Set 1: 1) Me & My TV
2) Waste Management
3) Spyplane
4) Funky Miracle
5) Eat This
6) Zero Hour
7) Fire on the Bayou
8) Soul Sacrifice
Set 2: 1) Pungee
2) Space Chicken
3) Pass The Peas
4) In Time
5) Dance of the Wild Koba
6) Big Chief
7) Frankenstein
8) stage chatter
9) Hang Up Your Hangups
The Finnish boys' sophomore effort is christened with samples about "cutting" and wicky-wicky, Blaxploitation-style guitars. Another downtempo hip-hop production to throw into the pile? Nope. Beatitude goes all over the map: surf guitar, wah-wah guitar, acoustic guitar, all coming together to make it, well, pretty guitar-heavy compared to their debut, Super Sound. Pepe Deluxe collaborates with nearly 40 other musicians here, flipping soul samples over a nice Bollywood-esqe creation, tinged with some acidy synth ("Girl"). Later they reach into commercial territory on "Ask for a Kiss," which sounds readymade for a Gap commercial. Styles pile alongside each other, and Beatitude kind of comes off as a hodgepodge. But despite the absence of a conceptual framework, the unfocused sprawl is part of the appeal. It's not Endtroducing or Deadringer, but some kind of martini-swilling, music-buff relative of those - one that wants to make you dance and then have sex with you. No problem then.
~Tony Bogdanovski -- From URB Magazine
Track List:
Just Let Go - Pepe Deluxe, Paajanen, T. Salami Fever - Pepe Deluxe, Malmstr?m, P. Ask for a Kiss - Pepe Deluxe, Salo, J. Girl! - Pepe Deluxe, Boyd Little Miss Cypher - Pepe Deluxe, Salo, J. Daddy's Blazin' BBQ - Pepe Deluxe, Salo, J. Black Cadillac - Pepe Deluxe, Salo, J. A Moment in Black & White - Pepe Deluxe, M?kynen, T. Real Simple - Pepe Deluxe, Salo, J. Indiff?rence - Pepe Deluxe, Haddadene, V. Lying Peacefully - Pepe Deluxe, Paajanen, T. Little Miss Cypher (Reprise) - Pepe Deluxe, Malmstr?m, P. Cruel Youth - Pepe Deluxe, Salo, J. First Goodbye - Pepe Deluxe, Banks, J. Intro - Pepe Deluxe, Numa - Pepe Deluxe, Salo, J. Vamos Muchachos - Pepe Deluxe, Gomez, C. Beatitude - Pepe Deluxe, Salo, J. Outro - Pepe Deluxe
DISC 1 Miles Davis Quintet 1960 Unknown venue, probably West Germany between March 21 and April 10, 1960
1. So What (10:36–beginning cut off)
2. ‘Round Midnight (5:46)
3. Walkin’ (11:01–incomplete)
4. So What (10:17)
Miles Davis (trumpet) John Coltrane (tenor sax) Wynton Kelly (piano) Paul Chambers (bass) Jimmy Cobb (drums)
Kongresshalle Frankfurt, West Germany March 30, 1960
5. announcement (0:15)
6. So What (12:57)
7. All of You (9:50–incomplete)
Miles Davis (trumpet) John Coltrane (tenor sax) Wynton Kelly (piano) Paul Chambers (bass) Jimmy Cobb (drums)
DISC 2
John Coltrane Quintet Olympia Theatre Paris Nov. 18, 1961 First concert (6:30 pm)
1. Impressions (10:53)
2. I Want to Talk About You (6:52)
3. Blue Train (16:07)
4. My Favorite Things (22:33)
5. announcement by Norman Granz (1:41)
6. Impressions (same as track 1, different source (10:54)
John Coltrane (tenor sax, soprano sax) Eric Dolphy (alto sax) McCoy Tyner (piano) Reggie Workman (bass) Ivin Jones (drums)
DISC 3
Olympia Theatre Paris Nov. 18, 1961 Second concert (11:30 pm)
1. Blue Train (12:47)
2. I Want to Talk About You (9:38)
3. My Favorite Things (25:35)
John Coltrane (tenor sax, soprano sax) Eric Dolphy (alto sax, flute) McCoy Tyner (piano) Reggie Workman (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
Konserthuset, Stockholm Nov. 23, 1961 second set
4. Naima (incomplete) (2:34)
John Coltrane (tenor sax) Eric Dolphy (bass clarinet) McCoy Tyner (piano) Reggie Workman (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
Auditorium Maximum Freie University Berlin, West Germany Dec. 2, 1961
5. Impressions (13:05)
John Coltrane (tenor sax) Eric Dolphy (alto sax) McCoy Tyner (piano) Reggie Workman (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
1. announcement by Norman Granz (2:24)
2. Delilah (12:03)
3. Every Time We Say Goodbye (5:11)
4. Impressions (14:16)
5. Naima (7:40)
6. My Favorite Things–false start 1 (0:40)
7. My Favorite Things–false start 2 (0:08)
8. announcement by John Coltrane (0:39)
9. My Favorite Things (28:54)
John Coltrane (soprano sax, tenor sax) Eric Dolphy (bass clarinet, alto sax, flute) McCoy Tyner (piano) Reggie Workman (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
Disc 5
Kulttuuritalo, Helsinki, Finland Nov. 22, 1961 Second concert (9:15 pm)
1. Blue Train (8:58)
2. I Want to Talk About You (6:58)
3. Impressions (7:59)
4. My Favorite Things (20:20)
Sudwestfunk TV Studio Baden-Baden, West Germany Nov. 24, 1961
5. announcement (2:16)
6. My Favorite Things (10:37)
7. announcement (0:58)
8. Every Time We Say Goodbye (5:13)
9. announcement (0:50)
10. Impressions (7:15)
11. untitled blues (trio) (1:28)
John Coltrane (tenor sax, soprano sax) Eric Dolphy (alto sax, flute) McCoy Tyner (piano) Reggie Workman (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
Disc 6
Kongresshalle, Frankfurt, West Germany Nov. 27, 1961
1. Impressions (17:29–beginning cut off)
2. Every Time We Say Goodbye (5:15)
3. My Favorite Things (19:14–beginning cut off)
NOTE: Every Time We Say Goodbye is actually from Baden-Baden, Nov. 24, 1961 (i.e., disc 6, track 2 is the same as disc 5, track
8). My Favorite Things opened the concert.
Liederhalle Stuttgart Nov. 29, 1961
4. Impressions (9:12)
5. Every Time We Say Goodbye (5:28)
6. My Favorite Things (14:39–ending cut off)
John Coltrane (tenor sax, soprano sax) Eric Dolphy (alto sax, flute) McCoy Tyner (piano) Reggie Workman (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
DISC 7
John Coltrane Quartet 1962 Falkonercentret, Copenhagen, Denmark Nov. 22, 1962
1. Bye Bye Blackbird (21:03)
2. Chasin’ the Trane (7:30)
3. The Inchworm (9:10)
4. Every Time We Say Goodbye (5:44)
5. Mr. P.C. (19:28)
John Coltrane (soprano sax) McCoy Tyner (piano) Jimmy Garrison (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
1. I Want to Talk About You (11:11)
2. Traneing In (23:23)
3. Impressions (8:59)
4. My Favorite Things (19:20–incomplete)
John Coltrane (tenor sax, soprano sax) McCoy Tyner (piano) Jimmy Garrison (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
Stefaniensall, Graz Nov. 28, 1962
5. Autumn Leaves (10:33)
John Coltrane (soprano sax) McCoy Tyner (piano) Jimmy Garrison (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
Disc 9
Showboat, Philadelphia June (possibly 10, 17, or 24) 1963
1. Chasin’ the Trane (10:50)
2. It’s Easy to Remember (6:42)
3. Up ‘Gainst the Wall (5:40–incomplete)
4. The Inchworm (8:34)
5. Impressions (13:27–incomplete)
6. audience noise (0:24)
John Coltrane (tenor sax, soprano sax) McCoy Tyner (piano–only on “Impressions” and the last few minutes of “The Inchworm”) Jimmy Garrison (bass) Roy Haynes (drums)
Frank Zappa Ike Willis Ray White Arthur Barrow David Logeman Tommy Mars
Disc 01 01 Chunga's Revenge 06:25 02 Keep It Greasey 03:06 03 Outside Now 08:31 04 City Of Tiny Lights 09:56 05 A Pound For A Brown 14:34 06 Cosmik Debris 04:10 07 You Didn't Try To Call Me 03:40 08 Ain't Got No Heart 02:02 09 Love Of My Life 01:56 10 You Are What You Is 03:22 11 fade-out 00:27 **
Disc 02 12 fade-in 00:26 ** 13 Easy Meat 11:49 14 Mudd Club 02:57 15 The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing 03:08 16 Joe's Garage 02:23 17 Why Does It Hurt When I Pee? 02:26 18 Applause 01:40 * 19 1st Encore 00:35 20 Dancin' Fool 03:21 21 Bobby Brown 02:38 22 Miss Pinky 03:29 23 2nd Encore 00:41 24 Stick It Out 04:01 25 Applause 01:26 * 26 3rd Encore 00:44 27 I Don't Wanna Get Drafted 02:35 28 The Illinois Enema Bandit 09:44
Tracks 18 & 25 * are two pretty long sections of enthusiastic crowd noise. I left them so you get the whole concert exactly as it has been recorded. For your listening pleasure, you may want to burn a CD without these two tracks.
Tracks 11 & 12 ** (fade-out & fade-in) were added to make a more pleasurable listening experience at the end of the first CD and at the start of the second one. When listening on a computer or any media that can accomodate more than 75 minutes of music, you can simply leave these two tracks out, so you get the whole concert in one go.
Featuring: Wille Dixon John Hammond Sugar Blue Luther Allison
Set List: 01 - Serves Me Right To Suffer 02 - I Didn't Know 03 - High Heel Sneakers 04 - I'll Take Care Of You 05 - Boom Boom 06 - Worried Life Blues 07 - I'm Jealous 08 - Crawlin' Kingsnake 09 - Little Girl 10 - Boogie Chillen'
Thanks to the now dead florcitaycamilo.blogspot.com
It goes without saying that no one in Austin, Texas' LeRoi Brothers is
named LeRoi. Debuting on the unpretentious Check This Action as a trio
(singer/guitarists Steve Doerr and Don Leady and drummer Mike Buck) plus
a guest bassist, the LeRois set to rocking without ado, reeling off
energetically unreconstructed rock'n'roll / R&B covers (plus a few
originals that don't slow down the party one bit) in an unmistakable
Southwestern accent.
Evan Johns replaced guitarist Don Leady (who went on to form the Tail
Gators), Lucky Lucky Me is a full menu of high-energy tunes played for
keeps. "Fight Fire With Fire," the zydeco-tinged "The Back Door" and a
quick history lesson, "Elvis in the Army," are among the highlights.
~ Trouser Press
The LeRoi Brothers: Evan Johns: Organ, Guitar, Vocals Jackie Newhouse: Bass Joe Doerr:
Harmonica, Keyboards, Vocals Mike Buck: Percussion, Drums Steve
Doerr: Guitar, Harmonica, Accordion, Vocals
01 Let it Rain 02 Hoochie Coochie Man 03 Walk Out in the Rain 04 Bell Bottom Blues 05 I Shot the Sheriff 06 Milkcow's Calf Blues 07 When You've Got a Good Friend 08 They're Red Hot 09 Kind Hearted Woman Blues 10 Got to Get Better in a Little While 11 Have You Ever Loved a Woman 12 Badge 13 Wonderful Tonight 14 Layla 15 Cocaine 16 Sunshine of Your Love 17 Got My Mojo Working
BAND: Eric Clapton: Guitar, Vocals Nathan East: Bass, Vocals Chris Stainton: Keyboards Steve Gadd: Drums Doyle Bramhall II: Guitar, Vocals Billy Preston: Keyboards, Vocals Sharon White: Backing Vocals Michelle John: Backing Vocals Special Guest: Robert Randolph (Pedal Steel Guitar) on "Sunshine of your love" (partly) and "Got My Mojo Working"
This concert was originally aired live by BBC Radio 2. The show begins with an announcer voice-over as the band begins with "Let it Rain". The original live broadcast ended with "Cocaine", as the band left the stage for the encore break. The encores ("Sunshine of Your Love" and "Got My Mojo Working") were never broadcast by the BBC.
This is a complete, pre-FM version of this show, with encores, "no optimod or additional compression". No remastering, no "tweaking", no editing, no B.S., in perfect digital quality. (The BBC distributed this show from the venue to their broadcast centre via an internal digital link, which is lossy.)
Set List: Disc 1 01. Announcer (1:26) 02. Scuttle Buttin' > (3:03) 03. Say What (5:20) 04. Lookin' Out The Window (4:45) 05. Look At Little Sister (5:01) 06. Mary Had A Little Lamb (5:54) 07. Ain't Gone 'n' Give Up On Love (9:29) 08. Superstition (4:37) 09. Willie The Wimp (6:52) 10. Cold Shot (5:43) 11. Couldn't Stand The Weather (8:29) 12. Life Without You (faded out and cut) (6:18)
Disc 2 01. Life Without You > Thank You > Annoucers - Encores? (13:58) 02. Come On > Love Struck Baby (8:03) 03. Rude Mood > Band Intros (4:22) 04. Annoucers (3:24) 05. Broadcast Outro ? - Pipeline (1:23)
From the comments that almost no one reads...Dave Sez...
And another update for the clamouring masses: the video of Magazine's
classic performance at Rockpalast in 1980 - a big download of 4 GB (from
mega), but well worth it!
This recording has been around for some time. If you don't have it, grab it.
Set List:
1. (Cuts in) New Entertainment*
2.Not Great Men
3.Anthrax
4.Its Her Factory
5.Contract
6.Outside the Trains Don't Run on Time
7. Armtrite Rifle*
8.Damaged Goods 9.Part of This*
10.At Home Hes a Tourist
11.Naturals Not In It
12.Return the Gift
13.Ether
14.Roseanne (The Mekons)
15.Outside the Trains Don't Run on Time
16.I Found That Essence Rare
**Notes** Interesting live boot. The track listed as 'Armatrite Rifle' (or Armalite Rifle) is actually an early version of 'History's Bunk!'... 'Part Of This' is actually 'Blood Free', an unreleased song (at least until the 2005 CD reissue of Entertainment!); and they cover 'Rosanne', a song by Mekons. Some titles on the cover are listed incorrectly. Some are obvious, but 'New Entertainment' isn't. It's actually '5.45'.
~punky gibbon
The Bears were an American power pop band formed in 1985 in Cincinnati, Ohio. It features the distinctive avant-garde guitar playing of Adrian Belew, the band's most prominent member. In addition to guitarist, vocalist and producer Belew, the Bears consists of guitarist/vocalist Rob Fetters, drummer/vocalist Chris Arduser, and bassist Bob Nyswonger. Adrian Belew is, without question, one of America's must under-rated
guitar heroes. Besides being a sideman to the stars (King Crimson, David
Bowie, Talking Heads), Belew also had a quartet with a group of friends
called The Bears (formerly The Raisins). The managed to get a deal with
a subsidiary of IRS Records and issued two fine CD's of power-pop, all
colored with Belew's distinctive personal guitar style. Unfortunately this disc has been out of print for some time now.
Adrian Belew Power Trio (Check out that little girl's bass chops!)
Musicians : Marcus Miller - Bass, Bass Clarinet Alex Han - Saxophone Jason "JT" Thomas - Drums Federico Gonzales Pena - Keyboards (who also was playing with Miller in SMV at the time)
Estival Jazz, Piazza Della Riforma, Lugano, Switzerland 4th July 2008, SBD @ FLAC
Setlist :
01. Pluck (Interlude) / Blast [10:40]
02. Higher Ground (Stevie Wonder) [7:25]
03. Jean Pierre [17:15]
04. Panther [9:08]
05. When I Fall In Love [9:17]
06. Power [5:52]
07. Just Like A Woman [7:53]
08. What Is Hip [8:29]
Thanks to Dexondaz and SwissBird, SimplexSimplicissimus & superMAX!
.....
Pinède Gould, Juan Les Pins, France, 16th July 2008, FM @ FLAC
No cover art.
01 - Blast [10:42]
02 - Higher Ground [6:55]
03 - Jean Pierre [10:29]
04 - Panther [13:38]
05 - When I Fall In Love [13:57]
06 - Frankenstein (DJ talks from [3:012] to [3:06]) [11:40]
07 - Come Together [7:13]
Thanks to qualitybootz!
There are also three recordings from 2011, the same year Marcus Miller released the official "Tutu Revisited". The three recordings are Tokyo with George Duke and David Sanborn @ 320, and Vienne and Juan Les Pins FLAC with Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter. The Juan Les Pins is still online at http://www.guitars101.com/forums/f145/marcus-miller-wayne-shorter-herbie-hancock-2011-07-15-juanlespins-fr-fm-flac-127303.html. The other two are available on kind request in the comments below, as are earlier recordings from Tokyo 1991, Nice 1994 and Osaka 1999.
Track List: 1-AWOLNATION - Windows 2Twenty One Pilots - Fairly Local 3-Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian At Best 4-Run The Jewels - Close Your Eyes (And Count To Fuck) (Featuring Zack De La Rocha) 5-STS9 - Golden Gate 6-Trampled By Turtles - Wild Animals 7-Brandi Carlile - The Eye 8-Gregory Alan Isakov - Saint Valentine 9-Jesse Terry - Stay Here With Me 10-Bahamas - Waves 11-Hurray for the Riff Raff - The Body Electric 12-Guster - Endlessly 13-Nothing More - This Is The Time (Ballast) (Acoustic Version) 14-The Districts - 4th And Roebling 15-Jessica Hernandez and The Deltas - Dead Brains 16-Pokey LaFarge - Something In The Water 17-Rubblebucket - My Life 18-Benjamin Booker - Wicked Waters 19-Clear Plastic Masks - So Real 20-Highly Suspect - Lost 21-All Them Witches - Charles William 22-Against Me! - Black Me Out 23-Kaleo - Broken Bones 24-Brown Sabbath - Planet Caravan 25-Glass Animals - Hazey (Boody Remix) 26-Dark Waves - I Don't Wanna Be In Love 27-Sylvan Esso - H.S.K.T. 28-The Do - Trustful Hands 29-B A S E C A M P - N2DEEP 30-Tanya Tagaq - Uja 31-Future Unlimited - Golden 32-Imam Baildi - Argosvinis Moni 33-SOJA - Shadow (featuring Trevor Young) 34-Hudson K - Stuck on Repeat 35-Jon Cleary - Pump it Up 36-PHOX - Slow Motion (Sylvan Esso Remix) 37-Rhiannon Giddens - Black Is the Color 38-Earls of Leicester - Don't Let Your Deal Go Down
Make sure to check out Brown Sabbath - Planet Caravan!!!
Amnesty International Concert June 15, 1986 Broadcast Source @320
During June 1986, the human rights organisation Amnesty International ran a series of concerts across the USA, designed to raise the profile of its work. There were six benefit concerts and the final one was held in the huge outdoor Giants Stadium, featuring an array of artists that included Joni Mitchell, Little Steven, Joan Armatrading, Yoko Ono - and Miles.
Miles played a set lasting just under 30 minutes and his band consisted of Robben Ford (guitar), Bob Berg (saxophone), Robert Irving IIII and Adam Holzman (keyboards), Felton Crews (bass), Steve Thornton (percussion) and Vince Wilburn Jr (drums). There was also a special guest artist who sat in with the band - more on him later. It was a warm, sunny day and the vast audience was in good spirits - lots of beach balls were being passed amongst the crowd. Miles and his band were also in good humour - Miles exchanged smiles with a number of band members, blew kisses and pulled his tongue at the camera, and waved to the crowd. It was also a casual affair, with Miles wearing a light jacket, shirt and black and white polka dot trousers, Ford in shirt and jeans and Wilburn Jr sporting a baseball cap, tee-shirt and shorts. This was also a time when many of Miles's band emulated his habit of wearing sun glasses - Ford, Crews, Irving and Berg all sport them.Read more here:
Set List:
01. Speak/That's What Happened 02. Tutu 03. Splatch 04. Burn
In pop-music circles, Suzanne Vega is known almost entirely for two
songs from the late 1980s: the child-abuse ballad "Luka" and a song that
launched literally dozens of dance remixes, "Tom's Diner." But Vega has
been making vital, inventive music the entire time — much of it
folk-based, though her sound has taken many smart detours along the way —
and is about to put out her first album of original material in seven
years, Tales From the Realm of the Queen of Pentacles. Performed with her brilliant guitarist and
producer, Gerry Leonard — Vega splits the difference evenly between old
and new — aided greatly by Leonard, who's
worked extensively with David Bowie and lends these songs an
extraordinary amount of color and texture. Vega's songwriting gifts
haven't waned at any point in her long career, and the new songs here —
taken from a concept album about the way our world and the spiritual
realm intersect — sound as sharp as anything she's done. It only makes
sense that, nearly 30 years after her debut, she still examines new
realms with grace, empathy and an explorer's spirit. --STEPHEN THOMPSON
Set List: 01. Marlene On The Wall 02. Caramel 03. Fool's Complaint 04. Crack In The Wall 05. Jacob And The Angel 06. Left Of Center 07. Small Blue Thing 08. The Queen & The Soldier 09. Song Of The Stoic 10. Laying On Of Hands 11. I Never Wear White 12. Don't Uncork What You Can't Contain 13. Luka 14. Tom's Diner 15. Horizon (There Is A Road) 16. Rosemary (Remember Me) 17. You Come From Far Away
Unholy Soul is one of those albums that, hearing it for the first time, just makes you wonder where the band has been all this time. If Striving for the Lazy Perfection was their pinnacle, Unholy Soul is more than simply a lead up to it, 12 songs of emotional wit, sparkling U.K. indie pop arrangements spiked with a variety of electronic elements and a killer touch in James Hackett's vocals. While as seemingly drowsy as that of so many contemporary shoegazers -- something that the band's arrangements often parallel as well, though The Orchids favor a richness of texture over feedback overdrive and lots of digital delay -- Hackett's understatement isn't precious fragility but rumination, the voice of someone thinking things over in his head who occasionally finds courage to speak.
~Ned Raggett AMG
To me it sounds like a mellower, wimpier version of the Stone Roses,
but what do I know.
Track List:
01: Me And The Black And White Dream 02: Women Priests And Addicts 03: Bringing You The Love
04: Frank De Salvo
05: Long Drawn Sunday Night
06: Peaches
07: Dirty Clothing
08: Moon Lullaby
09: Coloured Stone
10: The Sadness Of Sex (Part 1)
11: Waiting For The Storm
12: You Know I'm Fine
All thanks to tarquinlive.blogspot.com "some sniper with a mic."
Set List: Crash and burn Ribbons Train Detonation Boulevard Alice Flood I Anaconda Marian Susanne Arms Giving ground Dominion Mother Russia Summer First and last and always This corrosion Flood II Romeo down Vision thing Lucretia my reflection Top nite out Temple of love
Initially, 'Double Live' was made as a limited edition of 10,000 vinyl
copies, 7,500 cassette copies and 4,750 compact disc copies. Even harder
for me to believe, I don't think I've ever seen an actual copy of this
live BS offering - in any independent record store that I used to so
frequently go through (when most of them still existed). Sound quality
on 'Double Live' couldn't be better. Material on this must-own /
must-have / must-hear 2-CD archive masterpiece (in it's own right) are
from the
Butthole Surfers earlier lp's like 'Psychic' ...
Disc 1 01. Too Parter 02. Psychedelic Jam 03. Ricky 04. Rocky 05. Gary Floyd 06. Florida 07. John E. Smoke 08. Tornadoes 09. Pittsburg To Lebanon 10. The One I Love 11. Hey / Dum Dum 12. No Rule 13. U.S.S.A. 14. Comb 15. Untitled
Disc 2 01. Graveyard 02. Sweatloaf 03. Backass 04. Paranoid 05. Fast 06. I Saw An X-Ray Of A Girl Passing Gas 07. Strawberry 08. Jimi / Lou Reed 09. Kuntz 10. 22 Going On 23 11. Creep In The Cellar 12. Suicide 13. Something
SPIN’s August 2011 issue pays tribute to the 20th anniversary of Nirvana’s Nevermind, and as part of our package we tapped some of our favorite contemporary artists to cover the influential album’s 13 songs, in their original order. The download is called Newermind, and it’s our gift to you.
We were happy that two of Kurt Cobain’s personal faves — the Meat Puppets and the Vaselines, both of whom Nirvana famously covered during their MTV Unplugged taping — joined our effort. Below you’ll find the complete album tracklist, with reflections from each contributing artist.
We’re sorry, this download is no longer available ~Spin
Some really interesting and sometimes twisted renditions of some of Nirvana's best.
MEAT PUPPETS “Smells Like Teen Spirit” One of two bands on this tribute to have been covered by Nirvana, the Meat Puppets chose to repay the compliment by tackling Nevermind‘s best-known song. “It wasn’t daunting,” says Curt Kirkwood, whose band is on tour in September. “‘Teen Spirit’ is just a few chords. It’s easy to play — slap some reverb on there and it’s good to go.” And anyway, he continues, “This was a cool, weird opportunity — like playing with Nirvana on MTV Unplugged — so we’re happy to take it.”
BUTCH WALKER & THE BLACK WIDOWS “In Bloom”
“I was in my late teens playing shitty glam metal when Nevermind came along and fucked all that up,” says the L.A.-based Walker — and he means that in a good way. “They saved my career. I got to try making different kinds of music.” Still, there’s a trace of a less-than-fashionable influence on this “In Bloom.” “We slipped some Yes into the guitar solo,” he admits. “It’s a tribute inside a tribute.”
MIDNIGHT JUGGERNAUTS “Come As You Are” Even on the other side of the world, Nevermind‘s impact was immediate. After the album’s release, says Vincent Vendetta, frontman for the Melbourne dance-rockers, “all my school friends and I started playing Nirvana songs in our bands.” He even witnessed Nirvanamania firsthand. “The one time they came to Australia, I passed a record store where Kurt was being interviewed with a big crowd watching. It was hugely powerful for a ten-year-old to see.”
TITUS ANDRONICUS “Breed”
“Nevermind is a rare thing,” posits main man Patrick Stickles. “Since indie-rock music is so diverse, there’s not always much common ground. But an album like this unites us across time, which is why I wanted to be faithful to the song we covered.” There’s also another, more fundamental reason. “The riff,” he says, “is bad-ass.” You can hear Titus Andronicus’ similarly incorrigible riffs this month at Lollapalooza.
THE VASELINES “Lithium” After Kurt and Co. performed the Vaselines’ “Jesus Doesn’t Want Me for a Sunbeam,” on MTV Unplugged, the Scottish twee-poppers were “always being asked if we’d ever cover a Nirvana song,” explains singer-guitarist Eugene Kelly. “We’d always said no. We just didn’t think we could find a way to do it that wasn’t going to feel stupid.” Seventeen years later, they have. “Keep it sparse,” he says of their approach. “The more simple and naive the better.”
AMANDA PALMER “Polly”
For alt-cabaret chanteuse Palmer, the genius of “Polly” has more to do with words than sounds. “It’s entirely possible that the production on Nevermind is going to feel dated in 50 years, if it doesn’t already,” she says. “The mystery in the lyrics to a song like ‘Polly’ is so profound. People will always be trying to make sense of what the fuck exactly Kurt was singing about. That’s what makes a song last.”
SURFER BLOOD “Territorial Pissings” Even if, as singer-guitarist J.P. Pitts notes, “Kurt Cobain was dead before I could tie my shoes,” he’s had a complex relationship with Nevermind. “It was one of my favorite records. Then I went through a phase where I thought it was too ’90s.” Having come back around, Pitts found beauty in “the combination of perfect structures and weird, strange chords.”
FOXY SHAZAM “Drain You”
“I’m the Nirvana guy in the band,” boasts Daisy, bassist for the Cincinnati glam rockers. “Right away I knew ‘Drain You’ would be best for us. We’re more of a vocally oriented band than anything else, and the melody line lets us showcase that.” Well, that and “it would’ve been intimidating to do one of the big hits.” Instead, he says, five minutes after the band chose the song, “we were getting drunk and jamming out on it.”
JESSICA LEA MAYFIELD “Lounge Act” Mayfield has a confession to make: “I found out about Nirvana through the Foo Fighters. I’m sure I’m not the only one who walked that discovery trail.” Her reason for picking “Lounge Act” is less contentious. “I love how the verse and chorus feel like they have no relationship to each other. It’s like two different songs.” Just don’t ask her to choose between them. “That’s like picking the coldest ice cube.”
CHARLES BRADLEY & THE MENAHAN STREET BAND “Stay Away” The fact that Bradley is a 62-year-old soul shouter made this cover a particularly interesting one for Menahan majordomo Thomas Brenneck. “Charles is a very spiritual cat,” he says. “We couldn’t have him singing the line ‘God is gay.’ The rest of the song, Charles kills, but the lyrics are so different from what he normally sings. Hopefully, that tension made the song better.” Bradley is on the road in September.
TELEKINESIS “On a Plain”
This project literally could not have been complete without a last-second assist from Seattle’s own Michael Benjamin Lerner, filling in when one someone — no need to name names, so let’s just say it was Wavves — went AWOL. “Those songs are magical and kind of untouchable, says Lerner, who put out one of SPIN’s favorite albums of this year, 12 Desperate Straight Lines. “So this was a superfun challenge, plus I got to take my new studio for a test drive — I’d just moved and this was the first song I recorded there.” Win-win.
JEFF THE BROTHERHOOD “Something in the Way” “The idea was to take the least heavy song on Nirvana’s least heavy album and give it the JEFF treatment — make it real doomy. That’s all we know how to do!” says guitarist Jake Orrall, who, with his drummer brother Jamin, make up the Nashville duo. They also initially recorded their version to cassette tape before digitizing it, for extra ’90s flavor. The band is on tour this month with Valient Thorr and Pentagram.
EMA “Endless Nameless” It may pop up ten minutes after “Something in the Way,” but the coruscating hidden track “Endless, Nameless” wasn’t an afterthought for EMA, who’s touring this fall. “I wasn’t interested in covering any of the other songs,” offers the fuzz-loving alt-rocker. “The statement this one makes is just so awesome. All that noise and abrasion was the band saying, ‘We’re still punk.’ I really wanted to try and capture that spirit.
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