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<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:41:33 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Modern English Returns!</title>
<link>http://blurt-online.com/news/view/3498/</link>
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Releases first album in 15 years.
&nbsp;
By Blurt
Staff
&nbsp;
Darla
Records will be releasing on May 24 the seventh album by iconic post-punk/new
wave pop craftsmen Modern English. It's titled Soundtrack, and it's the long-overdue followup to 1996's Everything Is Mad.
&nbsp;
&nbsp;
The group
of course best known for their hit song "I Melt with You". Their classic album After
the Snow (4AD: 1982) featured what became a radio/club mega-hit and MTV
staple, "I Melt with You", which was used in the film Valley Girl, in
more than one TV advertisement and became the flagship track on the popular Nouvelle
Vague covers album.
  Now as then, Modern English is smart, modern pop, firmly rooted in post-punk
yet undeniably Beatle-esque. Described by Robbie Grey as, "Some real music for
real people with real emotions", Soundtrack marks the convincing return
of a band with a solidly recognizable, signature sound and pop sensibility. The
songs ranging from the upliftin ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Alex Chilton 1950-2010 R.I.P.</title>
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Box Tops/Big Star Icon
Dies Unexpectedly On Wednesday After Experiencing Heart Trouble.
&nbsp;
By Fred Mills
&nbsp;
The music world is reeling this morning from the news that
Alex Chilton died yesterday, March 17, in a New Orleans hospital. The singer had
apparently been complaining about his health, according to a report filed by
the Memphis Commercial Appeal, and after paramedics
were called to his home he was rushed to the emergency room. Doctors, however,
were unable to revive the musician. Chilton was 59.
&nbsp;
Ardent Studios (Memphis)
owner John Fry was quoted in the Commercial
Appeal report, saying, "I'm crushed. We're all just crushed. This
sudden death experience is never something that you're prepared for. And yet it
occurs."
&nbsp;
The timing of Chilton's passing couldn't be more tragic: he
and Big Star were scheduled to be the subject of a tribute panel discussion on
Saturday afternoon in Austin
at SXSW, and that was to be followed up by a band pe ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>MP3: Tribute to Big Star's "El Goodo"</title>
<link>http://blurt-online.com/news/view/3501/</link>
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Spot-on cover of the Big Star classic, by Jeffrey Dean Foster and Mitch Easter.
&nbsp;
By Fred Mills
&nbsp;
With the shocking news of Alex Chilton's passing yesterday (March
 17)
 we naturally turned to our Big Star albums for comfort. Our good buddy Jeffrey Dean Foster, a longtime Winston-Salem musician whose music over 
the years has clearly been inspired by Chilton &amp; Big Star (go 
here to read a Blurt story that includes some comments about Foster 
performing live in NC last year) sent us this MP3 of his version of Big 
Star's "Ballad of El Goodo" (written by Chilton and Chris Bell for #1 Record) and asked us to share it with Blurt readers.
&nbsp;
We have the song posted here on the Blurt site for permanent archiving - just click on the link then hit the play button.
&nbsp;
Foster
 sings and plays most of the instruments with the exception of drums and
 bass - those were handled by none other than Mitch Easter. It was 
recorded several years ag ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>SXSW Photos: Wednesday 3-17</title>
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Blurt blogger and shutterbug Scott Dudelson
is roaming the highways and clubways of Austin
this week and he's got the photos to prove it. Check out his regular photo blog too.
&nbsp;
By
Scott Dudelson
&nbsp;
Wednesday, March 17
&nbsp;
(above) Asteroids Galaxy Tour @ Emos Annex
&nbsp;
(below) Doll &amp; the Kicks @ Emos Annex

&nbsp;
Leo Rondeau @ Club DeVille

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Dawes @ Club DeVille

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Broken Bells @ Spinner Party



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Drake Bell @ St. Davids Hall

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Freelance Whales @ Paste Party

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Okkervil River @ Paste Party

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Roky Erickson @ Paste Party

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Suckers @ Paste Party

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Henry Clay People @ Little Radio Party

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Hollarado @ Canadian BBQ

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Javelin @ Buffalo Billiards

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Mando Diao @ Mohawk

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Small Black @ Mohawk

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Sharon Jones @ Stubbs

&nbsp;
Visqueen @ Stubbs

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Titus Andronicus @ Force Field PR Party

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Trespassers William @ Hilton Gardens ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Classic ’72 Rolling Stones Set For DVD</title>
<link>http://blurt-online.com/news/view/3503/</link>
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Stones in Exile to be
followed by the oft-bootlegged Ladies And Gentlemen.
&nbsp;
By Blurt Staff
&nbsp;
Eagle Rock Entertainment just announced its plans for a pair
of Rolling Stones DVDS this year. The first of the releases Stones In Exile is the story of
the making of the classic album Exile On Main Street, which was released
in 1972 as a double LP and is considered by many to be their masterpiece.
&nbsp;This title is due to be released in June with substantial bonus material and
follows the broadcast of the main show by the BBC in late May, and the deluxe reissue
of the album at the same time. &nbsp;
 The second of the releases is Ladies
And Gentlemen...The Rolling Stones, the legendary Rolling Stones concert film from 1972.
&nbsp;Fully restored from the original film, it will be released nationally in
cinemas and then receive its first ever authorized DVD release. (Collectors
have long coveted the film, which has been bootleg numerous times over the
ye ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>South By FauxWest: SXSW Day 2</title>
<link>http://blurt-online.com/news/view/3504/</link>
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Traipsin' the light
fantastic in Austin
without spilling a single beer!
&nbsp;
By Johnny Mnemonic
&nbsp;
Ed. Note: With South
By Southwest 2010 in full swing, we decided to send BLURT blogger Johnny
Mnemonic, who pens the "Music Journalism 101" blog for us, to Austin and report
back with his daily misadventures, er, observations. Only hitch was, he
neglected to inform us that he's currently in England and won't be back in the
States until the summer. "No problemo," he assured us. "I've attended SXSW
numerous times since its inception in 1987. At this stage, I think I can wing
it." We hereby present the erudite Mr. Mnemonic's long-distance account of this
year's SXSW - as he imagines it might be going down. Guarantee: all dialogue not reported verbatim. 
&nbsp;
Read also: Day 1
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***
&nbsp;
Day 2: Wednesday, March
17
&nbsp;
In hindsight, I should have picked up my SXSW Music badge yesterday. It probably wouldn't have been much use, gig-wise (re:  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Lilith Fair Returns, Shows Onsale 3-27</title>
<link>http://blurt-online.com/news/view/3493/</link>
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Different performers
for different shows will make "diversity" the operative term. Oddly, Pavement
was not invited, making it the only festival this year the indie avatars won't
be playing.
&nbsp;
By Blurt Staff
&nbsp;
It's been almost 11 years since the demise of Lilith Fair,
that estrogen-packed traveling summer festival co-founded by Sarah McLachlan,
but as we noted several months ago, organizers decided 2010 was the right time
to resurrect the event, what with summer festivals still going strong, shitty
economy be damned.
&nbsp;
Just announced, then, ticket onsale for the first 8 dates of
the 2010 Lilith Tour - Saturday, March 27, via LilithFair.com and LiveNation.com.
Those cities are listed below.
&nbsp;
Much like
the original Lilith Fair, there will be 11 artists on each date, with only two
consistencies per show: the Lilith Local Talent Search Ourstage.com winner who
starts the day and headliner Sarah McLachlan. The remaining acts on the line-up ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Lesley Duncan 1943-2010 R.I.P.</title>
<link>http://blurt-online.com/news/view/3494/</link>
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Amazing vocalist
graced classic albums by Pink Floyd, Elton John, Ringo Starr and others.
&nbsp;
By Fred Mills
&nbsp;
One of the most memorable, though relatively brief, vocals
in rock history has to be British singer Lesley Duncan's contribution to Pink
Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon; it's
an indelible performance that sticks in the mind long after the album has spun.
Word has arrived now via the NME that Duncan
passed away on Friday, March 12, following a battle with cerebrovascular
disease. She was 66.
&nbsp;
The Dark Side appearance was hardly Duncan's
only memorable performance, however, as she sang background vocals on scores of
albums in the &lsquo;60s and &lsquo;70s, including Jesus
Christ Superstar, Donovan's Cosmic
Wheels, Ringo Starr's Goodnight
Vienna, Long John Baldry's Welcome to
the Club, , the Alan Parsons Project's Eve and numerous records by Elton John. Duncan
also released several solo albums - her official website lists her many
proj ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The Stooges Gets Deluxe Reish – Again!</title>
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Boasts elaborate
packaging plus a slew of material that didn't make it onto the previous reissue.
Differences between the two discussed below.
&nbsp;
By Blurt Staff
&nbsp;
The Stooges, whose March 15 induction the other night into the
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame was long overdue, have been in the news a lot lately
- in particular, for the group's massively expanded reissue of Raw Power, due April 27, and of course
the reunion tour that will bring guitarist James Williamson back into the fold.
&nbsp;
Also getting into the act Rhino Handmade via a "Collector's
Edition" of the Stooges self-titled 1969 debut, a two-disc version going for
$49.98.
&nbsp;
Sharp-eyed Stooges fans will now be scratching their heads
and saying, "Waitaminnit - Rhino issued two-CD editions of The Stooges and Fun House back in August 2005. What gives?" Well, Rhino Handmade is essentially folding
the 10 bonus tracks from that release into this one and adding 8 additional
ones, for a tot ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>YouTube to MySpace: YouSuck!</title>
<link>http://blurt-online.com/news/view/3496/</link>
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If you're in a hurry,
you can simply read the boldfaced text...
&nbsp;
By Fred Mills
&nbsp;
Although MySpace has
been the go-to destination for bands and musicians for some time now -
particularly independent artists without the web muscle of a big label or
marketing firm - anybody who frequents MySpace knows what a ghastly user experience the site
provides. First and foremost is the turtle-like
pace of the pages loading; in the time it takes for all the front-page
content - photos, videos, music player, blog section, etc. - to appear for a
typical MySpace account, you could have investigated the band via its official
website, its Wikipedia page, and a half-dozen fan sites. Factor in the general clunkiness of navigation for
MySpace, which involves image-loading freezing up a page, the scroll bar
operating as if it were an epileptic having
intermittent seizures, and the standard music player which looks like it
was designed by an unreconstructed fan of 8-tr ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>South By FauxWest: SXSW Day 1</title>
<link>http://blurt-online.com/news/view/3497/</link>
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Traipsin' the light
fantastic in Austin
without spilling a single beer!
&nbsp;
By Johnny Mnemonic
&nbsp;
Ed. Note: With South
By Southwest 2010 in full swing, we decided to send BLURT blogger Johnny
Mnemonic, who pens the "Music Journalism 101" blog for us, to Austin and report
back with his daily misadventures, er, observations. Only hitch was, he
neglected to inform us that he's currently in England and won't be back in the
States until the summer. "No problemo," he assured us. "I've attended SXSW
numerous times since its inception in 1987. At this stage, I think I can wing
it." We hereby present the erudite Mr. Mnemonic's long-distance account of this
year's SXSW - as he imagines it might be going down. Guarantee: all dialogue not reported verbatim. 
&nbsp;
***
&nbsp;
Day 1: Tuesday, March
16
&nbsp;
Greetings, Blurters. I'm safely ensconced in my hotel room
here at the Bloomsbury in London,
currently on a freelance assignment for MTV networks. Readers of  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Krautrock! Can’s Liebezeit Reissued</title>
<link>http://blurt-online.com/news/view/3486/</link>
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Visionary
percussionist has pair of early solo recordings newly available.
&nbsp;
By Fred Mills
&nbsp;
Longtime fans of seminal Krautrock outfit Can know the
story: by 1979 the German visionaries were running out of steam, having issued
the relatively lackluster albums Out Of
Reach (1977) and Can (1978) -
neither of which featured, significantly, founding member Holger Czukay. At
this point the group went on hiatus (an official breakup was never announced)
and the various members engaged themselves with sundry solo projects prior to a
short-lived '86 reunion. (In the years since Can has operated in a somewhat
free-style manner, the musicians recording and performing together in various
incarnations and even communing to oversee the reissue of the group's back
catalog, although guitarist Michael Karoli's death in 2001 ensured that the Can
name would never be formally utilized again.)
&nbsp;
Drummer Jaki Liebezeit (pictured with Can, above, on the far
righ ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Money, Money: About That Tommy James Bio</title>
<link>http://blurt-online.com/news/view/3487/</link>
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In a new music book, hitmaking frontman
for The Shondells dishes - sorta - on his mob-connected mentor Morris Levy
while skimming the surface of his own creative inspirations. Dig the video below, btw.
&nbsp;
By Bill Holmes
&nbsp;
 
Tommy James and
the Shondells were one of the most consistent hit making groups of the &lsquo;60s,
with iconic songs like "Hanky Panky", "Mony Mony",
"Crimson and Clover" and "I Think We're Alone Now"
peppering the charts in rapid succession. One would think that the story of
their rise to success in that turbulent decade would be a fascinating
recollection; a gratuitous name-dropping inside look at the greatest era of pop
music and the whirlwind machinery that keeps the whole thing afloat. Instead, Me, The Mob, and The Music: One Helluva Ride with Tommy James and the
Shondells, penned by James with the assistance of Martin Fitzpatrick is a
quick, anecdotal treatment that more often skips across those topics like a
stone on a p ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Watch: Mark Growden Video Premiere</title>
<link>http://blurt-online.com/news/view/3490/</link>
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Amazing animated video for "Coyote"
from Growden's new Saint Judas album.
By Fred Mills
&nbsp;
We've got an incredibly cool video to unveil for you today from veteran
singer-songwriter Mark Growden. He returns with his first studio collection of
his own material in 8 years, Saint Judas, issued today, March 16, on
the Porto Franco label.
&nbsp;
The song "Coyote" - viewable at BLURT here - is given a
delightfully dark animated treatment by Christiane Cegavske that will have you
laughing and crying at the same time - think "The Fantastic Mr. Fox"
meets Dostoevsky (sorta).
&nbsp;
Those creaks and clanks and touches of arcade noir that Growden conjures, equal parts Tom Waits, Nick Cave
and Kurt Weill, will chill you to the bone too, yet as with the video, there's
an odd undercurrent of redemption lurking. Accompanied by his backing band -
guitarist Myles Boisen, bassist Seth Ford-Young, percussionist Jenya Chernoff,
cellist Alex Kelly, trumpeter Chris  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Dropkick Murphys Say Happy St. Paddy's!</title>
<link>http://blurt-online.com/news/view/3491/</link>
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Exclusive interview
with the band only at BLURT - first person to click on the link gets a free
case of green beer. Hey, would we lie to you?
&nbsp;
By Blurt Staff
&nbsp;
Tomorrow, March 17, is Saint Patrick's Day, and you know
what that means in the music world (no, not a sermon from Bono): time to break
out some Dropkick Murphys!
&nbsp;
For the occasion, BLURT blogger John Moore did an extensive
interview with singer/bassist Ken Casey in which the feisty musician talked
about his band's new live album Live on
Lansdowne, their upcoming appearance at Bonnaroo, hanging out with Bruce
Springsteen (!), the charitable foundation the Claddagh Fund which they established,
and of course what it's like to be a SPD mainstay each year in Boston.
&nbsp;
"The whole Boston
thing has become a little tradition," said Casey. "When you're in a touring
band, you're away a lot of the year and you don't get to catch up with as many
people as you like. Honestly, over St. Pa ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy Gets Corked</title>
<link>http://blurt-online.com/news/view/3492/</link>
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Or "uncorked,"
depending on how you look at it. Most awesome piece of indie swag ever.
&nbsp;
By Fred Mills
&nbsp;
Well, if other labels can create promotional shot glasses,
who's to say making a promotional bottle stopper's a bum idea? In fact, we
think having Will Oldham perched atop our
favorite bottle of spirits is a ding-dong dandy idea! (Thanks to Pitchfork for
the news tip.)
&nbsp;
Domino Records has created a limited edition (only 150 made)
bottle stopper depicting Oldham-the-stopper in conjunction with the upcoming
Bonnie &lsquo;Prince" Billy and The Cairo Gang album The Wonder Show of the World, which is due from the label on March
29. According to domino, each stopper was hand carved by artist Scott Millar so
they'll all be unique.
&nbsp;

&nbsp;
&nbsp;
Wow, that's a scary looking army o' Oldhams. Folks who order the bottle stopper will also get a download
code for the album, natch. They'll set you back 25 British pounds, but just
imagine t ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Moby Grape Live LP, Rec Store Day 7”</title>
<link>http://blurt-online.com/news/view/3472/</link>
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Sprawling 19-track
album covering 1966-69 performances, plus exclusive Record Store Day single
with non-album track.
&nbsp;
By Blurt Staff
&nbsp;
Sundazed is billing it as the first official concert
collection from the legendary San Fran sixties outfit: Live by Moby Grape, originally comprising Jerry Miller, Skip
Spence, Bob Mosley, Peter Lewis and Don Stevenson. Their Columbia debut LP, Moby Grape, issued in June 1967, is still acclaimed as one of the
greatest rock albums ever - a union of blues, soul, country, surf twang and
day-glo garage rock, packed into original killer-pop songwriting. Extreme Columbia hype, devastating
business hassles and Spence's tragic mental collapse threatened to blow up the
band, although the Grape continued to make a string of great albums, 1968's Wow and Moby Grape '69.
  Meanwhile, though, Moby Grape, in their prime, were also one of the Bay Area's
- and America's - best stage bands, like the Beatles and Rolling Stones in one, ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>First Look: New Graham Parker Album</title>
<link>http://blurt-online.com/news/view/3473/</link>
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Though
no longer squeezing out sparks, he's smoldering quite credibly on Imaginary Television, out this week on Bloodshot.
By Lee Zimmerman
&nbsp;
 
For the better part of the last 35 years, Graham Parker's
been known as an irascible agitator, an artist whose considerable talents have
always found him toiling in the shadow of contemporaries like Elvis Costello
and Tom Petty. Despite an enviable career and a prodigious output, he never
quite achieved the wider acclaim he so clearly deserved.&nbsp; To his credit, however, he's never faltered;
every Parker album has maintained quality control, and happily, Imaginary Television (Bloodshot) is no
exception.
&nbsp;
If there is any change in Parker's MO, it owes to the fact
that these days there's a little less grit, owing to a realization, perhaps,
that he can gracefully age without appearing to retreat. "We're all downsizing
what we're doing with our lives," he concedes on "Broken Skin," a song that
sounds soot ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Man’s Micky Jones 1946-2010 R.I.P.</title>
<link>http://blurt-online.com/news/view/3474/</link>
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Virtuoso musician,
beloved by rock fans everywhere, could make the guitar talk.
&nbsp;
By Fred Mills
&nbsp;
Guitarist Micky Jones of the legendary Welsh psychedelic
band Man, passed away late last week (reportedly on Wednesday, March 10, or
Thursday, March 11) following a lengthy battle with brain cancer. He was 63.
&nbsp;
Here in the States, Man's profile was relatively low,
although anyone who came up during the &lsquo;70s reading rock mags like Trouser Press, Phonograph Record Magazine,
BAM and even the occasional imported copy of Melody Maker &nbsp;or NME surely knew the band - and possibly,
like myself, pledged eternal allegiance as well. A string of classic albums on
the UA label yielded endless pleasure for fans of full-on hemp-fueled guitar rock;
not for nothing was Man consider the Grateful Dead of the British Isles, and it's
significant that no less a West Coast psychedelic avatar than Quicksilver
Messenger Service's John Cipollina not only gave M ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Mike Patton Goes Pop, Italian Style</title>
<link>http://blurt-online.com/news/view/3475/</link>
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Long-in-the-gestation
stages Mondo Cane will arrive on May 4. Something about Faith No More is
happening too...
&nbsp;
By Blurt Staff
&nbsp;
Nearly two years ago we interviewed Mike Patton, and in the
story he disclosed that he had a new project he was working on, Mondo Cane.
&nbsp;
"It's a big, complicated project,"
said Patton. citing a 10-piece band plus a full symphony orchestra and choir.
The project was inspired by Italian pop crooners from the '50s and '60s who
enlisted top arrangers and composers for backing. "It's my version of that
music, so it's a little bit twisted and I definitely rearranged some things.
But it's me in that environment."
&nbsp;
Incoming, then, finally, is Mike Patton's Mondo Cane, the Faith No More/Peeping
Tom/Tomahawk/Mr. Bungle/Fantomas mainman's Italian language rock-meets-orchestra
hybrid. It's due May 4 via Patton's Ipecac Recordings label.
&nbsp;
Recorded at a series of European performances including an
outdoor conc ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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