I’ve got two tickets to see Lambchop at the Barbican this Saturday (1st June), I now can’t go as I’ve hurt my foot quite badly so they are free to a good home. If anyone is interested dm me and I can email you the tickets.
Wilco – Summerteeth
What Does it Sound Like
Summerteeth gets the remaster and expansion work over. First released in March 1999 Wilco’s 3rd album (or 4th if you include the 1998 Mermaid Avenue collaboration with Billy Bragg) was a dramatic change of recording style for Jeff Tweedy and co. as previous albums had been recorded “as live” with little, if any overdubbing. This time however multiple overdubs were used with both Tweedy and Jay Bennett spending hours on the production and leading to bassist John Stirratt complaining that Wilco no longer felt like a band.
Both Tweedy and Bennett were fighting their own particular addictions at the time causing Tweedy later to admit there was “carnage in the lyrics”. Tweedy needed Bennett’s studio skills and obsessive character to rescue the songs, he gave him full licence and Bennett took full advantage, perhaps in the process gaining the impression that he had become an equal to Tweedy in the band, and in doing so planted the seeds that led to his eventual dismissal as seen in the documentary “I Am Trying To Break Your Heart” which followed the bands recording of the follow up album Yankee Hotel Foxtrot.
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Van live klaxon
Q Magazine
Just been announced that the next edition of Q will be the last. I’ve not read it for quite a while because I seemed to get a bit too old for it but I’m still sad to see yet another music rag go to the wall.
Wilco klaxon
Uncut Wilco special now out.
https://magazines.bandlabtechnologies.com/store/products,wilco_249.htm
Matthew Seligman RIP
The latest victim from the music world.
Elvis Costello OBE
All he needs now is to become an earl and he can be an earlobe.
RIP Dr D. Wayne Love
Jake Black aka The Very Reverend D. Wayne Love of Alabama 3 died yesterday, best known for “Woke Up This Morning” – the song played over the opening titles of the Sopranos.
I first saw Alabama 3 in 1998 supporting Primal Scream and subsequently bought their debut album “Exile on Coldharbour Lane”. I loved that album, still do, it’s their bestselling recording to date (a fact which I know pisses the band off after a dozen or so releases) and as the 20 year anniversary of its release approaches they are/were due to tour this autumn playing it in its entirety.
Recoding wise the novelty soon wears off with the country/acid house/gospel schtick, but a live Alabama 3 show was always entertaining, a festival set especially so, one can only wonder what will happen without D. Wayne.
RIP Peter Tork
Jim Dunlop R.I.P.
Chances are that if you ever played guitar you’ve used one of his products.
Teenage Fanclub
I have 2 tickets for the 15 November gig at the Electric Ballroom in Camden that I need a good home for. Face value is £45 (£22.50 each). Anyone?
Johnny Mar Kindle klaxon
£1.99 for “Set the Boy Free”, not sure for how long.
Elvis Costello has cancer
Sorry to post a Mailonline link but it’s the only source I can find at the moment.
R.I.P. Gord Downie
I didn’t realise just how popular The Tragically Hip were in Canada but I was over there last year around the time their final concert was televised and they were everywhere.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/gord-downie-obit-1.4359906
New Beatles box-set
If you think you have everything relating to the HJH’s!
https://www.happysocks.com/uk/the-beatles-collector-socks-gift-box.html
History of Rock magazine
Just received a letter to say that they are stopping publishing and that 1988 is when rock stopped making history, it appears to have hit similar problems to Word magazine and they say it was no longer viable..
A shame really, I’ve enjoyed the mag, especially the mid 70’s onwards which is when I became more musically aware.
Jeff Tweedy – Together At Last
What does it sound like?:
This is the first of a series of acoustic releases apparently, if you’ve ever seen Jeff Tweedy do a live solo show then the sound of this record will be no surprise, it’s Tweedy, an acoustic guitar, the occasional bit of harmonica and some (mostly tuneless) whistling. There are the expected songs, the Wilco show staples such as Via Chicago, Hummingbird and I Am Trying To Break Your Heart all stripped down to the bare bones. His reach into the back catalogue doesn’t go as far as any Uncle Tupelo songs but Laminated Cat (Loose Fur) and Lost Love (Golden Smog) are given an outing. Bearing in mind the number of solo shows Tweedy does, and the number available to download and stream on various sites – all with Tweedy’s blessing – it does make you question the need for this record, it would have been nice to have heard some new material rather than demo-style versions of band songs for example. But then again I love Wilco and hearing the solo performance with studio quality is a treat for the ears.
What does it all *mean*?
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RIP Vin Garbutt
Just heard that we’ve lost Vin, RIP mate..
http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/vin-garbutt-reaction-tributes-folk-13144867
RIP Saxa
Saxa passed away yesterday, always loved the Beat, this would have been my first glimpse of them.
Robert Fisher RIP
Robert Fisher of Willard Grant Conspiracy has died.
http://www.uncut.co.uk/news/robert-fisher-willard-grant-conspiracy-died-99285
ATM – Record shops in Sydney
I have a free day in Sydney next week and having been away from home for almost a month I’m missing the smell of vinlys, any recommendations for a shopping trip? New or second hand, preferably both.
John Hurt RIP
One of my favourite actors and near neighbours has gone.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/john-hurt-dead-elephant-man-809521
Sydney record shops
I’m in Sydney for 3 days in a couple of weeks, any record shops recommendations to stock up on Aussie issue vinlys? Actually any decent record shops centrally?
Sharon Jones RIP
2016 not letting up…
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/19/soul-star-sharon-jones-dies-aged-60
Wilco klaxon
If you type “Schmilco” into YouTube….
Just saying like….
