Ooh, check this out...New Breeders

I am a big music fan, in case you haven't noticed. And I love lots of music. What kind of music do I like? Good music. In my opinion, there is a lot of good music. And while I think I am a little more snobbish than I should or would like to be, I am still open-minded. This is one that my snobbery instinct tells me to just write off, but the Pixies were sooo good...I remember when The Breeders album came out how cool the whole concept was (cool rock and roll girl from the pixies gets her own band together and rocks out). I got turned off at the time from them, mainly because Cannonball, their big single from that album was played on mtv and on the radio ad nauseum. That was back before I stopped listening to radio (aside from college radio and some public radio). But I always did love that song. Anyway, The Breeders have a new album coming out and here is a song from it. I think it sounds pretty tight, and very fun. Nothing Dylanesque or anything, but I still think Kim Deal is the shizzz..(That's her above)

The Breeders-Bang On

And here is the infamous...

The Breeders-Cannonball (Sorry, my copy has a tiny skip somewhere)

In other news, The Black Keyes have some newness...have a listen over at Stereogum.

Peace

New Velvet Underground!!! (Honest)

Velvet Underground-The Gymnasium, NYC

The only available live stuff from 1967 and it has only just become available in literally the last few days. Recorded just after the release of The Velvet Underground And Nico and featuring the debut performance of Sister Ray (19 mins long) and the *previously unheard* song I'm Not A Young Man Any More. This is raw, loose and slightly out of control, so great. Enjoy! (And pass it on, don't know how long the link will be good for)

Peace

High Fever Blues

 

Last night Mr. Corey Harris came through our frozen tundra of a state. He is class of '91 from Bates University and Lewiston got blessed with a free show by a great blues and roots guitarist and songwriter. I got lucky and got 3 tickets and then one thing led to another and I had 2 extra tix. (Yes I am that popular). Anyway my man Mr. T came through and we hustled up to Lewiston half assed and just barely made it by the 7:30 deadline to pick up the tickets or else. After using some Jedi mind tricks, Mr. T found the Olin Arts Center, we strolled in to an amazingly intimate 300 person venue all specially engineered for sound. We got so hooked up. He played blues, reggae, some african influenced, beautiful instrumental guitar pieces, and basically just took us to the river. It was at times folky as well, with some protest songs of his own, usually in the reggae idiom. I highly recommend Mr. Corey Harris' music and also check out his role in the blues documentary he did, Feel like Going Home. (produced by Martin Scorsese).

High Fever Blues (solo version)

clip from the film "Feel Like Going Home"


Peace