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Archive for January, 2010
Locksley: Darling It’s True
Locksley – a band named after outlaw Robin Hood of Sherwood Forest’s hometown have a new album out at the end of this month. Titled “Be In Love”, this will be released on January 26th, 2010. I am looking forward to hearing it through. Locksley, derive their music from the British Invasion, [...]
Kaiser Chiefs: Never Miss a Beat / The Knack: My Sharona
“Ooh my little pretty one, pretty one.
When you gonna give me some time, Sharona?”
ops.. wrong song – sorry! But doesn’t this sound like The Knack and their well known hit, My Sharona? The Kaiser Chief’s, a band that formed in Leeds, England released this as the lead of single to their third [...]
James Taylor: Carolina in My Mind
Sometimes, you come across a song that has special meaning to you. This is one of those. In 1968, James Taylor recorded this song whilst working in England, for Apple Music, the record label owned by The Beatles. Taylor, born in Boston but and raised in North Carolina was writing about [...]
Interpol: Obstacle 1
Interpol, the band, not the International Police Force, is a New York Indie Band formed in the late 90’s. They have a sound similar to that of The Strokes, and Joy Division, an 80’s post-punk band from England. Honestly, I had a difficult time picking out a band that started with the [...]
John Lee Hooker: Boom Boom
I’m not a big listener of Blues music, but I do have a lot of respect for Blues artists. They were the foundation blocks of rock music, and without artists such as John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters and B.B.King we may never have had rock bands such as The Rolling Stones or [...]
Grateful Dead: Truckin’
Wow. It’s not every day I can write about a song that is was regarded by the US Library of Congress as a National Treasure. And I have more good news, Nicholas Cage is nowhere in sight! The Grateful Dead released this treasure in 1970 on their album, “American Beauty” and this [...]
Flogging Molly: Factory Girls
Flogging Molly are as Irish as a California can get, as this is where the band was formed by Irishman Dave King, who moved to L.A. in his twenties. Their musical output consists of the expected Irish drinking songs (Drunken Lullabies), fast paced sea-shanties (Salty Dog), and traditional Irish ballads such as this [...]
