Much like John Prine, John Hiatt is an undervalued National treasure. “Cry to Me” is the latest video to be released from his 2018 release, The Eclipse Sessions.
Category: Of the Day
Song of the Day: James Yorkston – Shallow
From a small village in Scotland, James Yorkston produces elegant pastoral songs bringing to mind Bert Jansch and John Martyn. His latest record, The Route To Harmonium comes out on February 22nd.
Live Video of the Day: Greta Van Fleet – Black Smoke Rising
The boys from Greta Van Fleet make their Saturday Night Live debut singing “Black Smoke Rising.” If the hype surrounding this Rock and Roll band has sucked you into its vortex yet there is still time to jump on the bandwagon.
Live Video of the Day: Rolling Stones – Sweet Virginia
Woke up this morning and revisited an old friend The Rolling Stones ” Exile on Main Street”. In my opinion, this record one of the top 10 – 20 albums of the past several decades. Not a dog on the tracks, every song is a scorcher. If you are close to my age no further explanation needed, if not, I urge you to stop what you are doing stop right now and check it out. Your life will be better for it. Pure Rock and Roll – Keith and Mick at their artistic best. As I understand it they left England for tax reasons and moved to the south of France where “Exile” was recorded. The rest, as they say, is history.
— Johnny Shrike —
Live Video of the Day: The Struts – Dancing in the Dark (Live From The Basement East)
Sorry Greta Van Fleet, the Struts are the best Rock and Roll band on the planet right now. Dispensing with their Queen frocks for a song they bring Tom Morello on stage for as scorching a version of Springsteen’s “Dancing in the Dark.”
Song of the Day: Fat White Family – Feet
Fat White Family are back and the first single from their upcoming release, Serf’s Up, has just been dropped. Changing their sound to a Depeche Mode vibe, this will be their debut release for Domino records. The band temporarily dropped their respective side-piece bands The Moonlandigz and Insecure Men to reform Fat White Family. Look for the record on April 19th.
Video of the Day: Orville Peck – Dead of Night
Sub Pop Records is always pretty much assured to throw you a musical curveball with their eclectic stable of wonderful artists, and Orville Peck is no exception. If Country Goth was not a genre before, it is now. The new record, Pony, will hit the shelves on February 22nd.
Song of the Day: Townes Van Zandt – All I Need
A new collection of previously unreleased recordings from singer-songwriter Townes Van Zandt has been announced. Sky Blue collects early drafts of songs like “Pancho and Lefty” and “Rex’s Blues,” recorded with Bill Hedgepeth in 1973. It also features two songs that have never been heard before—“Sky Blue” and “All I Need”—and covers of songs by Richard Dobson and Tom Paxton.
Sky Blue arrives March 7 (what would have been Van Zandt’s 75th birthday) via TVZ/Fat Possum.
— From Pitchfork —
Live Video of the Day: Allen Toussaint – American Tune (Live On Austin City Limits)
The legend that is Allen Toussaint makes this one his own on an Austin City Limits Live performance. You can check out his studio version of the Paul Simon tune on his 2016 posthumously released album. American Tunes.
Song of the Day: Ex Hex – Cosmic Cave
Ex Hex is made up of the power trio of Mary Timony, Betsy Wright, and Laura Harris. The band smashed their way onto the scene in 2014 with the album Rips, an album that garnered much critical acclaim and was on top of many best album of the year lists. Now, in advance of the new record It’s Real that comes out on March 22nd, we are treated to a sign of the marvelous sounds that will soon reach our collective ears.
Rock Is The New Roll 