Kingblind Thanksgiving Mixed Tape (Mp3′s)

Enjoy our collection of Thanksgiving themed tunes, See you next week!

Poi Dog Pondering- Thanksgiving

Adam Sandler – The Thanksgiving Song

Graham Parker – Almost Thanksgiving Day

William S. Burroughs – A Thanksgiving Prayer

Arlo Guthrie – Alice’s Restaurant Thanksgiving Massacre

Loudon Wainwright III – Thanksgiving (live)

DM Stith: “Thanksgiving Moon (demo)”

George Winston – Thanksgiving

THE JESUS LIZARD TO REUNITE, FOUR SEMINAL ALBUMS REMASTERED AND REISSUED

In what has to rank as one of the most unlikely developments in rock, the awe-inspiring primal force of the Jesus Lizard will return, briefly, in 2009. The original lineup of David Yow, Duane Denison, David Wm. Sims and Mac McNeilly will reform for a very limited series of live dates in 2009, starting with the All Tomorrow’s Parties event dubbed The Fans Strike Back in Minehead, UK on May 9 and 10 and ending with a final appearance in Chicago in late November. These shows will be the Jesus Lizard’s first since disbanding in 1999 and the first in twelve years to feature the original storied quartet. As anyone who has experienced the Jesus Lizard live can attest, they are one of the most intense and visceral musical assemblies to ever stalk a stage. This fleeting reunion offers an incredible opportunity to either be blown away all over again or to immerse yourself in the sweaty power and driving mayhem for the very first time.

In celebration of this event, Touch and Go Records will reissue four full-length releases from the Jesus Lizard in May 2009. Remastered recordings of Head, Goat, Liar, and Down will be available on both LP and CD, all with expanded packaging and liner notes. Bob Weston is heading up the remastering process with Steve Albini, the original session engineer, sitting in.

Stay tuned for more details as they become available.

BRODY DALLE RETURNS WITH SPINNERETTE

New York, NY – Brody Dalle, lead singer and songwriter of the
influential punk band The Distillers, is marking the next step in her
career with her new band Spinnerette. The band will release their first
new music, Ghetto Love, a digital EP available only at
www.SpinneretteMusic.com beginning December 11th. The 4 song EP will
include brand new Spinnerette songs all penned by Brody Dalle and
produced by Alain Johannes. On December 16th, the Spinnerette Ghetto
Love EP will also be available on iTunes.

After disbanding The Distillers in 2006, Brody took the last few years
to regroup and start a family with husband Joshua Homme. During this
time, she began focusing on a new direction to take her music and
mapping out the path to calling her own shots for her new project. The 4
new songs on the Ghetto Love EP – ‘Ghetto Love,’ ‘Valium Knights,’
‘Distorting A Code,’ ‘Bury My Heart,’ represent the first songs written
by Dalle for Spinnerette and are inspired by the birth of her daughter
and death of her father. They touch upon themes of redemption, salvation
and religion.

“The profound joys and deep sadness in that period couldn’t help but
come out in my art, as with all experiences worth exploring further.
Having such extremes occur in a compacted period ensured that they all
appear in this collection of Spinnerette songs,” Dalle reveals.

Brody has always been the keeper of her own destiny and that spirit is
front and center in this new chapter in her life. Not being one to jump
through hoops for anyone and caring passionately about her art, Brody is
firmly at the helm of releasing her music independently and preserving
complete creative control. “I can’t conform my art to fit someone
else’s expectations. So, in this crazy world of the ‘music business’ -
I’m focused on finding a way to ensure I get to keep doing it for a
living,” adds Dalle.

The fire among Brody Dalle devotees remains ignited as Spinnerette
recently previewed new material at three sold-out shows in Southern
California to captivated audiences of both old and new fans. The blaze
for Dalle has also hit Indie 103 and KROQ in LA, BBC Radio 1 in the UK,
Triple J radio in Australia, and 102.1 The Edge and George
Stroumboulopoulos’ radio show in Canada who have all spun new
Spinnerette music for their listeners.

Ghetto Love was recorded at PinkDuck and 11AD studios in Los Angeles.
Additional musicians on the ep include Alain Johannes (Queens of the
Stone Age, Eleven), Tony Bevilacqua (The Distillers), and Jack Irons
(Pearl Jam, Red Hot Chili Peppers).

Fountains Of Wayne Get Busy On New Album

It’s been a busy year for Fountains Of Wayne’s Adam Schlesinger. After nabbing a nomination for best original score for the songs he co-wrote for the Broadway adaptation of Cry-Baby, he was asked by writing partner David Javerbaum to help pen the lyrics for “A Colbert Christmas Special,” which began airing this week on Comedy Central.

Now, things are back in motion for Fountains Of Wayne’s next record, which Schlesinger hopes to have out in 2009.

“We still have a ways to go, but we have eight songs that are relatively close to complete now. We’re looking to regroup after the New Year and do the second batch,” Schlesinger said. “I think we’re trying some different things on this record, but we’re still the same band, to me. It’s kind of too early to say what direction it’s going to as a whole.”

Schlesinger’s also in the midst of recording with Ivy, originally his main band but overshadowed in recent years by the success of Fountains Of Wayne. “That one’s been slow going for many reasons,” he reports. “But we have a record that is halfway done as well. Two other members had babies recently.”

Fountains Of Wayne will take to the road this winter for a short acoustic tour, which Schlesinger promises will showcase a handful of new tunes.

Here are Fountains Of Wayne’s tour dates:

Jan. 14: Bellingham, Wash. (Walton Theater)
Jan. 15: Seattle (Triple Door)
Jan. 16: Portland, Ore. (Wonder Ballroom)
Jan. 18-19: San Francisco (Cafe Du Nord)
Jan. 21-22: Los Angeles (Largo)
Jan. 23: San Juan Capistrano, Calif. (Coach House)
Jan. 24: San Diego (Anthology)
Feb. 19: Alexandria, Va. (Birchmere)
Feb. 20: Annapolis, Md. (Ramshead)
Feb. 21: Philadelphia (Tin Angel)
Feb. 25-26: New York (Joe’s Pub)
Feb. 28: Boston (Paradise Rock Club)
Marc 1: Northampton, Mass. (Iron Horse Music Hall)

Damon Albarn: ‘Blur are reforming for rehearsals’

Damon Albarn has confirmed that Blur will be reuniting next year.

The singer revealed his old band, including guitarist Graham Coxon, will be working together just before a special one-off performance of his opera ‘Monkey: Journey To The West’ at the BBC Radio Theatre in London this afternoon (November 25).

Before playing his composition that has been specially rearranged for the stripped-down performance, Albarn was asked by the host Janice Long whether Blur will be playing next year.

“Blur are certainly going to rehearse and see if we’re into it,” he said.

The band’s last album was 2003′s ‘Think Tank’, though guitarist Coxon only appeared on one track, having left the group a year earlier.

After the Blur news was confirmed, the live reworking of the ‘Monkey’ then took place, with the hour-long show featuring a huge string section, plus five male and female singers at the front of the stage.

Albarn sat among the performers for the performance, though apart from briefly directing the lighting took a back seat for most of the gig.

However, towards the end he joined in on a hand-held organ and guitar for a couple of tracks.

The gig will be going out live on BBC Radio 2 on Saturday (November 29) evening.

Beatles’ John Lennon ‘forgiven’ for ‘Jesus’ claim

Semi-official Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano has run an article forgiving the late Beatle John Lennon for a controversial statement he made in 1966, when he claimed that his band were “more popular than Jesus”.

The article in the newspaper, which normally reports on the comings and goings of the Pope, said that Lennon had just been showing off and praised the band.

The article said that Lennon’s comments had been “showing off, bragging by a young English working-class musician who had grown up in the age of Elvis Presley and rock and roll and had enjoyed unexpected success”.

The newspaper was marking the 40th anniversary of the band’s self-titled album known as ‘The White Album’.

Lennon’s 1966 comments, made in an interview with the London Evening Standard, had criticised religion.

“Christianity will go,” he said. “It will vanish and shrink. I needn’t argue with that; I’m right and I will be proved right.

“We’re more popular than Jesus now. I don’t know which will go first – rock ‘n’ roll or Christianity. Jesus was all right but his disciples were thick and ordinary. It’s them twisting it that ruins it for me.”

Paul McCartney: ‘Beatles and EMI ‘stalled’ over iTunes plan’

The Beatles’ back catalogue isn’t set to be available for legal download on iTunes any time soon, as Sir Paul McCartney has revealed that negotiations are “stalled” between Apple Corps and EMI.

McCartney said that despite having been involved in negotiations with the Liverpool legends’ label, no satisfactory outcome was likely to come about soon.

“When it’s something as big as The Beatles, it’s heavy negotiations,” he said in a London press conference this afternoon (November 24). “We’re [the band members and their estates] very for it, but there are a couple of sticking points.

“It’s stalled – there are a couple of sticking points between EMI and The Beatles. No change there then!”

The news on the updated situation follows reports in March that The Beatles and EMI were set to agree on a deal that would see the band’s music become available on iTunes.

A deal has, however, been struck that will see a Beatles version of the ‘Rock Band’ computer game released.

McCartney was speaking as he launched his side project with producer Youth. The pair record under the name The Fireman, so kicked things off at the Fire Station pub in Waterloo, south London.

The pair’s album, ‘Electric Arguments’, is released today (November 24).

Guns and Roses: Chinese Democracy (Album Review)

In their heyday, Guns N’ Roses were remarkable for their ability to ride catastrophe. Following Use Your Illusion I and II, however, in 1991, huge fissures developed in the band, which even they couldn’t endure. One by one, the original band members left, most fatefully guitarist Slash, apparently unable to endure the “dictatorial” tendencies of singer Axl Rose

Work on this, their first album proper since then, actually began in the mid-90s. However, it’s been made in such fits and starts, with such a liquid line-up (even Brian May dropped in at one point) that it would be a miracle of Sistine proportions if it amounted to anything coherent and consistent.
Such worries are, sadly, not without foundation. Soundwise, Chinese Democracy is all over the place. Tracks actually vary in volume according to their disparate ages, with the likes of “I.R.S.” (around on bootleg for years) quite clearly having been cut and finished years before the track that precedes it.

A similarly tangled story accompanies the music. Chinese Democracy is evidently the work of a man becoming progressively more interested in avant-rock forms: virtually every track on Chinese Democracy starts out sounding like it might amount to something that extends GNR’s parameters in truly unexpected directions (noir-ish ambient, electronic, even brass band on “Madagascar”). However, Rose’s experimental hankerings generally give out after about 10 seconds. Oh Slash, where art thou?

Scouring the album for redeeming moments, one could cite the steely, futurist angst of “Shackler’s Revenge” and the pianistic “This I Love”, which in making Elton John and Freddie Mercury sound like Chas N’ Dave, must at least merit some kind of high camp award. And in “Prostitute” Rose offers a hint of atonement which excites fleeting sympathy. What kind of surreal pass has your life come to, after all, when you get involved in a fistfight with Tommy Hilfiger?
With rumours that the original G N’R are set to reform next year, and mega metal currently in the ascendancy, the insanity looks set to carry on regardless.

Rolling Stone gave this thing 4 stars? Give me a break.. Just because you put lipstick on a pig.. Well, you know the rest.

Chinese Democracy WTF?
After 14 years of waiting, 14 tracks, 14 studios, 14 million dollars, 12 guitarists, nine producers and one chicken coop, Guns n’ Roses’ Chinese Democracy is finally hitting the shelves at your local Best Buy store on Sunday.

“Daily Fix” is breaking down the numbers of one of rock’s most anticipated albums, including the 305,687,295 Dr. Pepper cans the soda company promises to giveaway in celebration of the release.

Jeremy Enigk Rocks Out On New Album

Former Sunny Day Real Estate frontman Jeremy Enigk returns to the heavier rock sound of his old band on his third solo album, tentatively titled “OK Bear” and due in February via his own Lewis Hollow label.

The album was recorded outside Barcelona with a group of musicians introduced to Enigk by a mutual friend from Seattle and produced by Santi Garcia and Standstill’s Ricky Falkner. “These guys are Sunny Day Real Estate fans and the moment they got their hands on my songs, whether they were mellow or not, they turned them into heavy rockers,” Enigk said.

“OK Bear,” whose title comes from a phrase Enigk accidentally said while stringing together what he thought were nonexistent Spanish words, includes rockers like “Late of Camera” and “Find Idea,” alongside “April Storm” (“That’s on a Ryan Adams/”Love Is Hell”-type of kick,” Enigk says) and the Gram Parsons-inspired “Same Side Imaginary.”

“This is probably the first time I’ve ever dabbled with a country feel. Because it’s me, it doesn’t sound like a country song too much, but you can hear the influence,” Enigk says of the latter.

The artist is playing a handful of new songs on a just-started U.S. tour, which also features a second guitarist. Fans can expect a mix of solo tracks, including the rarely played “Call Me Steam” and “Burn,” alongside precious few Sunny Day Real Estate tunes.

Some songs were written on piano, like ‘Canons’ and ‘Burn,’ and although the arrangements are the same, I’m playing the piano lines on guitar,” Enigk says. “I’m also using distortion on an acoustic guitar. There are moments where it sounds like a band, minus drums. It has that intensity.”

Enigk is hoping to tour with a full band next year, but concedes the cost may be prohibitive in the States. “I think I can do a full band in Europe, because the guys who played on the album are willing to go,” he says. “I wouldn’t have to fly them out. We could start in Spain and go from there. My goal is to tour as much as possible. In what incarnation, I have no idea.”

As for his musical past, Enigk has resisted offers to reunite Sunny Day Real Estate, whose influence over the so-called “emo” subgenre of rock seems to grow with each passing year. Also on ice is the Fire Theft, his post-SDRE band with bassist Nate Mendel and drummer William Goldsmith.

“We never really broke up — we just said we’d take a break and that we’ll get back to it when we’re ready,” Enigk says. “But we’ve just not talked about it since. It may happen one day.”