Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers
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Jonathan Richman (born May 16, 1951) is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. In 1970 he founded The Modern Lovers , an influential proto-punk band. Since the mid-1970s, Richman has worked either solo or with low-key, generally acoustic backing. He is known for his wide-eyed,... Read More
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Feature: Bleddyn Butcher On The Triffids: Pa ..In the final installment of a two-part interview, Triffids biographer Bleddyn Butcher talks to AARON CURRAN about David McComb’s work ethic, his distinctly Australian vernacular and the mystery surrounding his death. Part one here . As well as mining his own experiences, David seemed to enjoy using literature as a springboard in his work, like the poems of Les Murray and Marina Tsvetaeva. Do you think his creative methods were different from his peers in this or any other ways? Yes, I think his methods were more sophisticated. These days there seems to be a general misunderstanding of what creativity ...Mess and Noise6 February 2012
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Green Man 2012 Line Up DetailsFeist is amongst the first names to be confirmed for this year's instalment of The Green Man. Founded as a tiny, alt folk focussed festival The Green Man has grown to become one of Britain's most distinctive summer events. Turning ten years old with nary a wrinkle in sight, organisers are now focussed on 2012's instalment. Preparing a host of surprises for fans, The Green Man has unveil the first names on the line up for this summer's bash. Canadian singer Feist is set to headline, following a brief burst of UK shows at the tail ...Clash Music30 January 2012
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Feist to headline Green Man Festival (plus m ..Green Man have announced the first headliner for their 10th anniversary event. Feist will close the festival on Sunday August 19th, with the following acts joining her over the course of the weekend: The Walkmen The Felice Brothers Yann Tiersen Jonathan Richman Junior Boys Damien Jurado The Time & Space Machine (Live) Cass McCombs Scritti Polliti Slow Club Ghost Poet Pete Paphides - Vinyl Revival Peaking Lights Dark Dark Dark, Cashier No. 9 Wave Pictures">The Wave Pictures Islet Rocketnumbernine Alt-J Teeth of the Sea The Perch Creek Family Jug Band Richard Warren Goodnight Lenin Sweet Baboo Alaska The festival takes place ...The 40530 January 2012
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Music: Newswire: M. Ward announces new "trav ..So a moving M. Ward gathers no moss, it seems. The singer-songwriter has announced that his new album A Wasteland Companion , a "musical travelogue" inspired by his touring lifestyle over the last three years, will be released on April 10. Naturally, the album is due out while Ward is on the road: The 38-year-old also announced he'll embark on a full U.S. tour where he'll be joined by Firehose, Jonathan Richman, Sonic Youth guitarist Lee Ranaldo. Dates for M. Ward's U.S. tour are below. Feb 2—Los Angeles, CA—Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery ...The A.V. Club25 January 2012
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Tour Dates: M. Ward Heads Out SoloOver the last few years M. Ward has been spending a good majority of his time concentrating on collaborative projects, with both the indie-folk super-group Monsters Of Folk, who released their debut in 2009; and She & Him, his vintage-pop collaboration with doe-eyed actress Zooey Deschanel, putting out their sophomore album, as well as a holiday record. For 2012, the singer-songwriter will go back to being a solo act, as Ward will release his seventh studio album A Wasteland Companion on April 10 via his longtime label Merge Records. The day following the album’s release, Matt will head out for ...Hidden Track24 January 2012
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Mix Tape: songs for an existential crisis ..Requested by cdoh • Compiled by Jaxfiles For a 90 minute tape. side a. helpless 01. The Sound - “I Can’t Escape Myself” (Jeopardy) 02. Walker">Scott Walker - The Seventh Seal (Scott 4) 03. Townes Van Zandt - “Waiting Around To Die” (Townes Van Zandt) 04. Echo and the Bunnymen - “The Disease” (Heaven Up Here) 05. Modest Mouse - “Make Everyone Happy Mechanical” (This Is A Long Drive…) 06. Karate - “Die Die” (In Place of Real Insight) 07. Low - “Always Fade” (Drums And Guns) 08. Women - “Untogether” (Public Strain) 09. Broadcast - “Dead the Long Year” (The Noise Made By People) 10. Songs: Ohia ...Tiny Mix Tapes24 January 2012
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Feature: Ben Lee: ‘I’m More Vulnerable Now’ ..Despite spending most of his adult life in the music business, Ben Lee tells DOUG WALLEN he’s never been so unsure of himself as an artist – and that’s the way he likes it. Having grown from a cute teen prodigy into a committed music lifer, Ben Lee knows plenty about evolving. And on his meditative eighth album Deeper into Dream , he’s never been more fixated on permanence and flux. Based around a longtime fascination with dreaming, the record follows several years of work with dream therapist Jan Lloyd, who died last year. It’s also influenced by ...Mess and Noise8 January 2012
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Vit Päls – Studio Möllan Sessions (EP)Si la grâce touchante des premiers Jens Lekman, Belle & Sebastian, Jonathan Richman vous prenait aux tripes et vous donnait envie de chanter et de jouer d’un instrument avec vos potes : Vit Päls est pour vous. Chœurs, handclaps, cuivres, bongos : la fête !Pop News30 December 2011
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6 Favorite Singer-Songwriter Albums1. Jonathan Richman- Jonathan Sings (Mann) Richman is my all-time man-I-love-this-man-he-speaks-my-language-man. This is the first album by Jonathan Richman that I ever got, and while I love almost every single one of his albums, it’s still my favorite. Every single song is awesome. It showcases his song writing style perfectly. Silly, sweet, and honest. “That [...]TheNeedleDrop16 December 2011
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What's Up With the Green Monkey?: Featuring ..About a year or two back, I became enamored with a defunct Seattle indy label called Green Monkey Records. Issuing a string of cassettes, then vinyl, then CD's in the mid-80's to early '90's, Green Monkey occupied a rare space between the death of the new wave scene and the birth of grunge in Seattle musical history. And what a label they were! With a hearty sense of humor and a 6 foot tongue planted firmly in their over-sized cheek, Green Monkey released seemingly incongruent, occasionally random singles and albums from a circus full of performers. An ...The Ripple Effect12 December 2011
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Tonight in L.A.: Jonathan Wilson, Erykah Bad ..Thursday things: ► Jonathan Wilson [see our interview with him Wednesday] plays the Troubadour behind his 2011 release “Gentle Spirit.” ► The Kooks are back for a second night at the Music Box. ► Buzzing NYC quintet Caveman make their first visit to L.A. behind their first release “CoCo Beware.” the five-piece plays the Echo, [...]Buzzbands.LA9 December 2011
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Feature: Meredith: Your Questions Answered ..For the first time in our collective histories, 'M+N' paired up with Aunty Meredith – the matriarch behind the Meredith and Golden Plains festivals in Victoria – for a 30-minute live forum chat last month. As promised, here are all your questions answered, plus a few curly ones Aunty didn’t get around to on the day. Photos by LEAH ROBERTSON and KRISTY MILLIKEN . The line-up The most important question of all: why no Archers Of Loaf for Golden Plains? Archers Of Loaf? Well, they stuck a needle in my backbone. Maybe one day, sorry. Will you ever get Jonathan Richman ...Mess and Noise6 December 2011
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Jonathan Richman 2012 UK Tour Announced*Live! On Stage Jonathan Richman Featuring TOMMY LARKINS On The Drums! 2012 UK Tour Announced* After selling out a four date London tour last year *Jonathan Richman* is back with a full UK tour for February and March next year including three London dates. Jonathan Richman has been writing...Alt Sounds2 December 2011
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British Sea Power Pay Tribute to Jonathan Ri ..As expected, Jonathan Richman is still going strong. He released an album, O Moon, Queen of Night on Earth, last year and just announced a seven-date UK tour for February. Tribute acts aren’t reserved only for the dead and restless, though. Brighton-based rockers British Sea Power will take the stage for one night to performObscure Sound30 November 2011
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British Sea Power’s Jonathan Richman tribute ..The Modern Ovens will play The Old Queen's Head in LondonNME - News30 November 2011
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