We'd spoken briefly about LCD Soundsystem's Vinyl Saturday 12" featuring a cover of "Bye Bye Bayou" from Alan Vega's eponymous 1980 solo debut. Talk is cheap. Take a listen at HypeM. (While you're there, compare/contrast with the original.) Remember, Record... CONTINUE READING LCD SOUNDSYSTEM COVER ALAN VEGA»
Posted on October 16, 2009 (4 comments)
Tags: Alan Vega | James Murphy | LCD Soundsystem | Think About Life
Record Store Day's Vinyl Saturday is 11/7, and to celebrate LCD will release a 12" featuring a cover of "Bye Bye Bayou" from Alan Vega's 1980 solo debut Alan Vega. Buy it then at an independent record store near you.... CONTINUE READING LCD SOUNDSYSTEM COVER ALAN VEGA FOR VINYL SATURDAY»
Posted on October 7, 2009 (0 comments)
Tags: Alan Vega | LCD Soundsystem | Record Store Day | Suicide | Thom Yorke
Alan Vega and Martin Rev, aka dark lo-fi electro-duo Suicide, were amazing in their heyday, especially when you consider they formed in 1971, pre-dating and influencing a shit-load of post-punk, noise, no wave, synth-pop, and industrial acts that followed. (If... CONTINUE READING SPRINGSTEEN, LIARS, SPIRITUALIZED, GRINDERMAN, AND OTHERS COVER SUICIDE»
Posted on June 23, 2008 (3 comments)
Tags: Alan Vega | Bruce Springsteen | Grinderman | Liars | Lydia Lunch | Martin Rev | Nick Cave | Spiritualized | Suicide | Sunn 0))) | Vincent Gallo