Visionary artists (and lifelong Oakland Athletics fans) The Lonely Island, pay tribute to legendary baseball gods, Jose Canseco and Mark McGwire in The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience long-form visual poem set in 1988.
Trope released new video for Lambs and opening for King’s X in the UK
Originally from Vancouver by way of Montreal and Toronto, Los Angeles based Alt-Rock newcomers, Trope has unveiled a video for their first single, “Lambs” from their upcoming album, Eleutheromania to be released later in 2019 via Golden Robot Records.
Vocalist, Diana Studenberg shares on the single, “The first half deals primarily with bullying and the second half evolves into placing trust in people that only care for themselves but come across as innocent [Lambs] and the feeling of betrayal that comes from that. Lambs also addresses where one falls short in the expectation of returned kindness and accumulation of pain from its lack thereof and the cyclical damage to self that results from ignoring your own issues, behaviors, and facts presented, and subsequently projecting blame on to others.”
“The first half deals primarily with bullying and the second half evolves into placing trust in people that only care for themselves but come across as innocent [Lambs] and the feeling of betrayal that comes from that. Lambs also addresses where one falls short in the expectation of returned kindness and accumulation of pain from its lack thereof and the cyclical damage to self that results from ignoring your own issues, behaviors, and facts presented, and subsequently projecting blame on to others.”
TROPE TOUR DATES
with The Cult
Friday, June 14: Grand Sierra Resort, Nevada USA
Wednesday July 3: Summerfest with Royal Tusk & Switchfoot
With King’s X
Friday, Sept 6: Backstage Halle – Munich, Germany
Saturday, Sept 7: Veruno Musica Festival – Veruno, Italy
Sunday, Sept 8: Ninkasi Gerland – Lyon, France
Tuesday, Sept 10: Hirsch – Nuremberg, Germany
Wednesday, Sept 11: Colos-Saal – Aschaffenburg, Germany
Sept 13: Cultuurpodium Boerderij – Zoetermeer, Netherlands
Friday, Sept 14: Fabrik – Hamburg, Germany
Saturday, Sept 15: Die Kantine – Koln, Germany
Tuesday, Sept 17: Tramshed – Cardiff, UK
Wednesday, Sept 18: Rescue Rooms – Nottingham, UK
Friday, Sept 20: Picturedrome – Holmfirth, UK
Saturday, Sept 21: Sage Gateshead Hall 2 – Gateshead Quays, UK
Sunday, Sept 22: The Garage – Glasgow, UK
Tuesday, Sept 24: Academy 2: Manchester, UK
Wednesday, Sept 25: KK’s Steel Mill – Wolverhampton, UK
Friday, Sept 27: Cambridge Junction – Cambridge, UK
Saturday, Sept 28: The Waterfront – Norwich, UK
Sunday, Sept 29: Islington Assembly Hall – London, UK
Everyone is Invited to Celebrate Pride Month at the Pride Hamilton featuring Carole Pope and 100+ Vendors
In celebration of pride, equality, and inclusion thousands of individuals from across the city and province, Hamilton will be celebrating on Saturday, June 15, 2019 at Gage Park for PRIDE HAMILTON. Individuals, businesses, nonprofits, and elected officials are all invited to participate in support and celebration of the LGBTQIA+ community.
Come out to celebrate this year’s theme of Liberation with Hamilton’s Two Spirit and LGBTQIA+ community in beautiful Gage Park. There will be local vendors, live performances, and a chance to connect with community groups.
This year’s event will be headlined by Carole Pope, an agent provocateur pushing the boundaries of sexuality, sexual politics, and the status quo. Short listed for the Polaris prize, her work has been recognized with three Juno Awards, multiple independent music awards, a Genie Award. 4 gold, 1 platinum and 1 double platinum album. Her latest singles This is Not A Test (Sony Red) and Resist It with Kevin Hearn are available everywhere. A new single I’m There drops in June.
Pope has toured with David Bowie and performed at Roskilde, World Pride, MOCCA, Fashion Cares 25 with Elton John, Largo, The Brooklyn Museum of Art, The AGO, ROM, Arts Wells, Luminato, Joe’s Pub, The Global Cabaret Festival, The Frostbite Festival, Reykjavik, The Vancouver Folk Festival. Riverfest, Toronto, Los Angeles, Montreal, San Diego, San Francisco Prides, the Michigan Womyn’s Festival and the Viper Room. She appeared in SUCK a Vampire movie along with guest stars Moby, Iggy Pop, Alice Cooper and Henry Rollins
Pope has contributed music to film and television, including Transparent Season Two, Love or Whatever, Never saw it Coming, The L Word, General Idea Art AIDs and the fin de siecle The Trailer Park Boys Movie, This Revolution, Queer As Folk, The Five Senses, and Cruising. Her seminal band “Rough Trade” was on the short list for the Polaris Prize and were inducted into the Indy Hall of Fame during Canadian Music Week.
With over 100 vendors and community groups involved, this is going to be an event to be remembered!
NXNE Adds 94 Acts to 2019 Club Land Lineup
NXNE is excited to announce the addition of 94 new acts to its Club Land 2019 lineup. New acts include Southern soul musician Swamp Dogg, Canadian punk rockers Single Mothers, alt-country singer-songwriter Oh Susanna and LA-based DJ Total Freedom. Club Land shows will be performed at iconic music venues across Toronto from June 7-16. All festival scheduling information can be found on the official NXNE app, now available to download from Apple Store and Google Play.
Linda McCartney: Wide Prairie To Be Re-Released August 2
Wide Prairie, a posthumous 1998 compilation of Linda McCartney recordings spanning the early 1970s through the late 1990s, will be re-released August 2 via MPL / Capitol / UMe.
The only album to be released solely under Linda’s name, Wide Prairie features Linda on vocals and various instruments on songs she wrote or co-composed and recorded with Wings between 1972 and 1980, the single-only ‘Seaside Woman’ / ‘B-Side to Seaside’ released under the pseudonym of Suzy and the Red Stripes, cover versions of classics by the McGuire Sisters, The Coasters and more, and solo work from the ‘80s and ‘90s including her final recording, ‘The Light Comes from Within’ (co-authored by and featuring Paul McCartney, as well as their son James on electric and acoustic guitar).
The album was recorded in various locations including Jamaica, Paris, Nashville and Sussex with contributors including husband Paul; son James; Wings members Denny Laine, Denny Seiwell, Henry McCullough, Jimmy McCulloch, Joe English and Laurence Juber; writer Carla Lane who also co-wrote ’The White Coated Man’ and ‘Cow’; Lee “Scratch” Perry and members of the Black Ark studio band Boris Gardiner, Winston Writer and Mikey Boo.
Two tracks from the release also highlight Linda’s interest in other art forms outside photography and music. ‘Seaside Woman’ featured in the Palme d’Or winning short film by Oscar Grillo at the Cannes Film Festival in 1980. ‘Oriental Night Fish’ also appeared in a short film of the same title created by Linda and Ian Emes.
Wide Prairie will be released August 2nd on limited edition white/blue colored vinyl and classic black vinyl, digitally and on streaming services. The reissue will mark the first time the album has been available on vinyl since its original 1998 release. The album is available for pre-order now.
To celebrate the first UK showing of the Linda McCartney Retrospective, the limited edition colour vinyl LP pressing of Wide Prairie will be available exclusively for one month prior to the album’s general release at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow from the exhibition’s July 5th opening. The major retrospective of Linda’s photography has been curated by Paul, Mary and Stella McCartney. [More information here: https://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/linda-mccartney-retrospective]
The full track listing for Wide Prairie are as follows. All songs written by Linda McCartney, except where otherwise indicated:
1. Wide Prairie
2. New Orleans
3. The White Coated Man (Linda McCartney, Paul McCartney, Carla Lane)
4. Love’s Full Glory
5. I Got Up (L. McCartney, P. McCartney)
6. The Light Comes from Within (L. McCartney, P. McCartney)
7. Mister Sandman (Pat Ballard)
8. Seaside Woman
9. Oriental Nightfish
10. Endless Days (L. McCartney, Mick Bolton)
11. Poison Ivy (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller)
12. Cow (L. McCartney, P. McCartney, Lane)
13. B-side to Seaside (L. McCartney, P. McCartney)
14. Sugartime (Charlie Phillips, Odis Echols)
15. Cook of the House (L. McCartney, P. McCartney)
16. Appaloosa (L. McCartney, P. McCartney)
Photo Gallery: Vampire Weekend with Chicano Batman at Toronto’s RBC Echo Beach
All photos by Mini’s Memories. You can contact her at minismemories@hotmail.com
You Have To Check This Out This Stunning Print That Reimagines a Classic Vox AC30 Amplifier as Stage for 40 Iconic Rock Shows
Released in 1959 to meet the demand for louder amplifiers, the Vox AC30 was quickly adopted as the amp of choice for bands like The Beatles, The Kinks and The Stones, helping to define the sound of the ‘British Invasion’ when the popularity of British rock ’n’ roll bands spread to the States. Its appeal has continued through the decades with bands like Queen, U2, The Smiths, Oasis, Blur, Radiohead, Arctic Monkeys all counted as loyal Vox fans.
Dorothy’s new cutaway print celebrates some of the greatest moments in Rock ’N Roll history, all hidden inside this iconic guitar amp.
The print features 40 of these famous scenes including The Beatles’ gig on top of the Apple building, The Rolling Stones at Hyde Park, Bob Dylan going electric, Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison, Jimi Hendrix at Monterey International Pop Music Festival, Sex Pistols at Lesser Free Trade Hall and The KLF burning a million quid.
You can get this stunning print here.
Structure Your Campaign Using 2019’s YouTube Best Practices, According To The Orchard
From Official Artist Channels to thumbnails and brand identity, learn how to best utilize YouTube for your music, as created by distribution company The Orchard
My Next Read: Disgraceland: Musicians Getting Away with Murder and Behaving Very Badly
From the creator of the popular rock ‘n’ roll true crime podcast, DISGRACELAND comes an off-kilter, hysterical, at times macabre book of stories from the highly entertaining underbelly of music history.
You may know Jerry Lee Lewis married his thirteen-year-old cousin but did you know he shot his bass player in the chest with a shotgun or that a couple of his wives died under extremely mysterious circumstances? Or that Sam Cooke was shot dead in a seedy motel after barging into the manager’s office naked to attack her? Maybe not. Would it change your view of him if you knew that, or would your love for his music triumph?
Real rock stars do truly insane thing and invite truly insane things to happen to them; murder, drug trafficking, rape, cannibalism and the occult. We allow this behavior. We are complicit because a rock star behaving badly is what’s expected. It’s baked into the cake. Deep down, way down, past all of our self-righteous notions of justice and right and wrong, when it comes down to it, we want our rock stars to be bad. We know the music industry is full of demons, ones that drove Elvis Presley, Phil Spector, Sid Vicious and that consumed the Norwegian Black Metal scene. We want to believe in the myths because they’re so damn entertaining.
DISGRACELAND is a collection of the best of these stories about some of the music world’s most beloved stars and their crimes. It will mix all-new, untold stories with expanded stories from the first two seasons of the Disgraceland podcast. Using figures we already recognize, DISGRACELAND shines a light into the dark corners of their fame revealing the fine line that separates heroes and villains as well as the danger Americans seek out in their news cycles, tabloids, reality shows and soap operas. At the center of this collection of stories is the ever-fascinating music industry–a glittery stage populated by gangsters, drug dealers, pimps, groupies with violence, scandal and pure unadulterated rock ‘n’ roll entertainment.
You can pre-order it here.
Watch Bill Hader Meet His Idol, Dateline’s Keith Morrison, For The First Time
Bill Hader portrayed Dateline correspondent Keith Morrison on “Saturday Night Live” — and the two were finally able to meet in real life with a little help from Sunday TODAY’s Willie Geist.