Eli Jones: Make It Right

Keeping the soulful funk alive. That's what Chicago band Eli Jones is about. Their debut album Make It Right hits the street on November 8. It's a mellow album honoring the less-is-more concept. Singer Stefanie Berecz is allowed to take center stage, the musicians holding back on most tracks. When they are allowed to pull out all the stops, Eli Jones transforms into a heavy funk monster a la Mother's Finest. Miss Berecz is no Baby Jane Kennedy, but she sure puts up a fight.

Make It Right is an album that deserves to be used for a retro seventies police series.

Eli Jones:
Brendan O'Connell: guitar, backing vocals
Jeremy Schmidt: bass
Tyson Ellert: drums
Stefanie Berecz: lead vocals
Chris Corsale: lead guitar

Make It Right is released on Piece of Coal Music.

» elisoul.com
» myspace.com/elisoul

Neil Young: the New York Times interview

The New York Times has a nice interview with Neil Young. about playing so many rare songs on the current Chrome Dreams II tour:

Some of them went right under the radar. Some of them never came out. I'll be doing a lot of songs that are only on collectors' albums that are not my albums, that are bootlegs. It’s like if you were in a gallery and all the paintings were upside down or piled in a corner, and the ones that you knew, that you'd seen in the magazines, were all really. ... I want to know what's in the corner. Put them on the wall for a while.

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The Breakfast: the complete "Lawn Boy" in Burlington

Phish had a tradition of covering full albums at their Halloween shows. The Breakfast decided to perform the Phish album Lawn Boy in its entirety when they played at the Higher Ground Showcase Lounge, Burlington, VT, October 27.

Lots of other covers including I Will Survive with Mike Gordon on bass.

MP3: The Breakfast - The Squirming Coil

» Grab this show from archive.org
» thebreakfast.org

(Thanks: Triple-B)

The Willowz: Chautaqua

The Willowz are rock band from Anaheim, CA with a vintage sound: rambling guitars, uneven wavering vocals and a back beat that is all over the place at times. A bit like Crazy Horse, their latest album Chautauqua is an exploration of seventies blues rock filled with songs that will sound pretty good performed live in packed small venues.

Chautauqua is released on Dim Mak Records.

The Willowz:
Richie James Follin: vocals, guitar
Aric Chirstopher Bohn: guitar, vocals
Jessica Anne Reynoza: bass guitar, vocals
Loren Shane Humphrey: drums

» thewillowz.com

Honkytonk Homeslice: Dutch tour dates

Honkytonk Homeslice are an American mother nature loving folk trio consisting of Billy Nershi (formely of the String Cheese Incident), his wife Jilian, and Scott Law. And they are so proud that can play at the Cannabis Cup in Amsterdam. Like, far out. They are joined on these dates by Jason Hann & Tyler Grant on drums and bass.

• 11/18 The PowerZone, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  Opening Ceremonies, 20th Annual Cannabis Cup
• 11/19 The Melkweg, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  Apothecary Travel & Greenhouse Party
• 11/21 Societeit Transvaria, The Hague, The Netherlands
• 11/22 The PowerZone, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  Awards Show, 20th Annual Cannabis Cup

» honkytonkhomeslice.com

(Thanks: Triple-B)

Guitar > Cocaine > Customs

Have coke, will travel ... A guy gets busted at the Fiumicino airport in Rome. Another guy gets busted in New York. Carrying coke in a guitar seems to be all the rage lately.

The customs official noticed white powder leaking out of the guitar which tested positive for cocaine. Cocaine in solution was also found in the thermos flasks - a total of €2.5m worth.

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» republlica.it
» nytimes.com

The Encyclopaedia Metallica

The Encyclopaedia Metallica, a book about the bad boys of metal.

Chrome Dreams has set a November 1 release date for "The Encyclopaedia Metallica", a 300-page paperback written by Jerry Ewing and Malcolm Dome, Compiled from exclusive interviews with the band, "this definitive rock reference chronicles all the facts surrounding one of the biggest metal bands to ever take the stage: Metallica," according to a book description. "Containing numerous confessions that have never before been published, this A-to-Z listing of all the major subjects close to headbangers' hearts includes songs, albums, gigs, personnel, significant places, and many more."

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Gov't Mule 2006 live torrents: 2007/10/27 Covington

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Gov't Mule
2007/10/27
Madison Theater
Covington, KY, USA

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Words about music (169): Neil Young

Back then people closed their eyes and listened to music. Today there's a lot of images that go with the music. A lot of music is crap and it's all commercial and the images are all trying to sell the record.

Neil Young

A Thousand Suns: Destroy Create

A Thousand Suns are a Cardiff band playing in the Welsh tradition of the Manic Street Preachers peppered with Siouxsie & Banshees guitar vignets in their Nocturne period.

If you like heavy, reverb driven rock, check 'em out. Their debut EP Destroy Create will be released in December.

Tracks:

1. March Of The Pigs
2. Weapons
3. All I Wanted
4. The Despair
5. Closure

» athousandsuns.net
» myspace.com/athousandsunsmusic

Gov't Mule 2007 live torrents: 2007/10/05 Wallingford

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Gov't Mule
2007/10/05
Chevrolet Theater
Wallingford, CT, USA

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Cover Me: Dead Flowers

The Record Low takes on Dead Flowers, the Rolling Stones classic written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. Recorded live at a Hear Ya session in Chicago, April 2007.

MP3: The Record Low - Dead Flowers

» therecordlow.com
» myspace.com/therecordlow
» hearya.com

Ryan Montbleau Band: Patience On Friday

The Ryan Montbleau Band is a band that focuses on the vocals. Their new album Patience On Friday is a dark one, a tribute for the band’s good friend and backup drummer Denis Babin who died in 2006. One song - How Many Times? - is split into four parts and serves as the glue between the other songs. They got Karl Berger (of Jeff Buckley's Grace fame) to arrange the strings and a ton of guests to play horns.

Inviting a lot of outsiders can muddy your original sound, but the Ryan Montbleau Band did not fell into that trap. The production of Patience On Friday is crystal clear, with the guests riding shotgun to the core members in the driving seat. It is a serious record, with some lighter moments, like a song about how you want your Eggs in the morning.

Buy Patience On Friday from the band's website.

Tracks:

1. How Many Times? (parts I and II)
2. Draw The Line
3. 75 And Sunny
4. Love And Love Lost
5. Maybe Today
6. Eggs
7. Waiting
8. How Many Times? (part III)
9. This
10. Grain Of Sand
11. Gone
12. If It Comes Around
13. How Many Times? (part IV)
14. Shine On

Tour dates:

• 10/27 Boston, MA, Paradise Rock Club *
• 10/28 Boston, MA, Paradise Rock Club *
• 11/01 Canton, NY, Java Barn
• 11/02 Plains, PA, River Street Jazz Cafe
• 11/03 Syracuse, NY, Mezzanotte Lounge

* Ryan Montbleau is a big Boston Red Sox fan and he has arranged that you can watch the game while they play.

» ryanmontbleauband.com

Luke Temple, Chuck Prophet: tour dates

Luke Temple continues to tour behind the release of his Snowbeast album. He has teamed up with Chuck Prophet:

• 10/25 Madison, WI, High Noon Saloon*
• 10/26 St. Paul, MN, Turf Club*
• 10/27 Chicago, IL, Schuba’s*
• 10/28 Lafayette, IN, Lafayette Brewing Company*
• 10/30 Cleveland, OH, Beachland Ballroom & Tavern*
• 11/01 Lexington, KY, The Dame
• 11/02 Newport, KY, Southgate House*
• 11/04 Charleston, WV, Mountain Stage Radio
• 11/05 Pittsburgh, PA, Club Café*
• 11/07 Northampton, MA, Iron Horse*
• 11/09 Philadelphia, PA, Tin Angel*
• 11/10 Arlington, VA IOTA, Club & Café*
• 11/11 Annapolis, MD, Ram’s Head*
• 11/15 Boston, MA, Boston University
• 01/17 New York, NY, Joe’s Pub

* w/ Chuck Prophet

» luketemplemusic.com
» chuckprophet.com

HCTF review of Snowbeast.

Gov't Mule 2007 live torrents: 2007/10/25 Indianapolis

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Gov't Mule
2007/10/25
The Vogue
Indianapolis, IN, USA

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Modern Guitars Magazine caught up with Robby Krieger. He has some sound advice for aspiring guitarists:

I would say, go back. Go back further than Van Halen 'cause there is a lot of cool stuff to be learned from the guys in the '60s and '50’s and before that even. A lot of the old blues guys... there is some great stuff that you’re missing, you know, if you don’t go back that far.

And yes, there's some Doors/Jim Morrison stuff in the interview as well.

MP3: Particle with Robby Krieger - L.A. Woman
(live at Joshua Tree Music Festival, May 20, 2006)

» modernguitars.com

Fixkes: Fixkes

Fixkes is an acoustic, down-tempo band from Stabroek, Belgium. They sing in their own Antwerp dialect, writing songs about being 30-something and nowhere to go. The vocals sound like the singer is sitting next to you, delivering his stories in a stage whisper. If you can't understand Flemish, focus on the flow of the words and the great rhythms they come up with.

Fixkes:
Sam Valkenborgh: vocals guitar
Peter Deckers: guitar, harp
Johan Pauwels: bass
Jan Valkenborgh: drums
Bart Palmers: piano
Joris Van den Broeck: percussion

Their self-titled debut album Fixkes is released on Excelsior Recordings, a Dutch label run by people with great taste. Release date: October 29.

Tour dates:

• 10/31 De Mol, Lier
• 11/02 Het Bolwerk*, Vilvoorde
• 11/03 De Warande*, Turnhout
• 11/09 Muziekodroom*, Hasselt
• 11/18 Magdalenazaal#, Brugge
• 11/22 Het Depot*, Leuven
• 11/29 Handelsbeurs*, Gent
• 12/01 Ter Dilft*, Bornem
• 12/15 De Posthoorn*, Hamont-Achel
• 12/16 Ancienne Belgique*, Brussel
• 12/20 Mezz, Breda
• 12/21 CC Lokeren*, Lokeren
• 12/22 De Roma*, Antwerpen

* w/ Fait d’Anvers
# w/ Gesman

MP3: Fixkes - Pistoleke

» fixkes.be
» myspace.com/stabroek

The Donnas: European tour dates

Garage rockers The Donnas will be touring Europe promoting their new album Bitchin'.

Tour dates:

• 11/01 Manchester, UK, Academy 3
• 11/02 Glasgow, UK, Cathouse
• 11/04 Nottingham, UK, Rock City
• 11/05 London, UK, ULU
• 11/07 Paris, France, La Maroquinerie
• 11/09 Antwerp, Belgium, Petrol Club
• 11/10 Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Melkweg
• 11/11 Groningen, The Netherlands, Vera
• 11/12 Copenhagen, Denmark, Stengade
• 11/14 Stockholm, Sweden, Debaser
• 11/15 Gothenburg, Sweden, Sticky Fingers
• 11/16 Oslo, Norway, Rockefeller
• 11/18 Malmo, Sweden, KB
• 11/20 Hamburg, Germany, Grunspan
• 11/21 Berlin, Germany, Lido
• 11/23 Munich, Germany, 59-1
• 11/24 Cologne, Germany, Underground
• 11/26 Wurzburg, Germany, Soundpark Ost
• 11/27 Saarbrucken, Germany, The Garage

» thedonnas.com
» myspace.com/thedonnas

HCTF review of Bitchin'.

Toupé: Chat!

Fucking awesome doesn't mean that much these days. Everything is fucking awesome. So to call an album fucking awesome is no good. You have to call it über mega freaking mind blowing totally fucking awesome to make a point.

Let's just assume you are smart enough to be familiar with Frank Zappa, Primus, Mother's Finest and some basic atheism. Got that? So then you like funky music with weird lyrics that actually mean something. In that case get of your arse and order Chat! by UK trio Toupé. And turn it up all the way to eleven. Toupé create a tight mix of jazz, funk, punk, ska, spoken word, and discusses the thermodynamics of hell, economics and a girl who start talking about Jesus at a really awkward moment. O, and they are funny as hell.

When the sun is shining, the atheist wakes
"I wanna be in a rock and roll band"
And God tried to understand.

Toupé:
Grant Sharkey: 6 string bass/BEGC 4 string bass, vocals
Karl Evans: 4 string bass, vocals
Jay Havelock: drums, some vocals

Tracks:

1. The Thermodynamics of Hell
2. 3 Boiz
3. Big Ones (a true story)
4. We Need A Bag
5. UA6885
6. Haircutz
7. The Karlsmos
8. The Science of Stuff
9. Yo Mamma
10. Villains
11. White Russians
12. You Fell Over
13. Terms and Conditions
14. Join the BNP
15. The International Anthem
16. Uraniborg
17. Yo Mamma (reprise)

» toupe.co.uk
» myspace.com/toupe

John Cale: Sound Opinions podcast

John Cale discusses creating music on Sound Opinions, a Chicago Public Radio broadcast.

Featured tracks:

• Perfect
• Hush
• Been There Done That
• Gun
• Set Me Free (1996. live in studio)
• Gravel Drive (2005, live in studio)
• Style It Takes

» soundopinions.org
» download the podcast (stream)

New Monsoon: V

Rock jam band New Monsoon are back in the self-released business. Their firth studio album V is made by yet another different line-up, consisting of - you guessed it - five players. The San Franciscan outfit has been working the live circuit with hundreds of shows, slowly expanding their fanbase.

V sounds more commercial than its predecessor The Sound. They are still a West Coast band, but they are drifting Southern Rock. Song For Marie is an instrumental following the blueprints of Jessica, the Allman Brothers classic. Copper Mine could have been a song by The Band. Things get more interesting if they break out of the mold in songs like Neon Block (with a reggae back beat), The Other Side (funk) and the instrumental Romp with a bouncy banjo that will get live audience on their feet for sure.

New Monsoon:
Bo Carper: acoustic guitar, banjo, dobro, vocals
Jeff Miller: electric guitar, vocals
Ron Johnson: bass
Phil Ferlino: piano, organ, keyboards, vocals
Marty Ylitalo: drums

Buy V from iTunes or CDBaby

Tracks:

1. Greenhouse
2. Song for Marie
3. Copper Mine
4. Neon Black
5. Water Vein
6. The Other Side
7. Romp
8. Alaska
9. Rattlesnake Ride
10. White Sky Rain

Tour dates:

• 10/25 Magnolia Festival, Live Oak, FL
• 10/26 Magnolia Festival, Live Oak, FL
• 10/27 Las Tortugas Festival @ Yosemite, Evergreen Lodge, CA (w/ TLG, ALO, BTS and more)
• 10/28 Las Tortugas Festival @ Yosemite, Evergreen Lodge, CA (w/ TLG, ALO, BTS and more)
• 11/02 WOW Hall, Eugene, OR All ages
• 11/03 Doug Fir Lounge, Portland, OR
• 11/05 Crytal Bay Casino, Crystal Bay, NV
• 11/16 Belly Up, Solana Beach, CA
• 11/17 The Mint, Los Angeles, CA
• 12/07 19 Broadway, Fairfax, CA
• 12/08 19 Broadway, Fairfax, CA
• 12/28 Ogden Theater, Denver, CO (opening for Leftover Salmon)
• 12/30 Club 115, Austin, TX
• 12/31 Club 115, Austin, TX
• 01/14 Jamcruise to Honduras and Mexico (thru 01/09), Fort Lauderdale, FL
• 01/12 Ski Jam, Steamboat Springs, CO

» newmonsoon.com

The Pendletons: USA tour dates

The Pendletons continue to tour behind their Oh, Me! album. The follow-up should be released this winter.

Live dates:

• 10/24 New York, NY, Arlene’s Grocery
• 11/01 Atlanta, GA, Lenny’s
• 11/08 Athens, GA, Caledonia Lounge
• 11/28 Atlanta, GA, The Earl

» myspace.com/pendletons

HCTF review of Oh, Me!

Cover Me: Helpless

Jesse Malin takes on Helpless, the Neil Young classic. Recorded live at the Fruitmarket, Glasgow, UK - october 20, 2007.

This was the first night of Jesse Malin's support tour with Ian Hunter; apart from some talking during the quiet songs, the audience was appreciative of his music. During "Helpless" he came down from the stage, sat in the middle of the audience, and invited everyone to sit in a circle around him. This went down very well :-) He did sound incredibly like Neil Young.

MP3: Jesse Malin - Helpless

» jessemalin.com

The Who: View From A Backstage Pass

On November 5 The Who releases a new live 2CD. Entitled View From A Backstage Pass it contains previously unheard live recordings from some of The Who's best gigs, recorded 1969-1976. Only for sale at the band's website.

» thewho.com

Patti Smith: taking a dive in London

Patti Smith hurt herself a bit at London's Shepherd's Bush Empire yesterday.

Smith, 60, was in the capital performing one of her Rock N Rimbaud gigs, dedicated to the poet Arthur Rimbaud, when, during a fiery encore of 'Rock N Roll Nigger', she tripped on a speaker and fell flat on her face, cutting her elbow.

Suzanne Vega: Paradiso 2007/10/22 webcast

Suzanne Vega plays the Paradiso in Amsterdam. No ticket? Watch the webcast on fabchannel.com.

Suzanne Vega
Webcast 2007/10/22
Starts: 20:30 local time (GMT +1) (NY: 02:30; Tokyo: 04:30)

» fabchannel.com/suzanne_vega
» suzannevega.com
» en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzanne_Vega

» suzannevega.com

HCTF review of Beauty & Crime.

Gov't Mule 2007 live torrents: 2007/10/21 Birmingham

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Gov't Mule
2007/10/21
Alabama Theater
Birmingham, AL, USA

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Hard Rock Park

A Hard Rock theme park? Want to take a nauseating ride in a roller coaster called Led Zeppelin? You can. There really is one in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

» hardrockpark.com

Gov't Mule 2007 live torrents: 2007/10/20 Durham

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Gov't Mule
2007/10/20
Joe College Day at Duke University
Outside on the Main Quad
Durham, NC USA

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Words about music (168): Morrissey

You have to, at least from a distance, look as if you know what you're doing, and I can manage that.

Morrissey

Cover Me: Jet Airliner

Grace Potter & The Nocturnals take on Jet Airliner, the Steve Miller classic written by Paul Pena, with special guest Warren Haynes on guitar. Recorded live at Toad's Place, Richmond, VA, USA - October 14, 2007. Download the full show at bt.etree.org.

MP3: Grace Potter & The Nocturnals (w/ Warren Haynes) - Jet Airliner

» gracepotter.com
» stevemillerband.com
» paulpena.com

Lou Reed/Zeitkratzer: Metal Machine Music

Not many people who own Metal Machine Music listen to it. Or if they do, it's been years ago. It was the great fuck you record that Lou Reed came up with, four sides of noise and feedback with completely fake credits on the back sleeve. Today it is heralded as a forerunner of the things that Sonic Youth came up with, with a horde of feedback freaks on their tail. Lou Reed was really stoned back then, messing about with guitars, amps and tape recorders. The record company pulled the original double LP after it had been for sale for only three weeks.

Fast forward to 2002. German avant-garde music Zeitkratzer have gone to the trouble of transcribing the whole thing. They do a short tour performing the whole thing (in near empty halls, most of the time), but they convince Lou Reed that his piece can be heard in a live setting. He joins the band on stage at a concert at the Berlin Opera House, march 17, 2002. Before the show Reed is interviewed on stage, at ease, and joking about the hazards of you playing live. Do they fuck up? No, they don't and you can hear it on the live album and watch the whole thing on the accompanying DVD. MMM starts swinging around the 45 minute mark, it is rock 'n' roll in a demented kind of way.

Whatabout Music: free MP3s

Whatabout Music is an indie record label based in Barcelona, New York and Los Angeles. Founded by producer Dave Bianchi they offer a home for artists from all over the planet.

They are offering nine free MPs right now and there are a few gems among them. Check out Melou, Amanda Jayne and Dave Bianchi him self. All tracks were recorded in Barcelona, a city that has inspired many artists (and football players).

» whatabout-music.com
» myspace.com/whataboutmusiclabel

"Awesome": Beehive Sessions

Seattle septet "Awesome" makes the kind of music that Ray Davies came up with in the mid-seventies. Their second album Beehive Sessions is filled to the brim with musical ideas, with lots of brass, strings and ... wait for it ... a theremin (for the youngsters, that's an instrument played with your hands without actually touching - that's right, like that WII thingy but sounding a lot better). Add some falsetto Yes' inspired vocals and you end up with a modern day arty progrock pseudo concept album. DYI does not equal punk, you know.

The Beehive Sessions should take "Awesome" to the next level, playing in Europe before open-minded audiences on the club circuit.

Buy the Beehive Sessions from the band's website.

"Awesome":
John Ackermann: vocals, keyboards, mandolin, more ...
Kirk Anderson: vocals, drums, typewriter
Basil Harris: vocals, bass
Evan Mosher: vocals, trumpet
David Nixon: vocals, banjo
John Osebold: vocals, guitar, theremin, violin
Robertson Witmer: vocals, accordion, sax, clarinet

MP3: "Awesome" - Telephone
MP3: "Awesome" - Beehive

» awesometheband.com
» myspace.com/awesometheband

Gov't Mule 2006 live torrents: 2007/10/17 Winston-Salem

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Gov't Mule
2007/10/17
Millennium Center
Winston-Salem, NC, USA

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The Pendletons: Oh, Me!

What is it with Athens, Georgia? Is there something in the water that breeds indie rock bands? The Pendletons are yet another example of four University students starting a band. They have come up with enough songs to release a full length called Oh, Me!, an album that sings and swings like the night is never going to end.

The Pendletons:
Ben DuPriest: drums
Matt Giordano: bass
Colin Moorhead: guitar
Adam Saunders: vocals

Oh, Me! is distributed via indieoutlaw.com.

Tour dates:

• 10/19 CMJ - The Annex, New York, NY
• 10/22 Cake Shop (w/ Casper & The Cookies), New York, NY
• 10/24 Arlenes Grocery New York, NY
• 11/01 Lennys (w/ Death on Two Wheels), Atlanta, GA
• 11/08 Caledonia, Athens, GA
• 11/28 EARL -- benefit show, Atlanta, GA

» myspace.com/pendletons

Phish in Europe torrents: 1997/07/02 Amsterdam

Phish
1997/07/02
Paradiso
Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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Widespread Panic: "Up All Night" free download

Hey you! Dirty hippie! Want some free music? How about the new Widespread Panic single Up all Night? DRM free. 320 kbit.

As fans await details on the new Widespread Panic studio album, the band has announced that it will release an early track to radio titled "Up All Night". The band’s intention is to offer the track free for download on all music sites permitting, with no strings attached. The song will be available to download free of charge starting October 15th www.widespreadpanic.com. The single will offer a sneak preview of Panic’s 10th studio album slated for full release in Spring 2008 on Widespread Records.

MP3: Widespread Panic - Up all Night

» widespreadpanic.com

Morning State: CMJ dates

Indie rockers Morning State, an Athens band that moved to Atlanta, are gearing up for four shows at CMJ in New York.

• 10/18 New York, NY, The Delancey @ 3:15 PM
• 10/18 New York, NY, Orchard Bar @ 9:15 PM
• 10/19 New York, NY, The Annex @ 5:00 PM
• 10/20 Brooklyn, NY, Galapagos Art Space @ 12:15 AM
• 10/22 Atlanta, GA, Vinyl (w/ Division Day)
• 11/08 Athens, GA Caledonia Lounge
• 11/10 Columbus, GA, Rhino’s
• 11/28 Atlanta, GA, Benefit @ The Earl

» morningstate.com
» myspace.com/morningstate
» cmj.com

Led Zeppelin: digital downloads online on November 13th

Led Zeppelin has joined the age of digital downloads:

Led Zeppelin will make their entire catalogue available online on November 13th. All online retailers will be offering both the band's albums as well as separate, individual tracks for digital download.
Jimmy Page said in a statement that, "The addition of the digital option will better enable fans to obtain our music in whichever manner that they prefer."
The albums being made available are: Led Zeppelin (1969), Led Zeppelin II (1969), Led Zeppelin III (1970), Untitled fourth album (1971), Houses Of The Holy (1973), Physical Graffiti (1975), Presence (1976), The Song Remains The Same (1976), In Through The Out Door (1979), Coda (1982), and the archival live album How The West Was Won (2003).

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Semi Precious Weapons: We Love You

Glam rock. Guys dressing up and churning out hard hitting poppy tunes filled with sexual innuendo. It died about 30 years ago. Or did it? Bands are still following the footstep of Marc Bolan, the Sweet and David Bowie. NYC band Semi Precious Weapons has been banging out glam rock for a couple of years now and their first full length album We Love You, with Tony Visconti acting as executive producer will be released this month.

Every glam band needs an extravagant frontman and Justin Tranter is a guy who just loves the limelight. He has the classic seventies voice, with some fancy stutters thrown in. He also designs jewelry, a very glamorous things to do.

Semi Precious Weapons:
Aaron Lee Tasjan: guitar, backing vocals
Dean Crean: drums
Cole Whittle: bass
Justin Tranter: vocals

We Love You is released on Precious Records. Release date: October 30.

» semipreciousweapons.com
» myspace.com/semipreciousweapons

Gov't Mule 2007 live torrents: 2007/10/14 Richmond

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Gov't Mule
2007/10/14
Toad's Place
Richmond, VA, USA

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