jukeboxgraduate:

That’s none other than Georgia Hubley of @TheRealYLT, Yo La Tengo, as an extra in the ‘Glory Days’ video filmed at Maxwell’s in Hoboken, NJ.

(Not in picture: me standing outside on the sidewalk. I had moved to Hoboken a few months before.)

These are the kind of tidbits you will learn from Jesse Jarnow’s fantastic Yo La Tengo book, Big Day Coming: Yo La Tengo and the Rise of Indie Rock, which I am only 1/3 of the way through but am so far completely digging the melange of indie rock history, baseball trivia, and YLT biography. The winning factor in this combination is Jarnow’s approachable writing style, keeping things polished and professional but interesting and highly readable.

[I was sent a review copy of the book, yadda yadda]

“I used to be sorta blind / But now I can sorta see”

Robert Ellis@ The basement (Nashvile)

#secretstages #thirdman

“Artist Hospitality” starring James Wallace and The Naked Light. #secretstages

Despite competition from Beach House (at Bottletree) and Wilco (Sloss Furnace), Secret Stages 2012 opened strong… Musically speaking, at least. But hey: Years ago it would’ve seemed absurd that so much amazing music would be happening in Birmingham on a Friday night. 

Lambchop performed a spellbinding set that every Wilco fan would’ve / should’ve enjoyed. They don’t tour the states very often (they’re huge in Europe) so getting such a legendary band at the young festival was quite a coup. The set never got too loud, but the band’s gorgeous textures, economical musicianship, and singer Kurt Wagner’s delivery and amazing poetic sense filled the evening with a smirking electricity. Someone should be working to book an encore performance. 

Preston Lovinggood — he of Wild Sweet Orange fame — played an intimate set at Metro Bar. The audience was rapt and my dogs were tired. I was planning on bouncing around some more (I had designs on catching Floating Action’s second set as well as the latest incarnation of Terry Ohms) but Preston’s drift was too lovely to leave. 

More highlights later…. Perhaps we’ll see you around today. HERE are some suggestions….

There are 3 acts I’m particularly excited about for Secret Stages: Lambchop, Courtney Tidwell, and these guys — Floating Action. 

magnolius:

The late, great J Dilla has a new posthumous project currently in the works. Rebirth Of Detroit is the fifth studio LP from “the man, the music, and the legacy” and features 25 unreleased tracks including unheard beats from the producer’s vault and new verses from artists such as Danny Brown, Phat Kat, Guilty Simpson, Chuck Inglish and Boldy James. drops June 12

“This will bring together artists that have drifted away from one another and haven’t been able to work with each other lately. It’s a healing process for the city. For individuals, it’s going to bring back the love and the passion for the music and for what hip-hop has to offer.” - MaDukes (Dilla’s mom)

New stuff coming soon… Like today or tomorrow soon. 

thisisamericanmusic:

Dorardo is a late add to this weekend’s Secret Stages festival in Birmingham, AL.  

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One of the ongoing alternate universes of Birmingham, Alabama’s, Through the Sparks, on the same book case, with Cosmo Vac and Grey of the Eighties.

Live, Dorado often includes members of Through the Sparks, but is other times a Smothers Brothers set up with Jody Nelson and bassist Jay(son) Taylor.

The songwriting is lyric-based and aims at something that might be called “new traditional folk music” but has no sonic restrictions. It’s sort of like what would happen if the Traveling Wilburys had let a 1980s Bob Dylan do all the singing. The debut record “Modern Man: Second-hand Stories” is set for release in the late summer/early fall via This Is American Music.

Members:  Jody Nelson, Greg Slamen, Jay(son) Taylor, Shawn Avery, James Brangle