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Ben Kweller's music first stole my heart back in the early oughts when he released his wonderful debut album Sha Sha, and I have been a huge admirer of his work ever since. I've also had the good fortune of his friendship for more than twenty years, so it was amazing to finally get together with him for the LSQ podcast. Episode 123 features a deep and poignant conversation with BK about his entire creative history, including his excellent latest album, Cover The Mirrors, which was written in the wake of the tragic death of his teenage son Dorian. In addition to sharing how that tremendous loss ended up inspiring him to reconnect with making music in the innocent way he'd done as a kid, he details what those early creative years were like for him — writing Beatles-inspired love songs on the piano as a little kid, starting his band Radish after hearing Nirvana, hustling to get Radish their first shows at Chauncey's Place, a local billiards hall in Greenville, Texas, eventually getting rides from his parents to Dallas to play shows there, recording Radish's demos and the ensuing bidding war to sign them, and more. I was also fascinated to hear about his family connection to legendary guitarist Nils Lofgren of the E Street Band and Neil Young's Crazy Horse (as well as being a brilliant artist in his own right), and how Lofgren provided key support at multiple points during Ben's early days. And then we get into his moves toward stepping out on his own as an artist, including how support from the Lemonheads' Evan Dando helped catalyze his solo career. Ben also reminisces about the heyday of the New York City indie scene he was part of in the oughts, and how allyship with bands like the Strokes and Moldy Peaches and Kings of Leon (although not from NYC, the Kings regular touring companions of Ben's and honorary NYC scenesters) created a vital support system. On more recent topics, Ben reveals that Radish's lost sophomore album, Discount Fireworks, which includes early versions of songs like “Wasted & Ready” and “Harriet's Got A Song,” will finally be coming out via his own label, The Noise Company. He also talks about the work he's been doing recently to collaborate with Jason Schwartzman (who is among the guests on Cover The Mirrors) to record new music for Schwartzman's long-dormant band Coconut Records.
Jason Schwartzman has built his career playing lovable weirdos, and in "Mountainhead," HBO's latest dark comedy from "Succession" creator Jesse Armstrong, he might've just out-weirded himself. In a movie full of bizarre billionaires gathered in a glass mansion to decide the future of humanity, Schwartzman's character—Souper, a.k.a. Hugo Van Yalk—is both the sweetest and the most hilariously clueless of the bunch.In a new episode of The Discourse, Schwartzman joined the podcast to talk about working with Armstrong, filming in a surreal seven-story house, his thoughts on revisiting past characters, and the unexpected reason we haven't heard a new Coconut Records album yet.
Esta semana, dedicamos una nueva sesión de Rebelión Sónica, a dos exponentes del Afrobeat: el ensamble estadounidense The Budos Band con su EP 2023 “Frontier's Edge” y con el padre del género, el músico nigeriano Fela Kuti, con música de su importante álbum de 1977, “Zombie”. “Frontier's Edge” fue lanzado el 28 de julio por el propio sello de la banda Diamond West, tras largos años en Daptone. La nueva disquera, creada por los integrantes del grupo, el guitarrista Thomas Brenneck y el saxofonista Jared Tankel, fue fundada tras la salida de Daptone “en buenos términos”. “Es solo un crecimiento natural”, señaló Brenneck. “Nos alejamos más del sonido de Daptone y nos adentramos en un territorio del que probablemente querían mantenerse alejados”, admitió. Como resultado, ““Frontier's Edge” encuentra al grupo hambriento, apasionado y preparado para cargar hacia su próxima época con un nuevo sentido de autonomía”. “Somos una potencia en el estudio; podemos producir nosotros mismos”, agrega Brenneck sobre un largo proceso de autocontención. “Tomo el timón, pero la banda como colectivo sabe lo que quiere”. El baterista Brian Profilio, complementó señalado que “de alguna manera, escribimos seis canciones en dos días. Tom pudo tomar lo que estábamos haciendo y unirlo de manera cohesiva”. Diamond West remata indicando que “ya sea que este sea tu primer encuentro con The Budos Band o los hayas estado siguiendo a lo largo de sus dos décadas de carrera, “Frontier's Edge contiene su universo musical que incluye afrobeat, música etíope, proto-metal y otras corrientes en su microcosmos”. En la parte final del programa, hacemos un enlace histórico con el fundador del Afribeat, el músico, líder de bandas, compositor, activista político y panafricanista nigeriano, Fela Kuti, para escucharlo específicamente con música de su disco de 1977, “Zombie”. Lanzado en Nigeria por Coconut Records en 1976 y en el Reino Unido por Creole Records en 1977 junto a su banda Afrika 70, el álbum criticaba al gobierno nigeriano; y se cree que resultó en el asesinato de la madre de Kuti, Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, y la destrucción de su comuna por parte de los militares.
Actor, writer, and musician, Jason Schwartzman began his acting career in 1998 when, at the age of 18, he starred in Wes Anderson's 'Rushmore'. Since then he has taken roles in an eclectic array of both film and television projects. His movies include, 'Marie Antoinette', 'Saving Mr. Banks', 'The Grand Budapest Hotel' and 'The Polka King', his most recent films are Wes Anderson's 'Asteroid City' and 'The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. Among his television credits are 'Mozart in the Jungle', 'Fargo' and 'The Righteous Gemstones'. Jason has musical roots; when Nic first met him, he was the drummer in Phantom Planet. More recently he has released solo material under the Coconut Records moniker.
This week we discuss the soundtracks to Sam Rami's Spider-Man 2 & 3. Spider-Man 2002 was a huge hit and proved that comic book movies could be culturally ubiquitous. As we know now, they're inescapable. Nonetheless, Spider-Man 1's breakout track Hero by Chad Kroger of Nickelback paved the way for Sony to treat the Spider-Man films as an opportunity to feature and uplift artists in the zeitgeist.The tracklists are as follows:Spider-Man 2 Soundtrack 1. "Vindicated" (Dashboard Confessional)2. "Ordinary" (Train) 3. "Did You" (Hoobastank)4. "Hold On" (Jet)5. "Gifts and Curses" (Yellowcard)6. "Woman" (Maroon 5)7. "This Photograph Is Proof (I Know You Know)" (Taking Back Sunday)8. "Give It Up" (Midtown) 9. "Lucky You" (Lostprophets)10. "Who I Am" (Smile Empty Soul) 11. "The Night That the Lights Went Out in NYC" (The Ataris)12. "We Are" (Ana) 13. "Someone to Die For" (Jimmy Gnecco featuring Brian May) 14. "Spidey Suite" (Danny Elfman)15. "Doc Ock Suite" (Danny Elfman)Spider-Man 3 Soundtrack1. "Signal Fire" (Snow Patrol)2. "Move Away" (The Killers)3. "Sealings" (Yeah Yeah Yeahs)4. "Pleased to Meet You" (Wolfmother)5. "Red River" (The Walkmen)6. "Stay Free" (Black Mountain)7. "The Supreme Being Teaches Spider-Man How to Be in Love" (The Flaming Lips)8. "Scared of Myself" (Simon Dawes)9. "The Twist" (Chubby Checker)10. "Sightlines" (Rogue Wave)11. "Summer Day" (Coconut Records)12. "Falling Star" (Jet)13. "Portrait of a Summer Thief” (Sounds Under Radio)14. "A Letter from St. Jude" (The WYO's)15. "Small Parts" (The Oohlas)
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This week Steve picked a set of songs by artists who are better known for tv or movies. Artists this week are: The Suitcase Junket, Arctic Monkeys, The Donnas, Camera Obscura, Modern English, David Byrne, Coconut Records, Dead Man's Bones, Steve Burns, Henry Badowski, Code Blue, Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians, The Verve, Ida Maria, Belly, William Shatner with Bootsy Collins. Originally airing May 28, 2021. On the Air on Bedford 105.1 FM Radio * 5pm Friday * * 10am Sunday * * 8pm Monday * Stream live at http://209.95.50.189:8178/stream
YMIW Live-ish! With Jason Schwartzman (Rushmore! Bored to Death! Coconut Records!) and Matt Berninger (The National, Serpentine Prison) hosted by Pete and Sweet Lady Val with questions from weirdos!
In this episode we discuss at length 5 records from each of us that defined a period or feeling in our lives. Bands consist of Radiohead, Coconut Records, The Rapture, Pedro The Lion, Sparklehorse, Weezer, Midlake, Dariwn Deez, Steely Dan, James Brown, Lucero, Pulley, Bon Iver, Death Cab for Cutie, and Silkworm. We also play a track from our buddies Gamenight.
Rebasamos ya el mes de vida con nuestra quinta emisión. En esta ocasión arrancamos con el mundial de futbol y nuestra selección mexicana, que inaugurará el evento enfrentándose a Sudáfrica, el próximo viernes; además, un evento para todos los seguidores de Mac y la campaña "Iniciativa México". En tecnología, una nueva tablet PC (ya llevamos varias), la utilería Dropbox, twitter vía SMS y algo más... el cine nos tuvo ocupados con los superhéroes (tanto DC como Marvel) y Guillermo del Toro sigue apareciendo con nuevos proyectos. En música, las recomendaciones de la semana, Radaid, mexicanos pero con influencias del mundo y en indie, Coconut Records, cuando Hollywood y la música se encuentran. Cerramos con nuestro análisis de la televisión, el tiempo que pasamos frente a ella y algunos de nuestros programas favoritos. ¡Gracias por seguir con nosotros! Comentarios en parallevarse@ionth.com.mx
So between our jobs kicking our asses, our blog getting blacklisted by Google (as well as our Twitter account), we had some issues getting the show out last week. But we think the extra time was useful as we have a jam packed show. We apologize for it being a little long but hopefully you will be pleased with our effort. We have lots of brand new music from Bell X1, The Beanstalk Library, Audrye Sessions, and Salim Nourallah. Just to make sure you recognized some bands we though in Architecture In Helsinki, Wilco, and even a tune from a rock legend. And to stay close to our roots, we have two D.C. bands, Jukebox the Ghost and Casper Bangs. And with that, on with the show… Ep 31 - 128 Kbps MP3 [123.3 MB] 01. Jukebox The Ghost - “Good Day” 02. Spoon - “My Mathematical Mind” 03. Audrye Sessions - “Turn Me Off” 04. The Beanstalk Library - “This Line Is Not For me” 05. Salim Nourallah - “Pictures Collected” 06. Bell X1 - “How Your Heart Is Wired” 07. Coconut Records - “Microphone” 08. Metric - “Raw Sugar” 09. The Antlers - “Two” 10. David Bowie - “Heroes” 11. Still Flyin’ - “The Hottchord Is Struck” 12. Architecture In Helsinki - “Hold Music” 13. Wilco - “I’m Always In Love” 14. Steel Train - “I Feel Weird” 15. Casper Bangs - “Queen Of Hearts” 16. Marcio Local - “Presta Luxo” For more music don’t forget to follow us on Tumblr or visit us at www.halfhourmusichour.com. You can find out the latest news and updates over at @HalfHrMusicHr.
Fever Ray, Coconut Records, Akron/Family, Peter Bjorn & John, Larytta.
I Just Want Four Walls And Adobe Slabs Download the enhanced m4a version, with song titles and album art. If you have a non-iPod mp3 player download the mp3 version. Contributors: Taylor, Tyler and Jeremy Track Listing: 1. Animal Collective – My Girls 2. Coconut Records – Microphone 3. Anna Ternheim – What Have I […]
The November 2007 edition of the Noise Pop New Music Podcast features 10 tracks of new independent and underground music. This episode includes a new track from Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore, Beirut, Jason Schwarzman's Coconut Records, an alternate version of a Grizzly Bear song, as well as songs from upcoming artists Audrye Sessions, Nicole Atkins & The Sea, The Blakes, and more!