I’ve heard a few different Radiohead cover albums (a reggae one, and a children’s lullaby one), but the best one I’ve found is a hip hop mashup album by Panzah Zandahz. The album is called ‘Me & This Army:Radiohead Remixes”. You can listen to one of those songs here.
If you like the sound of the Lupe Fiasco song, you’ll definitely love this. I do.
The musical guest on the Henry Rollins Show this week is Peeping Tom (Mike Patton of Faith No More).
They perform “We’re Not Alone”, with lady beatboxer Butterscotch, although she has just a small part in the song. After their performance Mike sits down and answers a couple questions (what he is influenced by, where does he come up with such an interesting mix of guest singers). Mike is always very candid and funny. Henry Rollins is not in any of these clips.
You can check out the performance and interview here.
Sorry for the lack of posts these last few days. We just got back from Arizona. We visited some old friends. It was 110 degrees out, but it didn’t feel uncomfortable. They had a pool and air conditioning and a margarita machine.
Here’s the trailer for “Control”,that movie about Joy Division’s singer Ian Curtis. What do you think?
Rasputina has a new album coming out on June 26 titled “Oh Perilous World”. Their official website describes the album…
Oh Perilous World is the long awaited new studio album from chamber-rock trio Rasputina. Deciding that current world events were more bizarre than anything from the distant past, Rasputina foundress Melora Creager culled words, phrases and whole stories from the Internet that especially intrigued her to create the lyrical inspiration for this album.
They will be be doing an extensive US tour this summer. Check here for tour dates. I picked up my tickets yesterday. I’ve seen them about 3 times now and they’re a really great live act. Jana Hunter will be opening for them on the first half of the tour and My Brightest Diamond will be the opening act for the second half.
Rasputina front-woman Melora Creager has put out a solo album. It sounds like another Rasputina album, and that’s not a bad thing. You can listen to the whole album here. I especially like her cover of Tom Petty’s “American Girl”.
Today marks the 27th anniversary of the death of Joy Division’sIan Curtis. To mark this event the biopic “Control“, is premiering at the Cannes Film Festival. The movie covers his life from when Joy Division formed until his death at the young age of 23. The film is based on the book his wife Deborah wrote called “Touching From a Distance“.
The film was directed by Anton Corbijn, this is his directorial debut. He’s had an illustrious career as a pop-photographer and directing numerous music videos. He photographed Joy Division in their heyday. He’s cast Samantha Morton (from In America) for the role of Curtis’ wife. In an interview with Corbijn about why he casted Sam Riley for the role of Curtis he said…
A lot of bands I met, including Joy Division, were kind of underdressed - a thin coat on, smoking and shivering in the cold. When I met Sam it was also in the winter and he was totally the same…had an innocence and a freshness that I was hoping for but never thought I would find.�
The world lost a talented poet and songwriter. It’s not hard to see the influence of his music on lots of music that we listen to today. I think that if there’s anybody that could do this story justice, Corbijn can.
Today I watched an interview with Mike Patton of Peeping Tom. In it he mentioned that Rahzel told him that he was not gonna make it for a couple of dates on the tour. Patton was like..how am I gonna replace you? And he said that Rahzel suggested Buttercup could sit in for him. It worked out perfect because she’s from Sacramento (Davis) and Patton lives in San Francisco.
Butterscotch is a 21-year-old beatboxer. She’s amazing. Here’s a clip of her from the Tom Green show (I like this clip because there’s no Tom Green in it)…
Its CONTEST TIME again over here at This Is the Last. Last week we fell in love with the New Zealand folk comedy duo Flight of the Conchords. Their new mini-series premieres June 17th on HBO. This week we have a giveaway for a Flight of the Conchords prizepack.
One lucky winner will receive:
1 Robot stress reliever
1 DVD of the first episode
1 Poster
1 Tshirt
To enter this contest, tell me your funniest joke (please keep it clean). Contest winner will be announced Monday morning.
One half of the Conchords is starring in the new movie Eagle vs. Shark. Here’s the trailer for it…
I saw this biography about Bjork and in it they interviewed Bono, because they toured together a long time ago. In it, Bono said that he admired Bjork’s ability to write songs that were happy. He said that it’s easier to “paint it black” and talk about how much your life sucks. But Bjork writes songs like “Violently Happy”. Polyphonic Spree is another infectiously happy band. They make me want to put on a white robe and worship the sun (not really). For this album they’ve traded in their white robes for black militairy outfits with peace signs on them, they’re such hippies.
I just read on Pitchfork that the Polyphonic Spree will be going on tour this summer. The Fragile Army is due to be released June 19th.
Here are the dates…
05-14 Athens, GA - 40 Watt Club
05-27 George, WA - The Gorge Amphitheatre (Sasquatch! Festival)
06-23 Dallas, TX - Granada Theatre
06-24 Austin, TX - Stubbs BBQ
06-25 Houston, TX - Warehouse Live
06-26 New Orleans, LA - House of Blues
06-27 Atlanta, GA - Roxy Theatre
06-29 Philadelphia, PA - Theatre of Living Arts
06-30 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
07-01 Brooklyn, NY - Warsaw
07-02 Boston, MA - Avalon
07-03 Montreal, Quebec - Metropolis
07-05 Toronto Ontario - Phoenix Concert Theatre
07-06 Detroit, MI - The Majestic
07-07 Cleveland, OH - House Of Blues
07-08 Indianapolis, IN - The Vogue
07-09 Milwaukee, WI - The Rave II
07-10 Minneapolis, MN - Fine Line Music Cafe
07-13 Vancouver, British Columbia - Commodore Ballroom
07-14 Portland, OR - Aladdin Theatre
07-15 Seattle, WA - The Showbox
07-17 San Francisco CA - Great American Music Hall
07-18 Los Angeles CA - El Rey Theatre
07-20 San Diego CA - Canes Bar & Grill
07-22 Denver CO - Gothic Theatre
07-23 Aspen CO - The Belly Up
05-14 Athens, GA - 40 Watt Club
08-04 Chicago, IL - Grant Park (Lollapalooza)
08-11 Osaka, Japan - Summersonic Festival
08-12 Tokyo, Japan - Summersonic Festival
09-01 Stradbally, Ireland - Stradbally Estate (Electric Picnic Festival)
09-02 Argyll, Scotland - Inveraray Castle (Connect Festival)
