The Cornershop, open space.

Specialized (Watch it). ;)

2012-01-28T00:15:00.002+01:00

The right part of the blog is very often "under " the main articles. But if you click on the article of the day, it suddenly comes back...So click on the last one if you want to see it and then "older post", etc.

Long Live The Smiths' 'Complete Works' (MikeC)

2012-01-26T16:50:00.004+01:00

January 25, 2012 When Steven Patrick Morrissey was 13, he was watching The Old Grey Whistle Test, a BBC rock television show, when the New York Dolls came on. Later, he called it "my first real emotional experience." It was hardly his last: Growing up awkward, tall and shy in suburban Manchester, he was the archetypal kid who didn't fit in, writing poetry and letters to members of the British rock press, disagreeing articulately with their critics.

Years before, Manchester had lost out to Liverpool as Britain's provincial rock capital, but with the arrival of punk, it snatched the crown back. Morrissey joined a punk band called the Nosebleeds briefly, but he had other ideas. In May 1982, he read that a writer for Record Mirror named Johnny Marr, a guitarist who had been in a couple of bands, was looking for a lyricist. The two met and hit it off immediately, and a year later, they'd put together a band, had a couple of gigs, signed to London's Rough Trade Records and started releasing singles. It took a couple tries, but they eventually had a hit of sorts called "What Difference Does It Make?"

This wasn't pop music as we knew it, by any means, although a superficially similar band, R.E.M., was operating in the U.S.: an odd vocalist matched with a guitarist who could seemingly do anything. Unlike Michael Stipe, though, Morrissey didn't cloak his lyrics in ambiguity.

To be continued here

New Cohen and Old Ideas

2012-01-25T21:00:00.000+01:00

Streaming legal first listen on NPR

Blog's problem.

2012-01-24T20:22:00.002+01:00

Small Faces Deluxe Editions Due In May (Mojo info)

2012-01-23T20:00:00.004+01:00

Small Faces Deluxe Editions Due In May

Deluxe editions of Small Faces’ four classic ’60s studio albums will be released on May 7.

Small Faces (Decca, 1966), From The Beginning (Decca, 1967) and Small Faces (Immediate, 1967) will appear in two-disc format while their 1968 masterpiece, Ogdens’ Nut Gone Flake, has been expanded to three discs. Each album has been remastered and will contain both the mono and stereo versions of the original tracks alongside a clutch of previously unreleased bonus material. MOJO’s Mark Paytress provides the liner notes and there are new interviews with surviving members Ian McLagan and Kenney Jones.

Where are the John Hellier's liner notes???

And just in case you’d forgotten how great this powerhouse of R&B, soul and psychedelia were, here they are tearing the place apart back in 1968:

The Mod Generation Poll Results...The Universal are the best contemporary band.

2012-01-22T18:33:00.001+01:00

BEST CONTEMPORARY BAND

The Universal

22% of vote

Miles Kane

17%

High Flying Birds
Kasabian

11% each

The Maccabees: One-Time Brighton Band Set For A Triumphant Homecoming by Mike Cobley

2012-01-22T08:53:00.002+01:00

The Maccabees are three albums into their career (no mean feat for a modern day indie-rock band), and their latest release, Given To The Wild, has garnered a plethora of music industry critical acclaim. But expectations – their own and the outside world’s – made completion of Given To The Wild an intensive period of creativity that at one point seemed beyond their own collective talents.

The band’s guitarist Hugo White said: “Now we've reached a place of achieving what you want and making it a reality.

“Part of that was the production, which this time was predominantly us. The vision is ours, and that's something we never could have done before."

To be continued here, by Mike Cobley.

Jamesetta Hawkins (Etta James) 1938-2012. RIP.

2012-01-21T15:56:00.004+01:00

From the fantastic section "Beano Blues" of french magazine Rock & Folk by Christian Casoni.

Broken Vinyl Club. Another Acid Jazz Ace?

2012-01-21T10:10:00.003+01:00

First single on Acid Jazz Records by Welsh mod/psych band Broken Vinyl Club. Released 29th August 2011, from the debut album Broken Vinyl Club.

Wake up the station: Sticky Soul Fingers Special's podcast available.

2012-01-20T23:04:00.001+01:00

Podcast

Azkena, part 2 (courtesy of Alex)

2012-01-20T19:25:00.003+01:00

Sticky Soul Fingers, Wake Up The Station Tonight.

2012-01-19T15:32:00.007+01:00

Imagine the best soul singers, imagine one of the greatest album of all time by the Rolling Stones, imagine that incredible wedding... Sticky Soul Fingers...

Alice Russel, Sharon Jones, Aloe Blacc, Black Joe Lewis, Baby Charles, Ren Harvieu, Anthony Joseph and the Spasm band, Naomi Shelton, Lee Fields, The Sugarman, The Bamboos...

It's not a Dream...

It's extraordinary, Listen it tomorrow (5 pm UK, 6 PM Euro)... Wake up the Station, stay tuned...

www.cetaradio.fr

Decemberists new live LP.

2012-01-19T15:23:00.001+01:00

The Decemberists will release an expansive, 20-song career spanning live album We All Raise Our Voices to the Air on March 13 via Capitol. Recorded during four months of concerts on the eclectic Portland band's 2011 spring and summer tour, the live recording includes seven songs from The Decemberists' The King Is Dead project as well as five tracks from their 2005 album Picaresque and three taken from 2003's Her Majesty. One song, "Dracula's Daughter", has never been released on a Decemberist project but did appear on frontman/songwriter Colin Meloy's 2008 album Sings Live!. See the full track listing below.

Raise Our Voices to the Air also comes on the heels of the band's Long Live the King EP, a six-track collection of songs recorded during the King Is Dead studio sessions.
Raise Our Voices to the Air track listing:

1. The Infanta (from Picaresque) 2. The Calamity Song (from The King Is Dead) 3. Rise to Me (from The King Is Dead) 4. The Soldering Life (from Her Majesty) 5. We Both Go Down Together (from Picaresque) 6. The Bagman's Gambit (from Picaresque) 7. Down By the Water (from The King Is Dead) 8. Leslie Ann Levine (from Castaways and Cutouts) 9. The Rake's Song (from The Hazards of Love) 10. The Crane Wife 1, 2 and 3 (from The Crane Wife) 11. Oceanside (from the Five Songs EP) 12. Billy Liar (from Her Majesty) 13. Grace Cathedral Hill (from Castaways and Cutouts) 14. All Arise! (From The King Is Dead) 15. Rox in the Box (from The King Is Dead) 16. June Hill (from The King Is Dead) 17. Dracula's Daughter (from Colin Meloy Sings Live!) 18. This Is Why We Fight (from The King Is Dead) 19. The Mariner's Revenge Song (from Picaresque) 20. I Was Meant for the Stage (from Her Majesty)

Giants! Thanx to Mike C)

2012-01-18T21:31:00.005+01:00

Ace music journalist John Robb (not a man to say he likes something when he doesn't) has this to say about the new Stranglers album:

"This is The Stranglers as we want them. Unapologetic, hundred per cent pure Stranglers. Stranglers who combine that urgent, inventive energy with a textured, perfumed melancholy. There is intelligence and playfulness here and an originality that has always made them impossible to place.

Aptly named, ‘Giants’ is classic Stranglers."

Giants, The New Stranglers LP (and last?) review.

Azkena 2011, Thanx to Marco C.

2012-01-17T19:43:00.004+01:00

Suzie Tullet' interview (She's one of us!)

2012-01-17T17:59:00.004+01:00

Having enjoyed reading Suzie Tullett’s debut novel, I was delighted when she agreed to this interview.

Q, Without giving too much away to our readers, could you give an overview of the book in your own words please.

Three men on two scooters (a vintage Lambretta and a Vespa) heading down the country to Brighton…Three women and a heavily pregnant belly in hot pursuit – all squashed into a classic, Union Jack roofed mini… With an off duty Police Officer bringing upthe rear… And with musically themed chapters, it even has its own soundtrack.

In ‘Going Underground’,the hero and heroine are Jonathan and Tracey Parkes, a couple who’ve spent years trying to get pregnant. And having finally achieved what once seemed the impossible, we’re introduced to them just two weeks before the baby’s due date. Of course, Tracey can’t wait to be a Mum, whereas Jonathan is something of a reluctant Father-to-be, leaving Tracey no choice but to turn private investigator in a bid to find out why. However, in doing so she unwittingly sets off a chain of events that take Jonathan back to his roots in an attempt to finally face up to his past;events that could ultimately signal the end of their relationship.

Q, Also, what are your top five ‘mod’ songs?

This is a difficult one considering there are so many to choose from and I do have rather an eclectic taste when it comes to songs.

1. Town Called Malice by The Jam

2. Behind Blue Eyes by The Who

3. Louis Louis by The Kingsmen

4. Lazy Sunny Afternoon by The Kinks

5. Zoot Suit by The High Numbers

To be continued here

Suzie's Blog

Dexy's 2012 (Twitter, MikeC info)

2012-01-16T15:43:00.001+01:00

Searching for the young soul rebels?

Arcade Fire, complete gig, Austin City...

2012-01-16T14:30:00.002+01:00

Watch Arcade Fire on PBS. See more from Austin City Limits.

UK Tribes (Thanx to Nicolas U)

2012-01-15T22:27:00.003+01:00

Costello: Don't buy my boxset!

2012-01-15T19:06:00.000+01:00

Click here to read it in French

We at www.elviscostello.com find ourselves unable to recommend “The Return Of The Spectacular Spinning Songbook” as the price appears to be either a misprint or a satire.

All our attempts to have this number revised have been fruitless so we are taking the following unusual step.

If you want to buy something special for your loved one at this time of seasonal giving, we suggest, “Ambassador Of Jazz” - a cute little imitation suitcase containing ten re-mastered albums by one of the most beautiful and loving revolutionaries who ever lived – Louis Armstrong.

The box should be available for under one hundred and fifty American dollars and includes a number of other tricks and treats.

Frankly the music is vastly superior.

If you should still want the component items in the above mentioned elaborate hoax, they will be available separately at a more affordable price in the New Year, unless you are one of those pirates who imagines they are evangelists or that other people’s rights absolve their own thievery, in which case this is between you and your dim conscience.

Tickets are currently on-sale for the Spectacular Spinning Songbook appearances in the U.S., U.K. and Europe during April, May and June of Spring of 2012. More dates will be announced in the very near future.

More than 200 quids...

Wake up the Station 17! The Podcast is available.

2012-01-13T18:27:00.004+01:00

Alice Russel, Ben Howard, The Real People, Afreaka, Future clouds and radars, Jasmine Kara, Quantic soul orchestra, Portugal the man, Spanky Wilson, Dr Dog... www.cetaradio.

Hanni El Khatib, Born in the USA.

2012-01-13T16:46:00.002+01:00

Nervous, Shakey, on the edge, Brutal, rough, primal, a touch of Black Keys in it... Very interesting record... Hanni El Khatib, american, LP: Will the guns go out?

Coxon’s Set To Unleash The Scratchy, Frantic Urgency Of New Album

2012-01-12T17:59:00.003+01:00

Grotty Camden. Grotty Thursday morning. Graham Coxon sidles out of the café, lights up a cigarette and surveys the bit of London that – by default, he insists – has become his "patch" for the best part of 20 years. "I don"t like places," he says. An awkward smile lets you in on the fact that he knows that what he has said sounds a little absurd. "I tried Kent for a year, while my house was being done up, but it wasn"t any better. So, there it is."

To be continued here, Brighton Magazine.
(Mike Cobley)

The Universal new acoustic EP! No room at the doom and gloom hotel.

2012-01-10T21:13:00.004+01:00

Follow them on Facebook
Inbox Terry Shaughnessy on Facebook to order the EP!

Yolanda, Bass Guitar Show, London 2012.

2012-01-09T13:33:00.003+01:00

New Artist Confirmed for the London Bass Guitar Show 2012!

We are delighted to announce that Yolanda Charles will be giving a masterclass and live stage performance at the London Bass Guitar Show 2012 courtesy of Elixir Strings.

Check out Yolanda perfoming in this video

More about Yolanda Charles:

London Bass Guitar Show

Woodcutter's bus? Who nicked Who? (MikeC)

2012-01-09T12:43:00.006+01:00

Cpt.Stax said...: you know Im very "hard" on weller sometimes :) but I think here's just a matter of coincidences.

Woodcutters' is clearly inspired by the same style (Diddley mostly) as was "Magic bus", but if details of this video are correct, here pete is playing it in 1996, ie after Stanley road. I never heard the Who or Pete playing magic bus this way, so (I might be wrong) it is possible that its Pete actually taking inspiration from Woodcutters' to play Magic bus a little different.
The start is absolutely similar.

Uncut, Feb 2012, Metal Machine Weller?

2012-01-08T20:26:00.002+01:00

Pauline Black: Back to Back to Black (MikeC info)

2012-01-07T18:03:00.005+01:00

Recorded at the O2 Academy Islington on the 23rd July 2011 few hours after, and only a few miles away from where Amy passed away, this is The Selector with Amy Winehouses' - 'Back to black'. Already pressed on 7" vinyl, this is a track on the new single from The Selecter due on 31st July. As Pauline says on this clip, Amy did several Two Tone songs and this is a return of the favour. (Notes from the original uploader, thanx a lot)

Amy Winehouse Ska Mix Tribute on Youtube, here.

1. Cupid
2.Monkey Man
3. Hey Little Rich Girl
4. You´re Wondering Now

Captain Stax Presents:

2012-01-07T16:44:00.000+01:00

1991 Paul Weller Movement (rare clip) for more Paul Weller related videos go to "Weller World" on facebook click "like" to get latest posts.....

Ready?

2012-01-06T22:40:00.002+01:00

Andy Lewis is back with the Red Inspectors...Check it on Paul Weller News...

2012-01-06T16:57:00.002+01:00

Paul Weller News, Andy Lewis.

City and Colour, not so far from Bon Iver, Etc... Why not?

2012-01-05T17:02:00.005+01:00

City and Colour (Preview) by Vagrant Records

An amazing and brilliant vision of John Lennon's music: Bill Frisell.

2012-01-04T21:50:00.004+01:00

This Selecter's album Preview will stay on the right of this page.

2012-01-04T19:32:00.002+01:00

'Made In Britain'-THE SELECTER by Selecter

No hard copy available. Only Download!

Back to Black, The Selecter.

2012-01-04T15:42:00.006+01:00

Yes, it's a cover of Amy Winehouse's song. It was supposed to be released but Amy passed away and it never happened...

According to MikeC, who managed her when she was in Three Men and A Black (with Jake Burns, JJ Burnel and Bruce Foxton), Pauline Black is a wonderful person.

Pauline's interview (Three men Era)

Missed Nick Ward? No problem on BBC Wales, replay the show.

2012-01-02T22:15:00.006+01:00

Nick Played the brilliant "Speed of times" from the new album Cadenza. Can't wait to hear the full LP. Really can't understand why he's not more respected!

Replay

Did you get the Wrong gift for Xmas? No Problem, Nick Churchill is your new super hero!

2012-01-02T13:35:00.008+01:00

You know what I mean, a "good" friend came home with an awful rap or R'n'B second class compi for Xmas and he gave it to you, you had to listen it all night long... yet again Mom offered you a brand new tie with the perfect pair of socks (but you have seven versions of the same set already...)?

A friend of mine, and it's a true story, told me on the phone that his sister offered him the same record as last Xmas! And...it was Muse's Hullabaloo on CD, gosh...He was slightly disappointed... ;) Does she hate him? ;)

Nick Churchill is the new X-Man and he has super powas!

Don't worry there's a solution and you can still find a classy book to repair that mistake. ;) Nick Churchill's book Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Beatles & Bournemouth is there to heal the pain! Nick's book is absolutely amazing if you're a Beatles fan and if you're a Bournemouth fan - and even if you're neither a Beatles nor a Bournemouth fan!

We've all seen many pictures, a billion Beatles' photos, but believe me, you never saw these ones before... Imagine the Fab Four with the delightful "French" sixties pop girl, Louise Cordet! She's been educated at the French lycee of Kensington and her father was a World War 2 hero... She is in the book, torn between the Beatles and another sixties band, Gerry and the Pacemakers! She's been a one hit wonder since 1962.

And that's right at the start. The entire book is a surprise. All book long you can discover new photos which came from outtaspace Bournemouth! The Beatles with BJ Kramer and the Dakotas to remind us how fresh they looked and how fragile they were at that time, running with many bands to stand still... And it wasn't sure at all... They look like very young kids having a big party and who don't know when and where it's gonna flop...You can see them on the roof of a Bournemouth theatre, playing with toys to promote a television show. It's just the beginning of a flashy new England after all the post-War years in black and white...

The book is full of anecdotes which prove the Beatles' impact. Did you remember that the Dowlands Brothers had a minor hit with a cover of All My Loving? Did you remember that the first film of the Beatles seen on American TV had been shot in Bournemouth? You can also sense the very beginnings of Beatlemania and that very beautiful event - the birth of an English youth cult...the Mods phenomenon is not so far away and first-generation Bournemouth Mods recalls their run-ins with the Beatles!

That's what I see in this awesome work and collection of photos, the birth of the right to be young, the right to talk, express yourself, dance, have some fun, have a personal life. That's the real point here. So NIck's Fantastic labour of love is a great job. This is definitely a must have for any fan of the Beatles, of music, of the sixties or, indeed, any mod!

Yann

14$95 for a limited time HERE

Heaven Knows Nick Ward is a great songwriter. Tonight 7.30 PM BBC Wales.

2012-01-02T10:31:00.003+01:00

Link to the evening show

Cadenza - "It's an album I've wanted to do for a year or so. In fact it started out as an acoustic EP, but we quickly realised that I had far too many songs so thought we may as well go the whole hog. It's not an acoustic album per se, but every song is based around the acoustic guitar. A quieter set of tunes. It's a very personal record, but topical too. As with the other albums, no two songs are the same. It's a bit of a concept album! I'm glad to have made it, it'll be out early 2012. I'm already planning the next one, I wanna make a noisy racket!"

Could be a nice way to go to 2012...

2011-12-31T12:21:00.001+01:00

And the Small Faces disbanded on a new year's eve night, didn't they?

Oddities... Lewis Taylor & Carleen Anderson. Happy new year...

2011-12-30T21:04:00.002+01:00

Verlaine, Rimbaud, Music and Poetry (3) An appointment with Mr Yeats, The Waterboys.

2011-12-30T11:31:00.002+01:00

Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, Prince, Dani Harrison, While my guitar gently Weeps...

2011-12-29T22:59:00.003+01:00

Steve in session (Courtesy of Capt' Stax)

2011-12-29T12:19:00.000+01:00

In a Big Year for New Soul, a Small But Influential Label Turns 10

2011-12-28T22:47:00.002+01:00

In a year when Adele, the retro-soul stylist with a ground-shaking alto, sold a gazillion albums, and Amy Winehouse, the game-changing soul-revivalist who battled her demons in public, passed away, it's been easy to overlook another milestone in this new era of soul: the tenth anniversary of Daptone Records, the very label that helped usher in that era.

Founded at the start of the decade by musicians Gabriel Roth and Neal Sugarman, the label puts out classic soul, funk, blues, R&B, and afrobeat. Their continued success has been largely off the mainstream radar, serving as a reminder that the soul revival of the past few years has been taking place at all levels of music, from indie-leaning clubs to the Grammys.

TBC Here... Atlantic

Also interesting:

Is the Future of Funk and Soul Stuck in the Past?

Verlaine, Rimbaud, Music and Poetry (2)

2011-12-28T14:23:00.004+01:00

Relationships have all been bad
Mine’ve been like Verlaine’s and Rimbaud

Bob Dylan, You're gonna make me lonesome when you go, Blood on the tracks.

Madeleine Peyroux' version

Verlaine, Rimbaud, Music and Poetry... (1)

2011-12-27T18:39:00.006+01:00

Mike's new LP.

The amazing Italian Soul Brother Flavio recommends...

2011-12-27T10:48:00.002+01:00

12 years... (Died 26 th december 1999)

The amazing HeavySoul Brutha Dave recommends...

2011-12-27T10:46:00.000+01:00

Alkatraz, Full gig. ;) HQ. Happy Xmas

2011-12-25T20:26:00.002+01:00

Paul Weller: ''Sonik Kicks' will be groundbreaking'

2011-12-24T15:41:00.002+01:00

Video: Paul Weller - 'Sonik Kicks Will Be Groundbreaking'

Paul Weller has revealed more about his forthcoming 11th solo studio album 'Sonik Kicks', which is set for release in March next year.

Speaking to NME in a video interview, which you can watch by clicking on the player above, Weller said of the record:

It’s very electronic sounding…good melodies, quite experimental in places. I don’t think there’s anything else around that sounds like it. It’s quite unique sounding, personally. Groundbreaking maybe, possibly. For me it is.

The record, which features guest vocals from Noel Gallagher and Graham Coxon, is the follow-up to his critically acclaimed, 2010 album 'Wake Up The Nation'.

When asked about any pressures from the success of his Mercury-nominated record, Weller replied: "When you get a good reaction to a record, if anything, they inspire me to do better next time. It’s nice to have a bit of recognition or a little pat on the back, because it just makes you think, 'Well, I’m doing something right'."

You can hear a track from the album, called 'Around The Lake' by visiting Paulweller.com.

Paul Weller also quelled any hopes that The Jam might one day reform, telling NME: "Personally, I’m not one for nostalgia. What’s gone is gone. You can’t recapture that time."

Mighty Mo Rodgers' is speaking!

2011-12-24T12:00:00.002+01:00

Love you, Mo, your meeting has been an enlightment! Big big Man!

Happy Xmas...

2011-12-24T11:52:00.003+01:00

Xmas times can also be very tough times when it's just a way to remember you're not with the beloved ones, because you're divorced because you lost someone... So I'd like to wish a very happy Xmas to everyone with the Beatles' Xmas record, with their heavenly vocal harmonies. When someone asked Ian Dury's what gift he wanted for his birthday, he simply said "Another birthday"... so all I wish for this Xmas is another year with the beloved ones, including all the friends I've met here...

Devotion, live, thanks to Flavio and Alex...Danny Wallace's Naked Breakfast live

2011-12-23T18:12:00.001+01:00

HMV Highlights, big thank you to original Uploader.

2011-12-23T17:54:00.002+01:00

a1999f's channel

HMV Hammersmith, December 21 st.

2011-12-23T11:13:00.002+01:00

Stereophonics and Weller, Get it on (Flavio)

2011-12-22T22:54:00.000+01:00

Stereophonics and Weller, Don't let me down (MikeC)

2011-12-22T12:25:00.000+01:00

Thanx to original uploader.

Daptone records, 10 years to celebrate (Capt Stax)

2011-12-21T19:55:00.000+01:00

Just for the pleasure...

2011-12-21T11:00:00.000+01:00

Neville Skelly, One of the Weller's favourite for 2011.

2011-12-18T16:19:00.003+01:00

Neville Skelly has announced details of his debut album, Poet & The Dreamer, which is released through Setanta / Pias on Monday May 30th 2011.

The 12-track LP features covers of tracks by the likes of Jackson C. Frank, Woody Guthrie and Dion alongside Skelly’s own compositions.

The track listing of the record is as follows:

1. Poet & The Dreamer

2. Brambles & Heather

3. Blues Run The Game

4. Child Of The Morning

5. He Looks A Lot Like Me

6. Colours Collide

7. Will She Hold Another

8. Eleanor Rigby

9. The Road I’m On (Gloria)

10. The World Turns Around

11. 900 Miles

12. Changes

The album was recorded at Ape Studios on the Wirral using an armoury of vintage equipment in a quick-sharp 10 days with Ian Skelly of The Coral (no direct relation) at the helm on production duties and the rest of The Coral contributing variously throughout the record.

Skelly had first made contact with the band via a shared love of Cole Porter and George Gershwin - Neville had done a ‘big band’ record which the Coral had admired. The Coral would go on to provide the encouragement and support Neville needed to record the songs he had written.

A true labour of love, initially inspired by a marriage break-up, work on Poet & The Dreamer first started back in 2008 and came to eventual fruition due to Neville’s persistence and the belief and favour of various artists, music industry sorts and producers who all saw the timeless appeal of the record.

The album is the crystalisation of over two decades of writing and therefore, as you might expect, is varied, rich and melancholic - lap steel guitars next to gently strummed acoustic guitars, capture a languid world-weary beauty. And above all of this, characterising these beautiful songs, sits Skelly's winter-dream of a voice.

Having released 2 well-received EPs last year, Neville also toured alongside The Coral - he played at London’s Royal Albert Hall on the tour. Further U.K. dates will be announced shortly.

Music Mafia UK

2011 Best LPs: Stranger by Chris Bailey (The Saints) and H-Burns. Full audio available on the right.

2011-12-18T15:49:00.002+01:00

Weller's choices for 2011.

2011-12-18T12:43:00.001+01:00

Sharon Jones in England Soon (B.Right.On March, 10)

2011-12-17T23:49:00.003+01:00

Available Soon, the new Nick Ward's miracle...

2011-12-17T21:52:00.002+01:00

Stay Tuned, Full Hour Show Soon (Wake up the Station)

Mod Class A.

2011-12-16T16:52:00.000+01:00

Private Hell from ABC's show. (Jeff's courtesy)

2011-12-15T22:22:00.003+01:00

Rolling Stones, the Brussels affair...

2011-12-14T20:12:00.004+01:00

A gig which means a lot (ain't no illusion, baby) to the french fans... In 1973, Stones were really unwanted in France, so a big radio station organised a Show in Brussels and ordered trains to go!

Weller and new Music, 2002 interview...Illumination tour.

2011-12-13T22:01:00.004+01:00

Last year O2 Benefit's gig...

2011-12-13T21:57:00.001+01:00

The best re-groove operation ever?

2011-12-12T20:34:00.004+01:00

Soundcloud preview

STEVE PILGRIM New album - ‘PIXELS AND PAPER’ out Dec 12th

2011-12-11T13:04:00.005+01:00

LTD numbered CDs available from www.stevepilgrim.co.uk

“Steve’s most mature collection of songs and his finest singing to date. Brilliant.”

– Paul Weller

Pixels and Paper is the fantastically accomplished new album by acclaimed Liverpool singer-songwriter STEVE PILGRIM. Steve, as drummer for The Stands supported Paul Weller on tour back in 2004, an encounter that would lead to Steve being approached to replace longstanding Weller drummer Steve White in 2008. Finding his feet as a songwriter, Steve released the well received debut disc ‘Lover, Love Her’ in 2007. The follow-up ‘Sunshine’ in 2009 gained greater attention and warm reviews, following Steve’s inclusion in Paul Weller’s band. Produced by Steve, Pixels and Paper is the most lyrical and musically satisfying work to date from the Merseyside troubadour who has backed scores of musicians in Liverpool and beyond over the past decade. The album was recorded in Paul Weller’s home studio and was engineered and mixed by Weller’s in-house studio engineer Charles Rees. An integral part of The Modfather’s band live and in the studio, Steve steps out from behind the drumkit to perform acoustic guitar and backing vocals up front with the man himself during gigs as part of an intimate unplugged section.

Where STEVE PILGRIM’S first two albums were largely solitary affairs, powered mainly by Steve and his acoustic guitar, the broadened sound palate on Pixels and Paper is a revelation. Behind the desk as arranger and producer for the album, Steve assembled an incredible array of musicians, many of whom he has worked with over the past decade. Seeing as the album was recorded at Paul Weller’s home studio in Woking, it comes as no surprise that The Modfather himself puts in an appearance. Weller performs backing vocals, electric guitar and Wurlitzer to three songs including the raucous ‘Firecracker’ and live favourite and standout track ‘Explode the Sun’.

The Coral’s former lead guitarist Bill Ryder-Jones, now a solo artist in his own right contributes electric guitar to two songs, while revered folk guitarist John Smith lends his talents to the reflective ‘Suggested in Rhyme’. Folk singer Rachael Wright accompanies Steve on many of the tracks, her strong, keening voice adding texture to the songs. Rachael’s presence continues the collaboration between the two musicians since Steve played drums on Rachael’s 2007 album ‘Like He Said’.

Pixels and Paper clocks in at a concise 35 minutes in the spirit of classic LPs such as Nick Drake’s ‘Pink Moon’ and Van Morrison’s ‘Moondance’. Both key influences on the writing of the album, Steve felt the LP as artistic statement, to be listened to as a complete work in its entirety start to finish was a guiding principal during the project.

The breadth of the material covered from folk through to roots, acoustic balladry, mournful country and blues inflected rock showcases the musical journey Steve has been on since his last record, the growing strength of his songwriting and the superb musicians he has encountered along the way.

To accompany the release of Pixels and Paper STEVE PILGRIM will be staging a mini-tour which culminates in a show at The Zanzibar Club Liverpool, the scene of so many seminal gigs for Merseyside bands and where it all started for Steve back in 2002.

‘Pilgrim has a great soulful ache of a voice and a brave, wide open lyrical stance… This is how you do it.’ - Rob Fitzpatrick - Word magazine

Weller Yep Roc Records Favourite.

2011-12-10T16:01:00.000+01:00

Here

Thanx to Keith "Capuccino"

Old Grey Whistle Test Performance (Audio only) December, 7 th.

2011-12-08T20:55:00.002+01:00

Thanx to Alex and Original uploader...

Great Vocal shape, isn't it?

Black Keys Saturday Night Live.

2011-12-07T17:28:00.002+01:00

Weller in French "Rock First" new magazine!

2011-12-07T12:44:00.002+01:00

Click on pics to read.
Click here or here to discover the magazine.

Wake up the Station, Friday 5 PM UK, 6 PM Euro. Special: Working class heroes!

2011-12-06T20:20:00.003+01:00

Working Class Hero de John Lennon

Les Barbares de Bernard Lavilliers. (Les Barbares)

Just Who is the 5 O'Clock hero? de The Jam (The gift)

Factory de Bruce Springsteen (Darkness on the edge of town)

Factory Girl des Rolling Stones (Album Beggar's banquet)

Dirty Old Town des Pogues.

Town called Malice des Jam. (Album The gift)

St Monday de Billy Bragg. (Album Half England, Half English)

Working at the factory des Kinks (Album Think visual)

L'usine de La Canaille, (Une goutte de miel dans un litre de plomb).

Les Chiens de paille, Miossec, Finistériens.

Youngstown, Bruce Springsteen, The Ghost of Tom Joad.

Death of the Middle Class, Mighty Mo Rodgers, Redneck blues.

Les mains d'or, Bernard Lavilliers, Arrêt sur images.

Hard Work, John Handy.

Amy Winehouse Lioness' review, New York (Thanx to Lizzy!)

2011-12-05T20:10:00.003+01:00

Chipper Remnants of a Life Turned Sour

By JON PARELES

She didn’t leave much behind. That’s the inescapable fact of Amy Winehouse’s posthumous collection, “Lioness: Hidden Treasures.” The album’s 12 songs are the leftovers from a singer and songwriter who was promising on her 2003 debut album, “Frank”; fully herself and even more promising on her 2006 album, “Back to Black”; and then a long, sad story until her death from alcohol poisoning this year. The transformation from the confident, sly, sweet-and-sour-voiced 18-year-old in 2002 to the scratchy, ravaged latter-day star is the album’s inevitable back story, even as the music stays chipper. TBC HERE.

A tribute to Howard Tate, by Dave Heavy Soul Brother.

2011-12-05T14:34:00.001+01:00

Check the blog here

Unreleased version of Beautiful Delilah (Kinks in Mono). Thanx to Mike.

2011-12-04T20:36:00.001+01:00

The Kinks, 'Beautiful Delilah' (Mono) by nmemagazine

TBC HERE

Wake up the Station 13 playlist!

2011-12-03T12:15:00.001+01:00

The Podcast

Paul Weller, Around the Lake, Album Sonik Kicks (Mars 2012)

Peter Night Soul Deliverance, Beautiful inexpensive smile, Album Seven.

Kid Bombardos, Sundays, Album Turning Wrong.

Hollie Cook, Milk and honey, Album Hollie Cook

Anoushka Shankar, Dancing in madness, Album Traveller.

Das Pop, Wings, Album The Game.

Rolling Stones, Midnight Rambler, The Brussels Affair.

Nils Lofgren, Old School, Album Old School.

Coming Soon, Wu, Album Ghost train Tragedy.

The Jam, Boy about town, Sound Affects.

Jonny Jones and The king casuals, Purple Haze.

Heaven Knows, Nick Ward. From the Forthcoming LP Cadenza.

2011-12-03T00:16:00.000+01:00

The Red Inspectors!

2011-12-01T21:22:00.000+01:00

The debut album from The Red Inspectors, Are We The Red Inspectors? Are We? is released on January 16th 2012 by Acid Jazz records. Described by the band as "the album we always wanted to make by the label we always wanted to be on", it's a selection of (mostly) instrumental tunes that celebrates and updates the classic Acid Jazz sound of bands like Corduroy, The Brand New Heavies and Mother Earth. With hints of funk, soul, pop, lounge and prog rock experimentalism, it's highly unlikely there'll be another album like it next year.

You can have a listen to sound clips and you can pre-order copies on vinyl and CD from here ,here and here . There's a Facebook page you can have a look at and you can follow the fortunes of the band on Twitter should you wish to.

Meanwhile, Red Inspectors bass player Andy Lewis will be performing with Paul Weller's band on December 20th at the Hammersmith Apollo- details from the Crisis website .

Andy's also made a video for his song "Last Song Of The Year", It's from his mini-album "41" which came out earlier this year. Copies of this, and some of his other releases can be bought from the Acid Jazz eBay shop or purchased from iTunes

Noel Gallagher, live streaming, now, here.

2011-11-30T20:22:00.002+01:00

Be HERE, now.

Viva Brother! Time machine

2011-11-30T18:19:00.001+01:00

The album? A touch of early Oasis and Blur mixed and produced by Stephen Street.

The Moons new video (Capt Stax' tip)

2011-11-29T17:05:00.000+01:00

Tales of the unexpected (New album's work title)

Foxton Bob Harris Session (MikeC)

2011-11-28T16:43:00.001+01:00

Also thanks to Samsliam.

(Mike Cobley) The Jam, Temptations' classic "My Girl".

2011-11-27T22:12:00.000+01:00

Bruce Foxton - Coming On Strong (Acoustic BBC)

2011-11-27T19:57:00.001+01:00

Foxton - Coming On Strong (Acoustic BBC)

Massive thanks to the Italian Champion. ;)

Cadenza, New Nick Ward's LP, available soon.

2011-11-26T16:35:00.001+01:00

Rip Paul Motian ( 22 nd November)

2011-11-26T09:35:00.000+01:00

Rifles new single (Paul Weller on guitar).

2011-11-25T22:00:00.001+01:00

The Who and Carnaby.

2011-11-24T09:19:00.001+01:00

Dave Davies' hidden treasures.

2011-11-22T11:36:00.000+01:00

Tracklist:
01 – Susannah’s Still Alive
02 – This Man He Weeps Tonight
03 – Mindless Child Of Motherhood
04 – Hold My Hand
05 – Do You Wish To Be A Man (Previously unreleased stereo mix)
06 – Are You Ready (Previously unreleased stereo mix)
07 – Creeping Jean (Previously unreleased stereo mix)
08 – Crying (Previously unreleased stereo mix)
09 – Lincoln County
10 – Mr. Shoemaker’s Daughter (Previously unreleased stereo mix)
11 – Mr. Reporter
12 – Groovy Movies
13 – There’s No Life Withouth Love (Previously unreleased stereo mix)
14 – I Am Free (Mono mix)
15 – Death Of A Clown (Mono mix)
16 – Love Me Till The Sun Shines (Mono mix)
17 – Susannah’s Still Alive (Mono mix)
18 – Funy Face (Mono mix)
19 – Lincoln County (Mono mix)
20 – There’s No Life Without Love (Mono mix)
21 – Hold My Hand (Mono mix)
22 – Creeping Jean (Mono mix)
23 – This Man He Weeps Tonight (Mono mix)
24 – Mindless Child Of Motherhood (Mono mix)
25 – Mr. Reporter (Previously unreleased early take with guide vocal)
26 – Hold My Hand (Early take with guide vocal)

27 – Good Luck Charm (Rare studio version)

Sonik Kicks (Artwork?)

2011-11-21T15:42:00.002+01:00

Tracks
1	Green
2	The Attic
3	Kling I Klang
4	Sleep of The Serene
5	By The Waters
6	That Dangerous Age
7	Study In Blue
8	Dragonfly
9	When Your Garden’s Overgrown
10	Around The Lake
11	Twilight
12	Drifters
13	Paperchase
14	Be Happy Children Release: March 26 2012...

A trip around the lake?

2011-11-21T13:12:00.002+01:00

Sartorial Adventures of Weller...

2011-11-19T21:58:00.004+01:00

OCS Moseley Shoals Live DVD Trailer.

2011-11-19T21:36:00.001+01:00

Fantastic Night with Coop' and the wild boys. We were at the doors but couldn't manage to get some ticks!

Around the Lake available Monday (Confirmed by Simon)

2011-11-18T21:52:00.003+01:00

Around the lake

Paul Weller : Around The Lake - écoute gratuite et téléchargement
album proposé par musicMe

Amazon

Our day will come, Amy Winehouse.

2011-11-18T16:46:00.002+01:00

Amy Winehouse - Our Day Will Come - Clip officiel par umusic

Wake up the Station, Friday 5 PM UK, 6 PM Euro.

2011-11-17T21:51:00.003+01:00

Matthew Sweet, Tom Waits, Clap your handds and Say Yeah, Peter Nigh Soul Deliverance, Diplomats of solid sound, Maker UK, Scott H Biram.

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