Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “The Uncle Meat Variations” by The Mothers Of Invention Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Dvorak…the alphabet of classical composers goes on and on…and then you come to “Z.” May I offer “Zappa?” Yup, Frank Zappa…an artist whose music will be studied by serious composers for generations to come. You don’t believe me? Then check out today’s Song … [Read more...] about Song Of The Day – “The Uncle Meat Variations” by The Mothers Of Invention
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Song Of The Day – “Hey Hey My My (Into The Black)” by Devo w/Neil Young
Q: Where do the worlds of The Kingston Trio, Devo and Neil Young all collide? A: In the film Human Highway, of course! Human Highway was a dreadful film released by Bernard Shakey (aka Neil Young) in 1982. The move was filmed between 1978 and 1981 and it starred Neil Young, Dean Stockwell, Dennis Hopper, Russ Tamblyn and Devo. It was briefly shown in movie theaters upon … [Read more...] about Song Of The Day – “Hey Hey My My (Into The Black)” by Devo w/Neil Young
Song Of The Day– “Hymn Of The Seventh Galaxy” by Chick Corea and Return To Forever
Pianist extraordinaire, Chick Corea, got his professional start playing with the likes of Cab Calloway, Blue Mitchell, Herbie Mann, Willie Bobo and Mongo Santamaria. He went on to replace Herbie Hancock in Miles Davis’ band, and played with him from 1968 through 1971 during a crucial time when Miles was moving away from straight-ahead jazz, and toward a more psychedelic rock … [Read more...] about Song Of The Day– “Hymn Of The Seventh Galaxy” by Chick Corea and Return To Forever
Song Of the Day – “Would That Not Be Nice” by Divine Fits
MORE DIVINE FITS! Yesterday I chose a song from this album featuring Dan Boeckner of Wolf Parade on lead vocals. Today’s song features Spoon lead singer, Britt Daniels taking the lead spot on a song that has the ghosts of INXS flying all around the mix. Divine Fits released their debut album “A Thing Called Divine Fits” last week and I was intrigued because of the involvement … [Read more...] about Song Of the Day – “Would That Not Be Nice” by Divine Fits
Song Of The Day – “Champagne Coast” by Blood Orange
Editor's note: This article originally appeared in July 2013 There’s really nothing truly new and original going on in new music today, and the adage “everything old is new again” was truly on full display throughout the three-day Pitchfork Music Festival. Several threads can be drawn through the music presented at Pitchfork this past weekend, and all of them point towards … [Read more...] about Song Of The Day – “Champagne Coast” by Blood Orange