Even if seeing one of the most legendary groups of all time doesn't tickle your fancy, the lineup for the third annual VH1 Rock Honors Weekend should produce a few more beats per minute in your chest.
Yes, the honorees for this weekend to remember are none other than one of the U.K.'s original rock and roll molders- The Who. The event, sponsored by Sprint, is scheduled to run from July 10-14 with other big names playing such as Pearl Jam, The Flaming Lips, Foo Fighters, Tenacious D and Incubus.
For those that can't attend the taping at UCLA's Pauley Pavillion (7/12), make sure to tune to VH1 on July 17th at 9 p.m. ET for the nationally televised rock festival.
Also, make sure to check out The Who online, where you can pick up an exclusive live double CD, way cool free t-shirt, as well as gain access to other Wholigan mania.
Over the years Costello has been in hit TV shows like: “The Larry Sanders Show”, “3rd Rock from the Sun”, “Frasier”, “Late Show with David Letterman”, and “Two and a Half Men”. He has also featured in movies such as: “Straight to Hell”, “Spiceworld”, “Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me”, “200 Cigarettes”, “Putting the River in Reverse”, “Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby”, and “Delirious”.
Costello's newest album, MOMOFUKU, includes The Imposters. The Imposters are: Steve Nieve (Piano), Pete Thomas (Drums), and Davey Faragher (Bass). Steve Nieve and Pete Thomas were in The Attractions with Costello when he formed it in 1977. MOMOFUKU was released on April 22nd by Highway Records. Costello decided to originally release this album on vinyl. Which I believe is a noble choice. Vinyl just sounds better, it is truly the way music is meant to be heard.
Elvis Costello and The Imposters’ new album is fantastic. It is classic Costello. My personal favorite song on the album is track one, side one, “Now Hiding Places”. Other great songs on the album are “Turpentine”, “Stella Hurt”, “American Gangster Time”, and “Go Away”. He also collaborates with composer Loretta Lynne on “Pardon Me, Madam, My Name is Eve”, and Rosanne Cash on “Song with Rosie”. Also, two great songs.
This album is very Dylan-esque, as usual. It goes back to albums like "Get Happy!!", and shows the true sound of Elvis Costello. It truly is classic Costello.
This summer, he will be touring along side of The Police on their 2007/2008 Reunion Tour.
For more information on Elvis Costello and The Imposters, you can check out his website at http://www.elviscostello.com/.
Our pals over the pond that gave us The Invitation and Contact have brought us back to them once more- this time with their title track, "Contact", done acoustic.
The quality comes across so smooth as Will South's vocals and the lovely sounds of the chimes can make one feel as though they are playing right here. I hope you enjoy this as much as I did.
Sorry about the slow blog lately. One of us just got married (on honeymoon now) and the other was on antibiotics and in a fragile state for the past fifteen days. Back to new music...
This week I'm quite excited for The Wombats' U.S. release. The UK trio satisfies my ears every time and this time should be no exception. Also along the indie rock forefront, Cute Is What We Aim For are releasing their much-hyped Rotation album. Sigur Ros is finally here. To check out their crazy running around naked video, go here. *mature audiences only*
On a different note, Calico Horse and Saturday Knights have caught my attention, so their stuff is below. Enjoy.
MP3: Calico Horse - Awake In The Clouds
MP3: The Watson Twins - Sky Open Up (buy)
MP3: The Wombats - Let's Dance To Joy Division (buy)
Alejandro Escovedo - Real Animal (Official) (MySpace)
Angels & Airwaves - Start The Machine DVD (Official) (MySpace)
The Anniversary - The Devil Is On Our Side: B-Sides & Rarities (Official) (MySpace)
Au - Verbs (Official) (MySpace)
Babyshambles - Oh What a Lovely Tour (DVD & CD) (Official) (MySpace)
BBQ - Tie Your Noose (vinyl) (Official) (MySpace)
Be Your Own Pet - Get Damaged EP (Official) (MySpace)
Black Lips - We Did Not Know The Forest Spirit (LP) (Official) (MySpace)
Buffalo Killers - Buffalo Killers (vinyl) (Official) (MySpace)
Calico Horse - Mirror (Official) (MySpace)
Cute Is What We Aim For - Rotation (Official) (MySpace)
Damiera - Quiet Mouth Loud Hands (Official) (MySpace)
Die So Fluid - Spawn of Dysfunction (Official) (MySpace)
Dropout Year - On a Lighter Note (Acoustic EP) (MySpace)
Go Crash Audio - Dear, Song In My Head (MySpace)
Hercules & Love Affair - Hercules & Love Affair (MySpace)
IAMX - Kiss+Swallow (Official) (MySpace)
Joseph Arthur - Vagabond Skies EP (Official) (MySpace)
Less Than Jake - GNV FLA (Official) (MySpace)
Lou Lou & Guitarfish - Lou Lou & Guitarfish (Official) (MySpace)
Love as Laughter - Holy (Official) (MySpace)
Mugison - Mugiboogie (Official) (MySpace)
Paul Weller - 22 Dreams (Official) (MySpace)
Safari So Good - Every Fight is a Food Fight When You're A Cannibal (MySpace)
Sam Sparro - Sam Sparro (Official) (MySpace)
Saturday Knights - Mingle (Official) (MySpace)
Seun Kuti & Egypt - 80 Disorient Records (Official) (MySpace)
Sigur Rós - Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust (Official) (MySpace)
Superchick - Rock What You Got (MySpace)
Steve Tyrell - Back to Bacharach (Official)
Take it Back! - Can't Fight Robots (MySpace)
Thriving Ivory - Thriving Ivory (Official) (MySpace)
The Watson Twins - Fire Songs (Official) (MySpace)
The Wombats - A Guide To Love, Loss and Desperation (Official) (MySpace)
We have come across a ton of wonderful groups and PR people that have been a great help to us over the past few months. Although our focus is to find the new stuff, we wouldn't have that extra leg up if we couldn't properly promote groups generally out of reach of casual sites.
Thanks to:
The Diggs
Jessi White
Elisa and Wonderland Records
Mike from Stars and Sons
Director
Matt @ Green Light Go Publicity
Andy @ Fanatic Promotions
Martin from The Sweet Serenades
Keith from Bridges and Powerlines
Shawn @ Wiredset
Marissa @ MMG Publicity
Erick from FAIR
Your Vegas
Special thanks to:
Angela @ Filter Magazine
Darragh Nolan and Angel Pier
Isaac @ BreakThru Radio
John @ SugarSpun Records
We wish you all the best. We also greatly appreciate our readers who help lead us to what they are listening to. If you weren't there, what would be the point.
This was too funny not to post. It definitely reminds me of Cake's "Short Skirt, Long Jacket" video, except without the song playing.
My favorite quotes from the people in the video are:
"That's legit."
"It's got a nice beat. It's got a nice beat to it. Nice ryhthm. Nice beat. It could be sold, I think."
"A middle sized dancefloor it would do real well." (Same guy)
