Arcade Fire will screen a new documentary, ‘The Reflektor Tapes’, in cinemas on September 24. “There were parts of the Reflektor tour where I think we, Arcade Fire, came the closest in our careers to putting on stage what we imagined in our heads. We were insanely lucky to have Kahlil Joseph documenting from the very beginning”, say the band of the film. More info here.
Old Man Leudecke Streams Upcoming Album ‘Domestic Eccentric’ Ahead Of July 24 Release
Available to stream today courtesy of Exclaim! is Domestic Eccentric, the new album from two time JUNO Award winner Old Man Luedecke. Set for release on July 24 via True North Records and co-produced by multi Grammy Award winner Tim O’Brien, the album is mostly a record about home. It’s about what it means to be a still-youngish man, what it’s like to still be in love with the woman you started writing songs about and moved to the country with more than a decade ago, about what it’s like to watch your own babies grow to children, and about the joys and sorrows attendant upon the milestones of parenthood.
You can stream the record here.
A record so replete with home seemed impossible to make anywhere else. So Old Man Luedecke fitted out his back woods cabin, a hand-hewn affair he’d built himself from rough-sawn lumber, and hired a backhoe to make a 500 yard road through the record amounts of snow so he could bring in top-level recording gear. He invited Tim O’Brien to stay at his home with his family for a week of snowbound collaboration in Chester, Nova Scotia. Luedecke and O’Brien had worked together before, and their increasing comfort in each other’s musical presence has yielded spectacular results. “Tim is my favorite musician,” Luedecke says. “And working with him in a duet environment in a cabin at home was a waking dream.”
Tim O’Brien is a multiple Grammy Award winning roots multi-instrumentalist whose solo work and collaborations have made him one of the most respected American players working today. The two last worked together on Luedecke’s 2012 release, Tender Is The Night, which was nominated for a JUNO Award, listed for The Polaris Music Prize and won Album of the Year at the East Coast Music Awards.
In the meantime, Old Man Luedecke continues on a summer full of North American tour dates that include performances in Vancouver, Edmonton, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Regina, Fredericton, Toronto and more. All tour dates are listed below.
OLD MAN LUEDECKE TOUR DATES
July 18, 19 Vancouver Folk Festival, Vancouver BC
Aug 1-3 Canmore Folk Festival, Canmore AB
Aug 5 The Slice Bar and Grill, Lethbridge AB
Aug 6 Twin Butte Store Soulfest, Twin Butte AB
Aug 7-8 Edmonton Folk Festival, Edmonton AB
Aug 9 Kicking Horse Resort, Golden BC
Aug 11 Village Guitars, Saskatoon SK
Aug 12 Park Theatre, Winnipeg MB
Aug 13 Artful Dodger Regina, SK
Aug 14 Swift Current House Concerts, Swift Current SK
Aug 16-22 Nimble Fingers, Teaching songwriting, Sorrento BC
Aug 29 Windsong Music Festival, Powassan ON
Sept 2-4 Jackpine Jamboree, Birnamwood WI
Sept 5 Coffeehouse, Ripton VT
Sept 9 Green Church, Mexico ME
Sept 10North Church Concert Series, Farmington ME
Sept 11 Philips Area Community Centre, Phillips ME
Sept 12 One Longfellow Square, Portland ME
Sept 17, Harvest Jazz and Blues, Fredericton NB
Sept 25-27 Deep Roots Music Festival, Wolfville NS
Oct 8, 9 Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival, NC
Oct 10, 11 Celtic Colours International Festival
Oct 14 Harbourfront Centre Theatre, Toronto ON
People Watch More YouTube On Their Phones Than Ever Before
YouTube is bigger than cable TV. Well, to be more precise, it’s bigger than any single U.S. cable network among the key demographic that includes those ages 18 to 49 – or so said Google during yesterday’s earnings call. The video-sharing network’s heavily engaged user base and its traction with mobile consumers were among the highlights discussed during the company’s better-than-expected second-quarter financial results, which sent Google’s stock spiking.
Google’s Chief Business Officer Omid Kordestani noted that visitors to YouTube’s homepage are up over three times year-over-year, and once there, they’re spending more time watching videos on the site than ever before. Growth in “watch time” on YouTube is now up 60 percent year-over-year, the company said – which is the fastest growth rate it has seen in two years. Meanwhile, mobile watch time has more than doubled from a year ago.
On mobile, YouTube is now seeing average session times of over 40 minutes, said Kordestani, which is up more than 50 percent over last year.
Via TechCrunch
Introducing Mexrissey, The Tribute Band Performing Morrissey Songs in Spanish With Mariachi
Delving into Mexico’s unlikely obsession for all-things-Morrissey, Mexico City-based DJ and producer Camilo Lara, founder of the electronic music project Mexican Institute of Sound (M.I.S.), together with bandleader Sergio Mendoza (Orkesta Mendoza/Calexico) has assembled a super-group of Mexico’s leading contemporary musicians, called Mexrissey paying homage to the iconic Smiths frontman. Through M.I.S., Lara has developed a reputation for blending traditional music with more modern sounds and with this project he explores the relationship between Mexico and Morrissey, reinventing his work with brass, accordion and other Mexican elements.
Video: This Guy Just Proves The Importance Of A Room For Singing And Recording
One of my favourite go-to questions when doing the SiriusXM show is to ask about the recording and the studio used. The Wikisinger sings the same song in different environments experimenting with natural reverb, early reflections and short delays. One of the scenes is recorded in an anechoic chamber without any sound reflections.
Lead Acts With the Shortest Names to Top the Hot 100
Among lead acts, here’s an updated list of those that have kept it the shortest and sweetest at No. 1 on the Hot 100 for all-time, counting total characters in an artist’s name (including punctuation, so, sorry, acts like T.I., B.o.B and a-ha). OMI joins eight other acts in trailing only M and U2 for the quirky honor:
Artist, Title, Year Reached No. 1
M, “Pop Muzik,” 1979 (one character)
U2, “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For,” “With or Without You,” 1987 (two characters)
OMI, “Cheerleader,” 2015 (three characters)
D4L, “Laffy Taffy,” 2006
Mya, “Lady Marmalade,” 2001 (with Christina Aguilera, Lil’ Kim & P!nk)
Joe, “Stutter,” 2001 (featuring Mystikal)
TLC, “Unpretty,” “No Scrubs,” 1999; “Waterfalls,” “Creep,” 1995
SWV, “Weak,” 1993
EMF, “Unbelievable,” 1991
Via Billboard
Reggae hits that have crossed over to the Billboard’s Hot 100’s top spot
OMI’s “Cheerleader” crowns the Billboard Hot 100, rising 2-1. The buoyant reggae/pop song replaces Wiz Khalifa’s “See You Again,” featuring Charlie Puth, after 12 weeks, leaving the latter song tied for the longest run at No. 1 ever for a rap single.
“Cheerleader” joins the elite club of reggae hits that have crossed over to the Hot 100’s top spot. Notable others:
Johnny Nash, “I Can See Clearly Now” (No. 1, four weeks, 1972)
Eric Clapton, “I Shot the Sheriff” (one week, 1974) (written by Bob Marley)
Two by UB40: “Red Red Wine” (one week, 1988) and “Can’t Help Falling in Love” (seven weeks, 1993)
Ini Kamoze,” Here Comes the Hotstepper,” (two weeks, 1994)
Two by Shaggy: “It Wasn’t Me” (two weeks) and “Angel” (one week), both in 2001
Sean Paul, “Get Busy” (three weeks, 2003)
Sean Kingston, “Beautiful Girls” (four weeks, 2007)
And, MAGIC!, “Rude” (six weeks, 2014) … making it back-to-back summers that a reggae hit has splashed its way to the top of the Hot 100
Via Billboard
Documentary Profiling Looney Toons Director And Animator Chuck Jones Will Make You Run Back To The Cartoons
If you grew up watching Looney Tunes, then you know Chuck Jones, one of all-time masters of visual comedy. In “Chuck Jones – The Evolution of an Artist”, filmmaker Tony Zhou of Every Frame a Painting profiles the legendary director and animator of those still-hilarious Looney Toons and Merry Melodies cartoons.
Star Wars Throwback: Mark Hamill’s family visits him at work in 1982
In 1982, Mark Hamill’s wife Marilou and son Nathan visited the set of Return of the Jedi. Lovely. See more at StarWars.com.
