My daughter’s just put me on to this bunch. Brass Against, a New York brass band covering stuff by Rage Against The Machine and the like. Check out their version of Killing In The Name, it’s a wonder the singer doesn’t actually explode:
Some Fable news. New track out tomorrow (and it's gorgeous). Gigs starting up again - September 10th at Brighton Electric (first gig in four years - yikes!) September 23rd at The Thunderbolt in Bristol. More to follow...
Grim Grim Grim Grim Grim Grim. Bastards. And other select words. https://www.ft.com/content/eaf53314-d72b-4dba-9110-87a27dce01a2
Artists like Robert Fripp held out for years and years before allowing their stuff on Spotify, and then they do this. And they’re not the ones who we will be worst hit, but new bands and performers. Wrong. Just plain bloody wrong.
Oh we've already been told by them that they're not supporting us because we aren't putting enough money into them. All about the music, right!? (I reserve the right to like them a little bit more if they put the new track on a playlist in one minutes time...)
Bristol band Ishmael Ensemble, led by saxophonist Pete Cunningham from Paulton, release their new album today, and it’s a cracker. Here’s the title track Visions of Light:
I've been revisiting some Peel sessions that have been posted on YT, this is some quality Neo Psychedelia from California's, The Brian Jonestown Massacre...
please log in to view this image Happy Birthday Kenny Gamble, (11 August( He was one of the founders of Philadelphia International. In collaboration with Leon Huff they wrote and produced many songs, including those sung by the Three Degrees, Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes and the O'Jays. He has a philosophy that education is of utmost importance and abhors the fact that the USA spends more on its military than on improving the mindset and life chances of many of its citizens. MFSB - T.S.O.P. (The Sound of Philadelphia) (Official Audio) ft. The Three Degrees - YouTube