I’m sick of this new trend of female British soul singers.
First it was Amy Winehouse. Now it’s Duffy and Adele.
Sure these ladies are talented as hell, but the current spotlight that’s being thrown on them makes it seem like the only talented female soul singers live in the United Kingdom. And that just ain’t true. (more…)
I interviewed Richard Patrick of Filter recently (see the May 21 edition of the paper for the full story) and thought I’d share what he had to say about the record industry since it probably won’t get into the article. Just something to think about:
“The only thing that’s gonna stop music is the absolute and total betrayal and theft that’s being done by the audience. If you’re gonna download all our stuff or you’re just gonna burn copies of all our CDs for all of your friends, and no one is gonna participate in actually paying for the intellectual property that’s on those discs, then you’re gonna put us out of business, plain and simple. People say it’s adjusting, but there is no adjusting. People are rippin’ us off. If you had a food replicator and, opposed to replicating a CD, it made you a cheeseburger, you’d put fuckin’ McDonalds out of business, correct? You’d put Wendy’s out of business, correct? So, that’s what they’re doing to music. People see “MTV Cribs” and think we’re all rich. Uh-uh. All those rappers are putting up a false front because they’re ego maniacs. All those rappers talk about how much money they’ve got, but they ain’t got no money. That’s all rented. Those fuckin’ cars are rented for the video shoots. All that gold — it ain’t bling. It’s not real. That false bullshit… The music industry is in pain right now.”
With all this warm weather hitting town, I’m ready to go out and sit on a patio and find some good music… so where is it?
Are there patios in town with live music? Alley Cat downtown has bands on the patio… who else?
This week over at the Audiofloss blog, we bring you even more music for your bootay.
Check out tracks by Janita (www.myspace.com/janitaartist), Julie Dexter (www.myspace.com/ketchavibe) and Days Ahead (www.myspace.com/daysaheadmusic).
Go to the site: Audiofloss
OK, I’m ready for summer. And for some reason, I’m really into house music right now. I guess should be in Miami for the Winter Music Conference — the big weeklong dance music convention. I could be enjoying warm weather AND house music. But I’m not. Boo hoo. Anyway, this song fits my mood right now:
Here’s the music video from Dale Watson, who was featured in this week’s Betta Listen. The song’s “Hollywood Hillbilly” and Johnny Knoxville appears in it.
You’ve probably seen this one before, but it’s worth another look:
Wanna her some good music that you won’t find on the radio?
Check out another new, all-music episode of Audiofloss right here: New Audiofloss Part 2
Creative Loafing’s urban music podcast, Audiofloss, just posted a brand-new episode featuring the music of — and an interview with — Southern-soul vocalist Melissa Young.
Check it out: all-new Audiofloss
Lookee here … fresh new video by a fresh new artist named Estelle. She’s on John Legend’s new record label, and I hear she may be coming through Charlotte soon …
In the meantime, check out the clip:
