Tom Waits – Bad As Me (ANTI-, 2011) Tom Waits is back with an album of all original material, the first such album in over 7 years. Bad As Me could not be more different than 2004‘s Real Gone in terms of sound; this is a much more accessible body of work. It’s a...
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Anyone who knows me, knows Tom Waits. Like it or not, they have all been subject to (too?) many late night (one-sided?) conversations about the man, the myth and his music. Closing the bar with Martha and San Diego Serenade, continuously rotating Mule Variations on the turntable in my little apartment in San Francisco,...
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The boys from Akron are back. El Camino. December 6th. Contact Pat or Dan at (330) 510-1206
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Trophy Scars – Never Born, Never Dead (Independent, 2011) Trophy Scars – Messengers To be honest, I had never heard of Trophy Scars before I came across Never Born, Never Dead. A Jersey band that started out as a post-hardcore live act, evidently transformed themselves in a blues experiment of sorts. The six songs...
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Tom Waits has announced his first album in 7 years as only Tom Waits would, by posting a video on the Internet — a video deriding said media for its lack of privacy. Dressed all in black, with the promo poster in the back and various forms of equipment surrounding him, Mr. Waits provides...
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‘There’s a darkness upon me that’s flooded in light‘ Appropriate words to open The Avett Brother‘s first ever headlining set at Red Rocks. As darkness claimed the night, the gods proved themselves to be bluegrass fans. The threatening thunder clouds gave way to a clear black sky and the brothers received an uninterrupted two...
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One thing about people in Colorado, they LOVE their jam bands! I just read a joke somewhere about ‘death, taxes and Widespread at Red Rocks’. I have had to explain that I don’t smoke pot just as many times as people have tried to convince me on the merits of the 27 minute jam. ...
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Sarena is my sister, or as her niece likes to point out, my ‘blood sister’. She is a little white girl and she sings the blues like she is a big black girl. I have been listening to Sarena sing for around 28 years now. It started out with country tunes such as Ricky...
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A friend of mine has been pushing me to start including mixtapes on ILSUDH2 for the past year and as much as the idea has appealed to me, I have been intimidated by how much time it will take. In high school I remember making real, cassette-based mixtapes and the process was arduous to...
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Wick-It The Instigator – The Brothers of Chico Dusty The best blues rock album mashed up with one of the best hip-hop releases of the year by Nashville, TN‘s Wick-It The Instigator. Black Keys x Big Boi done well? ‘Nuff said? Download for free.
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March 21, 1940 – October 10, 2010 Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Solomon Burke passed away due to natural causes in Amsterdam yesterday. He was 70 years old and had just arrived in the Netherlands for a sold-out show. Solomon released his first album in 1962 and continued his brand of R&B, soul...
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