Winter Blues
MARK MORRISSWe love the Bluetones. Former singer/songwriter of the Bluetones, Mark Morriss has a new single called “This Is The Lie” (which came out December 9, 2013). The single is taken from his forthcoming album A Flash of Darkness, due out February 24th, 2014, via Acid Jazz Records.
Morriss is currently on tour:
12/18/13 Nottingham – Junction
12/20/13 London – The Forum
12/21/13 Leeds – O2 Academy
12/28/13 Eastney – Cellars
01/10/14 Southampton – Joiners Arms
01/11/14 Brighton – Sticky Mike’s
01/16/14 Wakefield – The Hop
01/17/14 Gourock – Cafe Continental
01/18/14 Hereford – The Jailhouse
01/24/14 Pontypridd – Clwb Y Bont
01/25/14 Basingstoke – Sanctuary
01/30/14 Liverpool – Korova
01/31/14 Newcastle – Think Tank
02/01/14 Aberdeen – Cafe Drummonds
02/02/14 Dundee – Buskers
02/22/14 London – The Water Rats
02/28/14 Glasgow – The Admiral
THE OCEAN BLUEtheoceanblue.com
The Ocean Blue is an indiepop band from the late 80s, originally signed to Sire Records. Currently, the band released Ultramarine and is signed to Korda records, a record label that is based in Minneapolis.
Their song, “No Money In That” was recently used in a Korda compilation album called Korda 2 Komp.
Hear it:
Guitarist Oed Ronne commented about the modern age of music, “It’s an interesting time for us to be putting out a new record. So much of the music we see and hear now reminds me of things I loved growing up. My friends in their twenties like The Smiths and New Order. It’s a strange thing, but good for us I think. We’d love to reconnect with our old fans, but also make new ones among the ranks of the young.”
The Ocean Blue is wrapping up a tour:
12.21.13 – New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
MILES DAVISmilesdavis.com
Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue, originally released in 1959, is the best-selling jazz record of all time. It’s been long regarded by critics and fans as one of the greatest jazz album of all time, simply a masterpiece.
HDTracks recently launched a newly design website that allows 24-bit high resolution audio quality (24/96 and 24/192 bit/sampling rates).
According to HDTracks, Kind of Blue is now available for the first time in 24-bit, sourced from the original studio tapes.
Personally, I already own the album on CD (and oddly A Reggae Interpretation of Kind of Blue via 12″ record from Secret Stash Records) and it sounds fine. I don’t have golden ears, so I can’t actually hear the differences and it sounds great when I ripped my CD to MP3, even at normal (not high) settings.
Anyway, if you go to HDTrack under “About”, they have a video documenting on the remastering process with recording engineer, Mark Wilder (Battery Studios), and producer, Steve Berkowitz (Sony Music).
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THE HOT TODDIES
hottoddiesmusic.com The Hot Toddies are an all-girls band from Oakland. The girls just released “Summertime Blues”, which you can grab for free on soundcloud.com. The track is taken from Friends of Tricycle Records Vol. 3, which you can download here. I believe you may have to sign up/sign in to download it. Seems like the animal-named bands are still a thing: |
CLARA MOTO
facebook.com Clara Moto new album is called Blue Distance, which was named after a line from Sylvia Plath. You can hear “How We Live in Each Other” on Soundcloud. She’s currently on tour: 01/03/14 Le Sucre Lyon, France 01/04/14 Iboat Bordeaux, France 01/05/14 La Machine du Moulin Rouge Paris 01/18/14 Palaxa Saint Denis, Reunion |