Swedish troubadour with an astonishingly soulful voice.
Recommended song: Maple Leaves.
You news, you lose
More songs that sound nothing like the originals.
Cat Power is working on a sequel to her 2000 Covers Record which is due out on Matador in January.
Writing on her MySpace page last week Chan Marshall revealed that the album will be mixed this week with Stuart Sikes in Dallas and that she has "24 covers to choose from. With so many covers, tryin' to decide if I should release COVERS RECORD 2 VOL. 2 ???"
The album has been in production since late last year and if it's half as special as the last one then it should be really good. If it sounds like she and her band did when I saw them a few months back it could be a giant mess with too much organ.
"Hello, I'm Johnny Cash … These people aren't."
Pencil in September 18th for a trip to your local DVD emporium because The best of the Johnny Cash TV show looks like it'll be a pretty essential purchase.
Collecting 64 performances from the 58 episodes of the show which ran from1969-71 and hosted by Kris Kristofferson the DVD features performances from Bob Dylan, Stevie Wonder, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Ray Charles, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Louis Armstrong, Loretta Lynn, Neil Diamond, Jerry Lee Lewis, George Jones, Derek and the Dominoes, Roy Orbison, the Carter Family (inluding June Carter Cash) and Johnny Cash himself.
Also included is interview material with John Carter Cash, Tennessee Three bassist Marshall Grant, Hank Williams, Jr., musical arranger Bill Walker, and hairstylist Penny Lane. (Hairstylist? Really? Penny Lane? Really?). The performances will also be available as a CD released on the same day.
01 Johnny Cash: "Ring of Fire"
02 Bob Dylan: "I Threw It All Away"
03 Johnny Cash and Bob Dylan: "Girl From the North Country"
04 Kris Kristofferson: "Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)"
05 Louis Armstrong and Johnny Cash: "Blue Yodel #9"
06 Stevie Wonder: "Heaven Help Us All"
07 Creedence Clearwater Revival: "Bad Moon Rising"
08 Linda Ronstadt and Johnny Cash: "I Will Never Marry"
09 George Jones and Johnny Cash: "White Lightning"
10 George Jones: "Medley: She Thinks I Still Care / The Love Bug / The Race Is On"
11 Johnny Cash: "Hey Porter"
12 Waylon Jennings: "Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line"
13 Waylon Jennings and Johnny Cash: "The Singing Star's Queen"
14 Waylon Jennings: "Brown Eyed Handsome Man"
15 Tammy Wynette: "Stand by Your Man"
16 Marty Robbins: "Medley: Big Iron / Running Gun / El Paso"
17 Johnny Cash: "Ride This Train"
18 Johnny Cash: "As Long as the Grass Shall Grow"
19 Johnny Cash: "Man in Black"
20 James Taylor: "Sweet Baby James"
21 Pete Seeger: "Cripple Creek"
22 Pete Seeger and Johnny Cash: "Worried Man Blues"
23 Johnny Cash: "Sunday Morning Coming Down"
24 Johnny Cash: "Old Time Religion"
25 Johnny Cash: "A Wonderful Time Up There"
26 Johnny Cash, the Carter Family, the Statler Brothers, Carl Perkins, and the Tennessee Three: "Daddy Sang Bass"
27 Mother Maybelle and the Carter Sisters: "Wildwood Flower"
28 Neil Young: "The Needle and the Damage Done"
29 Johnny Cash: "Tennessee Flat Top Box"
30 Joni Mitchell and Johnny Cash: "Long Black Veil"
31 Johnny Cash: "Big River"
32 Johnny Cash: "I Walk the Line"
33 June Carter Cash: "A Good Man"
34 Derek and the Dominoes: "It's Too Late"
35 Derek and the Dominoes With Johnny Cash and Carl Perkins: "Matchbox"
36 Charley Pride: "Able Bodied Man"
37 Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys: "Blue Moon of Kentucky"
38 Loretta Lynn: "I Know How"
39 Jerry Lee Lewis: "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On"
40 Johnny Cash: "Ride This Train (America the Beautiful, This Land Is Your Land)"
41 The Everly Brothers With Ike Everly and Johnny Cash: "Silver Haired Daddy of Mine"
42 Ray Charles: "Ring of Fire"
43 Johnny Cash: "A Boy Named Sue"
44 Conway Twitty: "Hello Darlin'"
45 Mother Maybelle Carter: "Black Mountain Rag"
46 Neil Diamond: "Cracklin' Rosie"
47 Ray Price: "For the Good Times"
48 Roy Orbison: "Crying"
49 Roy Orbison and Johnny Cash: "Oh, Pretty Woman"
50 Johnny Cash: "Wanted Man"
51 Chet Atkins: "Medley: Country Gentleman / Mister Sandman / Wildwood Flower / Freight Train"
52 June Carter Cash With Homer and Jethro: "Baby It's Cold Outside"
53 Merle Haggard: "No Hard Time Blues"
54 Merle Haggard and Johnny Cash: "Sing Me Back Home"
55 Carl Perkins: "Blue Suede Shoes"
56 Johnny Cash, the Carter Family and Carl Perkins: "The Old Account Was Settled Long Ago"
57 The Statler Brothers: "Flowers on the Wall"
58 Roy Clark: "Medley: In the Summertime / 12th Street Rag"
59 Johnny Cash: "Working Man Blues"
60 Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash: "Jackson"
61 Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash: "Turn Around"
62 Johnny Cash: "I Love You Because"
63 Hank Williams, Jr.: "Medley: You Win Again / Cold Cold Heart / I Can't Help It If I'm Still in Love With You / Half As Much"
64 Johnny Cash: "Folsom Prison Blues"
Now That's What I Call … actually it's quite good.
Remember the This is next series that I reported on aaaagggggggeeeeesss ago?
No?
Well basically it's a compilation of indie music to be curated by a rotating collection of indie(ish) labels to offer an introduction to the realm of indie. The first edition is being curated by Vice Records and will hit shops on August 21st.
Tracklisting:
01 Bloc Party - "The Prayer"
02 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Cheated Hearts"
03 Sonic Youth - "Do You Believe in Rapture?"
04 The Shins - "Phantom Limb"
05 Spoon - "The Underdog"
06 Bright Eyes - "Four Winds"
07 Cat Power - "Lived in Bars"
08 Neko Case - "Hold On, Hold On"
09 Of Montreal - "Heimdalsgate Like a Promethean Curse"
10 Deerhoof - "The Perfect Me"
11 The Hold Steady - "Chips Ahoy!"
12 Cold War Kids - "Hang Me Up to Dry"
13 Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - "Colleen"
14 M. Ward - "Chinese Translation"
15 Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - "Satan Said Dance"
For the most part it's a pretty O.C. indie mixtape and the most out there thing on it is the Deerhoof (who I insist should be experienced live rather than on record) track but there's some good stuff there and anything that gives more exposure to Ted Leo is a good thing. I really hate the Clap Your Hands Say Yeah song though.
Wanker.
The guardian ran a piece on the new wave of shoegaze a couple of weeks ago and in it Alan McGee was interviewed about the original shoegaze band's because as the head of Creation he put out lots of it. In it he said it was "Bloody nonsense. My Bloody Valentine were my comedy band. Ride were different - they were a rock band, really, a fantastic rock band - but My Bloody Valentine were a joke, my way of seeing how far I could push hype."
Douchbag.
Anyway, it's an interesting enough piece and worth reading. Asobu Seksu still don't do much for me.
The return of the Doherty watch.
Ex-libertine/current Babyshambles singer Pete Doherty is due in court today for sentencing for his latest drugs charge.
Doherty pleaded guilty to possession of class A drugs on July 3rd after he was stopped by police in London on May 5th. It's the latest in a long line of busts for Doherty who in the past has pled guilty to possession of crack, heroin, cannabis and ketamine and also has 2 driving offences on his record. Additionally he faces further charges of failing to appear in court without reasonable excuse after he was late for the initial hearing.
Since that hearing Doherty has gone back into rehab in Yorkshire as per the courts instruction.
A couple of years ago when I started writing this column I used to really lay into Doherty on a regular basis, mainly because I thought he was marginally talented and only received publicity due to his lifestyle. I still think that but he's not thrust into my face by the NME as regularly so I don't find him as annoying these days.
Pay me my money you fucker.
Ex Marilyn Manson keyboardist Stephen Bier (a.k.a. Madonna Wayne Gacy) is suing his former boss for over $10,000,000.
Bier claims that he was promised a share of he band's earnings rather than merely being an employee and is entitled to money that Manson instead spent on a house, drug treatment and collecting Nazi paraphernalia. However Manson has said that the claims are "really ridiculous," adding, "It just seems like another ex-band member suing me and trying to assassinate my personality as a means to financial gain."
The suit claims that Bier was told that the band was not making much money despite Manson spending £980,000 on a house as well as "African masks made of human skin, the full skeleton of a four-year-old Chinese girl and the full skeleton of a 17th Century male in a wheelchair," and coat hangers used by Adolf Hitler.
During that time, Biers claimed, Manson as well as the band's lawyers and business managers cut off his salary and band credit cards and also refused to pay his medical expenses for work related problems.
The suit states, "Because of Manson and others' fraudulent conduct, Bier has spent almost two decades for working for one of the world's most popular rock bands that has made millions of dollars in profit and now has almost nothing to show for it."
However Manson told the BBC "The fact that he's claming that I've treated him unfairly financially is really ridiculous. And I would never spend my money on a Chinese girl skeleton. That would be crossing the line."
"It's a Chinese boy, for the record."
It's quite a slow news week.
The YouTube video of the week
If you can you should go to these gigs.
!!!
08-09 Lausanne, Switzerland - Pully For Noise Festival
08-11 Leicester, England - Summer Sundae
08-13 Budapest, Hungary - Sziget Festival
08-14 Warsaw, Poland - Hard Cafe
08-16 Salzburg, Germany - Frequency Festival
08-18 Helsinki, Finland - Flow Festival
08-21 Groningen, Netherlands - Noorderzan
08-23 Utrecht, Netherlands - Tivoli
08-24 Gent, Belgium - Gent Festival
08-25 Reading, England - Reading Festival
08-26 Leeds, England - Leeds Festival
08-28 Zagreb, Croatia - In Music Fest
08-30 Moscow, Russia - Club B2
09-01 Stradbally, Ireland - Electric Picnic Festival
09-26 Los Angeles, CA - Avalon *
09-27 San Diego, CA - Cane's *
09-28 Phoenix, AZ - Brick House *
09-29 Tucson, AZ - Rialto Theatre *
10-01 Dallas, TX - The Loft *
10-02 Austin, TX - La Zona Rosa *
10-03 Little Rock, AR - Revolution Music Room *
10-04 Birmingham, AL - BottleTree *
10-06 Athens, GA - 40 Watt *
10-07 Mt. Pleasant, SC - Village Tavern *
10-08 Baltimore, MD - Otto Bar *
10-10 Philadelphia, PA - The Fillmore at the TLA *
10-11 New York, NY - Webster Hall *
10-12 Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club *
10-13 Montreal, Quebec - Le Studio
10-15 Toronto, Ontario - Opera House
10-20 Reykjavik, Iceland - Iceland Airwaves Festival
10-23 Oslo, Norway - Rockefeller
10-24 Copenhagen, Denmark - Vega
10-25 Hamburg, Germany - Knust
10-26 Cologne, Gremany - Gebaude 9
10-27 Lausanne, Switzerland - Docks
10-29 Milan, Italy - Transilvania
10-30 Ravenna, Italy - Bronson
10-31 Zurich, Switzerland - Abart
11-01 Meylan, France - MJC
11-02 Barcelona, Spain - Razz Club
11-03 Bilbao, Spain - Fever Club
11-05 Strasbourg, France - Laiterie
11-07 London, England - Koko
* with the Field
Jens Lekman
08-13 Gothenburg, Sweden - Cafe Publik *
08-14 Varberg, Sweden - Majas *
08-17 Stockholm, Sweden - Tradgarden * (DJ set)
08-18 Arhus, Denmark - Pop Revo 07
08-20 Stockholm, Sweden - Stockholmsterassen !
08-24 Reykjavik, Iceland - Reyfi Festival
09-14 Bergen, Norway - Phonofestivalen
09-15 Olso, Norway - John Dee
09-16 Salisbury, England - End of the Road Festival
10-23 Bloomington, IN - Jake's
10-25 Washington, DC - Black Cat
10-26 Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church
10-27 New York, NY - Webster Hall
10-29 Boston, MA - Paradise
11-01 Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom
11-02 Chicago, IL - Logan Square Auditorium
11-03 Minneapolis, MN - Triple Rock Social Club
11-06 Seattle, WA - Nectar
11-07 Portland, OR - Someday Lounge
11-09 San Francisco, CA - Bimbo's 365 Club
11-10 West Hollywood, CA - Troubadour
* with Guy Blackman
! with Joel Gibb, Victoria Bergsman, Verity Sussman
Grizzly Bear
08-26 New York, NY - Beacon Theatre (826NYC benefit) *$
08-29 Brooklyn, NY - McCarren Park Pool *!
09-06 Seattle, WA - Neumos #
09-07 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge (Musicfest NW) ^
09-18 Northampton, MA - Pearl Street
09-19 Buffalo, NY - Tralf Music Hall
09-20 Toronto, Ontario - The Mod Club
09-21 London, Ontario - Lola Festival
09-22 Ottawa, Ontario - Christ Church Cathedral
09-23 Burlington, VT - Higher Ground
10-05 Montreal, Quebec - Pop Montreal
10-08 Grand Rapids, MI - Ladies Literary Club
10-09 Milwaukee, WI - Pabst Theater
10-10 Chicago, IL - Park West
10-11 Columbus, OH - Wexner Center at Ohio State
10-12 Pittsburgh, PA - Andy Warhol Museum
10-13 Baltimore, MD - 2640 Space at St. John's Church
10-14 Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church Sanctuary
* with Feist
$ with Carl Newman, Jim James
! with Kevin Drew
# with Deerhunter
^ with Eric Bachmann, AU, Tiny Vipers
Fujiya & Miyagi
08-11 Gloucestershire, England - Bloom Festival
08-12 Leicester, England - Summer Sundae
08-16 St. Malo, France - Route du Rock Festival
08-17 Hasselt, Belgium - Pukkelpop Festival
08-18 Brighton, England - Loop Festival
09-02 Stradbally, Ireland - Electric Picnic Festival
09-08 Isle of Wight, England - Robin Hill Country Park (Bestival)
09-25 Baltimore, MD - Ottobar *
09-26 Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's *
09-27 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom *#
09-28 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg *#
09-29 Cambridge, MA - Middle East Downstairs *
10-02 Montreal, Quebec - Lambi *
10-03 Toronto, Ontario - Lee's Palace *
10-04 Pontiac, MI - Eagle Theater *
10-05 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle *
10-06 Minneapolis, MN - 7th St Entry *
10-09 Vancouver, British Columbia - Richard's on Richards *
10-10 Seattle, WA - Neumos *
10-11 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge *
10-12 San Francisco, CA - Mezzanine *
10-13 Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex *
10-16 Austin, TX - Club Deville *
* with Dirty on Purpose
# with Project Jenny Project Jan
Writing under the influence
Without which this column would not have been possible:
Arcade Fire – Surf City Eastern Block
Talk Radio.
The bit at the end
The Stage Names demos are pretty great.
Football season is a few short days away. Up the Arse.
