Ickmusic’s Friday Five: January 25, 2008
On an average week, most of my Friday afternoon is spent resisting the urge to count the minutes until the weekend and getting the last of my work done before ‘unplugging’. I also find it’s the day I’m most likely…
A Nudge in the Right Direction
Do you want an early Jeff Tweedy acoustic show? Berkeley Place has got you covered with a Dec. 29th, 1994 show with special guest Jay Bennett. Itching to hear Nelly Furtado join Anne Murray for a studio version of the…
Stoned in Belgium: Brussels Affair
This, my friends, is the Stones in arguably their finest form. They were touring in support of their latest album, Goats Head Soup, the follow-up to 1972’s Exile on Main Street (a tough album to follow!). Mick Taylor absolutely shredded…
Help Take Hip-Hop to the Super Bowl
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64JGSpSSqnE 450 400] Internet buzz can take you a long way, maybe even to a 60 second clip during the Super Bowl. That buzz is reaching a fever pitch for the New York based Indian influenced Hip-Hop act Nivla Feat.…
Jumping on the Band (of Horses) Wagon
I’m late to the Band of Horses bandwagon. I guess my inclination is to shy away from the darlings of the indie critics and hipsters. Well, I made a mistake for not checking these guys out earlier. Since the beginning…
LastFM takes it to the next level
If you’re here, you love music. And if you love music, you should be on LastFM – a free social music networking site. Especially with this morning’s news… LastFM, which CBS bought last year, just announced a major deal with…
Nobody Knows (including me) by Faces
One of the neglected bands in my life has been Faces (and Small Faces before them). But thankfully, they keep popping up from time to time, reminding me to get my act together. Wohlman included this great track in one…
On the Town this Weekend with Todd Snider
Well, crap in a basket and call me Pappy, it’s almost Friday! And hey, Todd Snider is coming to town! If you’re in the Phoenix area, and you’re free on Sunday night (a long weekend for MLK Day), join me,…
Girls Love Winter
The third single from Magic has hit iTunes with some bonus goodies. For $3.00 you get “Girls In Their Summer Clothes (Winter Mix)”, “Girls In Their Summer Clothes (Live)” (which features a great sax break and a hell of a…
