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Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Wow / Music Third Man Records To Release Beck's Blue Series Single, 'I Just Started Hating Some People Today' b/w 'Blue Randy'
Posted by D. Patrick Rodgers on Wed, May 23, 2012 at 1:13 PM
On May 28, Jack White's Third Man Records will release a Blue Series single from Beck. The single will feature the slide guitar-adorned country-rock stomper "I Just Started Hating Some People Today" backed with the more down-tempo, whispering but mirthful ballad "Blue Randy." Of course, I'm basing my descriptions of the two songs on the 30- and 40-second previews (respectively) you can currently hear on TMR's homepage, so if it turns out that they mutate into dub-step bangers or something, then I apologize. Here's what the Third Man folks have to say:
The record will be available day of release from our online store, iTunes, our storefront in Nashville and other finer retailers nationwide. There will be no pre-orders for this single.Both tracks were recorded in 2011 while Beck was in Nashville working on new material for his long awaited next album. The songs spontaneously came together at the Third Man studio on Beck's final day in town.
Inspired by the title of "Blue Randy," an extremely limited run of 100 Tri Color 7-inches will be available beginning 10am on Saturday June 2nd at Randy’s Records at 157 East 900 South in Salt Lake City. An even scarcer scattering of 50 Tri Colors will be randomly inserted in mail orders for the single placed through our online store.
Rad. Dig the leather-and-zipper theme going on in the album art. And just for fun, informal survey: What's your favorite Beck record? Sea Change, Mutations and One Foot are obviously all pretty mighty, but I just can't deny the fact that I listen to Midnite Vultures more than all of those combined.
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Wow Taylor Swift Pledges $4 Million To Fund the Taylor Swift Education Center at Country Music Hall of Fame
Posted by D. Patrick Rodgers on Thu, May 17, 2012 at 12:49 PM
The new education center will increase the museum’s educational capacity up to seven-fold and will include three classrooms and a children’s exhibition gallery. On the third floor, two traditional classrooms and one “wet” classroom space will be used by museum educators for current educational offerings, including the museum’s flagship program, Words & Music; distance learning programs; and family programs such as the Musical Petting Zoo. The “wet classroom” will feature a utility floor, lending itself to the museum’s Make Letterpress Art with Hatch Show Print family program and similar (messy) offerings. The additional classroom spaces will also allow the museum to develop new educational activities, potentially including after-school programs, teen-centric programs, multi-week workshops for youths, adults and senior citizens, and more. Additionally, the classroom spaces will be adjacent to a visible storage area and design studio; this space will feature thematic displays of artifacts, e.g. dozens of banjos, and allow students to observe museum curators at work. The children’s gallery, situated on the second floor, will be a dedicated exhibit space for young patrons and will be filled with hands-on, interactive exhibits.
Swift's donation, says the release, is "the largest capital contribution by an individual artist in the museum’s 45-year history," and the Taylor Swift Education Center is scheduled to open in 2014. Anyway, this is all clearly part of Swift's selfish ploy to climb her way back to the top of the National League of Junior Cotillions' "Best Mannered People" list. No. 5? Not for long. Your move, Kate Middleton.
Friday, May 11, 2012
Hot Goss / Wow Pour One out for The Muse, Closing for Good on May 31
Posted by Lance Conzett on Fri, May 11, 2012 at 4:42 PM
This, of course, comes as a surprise to exactly no one — not even Scott Buttrey, who had been booking at the venue since 2005. He explained to the Scene via Facebook that “since 2009, it has gotten harder and harder to get fans out to the shows.”
Well, yeah. Ever since Rocketown drank their milkshake in 2004, The Muse's concert calendar has been in shambles. For every potentially great gig secured at the venue, there was a sad, muddled slurry of Juggalos, the dregs of the local rap scene and acne-riddled Operation Ivy covers. It became a place that local bands dreaded, knowing better than to chance electrocution, double (or even triple) bookings, stolen gear, trigger-happy tow yards, non-payment and just about every other disaster conceivable.
But that wasn't always the case.
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Hot Goss / Wow Little Hamilton Is Dead; Long Live Your Feelings About Little Hamilton
Posted by D. Patrick Rodgers on Wed, May 9, 2012 at 11:28 AM
- Photo: Lance Conzett
- Local dude Ben Todd crowd-surfing at Japanther's Little Hamilton appearance, Sept. '10
Little Hamilton is officially dead and has been stripped for parts. Our around 4 year tenancy is up in June, but flooding due to about 20 leaks in the roof that the landlord doesn't want to fix has meant that our place is super super toxic and gross and moldy and we've cut down the pa system and are in the process of deserting.That said - a couple of particularly not-quite-as-burnt-out people are signing a lease in the next couple days for a roughly 1500 square ft room that, while far from perfect, has a working roof and central heat and air. It's not Little Hamilton - it can't be, location-wise, but it will be something new in the same spirit - making a space for DIY shows - be it punk shows, theatre shows, art shows, speakers, etc. Details will be shared on the little hamilton facebook page once that space is named and ready to go - probably mid-June, hopefully.
The past few months have proven to be a tumultuous stretch for local venues. We've seen Glenn Danzig's House close its doors and Murfreesboro institution Red Rose die a painful death. But we've also seen the birth of Marathon Music Works and gotten word that The Stone Fox will open in July. Hey, I've even heard some hot goss about the potential resurrection of a certain underutilized East Side haunt ... but I'll have to keep that under my hat for the time being.
Keep an eye on Little Hamilton's Facebook page — and keep the other eye here on the Cream — to hear more about Pink & Co.'s plans for the forthcoming space. The saddest part of all of this (but not really)? I may never again get to use my image of Little Alexander Hamilton.
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Wow / Moving Pictures JEFF the Brotherhood Re-Enacts Budweiser's 'Wassup?' Ad for Pitchfork ... That Is All
Posted by D. Patrick Rodgers on Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 5:41 PM
You know you've made it when the biggest outlet in the music blogosphere wants you to re-enact an obnoxious advertising campaign that has been dead for a decade. Right? Isn't that how you know you've made it? Didn't Nirvana catch their big break by doing a rendition of "Where's the Beef"? Or something?
Pitchfork.tv has a series by the name of "60 Seconds Left," and each installment features bands like Fucked Up, Blonde Redhead, Dum Dum Girls and Cults doing stuff for 60 seconds. Local psych-punk duo JEFF the Brotherhood did one in which they attempt to resurrect this catchphrase. Ironically? Unironically? I'd tell you, but there appears to be no further information on the matter. And since, after 10 long years, you thought that shit was finally dead and buried, watch the original ad after the jump.
Creamtastic / Wow Image of the Week: Rush Playing Loveless Barn April 18?!
Posted by Adam Gold on Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 2:48 PM
‘Twas only little over a year ago that Canada’s finest musical masturbators Rush brought their Time Machine Tour to Bridgestone Arena. So is it possible that the legendary (but not so legendary in the myopic eyes of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame) band would return to play Nashville — or rather, Bellevue — so soon? Of fucking course it isn’t. But don’t tell that to YouTube’s meta-data scraper. It thinks the Canadian prog power trio is slated to play as part of next Wednesday’s Music City Roots show at Loveless Barn. LOL.
Monday, April 9, 2012
National Skyline / Wow Axl Rose vs. Lana Del Rey
Posted by Adam Gold on Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 4:32 PM
So "news" just broke that Axl Rose and Lana Del Rey might be dating. Thus begging the question: Which is worse (or better, if you want to tone the snark down a little)? This:
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Wow / Music Spurgeon’s General Warning: K-Pop, Part II
Posted by Ashley Spurgeon on Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 11:16 AM
Below are a few more gems I was able to find thanks to the Stereogum article. They are also the five best pop songs I’ve heard in years. If you care anything about perfect earworm hooks, great melodies, attractive people and tight, professional songwriting, I’m begging you to please give these songs a listen. I genuinely want to start a conversation! I’m getting tired of talking to myself!
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Wow / Moving Pictures Spurgeon’s General Warning: K-Pop!
Posted by Ashley Spurgeon on Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 11:59 AM
My cursory K-pop research was kind of a slog, what with it mostly being written (presumably) by 10- to 15-year-old ESL girls — the kind of girls who make sure to include all of the lovingly inane details only a fandom of weirdos could provide. It was not dissimilar to reading about Buckethead. I ended up just clicking around on YouTube and asking a couple of like-minded dork friends what their preferences were, so forgive me for not providing a comprehensive breakdown. I honestly don’t know if the following acts are top-shelf N*Sync types, or the Korean equivalent of O-Town. All’s I know is, I like it! Road trip to Seoul, anyone?
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Wow Banned in the U.S.A.: Birdcloud's 'Saving Myself for Jesus' Pulled From YouTube
Posted by Steve Haruch on Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 11:04 AM
You know the local duo Birdcloud. Well, YouTube has pulled their song "Saving Myself for Jesus" for violating the site's Community Guidelines. So let's take a gander, shall we?
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