Category: music

MEN - "Off Our Backs"

12/23/09 | by David Raffin [mail] | Categories: music, Links
I first saw MEN on IFC's "Dinner with the Band" recently.[video:youtube:IAoh_yteKkc] more »

Merry Virtual Stuffmas: The Kinks Choral Concert

12/22/09 | by David Raffin [mail] | Categories: music, Links
NPR recorded "The Kinks Choral Concert" and you can download it here. Ray Davies, frontman for the legendary band The Kinks, had paired some of the group's most popular songs with a full choir. [...] There have always been simple and often beautiful… more »

Chung Antique

08/05/09 | by David Raffin [mail] | Categories: music
The band Chung Antique. Demo may be downloaded here. more »

Kill Ugly Radio

06/28/09 | by David Raffin [mail] | Categories: music, Links
[download larger] As a scholar and a gentleman, interested in both Stalin and Ham, I have downloaded the large image to print on glossy photo paper and frame on the wall. more »

It All Makes Sense At The End

05/16/09 | by David Raffin [mail] | Categories: music, Links
[video:youtube:1tjC0mYfcrg] [Molly] more »

All You Can Eat

05/02/09 | by David Raffin [mail] | Categories: music, Links
San Francisco band All You Can Eat played the world in the 90s and released a slew of 7 inch records. Now you can download these records from the All You Can Eat website. If you collect non-virtual 7 inch records they still have some for sale.… more »

Greatest Black Sabbath cover ever

04/15/09 | by David Raffin [mail] | Categories: music, Links
Via Kill Ugly Radio, text-to-speech Sabbath. more »

Wavves

04/05/09 | by David Raffin [mail] | Categories: Reviews, music, Links
I have just discovered the low-fi band [[en:Wavves]]. I saw them in an interstitial on IFC. Live, I found Wavves reminiscent of the late [[en:Lance Hahn]], the voice and guitar. It also reminds of psychotic surf music and early eighties california pu… more »

Of Montreal

12/20/08 | by David Raffin [mail] | Categories: music
My latest musical discovery is a band from Georgia, "Of Montreal." That's deep south Georgia -- not Soviet Georgia, (or ex-Soviet Georgia, though that would be, I suppose, even better). Their latest album, "Skeletal Lamping" is a concoction of mostly… more »

924 Gilman

12/16/08 | by David Raffin [mail] | Categories: Reviews, books, movies/tv, music, main
If you're interested in punk rock's last vibrant period of activity, '88-'92, check out the book and DVD 924 Gilman. 924 Gilman 924 Gilman Street 924 Gilman is the address of the club of the same name set up by the well known magazine [[en:Maxim… more »

Interview with Laibach's Ivan Novak

10/13/08 | by David Raffin [mail] | Categories: News/Info, Reviews, music
Interview conducted by VN comrade Rich Lindsay. Artist: KBOO/Rich Lindsay Length: 16:09 minutes (14.79 MB) I had the chance to chat briefly with founding member and spokesperson Ivan Novak of the Slovene Industrial band [[en:Laibach]], on the eve o… more »

Cult of Uke

10/11/08 | by David Raffin [mail] | Categories: music
GUGUG plays HAVE LOVE, WILL TRAVEL on Ukulele. [video:youtube:ltTUOKOgd9o] Have Love Will Travel (1959) - written by Richard Berry of Louie Louie fame. more »

NoNameJane benefit

08/31/08 | by David Raffin [mail] | Categories: News/Info, music
NoNameJane Benefit show - (6:00 PM - 10:00 PM) Fri. Sept. 26 Door opens at 6. Features Black Top Demon; Highlight Bomb, Circle Drive; Militias Mischief; Powerbomb the Wolf; Hosted by NoNameJane. Location: Hoquiam, WA, 706 Simpson Ave. more »

O'Brien Tryin' to Learn to Talk Hawaiian (1914)

06/11/08 | by David Raffin [mail] | Categories: music, Links
A while ago I posted O'Brien Tryin' to Learn to Talk Hawaiian as sung by Ada Jones in 1917. This song is one of my two favorite tracks by Jones. (The other is The Yama Yama Man) The song was written in 1914. If you are feeling musical here is the… more »

My Hope

06/06/08 | by David Raffin [mail] | Categories: music, Links
"Your tastes may pass as "vintage" in the future - but I doubt it" [video:youtube:avxpn_MsPYs] more »

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