Music News
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard announce 2022 world tour. The band will tour the U.S. and Europe next spring to fall. The tour comes on the heels of the release of their newest album, Butterfly 3000.
What is Joe Pera listening to right now? [Pitchfork]
Damon Albarn, frontman of Blur and Gorillaz, shares his new album, The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows. Originally conceptualized as an orchestral piece, Albarn revisited the
material during the pandemic, fleshing it out into a full-blown project. It can be streamed on Spotify and Apple Music. [Consequence of Sound]
Eddie Vedder shares a new song here.
Jonah Hill to play Jerry Garcia in Martin Scorsese-directed biopic about the Grateful Dead.
Ghostbusters: Afterlife Official Soundtrack Announced. Two tracks have been released, one is here. [Consequence of Sound]
Fighting words: The Who's Roger Daltrey likens The Rolling Stones to a "mediocre pub band". [Stereogum]
'Every Breath You Take' is the ultimate all-round song (according to science). [NPR]
Nell Smith and The Flaming Lips team for Nick Cave covers album. Ms. Smith is 14 years old. [Spin]
Lady singer takes a wee on a fans head. I've tried to avoid the story, but it's still blowing up after a few days so now I feel semi-obligated to share it here. Sorry. [Stereogum]
Four centuries of Black American history are told in new Kronos Quartet performance.
Music History
[Courtesy of Marqueemag.com, on-this-day.com, calendar.songfacts.com]
November 15
1978: Echo & the Bunnymen gave their performance debute at Eric's Club in Liverpool, England.
November 16
1973: David Bowie is the host of a special edition of the ABC show Midnight Special. His show is called 1980 Floor Show, and features Bowie doing a duet of "I Got You Babe" with Marianne Faithfull, who wears a nun's habit with an open back.
November 17
2003: Britney Spears, at 21 years old, became the youngest singer to get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
November 18
1968: The Jimi Hendrix double album, "Electric Ladyland" made it to number one on the US albums chart for the first of two weeks.
November 19
1992: Linda Ronstadt appears on the famous "Mr. Plow" episode of The Simpsons, where she appears in a commercial for Homer's rival, Plow King (Barney Gumble).
November 20
1994: Former Byrds and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young member David Crosby receives a liver transplant.
November 21
1983: In Los Angeles, movie theaters premiered Michael Jackson's "Thriller" video.
A snippet about...
Mick Rock
Mick Rock, has died at age 72.
The legendary photographer and official photographer of David Bowie,
worked with Iggy Pop, Blondie, Lou Reed, and many more. His photos were
featured as album covers for several artists including Syd Barret's Madcap Laughs, Lou Reed's Transformer and Coney Island Baby, and The Ramones' End of the Century. His books include 2 collections of Bowie photographs. In addition to his photography, he directed Bowie's videos for “Space Odyssey,” “Life on Mars?”, “Jean Genie” and “I’m Only Dancing.” He served as chief photographer for The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Hedwig and the Angry Inch and Shortbus. Rock grew up in London and developed an interest in photography after attending concerts in his youth.
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