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Elephant 6 was more than a record label, it was an artistic movement that included the bands Neutral Milk Hotel, Apples in Stereo and Olivia Tremor Control among many others. Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot talk with Adam Clair about his book on Elephant 6, "Endless Endless." Plus Jim and Greg also review new albums by Jack White and Sharon Van Etten. Join our Facebook Group: https://bit.ly/3sivr9TBecome a member on Patreon: https://bit.ly/3slWZvcSign up for our newsletter: https://bit.ly/3eEvRnGMake a donation via PayPal: https://bit.ly/3dmt9lUSend us a Voice Memo: Desktop: bit.ly/2RyD5Ah Mobile: sayhi.chat/soundops Featured Songs:The Apples in Stereo, "Seems So ," Tone Soul Evolution, spinART, 1997Jack White, "Taking Me Back," Fear Of The Dawn, Third Man, 2022Jack White, "What's The Trick?," Fear Of The Dawn, Third Man, 2022Jack White, "Hi-De-Ho (feat. Q-Tip)," Fear Of The Dawn, Third Man, 2022Jack White, "Shedding My Velvet," Fear Of The Dawn, Third Man, 2022Sharon Van Etten, "I'll Try," We've Been Going About This All Wrong, Jagjaguwar, 2022Sharon Van Etten, "Anything," We've Been Going About This All Wrong, Jagjaguwar, 2022Sharon Van Etten, "Darkness Fades," We've Been Going About This All Wrong, Jagjaguwar, 2022Sharon Van Etten, "Far Away," We've Been Going About This All Wrong, Jagjaguwar, 2022Sharon Van Etten, "Headspace," We've Been Going About This All Wrong, Jagjaguwar, 2022Sharon Van Etten, "Come Back," We've Been Going About This All Wrong, Jagjaguwar, 2022Neutral Milk Hotel, "Two Headed Boy," In The Aeroplane Over The Sea, Merge, 1998Olivia Tremor Control, "Define A Transparent Dream," Music from the Unrealized Film Script: Dusk at Cubist Castle, Elephant 6, 1996Neutral Milk Hotel, "Holland, 1945," In The Aeroplane Over The Sea, Merge, 1998The Music Tapes, "Saw Pingpong and Orchestra," Music Tapes for Clouds and Tornadoes, Merge, 2008Neutral Milk Hotel, "Engine (Live)," Engine (Live), N/A, N/ACirculatory System, "Yesterday's World," Circulatory System, Cloud, 2001
Gladys Knight & the Pips [00:22] "Who Is She (and What Is She to You)" Neither One of Us Soul S 737L 1973 Gladys and the gents turning the tables on the Bill Withers groove from the year before (https://youtu.be/T4JtCCWB6Y4), and deftly covered by Meshell Ndegecello (https://youtu.be/T4JtCCWB6Y4). Redd Kross [04:28] "Peach Kelli Pop" Neurotica Five Foot Two Records FF2-003-LP/Sympathy for the Record Industry STFRI 709 2002 Side 2, Track 1 of Neurotica is this killer riff rocker that hooked me when it was first released in 1987. Neutral Milk Hotel [08:29] "Song Against Sex" Neutral Milk Hotel NMH Records NMH001 2011 All the Neutral Milk Hotel you could possibly want tucked away into this amazing box set. Naturally it's hard to pick just one song, but this one always gets the old brain juice flowing. Spinners with Dionne Warwick [12:14] "Then Came You" New and Improved Atlantic SD 18118 1974 This is one of those songs that lies dormant in my memory until I hear it and then I get a flood of childhood memories. Funny how music can work like that. Deafheaven [17:24] "Baby Blue" New Bermuda Anti- 87431-1SC5 2016 Some dreamy doomy goodness from the Bay Area band's third studio album. The Apples in Stereo [27:34] "Can You Feel It?" New Magnetic Wonder Yep Roc Records/Simian Records LP-YEP-2132 2007 Well, can you? Killer opening track from Apples in Stereo's 6th studio album co-penned by the late greate Bill Doss. Also, their first album not on spinART, and their last with drummer Hilarie Sidney. Pete Fountain [35:01] "Basin Street Blues" New Orleans Coral CRL 757282 1959 One-time Lawrence Welk clarinetist Pete Fountain takes for a trip down to the Big Easy. New Riders of the Purple Sage [31:45] "I Don't Know You" New Riders of the Purple Sage Columbia C 30888 1971 Side one, track one of the eponymous debut album from the New Riders of the Purple Sage, featuring Jer Bear on pedal steel. DEVO [37:09] "Through Be Cool" New Traditionalists Warner Bros. Records BSK 3595 1981 Side one, track one from DEVO's fourth studio album. Fun fact: this song will always remind of a small supermarket chain in the Omaha area called Hinky Dinky. Pretty sure it no longer exists. And of course, an early MTV heavy rotation classic (https://youtu.be/r5aZOW42vbQ). Oh those evil spuds. Iggy Pop [40:20] "Five Foot One" New Values Arista AB 4237 1979 Iggy's third solo album with help from former Stooges James Williamson and Scott Thurston. And yes there's a video (https://youtu.be/dnI6A_YUoDc). U2 [46:23] "New Year's Day (Long Version)" New Year's Day (Long Version) Island Records 12WIP 6848 1983 Everyday someone is born who has never heard U2's "New Year's Day". Maybe one of those someone's is you. Solidarność! The Toasters [51:58] "Shocker!" N.Y. Beat! Hit & Run Moon Records TOAST-09-10 1986 A prime examples of early 3rd wave ska from the NYC vets, which would later show up on their debut album Skaboom!. The Dave Brubeck Quartet [55:58] "Perdido" Newport 1958 Columbia CS 8082 1959 Brubeck and Paul Desmond take one of my favorite standards (https://youtu.be/AanVD5arBC0) for quite the spin. Music behind the DJ: "Brazil" by Billy Mure's Supersonic Guitars
This week the boys have another Winecast and talk about: Wine night, J. Lohr, Tequlla night, Wings, Bmw, Tacos, Barbecue, Mahi, Suaza, Docent Brewery, Anton, Orange Blossom Special, Swallows, Line dancing, Kappo Honda, Food poisoning, Tmex, Alexa, Woody and the harrelsons, Stone church, Albertos, Sleep, Lessons, Jaoquin, Reno 911, Kenwood, Spinart, Carlsbad, Crossings, Don Julio 70, and much much more.
Frank has a new band! Baptize yourself into the world of Frank Black and the Catholics, and bask in the warm fuzzy radiance of their live to two-track glory. This episode covers everything concerning the eponymous debut 1998 album, from it's live to two-track demo recording session at the historic Sound City Studios, through disputes with their label American Recordings, and ending with the band finding a new sound, a new label, and a new rock and roll mantra. Also included in this episode is an an interview with some of our favorite fellow Frank fans, all the way from Texas, Mike Flynn Jr. and his son Greg Flynn...although you'd swear they were brothers. Join the congregation!
Frank has a new band! Baptize yourself into the world of Frank Black and the Catholics, and bask in the warm fuzzy radiance of their live to two-track glory. This episode covers everything concerning the eponymous debut 1998 album, from it's live to two-track demo recording session at the historic Sound City Studios, through disputes with their label American Recordings, and ending with the band finding a new sound, a new label, and a new rock and roll mantra. Also included in this episode is an an interview with some of our favorite fellow Frank fans, all the way from Texas, Mike Flynn Jr. and his son Greg Flynn...although you'd swear they were brothers. Join the congregation!
This weeks silent giant is Jeff Price. Jeff is the co-founder of Tunecore, the worlds largest digital music distribution service. TuneCore offers musicians and other rights-holders the opportunity to distribute, sell or stream their music through online retailers such as iTunes, Spotify, Tidal, and others.Jeff moved on from Tunecore and founded the mechanical royalty collection agency Audium which helps publishing members accurately get paid from YouTube, Spotify, Apple Music, Google Play, and other streaming services.In this episode he chats about his upbringing, how he formed his record label spinART records back in the 90s, starting Tunecore, his new company Audium a whole lot more.Overall Jeff is a music industry and bad ass and shares a lot of knowledge that I think you’ll appreciate.So without further adou let me introduce you to the entrepreneur, music industry pioneer, my friend, the silent giant, Jeff Price._____________________________________________Follow us on INSTAGRAM!Follow COREY and listen to his music on SPOTIFY or APPLEThis episode has been mixed by MARK BYRD of MBM Studios See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Why are artists so angry about their royalties from streaming music services like Spotify? Is there really no money or is there money but a crazy math formula that calculates who gets what is, well, just wrong. Could the problem really be a bad math equation? Meet Sharky Laguana. Front man and founder of the band Creeper Lagoon and founder of a band van rental service Bandago. Now construct a venn diagram of the music industry and rental services, Sharky sits right in the sweet spot. As the founder and lead singer of the seminal 1990s alternative rock band, “Creeper Lagoon” Sharky knows the music industry. As the founder and CEO of the van rental company Bandago, Sharky understands the economics of rentals. With the launch of Apple Music and Spotify, the emerging trend of renting music, as opposed to buying or downloading a track, is hitting the mainstream. So when Sharky sat down, took a look at how the current music services - Pandora, Spotify, Rdio, Apple Music… etc, calculated how artists are paid, he quickly realized the numbers just don’t add up. None of it made sense. Where does your monthly fee go? Who gets the most? Who gets the least? Why were bands like the Rolling Stone, and other monsters of rock still raking in millions, while new artists are left with pennies? Is the system even rigged? And why the heck does Liza Minnelli get paid when someone listens to a Sex Pistols song? What’s an artist to do? Sharky is a passionate voice for new and emerging artist, and with just one small change to the current system, he argues, everyone can be paid fairly. Heads up, lots of swears in this episode....
Part 3 of my conversation with guest Brian Salvatore as we discuss our favorite solo artists. I've also got the Bonehead of the Week and music from Robert Plant, Frank Black and the Catholics and Sloan. Show notes: - Re-recorded via Skype - Jay: Robert Plant's music has evolved since Zeppelin's breakup - Brian: John, Paul and George in a three-way tie - Harrison's All Things Must Pass is a standout - McCartney's good when he works with others (Elvis Costello, Youth) - Jay: Favorite solo artist is Pete Townshend - His three early '80s solo albums were excellent - Last 25 years have been focused on Who tours - Jay: Rod Stewart's solo career has been mostly awful - His work in Faces, Jeff Beck Group and first few solo releases was strong - Brian: Jagger should not be allowed to make solo albums - Jay: Keith Richards' solo work is good - Jay: The four guys in Sloan should each release solo records simultaneously a la KISS - Brian: Steven Drozd would make an interesting solo album - Brian: Rivers Cuomo should make a stripped-down, non-Weezer record - Bonehead of the WeekMusic:Robert Plant - Little Hands Frank Black and the Catholics - Nadine Sloan - Coax Me Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review! The Robert Plant song is on the compilation More Oar: A Tribute to the Skip Spence Album on Birdman Records. Download it for free from Epitonic. The Frank Black and the Catholics song is on the album Show Me Your Tears on SpinART. Download the song for free from Epitonic. The Sloan song is on the album Twice Removed on Geffen. Download the song for free (in exchange for your email address) at NoiseTrade. The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Find out more about Senor Breitling at his fine music blog Clicky Clicky. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian; check out his site PodGeek.
Jeff Price, CEO and co-founder of TuneCore; an online distribution service for music. Jeff co-founded the NY based independent record label spinART Records, and for the past 15 years he has been its General Manager and President. SpinART has distributed over 180 releases since its inception, including bands artists such as Frank Black, The Pixies, Apollo Sunshine, John Doe, Vic Chesnutt, Echo and The Bunnymen and many, many more. Since 2004, Jeff Price has contributed to the founding charter and organization of The American Association of Independent Music (AAIM), a non profit non-governmental trade organization representing the interests of its independent label members. He also worked with eMusic.com.
Hi Everyone! It's me, Esther with a new SPECIAL. The theme of this special is 6 Degrees of Sleater-Kinny/Carrie Brownstein/Wild Flag and it features Sleater-Kinney (pictured) AND Wild Flag but also Helium, The Minders, The Lee Memorial, The Spells, Quasi and The Corin Tucker Band. I hope you like it! x esther c w
Birdmonster entered bloggers' and critics' consciousness in October of last year on the strength of a self-released EP that, with its brash Springsteen-meets-Fugazi aesthetic, opened doors to high profile supporting slots with the likes of Art Brut, Sound Team, Catfish Haven, and Division Day, not to mention the type of buzz that forces Pitchfork to wallow in its limitations as a credible source for anything. The San Francisco quartet's storied live shows and unique D.I.Y. sensibility very much paved that road, but, as they revealed last month on an eerie Dallas night, Birdmonster's true ambitions are focused on the songs and an ever-growing sonic palette. This week, Birdmonster's Peter Arcuni and David Klein sit down to discuss their just-released debut long player, No Midnight, and how the experience of communicating their live energy on that record whet the band's appetite to develop their studio sound and the burgeoning songwriting methodologies that will shape their sophomore effort.The Birdmonster Beauty Bar photo and more by Chad Wadsworth.Mp3: Birdmonster - "'Cause You Can"Mp3: IndieInterviews podcast