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The Wrecking Crew – must see music documentary about the most successful studio band of all time

What is the Wrecking Crew?

The Wrecking Crew were a group of Studio Musicians in Los Angeles in the 60s who played on hits for the “Beach Boys, Frank Sinatra, Nancy Sinatra, Sonny and Cher, Jan & Dean, The Monkees, Gary Lewis and the Playboys, Mamas and Papas, Tijuana Brass, Ricky Nelson, Johnny Rivers and [...]

Coachella 2012 Spotify playlist

Spotify Playlists For Each Day Of Coachella 2012

Friday http://open.spotify.com/user/sonofhal/playlist/1qZLqYCD1QZVWHCWqtVRSI Saturday http://open.spotify.com/user/sonofhal/playlist/3mmLZqxWt1di1EGRaaybIS Sunday http://open.spotify.com/user/sonofhal/playlist/4cMlbB5SZxc5pzNyCVyWD4

Unrelated to Coachella but here is my whopper of a playlist, “Alternapop’s Alternative/Indie Super List” with over 1000 songs: http://open.spotify.com/user/alternapop/playlist/7pVK6MsM6V8MFnZURLlx7Z

SPC ECO (for fans of Curve)

Gone by SPC ECO

SPC ECO (pronounced Space Echo) are a British-American shoegazing band, formed in 2007. The band consists of former Curve member Dean Garcia (bass, drums, guitar and programming), Rose Berlin (vocals) and Joey Levenson (guitar). When performing live, the band consists of Garcia on bass, Berlin on vocals, HKG on guitar, Debbie [...]

Spotify’s Daniel Ek: “The Most Important Man In Music”

Forbes.com has a long article on Spotify’s Daniel Ek.

“Next week (this week) he’s scheduled to return to New York to unveil Spotify’s new platform in front of his first-ever press conference—a platform that he admits still isn’t ready for a public debut.”

I’m been playing with the Spotify app beta for a while now [...]

Coachella 2012 lineup officially announced

Highlights

Friday: The Black Keys, Pulp, Arctic Monkeys, Mazzy Star, Explosions in the Sky, M83, The Rapture, The Horrors, Yuck, The Black Angels

Saturday: Radiohead, Bon Iver, The Shins, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, Miike Snow, Andrew Bird, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, St. Vincent, Kasabian, Buzzcocks, The Big Pink, The Vaccines, We Were Promised [...]

Google Music

http://www.fastcompany.com//1799610/google-music-geeks-try-to-show-they-love-music-more-than-algorithms

It’ll be interesting to check out at least.  I’m sure Google has the talent and cash to give this a serious run but the execution is pretty important.  There is a fine line between being too simple for the masses, who only have 500 songs total, and the small percentage who have 50,000 songs. [...]

The Stone Roses sign record contract with Universal

The Stone Roses are pleased to announce that they have signed a record contract with Universal Music in London and with Columbia Records in New York.

Swervedriver announces US dates for 2012

SWERVEDRIVER US TOUR DATES FOR 2012

Mar 28 Philadelphia, Union Transfer Mar 29 Boston, Brighton Music Hall Mar 30 Washington DC, Rock and Roll Hotel Mar 31 New York City, Bowery Ballroom Apr 2 Cleveland, Grog Shop Apr 3 Chicago, Bottom Lounge Apr 4 Seattle, Neumo’s Apr 5 Portland, Doug Fir Lounge Apr 6 San [...]

Noise Pop 2012 information revealed

http://2012.noisepop.com/announcing-noise-pop-20/

ANNOUNCING NOISE POP 20

Noise Pop turns 20 this year. Where did the time go? We can hardly believe it ourselves. We are thrilled to be able to celebrate in style and as such have put together a fantastic collection of bands. There’ll be plenty more additions to come, but for now you can [...]

My Bloody Valentine’s ‘Loveless’ 20 year anniversary

 

My Bloody Valentine’s epic album Loveless turns 20 today.  Here is a high quality vinyl rip of the last track on the album, ‘Soon’. Do yourself a favor and put on some GOOD headphones.

My Bloody Valentine – “Soon” (1991)

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