It’s kind of an awesome story that Nicole and I met over our love for Swedish psychedelic folk-rock. After the guys from Life On Earth! played live on BBiB a couple months ago, we walked outside the EVR booth and found Nicole Atkins there waiting to talk to Mattias and Martin, whom she had met when recording an album in Sweden a couple years ago…and whose music she loves.
Well, after meeting, I looked up some of Nicole’s work and found that she’s an absolutely badass singer and equally badass songwriter and that you all needed to hear her play live on Beyond Beyond is Beyond on East Village Radio. So that’s what’s goin’ down on Thursday at noon. You’ll want to hear this! Not to mention, Nicole’s bringing along her slide guitar player.
Here’s a couple Amazon reviewer quotes about Nicole that I love:
This is how songs should be constructed and arranged. She’s the Mozart of our time. – J.K. Peffers, Denver
…a cross between Janis Joplin and Fiona Apple, with a twist of 50′s retro and a sprinkle of goth for seasoning. – Erik F., Boston
On Neptune City, Jersey girl Nicole Atkins summons the iconographic spirits of Bruce Springsteen, Roy Orbison, Loretta Lynn, lets them live inside her, and proceeds to transcend them into what we hear on this record. In this genre-less record of darkly psychedelic Jersey-shore romanticism, Nicole Atkins throws her hat into that ring of artists managing to straddle the fence-line between indie and mainstream credibility and ends up being sucessful in this pursuit. - K. Porter, Austin
- Nicole Atkins’ website
- Upcoming show at Glasslands with Common Prayer on 9/16
- East Village Radio
- Beyond Beyond is Beyond archive page
Hello Beyond-Space Cadets,
I’m excited to report that I will be chatting with Hawkwind founder and sole ever-present member, Dave Brock on Thursday’s Beyond Beyond is Beyond show. We’ll talk about the excellent new Blood of the Earth album as well as whatever else strikes our fancies (hehe, we have fancies). Of course I’ll have to ask about Lemmy and Stacia and touring with the MAN band back in the day.
So tune on in to Beyond Beyond is Beyond on East Village Radio at noon eastern on Thursday, and hear my convo with the great Dave Brock! I will also have the usual variety of stellar rock jams, including a SPECIAL TREAT from a metal band known (at least in Greenhills, Ohio in 1985) as Destroyer! This gem has been unearthed from 6-feet under after 25 years.
All Thursday, all Beyond Beyond is Beyond, all East Village Radio, all of us (or is it ‘we’?)!
Hej Bjonders…
I’m happy to announce that this week’s Beyond Beyond is Beyond show will welcome back long-time BBiB buddy, Mattias Gustavvson from the bands Dungen and Life on Earth! Both Swedish bands are making some of the coolest rockin’ folk neo-psych grooves out there in our new world of music.
Mattias and Mike way back on BBiB episode #12 in May 2009
Mattias will be playing songs for us and we’ll be talking about the upcoming Dungen album and playing new stuff from both Dungen and Life on Earth! So tune in to Beyond Beyond is Beyond on East Village Radio Thursday at noon eastern…and come play with us!
Hey cats, yeah, this Thursday is gonna be crazy special as I’ll be welcoming ex-Genesis guitarist-extraordinaire Steve Hackett to Beyond Beyond is Beyond! But not only that, I’ll also be giving away a few copies of Hackett’s excellent new album, Out of the Tunnel’s Mouth.
So tune in online Thursday at noon eastern to Beyond Beyond is Beyond on East Village Radio to hear my conversation with one of Rock’s original guitar gods…and to find out how you can be entered to win Steve’s new album.
Till then…cheers!
Mike
Hey dudes,
As Steve Hackett is going to be on the next Beyond Beyond is Beyond show on East Village Radio, I wanted to make sure that you’ve heard a bit of his most recent and very excellent solo album, Out of the Tunnel’s Mouth. It just came out last month in the States and you MUST own it. Seriously, it’s really good. Have a listen for yourself…
Steve Hacket – Fire On The Moon
Plus, I’m gonna giveaway a couple copies of this fine album on the next show as well. So tune in to Beyond Beyond is Beyond on East Village Radio at noon eastern, Thursday!
UPDATE: GO TO THIS SHOW ARCHIVE AT EVR!
Hey! Whoa! Wow!
This Thursday at noon eastern on Beyond Beyond is Beyond on East Village Radio, I am proud to be welcoming Ian Anderson who will be phoning in to talk about Tull’s current tour and much more…all whilst standing on one leg!
And you can still enter to win tickets for the Jones Beach, NY show or Holmdel, NJ show by clicking here and following directions!
Fuckin’ A…B…and C! Tune in Thursday at noon eastern to East Village Radio.
Thought this was interesting (in the new Rolling Stone ‘From the Vaults May 8, 1975′)
I’m very pleased to announce that I’ll be interviewing Exmagma’s Andy Goldner on the next Beyond Beyond is Beyond show! I’ve been diggin’ Exmagma since I stumbled on their first and second albums from ’73 and ’74 a few years ago. And then my mind completely blew when I heard Exmagma 3, which was done in ’75 and never released until 2006!!! Then the pieces of my blown mind got together to form another human being who now lives inside my head, when I heard Andy Goldner’s 1978 solo album, Infinity.
If you don’t know Exmagma, get acquainted with this one… Exmagma-Box 25
And check out this amazing Andy Goldner promo video from ’78!
And you can find all the Exmagma and Goldner albums at Anthology Recordings
And tune in to East Village Radio at noon eastern on Thursday to hear my interview with Andy!
UPDATE: GO TO THIS SHOW ARCHIVE ON EVR
Hey Beyondites,
This week’s Beyond Beyond is Beyond show is quite special, as I’ll be welcoming Canadian ‘post-classic rockers,’ Plants and Animals. I’ve been championing these guys since I started the BBiB show early last year, spinning stuff from their Parc Avenue album quite often. And they just played a sold out show with Ra Ra Riot at Union Hall on Tuesday…with lots of touring ahead of them.
And now, with the release of their new album La La Land, they will be performing songs from the album live in the East Village Radio booth, 5 days before it’s release date…of 4/20!
Here we are outside the EVR booth…
So come join me, and Plants and Animals, at noon eastern Thursday at East Village Radio!
Secret City Records label site
UPDATE: CLICK HERE FOR THE ARCHIVE AND LIVE PERFORMANCE VIDEOS!
This Thursday on the ol’ East Village Radio show that I like to call Beyond Beyond is Beyond, I will be talking to the gold-throated ‘god of hellfire’ himself, the amazing Arthur Brown. As seen here, freaking the fuck out…
Esoteric Recordings is reissuing much of Arthur’s works, including the groundbreaking, earth-shaking Crazy World of Arthur Brown album, as well as Arthur Brown’s Kingdom Come albums.
I will also be paying tribute to MAN‘s fantastic guitarist/vocalist/songwriter, Micky Jones, who just passed away on March 10th, losing the battle to a brain tumor that he had been fighting for years. Micky will live on for many through the fine, fine music that he leaves behind. R.I.P. Micky…and thank you for the jams.
Coincidentally, Esoteric Recordings also did the superb remastering job with the MAN catalog as well, so this Thursday will be Esoteric Fest on Beyond Beyond is Beyond. So listen live at noon eastern, Thursday, March 18th to East Village Radio and let’s celebrate jams together! Sound good?
UPDATE: HERE’S THE ARCHIVE OF THIS SHOW! (…and the Playlist)
Legendary progressive rock and jazz drummer, Bill Bruford, has written a brilliant new autobiography, published by the good folks at Jawbone Press, so I lucked out and got this chance to talk to him on Beyond Beyond is Beyond on Thursday!
The book is absolutely brilliant and covers all the eras of Bill’s career, from Yes to King Crimson to UK to Gong to Genesis to Bruford to Earthworks, and we’ll definitely have lots to talk about on East Village Radio on Thursday at noon eastern, so be sure to tune in! Plus I’ll be giving away a copy of the book to one lucky winner. Email me your favorite Bruford tune at beyondbeyondisbeyond (at) gmail (dot) com for your chance to win it!
Bill Bruford – The Autobiography on Jawbone Press
Bill Bruford’s website
UPDATE: LISTEN TO THE ARCHIVE OF THE INTERVIEW
(here’s the playlist)
Hey Bologna-Boppin’ Beyonders,
I’m happy to announce that this week Beyond Beyond is Beyond will welcome So-Cal bent rockers, the Growlers to the show. I’ve been diggin’ these guys ever since Everloving sent me their new Are You In or Out? record. I lifted the ‘bent sound’ description from the Everloving website because it really fits the Growlers’ sound nicely:
…this “bent sound” has been perfected in their live act that some onlookers call “groovy” and or “sick”. The groovy unexcelled value in Lo fidelity sound is their stock and trade.
So get yourself further acquainted below with the “Something Someone Jr” video and then bring your ears to the far out reaches of Beyond Beyond is Beyond on East Village Radio on Thursday, 2/18, from noon to 2 EST. Here’s how to get there…
If you’re in NYC, catch their show at Piano’s…
Feb 18 2010 11:00P
Pianos w/ Treasure and Magic Magic New York City, New York
Feb 20 2010 8:00P
RONY’S BAR chicago, Illinois
Feb 21 2010 11:30P
Replay Lounge Lawrence, Kansas
Feb 22 2010 8:00P
Hi Dive – The Growlers w/ Astrophagus Denver, Colorado
Feb 23 2010 9:30P
Belly Up Aspen w/ Backyard Fire Tire Aspen, Colorado
Feb 26 2010 8:00P
Noise Pop at Café Dunord San Francisco, California
Mar 27 2010 9:30P
East of Eden w/ Mikey Selbicky Monterey, California
If you watched the Grammys (as I did for some reason), you know that the highlight of the whole event was when Jeff Beck took the stage for the Les Paul ‘How High the Moon’ tribute with an old friend of the Beyond Beyond is Beyond show, Imelda May on vocals. If you missed, dig…
I’m proud to say that this silver-throated Irish rockabilly knockout was on my Beyond Beyond is Beyond show on East Village Radio back in September, so I just thought I’d share the interview again. She and her husband and amazing guitarist, Darrel Higham, also performed an exclusive acoustic tune for us at the end of the interview.
Check out the news piece on the EVR website where there is a link to the interview
OR
Go straight to the interview
I also chose her Love Tattoo album as one of the Best of 2009.
See some of my Imelda pics…
*all photos (c) Mike Newman
As seminal progressive rock band Yes gets ready to head out on the North American road for a tour that will last exactly one month, we get the chance to talk to Yes bassist, Chris Squire, on Thursday on Beyond Beyond is Beyond. So tune in to East Village Radio on January 14th at noon and hear me cower before another one of my idols. Okay not really, but yeah, kinda.
Stuff I wanna talk to him about: current lineup, studio plans, Jon Anderson, Fish Out of Water, XYZ project with Jimmy Page in the early-80s, Benoit David, Oliver Wakeman and what modern music Chris listens to. So let’s see if I have time, or just the memory, to ask him about all these things.
YES FEBRUARY CONCERT DATES
- February 2 Poughkeepsie, New York, Civic Center
- February 4 Concord, New Hampshire Capitol Center for the Arts
- February 5 Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania Penn’s Peak
- February 6 Washington, DC Warner Theater
- February 9 Boston, MA House of Blues
- February 10 Montclair, NJ Wellmont Theater
- February 12 Atlantic City, NJ Tropicana Casino
- February 13-14 New York, NY Town Hall
- February 17 Cleveland, OH House of Blues
- February 18-19 Chicago, IL House of Blues
- February 20 Detroit, MI Motor City Casino
- February 23 Dallas, TX House of Blues
- February 24 Houston, TX House of Blues
- February 25 New Orleans, LA House of Blues
- February 27 Orlando, FL Sea World Orlando
- February 28 Boca Raton, FL Sunset Cove Amphitheatre
UPDATE : Dig the archive of this show.
What’s up, Be-yonders?
This Thursday, I will be welcoming Esoteric Recordings label manager, Mark Powell to Beyond Beyond is Beyond, as I launch a new segment that will feature the English label’s classic reissue output. From their website:
Welcome to Esoteric Recordings, the home of good music. Established in 2007 and label managed by Mark Powell, Esoteric Recordings is the home of good music, with all releases finely packaged and remastered from the best possible sources to ensure the highest possible audio quality. Our releases cover both catalogue reissues and inspiring new works from artists with a fine history and heritage. Esoteric Recordings is an imprint of the Cherry Red Records group.
Artists on Esoteric’s reissue roster include all these greats and more: Man, Hawkwind, Barclay James Harvest, Made in Sweden, Demon Fuzz, Hatfield and the North, Rare Bird, Camel, Curved Air, Fruup, Earth & Fire, and so much more killer stuff!
So tune in Thursday at noon eastern to East Village Radio and see what Mark and I choose to kick off the new Esoteric segment, PLUS you will certainly get the usual quality allotment of free-range rock & roll that I try to bring you every single gosh-darned week.
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