Category: Of the Day

Video of the Day: Cold Chisel – Getting The Band Back Together

Cold Chisel is pretty much the Aussie version of Canada’s Tragically Hip. They are arguably the most famous band in their own country and largely unknown everywhere else. All you need to know about these guys is that singer Jimmy Barnes was in consideration for the AC/DC gig when Brian Johnson went down. If there ever was a band worthy of a Youtube deep dive, these guys would be it.

This one is the first single from their 2020 record that is already in the hopper.

 

Video of the Day: Trigger Hippy – The Door

If you listen really closely to Trigger Hippy’s excellent new release Full Circle & Then Some you can catch a scent of The Black Crowes, which makes perfect sense as the Crowes stick man Steve Gorman is one of the co-founders of Trigger Hippy. Here, the ’70s Laurel Canyon vibing band led by Amber Woodhouse on vocals sound like they could have been sitting on Joni Mitchell’s couch.

 

Song of the Day: The Textones – No Love In You

The Textones, a group consisting of music lifers, has been around since the late ’70s. Led by Carla Olson, the group was influenced by Classic Rock and Country Rock of the ’60s as well as Tom Petty, The Rolling Stones, giving them that perfect mixture of Heartland Rock and West coast Laurel Canyon. Formed in Austin by Olson and Karen Valentine who went on to join the Go Go’s, this is one of those groups that were very much critically acclaimed and criminally ignored. The debut album after Valentine left the band and the addition of a saxophone player, 1984’s Midnight Mission, is a Roots Rock, Stonesy lost masterpiece.

Live Video of the Day: Ida Mae – My Girl Is a Heartbreak (Carter Vintage Guitars)

Ida Mae is a British Blues-Rock duo that consists of Chris Turpin and Stephanie Jean. Think White Stripes without the bombast. Here, they perform one of the singles from their highly excellent 2019 release, Chasing Lights in the intimate setting of the Carter Vintage Guitar store in Nashville.