tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409643Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:52:00 +0000Music news, reviews, interviews and noteshttp://www.earvolution.com/index.aspnoreply@blogger.com (JD)Blogger2118125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409643.post-1099835863001396980Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:52:00 +00002010-03-18T05:52:00.359-04:00Grace Potter and The NocturnalsBy: David Schultz Tonight, Grace Potter & The Nocturnals will close out the Americana Music Association's SXSW showcase at Antone's on Fifth Street in Austin, Texas, previewing songs from their upcoming Grace Potter & The Nocturnals. Three years ago, on my first trip down to Austin, GPN was previewing material from This Is Somewhere. Here's what I had to say back then:The evening concluded at http://www.earvolution.com/2010/03/thursdays-earful-grace-potter.aspnoreply@blogger.com (schultz)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409643.post-1646777689741562590Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:53:00 +00002010-03-17T05:53:00.240-04:00The Canny Brothers BandBell XIU2The Swell SeasonBy: David Schultz The start of this year's SXSW Festival coincides with St. Patrick's Day, the beer-fueled celebration of all things Irish. Along with pints of Guinness, shots of Jameson and bites of corned beef and cabbage, there's a lot of great Irish music that goes along with the holiday. If you're in lower Manhattan, I would recommend going to Ulysses on 58 Stone Street to see The Canny http://www.earvolution.com/2010/03/wednesdays-earful-st-patricks-day-redux.aspnoreply@blogger.com (schultz)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409643.post-4703774731105520920Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:54:00 +00002010-03-16T05:54:00.528-04:00White DenimSXSWBy: David Schultz The music portion of the annual South By Southwest Festival kicks off tomorrow with bands from all over the world descending on Austin, Texas to participate in the industry's greatest boondoggle. Beer and BBQ abound and you don't need to be in anyone from Pitchfork's Rolodex . . . er Blackberry to participate. If you are a true music fan, SXSW is like Disneyland only instead ofhttp://www.earvolution.com/2010/03/tuesdays-earful-white-denim-sxsw-redux.aspnoreply@blogger.com (schultz)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409643.post-4632119961781655484Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:56:00 +00002010-03-15T05:56:00.431-04:00Allman Brothers BandBy: David Schultz Last Thursday, The Allman Brothers Band kicked off their 2010 residency at The United Palace. Like most years, the residency overlaps with the South By Southwest Festival in Austin, Texas. However, the core fans of the Allmans likely have no interest in a music industry boondoggle light on classic rock. However, your humble narrator is down in Austin for the week, thus thoughtshttp://www.earvolution.com/2010/03/mondays-earful-allman-brothers-band_15.aspnoreply@blogger.com (schultz)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409643.post-5705157569770248757Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:06:00 +00002010-03-15T01:05:29.711-04:00SXSWBy: David Schultz Next week, Earvolution will be down in Austin, Texas for the annual South By Southwest Festival. Rather than place the site on hiatus, I am taking a cue from the major television networks and throwing the Earfuls into reruns while I spend the week assessing how ridiculous I look in a Stetson and acclimating myself to breakfast burritos.http://www.earvolution.com/2010/03/fridays-earful-sxsw.aspnoreply@blogger.com (schultz)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409643.post-2853622320082309973Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:52:00 +00002010-03-11T05:52:00.654-05:00Rinjo CloudcastI love a Cloudcast where I get to hear a bunch of music I wouldn't otherwise have heard. Rinjo's got it right: this is a worthwhile 33 minutes. Rough Cuts by Rinjonjori on Mixcloudhttp://www.earvolution.com/2010/03/thursdays-earful-rinjo-cloudcast_11.aspnoreply@blogger.com (Rinjo Njori)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409643.post-8997103574217327597Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:45:00 +00002010-03-10T05:45:00.528-05:00Backyard Tire FireBy: David Schultz After choosing a lifestyle that had him on the road for long stretches of time, Bob Seger lost the forest for the trees, cataloging the downside of being a world famous rock and roll star on “Turn The Page.” Fellow Midwesterners Backyard Tire Fire travel down some similar highways on Good To Be, their fifth studio album. Seger saw the glass as half empty; Tire Fire’s Ed http://www.earvolution.com/2010/03/wednesdays-earful-backyard-tire-fire.aspnoreply@blogger.com (schultz)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409643.post-8867870401412328113Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:54:00 +00002010-03-09T05:54:00.530-05:00James BrownWhite StripesThe Rolling StonesHowlin' WolfChuck BerryBy: David Schultz The T.A.M.I. Show, the 1964 documentary featuring performances by The Beach Boys, Marvin Gaye, James Brown and The Rolling Stones, has made its way on to PBS. Recently tabbed by David Fricke as “The Greatest Rock Concert Film” ever made, the film makes perfect DVR/Tivo fodder so you can fast forward through the pledge drive and tote bag breaks. (Apocryphal, but c’mon). As Stinghttp://www.earvolution.com/2010/03/tuesdays-earful-tami-show-movie-time.aspnoreply@blogger.com (schultz)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409643.post-8800187694634690336Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:53:00 +00002010-03-08T05:53:00.296-05:00Allman Brothers BandJohn MayerRob TannenbaumBy: David Schultz The 2010 Allman Brothers Band has been fraught with change. After 20 years (give or take a residency) at the Beacon Theater, the Allmans were forced to move the event uptown due to a conflict with a Cirque du Soleil booking. The Banana Shpeel spectacular was scheduled to begin a multiple month run in early February. Ironically, with Shpeel's opening date being pushed forward tohttp://www.earvolution.com/2010/03/mondays-earful-allman-brothers-band.aspnoreply@blogger.com (schultz)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409643.post-4158832962910002351Fri, 05 Mar 2010 10:53:00 +00002010-03-05T05:53:00.564-05:00Leroy JusticeBy: David Schultz Leroy Justice will be in Woodstock tonight, opening for Ireland's Hothouse Flowers at the Bearsville Theater. For those not familiar with the area, this would be the venue that's not located in Levon Helm's home. Last night, the Justice warmed up the Flowers' crowd at the HighLine Ballroom, proving the pairing of the two bands to bit of inspired genius. Getting used to the big http://www.earvolution.com/2010/03/fridays-earful-leroy-justice.aspnoreply@blogger.com (schultz)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409643.post-1225576029776127229Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:52:00 +00002010-03-04T10:12:21.068-05:00Rinjo Cloudcast; Future Of The LeftJay ReatardIn the world of fictional bands, The Electric Mayhem are to The Rolling Stones what The Banana Splits are to The Beatles. (This should be worth something on the SAT). Going in reverse, here is Part 1 of the 2:22 Cloudcast series which contains the theme song from The Banana Splits, one of the greatest songs in the history of music.The 2:22 Playlist Pt. 1 by Rinjonjori on Mixcloudhttp://www.earvolution.com/2010/03/thursdays-earful-rinjo-cloudcast.aspnoreply@blogger.com (Rinjo Njori)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409643.post-1872922967040627612Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:52:00 +00002010-03-03T05:52:00.312-05:00BonnarooBlues and LasersBy: David Schultz The second album from Blues & Lasers, Scott Tournet's Delta blues side-project that features fellow Nocturnals Benny Yurco and Matt Burr, bassist John Rogone and drummer Steve Sharon, is at the mastering stage and is on schedule to beat the new Grace Potter & The Nocturnals album into the stores (or whatever passes for one these days). The band is targeting April 15 as a http://www.earvolution.com/2010/03/wednesdays-earful-blues-lasers-bonnaroo.aspnoreply@blogger.com (schultz)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409643.post-1755036953279057574Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:51:00 +00002010-03-02T05:51:00.736-05:00Tom PettyThe Rolling StonesAlan ParsonsBy: David Schultz Despite the remarkable longevity of the band and the chart topping success of "Start Me Up," there is a prevailing wisdom that The Rolling Stones ceased to be a vital cog in the classic rock machinery once they embraced disco and recorded "Miss You." Subscribers to that dogma have cause to rejoice. It's become common corporate practice to cull together outtakes and B-versions http://www.earvolution.com/2010/03/tuesdays-earful-rolling-stones-tom.aspnoreply@blogger.com (schultz)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409643.post-3076690190470004418Mon, 01 Mar 2010 10:51:00 +00002010-03-01T05:51:00.429-05:00Black Joe LewisBy: David Schultz In the days before the wave of political correctness swept across the language of popular culture, there was a whole subsection of music referred to as black music. Billboard even had a chart dedicated to the genre. If the term was used nowadays, it would apply to wide swaths of rap and hip-hop. In the days when the term was in use, it applied to soul, R&B and the blues. http://www.earvolution.com/2010/03/mondays-earful-black-joe-lewis.aspnoreply@blogger.com (schultz)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409643.post-6060114664362248316Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:46:00 +00002010-02-26T05:46:00.240-05:00I am unsure how this started but some time back Rinjo developed an obsession with songs that lasted 2:22. I know of no significant February 22 birthdays and unless he's been hiding it from me, there's no weird numerological fixation at work. It results in The Hives, The Len Price 3 and The Staples Singers ending up on the same Cloudcast, so three cheers for iTunes for making this simple. The 2:http://www.earvolution.com/2010/02/fridays-earful-rinjo-podcast_26.aspnoreply@blogger.com (Rinjo Njori)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409643.post-3619400811131989189Thu, 25 Feb 2010 10:52:00 +00002010-02-25T05:52:00.438-05:00The KinksBy: David Schultz If The Kinks are going to make their return anytime in the near future, Ray Davies has done his part in keeping their music alive and vital over the last few months. The 65-year-old singer won over a skeptical Metallica at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame concerts this past October and the seminal metal rockers gave "All Day And All Of The Night" and "You Really Got Me" its biggesthttp://www.earvolution.com/2010/02/thursdays-earful-kinks.aspnoreply@blogger.com (schultz)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409643.post-4961369727063313889Wed, 24 Feb 2010 10:52:00 +00002010-02-24T05:52:00.065-05:00Rock Hall of FameGrace Potter and The NocturnalsThe Hold SteadyBy: David Schultz On June 8, Grace Potter & The Nocturnals will release their self-titled third album on Hollywood Records. Their long awaited follow-up to 2007's This Is Somewhere bears the fruits of their collaboration with Mark Batson and moves the T-Bone Burnett album into the realm once occupied by Chinese Democracy and Smile. Grace Potter & The Nocturnals will feature the five piece lineuphttp://www.earvolution.com/2010/02/wednesdays-earful-grace-potter.aspnoreply@blogger.com (schultz)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409643.post-2707672284541832791Tue, 23 Feb 2010 10:51:00 +00002010-02-24T12:43:32.749-05:00U-MeltBy: David Schultz Anyone watching the final season of Lost is already intimately familiar with the topic of the Flash Sideways. After three seasons of flashbacks into the lives of the Oceanic 815 survivors stranded on the island, the storytelling shifted into showing the future and then simply went back in time to 1977. (This is much less confusing then it sounds). In dealing with a possibly http://www.earvolution.com/2010/02/tuesdays-earful-u-melt-bowery-ballroom.aspnoreply@blogger.com (schultz)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409643.post-6657276570051431193Mon, 22 Feb 2010 10:51:00 +00002010-02-22T05:51:00.079-05:00Jeff BeckEric ClaptonBy: David Schultz Linked together for eternity due to their shared Yardbirds history, Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck have played together a shockingly few number of times. Whether it’s as the lead guitarist of The Yardbirds or as the featured guitarist at this October’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame concerts, Beck usually seems to come into the picture when Clapton is out of the shot. This time last yearhttp://www.earvolution.com/2010/02/mondays-earful-eric-clapton-jeff-beck.aspnoreply@blogger.com (schultz)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409643.post-329230150301347865Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:52:00 +00002010-02-19T12:40:58.674-05:00There's a Rocky Horror Picture Show joke here somewhere. Feel free to make it at your leisure. Lipszipped by Rinjonjori on Mixcloudhttp://www.earvolution.com/2010/02/fridays-earful-rinjo-podcast_19.aspnoreply@blogger.com (Rinjo Njori)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409643.post-3060643296527200368Thu, 18 Feb 2010 10:49:00 +00002010-02-18T05:49:00.407-05:00U-MeltTrey AnastasioLicoriceBy: David Schultz At the end of Trey Anastasio’s mammoth first set at Terminal 5 this past Tuesday, the Classic TAB went backstage, leaving the guitarist to accompany himself with an acoustic guitar. What followed were twenty or so minutes of what makes going to live shows meaningful and worthwhile. Starting with “Brian And Robert,” Anastasio played an acoustic set of Phish tunes that included “http://www.earvolution.com/2010/02/thursdays-earful-trey-anastasio.aspnoreply@blogger.com (schultz)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409643.post-492112060845866197Wed, 17 Feb 2010 10:55:00 +00002010-02-17T05:55:00.377-05:00BaronessTorcheBy: David Schultz Rock from the South encompasses more than oversized guitarists with long hair singing songs about the heartland and being tied to the whipping post. It’s also the home of death metal and a region where Black Sabbath and Judas Priest still hold sway over impressionable adolescents. (So I’ve heard. It’s been years since I’ve been in the area). Hailing from Savannah, Georgia, http://www.earvolution.com/2010/02/wednesdays-earful-baroness-torche.aspnoreply@blogger.com (schultz)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409643.post-7027370620504371552Tue, 16 Feb 2010 10:46:00 +00002010-02-16T05:46:00.437-05:00The WalkmenSmall BlackOzzy OsbournePatti SmithBy: David Schultz Small Black, one of the bands that created quite a stir for themselves at last year's CMJ Festival in New York City, has accepted their birthright as a hot, buzzed-about band and signed with Jagjaguwar, a label that knows a thing or two about good music. On April 27, Jagjaguwar will release an remixed, remastered and expanded version of the Small Black EP, adding "King Of http://www.earvolution.com/2010/02/tuesdays-earful-small-black-walkmen.aspnoreply@blogger.com (schultz)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409643.post-1660994991630910296Mon, 15 Feb 2010 14:34:00 +00002010-02-15T09:34:39.581-05:00When you gonna give me some time, Sharona?Ooh my little pretty one, pretty one. Ooh you make my motor run, my motor run. Gun it comin' off the line Sharona Never gonna stop, give it up. Such a dirty mind. Always get it up for the touch of the younger kind. My my my i yi woo. M M M My Sharona Come a little closer huh, ah will ya huh. Close enough to look in my eyes, Sharona. Keeping it a http://www.earvolution.com/2010/02/doug-fieger-1952-2010.aspnoreply@blogger.com (schultz)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409643.post-8212998570186861809Mon, 15 Feb 2010 10:49:00 +00002010-02-15T05:49:00.344-05:00Buddy GuyBB KingBy: David Schultz B.B. King, the legendary blues musician, had every right to be seated upon on a throne at the United Palace. With Lucille resting comfortably astride his now ample girth, a microphone just within reach of his left hand, King soaked in the adulation from a room filled predominantly with people who became enamored with King well into and long after the apex of his 60-plus year http://www.earvolution.com/2010/02/mondays-earful-bb-king-buddy-guy-united.aspnoreply@blogger.com (schultz)0