They featured on the Jools Holland show that I could have gone to were I not away, but amazingly they are playing where I work (Komedia Brighton) as part of the cities Great Escape Festival this weekend. so lucky.
they have also released a live 7” on Third Man Records which will definitely be worth owning.
Alabama Shakes - you ain’t alone
June 22nd: Jack White - Hammersmith Apollo.
July 15th: Paul Simon - Hyde Park.
July 19th: Bon Iver - Piazza Castello, Ferrara, Italy
Yep Bon Iver has completed this summers holy trinity of good shows,
and in Italy of all places.
I just got back from Morocco where I had one of those great music moments when I listened to this song whilst driving through the Atlas Mountains.
Fionn Regan - Snowy Atlas Mountains
My friend who works on the set of Jools Holland got me two tickets to be in the audience when Jack White is performing but I can’t go because I am in Morocco.
don’t get me wrong, I can’t wait for morocco but out of the 5 possible tuesdays it could have been filmed it had to be the one I can’t make.
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I just bought my ticket to see Paul Simon perform ‘Graceland’ in its entirety with Ladysmith Black Mambazo at Londons Hyde Park in July.
Few albums have had such a lasting place in my regularly rotated ‘most listened to’ list - I can’t remember when the record was introduced to me but I know my parents have been listening to it since I was small.
It has also been a long term goal of mine to attend a sold out concert at Hyde Park.
BIG DEAL.
This video is Paul Simon performing the song which named the album at Central Park, New York, 16 days after I was born in 1991.
Straight after my booking went through (9.06) I refreshed the page and there were only rear circle restricted view left. boom.
it’s been a good week -
for the most part Jack White orientated, I am up tomorrow morning at 8.50 to try and get tickets for his London show in June. I also got this weeks copy of NME which was an interesting read after you scrape away the tedious ‘I write for NME’ drivel.
First Aid Kit are supporting him on the European leg of his tour which makes sense as they are Nordic and have recorded a 45 at Third Man - Obviously Jack White would be in a league of his own Live-wise but First Aid Kit would be a brilliant addition.
I just heard Love is Blindness for the first time. Completely shredding and immensely raw - Imagine the solo live.
In other news I saw Civil Wars at work the other night which was a nice surprise, I loved their set, including an amazing version of Michael Jackson’s Billy Jean.
- On a side note, Eric Clapton was at the Civil Wars gig, apparently he is a huge fan. (please dont read that last note and assume I was mentioning it with a pretentious amount of nonchalance - It was cool that he was there, definitely.)
click on the pictures and bold or underlined bits for links to songs and sites.
Bon Iver on Triple J’s ‘like a version’ covering Anais Mitchell’s stupidly sublime ‘Coming Down’
Things to Listen out for:
Thanks to this Gal for pointing me in the direction of this song -
Go Here to hear an amazing rendition of their own ‘Calgary’ as part of the same session.
very interesting on all sides of every argument (I know - what a nothing fuelled, unbiased statement)
I am sure you can find this video spammed all over everywhere at the moment but I am doing a post because he is one of my equal firsts.
Jack White’s Saturday Night Live performance seemed to be all about contrast, he debuted this instant rock classic with an all male band incorporating White Stripes-esque riffs and Raconteurs guitar tones in the chorus and solo.
the second song recorded on the night was the already released “Love Interruption” on which he played an acoustic guitar and was accompanied by an all female band - I wont post them both but you can find this video here.
Jack White - Sixteen Saltines
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Click the top photo for a link to the photo source - click the second photo for a link to Jack white’s website.
Bon.
There is something flipping appealing about two masters of their craft working together - I love this charming and simple music video, I think Spike Jonze is brilliant at capturing emotion. Jay-Z’s face says it all.
Kanye West and Jay Z - Otis (Dir: Spike Jonze)
click the first photo for their album website.
—99 Problems
a badass Bluegrass version of Jay-Z’s 2004 hit single
Hugo - 99 Problems
I’ll never stop being fascinated by collaborations and super groups.
I think this is one of the many successful results of somebody saying “imagine if those guys did something together”
Ryan Adams & Laura Marling live at Abbey Road Studios - Oh my sweet Carolina
EDIT It is interesting to see Laura Marling here in 2011 performing with the man she so aptly mentioned in the song ‘New Romantic’ from her 2007 debut record ‘Alas, I Cannot Swim’ - I wonder if she ever thought she would sing with him at Abbey Road studios four years later.
“And I think he knew where I was going ‘cause he put Ryan Adams on,
‘cause I think he thinks it makes me weak, but it only ever makes me strong”
I love the sentiment in four guys standing and singing in harmony together - and I love the phrasing and pace of this song - it’s constructed as if there are too many words to fit and each one stumbles out onto the descending melody before a new line starts at the top again.
stripped down Deer Tick live at Waterloo Records - Dirty Dishes
click photo for link.
