Archive for January, 2012
Akron/Family, “River”
Akron/Family enchant the AS office with the song “River.” Recorded and mixed by Steve Martin. Video shot and edited by Ian Maravalli.
Akron/Family, “Love And Space”
Akron/Family perform “Love And Space” from the EP Meek Warrior. Recorded and mixed by Steve Martin. Video shot and edited by Ian Maravalli.
Akron/Family, “Canopy”
Akron/Family perform “Canopy” for the AS office. Recorded and mixed by Steve Martin. Video shot and edited by Ian Maravalli.
Akron/Family, “Gravelly Mountains Of The Moon”
Akron/Family perform a tune from the album “Set ‘Em Wild, Set ‘Em Free.”
News Roundup: Leonard Cohen, Neil Young, Bright Eyes And More
The mesmerizing 37-minute jam session recently posted on Neil Young’s website is in fact “Horse Back,” a hodgepodge of songs performed by Neil Young and his backing band, Crazy Horse. Neil Young has now confirmed that he has completed an album with the band, and expects a spring release. Ben Kweller tells the New York [...]
Jaron Lowenstein On Bob Dylan
How did you first get into Bob Dylan? I can’t remember not knowing who Bob Dylan was but it wasn’t until Eric Clapton’s release of Time Pieces in 1982 that I really connected with Dylan as a songwriter. I fell in love with Clapton’s version of “Knocking on Heaven’s Door” and only then learned that [...]
Madison Rising Bring Message of Unity To Occupy Movement
Madison Rising’s self-titled debut album was released in October 2011. The band – with Dave Bray on vocals, Alex Bodnar and Christopher Schreiner on lead guitar, Steve Padelski on bass and Sam Fishman on drums – makes guitar-heavy rock music with a distinctively pro-American message and sound. The overarching theme of the band’s music is [...]
Various Artists: Please, Please, Please: A Tribute to The Smiths
Various Artists: Please, Please, Please: A Tribute to The Smiths (American Laundromat Records) Rating: Who knew The Smiths were this depressing? Yes, the lyrics are often bleak, but the song craft is still of the tongue-in-cheek, cigarette-on-lip variety – almost too smug to sound sad. On Please, Please, Please: A Tribute to The Smiths, a [...]
The Story Behind The Song: Adele, “Someone Like You”
“Someone Like You” Written by: Dan Wilson & Adele Adkins Recorded by: Adele Peak Chart Position: No. 1, Billboard Hot 100 When and where did you and Adele write “Someone Like You?” Dan Wilson: Adele and I met for the first time at our session at Harmony Studio in Hollywood, about a year and a [...]
Jack White Releases First Single From Debut Solo Album
Jack’s back. Today, Raconteur and Third Man Records head honcho Jack White releases “Love Interruption,” the first single from his debut solo album, Blunderbuss. The new album will hit stores April 24 on Third Man Records/Columbia. White describes the self-produced Blunderbuss as “an album I couldn’t have released until now. I’ve put off making records under my [...]
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