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Vinyl Love - Craig Finn - Honolulu Blues

By Simon, on November 12th, 2011

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Hold Steady frontman Craig Finn is releasing a limited edition 7″ single, “Honolulu Blues” plus “Rented Room” via Vagrant on November 25 for Record Store Day’s Black Friday – the digital version arrives a few days later, the single is a taster of Finn’s solo album due early 2012 which features support from members of White Denim, The Heartless Bastards, Phosphorescent, and Centro-matic, read the Pitchfork interview about the album here.

Pre-order @ Rough Trade

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Odds N Ends

By Simon, on May 6th, 2011

Bloodshot have a tempting offer for on a Jon Langford CD & Book, cut and paste job on the marketing bumf .

The starting point was his long unobtainable album Skull Orchard. For the CD available exclusively with this book, Langford returned to those lost recordings and radically revised them, enlisting as his accomplices theBurlington Welsh Male Chorus, who contribute a unique warmth to the material. Three new tracks have been added, making 18 in all.

Jon illustrated his lyrics for Skull Orchard, at once autobiographical and fanciful, in a set of “song paintings” created especially for this book, which also includes much more artwork, an A to Z of South Walian culture and history (both personal and general) by Jon’s brother, and acclaimed SF writer David Langford, photographs by their father, Denis Langford, and Jon’s first published story, a witty, dystopian tale about a whale and a dolphin.

Jon Langford  - . . . → Read More: Odds N Ends

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Franz Nicolay “Luck & Courage” (Decor 2010)

By Simon, on April 19th, 2011

Rather late to the party I know but it’s overdue I post a little something about Franz Nicolay’s album Luck & Courage released last November on Decor Records (who look after Richmond Fontaine, Mark Eitzel and AMC amongst others), it’s probably tiresome for the fella but in case your trying to place the name Franz was the keyboard maestro with Brooklyn’s finest The Hold Steady, I’ve not seen the band live since Nicolay’s departure but they’ve got to miss him he has that natural performers stage presence to go with his musical skills and was an excellent foil to Craig Finn.

Wildly eclectic and without a dull moment this his second solo release following on from 2009’s Major General and it’s a quality piece of work, built around his excellent lyrics the song structures appear tilted on their axes giving the album a loose feel regardless of whether it’s the sparsely . . . → Read More: Franz Nicolay “Luck & Courage” (Decor 2010)

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The Baseball Project “Volume 2 High and Inside” (Yep Roc 2011)

By Simon, on March 3rd, 2011



Released today supergroup The Baseball Project ‘s follow up to Volume 1 Frozen Ropes & Dying Quails, now I’ll be honest here having watched only one live baseball game in my life and having little knowledge of the rules let alone the history and folklore of the game I’m not the best to comment on this release from the combined talents of Steve Wynn (The Miracle 3, The Dream Syndicate), Scott McCaughey (The Minus 5, Young Fresh Fellows, R.E.M.), Linda Pitmon (The Miracle 3, Golden Smog) and Peter Buck (R.E.M.) add to this guest appearances from Craig Finn (The Hold Steady),  Ben Gibbard (Death Cab for Cutie),  Steve Berlin (Los Lobos). Iran Kaplin (Yo La Tengo), Chris Funk and John Moen (The Decemberists) it’s some line up and whether you’re a fan of the sport or not you can’t help but appreciate the quality of the music.

The Baseball Project – 1976

Mark Steven Fidrych August 14, 1954 – April 13, 2009 “The . . . → Read More: The Baseball Project “Volume 2 High and Inside” (Yep Roc 2011)

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