DJ Shadow, the legendary mixmaster, first gained notice with the release of his highly acclaimed debut studio album, Endtroducing…… released in 1996. He has a personal record collection of over 60,000 records, and in this clip, he takes us inside his recording studio.
Here’s Sleater Kinney playing songs from “Call the Doctor” in the back of a record store, 1997
Call the Doctor, the second studio album by Sleater-Kinney, was released on March 25, 1996 to critical acclaim. The album was written in three weeks and recorded in four days. According to singer and guitarist Corin Tucker, the writing was inspired by a “crap” job she had and how people are “consumerized and commodified” by society. Don’t listen for a bass player on the disc, there isn’t one. As Tucker explained, “We started writing songs with two guitars, and we liked the way it sounded. It gives us a lot of freedom to write these lines that go back and forth.”
Louie Louie: The Strange Journey of the Dirtiest Song Never Written
The life of one of the world’s most ubiquitous rock n’ roll anthems – the song that every teenager bangs out on their first guitar – stretches far beyond the Kingsmen’s definitive version and “Animal House.” As performed by the Kingsmen, and as it began tearing up the charts “Louie Louie’s” ambiguous lyrics became the target of a lengthy FBI investigation. By this point, its writer Richard Berry had already sold the rights to this soon to be national phenomenon in order to buy an engagement ring. But the song comes back into his life later in a most spectacularly 1980s fashion.
Ever Wonder How Green Day’s “Boulevard Of Broken Dreams” Would Sound Like From 1980s? Here You Go.
Johan Olsson takes popular songs and imagine what they would have sounded like had they been made in a different decade. Here, he uses Green Day’s Boulevard Of Broken Dreams and puts it squarely in 1985 and on the Footloose soundtrack.
Beyonce Wins Coachella Social Media, Bieber’s Punch-Out Trending 5.9 Million Mentions of Coachella in Past Week
While Coachella is first and foremost a music festival, the bringing together of so many music and Hollywood celebrities also means that drama can be on the plate. And social media keeps a close eye on Coachella, with more than 5.9 million social posts mentioning the festival over the past week, according to social media analytics firm Talkwalker.
And the clear winner of social mentions during this first weekend of Coachella was Beyonce, with 2.8 million mentions – far outpacing the second most mentioned celebrity The Weeknd with 116K mentions, Talkwalker reported. Beyonce was the first black woman to headline the festival, reflected here in the list of top themes around Coachella.
Beyonce also won the hashtag battle, with #beychella leading all hashtags with 2.4 million mentions, beating out the simple #Coachella hashtag (1 million). In addition #Beyonce was fourth most trending with 61K mentions.
And it doesn’t stop there. Queen Bee also had one of the top trending emojis with the “bee” emoji being the fourth most used in relation to Coachella with more than 81K uses, behind only more generic emojis like crying happy face and fire.
Another music star who got a lot of attention on social media – but not for his singing – was Justin Bieber, who met the Walmart Yodel Kid and punched another man who was reportedly getting violent with a woman at a party.
Bieber was mentioned 114K times.
Overall top celebrity mentions include:
– Beyonce – 2.8 million
– The Weeknd – 116K
– Justin Bieber – 114K
– Vanessa Hudgens – 67.8K
– Maria Carey – 51.7K
Coachella social media wasn’t without its surprises. Among the top surprises of the first weekend were:
– Destiny’s Child reunion – 298.7K mentions
– And that “Yodel kid” didn’t just meet Bieber, but his making a surprise appearance made him a social star for the second week in a row, being mentioned 222.3K times
A Little Help with Carol Burnett: Instagram 101
Netflix has announced that A Little Help with Carol Burnett will premiere on May 4, 2018. Netflix will release all 12 half-hour episodes at once.
Carol Burnett is back. In this funny and endearing series, she will be joined by a group of the most honest and unfiltered people in the world – a gaggle of straight talking, entertaining 5-9 year old kids. These very opinionated “experts” weigh-in on a variety of relatable and humorous dilemmas brought in by everyday adults. Each episode will feature a celebrity contributor brave enough to bring in their own dilemma for the kids to comment on in front of a live audience. The show is co-hosted by comedian Russell Peters.
Celebrity guests include Julie Bowen, Candace Cameron Bure, Mark Cuban, Billy Eichner, Taraji P. Henson, Derek Hough, DJ Khaled, Lisa Kudrow, Brittany Snow, Wanda Sykes, and Finn Wolfhard.
Watch Noel Gallagher’s “Who Built The Moon?” Mini-Documentary
Discogs has teamed up with Noel Gallagher to introduce an exclusive mini-documentary delivering a behind the scenes look at the recording of Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds 2017 release Who Built The Moon? The mini-doc features Gallagher with Producer David Holmes, Engineer Ernre Ramazanoglu, and Guitarist Johnny Marr traveling with Gallagher as he takes a very different path to recording his third studio album, Who Built The Moon?.
Insight into Gallagher’s affection for FX Pedals alongside Johnny Marr’s tales of meeting Gallagher at Man City matches between breaks from tour humanize both Britpop heavyweights and reveal the determination that Gallagher wrenched in creating Who Built The Moon? with Producer David Holmes.
Andre-Philippe Gagnon Returns to Western Canada With His New Show “The History Of Rock And Roll”
Known as the man of a thousand voices, André-Philippe Gagnon returns to Alberta and Saskatchewan to perform his brand new show “The History Of Rock And Roll”. Gagnon borrows the famous voices of vocalists from around the world to showcase the music of the last sixty years. He brings together artists who have shaped the soundtrack of our lives – including Elvis, The Beatles, Frank Sinatra, The Rolling Stones and Michael Jackson for one unforgettable evening of music and comedy.
Gagnon has played to sold-out audiences around the world for over three decades. He can perform note-perfect impressions of the signing voices of many of the world’s most celebrated singers. A Quebec native, Gagnon first hit international success in 1985 when he participated in the famed Just for Laughs festival, performing his version of the famine-relief anthem “We Are the World,” doing every singer on the song: 18 famous voices in one composition. It became Gagnon’s signature number, which he performed on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson and in sold-out concerts around the world, from New York to Paris to London to Switzerland.
Gagnon has entertained audiences in over 11 countries, performing more than 3,500 shows, in front of over 5 million people. He has broken box office records, toured with Celine Dion and won international critical acclaim. Gagnon also had a decade-long residency at the prestigious Casino Venetian in Las Vegas playing to packed houses six nights a week and being named “Vegas’ Best New Act”.
ANDRÉ-PHILIPPE GAGNON: THE HISTORY OF ROCK AND ROLL
MAY 24 – SASKATOON – TCU PLACE – SID BUCKWOLD THEATRE
MAY 25 – MEDICINE HAT – ESPLANADE ARTS AND HERITAGE CENTRE
MAY 27 – LETHBRIDGE – ENMAX CENTRE
MAY 30 – RED DEER – MEMORIAL CENTRE
MAY 31 – GRANDE PRAIRIE – DOUGLAS J. CARDINAL ARTS CENTRE
JUNE 1 – EDMONTON – CASINO YELLOWHEAD
JUNE 2 – FORT MCMURRAY – KEYANO THEATRE
Canadian Music Week’s Jim Beam INDIES Nominees Announced
Canadian Music Week is pleased to announce the nominees for the 2018 Indies – the 18th annual Independent Music Awards – presented by Jim Beam with Indie88. R&B artist Daniel Caesar, breakthrough artist Jessie Reyez, both Remix Project Alumni, Cree and Dene pop and electronic music singer Iskwe, and Montréal-based Congolese rhumba- electronic fusion artist and Moonshine collective founder Pierre Kwenders are among the many Canadian artists nominated at this year’s awards.
Featuring performances by The Rural Alberta Advantage, Vancouver based indie-folk rock trio Said the Whale, Toronto’s power pop rock band Sam Coffey and the Iron Lungs and the winner of the Jim Beam talent search, the awards show honours top independent artists at the Phoenix Concert Theatre in downtown Toronto on May 12. Public and industry votes decide the winners of the Indies.
To vote for your favourite acts in their respective categories visit here and cast your vote by May 1st.
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Alvvays Antisocialites Royal Mountain
Daniel Caesar Freudian Golden Child
Gord Downie Introduce Yerself Arts & Crafts
July Talk Touch Sleepless
Weaves Wide Open Buzz Records
SINGLE OF THE YEAR
Allan Rayman 13 Communion Music
Death From Above 1979 Freeze Me Last Gang
DVBBS Not Going Home ft. Gia Koka & CMC$ Ultra Music
Mother Mother The Drugs Mother Mother Music Inc.
Virginia To Vegas Lights Out Wax
GROUP OF THE YEAR
Broken Social Scene Arts & Crafts
Hollerado Royal Mountain
Stars Last Gang
The Glorious Sons Black Box
The Rural Alberta Advantage Paper Bag
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Daniel Caesar Golden Child
Jessie Reyez FMLY
Lido Pimienta
Lido Pimienta
Mac DeMarco Royal Mountain/Captured Tracks
PartyNextDoor OVO Sound
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
Alvvays Dreams Tonite; In Undertow (Performed by Alvvays) Royal Mountain
Daniel Caesar Get You; We Find Love (Performed by Daniel Caesar) Golden Child
July Talk Beck + Call; Picturing Love (Performed by July Talk) Sleepless
PartyNextDoor Wild Thoughts (Performed by DJ Khaled ft. Rihanna, Bryson Tiller) / Not Nice (Performed by PartyNextDoor) / Damage (Performed by PartyNextDoor ft. Halsey) OVO Sound
Shaun Frank No Future (Performed by Shaun Frank ft. Dyson) Ultra Music
ALTERNATIVE ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR
Fast Romantics Light Organ
Partner You’ve Changed
Said the Whale Hidden Pony
The Courtneys Flying Nun Records
The New Pornographers Dine Alone
ELECTRONIC/DANCE ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR
DVBBS Ultra Music
Grandtheft Mad Decent
Jacques Greene Vase Music / Arts & Crafts
Neon Dreams Dreaming Out Loud Entertainment
Shaun Frank Ultra Music
FRANCOPHONE ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR
Canailles Dare To Care
Catherine Leduc Dare To Care
Corridor Corridor
Mara Tremblay Audiogram
Peter Peter Audiogram
INDIGENOUS ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR
Iskwe Iskwé Musik
JB the First Lady JB The First Lady
Mob Bounce RPM Records
The Jerry Cans Aakuluk Music
Wolf Saga Mukwa Records
POP ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR
Christian Hudson Mathurmatics
Coleman Hell 604
Marianas Trench 604
Ralph 604
Ria Mae Ria Mae/Sony
RAP/R&B ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR
Allie Oracle
Majid Jordan OVO Sound
Pierre Kwenders Bonsound
Quake Matthews Fontana North
SonReal Black Box
ROCK ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR
Big Wreck ole
Bleeker Five Seven
One Bad Son 604
Sam Coffey and the Iron Lungs Dine Alone
The Wild eOne
SINGER-SONGWRITER ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR
Leeroy Stagger True North
Leif Vollebekk Secret City
Matt Mays Sonic Records
The Barr Brothers Secret City
The Weather Station Outside
INTERNATIONAL ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR
J. Cole Dreamville Records / Interscope
Migos Quality Control Music
Run The Jewels Run The Jewels Inc.
Sampha Young Turks
St. Vincent Loma Vista Recordings
NXNE Announces 2018 Club Land Curators and Game Land
NXNE announces the 2018 Club Land Curators and second edition of Game Land. The Club Land Curator series returns from June 10-16 at participating venues across Toronto’s downtown core with Game Land once again kicking off the festival June 8-10, at The Concert Hall (888 Yonge St).
“We’re thrilled to have top Canadian artists share the spotlight with up-and-coming acts that they believe in. We think this is a great refresh for the club hopping wristband that has been an essential part of NXNE since 1995,” states Michael Hollett, NXNE Founder / President.
The Club Land Curators Series, programmed by leading Canadian musicians, has expanded with over 30 shows throughout the festival week. Club crawlers can look forward to a diverse range of programming including art installations, emerging artist showcases, late night DJ sets and after parties, all in Toronto’s most cherished venues. The Curator series aims to encourage music fans alike to club hop across the city and witness their favourite artists transform the showcase experience. Get priority access to all shows with an affordable NXNE wristband. For tickets visit here.
2018 Curators and Tastemakers are:
Leah Fay (July Talk)
Peter Dreimanis (July Talk)
K-OS
Jasmyn Burke (Weaves)
Odario Williams (CBC, Grand Analog)
Katie Monks (Dilly Dally)
Cadence Weapon
Jim Cuddy (Blue Rodeo)
Cone (Sum 41)
Terra Lightfoot
Ian Blurton (Change of Heart)
Moe Berg (Pursuit of Happiness)
Ralph
Prince Josh (Prince Innocence)
The Elwins
Saya
Josephine Cruz (Jayemkayem, ComplexCA)
Kritty Uranowski (Hex, Rock Camp for Girls)
Dan Burke (Promoter)
A. Side
The City of Brampton
Music NL
Sask Music
Female Treble
Participating venues:
Garrison
Baby G
Horseshoe Tavern
The Dakota Tavern
Bovine
Bambis
The Hideout
Unlovable
Cameron House
Rivoli
The Monarch Tavern
Paddock
Sneaky Dee’s
Hard Luck
Comedy bar