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Jesca Hoop Sings “The Kingdom”

Rob Jones — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:57 +0000

Listen to this track from transplanted-to-Britain American singer-songwriter and experimental popist Jesca Hoop. It’s “The Kingdom”, the second track off of her 2009 full-length record Hunting My Dress. Jesca Hoop had contacts with the music world even before she herself started her professional recording career, being the daughter of folk-singing Mormons in Northern California, where [...]

Klaatu Performs “Sub-Rosa Subway”

Rob Jones — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:13 +0000

Listen to this track by Canadian space rockers and Beatles reunion suspects Klaatu. It’s their 1977 hit single “Sub-Rosa Subway”, a song that bothered the charts less than the rumours surrounding it bothered the music press and rock fandom at the height of the “will-they-or-won’t-they” era of hoped for Beatles reunions of the mid-to-late ’70s. [...]

Chris Whitley Sings “God Left Town”

Rob Jones — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:20 +0000

Listen to this track by modern bluesman and national steel guitar-slinging songwriter Chris Whitley. It’s “God Left Town”, a deep cut on his 2004 Internet-and-gig only album, and his ninth, War Crime Blues. The song showcases Whitley’s skill as a guitarist who is able to hold the threads of an arrangement, and of emotional currents [...]

Teddy Thompson Sings “Take Care of Yourself”

Rob Jones — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:29 +0000

Listen to this track by British folk dynasty progeny, and superlative singer-songwriter besides, Teddy Thompson. It’s “Take Care Of Yourself”, a gem of a tune from his 2011 album Bella. The album traces the episodes in meeting someone, falling in love, and then being faced with the reality of having to say goodbye. The music here [...]

Graham Parker Sings “Partner For Life”

Rob Jones — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:02 +0000

Listen to this track by former angry young man turned happily-married stalwart singer-songwriter Graham Parker. It’s “Partner For Life”, an ode to love, commitment, and the realities of adult relationships as featured on Parker’s 1995 album 12 Haunted Episodes. By the 1990s, Parker had been prolific as a writer and performer, even if his mainstream [...]

Heaven 17 Play “Temptation”

Rob Jones — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:01 +0000

Listen to this track by Sheffieldian one-time Human League splinter group, and sonically ambitious hitmakers in their own right, Heaven 17. It’s their smash UK single “Temptation” as taken from their 1983 album The Luxury Gap. One of the features here is guest vocalist Carol Kenyon, who sings in a Northern Soul influenced style, contrasting [...]

Stop SOPA/PIPA

Rob Jones — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 08:00:38 +0000

For anyone interested in keeping free speech alive on the Internet, and/or anywhere else, read this article about why SOPA/PIPA must be stopped. There is also a video attached that outlines how this bill threatens free speech and expression on the Internet. PROTECT IP / SOPA Breaks The Internet from Fight for the Future on Vimeo. [...]

The Sonics Perform “Have Love Will Travel”

Rob Jones — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:00:47 +0000

Listen to this track by Pacific Northwest R&B supplicants the Sonics. It’s “Have Love Will Travel” (that title being a possible reference to Have Gun Will Travel, a TV western program), a well-travelled rock tune, written by the same guy who wrote “Louie Louie” , Richard Berry. This tune would be covered by many from Stiv [...]

Ron Sexsmith & The Uncool Play “Don’t Mind Losing”

Rob Jones — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:21 +0000

Listen to this track by St. Catharines Ontario favourite son and effortlessly awesome singer-songwriter Ron Sexsmith, with his former collective known as The Uncool – Steve Charles on bass, and Don Kerr on drums and backing vocals. It’s “Don’t Mind Losing”, a jubilant Moondance-era Van The Man style acoustic soul-pop gem as taken from his [...]

David Bowie Sings “The Jean Genie”

Rob Jones — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:00:04 +0000

Here’s a clip of androgynous musical brushfire-starting alien pin up David Bowie, and his soon-to-be-erstwhile Spiders From Mars. It’s the recently discovered clip of his 1973 performance of “The Jean Genie” on the British music program Top of the Pops. The song is taken from the album Aladdin Sane, a record released that very year [...]