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Music Video: Mayer Hawthorne – “I Wish It Would Rain”
Mayer Hawthorne’s newest video for “I Wish It Would Rain” premiered on MTVu’s The Freshmen website today. While I like this song, I wish if he did another song for a music video. Don’t get me wrong, I still like this song. But with that said, after only just discovering Mayer Hawthorne a few weeks ago, his debut album is just awesome! At least I think anyway. Gotta love some old school soul music! Check out the video below, and watch him sing slowly with a rain cloud over his head. Poor lil’ cracker.
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Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings announce tour dates including 2nd Apollo Theater show
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings are pleased to announce an extensive US Tour highlighted by two record release parties at the legendary Apollo Theater in New York City in support of their upcoming release, I Learned the Hard Way.
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Video: Mayer Hawthorne – “Your Easy Lovin’ Ain’t Pleasin’ Nothin’” (Jimmy Kimmel Live)
I literally only found out about Mayer Hawthorne yesterday and I just had to get his full-length debut album “A Strange Arrangement!” He performed on Jimmy Kimmel Live few weeks ago and it was an excellent performance. I feel like seeing him perform at Webster Hall in NYC on March 4th now too. If you love old school Soul/Motown like Curtis Mayfield, The Four Tops, Smokey Robinson, Jackie Wilson; then check out Mayer Hawthorne!
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ReadJunk Playlist: February 2010 (Valentine’s Day Edition)
ReadJunk.com is going to create playlists each month for you! Everyone loves a good mix tape, CD, playlist (whatever) but sometimes you just don’t know what to put on it. Well each month I’ll write up a good playlist to create for yourself or someone else. Each playlist will most likely be a theme, but sometimes I might just wing it and put a bunch of songs I like together. The music will range from ska to punk to folk rock to even more obscure stuff like TV themes. Whatever I feel like putting on the list basically.
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RIP: Teddy Pendergrass
R&B singer Teddy Pendergrass has passed away at the age of 59. Teddy started off as the lead singer of Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, which did songs like “If You Don’t Know Me By Now;” then he branch out onto his own. He’s most know for the songs “Love TKO” and “Turn Off the Lights.” In 1982, he was in car crash that left him paralyzed from the waist down, but that didn’t stop him from going into the studio to record new music. in 2009, he went in to have surgery for colon cancer and never recovered from it. Teddy Pendergrass’s soulful baritone voice will be missed.
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Ska is Dead Tour – Starland Ballroom, Sayreville, NJ
Date: November 15th 2009
Bands: The Toasters, Mustard Plug, Pilfers, Voodoo Glow Skulls, Deal’s Gone Bad, Hub City Stompers, Avon Junkies
Link: www.skaisdead.com
The Ska is Dead tour made a stop at Starland Ballroom in Sayreville, NJ yesterday. The main tour features The Toasters, Mustard Plug, Voodoo Glow Skulls and Deal’s Gone Bad. For this particular show, NJ ska fans were in for a treat since a few other bands were playing like the Pilfers and Hub City Stompers. It felt like a Ska Warped Tour to me.
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Gossip announce U.S. headline tour
Gossip announce U.S. headlining tour in support of their new album Music For Men. The tour kicks off in Washington, DC at 9:30 Club on October 7 and runs through October 30 at Vino’s in Little Rock, AR (see below for full itinerary). Produced by multi Grammy Award winner Rick Rubin, Music For Men is in stores on Tuesday October 6, 2009. Music For Men has the UK press raving. Clash called it “Wild, sexy and scintillating, ‘Music For Men’ is the most euphoric thing you’ll hear this year.” Guardian exclaimed “Music for Men is a raised fist of a record. This record is bigger and better than anything they’ve done before.”
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Westbound Train – “Come and Get It”
Record Label: Hellcat Records
Genre: Reggae
Band Link: www.westboundtrain.net
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“Come and Get It” is the 4th full length from Westbound Train, a ska/rocksteady band from Boston. They are another ska/reggae band that has a lot of soul, mainly from Obi, the lead singer and trombone player. It took me awhile to really like the music of Westbound Train. I don’t know why that is, I just never went back to listen to their music all that much. That’s all about to change though! I think the band have gotten better over the years. With each album, they sound more mature and with “Come and Get It,” they sound really TIGHT!
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Music Video: The Pepper Pots – “Time To Live”
I literally just got into the Pepper Pots today and I’m already a fan! Their new album “Now!” is awesome and I’ll definitely check out their previous albums as well! Watch their music video for “Time To Live” off their new album after the jump:
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Aggrolites – “The Aggrolites IV”
Record Label: Hellcat
Genre: Reggae/Funk
Band Link: link
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The Aggrolites are back with their brew of 60s ska, 70s reggae, and a splash of classic funk. While they emulate one too many Trojan boxsets far too closely and with little modernity, the music generally works very well. No matter what, it’s hard to dislike simple upbeat guitar, melodic organ, and bubbling bass. “By Her Side” is a good example, with a musical accompaniment that could’ve been on an Alton Ellis record.
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