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Long Beach’s Magic Lantern have finally gone and released a new sonic document after what seemed like an eternity of waiting. Eagerly anticipated by those who have been biding their time waiting for the band to get on with their uber limited cassette only and CD-R releases (their Self-Titled CD-R was limited to 30), “High Beams”, the band’s latest opus [...]
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Usually “collection” albums are just another way to bilk the customer out of more of their money to rebuy what they have already purchased in the past. But not so with Rhino’s release of The Traveling Wilburys Collection that includes both Volume 1 and Volume 3, and a DVD with a short Wilburys documentary and their music videos. Considering that Volume 1 and 3 have both been out of print for some time, this a pretty good opportunity to either get into the band for the first time or update your old cassettes copies of these releases (hi dad!).
For my money, Volume 1 is a perfect album, with Volume 3 falling short of that same greatness, which can probably be attributed to Orbison’s passing between albums. Of course this also might be to due to the fact that Volume 1 was one of the most played cassettes in my house growing up, so much so that when I spied both albums on vinyl at Ameoba a while back, I picked them up immediately.
In addition to this being available on CD, iTunes has the collection available for download that does include the videos and the documentary (a free 6 minute trailer to the documentary is availble here).
And if you’ve read this far and have no clue as to why the Wilburys are worth knowing about and you don’t recognize the dudes in the picture, you might want to ask your parents.
The Traveling Wilburys will always be George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, Roy Orbison, and Jeff Lynne.
For more information on the formation of the band, watch these two clips from a 1988 MTV interview George Harrison did with Kurt Loder, Part 1 and Part 2. Also, all the Traveling Wilburys videos are up on their YouTube page.
The Traveling Wilburys Collection 2CD/1DVD set is available now: Amazon
Okay, here’s the long and short of it on River City Tanlines.
River City Tanlines is a 3 piece rock n’ roll band from Memphis, TN that combine their delta area musical heritage and the fury of 70’s punk. The current line up is made up of Alicja Trout (guitar), Terrence Bishop (bass), and John Bonds (drums). Trout used to play in The Clears and then later in The Lost Sounds (can really hear that influence in the Tanlines), and Bishop and Bonds have played alongside RL Burnside and Kenny Brown.
I had been meaning to seek out the River City Tanlines two full lengths I’m Your Negative and All 7 Inches Plus 2 More (12 track compilation of singles and 2 demo tracks) on vinyl at one of my local records stores, but I broke down in an instance of “got to have it now” and downloaded both albums from iTunes last week.
Download “Black Knight” (mp3), my favorite song from All 7 Inches Plus 2 More, and you can find more mp3s here.
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Buy River City Tanlines releases from: Insound | Amazon
Crazy number of good shows this week, including 3 sold out nights of LCD Soundsystem at the El Rey and a solid week of sold out or will sell out shows at the Troubadour induding The Pipettes, Menomena, Datarock, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, The Noisettes, and Lavendar Diamond. Check what shows I think are worth your time and money, including a few that might have slipped under your radar if it weren’t for this post.
Sunday, June 10th: No Age @ The Smell
With Pitchfork and Stereogum giving their mighty thumbs up to No Age recently, they have suddenly exploded across the blogsphere. This is a special morning brunch show to see No Age and Mika Miko off on their European tour. Head to Little Radio after this for The Raveonettes, Little Ones and Brothers and Sisters.
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No Age - Everybody’s Down (mp3)
Monday, June 11th: US Bombs @ Safari Sams
The Bombs have been around forever, infact it was at their show at the Roxy back in 1999 that I saw Joe Strummer in the flesh, too bad I was wearing a Clash tee that night and felt like too much of a ‘tard to go up and meet him. w/The Stitches and Smogtown
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U.S. Bombs - The World (mp3)
Tuesday, June 12th: The Duke Spirit @ Spaceland
The Duke Spirit have been out in California recording their new album with Chris Goss, this will probably be a good chance to hear some new material. w/Coco B’s
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The Duke Spirit - Cuts Across This Land (mp3)
Wednesday, June 13th: White Rabbits @ Spaceland
I wrote earlier this week about how much I am diggin the White Rabbit’s Fort Nightly album, hopefully their live show is just as good. I will report back.
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White Rabbits - The Plot (mp3)
Thursday, June 14th: To Live and Die in LA @ Good Hurt
To Live and Die in LA are a local band that have made a great record, one that I could totally see getting on the radio. This is a birthday show or something, no cover with an email to mollymaymacdonald@gmail.com to RSVP.
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To Live and Die in L.A. - Listen (mp3)
Friday, June 15th: The Rosebuds @ The Glasshouse
The Rosebuds Night of the Furies has made old fans weary of the new direction, but for those of you just getting into the band, ignorance is bliss. I haven’t picked this up yet, so I can’t comment myself.
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The Rosebuds - Get Up Get Out (mp3)
Saturday, June 16th: The Tyde @ The Prospector
This should be a really good show, probably one of the best line ups I’ve seen at The Prospector. w/The Lovetones, Crystal Antlers, Quarter After
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The Tyde - Go Ask Your Dad (mp3)
East Village Tour Des Artistes
WHO: Shadow & Dust | Moedog Darling | Slings | Soft Hands | The Year Zero
WHAT: The DISTRICT WEEKLY outdoor stage presented by the EAGLE ROCK SUNDAY NIGHT BOWLING AND DRINKING CLUB
WHEN: Saturday, June 9, 3:30-8:30
WHERE: East Village Arts district (Broadway & Linden)
HOW MUCH: Free!
3:30-4: Shadow & Dust
4:30-5: Moedog Darling
5:30-6: Slings
6:30-7:15: Soft Hands
7:45-8:30: The Year Zero
…also
WHO: Codpiece | Grievous Angels | Sticky Children | Santiago Steps
WHAT: Rockin’ the Hobo Alley behind ACRES OF BOOKS
WHEN: 6:00 pm
WHERE: 240 Long Beach Blvd., Long Beach, CA 90802
FREE! and All Ages
I think I just blanked on these guys at first due to their name (bad habit I know), I would see White Rabbits popping up here and there, but never took the time to check them out. Then the other day I was on Future Sounds and Larry really seemed to dig them, and I don’t why that got me to check them out (since my taste and Larry’s don’t coincide that often), but I did. And damn if I ain’t thankful that I did.
White Rabbits are from New York and make a kind of shuffling and rollicking rock n roll that off the bat reminds me a bit of The Walkmen (who I am actually not a fan of, go figure) and The Nurses. The two tracks below are good, but they are just the start, Fort Nightly gets better as goes along.
White Rabbits hit Los Angeles next week, playing Cinespace Tuesday June 12th and Spaceland on Wednesday June 13th.
Download “The Plot” (mp3) with the undeniably catchey whooaa ooaahh oohh, oohh oohh oohh’s in it
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and “Kid On My Shoulders” (mp3) from Fort Nightly.
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Fort Nightly is out now on Say Hey Records, get it from: Insound | Amazon
