Music

We lost a great one yesterday.

Ya rly. I am both unsurprised and waiting for him to say "Nah, just playing." Of course, many IDM fans (a group of conspiracy theorists if there ever was one, ask them about Boards of Canada some time) have long suspected this to be true. The only artist (besides Massive Attack) that Burial has collaborated with is Four Tet.

So I just came across a great cover of Stairway to Heaven If it makes Robert Plant Cry it can't be half bad.

I don't have the words to describe how excited I am after hearing this... Sounds new and fresh and I can't f'ing wait!

New Single "Came Back Haunted" streaming now on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/nineinchnails New Album Hesitation Marks out 9.03.13. Preorder available now on nin.com I dig the new single, but its hard to separate my joy at new NIN from my critical side. It has a great sound, more of an old schoolish dance/industrial feel, with some effects thrown in reminiscent of TDS-era NIN. Single has more of a steady pace, no huge heavy guitar parts or anything, but it still sounds great. NIN also announced a huge tour with supporting acts Explosions in the Sky and GYBE. In the immortal words of Trey Monkeystasio, get phacking pumped phannerz: Nine Inch Nails…

I guess I shoulda said "For,..". The 2012 Monterey Jazz Festival was a treat for Potter lovers. He played with several groups over the weekend and I was able to records a couple of the bands. I've put up 7 new 24/48 files on my SoundCloud account from the festival and 6 have Potter doing his thing. The first group is the Metheny Unit Band and the second cut has Pat using the Orchestron (killer automated multi instrument partially controlled by air pressure which you can hear swooshing in the background). The second group is the Monterey Festival on Tour which features Christian McBride-bass, Benny Green-piano, Potter, Ambrose Akinmusire-trumpet, and Lewis Nash o…

So as part of the new car we got a 4 month trial for Sirius XM and I'm wondering what people around here think of the service. Worth the $200 a year? That's a lot of CDs. Favorite stations? Edit: I see the mostly music for $10 a month. That's a bit more palatable.

Damn, I had missed this (April 15, 2013). In my opinion, the best trumpet player to ever live. A huge musical influence on me even though I was a percussionist/timpanist (my twin brother was a very good trumpet player, with the Northbrook Sym. for a number of years). I met him probably around 1980 or so when he was guest artist with the regional symphony orchestra I played with when I was in school. Since my brother was 2nd trumpet in the orchestra, I was also invited to the reception/party afterwards hosted by the brass faculty. He indelibly impressed me with his graciousness and humility. I can't remember what he played, maybe the Hummel, but when I congratulate…

Slayer Guitarist Jeff Hanneman Dead at 49 The world is decidedly less \m/ today. Also, "Necrotizing Fasciitis" should totally be the name of a Slayer track.

Not exactly confidence inspiring. See this picture: From page 3 of this article: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9237727/How_big_is_the_sound_of_music_?taxonomyId=19&pageNumber=1

I got to know "Tiny Desk Concerts" here so I thought some of you guys might enjoy this. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323495104578314663257286662.html

In case you want to participate in the first ever public voting process for induction... http://jalc.org/2013-jazz-hall-of-fame-vote Choices: Jimmie Blanton James P. Johnson Lionel Hampton Teddy Wilson Kenny Clarke Art Blakey Roy Haynes Don Redman Clark Terry Ben Webster

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/03/06/173630819/alvin-lee-is-going-home-ten-years-after-guitarist-dies http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-21688814 R.I.P. Alvin

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/28/arts/music/van-cliburn-pianist-dies-at-78.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0

Interesting story regarding Rutherford Chang and his collection of numbered Beatles albums. I understand that it's more of a multi media art presentation but for the casual onlooker, it's almost cult like! http://www.dustandgrooves.com/rutherford-chang-we-buy-white-albums/

I've been finding myself more and more unsatisfied by the post-rock scene, which seems to be the one area keeping the space-rock flag raised, what with both Riverside's and Antimatter's recent changes in direction. So make me some suggestions. What I'm looking for is that patient approach to music that songs like "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" (starting at part one), "Echoes", Talk Talk's "The Rainbow", etc.

Any of you guys who have an interest in acoustic or early electrical recordings like I do, might find the downloads that Amoeba have made available interesting. If you don't know what I mean about acoustic recordings, they are from the era of recording when acoustic horns were used before the invention and/or the general use of microphones or electric amplifiers. The musicians had to gather around a horn and play loudly so the vibrations at the small end of the horn could "cut" the record master or wax cylinder. This made the recordings of large ensembles (such as an orchestra) difficult and in many instances, instruments were replaced by ones which were capable of pro…

This is what mybloodyvalentine.org looks like right now: This has been a pretty disastrous launch. MBV clearly learned nothing from NIN and Radiohead when it comes to high profile album launches. They've had 22 years to plan this album release.

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Howard Smith was a long time writer for the Village Voice. Over the years, he interviewed and wrote articles about some of the icons of the 60's and 70's. Folks like Eric Clapton, John Lennon, and Frank Zappa were among those he interviewed. Like most journalists of the time, he would tape those interviews then go back and write his piece from those tapes. Fortunately, Smith had saved those tapes in hopes of using them for writing his memoirs and they've now been digitized and are going to be distributed on iTunes and a limited ed box set. Here's the article from the NY Times which includes some samples of those interviews. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/19/arts/mus…

Ok American Soul maybe the best drunk music ever... so in that spirit name your top soul/r&b tracks maybe 2-5 of them here are a few of mine Tammy Tate and the Nightingales ; Just a Little Overcome Otis R : Try a Little Tenderness OJays : Backstabbers Harold Melvin : Don't Leave Me This Way ok old people what are your favs

http://www.eddietrunk.com/index.cfm/pk/view/cd/NAA/cdid/436847/pid/400512 "It is with deep sadness we announce the passing of Jon Lord, who suffered a fatal pulmonary embolism today, Monday 16th July at the London Clinic, after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. Jon was surrounded by his loving family. Jon Lord, the legendary keyboard player with Deep Purple co-wrote many of the bands legendary songs including Smoke On The Water and played with many bands and musicians throughout his career. - - - - - - - - - I remember listening to Made In Japan MANY times for many months.....one of my favorites growing up..... RIP

What the topic title says.

Doc Watson passed away today. It's been a tough year, but this one is especially tough for me. Doc was my introduction into Bluegrass music. Thanks Doc. Godspeed.

I'm not sure how popular these were (looks like at least some ended up on VH1), but the BBC documentary series Classic Albums is on Netflix. Not the most exploratory, so if you're already well familiar with the backstory of each album they may be of limited use, but for everyone else they're definitely worth a try. Saw Rumours last week. Just finished The Band... [media=]