lowe’s tongue-in-cheek “I Love My Label” in their Chicago Loft. The song appears as the B-Side to the debut single “I Might” from Wilco’s new album, The Whole Love, due September 27 on the band’s own dBpm Records. The song first surfaced on a 1977 Stiff Records [...]
Tom Waits Announces New Album Bad As Me
Tom Waits needs to steal his mojo back from Cookie Monster, quick. And so he’s announcing a brand new studio album, his first since 2004′s Real Gone. In this trailer, just released by Tom himself via his Facebook page, the iconic songwriter unveils his latest LP, Bad As Me, which is due October 25 via [...]
Leiber and Stoller: Second Generation Standards
To this day, Leiber, the lyricist, and Stoller, the melodist, yearn to be known as more than writers of simple rock and roll.
Great Quotations: Jeff Tweedy
“I think there’s a period before you get onstage that’s all anxiety—it’s like the definition of anxiety; any kind of anxiety is not being able to be present in your body, worried about the future or things that are irrational when you can comprehend that you don’t have any control over them. It’s just being [...]
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