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Is it possible that Zep might employ Steven Tyler to supply vocals for next year’s Led Zeppelin tour? How weird would that be? Aero Zeppelin. Kinda works semantically, but how strange would that be?! Really…tell us all below and let’s see where this idea really stands in the hearts of fans…
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BTW, Happy Halloween Everybody!!!
Hey guys…my sweet one and I are in the process of moving (currently surrounded by boxes and dust), so things will be slow here at the blog this week. Here’s a couple songs called “Movin’ Out”, one chosen by me and the other chosen by my lovely lady. Be back ASAP! Dig…
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You’ve probably heard me singing the praises of Dungen’s brand of Swedish psych-folk rock before, and I’m still singing…especially after the recent release of the 4 album and the Kemado Records CMJ showcase that they headlined on Friday night at the Music Hall of Williamsburg. If you have any kind of ear for beautiful throwback psychedelic rock they way that I do, you are already a big fan. And if you’ve never heard them and you’re still reading this, listen up below! This is “Satt Att Se” from their new album, 4 (which is indeed their 4th album)….
Dungen – ‘Satt Att Se’: [audio="http://kemado.com/_files/audio/dungen/SATT_ATT_SE.mp3"]
See! I told you so. Dungen is one of the newer bands out there now on the rock fringe, proving that rock music can still be adventurous and even sound pretty…and still rock hard. They are part of the new batch of neo psych-rockers (along with bands such as Black Mountain, Wooden Shjips, Howlin Rain, and Earthless) that are keeping that vibe alive in what may just be a reawakening era of rock music.
Dungen are a band who jam, but aren’t a jam band (not that there’s anything wrong with that!). Their live show is pretty true to the music on their albums, and when you hear their albums, it makes you want to hear them live. It’s beautifully-composed pastoral soundscapes with bursts of raw guitar feedback freak-outs and real old-school groove from a rhythm section that knows how to sit right outside of the pocket. All that AND Swedish lyrics.
Definitely go see them on tour if they come to your town. It’s the best kind of music out there…at a value price, because they don’t quite have the mediocre appeal of bands like Coldplay (sorry, Coldplay fans…no I’m not).
Get their new album, 4, here at Amazon, or the other highly-recommended Ta Det Lugnt from 2005. Oh yeah, and it’s pronounced Doon-yen!
More pics after the jump…
First to this one, the Kemado Records showcase, with Dungen headlining…
And hopefully a cab over to The Colonel Records showcase to see The Weight…
Name one artist/band that has covered the Screamin’ Jay Hawkins classic “I Put A Spell On You”.
I’m unashamedly plugging my mate on this one! It’s not generally realised, as Jeff played guitar in the Christie line -up in which I featured on bass for over 15 years – but from his 60′s pop roots with The Outer Limits (who toured with Hendrix) through to the multi-million selling”Yellow River” hitmakers Christie, Jeff was a successful bass player/lead vocalist – not to mention a great songwriter. The U.K. pop band Tremeloes ignored Jeff’s songwriting skills to their cost however, as they turned down the chance to release Yellow River and Jeff proceeded to take it to Number One all over the world himself.
The initial Christie line-up was in fact a trio with Jeff providing the pumping bass lines underneath his distinctive vocal. A victim of their overwhelming singles success with “Yellow River” and “San Bernadino”, the band struggled to recreate those sales on subsequent, more experimental releases. But a look back at the album “For all Mankind” illustrates just what a great band Christie was, particularly with regard to Jeff’s writing. The title track of the album is still a great listen. Sony recently re-released the entire Christie canon on remastered CD’s and the fantastic artist-friendly UK label Angel Air have just released a double set featuring all Jeff’s early Outer Limits recordings, plus a previously unreleased solo album from the early 80′s entitled Floored Masters.
Jeff is a great example of a bassist as an all-rounder, singer – songwriter – bandleader – hitmaker.
Check out Ray Chan’s excellent Christie site HERE.
I promise that will not be the case.
…and it WILL actually be released! I believe it’s late November. BUT, I just found out that I’ll have a copy at work as early as tomorrow. I’ve gotta say that I’m kinda excited about it. What’s it been, 15 years since The Spaghetti Incident? And that wasn’t even a real album. Do you think this one (of the 15 or so that were posted on Amazon) will be the cover…
UPDATE: And here‘s a link to the first single “Chinese Democracy” that aired this morning on many radio stations across the country.
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What drummer died in September of 1978?
Who was the lead singer for Stone The Crows?
All righty, we’ve had a lot of Seger-hatred show up at our ‘Non-Classic Rock’ poll party. And I’ll admit, I would’ve joined right in five years ago, as I fancied myself one of the premier Seger-haters in the country. That is, until I discovered Bob’s early Motor City rock-scene days with the Bob Seger System. So, it’s been a very long time since I did one of these Cases For (Phil) Collins, but this seems like the perfect opportunity to shed some light on an artist who may get a bad rap for a lot of the work he did later in his career (get it, like Phil Collins). So here’s my Case for Seger…
Seger started playing in bands as early as 1961, but it was in 1968 when he put together the Bob Seger System, which became a major live band on the Detroit music scene in the late-60′s and early 70′s…a dirty garage-rock scene that would later inspire the punk rock movement. The Detroit music scene in those days was one that was set completely apart from any other rock scene in the country…it was rough, gritty, and full of soul. With bands like the Stooges, the MC5, The Frost, SRC, Alice Cooper, and The Amboy Dukes, the scene was in stark contrast to the San Francisco hippie scene or the sexy L.A. music scene or even the NYC post-folkie scene. Detroit’s Grande Ballroom became one of the most important rock dungeons in the country.
But, to get to the point, Seger toiled for 10 good years, from 1966 to 1976, to very limited local success before he put out the Night Moves album with his newly-formed Silver Bullet Band and began his rise to super-stardom…and for many of ya’ll, his rise to super-suckdom. But if you hear some of the records made during that 10 years leading up to that, you just may be surprised. I certainly was when I started hearing this stuff over the past year or two. Let’s see…
Here’s the Bob Seger System’s “Noah” from their second album, which was released in 1969…
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And you’ve gotta love the early performance and lack of facial here on “Ramblin Gamblin Man”…
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And here’s an mp3 of the Thin-Lizzy covered “Rosalie” from Seger’s Back In ’72 album (from ’73)…
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So, has my Case for (Bob) Seger convinced anyone or swayed anyne’s opinion of Seger? See, he’s not all bad. In fact, he quite rocked for a quite a long time! Let me know if you wanna test drive a full early Seger album, and perhaps I can dub a cassette for you.
One more smokin’ Tube after the jump…
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What did John Lennon report he had seen from the rooftop of his New York City apartment?
…legally. Check out AC/DC’s rockin’ new album at VH1′s The Leak. I’m telling you, this is an album you’ll want to own if you just have at least one rockin’ bone in your body. The album will be released on October 20th at a Wal-Mart near you. We NYC’ers thankfully don’t have Wal-Mart’s evil empire stores in our city, so I wonder where we’re supposed to get the album from.
Anyway, stream Black Ice here and be ready to bang your fuggin’ head!
Anyone gonna see them this tour?
(and be sure to head over to Ronebreak Blog and check out my music posts and o.p.p.’s)
The Mob Rules (1981)
Who recorded World Anthem in 1977?
There’s a great piece over at the Rolling Stone blog today that talks about all the recent artists who took umbrage to Republicans using their music for their campaigns…primarily McCain/Palin.
The best part of the piece though is the commenters who are upset with Rolling Stone being “the liberal media” that wonders why Rolling Stone isn’t “attacking” the Obama campaign for using someone’s music. Duuuuurrrrrrrr!!!!!! And they’re also telling RS to “stick to music” and “stay out of politics”, which is hilarious since Rolling Stone has always written about politics since its inception during the Vietnam War, and made no bones about their leftist stance. Be sure to check out all the comments…they’re sad and hilarious all at the same time…as is life. Here’s a fun little sampling though…
Jake | 10/10/2008, 4:51 pm EST
Leave it to Rolling Stone magazine to attack the Republican party for… doing nothing wrong. It’s totally legal for these songs to be used if license fees are paid. This whole thing is absurd. It’s not as if they snuck in these artist’s houses and stole the song. They shouldn’t publish music if they don’t want people using it without permission. I guess I better call the Foo Fighters and apologize for listening to everlong with my windows down this morning because I didn’t call and ask first.
Ethan | 10/10/2008, 5:21 pm EST
I agree, Jake! These artists, most of whom i really respect, are being whiny. Just because McCain uses a song by you, doesn’t necesarily mean you support that person. It pisses me off that rock and roll thinks it loves Obama when I’m sure half of them know what the fuck Obama even plans to do in office! Politics and rock should STAY SEPERATED!!!!
Dave | 10/10/2008, 7:12 pm EST
I am waiting for Tom Scholz to serve a Cease and Desist order for playing my own Boston CD on my stereo while making hamburgers and being Republican. You got paid for the licensing. Now the party that paid the union can play it freely. That’s how it works. You want total control? Never release music publicly-which seems to be the unintentional result for your last CD.
Saulius | 10/10/2008, 7:42 pm EST
Rollingstone writing another anti-republican article? Yawn. This magazine bores me. Hey, RS, wanna do something “punk”? wanna go against the establishment? wanna do something that really takes balls? Write a pro-Bush article. When you put Obama on the cover twice within months and fail to write a pro-right article since….well, never, then you lose any ounce of journalistic credibility you ever had in the first place.
Get back to doing what you do: writing 5 star reviews for any and every Dylan album that comes down the line (seems like you lost your journalistic credibility reviewing music too).
Saulius | 10/11/2008, 12:04 am EST
Besides protecting us from another terrorist attach, Bush has given more aid to Africa than any president in history. But I’m not defending him. He’s dropped the ball big time on immigration, allowed spending to get out of control, and his reaction to Katrina was horrific. Those are just a few issues I have with him. I just find it funny how RS tries to posture itself as a political publication. I read publications that are both liberal and right-wing. I listen to Rush and watch Obermann. What bores me about this magazine is that every political article takes the exact same posture: Bush wants to eat your babies, and Obama walks on water and cures the sick. Over and over and over and over again.
As for Republicans using songs by artists that don’t support them, i say f ‘em, as long as it’s legal and they’ve paid the fees, who cares?
Greg | 10/11/2008, 9:34 am EST
This is the first and last time I visit this site. Why don’t you stick to writing about music and stay out of politics!!!!
Matt | 10/11/2008, 1:03 pm EST
It’s so hip and trendy to support Obama huh? It’s a good thing the GOP was never given a fair chance by the media. Hey, what ever happend with ACORN? False voter registrations and ties to Obama, why isn’t that news?
steven | 10/12/2008, 12:19 am EST
remind me never to listen to any of these groups.
matthew | 10/12/2008, 1:44 am EST
i find it funny how all of these songs were used by McCain what songs is Obama using and are any of those artists upset, i would like to know?
Lot of super-intelligent logic going on there, huh? If you really think about it, why would these rockers be supporting Obama when they make over $250,000/year? Perhaps because they are willing to be taxed a tiny bit more for the good of the less fortunate in their country…and for social programs that they believe in, such as health care reform. But I’m sure that’s somehow unpatriotic…or commy socialist, through a Republican’s eyes. We DO live in a society though, don’t we? And we should love our fellow human too, no?
