Jack White will release ’ A Glorious Dawn’ a tribute to the brilliant astronomer Carl Sagan. It’ll be released on 7” Vinyl on White’s own Third Man Records.Third Man wanted to coincide the single’s release with what would have been Sagan’s 75th birthday.
The single will have a special etching on its B-side that is a reproduced copy of the one included with the Voyager Golden Record that was sent into space in 1977.Below is the video of ’ A Glorious day’, composed and produced by John Boswell..
I attended the Reading Festival in England every summer from 1997-2003 and have always heard epic stories about the time Nirvana took the stage back in 1992.Well on November 2nd Geffen released the remastered legendary concert on dvd.
Kerrang Magazine’s ranked it No.1 in it’s “100 Gigs That Shook The World” chart and was voted as “Nirvana’s No. 1 Greatest Moment” by fans in a recent NME poll. Not too mention the unbelievable setlist performed for this concert.
Lastly, below is the trailer for the dvd ‘Nirvana Live at Reading’
The Duckworth Lewis Method describe their album as “a kaleidoscopic musical adventure through the beautiful and rather silly world of cricket.” Here’s another track ‘The Age of Revolution’
I’ve been asked to put together a mix that captures the britpop era of the mid 90’s. I spent most of my teenage years in England and have fond memories of my time there.Some of these Bands I stopped listening to a while ago, but hearing them again has been a lot of fun.
Not all these tracks are stricktly britpop ,some are from newer bands influenced from that time that still capture the sound
- Supergrass- Alright
- Blur-Countryhouse
- Pulp-Common People
- Oasis-Masterplan
- The Coral- Dreaming of you
- The Duckworth Lewis Method-The Age of Revolution
- The Duckworth Lewis Method - Mr.Mijandad
- coldplay-dont panic
- cardigans
- travis
- the music
- chemical brothers
- fatboy slim-
- Kula Shaker- Govinda
- Stereophonics - Hurry & Wait
- Blur- There’s no other way
- The lightning Seeds-Lucky You
- The Verve-Lucky Man
- Oasis-Columbia
- Pulp-Misshapes
- Oasis undeneath the sky
- Oasis-Married with Children
- Oasis-Whatever
- Oasis- All around the world
- Oasis-Magic pie
- Fool’s garde- Lemon Tree
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Do They Know It’s Hallowe’en?” is a satire of the song “Do They Know It’s Christmas?”. It was released on Vice Records by cast of rock artists and other performers under the name “North American Hallowe’en Prevention Initiative” (NAHPI). It reached number four on the Canada pop chart.
- Win Butler & Régine Chassagne of Arcade Fire
- Beck
- Buck 65
- Devendra Banhart
- Feist
- J’aime Tambeur of Islands
- Peaches
- Dntel
- Jenny Lewis & Blake Sennett of Rilo Kiley
- Roky Erickson
- Chris Murphy of Sloan
- Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth
- Dan Boeckner & Spencer Krug of Wolf Parade
- Karen O of Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Read the ful story on how this all-star recording came together http://bit.ly/44ZZM0
An intimate show by one of Britain’s britpop pioneers. Coldplay and countless other bands came to exist because of the foundation Fran Healey had set. A special gig for sure.
Pretty sweet poster too!
‘Sun Gangs’ by The Veils…Goodmor Goodnight!
This is the video to the new single “Meeting Mr Miandad”
The Duckworth Lewis Method is a cricket-inspired band formed by Neil Hannon of The Divine Comedy and Thomas Walsh of Pugwash. It is also the title of the group’s only album, which was released on 3 July 2009, a few days before the start of the 2009 Ashes series. A concept album in keeping with the cricket theme, the album has 12 tracks one of which is instrumental.
Why aren’t there more songs about cricket?
Nigel Godrich,music producer,engineer and best known for his work with Radiohead has a great new site “From the Basement” featuring intimate live performances by various cutting edge acts including Fleet Foxes, White Stripes, The Kills,My Morning Jacket, Beck Radiohead, etc….
