The fear with any supertalent variety show like last night's Dark Was The Night live event is that the appeal on paper will far outstrip the appeal of having your ass glued to a seat for four hours. And it... CONTINUE READING DARK WAS THE NIGHT LIVE @ RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL, NYC 5/3/09»
Posted on May 4, 2009 in , , (22 comments)
Tags: Aaron Dessner | Bon Iver | Bryce Dessner | Dark Was The Night | Dave Sitek | David Byrne | Deradoorian | Dirty Projectors | Doveman | Feist | My Brightest Diamond | Pete Seeger | Sharon Jones | St. Vincent | The National | TV On The Radio
Details are emerging on the Renaissance Man's Here Lies Love, a concept album about Imelda Marcos, shoe-obsessed widow of the Philippines' former dictator. Byrne wrote the project with Fatboy Slim and promises every song will have a different vocalist. Among... CONTINUE READING DAVID BYRNE ROPES SANTIGOLD, TORI AMOS INTO WEIRD CONCEPT ALBUM»
Posted on April 10, 2009 (4 comments)
Tags: Alice Russell | David Byrne | Fatboy Slim | Roisin Murphy | Santigold | Sharon Jones | Tori Amos
Photos by Kyle Dean Reinford Over the past decade and change, the scene that's come to define Philadelphia -- in media exposure and in most cases, artistic merit -- has been spearheaded by the most fabulous Roots crew. Going... CONTINUE READING PHOTOS FROM PHILADELPHIA'S INAUGURAL ROOTS PICNIC»
Posted on June 9, 2008 in (8 comments)
Tags: Deerhoof | DJ Jazzy Jeff | Esperanza Spalding | Gnarls Barkley | J Davey | Santigold | Sharon Jones | The Cool Kids | The Dap-Kings | The Roots
A week after we witnessed Sharon and Bushwick's Dap-Kings get all sorts of fierce in the Mojave tent at Coachella, we get to revisit the joy of that set only from the much more cozy and infinitely less sweaty comfort... CONTINUE READING NEW SHARON JONES & THE DAP-KINGS VIDEO - "TELL ME"»
Posted on May 2, 2008 in (4 comments)
Tags: Beirut | Sharon Jones | Soft Circle | SXSW | The Dap-Kings
By Amrit Singh & Brandon Stosuy You know what sucked for every band following Les Savy Fav yesterday? The fact that they had to follow Les Savy Fav yesterday. Under intensely blazing Indio heat, Harrington and his hockey blogging... CONTINUE READING COACHELLA: FRIDAY IN PHOTOS»
Posted on April 26, 2008 in (21 comments)
Tags: Aphex Twin | Black Kids | Black Lips | Coachella | Cut Copy | Diplo | Jack Johnson | Jens Lekman | Les Savy Fav | M.I.A. | Marla Hansen | Sharon Jones | Tegan And Sara | The Breeders | The Dap-Kings | The National | The Raconteurs | The Verve | Vampire Weekend
Greetings from Indio. We saw lots of stuff yesterday: Les Savy Fav, The National, Cut Copy, The Verve (!), Aphex Twin (!!), Jack Johnson (!!!). And so far one celebrity (does Whitney Port count?). While we get going cropping beautiful... CONTINUE READING VIDEOS FROM COACHELLA FRIDAY»
Posted on April 26, 2008 in (5 comments)
Tags: Aphex Twin | Coachella | Portishead | Raconteurs | Santigold | Sharon Jones | Tegan And Sara | Vampire Weekend
With the revival already in progress, Sharon Jones's 100 Days, 100 Nights brought the Dap-Kings vintage brand of rhythm and blues, funk and soul to growing numbers and growing attention, list wankery aside. The album's closer, the funked up gospel... CONTINUE READING MAKING SHARON JONES & THE DAP-KINGS' "ANSWER ME"»
Posted on December 10, 2007 in (2 comments)
Tags: Sharon Jones
In this classic looking and sounding Adam Elias-directed footage -- according to notes provided over at YouTube, Elias shot it with a pair of vintage television cameras purchased via eBay for $50 a piece -- the Bushwick-based Dap-Kings are back... CONTINUE READING NEW SHARON JONES AND THE DAP-KINGS VIDEO - "100 DAYS, 100 NIGHTS"»
Posted on November 1, 2007 in (4 comments)
Tags: Sharon Jones | The Dap-Kings
