The Sun: Courtney Love on Amy Winehouse: “I’ve never seen anyone take as much coke as Amy. Even I wasn’t that bad.” And check out these sweet pics:
PR Inside: RIP New Bohemian.
Luke Temple Snowbeast [Mill Pond Records]
Rating: 7.9
Luke Temple succeeds where most modern folk rockers go astray. He concentrates on formulating visual music rife with vivid imagery instead of wearing his heart on his sleeve through acoustic slush. This is the reason why so many folk rockers turn out dreck and ultimately join the ranks of achy douches who happen to wield a Dreadnaught instead of a Strat. The strongest asset of Temple’s music is the dizzying gusto that comes out of the keyboards. The twittering organ harmonies skip, skitter, and bop to make Snowbeast less singer-songwriter fare and more along the lines of late ‘60s acid experimentation.
Heavy Trash Download and Album Stream
Jon Spencer and Matt Verta-Ray go way out of New York’s city limits to dump a few dead bodies.
Heavy Trash’s Going Way Out With Heavy Trash is out today on Yep Roc.
Outside Chance [mp3]
Going Way Out With Heavy Trash [Album Stream]
Music News Highlights
NME: Dude from Supergrass sleepwalks his way out of a window, breaks back.
Yahoo Music: If it has always been your dream that satellite radio will devote an entire station to playing non-stop Grateful Dead music, well, that dream just came true.
The Dead in 1985
Also on Yahoo: Amazon.com to launch music service in September. Said to offer songs in MP3 format and give consumers an alternative to iTunes.
New Aesop Rock Video – None Shall Pass
Division Day – Tigers mp3
Kevin, Ryan, Rohner and Seb chill out after stashing a few dead bodies in Echo Park beneath some lotus plants.
Los Angeles’ Division Day have announced national tour dates to coincide with the release of their debut album Beartrap Island on Oct 2nd. Check out dates and a few more songs on MySpace.
Tigers [mp3]
Apples in Stereo – Same Old Drag
Songsmith/mathlete Robert Schneider has been busy penning songs for Disney TV and speaking at the Mathematics Association of America’s annual Mathfest gathering. Here’s a brand new vid for “Same Old Drag” and an mp3 from New Magnetic Wonder.
Can You Feel It [mp3]