Just made the page for the videos of the Big Surprise Tour’s stop at the Beacon Theatre in NYC on August 6th 2009. The show was just amazing. Simply put, just an outstanding collection of artists. Justin Townes Earle, The Felice Brothers, Dave Rawlings Machine and Old Crow Medicine Show all played with their hearts and souls and looked like they had a great time. Be sure to visit the videos page and catch the beautiful music.
Thanks to Rich Kassirer for his contributions to the photo page and this update. He attended the Big Surprise Tour at the House of Blues in Boston and got some awesome photos of the show. One look will tell you all you need to know about this amazing stage show. Be sure to check out his blog here and visit his music magazine at ModernAcoustic.com.
Just added a bunch of photos and videos from the Dead Weather show at Terminal 5 in NYC on 07-16-09. The show was phenomenal and Jack White & Co. really tore the house down. Highlights were “Will There Be Enough Water” (with Jack on guitar) and “Bone House”. There are a good amount of videos in the video section thanks to the contributions of a few different individuals.
Below is an awesome interview that the Dead Weather put together recently. Gotta love LJ on the organ during the whole thing. The band answers a few questions in an interesting take on the interview process. I’ll be attending the show in NYC tonight and hope to get some good photos. Their debut album, Horehound is currently available for purchase at TheDeadWeather.com.
Also here’s a video directed by Jonathan Glazer for the song “Treat me Like Your Mother” that premiered on Cinemax recently. Glazer has worked on music videos for bands like Radiohead, Jamiroquai, and Massive Attack.
Thanks to our friend Ammuse, we now have a bunch of videos from The Felice Brothers performance at the Rosendale Cafe this past June. If you have any photos or videos from any live shows and want to contribute them to this page you can e-mail here or fill out the contact form. Click the image below to go to the video gallery.
After an amazing show at the Surf Lodge in Montauk NY, we’re proud to have a bunch of photos and videos to share with you all that couldn’t make it. Click here to view the photo gallery and click the image below for the videos page.
Beck.com has been going under some unique changes lately….all of which are more than welcome by me. In case you haven’t read about some of the recent additions to Beck’s website, here’s an excerpt from a Jambase.com ariticle:
Beck.com will be undergoing an extensive overhaul in the next month. It will feature several new sections, including Record Club -- a regular meeting of various musicians to record an entire album in one day. Due to the time constraints involved in recording a record in a day, an album will be chosen to be covered and used as a framework for the proceedings. Nothing will be rehearsed or arranged ahead of time. A track from these sessions will be uploaded once a week on Beck.com, as well as through the web sites of those involved in the project.
The Record Club is an amazing idea. So far Beck and company (Participants included in the first album covered are Nigel Godrich, Joey Waronker, Brian Lebarton, Bram Inscore, Yo, Giovanni Ribisi, Chris Holmes, and from Iceland, special guest Thorunn Magnusdottir) have put up a few songs from The Velvet Underground & Nico, the classic debut album from The Velvet Underground. As of now there are 3 songs (Sunday Morning, Waiting on my man, and Femme Fatale) that can all be viewed/listened to by heading over to Beck.com.
The Record Club -- Sunday Morning
The second new addition to Beck.dom is called Planned Obsolescence, which is a free weekly stream of a DJ set. The music included in these mixes are from songs Beck and others are listening to. The first edition, titled Autobahn Hologram may sound like random noise at first, but it soon descends into quite a nice mix of tunes. You can listen to it here:
And if these new creative outlets weren’t enough for fans of Beck, there is another section that looks to be a type of informal interview section. Beck.com states, “We are launching another section featuring extended informal conversations with musicians, artists, filmmakers, and other various personages called Irrelevant Topics. The first one up, which took place early last month, is with Tom Waits.” Getting to read what Beck and Tom Waits, a musical genius, just casually discuss is such a treat. Be sure to read the first part of the interview and check back to the site for more installments. Hopefully Beck keeps up the great work and adds more sections to the site.
