1 Nick Cave; Push The Sky Away 2 Smith Westerns; Soft Will 3 The White Buffalo; Shadows, Greys & Evil Ways 4 Queens of The Stone Age; Like Clockwork 5 Clairy Browne & The Bangin’ Rackettes; Baby Caught the Bus 6 Elvis Costello & The Roots; Wise Up Ghost 7 […]
Eric Holland
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When John Fogerty played The Beacon last month, he served up entire album worth of Creedence Clearwater Revival material. For a long time, that was unthinkable. Here he describes what he experienced while visiting Robert Johnson’s grave in the summer of 1990.
Rough Trade NYC opens in style as Television reminds us how amazing they are. Tom Verlaine and the fellas played two nights at the new record store/venue while fans speculate on possible release of new music from Tom and the fellas.
After going 25 years refusing to play the songs of his old band, John Fogerty tears it up with full albums from the old days after recording new versions of CCR tunes with star pals.
Dancehall Ace Mr. Vegas has worked with Beyonce, Wyclef Jean, Snoop, and Shaggy while dropping a pair of albums in eighteen months.
Hear My Train a Comin’ is a must for Jimi fans… I can talk Jimi all day and so can director Bob Smeaton whose directed a handful of documentaries about the man. Here Bob talks more about him as well as Paul McCartney, Chas Chandler, and Ringo Starr.
Most of the video is from the outstanding American Masters documentary directed and produced by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders in 1998: Rock and Roll Heart: Lou Reed.
Placebo played just two shows in the states this year but one of them was in New York where I had a chat with Brian Molko and Stefan Olsdal.
Good weather and good tunes in Times Square in year 2 of the CBGB festival with James Murphy, Grizzly Bear, and My Morning Jacket.