August 2007
The Archives
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08.23.07Loudersoft Recommends: Brooklyn Backyard Barbeque To Benefit Farm Aid on Sunday, August 26thThe Yard will present a Brooklyn Backyard Barbeque to benefit Farm Aid, featuring a live lineup of local bands, silk-screening and family farm food on Sunday, August 26, beginning at 3 PM, at The Yard, 388-400 Carroll Street in Brooklyn. Musical performances will include: Old Springs Pike, The Press, She Keeps Bees, Alana Amram and the Rough Gems, and a special performance by DJ Steve Aoki. Sweet Deliverance (ed. note: for this reason, I am officially jealous of anyone who goes)will provide organically grown, homemade barbeque and farm fresh food. Since 1985, Farm Aid has raised over $30 million ...
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08.16.07R.I.P. Max Roach 1924-2007The death of Max Roach, the innovative master percussionist whose transformations and excursions changed jazz music forever, is felt very heavily here at Loudersoft. His accomplishments are nearly unequaled in the world of modern music; his work was instrumental in the construction of the bebop movement which, if you didn't know, is widely considered the dominant form of modern jazz among purists. The breathtaking rhythms of post-World War II's uptown New York City jazz revolution are reflected in every measure, and in the howl of his timing you can hear the foundation that Max Roach laid. The ...
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08.14.07Accidental Tourism: Two Nights Of Unexpectedly Good Music @ The Buccaneer With Memphis Pencils and American AquariumI wander into The Buccaneer, known to many as "Memphis's favorite hipster dive bar", from time to time on a whim, usually right around show time. Normally, they just have a great jukebox playing an outrageous selection of punk, classic country and classic rock -- imagine hearing Black Sabbath followed by Johnny Cash followed by The Oblivians. That's good enough for me, but bands travelling through Memphis can occasion to end up there. It has a good sound system and the room is really small, so you can hear the band (although you can't move if it's ...
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08.13.07VIDEO: Behind The Scenes With Sharon Jones & The Dap-KingsWhy don't y'all come take a visit inside the secret catacombs of the Dap-Studio with me? OK.
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08.13.07REWIND: Julius Brockington & The Magic Force Remind Us To Hold On To This Feeling of FreedomI remember hearing this track as the basis for a Jurassic 5 track a few years back and being totally hooked. It's not a complicated chorus, but the groove laid down in it is so funky and dynamic, it's hard not to get sucked in. I guess that when this song first appeared in 1973, it sounded like the first cut I have up (sorry for the 64k version, I couldn't find one any better). As the a-side of the 45, it came all in one piece. It seems spare and monaural on purpose, a band ...
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08.12.07Loudersoft Is Totally Flipping Out Over Calvin Harris’ CD I Created DiscoMan, I'm slow on the uptake on occasion. Everybody has blogged about Calvin Harris' epic electro-disco CD I Created Disco, and everyone hyped me on it so much that I didn't really give it any credit for being good. Then I started to realize that I'd been hearing touches of it everywhere -- "Acceptable In The '80s" was on a mixtape someone gave me, then my friend Joe from Each Note Secure kept dropping these hints about how awesome it was. Like the nay-saying poo-poo making indie cone squabs I tell people I can't stand (you know, ...
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08.11.07
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08.10.07RIP Tony Wilson, Founder Of Factory RecordsLoudersoft joins millions of music fans in mourning at the loss of Tony Wilson, the man who founded Factory Records and the Hacienda Nightclub. The BBC is reporting that he passed away from complications relating to cancer at the age of 57. Among the notable careers Mr. Wilson helped to launch are those of Joy Division, New Order, and Happy Mondays. BBC journalist Kristan Deconinck sought advice from him in the early 1980s on how to launch an independent record label shortly after Wilson had started Factory records. "He couldn't have been more helpful and more patient," Kristan said. "He inspired ...
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08.10.07Loudersoft Loves Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings | 100 Days, 100 Nights Is Too Long To WaitOk, so you love Amy Winehouse? You've been playing "Rehab" over and over again and trying to find something that equates with what she does in modern times and you're lost. You've been asking friends and you're lost to the core. Okay, brothers and sisters, it's time to wake up because you've been sleeping. If you don't follow the dirty details about music, you might still not know about Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings and how they've been tearing it up doing classic soul since like....forever. You want to see the best live soul review ever? ...
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08.10.07Mashterpiece Theater — Loudersoft Want to Get-Get-Get Luh-Low-L-Low-Low With Lil’ Jon and Junior SeniorOnce upon a time there was Senior and Senior was all alone making music. Then came Junior and Junior was making music all alone. Then Junior met Senior and made Junior Senior. They make music that is fun. They make music that is happy. They got everyone to move their feet and feel united. They wanted to get get get to know n-know know you better better , baby. They played festivals and raves and parties and nightclubs and picnics and barbeques and shindigs and afterparties and whatever else you had in mind ...
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