Prior to Peter Case forming The Plimsouls in '78, he was part of two other influential mid-to-late '70s bands with Paul Collins   – The Nerves and The Breakaways (Paul would later go on to form his own highly-respected group, The Beat ). Both Peter and Paul have enjoyed successful solo careers on record and on the road, but this spring they’ll once again be reunited for a very special North American tour. The two frontmen (along with bassist Timm Buechler and drummer Amos Pitsch) will be performing classic numbers by their bands, The Nerves and The Breakaways, as well as material ...

Your monthly mixtape from your favorite music bloggers, tweeters, members of the altcountrytab.ca forum, friends of friends, friends of lovers, friends and lovers, friends in low places, and occasionally some enemies. Do you spell America with a "k"? Download 1. Shayfer James - Weight of the World Counterfeit Arcade (2011) Submitted By: Popa2unes Comments: Shayfer James is devilishly captivating and deliciously unusual. A man of bewitching grace, grisly humor, profound story telling, and whiskey-flavored wit. 2. “Mississippi” Charles Bevel - Don’t Lie to Me.mp3 From : Meet “Mississippi” Charles Bevel (A&M; Records SP-4412, 1973, out of print) Submitted By: Simon ...

Akron/Family @ LPR in 2010 (more by Anna Scialli) today in NYC * John Zorn @ The Stone * Portlandia @ Bowery Ballroom * The Juan Maclean (DJ) @ Yotel * Alejandro Escovedo @ City Winery * Jonathan Wilson @...

Big Beat is releasing John Cale: Conflict & Catalysis: Productions & Arrangements 1966-2006 on February 27. as a producer, you've got to be a catalyst, an ally, a co-conspirator. sometimes you need to introduce conflict.' - john cale in his autobiography. film directors have always been lionised by their industry and by fans who made household names of ford, hitchcock and spielberg. record producers, on the other hand, have by-and-large laboured in near-anonymity outside the music business and the most devoted of followers. to help remedy that situation ace have instigated their producers series, focusing on the studio output of jack nitzsche ...

Eisley--"Smarter" (mp3) I don't know if you've had a chance to hang out with me lately, but I'm pretty f---ing smart. Go ahead, put an "-er" on that statement. You know you were thinking it. 'There's something different about him,' you probably thought. 'I knew he was kinda smart, but he seems........smarter. What gives?' What you were picking up on is that I'm not only smarter, I'm quicker, I've probably raised my IQ, I'm pretty sure I know how to fix the economy, I'm starting to find flaws in ...

Filed under: News , R.I.P. Myspace Jennifer Miro, best known as the keyboardist/vocalist in '70s San Francisco punk group the Nuns alongside Alejandro Escovedo , died last month in New York following a bout with cancer. She was 54. According to a Jan. 4 story in San Francisco Weekly , Miro -- born Jennifer Anderson -- was suffering from liver and breast cancer and lived her remaining days in a Manhattan studio apartment. Refusing standard treatment, the musician died on Dec. 16 at Bellvue Hospital where she was receiving hospice care. Various message boards speculated on her passing over the holidays but ...

Fonocast #6: It's Not Me, It's You by Blanca Méndez and Andrew Casillas Not to be a total downer, but I want you to think back to your last breakup. Or, better yet, your worst breakup – the one that redefined and intensified your definition of heartbreak, the one that made you feel as if the sky was literally falling and the universe was slowly closing in on you and there was nothing you could do but wait for that crushing end in the bathtub in the dark with a bottle of Malbec and Celine Dion’s “All By ...

Every day, Daily Downloads offers 10 free and legal mp3 downloads, plus free and legal live sets from around the internet. Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Alejandro Escovedo: 2011-10-06, London [mp3,ogg,flac] Alejandro Escovedo: "It Makes No Difference (The Band...

Download my new mix, Needle on a Hill. 1. Sugar - If I Can't Change Your Mind2. Fiery Furnaces - Here Comes The Summer3. Built to Spill - Car4. Alejandro Escovedo - Last To Know5. Amy Rude And Heartbeast - Can You Hear Me Crying Throught The Walls? 6. Townes Van Zandt - No Lonesome Tune7. Delta Spirit - People Turn Around8. Luna - Tiger Lilly9. The Faces - Stay With Me10. Busted Hearts - Cold

Alejandro Escovedo's rendition of "Help!" takes the upbeat youthful spirit of the original and translates it into the slow and ponderous desperation of man approaching old age.

Every day, Daily Downloads offers 10 free and legal mp3 downloads, plus free and legal live sets from around the internet. Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Alejandro Escovedo: 2011-10-14, Tingewick [mp3,ogg,flac] Alejandro Escovedo: "Always a Friend" [mp3] search for...

Alejandro Escovedo's greatest hits could be both a backdrop to some sketchy biker bar in the US, or just as easily become a soundtrack for the lonely.

Nascente Records will release ‘The Best of Alejandro Escovedo’ on 10 th October. The double CD collection features recordings from Alejandro’s early 80’s group True Believers through his Rykodisc albums to the magnificent Bloodshot Records trilogy. The release will coincide with a full UK...

Every day, Daily Downloads offers 10 free and legal mp3 downloads, plus free and legal live sets from around the internet. Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Alejandro Escovedo: 2006-01-06, Annapolis [mp3,ogg,flac] Alejandro Escovedo: "Sacramento & Polk" [mp3] search for...

Every day, Daily Downloads offers 10 free and legal mp3 downloads, plus free and legal live sets from around the internet. Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Alejandro Escovedo: 2011-05-01, Washington [mp3,ogg,flac] Alejandro Escovedo: "Excuse Me While I Break My...