Dutch Treats | D. Wayne Grubb featuring Cutthroat Thompson | Billy McGee (Tradewinds) John Freeman makes a rare local live appearance, and I know everyone will be happy to see him with his Dutch Treats project, surely one of the more well-liked comedic rock acts to ever come out of DFW. It's all about personality when you're trying to be funny, and obviously Freeman isn't lacking in that department. D. Wayne Grubb is the side project of Daron Beck, and that will surely be worth catching considering Beck is one of the few musicians around here with a flawless output over quite a number of years now. Recommended.
Here are some videos from The Paperstain Showcase which happened at The Little Guys Movers warehouse last Sunday. There are a couple more videos that will go up later today including performances from Red Faced Laughter, Shiny Around the Edges and Piccline. If you like what you hear check out Paperstain's website for more information and rawk.
We've been fans of Dallas based electronic producer Cygnus for quite a while, and it seems that a lot of other people on the other side of the Pond have taken notice of his music as well, and likely in much greater numbers than in his own home town. Most recently, Cygnus got a nice boost when his track "Tis Thine The Kingdom" made an early appearance (19 minutes in) on Autechre's much buzzed about 12 hour radio broadcast from last week, and he appears to be the only unsigned artist to make an appearance in the excellent set (check it out, some big names on there). You can download the whole thing by clicking on the link above and moving your cursor over the photo up top for streaming and downloading options.
No time for the usual long-winded background info today, but I'm certain that most music fans that read this site are familiar with Alex Chilton's work, so it's not really that necessary. I just wanted to share this in the wake of his death, an event that has affected me much more than I ever though it would have. It's not that I'm some Super Fan of his or anything; hell, I don't even own any of his solo records, but I do believe that the three Big Star records are life changers, whether subtle or profound, for nearly everybody that hears them and that's more than you can ever ask for from an artist.
This recording was heavily bootlegged for years after it's taping before Rykodisc released it officially in 1992. It's live to two track at a radio station, so it doesn't sound great at times, but the acoustic section in the middle of the set, which includes a killer cover of Loudon Wainwright's "Motel Blues," more than makes up for the lackluster mix of the earlier songs.
This is by no means a definitive recording, just an interesting, and at times very pleasing, alternative to the albums that many of us love so much. Enjoy!!
If you like inoffensive folk-pop, Daredevil Christoper Wright fits the bill. I have not been to The Schoolhouse but I hear that it is really hot and muggy. Can I get some confirmation on that?
Well let's see, if the above does not tickle your fancy, some new DVD's came out today as they do every Tuesday. Perhaps you would like me to recommend a couple that I might be checking out, i.e. watching in my room alone in the dark. I'm going rogue here so if you want to see another Tuesday movie recommendation again let me know so I can tell SR and he will sign it into law. Not New Music Tuesday coming up later too.
Without a doubt one of the grooviest movies ever made and this is the fist time it has been available (legally) in the U.S. thanks to those great people at Shout Factory!. The movie is basically The Jonas Brothers in 3D but not in 3D and featuring circa 1964 performances from The Beach Boys, Marvin Gaye, The Supremes, The Rolling Stones,Chuck Berry and many more!
There was a DVD release of this already but it was cropped terribly and the transfer sucked. This is a Criterion release so you know all that will be fixed, and rightfully so because this movie has some damn pretty cinematography and close-ups of Richard Gere's face. This was directed by Terrence Malick who also made that love on the run romp Badlands.
Jessica 6 members Andrew Raboso and Morgan Wiley have collaborated with the DFA collective and most notably did production work with Hercules & Love Affair. Though they mainly helped out with the tour, they did contribute to the remix album that was released last year which was pretty solid. Understandably Jessica 6 sounds very similar to Hercules. The revved up dance pop sounds soulful and danceable enough but lacks the accessibility of their work with Hercules. This sounds like dance music for people who really care about dance music, not us quick time Charlies looking for ditties to hum in the car on the way home from work. It still sounds very similar to H&LA which I believe to be one of the best dance albums released in the last decade so who knows what will happen.
An Horse were "discovered" by Tegan and Sara and recently toured with Silversun Pickups. I'll leave it at that. But if this type of stuff does tickle your fancy and you haven't seen On After Dark I bet you will have a new favorite local band.
