Yeah Yeah Yeahs / Milemarker LIVE (Live Concert Video)

Brownies - NYC - Feb 19 2002 CLICK HERE TO VIEW REQUIRES REAL

Death Cab for Cutie:: Title and Registration (Legal MP3 Download)

The latest single from the brilliant new DCFC record 'transatlanticism'.
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LIBERTINES STAR JOINS PUNK LEGENDS!

THE LIBERTINES' drummer GARY POWELL is to play with the recently reformed glam punk legends THE NEW YORK DOLLS. The sticksman will perform with the group as part of this year's Meltdown festival, taking place at London's Royal Festival Hall between June 11-27, with The New York Dolls performing on June 18. Powell said: "(Singer) David Johansen was looking for a drummer, I got the call from our booking agent and was asked if I'd like to perform with The New York Dolls! What sort of a question is that? Of course I'd like to do it!" He added: "The New York Dolls brought punk sensibilities to music before The Sex Pistols or The Clash had even started. To be able play songs like 'Jet Boy', 'Personality Crisis' and 'Weekdays' would be a dream come true." The Libertines will also be playing during the festival as a support act for Morrissey, though which of the three dates they will play is yet to be confirmed.
The full Meltdown line-up is:
* Morrissey (Royal Festival Hall, June 11)
* Sparks (Royal Festival Hall, 12)
* 'We Are All In The Gutter. An Evening With Mr Wilde' Devised and directed by Neil Bartlett (Queen Elizabeth Hall, 13)
* Loudon Wainwright III (Queen Elizabeth Hall, 15)
* The Films Of Bob Gruen (Queen Elizabeth Hall, 16)
* An Audience With Alan Bennett (Queen Elizabeth Hall, 17)
* Ennio Marchetto (Purcell Room, 17)
* The New York Dolls (Royal Festival Hall, 18)
* Ennio Marchetto (Purcell Room, 18)
* Jane Birkin / Ari Up (Royal Festival Hall, 19)
* Ennio Marchetto (Purcell Room, 19)
* Nancy Sinatra (Royal Festival Hall, 20)
* Lypsinka! The Boxed Set (Queen Elizabeth Hall, 23-24)
* Morrissey (Royal Festival Hall, 25-26)
* Gorecki's Symphony No. 3 (Symphony Of Sorrowful Songs) featuring Yvonne Kenny (Royal Festival Hall, 27)

Glitterati:: Here Comes A Close Up (Music Video)

When you think of the birthplace of sleaze-tastic rock’n’roll I’d wager that Leeds isn’t the first place that springs to mind. New York, yes. LA, yes. Hell, even London. But Leeds?! But all that is about to change thanks to The Glitterati.
CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE VIDEO Requires REAL

Beastie Boys:: “Ch-Check it out” (MP3 Download)

New single from the Beastie Boys from their upcoming record TO THE 5 BOROUGHS
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Jay- Z:: 99 Problems (Music Video)

The final video from Jay-Z.. Featuring Vincent Gallo, Rick Ruben.. And the death of Jay-Z. Directed by Mark Romanek
CLICK HERE TO VIEW Requires REAL OR WIN MEDIA

Live Neil Young (MP3 Download)

76-11-15 – Chicago / 89-12-10 - Amsterdam CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD
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'REAL GONE' KID!

TOM WAITS will release a new album this autumn. The legendary songwriter has been writing and recording a new album, which has a working title of ‘Real Gone’, in an old school house in Mississippi. Those close to the project have described the sessions as being "primal rhythmic blues". Speaking about the album, Waits said: "I’m feeling good about it all. There are songs about politics, rats, war, hangings, dancing, automobiles, pirates, farms, the carnival and sinning, Mama, liquor, trains and death. In other words, the same old dirty business". The album will be the star’s first since releasing two albums, ’Alice’ and ’Blood Money’ in May 2002.

The problem with the record industry. By: Steve Albini

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Voodoo Festival to Include Pixies, BRMC

The annual Voodoo Music Experience has confirmed its first two acts—the Pixies and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. The event, which in the past, has featured a wide array of bands and artists ranging from 50 Cent to Marilyn Manson, will ensue October 16-17 at the New Orleans City Park. The rest of the lineup will be announced in the upcoming months. The concept of the festival is to introduce an eclectic batch of sounds that proudly reflects New Orleans’ multiculturalism. The attending artists perform on multiple stages, so as to generate a wider variety of responses.

CH-CHECK OUT THE NEW BEASTIES ALBUM!

THE BEASTIE BOYS are to release material from their forthcoming album 'TO THE 5 BOROUGHS as well as their entire back catalogue through APPLE's iTUNES. The rappers are premiering 'Ch-Check It Out' digitally, giving fans an exclusive taste of their first LP in six years. 'To The 5 Boroughs' will come out this summer through Capitol Records. The trio also put out their entire back catalogue online yesterday (April 27) through the downloading service - spanning seven albums and over 122 tracks. Celebrating the first anniversary of iTunes, this marked the first official digital release of The Beastie Boys' 'Paul's Boutique', 'Hello Nasty', 'Check Your Head', 'Ill Communication', the 'Sounds Of Science' anthology, 'Some Old Bullshit', 'The In Sound From Way Out' as well as 21 exclusive non-LP track mixes. 'To The 5 Boroughs' features many political comments on the state of America, including a call to vote George Bush out of office, as well as slamming his foreign policy. The album features a song called ’An Open Letter To NYC’ which looks at their home city following the terror attacks of September 11, 2001.
The tracklisting runs:
* ‘Ch-Check It Out’
* ‘Right Right Now Now’
* ‘The Hard Way’
* ‘Time To Build’
* ‘Rhyme The Rhyme Well’
* ‘Triple Trouble’
* ‘Hey F*** You’
* ‘Oh Word?’
* ‘That It's That All’
* ‘All Life Styles’
* ‘Shazam!’
* ‘An Open Letter To NYC’
* ‘Crawl Space’
* ‘The Brouhaha’
* ‘We Got The’

Sonic Youth Confronts Old 'Ghosts'

As tipped here in December, Sonic Youth will release its first DVD in June. "Corporate Ghost" will feature 23 music videos from its decade-plus tenure on Geffen Records, plus hours of bonus material, commentary and interviews. The set will arrive June 8, the same day as the band's new studio album, "Sonic Nurse." "Lance Bangs, who works really closely with Spike Jonze and is a friend, has done a lot of work on it," guitarist Thurston Moore said."He interviewed every director involved with the videos, from Spike to Tamra Davis, everybody. There's a lot of extra and hidden stuff. It's a really good package. We've always been proud of the videos, even though they don't get shown on TV." Moore adds, "There's a lot of visual stuff that pre-dates the Geffen era, but that's for another package entirely." In addition, the band is prepping an expanded edition of its 1990 album "Goo" for release in the fall. "Listening to 'Goo' now, in remastered form, I find it a much more interesting record, musically," Moore admits. The set will be bolstered with an eight-track demo session that Moore says boasts "this quality about it that the album session did not. It's maybe more laid-back but at the same time there's an immediate energy to it." As previously reported, Sonic Youth will make its second appearance on the Lollapalooza tour this summer, alongside such acts as Morrissey, PJ Harvey, Modest Mouse and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. "The set will probably be like what we've been doing the last month-and-a-half, which is basically half the show being the new record, and half catalog," Moore reveals. "That's pretty much what you're going to be hearing, but with enough catalog to mix it up nightly."

Pretty Girls Make Graves::"All Medicated Geniuses” (Music Video)

New video from PGMG.. (Requires REAL)
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Art as Toys / Toys as Art

Some of the great toys from the Far East and America.. True pop culture art, from the most excellent KidRobot CLICK HERE

Mission of Burma:: Dirt (Legal MP3 Download)

New single from Mission of Burma from ‘ONoffON’
In stores 05/04/04 CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

Photos of The Pixies in Canada

Pixies play Saskatoon CLICK HERE TO VIEW

LAPTOP STUFF!

Former CLASH star MICK JONES has teamed up with his old punk pal TONY JAMES to form a new band - and they're hitting the road next month. Carbon/Silicon, formed in September 2002, will play four dates in May. Jones says the music he and James are making "represents our past, present and future in our own style". Libertines manager Alan McGee, a pal and fan of Jones, describes the music the old pals are making as like "The Rolling Stones jamming with a laptop."
The dates are:
* Colchester Arts Centre (May 11)
* Milton Keynes Pitz (12)
* Oxford Zodiac (13)
* Gloucester Guildhall (14)
Jones and James were in bands together in the early Seventies. While Jones found fame with The Clash, James had his most notable success with Generation X and Sigue Sigue Sputnik.

Guided By Voices say goodbye

Matador Records today confirmed that beloved indie rock act Guided By Voices will split at year's end. Frontman Robert Pollard will continue writing and recording as a solo artist and may even make occasional live appearances. "I love the guys in the band, but I'm getting too old to be a gang leader," he says in a statement. "There's a sense of maturity, and even integrity, I think, in continuing as one's own self." The Dayton, Ohio-based combo's final album, "Half Smiles of the Decomposed," will arrive Aug. 24 via Matador, with a final tour to follow and culminate on New Year's Eve in New York. "This feels like the last album for Guided By Voices," Pollard offers. "I've always said that when I make a record that I'm totally satisfied with as befitting a final album, then that will be it. And this is it."

Siren Fest announces acts

Death Cab For Cutie, Blonde Redhead, Har Mar Superstar, TV On The Radio, the Constantines, the Fiery Furnaces, the Fever, the Ponys and Your Enemies Friends are the first acts confirmed for the Siren Music Festival. The fourth annual Village Voice-sponsored event will be held July 17 at Coney Island in Brooklyn, N.Y. Admission is free; more acts will be announced. Last year's Siren Fest featured Modest Mouse, Hot Hot Heat, Ted Leo/Pharmacists, !!!, Idlewild, the Datsuns and Sahara Hotnights, among others.

The White Stripes win Detroit music award

The White Stripes won a pair of trophies at the 12th annual Detroit Music Awards, held Friday at the Motor City's State Theatre. The group took the outstanding national major label album honor for "Elephant" (V2) and outstanding national single for "Seven Nation Army." Recent Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Bob Seger nabbed the outstanding anthology/compilation/reissue award for "Greatest Hits 2" (Capitol), while the reunited Romantics' "61/49" (Web Entertainment) won the outstanding national small/independent label album honor. The biggest winner was singer/songwriter Liz Larin, who won five awards: outstanding acoustic/folk songwriter and vocalist, as well as outstanding pop artist/group and songwriter and outstanding rock/pop vocalist.

Raveonettes To Hit The Studio This Summer

The Raveonettes will head into the studio in late summer to record the follow-up to their critically acclaimed sophomore Columbia release, "Chain Gang of Love." The duo's third album is tentatively slated for a release in early 2005. The Danish pair is in the midst of support dates for the Strokes as well as headlining shows on days off from the tour. They have written around 40 songs from which to select the album cuts, and according to principal songwriter Sune Rose Wagner, are a little more "serious" than the Raveonetters' previous work. "'Chain Gang of Love' was a strange take on American culture -- very '60s and'50s," Wagner said. "This record is probably going to deal with more universal issues that more people can relate to. 'Chain Gang of Love' was more a like a movie, fiction. Even though it has a lot of personal references, it has a funny sort of twist to it." With a hint of self-effacing irony, Wagner claims that at the moment "the Strokes' songs are better than ours. People like them better than they like us. I have nothing bad to say about them." But later in the conversation, he slyly throws down the gauntlet: "The new songs are better than the Strokes." But fans shouldn't expect to hear any of the new material performed if they happen to catch one of the Raveonettes' blistering live sets. "We don't rehearse," Wagner says. "We record the album and then we figure out how to do it live." The current the mix of club gigs and support slots in larger rooms is a hit with the band. "This tour, for me, is perfect," said bassist/vocalist Sharin Foo. "It's a challenge for us to play the bigger venues [opening for the Strokes]. It seems like a good match even though we're quite different bands. Stylistically [the Strokes] have a more retro sound whereas we use a lot of samples. We're a bit more noisy and we're a sexier band as well -- the music is much sexier." Wagner agrees. "I think that it's a big challenge to go out there and deliver a show that people will remember especially if they're going to see such a good band as the Strokes afterwards. You really have to pull yourself together and deliver an awesome show. I always thought we were better when we did shorter sets, because our songs are in the same key, which they won't be in the future, but now they are." Wagner relates a story of a pair of fans who stopped him on the street to tell him they were really impressed by a recent show and were headed right to a record store to pick up all the Raveonettes' albums. "If we can get 2,000 people to do that every day, it would be great," he says.

The Kingblind Top 100 Essential Records of all time (Week 10 of 10)

Ok, Here are the rules... Kingblind get their writers and friends to pick 10 records that are essential to their collection. (Kingblind will post in blocks of 10 until 100 is reached)
1. If someone else has one of the records in their selection you CANNOT pick it. Find another gem for the list.. FIRST COME FIRST SERVED!
2. Here is what is NOT allowed in the Top 100 (We are assuming that our fine readers are smart enough to have these records in their collection already.) NO Beatles, Beach Boys, Stones, Clash, Ramones, Sex Pistols, Led Zeppelin, Hendrix, The Who, Stooges, AC/DC, Black Sabbath, Sonic Youth, Dylan, Nirvana. Obviously the point of this is to turn you fine folks onto some great music that you might not have heard before. Every week (on Monday) we will add a new chunk from a new writer until 100 is reached. ENJOY!!

Please welcome our 10th week of selections (100 of 100) from Mr. Mblind (Atlanta, Seattle and Los Angeles are the 3 places he calls home)

Loop: A Gilded Eternity
The Stooges in a street fight with the 13th Floor Elevators. What Jason Spacemen wishes he had the balls and ability to write and perform. This record is totally unique and amazing. Do yourself a favor and buy this record now.

Joe Jackson: Look Sharp
HOOKS, HOOKS, HOOKS.. Man this album was the soundtrack of my youth. If Elvis Costello had an American counterpart Joe was it. This is the soundtrack of teen angst and broken hearts. This record is a perfect 10.

Elvis Costello: This Year’s Model
The baddest band and the best songs.. Only months after his initial conquest with My Aim Is True, Elvis Costello delivered an even fiercer diatribe. His first record with the long-running Attractions, 1978's This Year's Model remains one of that blistering rock year's most indelible albums.

The Jesus Lizard: Goat
This is music to knock your socks off, shake your trousers, and leave your ears bleeding for more. This is music for people who know what music can do. This is brutal, uplifting, abrasive, and celebratory all at once. Yes, as dark as The Lizard sometimes was, it also had the power to get your a** up and put you in motion. And none of their albums achieved this quite like Goat did.

Miles Davis: In a Silent Way
Miles Davis's famous mid-1960s quintet, featuring saxophonist Wayne Shorter and pianist Herbie Hancock, was intact until just a few weeks before his new, electric ensemble recorded In a Silent Way. Legendary as a kind of line in the sand challenging jazz fans during the ascendance of electric, psychedelic rock, In a Silent Way hinted at the repetitive polyrhythms Davis would employ throughout the early 1970s

Van Halen: Van Halen
Van Halen blew the doors off of the world of Rock when it was released. Nobody had heard or seen anything like it. Nobody had ever seen the flamboyance of front man David Lee Roth, nor the awe-inspiring, innovative technique and consummate skill of Eddie Van Halen, and the rhythm section of Alex Van Halen and Michael Anthony seemed sent from god to keep the hounds of hell at bay. Still an album I listen to regularly.

The Kinks: Are the village green preservation society
Ray Davies= Genius. In the face of huge US fame and fortune Ray wrote one of the most English records of all time. He was so bored with the USA years before The Clash.

Devo: Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
When Devo's debut album came out in 1978, nobody knew what to make of the mutant new-wave quintet from Akron, Ohio. With Brian Eno's skillful production, Mark and Bob Mothersbaugh, Jerry and Bob Casale, and Alan Myers emerged fully formed and outrageous with their razor-sharp social commentary and exhibition of subversive media savvy. Beyond their industrial uniforms and pseudo-devolved demeanor, Devo also happened to be a rocking little band.

Gun Club: Fire of Love
Their 1981 debut, Fire of Love, was a punk/blues hybrid -- intense energy fueled a Jeffery Lee Pierce exorcism-in-progress delivery and the band's (Ward Dotson; guitar, Rob Ritter; bass and Terry Graham; drums) frenetic style. Los Angeles would never be the same again.

X: Los Angeles
Steeped in poetry and class issues, X was the first L.A. punk band to fully incorporate a dark West Coast sensibility. Singer/lyricists/spouses John Doe and Exene Cervenka forged a alley-cat approach to vocal harmonies while spieling reports on crash-pad sex and drugs, casual hatred, and the occasional spotting of the "idle rich." Full-powered and intelligent, X's sound also spotlighted Billy Zoom, a pompadoured guitarist schooled by Gene Vincent, and bad ass power drumming of D.J. Bonebrake.

Honorable mention / Albums that ALMOST made the list:
(The Jam: Sound Effects), (New York Dolls: S/T), (The Pixies: Doolittle), (John Coltrane: Blue Train), (GBV: Mag Earwhig!), (MC5: Babes in Arms), (The Hellacopters: Payin’ the Dues), (Phleg Camp: Ya’Red Fair Scratch), (Cheap Trick: Heaven Tonight), (Miles Davis: Kind of Blue), (The Pretenders: S/T), (Bad Brains: Black Dots), (Pinback: This is a Pinback CD), (Agent Orange: Living in Darkness), (X: Wild Gift), (Dead Boys: Young, Loud and Snotty), (Neil Young: Live Rust) (Neutral Milk Hotel: In a aeroplane over the sea), (Mudhoney: S/T), (Girls Against Boys: Venus Luxury No.1 Baby), (The Pixes: Trompe Le Monde), (Big Black: Songs about F*cking), (You Am I,: Hourly Daily), (Black Flag: Damaged), (Yo La Tengo: I can hear the heart beating as one), (John Coltrane: Blue Train), (The Smiths: Hatful of Hollow), (Art Blakey: Live at Café Bohemia), (Chainsaw Kittens: S/T)

Mblind is the founder and editor of Kingblind.com He is from many places and does many things. He has touring the planet in many bands, Seen more live music than any single person should be allowed and other than writing about music, art and entertainment He also plays music and gets rich people drunk. It’s a glamourous existence.. Really it is.. And yes.. I know that that was one long ass run on sentence. But this is my list and I can muck it up if I want to.. ALSO: Thanks for everyone who wrote their list. GREAT WORK!

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London Booted is finally here!

Phew...it's taken 2 months in the making, a lot of persuasion and some desperate reshuffling at times...but the best album of this year has just been made available! this project is intended to raise money for 3 charities - WarChild, Cancer Research and Future Forests...so PLEASE make a donation before downloading the tracks. And now.. Please enjoy the classic Clash album 'London Calling' REMIXED into LONDON BOOTED!!!
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Snow Patrol:: Final Straw (Album Review)

Final Straw, third album from Glasgow-based quintet Snow Patrol, is a darker, nastier and altogether bleaker beast than anything they've produced before. These are ostentatiously pop melodies that have been locked up in a basement, blindfolded over night and subjected to gleefully twisted torture and cruelty until they've squealed. The bruised, distorted (yet basically acoustic) "Wow" highlights this methodology best, producing an ugly princess of a song that sounds like U2 from the Achtung Baby era. There's even handclapping over a dangerously fuzzed-up guitar riff on "Tiny Little Fractures". Lead single "Spitting Games" is what the Thrills will sound like in 10 years time if a decade's worth of rock & roll excess takes its toll--it possesses the kind of catchy, fuzzed-up, demented bumblebee guitar hook that most bands spend their careers searching for. "Chocolate" is more introspective, with its undulating drum pattern and fairy background guitar--"On my knees I'll think clearer...what have I done? What have I become?" croons Gary Lightbody with lethargic despair and weary horror. Less is most definitely more on "Grazed Knees", which sounds like some of Feeder's quirkier and quieter moments, backed up by a stirring, perfectly placed string section. Special mention must go to Garret Lee's production, which drops imperfections, crackles and white noise randomly into the mix to startling effect. Intelligent, interesting, honest, diverse and ever so slightly screwed up--what more could you want from a rock 'n' roll record? (Review by: Ann Bestow)

Kingblind Recommends

Here is what's on the Kingblind stereo this week.
(Modest Mouse:: Good news for people who like bad news)--(Pedro the Lion:: Achilles Heel)--(Sonic Youth:: Sonic Nurse)--(Squarepusher:: Ultravistor)--(Guided By Voices:: Mag Earwig)

Why Moog is back in vogue

One should never underestimate the power of the nerd. If it were not for the efforts of a tinkering teenage boffin in 1960s New York, the musical works of Kraftwerk and Parliament-Funkadelic and the sinister soundtrack for A Clockwork Orange would sound quite different. Donna Summer’s I Feel Love would be unrecognisable, and we would be living in a world without Hot Butter’s classic cheesy instrumental Popcorn. And that, for the record, would not be a good thing. Dr Robert Moog, inventor of the analogue synthesiser which bears his name and launched a revolution in electronic music, was that teenage boffin. Now 69, he is still developing and making electronic musical instruments as head of Moog Music, having recently wrestled back the company name. This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Moog (pronounced to rhyme with "rogue", as it happens) synthesiser and 50 years in business for this self-deprecating man. "Professionally I view myself as a toolmaker," he says. "I can’t take any of the credit for the music that’s been produced." Although uncomfortable with the mantle, Moog is one of the pioneers of modern music. In keeping with its tradition of apportioning credit where it is due, Scotland’s annual Triptych festival, taking place over five days from 28 April, has invited Moog to speak about his groundbreaking invention in Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow, while renowned Moog composer Jean-Jacques Perrey will offer his perspective and conduct a Moog masterclass. Moog originally caught the electronics bug from his engineer father. From the age of eight, he would join him in his home workshop, building radios and learning about electronic circuitry. By the time he was 14, he had built his first theremin, that space-age instrument which sounds like a drunken Clanger and is played by waggling a hand dexterously beside a metal rod sticking out a box. Five years later, he made his first sale. Moog Music was in business. While he was still a physics and electrical engineering undergraduate, he was approached by experimental composer Herbert Deutsch with the idea of developing a new electronic instrument. With no particular plan in mind, the two collaborated on the analogue circuitry that was to produce a whole new sound palette. "We did it for fun," says Moog. "There was no thought of achieving a goal, it was an activity of the moment. I can’t ever remember thinking what the effect on music would turn out to be." At first, his synthesiser was used exclusively by experimental and avant-garde musicians and, later, to compose music for adverts. It was not until Wendy (then Walter) Carlos, a student of electronic music, picked up on the instrument and recorded the million-selling Switched On Bach album, that the commercial potential of the synthesiser was properly realised. Throughout the late 1960s, mainstream producers churned out a slew of copycat demonstration albums, with titles such as Music to Moog By, Moog Power and Moog Indigo, by the likes of Perrey, cheesy keyboard maestro Klaus Wunderlich and even a duo calling themselves Thelonious Moog. These were mostly unremittingly kitsch - Perrey’s work generally being an exception - but the capabilities of the Moog were taking root. The Beatles bought one. Mick Jagger bought one too, but promptly sold it to Tangerine Dream, who promptly mutated from a psychedelic rock band into a progressive electronica outfit. Meanwhile, rival companies such as Arp and Roland developed their own synthesisers. The original mainframe Moog synthesiser was the size of small house and it was not until the development of a portable model, the Minimoog, that the synthesiser became universally accessible. Keith Emerson of Emerson, Lake and Palmer was the first to use the synth in a concert setting. A couple of years later, Kraftwerk wrote Trans Europe Express on a Moog, and a bright future was secured. Since 1978, Moog’s business has been based in Asheville, North Carolina. Over the years, he has stuck with analogue sound rather than move into the digital realm, developing and improving his products, such as the playfully named Moogerfooger line of effects processors. There remains a high demand for the particular sonority of analogue synthesisers. The Moog synthesiser has spawned a whole fan culture in itself. Moogfest, a live celebration of the wonderful world of Moog, takes place periodically in various parts of the United States and Europe. Even the theremin is making a comeback - Moog Music now sells as many theremins as synthesisers. "We’ve never tried to build an instrument that meets the precise needs that a musician would have to cover the latest tune or produce the latest effect," says Moog. "That’s why instruments we built 40 years ago are still in use. It’s easier to make contact with an analogue instrument. Analogue synthesisers operate in a similar way to the human vocal tract or the way an acoustic instrument works. A musician builds up a relationship with his instrument not only through touching it but also directly with the energy field. Any virtuoso will tell you that and our culture is starting to take this sort of thing seriously. It’s not something I ever learned in engineering school." Dr Robert Moog will turn 70 in May, but he has no intention of retiring just yet. He has a new model of theremin to launch, a documentary about his life and work to appear in, and an anniversary edition of the Minimoog Voyager to promote.

Oneida: "Wild Horses" (Legal MP3 Download)

Oneida's Secret Wars is a Pacific summerjam. It's got Balinese gongs, Hawaiian ukuleles, red wine, injuries, glee, and a song called "Wild Horses" that's written by Oneida. It's also got a lot of good advice. Secret Wars happens to be the first Oneida release that they didn't make entirely themselves or with the able assistance of Peter Katis at Tarquin Studios. Their trademark iterated and psych-tinged noise attack is still fully intact, both nervous and subdued at the same time - like what happens when you give meditative children trained in the ways of yoga an excessive amount of caffeine. If there are any new wrinkles to be discovered, it is perhaps that, even more so than on Each One Teach One (Oneida's Tago Mago), Oneida seem to be mining the same fertile ground as Kraut-rock visionaries Can, effortlessly shedding the constraints of pop forms and structures while still remaining soulful and spiritually centered all along. Like spazzing out in the Lotus position. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD

Jack White and Loretta Lynn

Jack White produced and arranged Loretta Lynn's new album. This post gives you a little background and a few MP3s. They sound great. "Have Mercy" definitely rocks. Van Lear Rose hits shelves next week.
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IT'S ABOUT TIME!

THE LEMONHEADS are rumoured to be playing their first shows together in seven years. According to various website sources, Evan Dando's legendary rock-pop band have reformed to play a series of dates in South America this May - their first shows since they split up shortly after playing Reading Festival in 1997. "After more than seven years in hiatus one of the most influential rock bands of the early nineties, The Lemonheads, recently announced a string of dates in South America!! As far as we know these are the only confirmed Lemonheads shows to date.” However Evan Dando's UK press office said they had not heard the news and could only confirm that Dando would play a string of solo shows in the US beginning later this month.

Kingblind.com 1 year anniversary party (Update)

Kingblind.com is proud to announce that we are celebrating our 1 year
anniversary on Wednesday, May 12th 2004 at The Echo Lounge in Atlanta, GA
We are recreating the experience of Kingblind.com live and in person with the following features:

THE MC5 (A True Testimonial)
A full length documentary feature film of the life and times of one of the most influential rock bands of all time The MC5. This is an exclusive Georgia screening of this amazing film. It has been the official selection of the Tribeca Film Festival, London Film Festival, Toronto Film Festival and many many more. For more info: http://www.futurenowfilms.com

Rock and Roll Poster and Photo Show:
Posters by Methane Studios (You know those cool posters you see in the echo lounge? Well here is your chance to buy them!)
http://www.methanestudios.com

Photos by Frank Mullen aka Matteblack
From Black Flag to Coldplay Frank has really shot them all.. He will be
displaying and selling his photos as well.
http://www.matteblack.com

Posters by Jim Hayes
Brilliant poster art by former Flipside columnist Mr. Jim Hayes.
Controversial, Thought provoking and fun.. This is some great stuff.. True pop art.

And Music By:
The DJ's Of Rock N' Roll High School
An all star gala of the best in Rock, Punk, Pop and Mashed will be the
soundtrack for the evenings festivities...

Cost:
100% Free.. Yes that's right kids.. All this and more is TOTALLY FREE!

Lord O' Lord there is even more!!
Free Giveaways will also be going on that night. ALSO.. Our pals at Criminal Records in Atlanta, GA http://www.criminal.com
will have a record/DVD stall in the Echo Lounge selling great music DVD's and quality rock n' roll.

Look for giveaways from BMG, International Hits Records, Filter and much
much more!

Echo Lounge
551 Flat Shoals Ave
Atlanta, GA 30316
404-681-3600
http://www.echostatic.com
(This event is 18 and over only)

Wednesday, May 12th 2004
Doors at 8:00pm
Film Starts at 8:30pm
Photo / Poster show and music starts at 10:30pm till ???

The Pixes:: Winterlong- Neil Young Cover (MP3 Download)

I figured since The Pixies are back together and covering this song again.. I might as well let you know what their studio take on it sounded like.. Freakin' AWESOME. Enjoy..
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Beck Takes a Bride

The altar is where it's at for Beck. The alternative rock poster boy has gone groom, marrying his pregnant girlfriend Marissa Ribisi in a small, private affair Apr. 4 outside Santa Barbara, sources confirmed Monday. It's the first marriage for both Beck, 33, and his bride, a 29-year-old actress and screenwriter who happens to be the twin sister of actor Giovanni Ribisi. The couple, an item for the past year, swapped vows in front of family and friends. According to Us Weekly, the nuptials went down at San Ysidro Ranch in Montecito, California--site of the recent marriages of Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin (on Dec. 4) and Charmed's Holly Marie Combs and David Donoho (on Valentine's Day) and proposed location of the postponed Ben Affleck-Jennifer Lopez wedding. (Like Ribisi, both Paltrow and Combs were preggers when they got hitched, making San Ysidro Ranch the go-to spot of choice for shotgun celebrity weddings.) A three-time Grammy winner and critical darling best known for his slacker anthem "Loser" and the platinum-selling 1996 album Odelay, Beck has been in the studio working on a follow-up to 2002's Sea Change with the Dust Brothers, who previously produced tracks for Odelay and 1999's Midnite Vultures. He recently released the track "Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime" for the Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind soundtrack and recorded "True Love Will Find You in the End" for a forthcoming tribute album to indie singer-songwriter Daniel Johnston. The single-monikered rocker (his last name is Hansen) dated clothing designer Leigh Limon for the better part of nine years before splitting in 2000, reportedly at Limon's behest. His Sea Change was a breakup album written shortly after Limon left. Before hooking up with Ribisi, Beck was rumored to have dated Winona Ryder. Although not as well known as her hubby or twin brother, Marissa Ribisi has worked as both an actress and screenwriter. Her big-screen credits include Clint Eastwood's True Crime, as well as Pleasantville, Dazed and Confused and The Brady Bunch Movie. She starred in the short-lived TV show Grown Ups and had guest appearances on Friends, Baywatch and Felicity. She also wrote the screenplays for the indie films Some Girl and According to Spencer. Ribisi was in the audience earlier this month for Beck's set at a benefit concert at the Knitting Factory in Los Angeles, joining with the couple's fellow Scientology pals Juliette Lewis, Danny Masterson and Erika Christensen. The newlyweds' honeymoon won't last long. Beck is due to head back into the studio, and the just-about-bursting Ribisi is expecting the couple's first child in May.

Fugazi Opens Up Live Archive

Pioneering Washington, D.C.-based rock act Fugazi has begun selling 20 complete concerts from its archive online, under the banner Fugazi Live Series. Priced at $8 for a single-disc show and $10 for a double-disc, the performances run the gamut from Fugazi's first show on Sept. 3, 1987, in D.C., to a May 7, 1999, appearance in Kilkenny, Ireland. "These are very much the original recordings without any attempt to correct for things like volume changes, strange mixing effects, or the occasionally out-of-tune guitar," reads a statement on the Live Series Web site. "Though the sound quality on these tapes does vary, if a show was too poorly recorded it didn't make the cut." The discs will be burned on-demand and will come housed in a "generic cover with concert information and a track listing." Fans can sample MP3s and view set lists from each show on the Web site. Fugazi's members have been kicking around the idea for several years, but the concept finally came to fruition in the past few months, while the group enjoys a hiatus from recording and touring. "I like the idea more of shows being kept in their entirety," guitarist/vocalist Guy Picciotto told Billboard in 2001. "That's the thing I love about live performance. There's something that just evaporates. That's why I consider it such a different thing from making records. The thing is, live, we change the music around so much. There's so much room to improvise. A lot of the songs have been considerably reworked since their recorded versions." In related news, Fugazi frontman Ian MacKaye's new band, the Evens, will play May 1 at the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in Indio, Calif. MacKaye has also launched the Northern Liberties label, to release "work that may seem obscure, but in MacKaye's opinion speaks clearly to the point of music and expression," according to its official Web site.
http://www.fugaziliveseries.com

MacGowan Assaulted In London Pub

Shane MacGowan suffered facial injuries after being assaulted by two men in a central London pub on Monday police sources said. The 46-year-old former Pogues singer was taken to the nearby St. Thomas' Hospital, but did not stay for treatment. The Evening Standard newspaper reports that MacGowan suffered a fractured cheekbone after being kicked, punched and hit with a metal bar. Police said they were not aware of any motive for the attack. Two men, aged 20 and 21, were arrested and later released on police bail. MacGowan left the Pogues in 1991 and has performed since with his own backing band, the Popes

QUENTIN TARANTINO DIRECTS THE DARKNESS!

QUENTIN TARANTINO directed THE DARKNESS' performance on a US TV show last night. The Oscar-winning 'Kill Bill 2' man was the guest director on the 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' show in Los Angeles last night (April 20) where The Darkness performed 'Growing On Me'. Several hundred fans lined Hollywood Boulevard for hours to gain entry to the late night chat show at El Capitan Theatre. In-between Tarantino-style scenes of blood and gore, the band also found time to chat with Kimmel about working with Tarantino. "(We're) big fans, big fans, yeah. He's a legend in England," guitarist Dan Hawkins told him. Singer, Justin Hawkins, and bassist, Frankie Poullain, were also keen to talk about their idiosyncratic dress sense. "We’ve gone for a...it’s a fusion," Hawkins laughed, wearing leather pants and suede chaps. "There are no words to describe it. It’s something that’s very hard to categorise and put in a niche," bassist Frankie Poullain added. The band also announced the second leg of their US tour, which will begin in Boston on May 31.

THE SHORE (Kingblind.com Album Giveaway)

Rock solid songwriting. A passionate commitment to music that makes a difference and the chops to pull it off. With a name as evocative as their music, The Shore is a richly talented young quartet whose seamless ensemble sound welds a rich mix of influences. From Neil Young to Coldplay to the Verve, The Shore brings it all together in a grand musical vision that is reminiscent of the best that rock can be while remaining utterly innovative and original. The Shore is an album that celebrates the enduring values of heartfelt songwriting and consummate craftsmanship in a collection of songs that seems certain to land The Shore a place among the very best of tomorrow's rock originals.
Official Website: www.theshoreband.com
Listen to their new single: FIREFLY Requires REAL
Buy the songs from the iTunes Music Store

And here is the good news. You can be the first to get this amazing new record.. RIGHT HERE .. From Kingblind.com
Enter to win the new record from The Shore Just send an email to contest (a) kingblind dot com telling us who wrote the week 9 list for the top 100 essential records. It's just that simple. (Hint: scroll DOWN) Also please add THE SHORE in the email subject line. And PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR NAME AND MAILING ADDRESS IN THE EMAIL. (Contest open for U.S. Residents only.) We only have 3 records to giveaway.. Don’t delay.

OZ Rock 101

In the attempt to both put Australia on the map and make sure only the good stuff gets on the export ship, the Kingblind Sydney office presents OZ ROCK 101!, a fortnightly (That’s 2 weeks for you yanks) heads up on the best Australian bands you may never hear. In this space we’ll be focusing on the contemporaries, the locals, the ones that deserve your attention. Some you may already know, some you may not, but one thing is for sure: all, you will love. Well hopefully…

Eskimo Joe
Australia is a big place and Australians don’t really have the time to trek about the joint too often. Most of the population dip their toes on the eastern shores, and consider Western Australia to be as alien as New Zealand. Just without the funny accents eh bro. But over the last few years the Westsiiiide have been making a fair bit of joyful noise, and Freemantle’s Eskimo Joe are arguably at the fore. Born in 1998 as a bit of a bubblegum pop garage band, the three piece kept their eyes on the prize and in 2001 developed from boys to men almost over night with the head-scratchingly brilliant debut album “Girl”. Produced by Ed Buller, it resounded in fine songwriting, refreshing melody, and rock without the wank. The bite of Built To Spill, the youthful appeal of Weezer, yet all the while remaining uniquely Eskimo Joe. The new album “A Song Is A City” is currently being surrounded in bubble wrap ready to hit Australian record stores, and if the current single “From The Sea” is anything to go by, the Joe are about to raise the bar once more.

By: Chris Deal

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Watch This: WAKE UP REQUIRES WIN MEDIA
Buy This: Girl
Read This: www.eskimojoe.net

Calexico: "The Black Light" (Legal MP3 Download)

A little nugget to follow up 2003's "Feast Of Wire." This five-song EP features Calexico's European singles, as well as the band's incredible version of the Love classic "Alone Again Or" which has become a staple of their live set. Also included is an original animated short, created especially for The Cartoon Network, called "El Kabong Rides Again" that features "Minas de Cobre" from Calexico's full-length, "The Black Light." Should more than tide you over until the band gets back into the studio.
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Mash-ups combine music of diverse artists

Imagine Eminem's raps paired with Alan Jackson's traditional country twang. Or Snoop Dogg's languid lyricism laid over John Coltrane's A Love Supreme. Sounds crazy, right? Believe it or not, strange fusions like these are becoming all the rage among underground music fans. ''Mash-ups,'' as these curious concoctions are known, are made when familiar works of two different recording artists are digitally fused to create a totally different record. The trend spans musical genres. For instance, the U.K.-based gohomeproductions.com sells pop, rock and soul mash-ups. One song featured on the Web site is Backstab Me One More Time, a pairing of Britney Spears' Baby One More Time and the O'Jays classic Backstabbers. Then there is Ray of Gob, a sonic hybrid of Madonna's electronica foray, Ray of Light, and the Sex Pistols' tunes God Save the Queen and Pretty Vacant. Perhaps the most famous mash-up to date is L.A.-based producer Brian Burton's fusion the Beatles' 1968 White Album with Jay-Z's The Black Album. Burton, who also goes by DJ Danger Mouse, pressed only 3,000 copies of The Grey Album to give to friends and use as promotion materials. But his creation ended it up in more hands than he ever could have imagined. The Grey Album was circulated on the Internet, where fans could download them from file-sharing sites. To date, more than 100,000 people have downloaded it from Downhill Battles' Web site. As a result, Burton, who was then known mostly in underground circles, was profiled in elite publications such as the New York Times and Rolling Stone (which raved about the Grey Album). In other words, he got tons of priceless publicity. While many producers still make mash-ups to express their creativity, after Burton's success, other aspiring aural collagists have started to see them as a way to get recognized. ''(Mashing) is a new promotional tool,'' says Mike Pizzo, president of hiphopsite.com. ''It's cheap. It gets the word out.'' It seems that fans can't get enough of these concoctions. Nashville-based DJ and producer Damien Mangual thinks buyers are choosing mash-ups because other music flooding radio right now is so lackluster. ''Most albums are based on one or two singles, and the rest of the album is mediocre,'' he said. Mash-ups combine the best of two great albums. But not everyone is supportive of mash-ups, especially those who own the copyrights. Record companies usually own the rights to the popular sound recordings used in mash-ups, says Jonathan Lamy of the Recording Industry Association of America. And law requires individuals using copyrighted songs to obtain proper authorization from its owner. The RIAA hasn't uniformly addressed the issue of mash-ups using unauthorized samples. But Lamy says it will take action against anyone who violates copyright law. ''We enforce our members' copyrights wherever they are violated,'' he said. This kind of enforcement can backfire. For example, in February, EMI, the company that controls the Beatles' sound recordings on behalf of Capitol Records, ordered Burton and several Internet-retail and file sharing sites to quit distributing The Grey Album. But instead of halting its distribution, this only made the album more popular. It even sparked an online protest of EMI by music activists Downhill Battle, who began offering fans free Grey Album downloads. Artists have differing opinions on mash-ups and the issue of unauthorized sampling. Acclaimed hip-hop-rock trio The Beastie Boys, for instance, are opposed to the idea, and recently decided not to license samples to Belgian-DJ duo 2ManyDJ's, who wanted to use them on an album of bootlegs. Others encourage sampling. Jay Z, for example, wants folks to remix The Grey Album. The rapper's label went as far as to issue an a cappella version of the album so producers could ''remix the (heck) out of it,'' MTVNews.com reported. Record companies and artists have even gone so far as to personally offer up their work to re-mixers, including Mark Vidler, who created the aforementioned Spears/O'Jays and Madonna/Sex Pistols mash-ups. ''Record companies and artists have been in contact with interest in me working with them on an official level,'' he said. He thinks this is a good thing: ''Maybe more of them should embrace the culture rather than fighting it.'' Whether record companies embrace the mash-up trend or not, it's not likely to go away soon. Mangual, for one, thinks Burton's success will encourage even more audacious mash-ups in the future. ''(The Grey Album's success) will spur creativity and originality,'' the producer said. The Grey Album It's the question that's been on the minds of fans of both The Beatles' White Album and Jay-Z's The Black Album: Which songs from each were mixed to make the Grey Album? (Don't forget to check out Illegal Art's website: The link is on the right hand side of the page)
Here's what we know. Enjoy!

• Dirt Off Your Shoulder vs. Julia: Jay-Z's rhymes from Dirt are mixed with a guitar strum and vocal sample from John Lennon on the Beatles' cut Julia.

• Change Clothes vs. Piggies and Dear Prudence: A guitar part from Piggies and a bass part from Dear Prudence were incorporated into the sonic backdrop of Change Clothes.

• Encore vs. Glass Onion and Savoy Truffle: Lennon's ''Oh yeah!'' from Glass Onion is incorporated in Jay-Z's boasts on Encore.

• What More Can I Say vs. While My Guitar Gently Weeps: The guitar part from George Harrison's Guitar buoys the backdrop to Jay-Z's declarative rhymes from What More Can I Say.

• 99 Problems vs. Helter Skelter: The guitars from this heavy Beatles classic set the stage for Jay-Z's Problems.

Cobain Pic Strikes Chord At WB

The WB Network is developing an original movie about the life of rock icon Kurt Cobain. The network has obtained the rights to "Heavier Than Heaven: A Biography of Kurt Cobain," the 2001 book by Charles Cross. Robert Munic ("They Call Me Sir") has been commissioned to write the script for the film, which could get a primetime berth as early as next season. No casting or director is attached. "The day Kurt Cobain died was the day the music died for a generation," WB senior VP original movies Tana Nugent Jamieson says. "His story is perfect for our audience." The film will trace Cobain's life from his troubled youth to his pioneering role in the emergence of the grunge music genre as the lead singer of Nirvana. Taking its cue from Cross' biography, the film will detail Cobain's bouts with depression and drug abuse as well as his turbulent relationship with rocker wife Courtney Love. It's grim stuff for a network that stocks such clean-cut fare as "Everwood" and "Smallville," but Jamieson hopes to give the film a cautionary tone, with a public-service announcement on the dangers of depression possibly following the film. "We can do this right without seeming preachy," she said. "It's not your traditional biopic," said Munic, who has been on a hot streak, having two movie projects set up at Lifetime and working on a concept for a series at FX. "The storytelling will have a nonlinear style, flashing to different parts of his life out of chronological order."

Sebadoh Feel The Indie Love

In 2004, "indie" is the new "alternative." Like that bygone buzzword, the once-specific term (it's short for "independent," you know) is now applied to a whole universe of music encompassing everything from bedroom laptop experiments to the classical bombast of avant-rock orchestras. It's a badge more than a descriptor, the chosen moniker of some huge, amorphous club of obsessive music enthusiasts everywhere. Back in 1989, "indie" still belonged to the cardiganed underground. That's when Sebadoh released their first record, Freed Man, a rough cassette recording featuring the songs of Lou Barlow, who 'along with Robert Pollard and Steve Malkmus' now stands as one of indie rock's most recognizable slacker oddball/idols. "I think people who were kind of influenced by us, it's almost for philosophical reasons as opposed to the actual quality of the music," says Barlow, with characteristic modesty. "'Cause when I hear what I've done, I hear a lot of near misses. I hear a lot of almost-good." Fifteen years down the road and Barlow, along with longtime collaborator Jason Lowenstein, is resurrecting Sebadoh for a North American tour that has them stopping in Hamilton, Toronto and Montreal, along with a host of U.S. cities. The tour arose out of a few European shows the duo played to augment their appearance at the 10th anniversary of Domino Records, which boasts Sebadoh's 1994's Bakesale as its first ever release. That, and some prodding by a particularly ardent fan: Barlow's mom. "My mother works for a centre for families with children with autism outside of Northhampton, Massachussetts, and she's got a co-worker who's totally into indie rock," he says. "They thought it would be a great idea to have a benefit for the centre and ask their friends? bands to play. They could ask me, they could ask J Mascis, 'cause he's totally in the circle, and Sonic Youth live close by. My mother wanted Jason to play, too ? and I thought it made sense for Jason and I to do what we'd started in England. Do that show and do a bunch of shows around it." Dubbed the Turboacoustic Tour, the jaunt marks Sebadoh's first stint in the spotlight since the release of 1999's The Sebadoh record. It's strictly a Loewenstein-Barlow affair (original drummer Eric Gaffney isn't involved "He really hates me," says Barlow) and will feature classics from the Sebadoh catalogue. Barlow says the two have no plans to write or record new material "unless it starts to happen while we're working together." It seems a bit of an odd move for a guy who dismisses reissues of his band's material as ridiculous. But while the tour was started as a kind of vacation project, 'Barlow who's in the midst of recording a new solo record' says it's developed into something of a favour to the band's fans. "When we did the tour around England, I wasn't really thinking about how it was going to be received, I thought we should just do it for the hell of it," he says. "But the response was really good. People did go to shows and get really excited about it and that's kind of contagious. "It's a lot easier when it's like that ' it's so much better than being the new buzz band. There?s so much less pressure, it?s wonderful. People are impressed that we?re even on stage. It takes a lot of the pressure off." Pressure and Barlow have often been close bedfellows in the past. Besides Sebadoh, he dealt with the debacle of the Folk Implosion, the side project that ended up with a fluke Top 40 hit in 1995's "Natural One" (from the soundtrack to the film Kids). It was an experience which soured him after the outfit's subsequent efforts were met with "massive indifference." In a way, he looks at the reunion tour as a kind of treat for his years of contribution to the indie scene he helped jumpstart. "I think after all this pain and turmoil Jason and I have been through in this band and with each other, we deserve just a little bit of love," he says. "It's been a really, really, really hard road. Up to this point, the history of Sebadoh has been a really emotionally scarred thing, even more than I'd ever really imagined. So if we can go out and play a few songs for people and just have them be like, 'We're really glad you did that and we're really glad to hear it, it really helps to put you back on balance."

Vincent Gallo, PJ Harvey cover Moon River (MP3 Download)

With support from Jim O'Rourke, Steve Shelley of Sonic Youth and RHCP Guitarist John Frusciante at The Royal Festival Hall, London UK:: 05.04.04
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The Kingblind Top 100 Essential Records of all time (Week 9 of 10)

Ok, Here are the rules... Kingblind get their writers and friends to pick 10 records that are essential to their collection. (Kingblind will post in blocks of 10 until 100 is reached)
1. If someone else has one of the records in their selection you CANNOT pick it. Find another gem for the list.. FIRST COME FIRST SERVED!
2. Here is what is NOT allowed in the Top 100 (We are assuming that our fine readers are smart enough to have these records in their collection already.) NO Beatles, Beach Boys, Stones, Clash, Ramones, Sex Pistols, Led Zeppelin, Hendrix, The Who, Stooges, AC/DC, Black Sabbath, Sonic Youth, Dylan, Nirvana. Obviously the point of this is to turn you fine folks onto some great music that you might not have heard before. Every week (on Monday) we will add a new chunk from a new writer until 100 is reached. ENJOY!!

Please welcome our 9th week of selections (90 of 100) from Mr. Andy Patterson aka Droo (Atlanta, GA via Detroit, MI)

Widespread Panic-Space Wrangler
Debut album on Landslide records. From day one this has been a favorite, ever since my visit to Atlanta 20 years ago, good old southern rock from a little bar band from Athens, GA you now know them as one of the biggest touring bands in the land and I still want more!!

Bob Marley & The Wailers-Catch A Fire
Catch a Fire was the major label debut for Bob Marley & the Wailers, and it was an international success upon its release in 1973. Although Bob Marley may have been the main voice, every member of the Wailers made valuable contributions and they were never more united in their vision and sound. All the songs were originals, and the instrumentation was minimalistic in order to bring out the passionate, often politically charged lyrics. Much of the appeal of the album lies in its sincerity and sense of purpose these are streetwise yet disarmingly idealistic young men who look around themselves and believe they might help change the world through music. Marley sings about the current state of urban poverty ("Concrete Jungle") and connects the present to past injustices ("Slave Driver"), but he is a not a one-trick pony. He is a versatile songwriter who also excels at singing love songs such as his classic "Stir It Up." Peter Tosh sings the lead vocal on two of his own compositions ˜ his powerful presence and immense talent hint that he would eventually leave for his own successful solo career. More than anything else, however, this marks the emergence of Bob Marley and the international debut of reggae music. Marley would continue to achieve great critical and commercial success during the 1970s, but Catch a Fire is one of the finest reggae albums ever. This album is essential for any music collection!

Minutemen-Double Nickels On The Dime
Discovered this album skipping class in 11th grade with Dave Buick- Detroit icon and owner of Italy Records and Young Soul Rebels record shop check it out! ( www.italyrecords.com) On our way back from Denny’s we listened to this amazing album,44 songs of all kinds of stuff, punk, jazz, spanish, blues covers of van halen , ccr, and steely dan,very amusing, I was hooked! one of the best records of the 80's fo sho!

Son Volt- Trace
Hard to believe this album is almost 10 years old, first band I saw while I worked for the Majestic Theatre Complex in Detroit this record is gritty but sweet thought it was better than the first Wilco record after the Uncle Tupelo split! I could listen to this everyday!

Urge Overkill -Saturation
The first record I bought after returning home from my summer in Vail, Colorado. It’s stadium rock by post-punkers who are smart enough to not let their carefully crafted image interfere with the music. Few bands ever lusted after rock stardom quite as blatantly as Chicago’s Urge Overkill!! Boy I wish I could see them again!

Ween- White Pepper
Some Think I've always been a ween fan , when actually not until this record , which Cooper Sanchez made me listen to! It really covers a lot of ground, then I back tracked into the previous albums, amazing, hilarious! There one of my favs!!

David Bowie-Honky Dory
Really the first David bowie record I enjoyed listening to, although I would usually skip changes because I’d heard that song so much! It’s a return to the singer songwriter David Bowie, less heavy metal, less guitar more piano Really got me interested, I now own all his records, thanks Pat Hill!

Nebula-Let it burn
Guitarist Eddie Glass and drummer Ruban Romano formed Nebula in 1997 after breaking away from desert rock pioneers Fu Manchu, eventually recruiting bassist Mark Abshire. This power trio specializes in feedback-drenched heavy rock, incorporating liberal doses of Black Sabbath riffery, psychedelia, and space rock. If you are a fan of the genre, or just Fu Manchu, then put down your bong and Black Sabbath vinyl long enough to go out and find yourself this masterpiece! These guys are amazing straight ahead power trio, just blows my mind! Got get any of it!!

Gang Starr- Step in the area
Never overly prolific nor overly popular, Gang Starr nonetheless became and remain one of hip-hop's most admired acts ever, the duo's legacy nothing short of legendary in terms of influence. Dj Premier and Guru, the duo's respective producer/DJ and lyricist/MC, set standards for early-'90s hip-hop! First heard them on the Brand New Heavys first effort, it stuck, but didn't here this record till late night in Detroit in 1995 This is amazing stuff, like all the other records I own I snatched up all the material on these guys! Dig!

J. Geils Band- Full House Live
The J. Geils Band was one of the most popular touring rock & roll bands in America during the '70s. Where their contemporaries were influenced by the heavy boogie of British blues-rock and the ear-splitting sonic adventures of psychedelia, the J. Geils Band were a bar band pure and simple, churning out greasy covers of obscure R&B, doo wop, and soul tunes, cutting them with healthy dose of Stonsey swagger! Live is the way the J. Geils Band should be experienced; they put on a show like few others, and Full House is the proof. From start to finish, there is not one bad cut. From the opener, "First I Look at the Purse" right on through "Looking for a Love," these guys don't give up an inch! I used to think these guys were from Detroit, But they are from Boston, but boy were they popular in the Dtown!

This weeks lists hails from Mr. droo! Some may know him as the biggest vegetarian in the world, others big Andy from Detroit, who now lives in the Atl. He moved here in 1999 after working 5 long years at the Majestic Theater Complex, which includes the oldest bowling alley in America, the Garden Bowl, the Majestic Cafe and Theater and the Magic Stick !! www.majesticdetroit.com He now tends bar at the world famous Echo Lounge in Atlanta, GA and loves it! During the day he takes care of his 4 month old daughter Campbell Lily Star and loves it! He's seen a lot of great bands in his time and being only 30 he'll see a lot more! Spending time with Campbell during the day lets him listen to some of his 5 thousand cd's and record's that he's slowly unpacking from a recent move. These records mean a lot to me, but there are so many more as well. I appreciate Kingblind giving me a chance for my voice to be heard Happy listening, you haven't heard the last of me!

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Kingblind.com 1 year anniversary party (Update)

Kingblind.com is proud to announce that we are celebrating our 1 year
anniversary on Wednesday, May 12th 2004 at The Echo Lounge in Atlanta, GA
We are recreating the experience of Kingblind.com live and in person with the following features:

THE MC5 (A True Testimonial)
A full length documentary feature film of the life and times of one of the most influential rock bands of all time The MC5. This is an exclusive Georgia screening of this amazing film. It has been the official selection of the Tribeca Film Festival, London Film Festival, Toronto Film Festival and many many more. For more info: http://www.futurenowfilms.com

Rock and Roll Poster and Photo Show:
Posters by Methane Studios (You know those cool posters you see in the echo lounge? Well here is your chance to buy them!)
http://www.methanestudios.com

Photos by Frank Mullen aka Matteblack
From Black Flag to Coldplay Frank has really shot them all.. He will be
displaying and selling his photos as well.
http://www.matteblack.com

Posters by Jim Hayes
Brilliant poster art by former Flipside columnist Mr. Jim Hayes.
Controversial, Thought provoking and fun.. This is some great stuff.. True pop art.

And Music By:
The DJ's Of Rock N' Roll High School
An all star gala of the best in Rock, Punk, Pop and Mashed will be the
soundtrack for the evenings festivities...

Cost:
100% Free.. Yes that's right kids.. All this and more is TOTALLY FREE!

Lord O' Lord there is even more!!
Free Giveaways will also be going on that night. ALSO.. Our pals at Criminal Records in Atlanta, GA http://www.criminal.com
will have a record/DVD stall in the Echo Lounge selling great music DVD's and quality rock n' roll.

Look for giveaways from BMG, International Hits Records, Filter and much
much more!

Echo Lounge
551 Flat Shoals Ave
Atlanta, GA 30316
404-681-3600
http://www.echostatic.com
(This event is 18 and over only)

Wednesday, May 12th 2004
Doors at 8:00pm
Film Starts at 8:30pm
Photo / Poster show and music starts at 10:30pm till ???

Sam Bisbee: 'High' (Music Video)

Here it is, the brand new, groundbreaking stop motion animation video directed by Tobias Perse. It's like a hifi flip book. There's no cgi here- it really is thousands of individual photos stacked and shot stop-action style. CLICK HERE TO VIEW Requires Quicktime or WMA

Wilco-- A Ghost is Born (FREE ALBUM STREAM)

Forget SoulSeek or Limewire, stream the new Wilco longplayer right from the source. Requires Quicktime

Bonnaroo 2003

How would you like to download all the performances from The Bonnaroo Music Festival.. Ok then..
CLICK HERE (SHN DOWNLOAD)
(Learn more about SHN files)
..Thanks to the boy with the large heart..

'HEAD' MUSIC!

BRIAN WILSON is teaming up with a host of rock legends for his first solo album of new material in six years. The Beach Boys genius will release 'Gettin' In Over My Head' on June 22 in the US, which features collaborations with Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton, Elton John and 'Smile' collaborator Van Dyke Parks. Also appearing on the album, will be the duet 'Soul Searchin' featuring Wilson's late brother and fellow Beach Boy Carl. Brian added his vocals to an existing track to complete the song. Tracks expected to appear on the record include 'City Blues', 'Desert Drive', 'How Can We Still Be Dancin'?', 'The Waltz' and 'A Friend Like You'. Wilson will be debuting songs from 'Gettin' In Over My Head' on a European tour this summer.
The date UK shows are:
* Cornwall Eden Project (July 16)
* Oxford Apollo (July 17)
* Portsmouth Guildhall (19)
* Ipswich Regent Theatre (20)
* Manchester Carling Apollo (22)
* London Royal Festival Hall (24, 25, 27, 28)

Beck, Waits Contribute to Johnston Tribute

According to the Gammon Records website, a compilation of Daniel Johnston songs covered by famed musicians is presently in the works. This yet-to-be-titled album will be produced by Mark Linkous of Sparklehorse. Although the list of contributors has been kept secret, it was reported on Beck's website a few weeks ago that he would indeed be recording a cover of Daniel Johnston's "True Love will Find You in the End" for the album. According to a fan website, other possible contributors are Tom Waits, Mercury Rev, M. Ward and Sparklehorse. (Filter)

Sub Pop Signs Helio Sequence

The Helio Sequence inked a deal with Sub Pop. The act, which features Modest Mouse drummer Benjamin Weikel, will release its label debut, Love and Distance on June 8th.

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