• Wilco
    Rock

    Wilco on World Cafe, June 15th

    Unless Wilco books a date here in the Phoenix / Tucson area before September, I have a good two and a half months left until I see them at the Austin City Limits Music Festival. To tide me over, it’s…

  • Pop,  R&B

    Rihanna’s Umbrella

    You usually won’t find me too in touch with the Top 40 hits of the day (or the Hot 100 on Billboard), but Rihanna pulled me right in to this video. I could do without Jay-Z’s bantering at the beginning,…

  • Wire album cover
    Punk

    UK Punk: Wire

    On to another UK punk band formed in 1976, a band I had quite frankly never heard of until yesterday (thanks melchman for bringing in their debut CD). Wire was right there though, putting out a brand of art punk…

  • Miscellaneous

    Austin, Here I Come

    I’m happy to report that Ickmusic’s entire staff (okay, me) will descend upon Austin this September for the Austin City Limits Festival. Who am I looking forward to seeing? Oh let’s see… Wilco, Steve Earle, Arcade Fire, Bob Dylan, My…

  • The Damned
    Punk

    UK Punk: The Damned

    Well, while we’re at it, let’s continue the UK punk theme with the Damned. They’re punk legends in their own right, being contemporaries of the Clash and the Sex Pistols in the class of ’76. They’re still together too, though…

  • album cover 999
    Punk

    UK Punk: 999

    Here’s one recently heard on Sirius Satellite’s Punk channel. As much as I’ve enjoyed the Clash and the Sex Pistols, I haven’t had too much exposure in my life to other UK punk bands of the era (the late 70’s…

  • Bruce Cockburn
    Live

    Ickmusic Live: Bruce Cockburn, 1993

    “Wow”, I say. As a lover, yes lover, of Bruce Cockburn‘s music, coming across this crystal clear show from 1993 – the year I discovered his music – is a godsend. My very favorite Cockburn tune, “All the Ways I…

  • Nudges

    A nudge in the right direction

    Just wanted to pass along a couple of nice sites I recently happened upon… First, A Deeper Shade of Soul. Ben and I are on the same wavelength on a lot of stuff, it seems. I mean, killer live Boss…

  • Rock

    The Wilburys Collection released Today

    Attention Wilburys fans… Today, Rhino released The Wilburys Collection, a 2-CD / 1-DVD set which contains both Wilburys albums (Vol. 1 and Vol. 3), four bonus tracks (“Maxine”, “Like a Ship”, Nobody’s Child”, and “Runaway”), and a DVD of five…