Published by
internjosh on
September 26, 2008 in
Artist News.
Tags: front row for the meltdown, in a shotgun whirlwind, james mason, laura's stones, let's drive, mixtupe, music recommendation, muxtape, nude remix, Radiohead, reckoner, remix, white light right.
Want to listen to GREAT music, chosen especially for you? Check out the music recommendation player on your front page. Here are the Top 3 songs, picked just for me:
- 2. James Mason, who knows the value of a good album cover (seriously its killer…), brings us a delicate finger picked ballad in Laura’s Stones
- 3. Front Row for the Meltdown. Long band name, tight sound. Describing their sound as “Post Pop for the Pre Apocalypse”, the third track on my Recommendation Player was the upbeat, Let’s Drive.
- Radiohead is at it again. With the overwhelming success of the Nude Remix, they have decided to do the same with Reckoner(!!!). Full details here.
Published by
ejquinn on
August 25, 2008 in
Artist News, Festivals and OurStage@.
Tags: All Songs Considered, Bob Boilen, Bob Cilman, Brock Lynch, Dora Morrow, Fox Searchlight, Jack Schnepp, Jay Sweet, Newport, newport folk, Paste Magazine, Quinn Strassel, Radiohead, Sonic Youth, Steve Martin, The Flaming Lips, Young @ Heart.
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Anybody who has seen Fox Searchlight’s documentary Young@Heart knows why I was looking forward to this interview. Watching them at Newport confirmed they are much more than a novelty act. Young@Heart is a great band, producing profound interpretations of modern bands like Sonic Youth, The Flaming Lips, and Radiohead (Newport organizer and Paste Magazine mogul Jay Sweet was in tears during their rendition of Fake Plastic Trees).
FYI: The chorus just released their new album, Mostly Live, this past week. I’ve listened to it and it’s incredible. Buy it here. Your life will be better if you do.
It was a pleasure talking with their leader Bob Cilman and chorus members Dora Morrow, Jack Schnepp, and Steve Martin. I’d also like to say thanks to Brock Lynch (chorus member not featured in the video) who introduced himself to me backstage and regaled me with several entertaining stories. He even sent me a number of great Y@H clippings in the mail. Thanks Brock!
More great coverage of Young@Heart at Newport can be found at Bob Boilen’s excellent All Songs Considered blog.
