Fashion street style blog The Sartorialist posted some amazing photos recently of the Jazz Age Dance Party in Governors Island, New York that took place on July 17th-18th. I know where I want to be next July. For the complete set of photos, check out The Satorialist. For more scenes from the event, check out a photo gallery posted at Time Out New York.
The fine folks at LA Record asked me to put together a Beach Boys-inspired mixtape for them in honor of our Beach Boys Tribute and Sweet Relief Musician’s Fund Benefit that took place last Saturday at HM-157. Head on over to LA Record.com and listen to my “Top 10 Tunes That The Beach Boys Covered.” If you missed my other LA Record mixes, check out “Oh Yes, Los Angeles”, “Big Freak” and my “Neil Young Tribute Mixtape.” Thanks LA Record!
Pete Oberg, an audio archivist for the music site Wolfgang’s Concert Vault, has given us a mixtape. I am very pleased to present his mix entitled “Expected Synchronicity.” For those who are unfamiliar with The Concert Vault, it’s a site that contains thousands of live performances and interviews from the 1960s through today from the likes of The Band, Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, Van Morrison, Bruce Springsteen and more. All you have to do is sign up for a free account and then all of the concerts in the Concert Vault are yours to stream online. Some of the concerts are even available for free download, while others are available to download for a small price (though streaming is always free). Check out Pete’s mix, which includes a couple of tracks from the archive and various other recorded material from the likes of Ralph Stanley, Justin Townes Earle, Moby Grape and more, after the jump.
The folks over at Aquarium Drunkard have rounded up 8 local Los Angeles bands to cover tunes from Television’s 1978 record Adventure. The end result, which features Foreign Born, The Henry Clay People, The Local Natives, The Growlers and others, is available for free download now (though you are encouraged to make a donation to the Silverlake Conservatory of Music in exchange for the music). To find out more about the release, click here.
Ryan Matteson, the man behind one of my favorite blogs Muzzle of Bees, has made a mixtape for us! I am very pleased to present Muzzle of Bees’s Escape To Wisconsin: A Guide to the Best Music That Wisconsin Has to Offer. If anyone should hold the position of Wisconsin’s Music Ambassador, it should be Ryan. In addition to Muzzle of Bees, Ryan also hosts a weekly podcast on 91.7 WMSE and is the public relations director for the three of Milwaukee’s most esteemed music venues the Pabst, the Riverside, and Turner Hall. I’ll let him take if from here: “I’m betting most of you taking the time to read this haven’t been to Wisconsin. Many of you might have trouble picking it out on the map. Though I threaten to leave its wintery grasp each year the truth is this state is settled deep in my bones. Lucky for me, as a music fan, I’m blessed with amazing music all around me. I present for your listening pleasure a mixtape of my favorite Wisconsin bands. There’s a ton of great stuff here. Take the time to listen and I promise you’ll find some new favorites.”
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TenthRow is this really cool site I just stumbled upon where you can watch full concert performances by Deer Tick, Langhorne Slim, Hymns, Dawes, White Rabbits and more. All of the concerts are recorded in HD in Washington DC and if you like what you hear, you can download MP3s of a number of the performances for free. Definitely worth spending some time over there.
The fine folks at Pretty Goes With Pretty have put together a sweet little 1930s playlist on their site. The post features classic country tunes by Bill Monroe, The Carter Family and the Coon Creek Girls plus a couple of French songs by Django Reinhardt, Jean Sablon and Fréhel thrown in for good measure. A really nice way to ease into the day. Head on over to Pretty Goes With Pretty to check it out.
Chris Ziegler from LA Record just did a mixtape for his site that we had to post because he included a Delaney and Bonnie track in our honor! Here’s Chris in his own words: “Long Beach has a legendary soul/funk night called GOOD FOOT at a club called Que Sera that Dennis Owens has been doing for coming up on twelve years now. I got to DJ their tenth anniversary for a few meaningful minutes and Dennis asked me back to DJ this Friday. Since I do a night of psych/funk/soul/punk/outlaw/etc… in Eagle Rock with DJ Short Shorts called BIG FREAK, I decided to combine a little of everything for… BIG FOOT! So here are some classics, some crazies and some Delaney and Bonnie specifically for When You Awake.” Thanks Chris! Check out his mix after the jump.
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Big O has struck gold again with a bootleg of Delaney & Bonnie performing live at Colston Hall in Bristol, UK on December 2, 1969. They are joined onstage for songs like “Coming Home” and “Only You Know and I Know” by an all star band including Eric Clapton, Rita Coolidge, Dave Mason and Carl Radle to name a few. The complete tracklisiting and musicians featured are after the jump. Click here for the bootleg.
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My Morning Jacket as The Ghostbusters
The folks over at Emusic have put together a feature called “It’s An Indie Halloween” that showcases musicians in their Halloween costumes. Click here to check out pics of Deer Tick, Black Mountain, Port O’Brien, Strand of Oaks and more.
Justin Vernon (Bon Iver) as Wayne’s World’s Garth
