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A summery track from the band's first studio album. www.janesaddiction.com
"Pictures of You" is the fourth and final single from the British rock band the Cure's 1989 album Disintegration. The song has a single version which is a shorter edit of the album version. An extended remix of the original album version which, at 7:59, runs slightly longer than the album version. There is also an edit which was released on 12" in the US, titled "extended remix" as in the European and Australasian releases, but which runs for 6:40 rather than 7:59.
Pitchfork's #23 of the top 50 shoegaze albums of all time, the debut album from Catherine Wheel. tinyurl.com
Btw: did you know that singer-songwriter Rob Dickinson went on to found a famous Porsche automobile restoring company, Singer Vehicle Design? Now you do
In honor of their 25th anniversary, record label Jagjaguwar pairs the Chicago-based eight-piece Hypnotic Brass Ensemble with singer-songwriter Moses Sumney for a reimagining from Richard Youngs' album "Sapphie". - bit.ly
Checkout this amazing interview with Michael in the latest edition of Tape Op Mag'.
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"What Would I Want? Sky" borrows from Grateful Dead's song "Unbroken Chain," from the 1974 album, Grateful Dead from the Mars Hotel. It is the first-ever officially licensed Grateful Dead sample. - bit.ly
Watch the London trio performing live for us in 2016 here: www.youtube.com
After losing their 'Blue Lines' singer, Massive Attack looked for a replacement - they contacted soul singer Aaron Neville, punk singer Siouxsie Sioux and Irish singer-songwriter Sinead O’Connor, and in the end, worked with Tracey Thorn from the alternative pop/rock outfit Everything But The Girl. Massive Attack sent her the backing track for "Protection" where Thorn added to her vocals, together with a melody she had written.
Learn everything about the song at the Massive Attack fansite: massiveattack.ie
The single introduced a transition in lyrical content for the group. "Everything Counts" specifically addresses the issue of corporate greed and corruption in Britain, as the chorus sings of "grabbing hands" that "grab all they can".
In a 2012 interview, singer Jim Kerr recalled the production of the album as a wonderful time during the late spring and early summer of 1982 in which "everything we tried worked", adding: "There were no arguments. We were in love with what we were doing, playing it, listening to it. You don't get many periods in your life when it all goes your way."
Some significant shredding occurred when Welsh band The Joy Formidable performed "Whirring" in KEXP's Bumbershoot Music Lounge in 2013. Watch that entire performance: www.kexp.org
Drummer Bill Ward's first memory of performing the song was at The Beat Club in Switzerland in 1968. The band was required to play multiple sets every night and had little material in their repertoire at that point, so they would perform lengthy jam sessions to fill in the sets. Iommi has said that "War Pigs" originated from one of those jam sessions.
Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio will be performing live at ZooTunes on Sunday, July 25th at Woodland Park Zoo.
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Three days after the commercial release of Innervisions, on August 6, 1973, Wonder played a concert in Greenville, South Carolina. While on the way back, Wonder was in a car accident. he August 6 accident particularly changed his way of thinking. His deep faith and spiritual vision made him doubt that it was "an accident.” He stated, "You can never change anything that has already happened. Everything is the way it's supposed to be.... Everything that ever happened to me is the way it is supposed to have been."
The bassline of "White Lines" was taken from a performance of the Sugar Hill house band (featuring bassist Doug Wimbish) covering "Cavern", a single by New York City band Liquid.
"Summertime" won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance in 1992. An episode of Sound & Vision looks closer at The Grammy Awards and their decision to scrap the term "urban", which has long been decried as racist categorization. www.kexp.org
"Pump Up the Volume" is made up of an estimated 250 samples. The line, "Pump Up The Volume" came from "I Know You Got Soul" by Eric B. & Rakim, and the full list of samples is insane: en.wikipedia.org
Teenage Sequence is Dewan-Dean Soomary, a London musician. At 22 years old, Soomary was originally a member of the genre-defying left-headed punk band the King Blues. However, decided that he wanted his own voice to be heard and split from the band—returning now with Teenage Sequence. His mission is to be inclusive to anyone and everyone and to make music that people want to dance to. Get the track here: teenagesequence.bandcamp.com
The The are an English post-punk band. They have been active in various forms since 1979, with singer-songwriter Matt Johnson being the only constant band member.
"Fools Gold" was built around a loop from James Brown's "Funky Drummer." It was guitarist John Squire who actually discovered the track. He recalled: "We were signing copies of our single, 'She Bangs The Drums,' in a Manchester record shop called Eastern Bloc. The owner said we could pick a couple of albums as a thank you and I picked out a breakbeats album because I liked the cover and I wanted to see what it was all about. That's where I heard the 'Funky Drummer' loop that we built 'Fools Gold' around."
"Temple of Love" is the only Sisters of Mercy song from the 1980–1983 time period that was published with an "extended version". Temple of Love (1992)" featured Israeli vocalist Ofra Haza.
AllMusic wrote, "Though the years have deadened its impact somewhat, there is still a visceral thrill to be drawn from replaying the first Love and Rockets album, a sense of the first step taken towards a brave new world", calling the album "as profound an experience as any of the lauded trips of the original psychedelic era."
"Call Me" was composed by famed Italian disco producer Giorgio Moroder as the main theme song of the 1980 film American Gigolo.
Recorded on July 18, 1975 after Island Records founder Chris Blackwell noted the amazing audience response during their first concert at The Lyceum on the 16th.