Great Thunderball!
Looking ahead to October’s releases, ESL Music (Thievery Corporation’s label) will be releasing Thunderball’s latest, Cinescope. Washington DC’s Sid Barcelona and Steve Raskin are the force behind Thunderball. They excel at drum and bass, breakbeats, dub, and downtempo – all…
A Closer Look at Nino
Having had time to sit back and take in Nino Moschella’s LP, The Fix, I can report back to you that yes – we have a funky white boy on our hands (takes one to know one). Yes, the man…
Joe Strummer Acoustic in 1999
It’s necessary here on Ickmusic to periodically post about the late great Joe Strummer. Today, my friends, a treat. This is an afternoon in-store appearance in Portland, Oregon back in November of 1999. Joe’s first Mescaleros album, Rock Art &…
Rollin into Tennessee
Interspersed between all of the quality live Prince, Bruce, Clash, Joe Ely, etc. etc. that I’ve been listening to lately, I’ve come across some fine little nuggets courtesy of emails from the artists themselves. Aaron Schroeder, a talented songwriter, guitar-man,…
(Not So) Quiet Faith from the Woes
More goodness from NYC band The Woes. For a powerful, stompin’, folky-Poguesish romp, listen to this tune off of their latest CD, That Coke Oven March. The Ickmusic Stamp of Approval is rendered upon this one (dingggg)… Start your day…
The latest on Prince
The Ickmusic Hero of the Month is Arthur, who hooked me up in a trade with the Feb. 14 and Feb. 15, 2004 Prince aftershows at the Fillmore in San Francisco. The quality is superb, the set lists are amazing,…
An Interview with Marah
Jeffro over at Last Second Thoughts had the chance to interview Dave Bielanko from Marah. Go check it out!
Joe Ely with the Boss in Dublin
This would make a great St. Patrick’s day post, but it’s only September, and I’m way too impatient to sit on this show for too long. The date is St. Patty’s Day 1996. The location is Dublin, Ireland. Joe Ely…
Ickmusic Maintenance tonight (Sept. 3)
Ickmusic will be down temporarily tonight at 9:00pm 8:00pm PST (AZ and CA time). I’ll be upgrading my WordPress version. Hopefully I’ll be right back up and running. If not, it’s been great! See ya! Update: It went off without…