JamBase — GRACE POTTER AND THE NOCTURNALS WELCOME NEW ADDITIONS TO THE LINEUP AS THE BAND'S THIRD ALBUM, PRODUCED BY T BONE BURNETT, NEARS COMPLETION L to R: Catherine Popper, Grace Potter Matt Burr, Benny Yurco, Scott Tournet After completing work o... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — There are many reasons to be excited about the band Radical Son. They are young, fresh, talented, and most importantly: fun to listen to. When you listen to songs like “I’m So Sick Of The 21st Century” you can’t help but see connections to ol... more info

Guardian Music — The Velvet Underground's John Cale has never forgotten his Welsh roots. Now he is representing his home country at the Venice BiennaleIt sounds at first like an electronic whine, a build-up of noise in the amplifier. Then there's Lou Reed's voice, y... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Ignacio P. G. said...LA ESFERA MUSICALScorpions - Live At Wacken Open Air (2006, bootleg)Klaus Schulze - Irrlicht (1972)http://neilparsons.blogspot.comMr. Jones said...We're having a hootenanny today at 30 Days Out, as we sit back and listen to the f... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Bluesmen said...Mísia: Garras Dos Sentidoshttp://bluesmen-worldmusic.blogspot.comcaithiseach said...1950s Chart Meltdown, Week 19, at the Great Vinyl Meltdown. Thanks for reading!Songs:Chuck Willis, What Am I Living For?Chuck Willis, C.C. RiderBon... more info

Guardian Music — Too often the preserve of cyber-goth misery, kinkiness has nonetheless had a few good champions in music – Rob Halford, we salute theeIs the world of kinkiness well represented in song? From the Kinks themselves, and their generous appreciatio... more info

Guardian Music — The shambolic genius behind Television Personalities made me realise that I could run a label. Yet this great songwriter still hasn't been fully recognised for his contribution to musicDuring filming for the forthcoming Creation documentary (produced... more info

Music Mule — What? Pink Mountaintops Pink Mountaintops are Steve McBean’s (of Canadain band Black Mountain fame) psychedelic, noise pop side project. Mojo magazine recently described them as ‘The Velvet Underground to Black Mountain’s Black Sabbath’. That... more info

The Vinyl Villain — When JC mentioned that he was looking for guest writers to fill these fine pages, I was fairly keen to get involved. My own wee blog, Plain Or Pan is becoming increasingly popular. I often wish more people would’ve been with me from the start,... more info

Guardian Music — It's the Big Bang of art and pop music: Andy Warhol's explosive collision with the Velvet Underground.Behind the impenetrable void lurked an outsider's rage. As a working-class gay man from Pittsburgh, Andy Warhol had an incredible drive to assimilat... more info