Lux Interior of The Cramps R.I.P….
Another Willinois Goodbye
Lux Interior, lead singer of The Cramps, passed away this morning due to an existing heart condition at Glendale Memorial Hospital in Glendale, California at 4:30 AM PST today. Lux has been an inspiration and influence to millions of artists and fans around the world. He and wife Poison Ivy’s contributions with The [...]
Ritchie, The Bopper, and Buddy
The Day The Music Died
It was 50 years ago today that a small plane, piloted by Roger Peterson crashed right after taking off from Clear Lake, Iowa. Nothing really need to be said, except if you don;t understand how important Buddy Holly was in the evolution of Rock and Roll, than I’d look into it.
The [...]
Don’t Fear New Music – Check Out Stalkers
This weeks song is a tune that comes to us from the South by Southwest 2008 website. It’s by Stalkers who are: Lefty – Git, Styles – Drums , Animal – Vox, Danny – Bass, Raze – Git
Stalkers are a Brooklyn NY, based band. Playing a brash, exuberant melodic form of garage punk the band [...]
Song of the Week by Kate Voegele
Kate Voegele combines the acoustic soulfulness of Kate’s influences like Patty Griffin and Joni Mitchell, with the pop/rock feel of Sheryl Crow and Michelle Branch, all while maintaining a level of musicianship and lyrical originality that is unusual in today’s music scene. (From SXSW 2008)
Only Fooling Myself by Kate Voegele
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Song of the Week – Mummy Beach by Hot Lava
This week we have a Garage, Americana, Pop band from Richmond, Virginia called Hot Lava. Here is a song for Halloween from Bar None Records. They are; BOSS Allison Lava, Jared ‘RUMS’ Lava, Andrew BASS Lava and Mttt BORDZ Lava.
You can hear other songs by clicking here. And you should? What are you afraid of?
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Song of the Week – Dragon Prow by Free Moral Agents
Free Moral Agents are from Long Beach, California.There list themselves as Psychedelic on their myspace with the words. “the rhythm is the bass and the bass is the treble”. The band is isaiah ikey owens (keyboards, producer), mendee ichikawa (vocals, words, melodies), dennis owens (bass, falsetto), ryan reiff (drums), reid kinnett (keys, noise) jesse [...]
Song of the Week by Leopold and his Fiction
This weeks song is Come Back (Now That I’m Here) by Leopold and his Fiction. There from San Francisco, and are listed on MySpace as Garage / Rock / Blues. Very White Stripesesque! (It’s like the Strokes mixed with Dylan)
The Band is Daniel James -Guitar/Vocals, Micayla Grace- the Bass Guitar/Vocals and Jon Sortland- the Drums/Vocals/Organ
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Song of the Week – Desolate Icicle by The Travelling Band
This is a gentle little tune that brought me back to the late 60’s. These guys are from Manchester, England and have a sound that might remind you of CSN.
To here this great song for free, and many others, click below.
SONG OF THE WEEK
Song of the Week – Flowers of Evil by Clorox Girls
From Portland, Oregon comes Clorox Girls,thee guys who play pop/punk. Flowers of Evil has a suprising pop sound, despite the same. Check out Richie (Drums), Justin (Guitar/Vocals), Husayn (Bass)
The Willinois Song of the Week
Slim Rughead and The Texas Hangover
Here are three video’s of a Chicago trio called Slim Rughead and The Texas Hangover featuring my good friend Kelly, who is playing base.
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