The News Review:
- The radical priest
- Student-run station WSBF-FM at Clemson University celebrates 50 years…
- My Morning Jacket Wail At SXSW ’08 – News Story | Music Celebrity…
- Sham 69 stays relevant in today’s music society
- New Music: Lyrics Born Billy Bragg and More
- Pop and Rock Listings
- Reunited: The Undertones and the music guru who signed them
The radical priest
Sofia Echo – Mar 14, 2008
“It is where I learnt about grace. My parents may not have always liked what I did but they loved me unconditionally. As Martin grew older he became a self-confessed underachiever at school and punk music became an important part of his life which it remains to this day. Martin identified with the message and attitude of bands such as The Sex Pistols and The Clash and he was left wing and anti-establishment in his outlook. Martin describes the first time he heard the Sex Pistols as “a road to Damascus experience”. As music continued to play an important role in Martin’s life religion never did. Martin bounced around a number of different jobs and it was an event during one of these periods of employment that unexpectedly led Martin to Christianity.
Student-run station WSBF-FM at Clemson University celebrates 50 years…
Anderson Independent Mail – Anderson Independent Mail (subscription) – Mar 14, 2008
”The philosophy however remains the same. Whatever the students think is best is the format taken. Neal that meant alternative and punk music in the mid-‘80s rap in the ‘90s and as the new millennium arrived a shift to an independent music scene. “The thing that struck me when I first came to WSBF was the amount of new music available” said Cam Taylor general manager and a Clemson senior. “I had never been exposed to new indie music but that’s where my tastes have leaned since coming on. ”Coming on to WSBF is as easy as finding a niche.
My Morning Jacket Wail At SXSW ’08 – News Story | Music Celebrity…
MTV.com – Mar 14, 2008
Oh and Yo La Tengo was opening for them. Yeah it was pretty safe to say that this show was going to be a big one. From the venue — the cavernous Austin Music Hall which though recently renovated still resembles an authentic Texas honky-tonk (albeit a ginormous one) — to the expectations surging through the thoroughly amped (and vocal) crowd the show was as huge as you could possibly get at SXSW rivaling the open-aired free-wheeling spirit usually associated with fests like Bonnaroo or Coachella. Clearly only My Morning Jacket could pull this off… Luckily for me that band was the very first one I saw on Thursday. Mixing up the Go! Team’s dance beats and the Gossip’s energy with punk guitars and sometimes rappy vocals the Tings immediately won over the crowd with such English hits as the punchy “That’s Not My Name. ” Remember the name because you’re sure to hear it again. Speaking of names one of the most important decisions a band makes London retro-rockers Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong should really have spent a bit more time on theirs. That being said the band’s disheveled “Panic at the Thrift Store” look and their high-energy British Invasion-style performance were compelling. Lean wearing the tightest trousers in a city awash with them looked like a tottering doe as he shimmied across the stage in his high-heeled boots and waved his spider-like arms in wide circles during songs like the Beatles-esque “Where Do You Go.
Sham 69 stays relevant in today’s music society
San Diego Union Tribune – Mar 14, 2008
Formed in the mid-'70s during the fervor of the British punk uprising the rough-edged group set itself apart from the often well-bred likes of the Clash and the Sex Pistols. And today Sham 69 stays true to its working-class roots according to new singer Tim Scargill who seems a perfect fit for the band.
New Music: Lyrics Born Billy Bragg and More
NPR – Mar 14, 2008
Tom Shimura better known as the artist Lyrics Born grew up in Tokyo and Salt Lake City but went on to found the Quannum Projects label an independent collective in the Bay Area. The new album Everywhere At Once shows off the rapper’s distinctive complex rhyme schemes and live instrumentation. Billy Bragg has been known as many things: busker punk rocker protest singer Woody Guthrie interpreter. Freedom du Lac says Bragg’s new record Mr. Love & Justice — which took its name from a book by British author Colin MacInnes — is “not looking to reinvent the wheel. Singing about love war and politics you know it’s Billy Bragg same as he ever was which is not necessarily a bad thing. ” Ashlee Simpson sister to pop singer and former reality television star Jessica returns with Bittersweet World.
Pop and Rock Listings
New York Times – Mar 14, 2008
Music Hall of Williamsburg 66 North Sixth Street Brooklyn (212) 260-4700 musichallofwilliamsburg. (Pareles)POGUES (Saturday through Monday) The band that made punk rock look like traditional music (and vice versa) plays three shows for what Guinness now calls the “St. Patrick’s Day season. ” Two years ago the Pogues made their first appearances in New York in 15 years with Shane MacGowan their Dionysian damaged former singer and Mr. MacGowan is back on board again — for him that’s a fantastic attendance record. With the Mississippi singer William Elliot Whitmore each night and Billy Bragg on Sunday.
Reunited: The Undertones and the music guru who signed them
Belfast Telegraph – Mar 14, 2008
Billy Doherty Mickey Bradley and John O’Neill travelled up from Derry on an Ulsterbus yesterday to catch up with Terri Hooley and help celebrate 30 years of the Good Vibrations label. Terri godfather of the local music scene founded the record label in April 1978 and ran it out of a small shop on Great Victoria Street. One of the bands he signed was Derry group The Undertones whose classic track Teenage Kicks went on to become a huge hit and was also the legendary DJ John Peel’s favourite song. Other bands Terri helped along the way were punk outfits The Outcasts and Rudi. Now The Undertones are set to repay the debt by headlining a one-off concert at the Mandela Hall on April 25 with support from Shame Academy The Panama Kings and a line-up of special guests yet to be revealed. At the Oh Yeah Centre in the Cathedral Quarter in Belfast the doyens of the local music scene came together yesterday to hear the details of the anniversary concert… Terri godfather of the local music scene founded the record label in April 1978 and ran it out of a small shop on Great Victoria Street. One of the bands he signed was Derry group The Undertones whose classic track Teenage Kicks went on to become a huge hit and was also the legendary DJ John Peel’s favourite song. Other bands Terri helped along the way were punk outfits The Outcasts and Rudi. Now The Undertones are set to repay the debt by headlining a one-off concert at the Mandela Hall on April 25 with support from Shame Academy The Panama Kings and a line-up of special guests yet to be revealed. At the Oh Yeah Centre in the Cathedral Quarter in Belfast the doyens of the local music scene came together yesterday to hear the details of the anniversary concert. John O’Neill of The Undertones said: "The three of us travelled up by bus from Derry for a fiver. "Everyone’s joking that in a few years time we’ll be able to travel for free.