royston ellis obituary — the poet who put the beat into the beatles
they don't make em like that anymore dept.
Grief, hallucinations and exhumed violins: the astonishing music of Richard Skelton
He’s self-released more than 60 searing albums – some with only a single copy – made with instruments including his late wife’s jewellery. On a drive through northern moorlands, he explains his singular sonic world
there’s talk of joining an intentional community, buying some land in Richardson’s native Canada, or finding a practice-based postdoctoral research role – he’s just completed a PhD about magico-religious practices in north-west England during the last ice age.
Jack Grealish, Manchester City’s coolest kid, teaches Liverpool a lesson | Barney Ronay
did you say : Before kick-off the stadium PA had played a gabba-speed remix of Love Will Tear Us Apart, while the City mascots Moonchester and Moonbeam did modern dance-style interpretative moves in front of a sign saying Abu Dhabi Find Your Pace. No doubt this was Ian Curtis’s distant dream when he bared his bleeding soul to the world.
Before kick-off the stadium PA had played a gabba-speed remix of Love Will Tear Us Apart, while the City mascots Moonchester and Moonbeam did modern dance-style interpretative moves in front of a sign saying Abu Dhabi Find Your Pace. No doubt this was Ian Curtis’s distant dream when he bared his bleeding soul to the world.
Overleden tekstdichter Keith Reid (Procol Harum) schreef 'in de schaduw van de Holocaust'
Hij had een groot succes met de tot dan toe onbekende Australische zanger John Farnham voor wie hij You're the Voice schreef, dat in Australië het best verkochte nummer ooit werd.
Beware of the Flowers: cult rock eccentric John Otway’s never-ending tour hits Gibraltar
they dont make em like that anymore dept.
Old rock and rollers never die, they just end up expecting people to pay just to listen to them talk
Talking Heads’ Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz: ‘David Byrne refuses to refer to us by name’: The bassist and drummer on surviving a rock’n’roll marriage
Modest Mouse Drummer Jeremiah Green Dead At 45
RIP 😢😢
RIP Keith Levene (65)
Influential post-punk musician was an original member of the Clash before founding PiL with John Lydon and Jah Wobble
"...I really would like to go into the galaxies, to be in the intergalactic void."
And there you go. RIP Wilko.
The Real Danny Thompson
The Official Danny Thompson Website
Bob Dylan: the 66 songs that made me — from Elvis Costello to the Who…
archived 30 Oct 2022 01:23:10 UTC
Words, voice, and heartbreak
Sharon Van Etten’s basic tools.
from The New Yorker 2014
About Lou Reed’s Words & Music: May 1965
After the death of the Velvet Underground front man, two archivists and his widow, Laurie Anderson, discovered a mysterious sealed package from 1965. Inside was treasure: never-before-heard, folky versions of “Heroin” and other classics.
Julien Baker on Audiotree Live (Full Session)
well the guy is annoying as shit but ok
1. Sprained Ankle
2. Rejoice
3. Something
4. Go Home
Recorded on January 16, 2016, in Chicago, IL.
Alan Blaikley obituary | The Times
The man who suggested Dave Dee and the Bostons change their name to Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich and composed the music for RD Laing's record Life and Death is dead.
archived 23 Jul 2022
Flowful
i think 'Drive' for when i am cleaning which is not often enough.
Colin Grainger obituary
The man who who was paid four times as much as each one of The Beatles is dead
Sharon Van Etten ‘Afraid Of Nothing’ (Live at St Pancras Old Church)
found it!!
Haar trauma’s, fouten, woede, zorgen en twijfels: Sharon Van Etten zingt er indringend over
Sharon Van Etten ontvluchtte een gewelddadige relatie, ging in eigen beheer cd’s maken en oogst nu overal success.
Joanna Newsom’s Thought Experiments
This is a beautiful review of Divers but I just...
Onvoorstelbaar dat Kim Gordon bijna 70 is.
Tja ouwe mensen moeten toch ook wat te doen hebben.
Nick Drake's Pink Moon
Pete Paphides digs through John Peel's records and speculates wildly about what Nick Drake may or may not have listened to. Interesting and annoying in equal measure. A few records you may not have heard of.
Geluiden om high van te worden | Trouw
Binaural beats zijn in opmars als genotmiddel. Misschien gaan ze ook hun nut bewijzen in de (psychiatrische) kliniek.
Remembering David McComb of the Triffids: ‘If music isn’t extraordinary, what’s the point?’
An intimate new documentary explores the difficult life of one of Australia’s most brilliant songwriters.
RIP Chris Bailey
The frontman and co-founder of The Saints died on the weekend, aged 65.
of any live band I saw, they certainly had the biggest effect,” Nick Cave told me much later. “They were the ones who could actually play
“There was a lot of hype by the time we got to London cause the punky rock thing had taken off, but back in Oz we wouldn’t have been pissed on if we were on fire,”
sharon van etten - love more
lollapolooza 2012
‘Invention, grace and bloodlust ballet’: post-punk guitarist John McGeoch
Ha. He had to borrow my guitar for Siouxie's set at the Roxy April 23,1977.
PJ Harvey, poet: ‘Dorset is light and dark, ecstasy and melancholy’
The singer-songwriter has written an extraordinary narrative poem that glories in the landscape and dialect of her home county
The Misunderstood Voice of Nico
Who was the artist behind the icon?
Tom Tom Club: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
i never had much time for the tom tom club forty years ago (i was firmly in the david byrne camp) but seeing them do these lovely acoustic versions of dr.wordsworth and genius of love made me very happy.