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Carole King and James Taylor are icons for a certain generation of music lovers. And by that I mean that generation of people who understand the difference between music and noise.
King is a prolific songwriter and singer whose 1971 album, “Tapestry,” sold over 25 million units worldwide. She’s a multiple Grammy winner who has been inducted into every music-related Hall of Fame there is.
Taylor has pretty much the same resume. He’s sold more than 40 million albums, been inducted into Halls of Fame and won multiple Grammys.
They first appeared together at the Troubadour, a famed night spot on Santa Monica Boulevard. That was in 1970 when both were relatively unknown artists. King had written a string of hits for other singers, but was in the midst of trying to establish herself as a performer. Taylor had just released his first album.
There was magic during their engagement there. And though it was probably unrelated, both their careers took off in the months after their joint appearance: hers with “Tapestry”; his with chart-topping single, “Fire and Rain.”
Thirty-seven years later, they returned to help the renowned night spot celebrate its 50th anniversary. That was taped and is the basis for “Carole King-James Taylor: Live at the Troubadour, ” a special that airs all month on PBS.
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We've got a bunch of Beyond Embedded posts penned by our amazing intern Chanelle for you to backread. Here's something you could watch while you dig deep to learn more about Silversun Pickups' and K'naan's influences and inspirations: the actual show!
Please enjoy Current Music Presents: Embedded with Silversun Pickups, K'naan and Arcade Fire, as just aired on Current TV. (Hint: we have a really nice full-screen player you can click in the lower right corner.)
Get extra Silversun Pickups content here.We've got a bunch of Beyond Embedded posts penned by our amazing intern Chanelle... more
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Dinosaur Jr. are set to play a free show in Los Angeles this Tuesday (2/23). The band will play the free gig, which is sponsored by T-Mobile and MOG, at the Troubadour in L.A..Dinosaur Jr. are set to play a free show in Los Angeles this Tuesday (2/23). The band... more
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After a surprise second LA stop on their US tour, Australian siblings Angus and Julia Stone gave us a piece of their minds...woohoo!After a surprise second LA stop on their US tour, Australian siblings Angus and Julia... more
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When the drums bang and the keyboards rock, you're probably listening to the White Rabbits. The Brooklyn based band played a sold out show at the Troubadour in West Hollywood, Calif., last night. The crowd and this Current intern left the show pumped up and wanting more.
Check out the White Rabbits at www.whiterabbits.com and www.myspace.com/whiterabbits.When the drums bang and the keyboards rock, you're probably listening to the... more
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BLACK MOTH SUPER RAINBOW….
Not really the typical name you would use for a band. But the name accurately describes this psychedelic, experimental, indie, folk, and the long list of other genres associated with this Pittsburg based group.
The band is known to keep their lives very private, associating themselves with obscure names (Tobacco, The Seven Fields of Aphelion, Power Pill Fist, Iffernaut, and Father Hummingbird).
**see 2007 XLR8R interview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KPJdp2yPxk
Their sold-out performance, Friday at the Troubadour (5/29/09), proved that the name of their group fit well… more than well… perfectly. The crowd filled with young thrift store shopping, blog reading hipsters, were ready to see this much hyped about band perform live.
Before BMSR took the stage, there was a brief video montage dedicated to gothic face painted people followed by a random You-Tube guy ranting about “bad bands that people don’t know about” (aka: BMSR) and making fun of their super long name and bizarre song lyrics. This segment was then followed by Eric, of Tim and Eric Awesome Show, expressing his own hilarious opinion about changing the band’s name.
Check out the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8FRik7Utp0&feature=channel_page
After the very entertaining segment, Black Moth began to play, “Born on a Day the Sun Didn’t Rise”, off their new album, Eating Us. The entire show stayed true to its bizarre nature, projecting images of decaying fruit and disturbing footage of a man and a mannequin. I thought the show couldn’t get any weirder until a man in a barbarian face mask and hairy body suit began dancing on stage. He held an Axis/Allies board game with chocolate and wigs inside (Yea, I really have no idea). The barbarian began crowd surfing and pulling fans on stage. BMSR continued to play and paid little attention to the barbarian man, keeping their cool. The show progressively became even more strange and awkward. Nothing else would surprise me at this point. They performed various songs from their older albums like, “123 of Me”. Black Moth ended their set with two encore songs accompanied by Mike Watt of The Minutemen as crazy fans danced on stage.
I expected the show to be fairly obscure, but nothing prepared me for what happened that night. It was a pleasant surprise… BMSR live is a definite must.
Check out footage from on stage: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBf7M-vKvjw
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I dig them, ace Oxford band from our friends at Sub Pop. Reminiscent of Bloc Party and label-mates The Rapture, they made a rather insipid Los Angeles audience sway and bob - a rare happening, newsworthy of a post.
I posted about Foals last week, and here I've uploaded some pictures from last night (forgive the grain) and an accompanying YouTube video I took then retouched to brighten it up a bit.
Here's the link, take a listen:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DNzOqR5lNU
Enjoy,
the blindingI dig them, ace Oxford band from our friends at Sub Pop. Reminiscent of Bloc Party... more
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