Month: November 2007

The Vandelles @ Crash Mansion, NYC 11/16

November 30, 2007

(Note: I had intended for this review to be posted much earlier than today’s date. ...

Yea Big + Kid Static – Static Leads The Coup

Bands from Chicago, Illinois

vusleeper November 29, 2007

I’ve been meaning to do this for a while, grouping four or five bands from...

Southside Stalkers

Southside Stalkers

November 28, 2007

Southside Stalkers – That You’re Strange South Side Stalkers Attention Swedishpop lovers! This is...

W♥M Updates (November)

vusleeper November 27, 2007

Hey, I just found out that Adina started a blog: Adina Adina Adina. In one...

Clare Bowditch & the Feeding Set

November 27, 2007

Tour 11/25/07 Queenscliff Music Fest – Queenscliff 11/27/07 Live At The Chapel Prahran, Victoria 12/03/07...

News: Quiet Riot’s Kevin DuBrow Found Dead

November 26, 2007

Quiet Riot – Cum On Feel The Noize Quiet Riot News: Quiet Riot’s Kevin DuBrow...

Manic Street Preachers – Nat West, Barclays, Midlands, Lloyds

November 26, 2007

By popular request… ok one person mentioned it in a comment to the MoneySavingExpert post,...

The Rolling Stones – Necrophilia (Unreleased)

vusleeper November 26, 2007

Here’s an odd album: 1972’s Necrophilia by The Rolling Stones. This album was never officially...

Last American Buffalo

November 25, 2007

Tour 11/26/07 Indie 103.1 Check One Two (@ Viper Room) Band Members ♥ Kevin Compton...

I Fought The Lloyds Bank Charges

November 25, 2007

Money makes the world go round or so they say. But here in the UK...

Donnie Darko

November 25, 2007

Videos [2001] Donnie Darko [2004] Donnie Darko: The Director’s Cut [2006] Donnie Darko: The Director’s...

Oliver Urdaneta – ¿Por qué no te callas?

vusleeper November 24, 2007

Oliver Urdaneta currently has one of the hottest song in the blogsverse, “Por qué no...

Llama Farmers – More Salt

November 23, 2007

Llama Farmers – More Salt Woke up this morning, looked out the window, and sighed....

Kerry Politzer

Kerry Politzer

November 23, 2007

Discography [2001] Yearning [2002] Watercolor [2004] Sax In The City (Compilation) [2005] Labyrinth [2007] You...

Josh Ritter @ The Sage Gateshead (17/11/07)

November 22, 2007

Tour23 Nov Concorde 2 – Brighton, UK 24 Nov New Trinity Centre – Bristol, UK...

Adam Sandler – The Thanksgiving Song

November 22, 2007

Discography [1993] They’re All Gonna Laugh at You! [1996] What the Hell Happened to Me?...

Beatrix*Jar – Golden Fuzz

November 21, 2007

Tour 11/29/07 Walker Art Center -Minneapolis 11/30/07 Kitty Cat Club – Minneapolis 12/31/07 Club Underground...

The Scientist

November 20, 2007

Coldplay – The Scientist Things have really slowed down for the upcoming holidays and...

Hammer No More The Fingers

November 20, 2007

Tour 11/21/07 Fuse Chapel Hill, NC 11/26/07 The Cave Chapel Hill, NC 12/01/07 21:11 Beer ...

The Octopus Project – Truck

November 19, 2007

Discography [2002] Identification Parade [2004] Foam Party [2005] One Ten Hundred Thousand Million [2005] One...

Robbers on High Street at 7th Street, Minneapolis (11/17/2007)

November 18, 2007

Robbers Setlist ON THE BILL ♥ Robbers on High Street♥ Great Northern♥ Goodbye Girl Friday...

Preparing for Black Friday

November 17, 2007

There was a lot of music that was released last Tuesday. The reason? They’re preparing...

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Whitley

November 17, 2007

Tour 11/17/07 Cambridge Newcastle, NS Wales[1]11/18/07 Brass Monkey Cronulla, NS Wales[1]12/11/07 The Zoo Brisbane 12/12/08...

Girls Don’t Cry, Village Underground (11/9)

November 16, 2007

Audio Girls Don’t Cry – That’s the Sound Girls Don’t Cry Band Members ♥ Hannah...

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Guards of Metropolis

November 16, 2007

Tour 11/16/07 Tonic Lounge – Portland, OR12/01/07 Slabtown – Portland, Oregon 12/14/07 Skylark – Seattle,...

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Jazz Note #2 – Play a Showtune

dave@weheartmusic.com November 15, 2007

The best way an artist can grab the attention of an ever-elusive audience is to take something tried and true and turn it on its head. I’m talking about reinterpretation. When it comes to jazz, there is no better way to ease a new listener into a new sound than to play a familiar tune, especially when song comes from the Rogers and Hammerstein’s musical, “Oklahoma” and Ray Charles is the one singing “Oh What a Beautiful Morning” from the 2006 Concord release, “Ray Sings Basie Swings.”