Wednesday, October 01, 2008

Porter Block: Off Our Shoulders

Porter Block

Porter Block, a quartet from Brooklyn, decide to build their own studio, and start banging away ending up with a nice collection of tunes for their Off Our Shoulders album. Powerpop on a shoestring budget quickly recorded to capture a live atmosphere. The voices of vocalists Peter Block and Caleb Sherman stand out - great harmonies - and will even sound good coming out of the speakers of a crappy car radio. Best track is Lonely Levon, where the rhythm sections takes center stage. Yes, it's about that Levon.

Porter Block:
Peter Block: guitar, piano, vocals
Caleb Sherman: guitars, keyboards, vocals
Nicolas Depierro: bass
Brother Love: drums

Porter Block: Off Our Shoulders

Off Our Shoulders is released on Engine Room Recordings.

Tracks:
  1. Second Wind
  2. The Times Between The Good Times
  3. List Of Things to Do
  4. Lonely Levon
  5. Sun Goes Down
  6. All Of Who I Am
  7. Happy Everything
  8. What The Future Holds
  9. Well's Gone Dry
  10. Cream Delicious

MP3: Porter Block - Lonely Levon

» porterblockmusic.com
» myspace.com/porterblockmusic

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Nina Simone "To Be Free: The Nina Simone Story" box set October 27th

Nina Simone: To Be Free: The Nina Simone Story

Nina Simone (1933 – 2003)) gets the box set treatment with the forthcoming release of To Be Free: The Nina Simone Story:

(...) a deluxe new four-disc (three CDs + DVD) box set that is the most comprehensive and wide-ranging collection of Nina Simone’s music ever compiled. Containing 51 audio tracks – eight of them previously unreleased – covering her recording years from 1957 to 1993 for the Bethlehem, Colpix, Philips, RCA (for whom she cut nine LPs that are considered the pinnacle of her output), CTI, and Elektra record labels, plus another nine performances on the 23-minute documentary DVD – the box set will be available on October 27th through SONY BMG.

Also in this set: photos from the personal collection of Nina Simone historian Sylvia Hampton as well as meticulously researched track-by-track annotations written by David Nathan.

» ninasimone.com

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Phish: it's official - Hampton March 6-7-8 2009


PHISH HAMPTON 2009 from Phish on Vimeo

The second hiatus if over. March 6-7-8, 2009 at the Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA.

Phish returns to the stage for three concerts at the Hampton Coliseum in Hampton, Virginia on March 6, 7 and 8, 2009.

A limited number of tickets are available directly through Phish Tickets' online ticketing system at phish.portals.musictoday.com . The ticketing request period is currently underway and will end on Wednesday, October 8th at 11:59AM EST.

Tickets go on sale to the public on Saturday, October 18th at 10 AM EST and may be purchased online at ticketmaster.com or by phone at 757.671.8100, 757.872.8100 or 804.262.8100. Tickets will not be available at the venue box office and there is a two-ticket limit per show.

The band intends to announce additional touring in 2009 early next year.

» phish.com/tourdates/

(thru: Hidden Track)

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