Saturday, June 11, 2016
"LIVING IN THE '80S" CELEBRATES 10 YEARS AT KZSC!
Hard to believe that a full decade has passed featuring my favorite decade in music. It was back in June 2006, that I assumed the mantel bringing the best of the best of New Wave and Punk oriented music to the local air waves.
How do I celebrate such an achievement?
Tune in today to hear some one hit wonders and some of our favorite forgotten b-sided gems from the likes of The Cure, Siouxsie & The Banshees, OMD and who knows what else... Saturdays 4-6pm at www.kzsc.org!
JIMMY SOMERVILLE TO RELEASE ACOUSTIC LIVE ALBUM
JIMMY SOMERVILLE releases live album, 'Live And Acoustic At Stella Polaris' on July 29th featuring ten tracks from all stages of his career - including songs from THE COMMUNARDS and BRONSKI BEAT - performed acoustically at Denmark's Stella Polaris Festival in 2015.
TRACKLISTING
(You Make Me Feel) Mighty Real / Why? / Back To Me / To Love Somebody / Come Lately /
Some Wonder / For A Friend / I Just Don't Know What To Do / Smalltown Boy / Don't Leave Me This Way
TRACKLISTING
(You Make Me Feel) Mighty Real / Why? / Back To Me / To Love Somebody / Come Lately /
Some Wonder / For A Friend / I Just Don't Know What To Do / Smalltown Boy / Don't Leave Me This Way
They Might Be Giants Release New Album ‘Phone Power’
THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS released a brand new album, 'Phone Power', on June 10th.
The eighteen-track album will feature a cover of Destiny's Child's 'Bills Bills Bills' as well as the lead track 'I Love You for Psychological Reasons.
The eighteen-track album will feature a cover of Destiny's Child's 'Bills Bills Bills' as well as the lead track 'I Love You for Psychological Reasons.
YELLO ANNOUNCE ‘TOY’ ALBUM PLUS FIRST EVER LIVE SHOWS
YELLO will release a brand new album, 'Toy', on the 30th September. Described as "liquid techno, continental torch songs and myriad gleaming points in between" the album will be the duo's first in seven years.
The band have confirmed that they will play two live shows in Germany to promote the 'Toy' project. The shows, at the Kraftwerk Berlin venue, will take place on October 26th and 28th and will be the first full live shows played by the band in their 38-year career.
Yello's Boris Blank had this to say about the shows:
"At the center of our show are more than twenty Yello songs that I have 'reloaded' for live performance. Of course, we will play the Yello hits, but also tracks from Toy. To the future through the past - the world of Yello, live on stage. Finally."
The band have confirmed that they will play two live shows in Germany to promote the 'Toy' project. The shows, at the Kraftwerk Berlin venue, will take place on October 26th and 28th and will be the first full live shows played by the band in their 38-year career.
Yello's Boris Blank had this to say about the shows:
"At the center of our show are more than twenty Yello songs that I have 'reloaded' for live performance. Of course, we will play the Yello hits, but also tracks from Toy. To the future through the past - the world of Yello, live on stage. Finally."
ERASURE’S VINCE CLARKE & ORBITAL’S PAUL HARTNOLL ALBUM COLLABORATION
ERASURE's VINCE CLARKE announced that the first release on his brand new micro-label, VeryRecords, will be a single collaboration with former ORBITAL mainman PAUL HARTNOLL.
The single, 'Better Have A Drink To Think' will be released on June 3rd and will be followed by an album, '2Square'.
The single, 'Better Have A Drink To Think' will be released on June 3rd and will be followed by an album, '2Square'.
ABC TO TOUR ‘THE LEXICON OF LOVE’ ALBUMS ONE AND TWO
ABC will be promoting their forthcoming new album 'The Lexicon of Love II' with a tour that will see joined by the Southbank Sinfonia to perform songs from the new album alongside a performance of the first album in its entirety at venues across the UK in October.
'The Lexicon of Love II' was released on May 27th and a single, 'Viva Love', is out now.
'The Lexicon of Love II' was released on May 27th and a single, 'Viva Love', is out now.
ADAM & THE ANTS ‘KINGS OF THE WILD FRONTIER’ REISSUE
ADAM & THE ANTS see their classic 'Kings Of The Wild Frontier' album reissued in a massively expanded CD, DVD & LP Box; a 2CD Deluxe Edition; and a vinyl LP reissued May 20th.
The formats feature a remastered edition of the original album alongside a host of bonus material including demos, live tracks and b-sides.
The jewel of the releases is the boxset edition which contains 2 Gold CDs plus a DVD (containing promo videos, live performances, the first DVD release of Adam & The Ants Live In Tokyo 1981 in its entirety).
Friday, April 22, 2016
Prince Songs that were Hits for Other Artists
Technically, the raspy 1983 Wild Heart dance track "Stand Back," was written by Stevie Nicks herself – but Nicks has said
it "belongs" to Prince.
She likes to tell its origin story: It was the day of her wedding, she and her new husband Kim Anderson were driving North to Santa Barbara for their honeymoon when she heard "Little Red Corvette" for the first time. She wrote "Stand Back" start to finish that day, humming along to the Prince single.
When she later went to record the song, she called to tell him the story. Twenty minutes later the Purple One showed up at her studio.
He "walked over to the synthesizers that were set up, was absolutely brilliant for about 25 minutes and then left," she later told Timothy White. "He spoiled me for every band I've ever had because nobody can exactly recreate – not even with two piano players – what Prince did all by his little self."
She likes to tell its origin story: It was the day of her wedding, she and her new husband Kim Anderson were driving North to Santa Barbara for their honeymoon when she heard "Little Red Corvette" for the first time. She wrote "Stand Back" start to finish that day, humming along to the Prince single.
When she later went to record the song, she called to tell him the story. Twenty minutes later the Purple One showed up at her studio.
He "walked over to the synthesizers that were set up, was absolutely brilliant for about 25 minutes and then left," she later told Timothy White. "He spoiled me for every band I've ever had because nobody can exactly recreate – not even with two piano players – what Prince did all by his little self."
Monday, January 11, 2016
David Bowie has died
David Bowie has died after a battle with cancer, his representative confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter.
“David Bowie died peacefully today surrounded by his family after a courageous 18 month battle with cancer. While many of you will share in this loss, we ask that you respect the family’s privacy during their time of grief,” read a statement posted on the artist’s official social media accounts.
Wow, didn't see this coming.
We love ya David!
“David Bowie died peacefully today surrounded by his family after a courageous 18 month battle with cancer. While many of you will share in this loss, we ask that you respect the family’s privacy during their time of grief,” read a statement posted on the artist’s official social media accounts.
Wow, didn't see this coming.
We love ya David!
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