NYC NOISE-POP BAND LAMENTS SEXUAL PURITY ON DEBUT

In the world of independent music, the easiest way for a band to seem forward thinking is often for them to look backward. Some of the most critically acclaimed indie records of the last decade have all prescribed to this formula; the Hold Steady's "Boys And Girls In America" drew heavily from the back catalogs of Bruce Springsteen and was almost universally beloved. Radiohead's self-released "In Rainbows" was hailed as being the most Radiohead-sounding Radiohead record since 1995's "The Bends." Fleet Foxes' self-titled debut ended 2008 as the number one album on hype.com, an web site which forms its ratings based on those of thousands of other critical sources, and it was a record that seamlessly blended the Americana-rock textures of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young with the harmony-laden pastiche of the Beach Boys' "Pet Sounds."

(2009 Feb 19 / Matthew Martell)
http://media.www.su-spectator.com/media/storage/paper948/news/2009/02/19/Entertainment/Nyc-NoisePop.Band.Laments.Sexual.Purity.On.Debut-3635957.shtml

+http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pains_of_Being_Pure_at_Heart
+http://www.thetripwire.com/features/2009/02/17/teen-confusion-an-interview-with-the-pains-of-being-pure-at-heart/

'WRECKING CREW' IS A TRIBUTE TO LEGACY OF UNKNOWN MUSICAL GIANTS

The Wrecking Crew: circa 1962, depicting a set-up used only once, with the drums up-front.
From front to back & left to right the players are; Don Randi, Al Delory, Carole Kaye, Bill Pitman, Tommy Tedesco, Irv Rubin, Roy Canton, Jay Migliori, Hal Blaine, Steve Douglas and Ray Pohlman. Jack Nitzsche's son is next to Hal Blaine.

The Wrecking Crew, studio musicians, created the sound for some of the biggest hits and most familiar tunes of a generation.

(2009 Feb 26 / Laura Giovanelli)
http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2009/feb/26/wrecking-crew-is-a-tribute-to-legacy-of-unknown-mu/

+ http://www.musicangle.com/feat.php?id=124&page=0
+ http://www.gotriad.com/content/2009/02/25/article/obscure_no_more

+ update 2009-09
http://www.wreckingcrew.tv/index2.html

BRIAN WILSON: AN ART BOOK

Brian Wilson: An Art Book is a reader on Brian Wilson’s life and work written from a contemporary art perspective by artists and leading art writers.
It’s also a musee imaginaire of works from the 1960s to today by twenty-six artists - using the pages of the book as gallery walls - that echoes the trajectory of Wilson’s work and the milieu it so uniquely evokes.
Significantly half the artists featured come from Los Angeles.

(2008 / Peter Blake and many more)http://www.fourcornersbooks.co.uk/Brian%20Wilson.html

+ http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/gallery/2007/may/25/1?picture=329929144

WILL THE REAL REUNION BAND PLEASE STAND UP?

Right: these three have all their own Beach Boys Bands: Alan, Mike & Brian

Multiple versions of the same re-formed act have become a problem for promoters, with different incarnations of the Beach Boys, War and Jefferson Airplane each claiming to be "authentic"

(2009 Feb 26 / Sean Michaels)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/feb/26/rival-reunion-bands

Rock'n Roll Dad (The Murry Wilson Show)

2001
Animation by Peter Bagge & Dana Gould

PART 1
http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=GDNM7dy2WjI&fmt=18




PART 2
http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=AJdkGBOeFPA&fmt=18




PART 3
http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=THoYNZPNDq0&fmt=18




PART 4
http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=E2sp39N7240&fmt=18


info http://www.peterbagge.com/

FLEETWOOD MAC REUNITES FOR 'RUMOURS' AND 'UNFINISHED BUSINESS'

'Unfinished business' reunites the band

As the relationship between Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham goes, so goes Fleetwood Mac.
The band, formed as a British blues-rock outfit in 1967, has a history that reads like a soap opera script. Band members have literally gone crazy. Some have gone AWOL. Others have slept with one another. Marriages were broken. More than 73 million records have been sold. And still the quarrels continue.
Even a 2004 tour that raked in $22 million ended in acrimony, with a fed-up Nicks saying she was through and Buckingham returning to his solo career.

(2009 Feb 22 / Greg Kot)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/chi-0222-fleetwood-macfeb22,0,4033605.story

STEVIE WONDER'S 'SKETCHES': A CLASSICAL MELODIC GEM

Obama will give musician Gershwin Prize

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Stevie Wonder knows from classics. Classical, too, as it turns out.
Monday night at the Library of Congress, the Motown legend spoke of a longtime "love for classical music" -- of listening to Stravinsky, Bach and Beethoven.
And then Wonder ambled onstage at the library's Coolidge Auditorium and gave the world-premiere performance of "Sketches of a Life," a classical composition that he began writing in 1976, when he was still at the peak of his pop-songwriting powers.

(2009 Feb 24 / THE WASHINGTON POST)http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/arts/ny-uswond0225,0,3554057.story

MORE POWER: FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE

BESIDES THEIR 2003 HIT "Stacy's Mom" — whose chorus is probably worming its way back through your head right now — Fountains of Wayne may be best known for writing songs chronicling the ordinary lives of Northeastern suburban drones.

(2009 Feb 19 / Paul Stelter)
http://www.expressnightout.com/content/2009/02/more_power_fountains_of_wayne.php

XANADU ROCKS & ROLLS AT DRURY LANE THEATRE

Quote:

With a book "ingeniously adapted" (New York Times) by Douglas Carter Beane, and a score by Jeff Lynne (writer and producer for the Electric Light Orchestra (E.L.O.)) and John Farrar (responsible for most of the hits performed by Olivia Newton-John in the 1970's), Xanadu features the top 20 Billboard hits, "Magic," "Xanadu," "All Over the World" and "I'm Alive." Award-winning Christopher Ashley directs "at roller-derby speed" (New York Times) with choreography by Dan Knechtges.

(2009 Feb 20 / abc news)
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=resources&id=6668454

SONG STORIES - "MRS. O'LEARY'S COW" (2004)

From the album Brian Wilson Presents SMiLE

Of all the interesting stories and rumors that surround the mysterious and turbulent Post-Pet Sounds era Beach Boys’ classics, “Mrs. O’Leary’s Cow” has to be one of the most compelling.
“Mrs. O’Leary” is a song that's origins trace back to the mythical lost album SMiLE.

(2009 Feb 19 / Tyler Barlass)
http://justpressplay.net/music/music-news/4878-song-stories-qmrs-olearys-cowq-2004.html

God Only Knows, Beach Boys on ukulele

2007 cover

1966 Written by: Brian Wilson, Tony Asher



http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=Yr09fYxQXMU&fmt=18

God Only Knows (Performed by the Moon Loungers)

2009 cover

1966 Written by: Brian Wilson, Tony Asher



http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=1pYOGIDSRe4&fmt=18

The New P*rnographers "Challengers"

2007
Written by: A.C. Newman



http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=bHWWWa8EvzI&fmt=18

THE NEW P*RNOGRAPHERS TAKE ON ALL CHALLENGERS

Quote:

"I'm not even remotely as good as Brian Wilson, just to clear that up," Newman says. "But, it's something to strive towards... he made pop music that unfolded in interesting ways.
A lot of people don't know this. Animal Collective are considered a very strange band, but they sound like the Beach Boys and they sound like the Beach Boys because the Beach Boys were strange.
The Beach Boys had a combination of the strange and the beautiful that I think I strive for more than anything else, even though I don't want to sound like them.
But that quality that they have... like 'God Only Knows' is just the most strange and beautiful song and it's beautiful in not a very obvious way. I think that's the music that I love the most."
With the types of harmonies that the Beach Boys ended up utilizing, it's no surprise that the P*rnos often sport multiple vocal lines and push different members to the front of the stage to take the mic. Still, Newman remains in control.

(2009 Feb 20 / David Missio)
more... chartattack.com

JAPANESE FUTURE POPSTER COMES TO GOLDEN STATE

"A tireless soundscaper, this musical polymath blends electronica with a musical kleptomania." – Time Magazine

Sound explorer Cornelius will be taking his live show to the U.S. for four special dates this May. All shows are in California (following his first ever Mexican performances) and come on the heels of his "Best Surround Sound" Grammy nomination for the Sensurround+B-Sides DVD.

(2009 Feb 23 / jambase.com)
http://www.jambase.com/Articles/Story.aspx?storyID=16657

KING’S SINGERS GIVE ROYAL PERFORMANCE

The King’s Singers serenaded a nearly full house in the Seretean Center Concert Hall with English folk songs, pop songs and music from the Renaissance and Romantic periods Wednesday night.
“It’s the most perfectly in-tune sound you’ll ever hear,” said Joe Ray, Allied Arts special events coordinator. “It’s arguably the best a cappella group on the planet.”

(2009 Feb 19 / Melissa Oxford)
http://ocolly.com/2009/02/19/king%E2%80%99s-singers-give-royal-performance/

BEACH BOYS CARTOON

Two pages that I've found on the web. I don't know what's more...

Salt Lake City - The Beach Boys - Brian Wilson

1965
Written by: Brian Wilson



(2008 Okt 6 / traderfiles)
http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=CSSj4hC3zvQ&fmt=18

Musicians:
Hal Blaine - drums
Russell Bridges - piano, organ
Frankie Capp - vibraphone
Roy Caton - trumpet
Jerry Cole - guitar
Al de Lory - piano
Steve Douglas - saxophone
Al Jardine - vocals
Plas Johnson - saxophone
Carol Kaye - bass guitar
Mike Love - lead vocal
Jay Migliori - saxophone
Lyle Ritz - upright bass
Howard Roberts - guitar
Billy Strange - guitar
Brian Wilson - lead vocal
Carl Wilson - guitar, vocals
Dennis Wilson - vocals

DIY IMPROVISED SOUND

Intro --- there's no such thing as a wrong note

Anyone can make music . Of course the music that's produced might not be to your taste , but let's not be critical . What discourages a lot of people is that the music they make isn't what they wanted to happen .This is a problem that affects even the best musicians - the music that comes out of your instrument isn't exactly as you may have wanted it to be .

(2002/2004 Dave Jackson)
http://www.freewebs.com/diyimprov/improvising.htm

VOLATILE KINKS

British group mourned the failure to preserve a lost England

In the 24 years since Bob Dylan's Biograph kicked off the boxed-set craze, every pop act of any significance has been enshrined in what has become the audio equivalent of the coffee-table book—every act, that is, except the Kinks.

Enter Picture Book (Sanctuary), a chronological, six-disc overview of the group's 30-year career, which was released in December, nearly 19 years after the original lineup's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and 12 years after the final lineup's breakup.

(2009 Feb 28 / Arsenio Orteza)
http://www.worldmag.com/articles/15006

MANY INFLUENCES ON WARD'S 'HOLD TIME'

M. Ward, "Hold Time" (Merge)

Thanks to his love of studio reverb, M. Ward sometimes sounds like he's singing through a megaphone - or a rolled-up copy of Irving Berlin sheet music.

(2009 Feb 18)
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=272697

more
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=100781828
http://www.dailyiowan.com/2009/02/17/Arts/10083.html

BEACH BOYS DOC 19 FEBRUARY ON DUTCH TV

Beach Boys in de polder

HOLLAND luidt heel simpel de titel van het album van de Beach Boys.
Opgenomen tussen de koeien in Baambrugge.
De wereldberoemde band wilde weg uit het hectische Los Angeles en kwam naar het dorpse, boeren Nederland.
Maar er moest wel wat mee. Apparatuur, vrouwen, kinderen en personeel werden in 1972 ingevlogen voor het Hollandse avontuur…..

Andere Tijden, donderdag 19 februari, 21:25 uur, Nederland 2

(2009 Feb / vpro.nl)
http://geschiedenis.vpro.nl/programmas/2899536/

+ http://www.blondiechaplin.com/BBHolland.htm

+ Beach Boys in de polder - kijktip voor donderdag 19 februari 2009
http://www.vkblog.nl/bericht/246567/Beach_Boys_in_de_polder_-_kijktip_voor_donderdag_19_februari

A FEW MINUTES WITH BRIAN WILSON

Ten minutes. That's the time allocated for our conversation with Brian Wilson, whose All Music Guide bio starts by proclaiming him "arguably the greatest American composer of popular music in the rock era."

(2009 Feb 13 / Dennis Cook)
http://www.jambase.com/Articles/Story.aspx?storyID=16670

Rufus Covers Brian Wilson

(2009 Feb 4 / ChartAttack)
http://www.chartattack.com/news/65813/exclusive-listen-rufus-wainwright-covers-brian-wilson

Wonderful / Song For Children (Brian Wilson, Van Dyke Parks)
http://www.chartattack.com/files/warchild/warchild.mp3

LA IN TWO DAYS

With the recession in full force, travel is a luxury fewer and fewer of us can consider.

This past holiday season I opted to stay home in Los Angeles, which has an average of 263 sunshine days a year.

(2009 Feb 8 / Molly Newborn)

http://theseniortimes.com/article/2009/02/la-in-two-days.html

MySpace: Richard Snow (& The Inlaws)

http://www.myspace.com/richardsnow

BURT BACHARACH STRIPS DOWN TO TALK ROBBIE WILLIAMS, MONEY AND MARRIAGE

Our correspondent encounters the master of smooth listening Burt Bacharach oiling himself by his Los Angeles swimming pool

Burt Bacharach is naked. Or rather, he is very nearly naked. And as hard as I’m trying to ignore this fact, it is proving to be extremely difficult.
I could simply tell you, for example, that the 80-year-old songwriter — arguably the most successful who has ever lived — is sitting by the pool of his $8 million home in Pacific Palisades, a clifftop suburb of Los Angeles.

(2009 Feb 6 / The Times)
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article5669794.ece

goodnight my love-The Honeys

1956
Written by John Marascalco and George Motola

1968 Covered by The Honeys (Produced by Brian Wilson)

http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=TVUxLkoyVv4&fmt=18

The Fantastic Baggys - Tell 'Em I'm Surfin'

1964
Written by: Phil Sloan, Steve Barri




http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=XxutcWyn4rM&fmt=18

Tip: http://www.rock.co.za/files/fantastic_baggys_index.htm

WHY THE FED CAN'T PREVENT A DEFLATIONARY DEPRESSION

In June of 1966 (similar to the warm sunny days of summer in 1929 and 2007), Brian Wilson produced the Beach Boys’ single “Good Vibrations.”

Capturing the positive feelings of the day, it quickly became a number one hit. But something had changed in 1967 when the Beach Boys moved on to their next album: Smile.

(2009 Feb 5 / Paul J. Lamont)

http://seekingalpha.com/article/118681-why-the-fed-can-t-prevent-a-deflationary-depression

BAD GIRL HITS BEARSVILLE

As the lead voice of archetypal girl group the Ronettes, Ronnie Spector, who will perform at the Bearsville Theater on February 14, rode her infamous producer and sometime husband Phil Spector’s celebrated “Wall of Sound” to the peak of the charts, belting out such classic hits as “Baby, I Love You,” “Walking in the Rain,” “I Can Hear Music,” and what is perhaps the most uplifting and transcendentally perfect pop single of all time, 1963’s “Be My Baby.”

(2009 Jan 27 / Peter Aaron)
http://www.chronogram.com/issue/2009/2/Music/Bad-Girl-Hits-Bearsville

ASK 411 MUSIC 02.02.09: NEW MANAGEMENT, WHAT IS MUSIC,

MOST OVERRATED, AND OTHER ASSORTED GRAB BAGS

What exactly IS music and how in the hell can you possible expect anyone to agree with you 100% of the time?
I WILL answer rap questions, and any other questions; and today you will find out who I think are some of the most overrated artists.
Check this out and more in this, my first installment of Ask 411 Music!

(2009 Feb 2 / Joshua George)
http://www.411mania.com/music/columns/95850

Tip: http://whatismusic.info/

DEVOTEES WATCH AS NEW GENERATION LEARNS TO WORSHIP WAX

Vinyl Revival!

"Death is pretty final/I'm collecting vinyl/I'm gonna DJ at the end of the world."-- R.E.M.

It's a ritual Ed Turner has repeated countless times.


(2009 Feb 1 / Steven Uhles)
http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/02/01/liv_509570.shtml

BRIAN WILSON SCORES A TRIUMPH IN HOMETOWN SHOW

"This is my hometown," Brian Wilson said as he sat behind his keyboard. Indeed.
And the Los Angeles crowd was treated to a two-hour soundtrack of the city from its main musical hero, highlighted -- yes, highlighted -- by a new half-hour-plus song suite that's as effective as anything Wilson has created in decades.

(2009 Feb 1 / Erik Pedersen)
http://www.postchronicle.com/news/entertainment/article_212204684.shtml