Hey Everyone,
How’s it going?
Not exactly a mad week for releases this week, it is quite enough really but still a few nice bits.
Warner has a few bits without anything major happening including the latest MusiCares DVD and Bluray release featuring Mr. Paul McCartney.
The tribute concert was over 3 years ago but only seeing release now and a lot of interesting people on it so should be a good one.
I don’t think I ever said a bad word about Macca until very recently when I saw him perform, sorry I should have said stand on stage with Rihanna and Canine West during the Grammys for a performance of the song “ four five seconds”.
Macca is credited with writing the song along with only 8 others….why bother Paul…..to be hip?…..you wrote “yesterday”, “blackbird” and “let it be”….that’s hip enough.
There is a new 7 “single from Noel Gallagher “river man” (fine track again) and Paul Weller’s first single from his new album, single on a 7 again called “Saturn’s pattern”.
I saw Paul Weller support THE STONE ROSES down da Pairc a good few years ago for Feile.
There was a great bunch of hardcore fans of the Modfather up the very front that night and in the few seconds gap between every song there was a chorus of WELLEEERRR, WELLEEERRR, WELLEEERRR in really strong Cork accents…..you probably had to be there…!!
Warner has a new CLAPTON compilation thingy, 3 and 2 CD formats for now, LP to follow later and there is also a SAXON movie on DVD and BLURAY out on the 8th of May.
Lastly from Warner on the 8th of May is the second album together from EMMYLOU HARRIS and RODNEY CROWELL called “the traveling kind” on Nonesuch, again the LP version is coming at a later date and again the way their vocals and harmonies intertwine is unreal.
I have been watching the COBAIN documentary over the last couple of nights…its quite long….nearly 2 and half hours I think.
I am not finished it yet…about 30 minutes left…but it is an interesting watch…very visual, very informative, and very hard to watch at times. Home videos with himself and Courtney smashed off their heads especially hard to watch.
I didn’t realize what an active and artistic mind he had, even from a very young age.
Some of the drawings he did when he was as young as three are simply astonishing for his age…astonishing….if my youngest boy Zach (3) drew a picture as well as Kurt did at three years of age, I would be absolutely astounded and probably retire to a far away island, thinking my boy is a genius!!
His parents did not give me a good bang at all in the documentary.
It’s reported that the Kurt Cobain estate is worth 450 million dollars, i imagine that the main protagonists in the documentary are the main beneficiaries of that estate i.e Courtney, Frances Bean and MOMS and POPS….interestingly Dave Grohl has not said a word in two hours whereas there were numerous pieces with Krist Novoselic…..if anyone has the low down on this, pop it up on the forum please for me….these views are mine obviously but that sure don’t mean they are right….does Grohl think the COBAIN’S are a bunch of money grabbing assholes??
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PIAS for the 15th MAY have the new album by FAITH NO MORE…..little break since the last record….18 years I think.
There are also new records from HOT CHIP “ why make sense”, CEREMONY and the HELIO SEQUENCE.
Lastly on 4AD through PIAS is the debut album by HOLLY HERNDON entitled “platform” really experimental electronica if that sort of thing floats your boat.
SONY have a new SNOOP CD “bush” and a new LEONARD COHEN release “can’t forget: a souvenir of the grand tour” on CD and Vinyl record.
When I first saw the Cohen release I thought it was another live album….again….and I thought they’re taking the piss…..but it’s a record of rare enough tracks from rehearsals and sound checks from the last tour…..still taking the piss??…..I’m going to wait to hear it first.
Universal has a new album by NATHAN CARTER for the 8th of May, the debut album by TOVE LO and the JOHNNY CASH AMERICAN RECORDINGS 7 LP BOXSET….only 140 yo yos folks….only 100 ordered….only 165 euro with my big buddy in the sky…in case you thought I was giving them a break….not today punk…hope the nappies are selling well for ya…
PROPER has the new DECLAN SINNOTT album for the 8th of May called “windows in the world”.
Declan’s last album was a really nice listen, and this one is supposed to be as good if not better.
Proper also have a new Keith Jarrett album next week.
MUSIC ON VINYL has reissues from EUROPE and B.B KING.
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Sin e for this week I think,
Thanks for listening,
Ray.