Speaking of new music… here’s a few of the new things spinning around here lately:

Howlin Rain – Phantom In The Valley from The Russian Wilds, due out February

Band of Skulls – The Devil Takes Care of His Own

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – If I had A Gun
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – The Death of You and Me

And for you music fans and biz folks, here’s a couple interesting articles from Lefsetz land… including a not-so-new song that’s a good listen:

Its hard to get noticed

CD Replacement revenue

James McMurtry – We Can’t Make It Here Anymore

and watch this video
Kaiser Chiefs – The Future Is Medieval

What do you think about it?

And who are you digging that’s new and innovative?

I’ve been listening to Different Gear and to me it just doesn’t cut it. Noel was not only Oasis’ chief songwriter, he sang a lot of the tunes. He is credited by some as spear-heading the ’90’s Brit-pop movement and influencing numerous follow-up bands including the Boo Radleys, Ocean Color Scene, and more.

So here’s a few tunes from the new Beady Eye album, followed by a list of 10 of my fav. Oasis/Noel Gallagher tunes. You be the judge…
PS. Word is Noel’s working on a solo disc.

BEADY EYE

The Roller
Four Letter Word
Millionaire

OASIS

The Masterplan
Don’t Look Back In Anger
Little By Little
Where Did It All Go Wrong
Talk Tonight
Gas Panic!
Champagne Supernova
Acquiesce
Sad Song
Magic Pie

While our resources have been tapped from all these intergalactic comings and goings, all of us down here at the POWERZONE are deeply committed to reuniting ourselves with all the pour souls who have been victimized by these invisible warriors from the fourth dimension.

We have begun intensive planning on the future of the POWERZONE and its activities.

That is all.

Sincerely,

FRANKLIN MEGAWATT POWERS

We kicked off this falls tour with farewell shows in our home markets. We started with a weekend in Peterborough and Oshawa. The Peterborough show got all screwed up. All the other bands on the bill canceled last minute, it was the first week of school, and we had more competition this night then could even seem possible in such a small city. It looked like it was going to be an awful way to kick off a tour, but as it turned out we had a handful of really good friends show up, and we had a pretty good party.

Then it was off to Oshawa. We knew this show was going to be good because we were playing with some of our favorite bands from the city. Sierra Padre opened the night with there slow and groovy but still marvelously entertaining set. Micronite Filters were up next, and they were debuting their new music video. The audio wouldn’t work right, so they ended up playing over it, and managed to do it in PERFECT time with the video. Considering the mess of spilled beer and broken glass, our set went pretty good too.

After a final few days at home, we kicked off the road trip portion of our tour in Sudbury the following Friday. Considering all the confusion in the line-up we had a pretty sweet show at the Townehouse. We played with some awesome bands, and ended up running into some friends. Afterwards we ended up at a party on the other side of town, and despite our early departure time the following day, we stayed up drinking till 5am. We were given an apartment under the bar to stay in, which was really cool, and I’m pretty sure at one point or another every Canadian band has stayed there. We were checking the place out and managed to set the alarm off twice very, very early in the morning. Felt real dumb the second time, but we were quite drunk, and that defense is good for 9/10 situations.

I just remembered why I started doing video blogs instead of written – because it takes a long time to write all this shit out! Follow the video blogs @ http://www.youtube.com/theDGBtube

-Daniel Greer, September 27/2010

The good? (don’t worry, its not all bad).  With the exception of a few ‘bar regulars’ the gig was empty, there were more people on the patio. The band was at least tight, if not original. After 45 mins it was over.  It made me realize how good we have it around here, with so many great original artists and bands creating great music and art.
When I see this kind of lame show its both saddening and invigorating. As much as there is crap out there, there is way more good, and i have to believe that the good will win out in the end. The good, like the upcoming Culture Days weekend on Sept. 23-26 – There’s lots of great local stuff to be scene and heard. So let’s celebrate it, and not let it get swept under the lame rug.

Thanks 94.9 , Ashtray,  and Krome for at once making my ears bleed, only to open my eyes again.

Peace

“What do you seek?” they asked as they rode up in the clouds.

When they were as high as the moon the man began conversations.

He said “These are hard pressed times, there are many grubby hands looting the world, drunk on Texas tea. From the outside it’s hard to see, buts it’s burning down. The world is on the fritz and I brought you here to save it.”

“How do we do that?” they asked.

“You must slay the dragon on the eve of the electric blue sun – that is tonight.”

“This is abstract,” they said. “Something must be lost in translation.”

“Slow down!” called the man to the pilot. “We are approaching sacred ground.

Now you must go. When the giant wakes, follow him along the north wind.”

So off they went and soon came to a face in the lake.  She told them the secrets of the mole-men, and they knew how to slay the dragon.

Worthless blues were in the air and the world was an inferno, but the misfit friends knew the trick. They flipped a bent cigarette into the behemoth’s mouth. Puff went the dragon’s mystic fires as the asbestos hit its lungs! Free from the scorching flame, the one-eyed giant killed the dragon, and the rest is history.

That’s how the Micronite Filters saved the world.

Now let’s get drunk!

Also:
The Black Keys
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Black Mountain
The Black Crowes

I’m sensing a theme here…

And we’re continually being blamed for the industry’s demise?

More people are making music, and more music of substance is getting heard. So screw the ‘industry’, because without the audience, there is no industry.  Hmmm… Music with no industry… music for the sake of music, for art. Wow, we can actually use it to reach people, to say something interesting, useful, creative, inspirational.  What a concept!

So lets go back, back to a time when music was about telling stories and sharing ideas.  And let’s go back to vinyl – listening party anyone?

By the way, you should listen to the album ‘Avatar’ by Comets On Fire, now there are some folks who can play.