Holy Smokes. The Replacements are coming.

Holy smokes. The Replacements just announced 13 dates in the US this spring (plus a trio of European/UK dates)... wow. Just wow.

UNITED STATES
April 9: Paramount Theatre, Seattle, WA
April 10: Crystal Ballroom, Portland, OR
April 13: The Masonic, San Francisco, CA
April 16: Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, CA <<<<<<<<
April 19: The Fillmore, Denver, CO
April 29: The Riviera Theatre, Chicago, IL
April 30: The Riviera Theatre, Chicago, IL
May 2: Eagles Ballroom, Milwaukee, WI
May 3: The Fillmore, Detroit, MI
May 5: Stage, AE, Pittsburgh, PA
May 6: LC Pavilion, Columbus, OH
May 8: Echostage, Washington, D.C.
May 9: Festival Pier, Philadelphia, PA

EUROPE
May 28: Primavera Sound, Barcelona, Spain
May 30: Paradiso, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
June 2: Roundhouse, London, UK

Floating Record Store!

Woah! How cool is this floating record store in London? I wanna buy records at The Record Deck. If these guys ever make it to the port in Long Beach I'll head down to pick up an LP!

Jehu at the Glasshouse! Eeeek!

I got my Jehu tickets for the Glasshouse show in April - hope you got yours! This will be a gig for the ages... I can't wait! To bide my time here's some footage of the mighty Drive Like Jehu in 1994 live at CBGB's!


   

Wow.

My 10 Favorite Films of 2014

2014 was a rich year for movies, making the task both easier (quantity) and more difficult (seeing everything and making choices). So, here are the 10 films that got me the most excited, already feeling guilty for not including such great ones as Fury, Boyhood or A Most Violent Year. Nuff babbling, here you go:

1. Whiplash

2. Foxcatcher

3. Locke

4. Birdman

5. Jodorowsky's Dune

6. Nightcrawler






















7. Metro Manila

8. The Imitation Game

9. Manos Sucias

10. Obvious Child

Tombs meet Bowie.

Post metal greats (and boutique coffee roasters) Tombs turn out a killer cover of the Christiana F. version of Bowie's classic Heroes. Loving this. Oh and if you haven't seen Christiana F., check it out as it's one of the coolest junkie flicks ever featuring a super gnarly shooting up scene and even gnarlier cold turkey sequence. Watch it here for free while it lasts! True grit! Aces!

  

The Sonics Are GO!

Woah The Sonics are releasing a new record?? That's kind of awesome. oh and they're touring with MUDHONEY???? Get ready for a new wave of Seattle take over!! Read all about it and hear a brand new song on Rolling Stone here and check out this cool youtube video with the classic "Psycho" soundtracking a Go-Go dancer rocking a plastic cube. Aces!

SXSW 2015 Panel

So if you should find yourself wading through breakfast tacos, UT students, music biz friends and Lone Stars on March 20th - swing by our SXSW panel, "The Truth About Music Supervision". I'm moderating a discussion with my pals Rudy Chung (Pusher / Hit The Ground Running), Joe Rudge (Silent Partners) and Chris Clark (Leo Burnett) all about how our gig really works. I'm really looking forward to it! Info is here: http://schedule.sxsw.com/2015/events/event_MP32535

See you in Austin!

50 Years of Subterranean Homesick Blues.

There is a fantastic entry on Dangerous Minds today celebrating the 50th (!!!) anniversary of Bob Dylan's classic song "Subterranean Homesick Blues"- recorded today in 1965... it's a great quick read and what better way to spend 2 minutes and 17 seconds than listening to one of the greatest songs in rock history...

New Meat Wave EP!

Man oh man do I love this band! Check out the new EP streaming on Entertainment Weekly right now! http://music-mix.ew.com/2015/01/12/meat-wave-ep/

File Under Rad: Classic Metal Album Covers Reworked as Classic Jazz Covers.

Via graphic designer, Rafa Melandi. See the rest of his series here.

John Lurie on Aquarium Drunkard

Pretty great when one of your heroes shows up on one of your favorite websites. I'm a massive fan of John Lurie's work - his records with the Lounge Lizards, Jarmusch scores and roles, and of course the unbelievable Fishing With John. Amazing artist and a really cool interview... check it out here. And if you aren't already, start visiting Aquarium Drunkard on the regular!

Good day to be born...

Happy Birthday to David Bowie and Elvis Presley!

To celebrate, enjoy some classic footage of two of my musical heroes:

The Cramps... Live at Napa State Mental Hospital.

Happy William S. Burroughs Day!

You could celebrate the birth of "Old Bull Lee" with us by getting super drunk and high on benzedrine and playing William Tell with yer wife in Mexico OR you could just watch this awesome documentary, whatever you're into...

That one time Nick Cave, Chrissie Hynde, and John Cale...

Dangerous Minds does it again - my favorite website has dug up this awesome 1999 BBC Songwriter's Circle featuring Nick Cave, Chrissie Hynde and John Cale. Hard to think of a better way to spend an hour...

LA Bands To Watch in 2015...

Buzzbands.la lists some "bands to watch" for the new year - nice shout out to our friends Fever The Ghost! Though they're missing our other favorite LA artists Nathaniel Eras, The Icarus Line, Schwarzmodul, White Dove and Feels. Don't sleep on em!

*Photo of Feels by Samantha Saturday for LA Record which we stole from Feels' Facebook page.