The Rolling Stones have dropped previously unreleased live versions of “Tumbling Dice” and “Hot Stuff.” The renditions will appear on Live at the El Mocambo, which arrives on May 13 via Universal Music and is currently available for preorder.
Recorded over two nights in March 1977 at Toronto’s intimate 300-capacity El Mocambo, the album includes the band’s full performance (they were billed as “The Cockroaches”) from its March 5, 1977 show alongside three bonus tracks from their show the previous evening. Mixed by Bob Clearmountain, the set comes as a double CD,...
Recorded over two nights in March 1977 at Toronto’s intimate 300-capacity El Mocambo, the album includes the band’s full performance (they were billed as “The Cockroaches”) from its March 5, 1977 show alongside three bonus tracks from their show the previous evening. Mixed by Bob Clearmountain, the set comes as a double CD,...
- 5/6/2022
- by Althea Legaspi
- Rollingstone.com
Bryan Adams rose to fame and success as a rock everyman. Even when he was No 1 in the UK for 16 weeks with “(Everything I Do) I Do It for You”, the clip that Top of the Pops showed over and over again featured Adams looking less like a rock star than a man who’s realised he has to pop back to B&Q for some more creosote. In the Eighties, when being a gruff-voiced man of the people from North America (Adams is Canadian) was a desirable trait in a rock star, he became enormous – his 1984 album Reckless sold five million copies in the US alone – but he never seemed to be a rock star. He was big; he just didn’t project it.
The irony is that Adams is not and was not an everyman. His life was not and is not like yours. He was an army brat as a kid,...
The irony is that Adams is not and was not an everyman. His life was not and is not like yours. He was an army brat as a kid,...
- 3/9/2022
- by Michael Hann
- The Independent - Music
Bruce Springsteen made an appearance ahead of an exclusive screening of the film “The Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts” at the Basie Center Cinemas in Red Bank, New Jersey Friday night.
Springsteen was joined on stage by director Thom Zimny and Sirius Xm E Street Radio host Jim Rotolo and gave a few brief remarks about the film, which captures the E Street Band performing over the span of two nights. The September 1979 No Nukes benefit concerts were held at Madison Square Garden and raised money for the Musicians United for Safe Energy organization. Jackson Browne, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne, the Doobie Brothers and Carly Simon were also on the bill.
Asked by Rotolo if there was anything from those nights he remembered, Springsteen cracked: “I turned 30 during the show so that was memorable.”
That moment is captured in the documentary when Springsteen remarks...
Springsteen was joined on stage by director Thom Zimny and Sirius Xm E Street Radio host Jim Rotolo and gave a few brief remarks about the film, which captures the E Street Band performing over the span of two nights. The September 1979 No Nukes benefit concerts were held at Madison Square Garden and raised money for the Musicians United for Safe Energy organization. Jackson Browne, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne, the Doobie Brothers and Carly Simon were also on the bill.
Asked by Rotolo if there was anything from those nights he remembered, Springsteen cracked: “I turned 30 during the show so that was memorable.”
That moment is captured in the documentary when Springsteen remarks...
- 11/13/2021
- by Michele Amabile Angermiller
- Variety Film + TV
Little Steven, a.k.a. Steven Van Zandt, has announced that he’ll be releasing a new concert film, Summer of Sorcery Live! at the Beacon Theatre, on July 9th via Wicked Cool Records/UMe.
Filmed on November 6th, 2019, at New York City’s Beacon Theatre in front of a sold-out crowd, the two-and-a-half-hour film captures Van Zandt performing tracks from his latest album Summer of Sorcery with his band the Disciples of Soul. The set also includes a surprise appearance by Peter Wolf, who joined Van Zandt for renditions...
Filmed on November 6th, 2019, at New York City’s Beacon Theatre in front of a sold-out crowd, the two-and-a-half-hour film captures Van Zandt performing tracks from his latest album Summer of Sorcery with his band the Disciples of Soul. The set also includes a surprise appearance by Peter Wolf, who joined Van Zandt for renditions...
- 5/20/2021
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
Sophie Kipner was working as a bartender in London when she first met Baron Wolman. Kipner, an artist and writer, made Wolman a gin and tonic. As the two began chatting, Kipner learned exactly who her customer was: Rolling Stone‘s first chief photographer, who captured Sixties icons like Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix, and documented Woodstock in 1969. “I couldn’t believe he was the guy who took all these photos that I’ve been drooling over for so long,” she says.
Kipner was working on a novel at the time,...
Kipner was working on a novel at the time,...
- 3/26/2021
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
Just when you think “The Weight” has reached peak exposure in the culture, Robbie Robertson’s 1968 song — and its original recording by the Band — always manages to stage a comeback. During the past five decades, it’s repeatedly popped up in soundtracks, from Easy Rider to The Big Chill to the recent Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. In 2019, an all-star remake featuring Robertson, Ringo Starr and musicians from around the world generated millions of views. And next week, a new Band box set will revive “The Weight” again,...
- 2/4/2021
- by David Browne
- Rollingstone.com
The Band’s 1970 LP Stage Fright turns 50 this year and they’re going to celebrate on February 12th, 2021 by releasing a deluxe edition containing a new stereo mix, a live set taped at London’s Royal Albert Hall in June 1971, and a never-before-released jam session between Robbie Robertson, Rick Danko, and Richard Manuel captured while Stage Fright was in the mixing stages.
Stage Fright was released on August 16th, 1970 and it features some of the Band’s most beloved songs, including “The Shape I’m In,” “The W.S. Walcott Medicine Show,...
Stage Fright was released on August 16th, 1970 and it features some of the Band’s most beloved songs, including “The Shape I’m In,” “The W.S. Walcott Medicine Show,...
- 12/18/2020
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
John Fogerty and his three children have spent their time in quarantine performing classics and uploading them on YouTube, including “Lodi,” “The City of New Orleans,” and others. Now, on his 75th birthday, the rocker and his family have released Fogerty’s Factory, an Ep of the songs.
The title of the Ep is a nod to Creedence Clearwater Revival’s 1970 album Cosmo’s Factory, which turns 50 on July 16th. “Our family got together and decided we would spread some joy with music in these trying times,” Fogerty said in a statement.
The title of the Ep is a nod to Creedence Clearwater Revival’s 1970 album Cosmo’s Factory, which turns 50 on July 16th. “Our family got together and decided we would spread some joy with music in these trying times,” Fogerty said in a statement.
- 5/28/2020
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
Looking back all these years later, it’s shocking that the Band made their self-titled second LP in a Hollywood hills pool house and not a steamy log cabin in the woods. Four out of five of the Band’s members were Canadian, recording songs about struggle and strife in rural early America while eating food from a kitchen that was previously owned by Sammy Davis Jr.
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Down to its sepia-toned cover emblazoned with lyrics from the 1917 standard “Darktown Strutter’s Ball,” the 50th anniversary reissue of this Americana masterpiece stays true to its roots.
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Down to its sepia-toned cover emblazoned with lyrics from the 1917 standard “Darktown Strutter’s Ball,” the 50th anniversary reissue of this Americana masterpiece stays true to its roots.
- 11/15/2019
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
The Band will celebrate the 50th anniversary of their classic self-titled second album with a reissue boasting several unreleased tracks and the first official release of their performance at Woodstock. The set will arrive November 15th via Capitol/UMe.
To accompany the reissue announcement, the Band shared a previously unreleased alternate version of “Rag Mama Rag” that swings at a slightly slower tempo and, most notably, boasts a rambunctious ragtime piano intro, as opposed to the fiddle on the album version.
The 50th anniversary edition of The Band will feature 13 outtakes,...
To accompany the reissue announcement, the Band shared a previously unreleased alternate version of “Rag Mama Rag” that swings at a slightly slower tempo and, most notably, boasts a rambunctious ragtime piano intro, as opposed to the fiddle on the album version.
The 50th anniversary edition of The Band will feature 13 outtakes,...
- 9/27/2019
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Alan Paul and Andy Aledort’s new book, Texas Flood: The Inside Story of Stevie Ray Vaughan — out August 13th — chronicles the life of the legendary guitarist in his own words, and those of his closest friends, collaborators, and admirers. The following excerpt, an abridged version of a chapter entitled “Serious Moonlight,” delves deep into Vaughan’s short-lived collaboration with David Bowie on the 1983 album Let’s Dance and a planned tour that never came to be.
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While Double Trouble was in Los Angeles recording what would become their debut album,...
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While Double Trouble was in Los Angeles recording what would become their debut album,...
- 8/5/2019
- by Alan Paul and Andy Aledort
- Rollingstone.com
Some albums become life companions. The Band’s “Music From Big Pink,” which celebrated the 50th anniversary of its release on July 1 and gets a deluxe-reissue next Friday, is such a record.
I haven’t been without a copy of “Big Pink” since the day I purchased it — good lord — a half a century ago. From the first, it was a work that demanded deep listening, and more than one copy got severely gored from repeated plays over the years. In 2017, I got reacquainted the album as I wrote the script for the Wild Honey Foundation’s benefit concert performance of “Big Pink” and its self-titled 1969 successor, a show that featured The Band’s brilliant keyboardist Garth Hudson as its special guest.
The lavish golden-anniversary reissue of “Big Pink,” which comes from Universal Music Group’s catalog division, features a new remix created by Bob Clearmountain, along with a CD version of the remix,...
I haven’t been without a copy of “Big Pink” since the day I purchased it — good lord — a half a century ago. From the first, it was a work that demanded deep listening, and more than one copy got severely gored from repeated plays over the years. In 2017, I got reacquainted the album as I wrote the script for the Wild Honey Foundation’s benefit concert performance of “Big Pink” and its self-titled 1969 successor, a show that featured The Band’s brilliant keyboardist Garth Hudson as its special guest.
The lavish golden-anniversary reissue of “Big Pink,” which comes from Universal Music Group’s catalog division, features a new remix created by Bob Clearmountain, along with a CD version of the remix,...
- 8/24/2018
- by Chris Morris
- Variety Film + TV
Thirty years after the release of Robert Zemeckis’ beloved time-travel feature film, Back to the Future, we still don’t have hover skateboards nor DeLorean’s for that matter, but the Chicago Cubs may be on the verge of a World Series for the first time since 1908.
Perhaps the best news of all, a 30th anniversary reissue of the original Back to the Future: Music from the Motion Picture soundtrack will be reissued as a special, double-vinyl picture disc by Universal Music Enterprises (UMe) on October 21.
The image on Side A is a recreation of the original album cover, while Side B sports a view of the digital clock ticking inside Doc Brown’s time-tripping DeLorean, with the meter set at the current release date, making this a valued collector’s item.
The original Back to the Future album, which came out July 8, 1985 right after the movie hit theaters on July 3, was a hit,...
Perhaps the best news of all, a 30th anniversary reissue of the original Back to the Future: Music from the Motion Picture soundtrack will be reissued as a special, double-vinyl picture disc by Universal Music Enterprises (UMe) on October 21.
The image on Side A is a recreation of the original album cover, while Side B sports a view of the digital clock ticking inside Doc Brown’s time-tripping DeLorean, with the meter set at the current release date, making this a valued collector’s item.
The original Back to the Future album, which came out July 8, 1985 right after the movie hit theaters on July 3, was a hit,...
- 10/7/2015
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The Cinema Audio Society (Cas) announces the nominees for the 51st Annual Cas Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for 2014 in six categories and the Cas Technical Achievement Award Nominations. Cas President David Fluhr congratulates each of "the nominees on a job well-mixed.. Clever!
The rest of the press release revealed that:
Final balloting for both the Outstanding Sound Mixing and the Cas Technical Achievement Awards will open online Wednesday January 21st and end Friday, February 6th.
The Awards will be presented at a sealed envelope dinner on February 14th in the Crystal Ballroom of the Millennium Biltmore Hotel. During the awards the highest honor of the Cas . the Cas Career Achievement Award will be presented to Production Sound Mixer David Macmillan, Cas. Doug McIntyre, host of Kabc Talk Radio.s McIntyre in the Morning, will be returning as the Master of Ceremonies
Here's the complete list of nominees...
The rest of the press release revealed that:
Final balloting for both the Outstanding Sound Mixing and the Cas Technical Achievement Awards will open online Wednesday January 21st and end Friday, February 6th.
The Awards will be presented at a sealed envelope dinner on February 14th in the Crystal Ballroom of the Millennium Biltmore Hotel. During the awards the highest honor of the Cas . the Cas Career Achievement Award will be presented to Production Sound Mixer David Macmillan, Cas. Doug McIntyre, host of Kabc Talk Radio.s McIntyre in the Morning, will be returning as the Master of Ceremonies
Here's the complete list of nominees...
- 1/14/2015
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Complaints about the sound mix on Christopher Nolan’s “Interstellar” clearly didn’t have much influence on the members of the Cinema Audio Society, who on Tuesday made the film one of the five nominees for the best feature-film sound mix of 2014.
“Interstellar” joined “American Sniper,” “Birdman,” “Guardians of the Galaxy” and “Unbroken” in receiving nominations for the 2014 Cas Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing, which will be presented on Feb. 14 at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel.
Also read: OscarWrap: Christopher Nolan and ‘Interstellar’ Dream Team Talk Sound, Edit, Design
Missing from the roster of nominees were the action movies “Transformers: Age of Extinction,...
“Interstellar” joined “American Sniper,” “Birdman,” “Guardians of the Galaxy” and “Unbroken” in receiving nominations for the 2014 Cas Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing, which will be presented on Feb. 14 at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel.
Also read: OscarWrap: Christopher Nolan and ‘Interstellar’ Dream Team Talk Sound, Edit, Design
Missing from the roster of nominees were the action movies “Transformers: Age of Extinction,...
- 1/13/2015
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Nominations have been announced for the 51st annual Cinema Audio Society Awards, and as ever with this group lately, there are a few surprises. For instance, "Unbroken" made the cut despite being mostly ignored by the guilds and industry groups so far, and Marvel's "Guardians of the Galaxy" showed up as well. The biggest jaw-dropper might just be that after months of being the poster child for sound complaints, somehow, some way, "Interstellar" ended up in the mix (no pun intended). There are always one or two that drop out, however. Last year, for example, another Marvel movie — "Iron Man 3" — was chalked up here. But it fell out in favor of "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" with the Academy. I find myself wondering if "The Battle of the Five Armies" could make the cut this year as it's even more of an action/sound film than the last.
- 1/13/2015
- by Kristopher Tapley
- Hitfix
Santa Monica—Sandwiched in between his two Coachella appearances, Beck came in from the dusty desert to play an intimate show for Kcrw’s Apogee Sessions here Wednesday night. The 100-minute performance was twice as long as his Coachella set and certainly under more pleasant, less blustery conditions: the cosy confines of legendary producer/mixer Bob Clearmountain’s studio, which tightly packed in 200 of the public radio station’s supporters. Beck opened with the elegant “The Golden Age” from 2002’s “Sea Change,” before gliding into three songs from his excellent new album (and “Sea Change” sequel of sorts), “Morning Phase”: the Beatle-esque “Blackbird Chain,” mournful “Say Goodbye,” and sorrowful “Don’t Let It Go.” The largely acoustic quartet of tunes allowed Beck to warm up, with his confidence seemingly growing with each song. As he noted, he’d only played the new material a handful of times, and while...
- 4/17/2014
- by Melinda Newman
- Hitfix
DVD Release Date: July 10, 2012
Price: DVD $14.98, DVD/CD $19.98
Studio: Eagle Rock
Mick and Muddy give it up for rock and blues at The Checkerboard Lounge.
Muddy Waters & The Rolling Stones Live At The Checkerboard Lounge Chicago 1981 represents a one-night-only, now-legendary coming-together of the renowned bluesman and the world’s greatest rock’n’roll band.
On November 22, 1981, The Stones were touring America to promote their Tattoo You album when they had a night off in Chicago. What to do? The decision was a no-brainer, as they quickly learned that Muddy Waters was in town that night performing at the beloved Checkerboard Lounge. It didn’t take long before Muddy called up to the stage the attending Stones: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ron Wood and Ian Stewart. The British bad boys wound up jamming with Muddy and his band for nearly an hour-and-a-half, joined by ace guitarist Buddy Guy (who owned the...
Price: DVD $14.98, DVD/CD $19.98
Studio: Eagle Rock
Mick and Muddy give it up for rock and blues at The Checkerboard Lounge.
Muddy Waters & The Rolling Stones Live At The Checkerboard Lounge Chicago 1981 represents a one-night-only, now-legendary coming-together of the renowned bluesman and the world’s greatest rock’n’roll band.
On November 22, 1981, The Stones were touring America to promote their Tattoo You album when they had a night off in Chicago. What to do? The decision was a no-brainer, as they quickly learned that Muddy Waters was in town that night performing at the beloved Checkerboard Lounge. It didn’t take long before Muddy called up to the stage the attending Stones: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ron Wood and Ian Stewart. The British bad boys wound up jamming with Muddy and his band for nearly an hour-and-a-half, joined by ace guitarist Buddy Guy (who owned the...
- 6/21/2012
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
Toast to Freedom also features contributions from Ewan McGregor, Kris Kristofferson, Carly Simon and Marianne Faithfull
The late Levon Helm, Ewan McGregor, Kris Kristofferson, Carly Simon, Marianne Faithfull, Jane Birkin, Rosanne Cash and 43 other acts feature on a new song released by Amnesty International.
Titled Toast to Freedom, the song celebrates Amnesty's 50th anniversary and is being released to mark World Press Freedom Day on Thursday. The initial recording was made at Levon Helm Studios in Woodstock, New York, before producer Bob Clearmountain sent it to dozens of artists – also including the Blind Boys of Alabama, Donald Fagen, Eric Burdon and Taj Mahal – to add their vocals. It was written by Carl Carlton and Larry Campbell.
The idea for Toast to Freedom was conceived by Bill Shipsey, founder of the Art for Amnesty campaign, his colleague Jochen Wilms and Carlton, who has previously worked with Robert Palmer and Eric Burdon.
The late Levon Helm, Ewan McGregor, Kris Kristofferson, Carly Simon, Marianne Faithfull, Jane Birkin, Rosanne Cash and 43 other acts feature on a new song released by Amnesty International.
Titled Toast to Freedom, the song celebrates Amnesty's 50th anniversary and is being released to mark World Press Freedom Day on Thursday. The initial recording was made at Levon Helm Studios in Woodstock, New York, before producer Bob Clearmountain sent it to dozens of artists – also including the Blind Boys of Alabama, Donald Fagen, Eric Burdon and Taj Mahal – to add their vocals. It was written by Carl Carlton and Larry Campbell.
The idea for Toast to Freedom was conceived by Bill Shipsey, founder of the Art for Amnesty campaign, his colleague Jochen Wilms and Carlton, who has previously worked with Robert Palmer and Eric Burdon.
- 5/3/2012
- by Caspar Llewellyn Smith
- The Guardian - Film News
Toast to Freedom, performed by an ensemble of prominent musicians and celebrities, goes on sale
A supergroup of prominent artists and performers are to release a song on Thursday as part of celebrations to commemorate Amnesty International's 50th birthday. Singers including Jane Birkin, Marianne Faithfull and Us country star Rosanne Cash have contributed to the recording, entitled Toast to Freedom.
The commemorative song will celebrate Amnesty International's global human rights work and was initially composed in sessions at Woodstock in upstate New York, in the converted barn studios of the rock musician and human rights campaigner Levon Helm, who died earlier this month.
The release of the fundraising song also helps to mark the long relationship between the Observer and Amnesty, which was founded following a 1961 article in the paper by the lawyer Peter Benenson about two Portuguese students reportedly imprisoned for raising their glasses in the name of freedom.
A supergroup of prominent artists and performers are to release a song on Thursday as part of celebrations to commemorate Amnesty International's 50th birthday. Singers including Jane Birkin, Marianne Faithfull and Us country star Rosanne Cash have contributed to the recording, entitled Toast to Freedom.
The commemorative song will celebrate Amnesty International's global human rights work and was initially composed in sessions at Woodstock in upstate New York, in the converted barn studios of the rock musician and human rights campaigner Levon Helm, who died earlier this month.
The release of the fundraising song also helps to mark the long relationship between the Observer and Amnesty, which was founded following a 1961 article in the paper by the lawyer Peter Benenson about two Portuguese students reportedly imprisoned for raising their glasses in the name of freedom.
- 4/28/2012
- by Luke Bainbridge
- The Guardian - Film News
A Pre-Grammy Conversation with Bob Clearmountain
Mike Ragogna: Bob, here at the Grammys watching over the sonics of the Bruce Springsteen segment. What are some of the things you look out for when it comes to the right mix on Bruce?
Bob Clearmountain: The thing with Bruce, and any artist like Bruce, is that the most important thing is the song, getting across the meaning and the character of the song. Bruce is almost like an actor in that he creates a character for each of his songs. He wants to make sure that the narrative of the song comes across. It's no different here than it is with making records. There has to be no disconnect between that character you create and the narrative. Basically, that's what I look for. The rest of it is all making it sound good and as exciting as possible. The song he's...
Mike Ragogna: Bob, here at the Grammys watching over the sonics of the Bruce Springsteen segment. What are some of the things you look out for when it comes to the right mix on Bruce?
Bob Clearmountain: The thing with Bruce, and any artist like Bruce, is that the most important thing is the song, getting across the meaning and the character of the song. Bruce is almost like an actor in that he creates a character for each of his songs. He wants to make sure that the narrative of the song comes across. It's no different here than it is with making records. There has to be no disconnect between that character you create and the narrative. Basically, that's what I look for. The rest of it is all making it sound good and as exciting as possible. The song he's...
- 2/16/2012
- by Mike Ragogna
- Aol TV.
Santa Monica, California, radio station will air performance and interview on November 1 episode of 'Morning Becomes Eclectic.'
By Matt Elias
Death Cab for Cutie's Ben Gibbard performs at Berkeley Street Studio in Santa Monica, California on Thursday
Photo: Jeremiah Garcia
Santa Monica, California — Death Cab for Cutie treated about 150 fans to a private performance Thursday night. The tiny show took place at legendary producer/mixer Bob Clearmountain's Berkeley Street Studio in Santa Monica, California.
If you weren't one of the lucky few to attend the intimate affair, don't fret: Local public radio station and tastemaker Kcrw served as the evening's host and will air the performance on the November 1 episode of "Morning Becomes Eclectic." It will be available in Kcrw's archives the same day.
The cozy space was a perfect setting for the Seattle quartet's lush melodies. While the room was small, Death Cab didn't seem to...
By Matt Elias
Death Cab for Cutie's Ben Gibbard performs at Berkeley Street Studio in Santa Monica, California on Thursday
Photo: Jeremiah Garcia
Santa Monica, California — Death Cab for Cutie treated about 150 fans to a private performance Thursday night. The tiny show took place at legendary producer/mixer Bob Clearmountain's Berkeley Street Studio in Santa Monica, California.
If you weren't one of the lucky few to attend the intimate affair, don't fret: Local public radio station and tastemaker Kcrw served as the evening's host and will air the performance on the November 1 episode of "Morning Becomes Eclectic." It will be available in Kcrw's archives the same day.
The cozy space was a perfect setting for the Seattle quartet's lush melodies. While the room was small, Death Cab didn't seem to...
- 10/14/2011
- MTV Music News
As any Bruce Springsteen fan knows (and any regular Hitfix readers know I’m a Springsteen fanatic), there is nothing like a Springsteen concert. But since there are none of those on the docket right now, the Boss has given us the next best thing. And better yet, it’s for free. Springsteen and the E Street Band took to the Asbury Park’s Carousel House last week for a mini-concert featuring four songs from “The Promise.” Filmed in front of 60 fans, the show was beautifully directed and edited by Thom Zimny and mixed by Bob Clearmountain. Springsteen, who looks criminally buff for...
- 12/16/2010
- Hitfix
What happens when one of pop’s most successful managers joins forces with a member of one of the UK’s biggest selling bands? The Next Big Thing.
ITV2 has commissioned a two-part special, Louis Walsh & Kian Egan’s Next Big Thing – Wonderland, which will see two of the music industry’s biggest players launch a brand new girl group.
The programme will follow Louis and Kian as they attempt to break into Britain’s most competitive industry with five piece female group, Wonderland. The cameras will capture all the behind the scenes drama in the Wonderland camp in their bid to become superstars.
Having secured themselves a deal with Mercury records, viewers will follow Wonderland every step of the way as they begin their transformation from five girls into a chart topping group. The series will see Wonderland taking their first steps into the music business as they undertake their first promotional circuit,...
ITV2 has commissioned a two-part special, Louis Walsh & Kian Egan’s Next Big Thing – Wonderland, which will see two of the music industry’s biggest players launch a brand new girl group.
The programme will follow Louis and Kian as they attempt to break into Britain’s most competitive industry with five piece female group, Wonderland. The cameras will capture all the behind the scenes drama in the Wonderland camp in their bid to become superstars.
Having secured themselves a deal with Mercury records, viewers will follow Wonderland every step of the way as they begin their transformation from five girls into a chart topping group. The series will see Wonderland taking their first steps into the music business as they undertake their first promotional circuit,...
- 9/10/2010
- by Lisa McGarry
- Unreality
NYC's Interpol has been through some fairly drastic changes recently, losing their most infamous member, bassist Carlos D just a few months ago. He stayed to complete work on this, their 4th record out today, but won't be heading out on this colossal tour that has Interpol headlining for U2. Their label changed too, having left Capitol after a one off, the band is back with Matador with whom they released their first two records.
Last night the band played a private performance for radio station Kcrw at producer Bob Clearmountain's Berkeley Street Studios. You can catch that performance and an interview performance this Thursday (Sept. 9 at 11:15am Pst) on Kcrw's Morning Becomes Eclectic. Pics are up here, if you're a fan inclined to see them one last time before the arenas.
In the meantime, check out a stream of the entire record, out now on Matador:
Full...
Last night the band played a private performance for radio station Kcrw at producer Bob Clearmountain's Berkeley Street Studios. You can catch that performance and an interview performance this Thursday (Sept. 9 at 11:15am Pst) on Kcrw's Morning Becomes Eclectic. Pics are up here, if you're a fan inclined to see them one last time before the arenas.
In the meantime, check out a stream of the entire record, out now on Matador:
Full...
- 9/7/2010
- by Brandon Kim
- ifc.com
Band also breaks out favorites 'NYC,' 'Evil' in Santa Monica, California, recording studio.
By Ryan J. Downey
Paul Banks of Interpol performs onstage September 6
Photo: Jeremiah Garcia/ Kcrw
Santa Monica, California — They may have named a new song "Barricade," but there was nothing of the sort separating Interpol from their fans Monday night as they performed for 150 lucky people in a small recording studio on the eve of their new album's release. The performance will air Thursday on Kcrw's "Morning Becomes Eclectic" radio show, alongside a short interview.
The band played eight songs, more than half of them from their self-titled fourth album, which was released Tuesday (September 7). Fan favorites like "NYC" were included, with the invite-only audience joining frontman Paul Banks in the "But hey, who's on trial?" refrain during a set-closing "Evil."
In less than two weeks, the New York band will open for U2 in giant venues,...
By Ryan J. Downey
Paul Banks of Interpol performs onstage September 6
Photo: Jeremiah Garcia/ Kcrw
Santa Monica, California — They may have named a new song "Barricade," but there was nothing of the sort separating Interpol from their fans Monday night as they performed for 150 lucky people in a small recording studio on the eve of their new album's release. The performance will air Thursday on Kcrw's "Morning Becomes Eclectic" radio show, alongside a short interview.
The band played eight songs, more than half of them from their self-titled fourth album, which was released Tuesday (September 7). Fan favorites like "NYC" were included, with the invite-only audience joining frontman Paul Banks in the "But hey, who's on trial?" refrain during a set-closing "Evil."
In less than two weeks, the New York band will open for U2 in giant venues,...
- 9/7/2010
- MTV Music News
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