Death From Above 1979 Reunion..........and oh yeah Coachella Lineup

So every band I'd want to see at Coachella this year, I've already seen live. But it's still a pretty good lineup.

From seeing The Black Keys more times in the last 2 years than I can remember to leaning on the stage for Arcade Fire at The Shrine, it's going to take a lot for me to head to the desert. And then after the initial excitement of seeing the headliners to this, "Death From Above 1979" on Sunday. I actually did a double take. "No this has to be a fake one". No, they are playing. I'm just praying they play a warm-up show in LA/OC before their Coachella appearance.

My Music Picks On 94.9 San Diego Today At Lunch

94.9 in San Diego does a thing every weekday at noon where they play somebody's 3 "desert island" discs. The 3 CD's you'd bring with you on a desert island. They are going to be playing my desert island discs today at noon! You can stream the station here:

http://www.fm949sd.com/stream949/Listen.aspx

http://www.fm949sd.com/features/...discs.aspx

Don't You Wanna Touch It Anyway?

In honor of Soundgarden being back. A giant fuck you to all the bad 80's bands like Warrant and Poison making bad music.

Cornell's voice was untouchable in the early 90's.

"Hiro, our bass player at the time, hated that song. He thought it was obnoxious butt rock, a total rock'n'roll cliche. We tried to explain to him that the song was making fun of butt rock. We were fed up with bands beating about the bush, just using euphemisms and metaphors for the sex act. We thought we'll ditch all the euphemisms and say what all the disco dance bands had been trying to say for a decade. We were simply trying to kick all the lame-ass rock'n'roll and dance music of the '80s and late '70s in the butt. It's a parody of the whole genre of stupid rock." --Kim Thayil

KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas Lineup Announced

Details for both nights can be found on KROQ's site or by clicking on the link below.

http://kroq.radio.com/2010/11/15/21st-annual-kroq-almost-acoustic-christmas-line-up-tickets/

My plan? Buy night 1 tickets, resell them, and use it to finance my trip to night 2. A half hour set by The Black Keys is still a half hour set by The Black Keys.

Late Night TV This Week

Tuesday - Soundgarden - Conan TBS



Saturday - Arcade Fire - Saturday Night Live NBC

Random Update

I've been doing not so hot on the update front lately. So I'm just going to tell you that the new Arcade Fire album is pretty good. Here's a few live performances of the new songs:

Arcade Fire Live at MSG 8/5/2010 - "Ready to Start"



Arcade Fire Live at MSG 8/5/2010 - "We Used To Wait"

The Black Keys On The Late Late Show

Queens of the Stone Age and Eagles of Death Metal to Play Benefit Show At Club Nokia

Queens of the Stone Age and Eagles of Death Metal are going to be playing August 12 at Club Nokia in Los Angeles.

This one off show by QOTSA is a benefit show for Brian O'Connor of EODM.  He was diagnoses with a cancer a few weeks ago and is currently undergoing treatment for the disease.

It is not known who will be in the latest version of QOTSA.  There have been many rumors about Nick Oliveri and Mark Lanegan rejoining the band, but nothing has been confirmed.

You can donate to his cause by hitting this link:  http://www.brianeodm.org/

Eagles of Death Metal - Featuring Brian O'Connor (Live on Letterman)

Nicotine, valium, vicodin, marijuana, ecstacy, and alcohol...

Happy Belated 10th Birthday to one of my favorite albums of all-time. "Rated R" turned 10 this month. It features Mark Lanegan, Rob Halford, Barett Martin from Screaming Trees, Nick Oliveri, and of course Josh Homme.

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This is the album that turned me onto Queens of the Stone Age back in 2001 and I haven't been the same since. I "may" have a slight obessesion with anything Josh Homme touches now.

I've written about this album in the past, so go read my review of the Top 20 Albums of the Decade if you're still interested.

It's worth downloading if you haven't ever heard it.  Whether you steal it or buy it.  Just get it.

The Black Keys - Live on the Interface

The Black Keys played 4 songs and did an interview with AOL to promote their new album.  Check out "Next Girl" here or be a loser forever.  It's really your choice...

http://www.spinner.com/interface/the-black-keys/next-girl

KCRW Streaming The New Delta Spirit Album

"History From Below" comes out next Tuesday but you can preview the new album by clicking on the link below.  I became a huge fan of these guys about 2 years ago after seeing them open for Dr. Dog. If you're a fan of indie rock, you'll probably love them too.  I'm really digging the new album, it's been a long time coming. 

http://www.kcrw.com/media-player/mediaPlayer2.html?type=audio&id=ap100524delta_spirit_history

The Black Keys - "Tighten Up" Live On Letterman 5/25/10

"Don't kid yourself, this kid can whistle"

Interview With Ian MacKaye

Former lead singer of Fugazi doing an interview about straight edge.

Faith No More - Cuckoo For Caca

One of Mike Patton's greatest performances. And he has claimed in numerous interviews that he doesn't do drugs, this video would suggest otherwise.

"Next Girl" - Brand New From The Black Keys

Here's a link to the latest new song released by The Black Keys.  This song and "Tighten Up" were given to people that bought presale tickets for their upcoming show and/or pre-ordered the album. 

This almost sounds over-produced for The Black Keys but of course I still really like it.  A great song about losing a girl you were in love with but realizing you don't ever want anything like that again.

"My next girl will be nothing like my ex-girl.  I made mistakes back then, I'll never do it again". 

http://www.filedropper.com/theblackkeys-nextgirl

Can't wait to see them in May with Pearl Jam!

What Does Music Mean To You?

So a few weeks ago I sent out an e-mail to a very select few of you.  I asked you a simple question;  Using one word only, what does music mean to you?
Some of you thought you were too cool for school and didn't answer and others gave me shit for doing something so lame.  I'm OK with both of those.  But I want to thank all of you that took the time to answer.  I do this thing for fun, but I also want to try and involve my friends too.  Cause chances are I've bonded with many of you over a mutual love of music.  (And I also want to put something up that doesn't involve Pearl Jam, The Black Keys, or something Josh Homme is working on)

As many of you know, music is definitely my #1 passion.  I've lost a lot of sleep, money, time, and other things I can't mention here for my love of music.

I got a pretty wide range of answers from people, but my favorite was "life-saving".  That hit home for me, but on a completely different level than the person that answered it.  Either way, that answer truly moved me.  I'm going to use it for my own.  Although it's an obvious answer, I love that every answer basically said, "it moves me". 

Since I promised everybody they'd remain anonymous, here are the words that were chosen:

Inspiring
Intoxication
Life-saving
Emotion
Life-accompaniment
Inspiration
Escape
Release
Spirit-lifting
Release
Energy
Enhance
Head-bob
Soul-bliss
Personality
Life
Life-affirming

No videos this time, just words.  I'm not good at this.....

Ex Sleater-Kinney Members Announce New Project

Janet Weiss and Carrie Brownstein have announced they will be working together on an unnamed project. Unfortunately that's all the news that's out so far. There are two other members in the band but Carrie doesn't/can't mention either of them in the interview.

You can read the whole article here:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/mar/22/sleater-kinney-form-new-band

Carrie also talks about the band possibly reuniting in the next 5 years or so., which of course would be really, really fucking awesome.

The Black Keys Release New Single - "Tigthen Up"

The song is produced by DangerMouse. I've read a few stories online that say this is the only song he produced on the album.

It sounds a lot like the stuff off of "Attack and Release" in my opinion, but I love that record, so I'm not really going to complain much about that. The guitar to end the song is probably my favorite thing about it. 2:35 is where the magic starts.

There are some great lyrics on this song, including the opening verse; "I wanted love, I needed love, most of all, most of all. Someone said true love was dead, and I'm bound to fall, bound to fall, for you".

You can download the mp3 from a lot of different sources. I'm sharing this one because it's directly off a legit site with no annoying pop-up ads, etc:

http://squeegiesounds.com/files/2010/03/01-Tighten-Up-Prod.-By-Dangermouse.mp3

Or listen to a lower quality version of it on YouTube:


-Josh

Junior Kimbrough and The Black Keys - "Nobody But You"

One of the many reasons I love The Black Keys so much is because of all the great blues acts they turned me onto. But by far my favorite is Junior Kimbrough. This is probably my favorite and I'm including Junior's version and The Black Keys cover from their "Chulahoma" EP. I hope you enjoy both versions.

Junior Kimbrough - "Nobody But You"


The Black Keys - "Nobody But You"

Pearl Jam and The Black Keys Playing Together

Pearl Jam just announced a small number of dates in the Midwest and East Coast. Sadly no dates near Louisville, where I have a lot of family. But in bigger news, The Black Keys are opening for them one of the nights in New York!! I have to be there.

http://www.pearljam.com/news/announcement