PEARL JAMs leader Eddie Vedder debuted the solo song "Matter Of Time" at Venture Into Cures, a virtual benefit for the EB Research Partnership, the foundation that Eddie and Jill Vedder set up. At the same event, he also played a new version of "Say Hi", a song he’s been playing live for a while but never released. Today he’s released both songs as a fundraising single.
The single is raising money to find a cure for Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB), a life-threatening genetic disorder that makes people’s skin fragile and sensitive. “Matter Of Time” is a song written especially about this, and about the agonizing wait for a cure that might be on the horizon.
On “Matter Of Time,” Vedder sings tenderly over a spare piano arrangement. The “Matter Of Time” video is an animated clip about the people who suffer from Epidermolysis Bullosa. Watch it below.
PEARL JAM's new single "Get It Back" is straight on to the streaming services for the first time.
Written by drummer Matt Cameron, "Get It Back" was previously only available as a one-day-only Bandcamp download as part of the "Good Music To Avert The Collapse Of American Democracy Pt 2" compilation alongside previously unreleased tracks from Bob Mould, YEAH YEAH YEAHS, TENACIOUS D, MY MORNING JACKET allong with more contributes. The collection also features a solo track from PJ guitarist Stone Gossard "Near" and a song from bassist Jeff Ament’s side project DEAF CHARLIE "Something Real", with profits going to American Rights Lab, an organisation working to “secure, protect, and defend the voting rights of all Americans.”
To mark the 30th anniversary of the Seattle band’s debut live performance, which took place at their hometown’s Off Ramp venue on October 22, 1990, PEARL JAM have also revealed that they’re to live stream the gig they played at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia on April 29, 2016. The 32-song, three-hour performance, launched with Eddie Vedder’s band playing their hugely-successful debut album "Ten" in its entirety.
PEARL JAM were recently announced as the first headliners for London’s 2021 BST Hyde Park festival. The band were originally booked to play the event this year, but will now play two consecutive nights next year, the first band to do so.
The shows will take place on on Friday 9 and Saturday 10 July 2021, with support coming from PIXIES on the first night and IDLES on the second. They also rebooked the show on Lollapalooza here at Gärdet, Stockholm July 2-4, 2021
Enjoy today's tune "Get It Back" with PEARL JAM, taken from the Bandcamp's compilation album, "Good Music To Avert The Collapse Of American Democracy, Volume 2", which raised funds for Voting Rights Lab.
Monday, new week, time to introduce "Record Of The Week".
The Seattle-based grunge band PEARL JAM (PJ) has finally released a follow-up to 2013’s "Lightning Bolt", the latest and 11th studio album, "Gigaton" dropped in on March 23 through both Republic Records and PJ's own independent label, Monkeywrench. The album was produced by music engineer Josh Evans (SOUNDGARDEN). The cover artwork was produced by photographer Paul Nicklen.
"Gigaton" is a great album to celebrate their own 30 years birthday this year.
PJ never disappoints even if they now are passing 50 years and getting old and grumpy. "Gigaton" has a little old man feeling but they have 30 years of experience in the creation of great songs with meaning and Eddie Vedder has something to say that touches both political and personal levels and this time he targets Trump and global catastrophe and offers the listener a sense of solace in times of crisis that seems especially relevant in the midst of the COVID-19. The album is very solid from start to finish. It has a great balance musically, it's strong and well made with a punch.
"Gigaton" has a run time of 57-minutes consisting of twelve tunes and the first three singles, the excellent "Dance of the Clairvoyants", the catchy rocker "Superblood Wolfmoon" and the jammy apocalyptic rocker "Quick Escape". The other nine tunes include a few more standout tracks like the rockers "Never Destination" and "Take The Long Way" to the more slower tunes like "Alright" and the emotional piece "Comes Then Goes" that could be a tribute to Chris Cornell, ""Seven O'Clock" is a true masterpiece in a classic PJ spirit, or the acoustic guitar-led numbers "Retrograde" and "Buckle Up", both are brilliant tunes where the latter is written by Stone Gossard. The closing tune "River Cross" is a real beauty with a 1850s-era pump organ as the main instrument. PJ has given us an unexpected album of hope that needs a few spins before you realize how special it is, get it now.
PJ consists of longstanding members:
Vocalist Eddie Vedder,
Guitarists Stone Gossard and Mike McCready,
Bassist Jeff Ament and Drummer Matt Cameron.
Sum: Welcome back PJ
Today's tune "Quick Escape" taken from "Gigaton", enjoy!
Time for round two, the second single "Superblood Wolfmoon" by PEARL JAM, taken from the upcoming 11th album "Gigaton", out March 27th.
The sonically upbeat garage pop-rocker tune sees frontman Eddie Vedder reflecting on a relationship that went south. The song is a bit more traditional than "Dance Of The Clairvoyants," the highly experimental lead single that was released in mid-January.
"Gigaton" it’s their first album of new material since 2013’s "Lightning Bolt", marking the longest period of time they’ve ever gone between albums. So far the band has dropped single “Dance of the Clairvoyants” ahead of release, along with three music videos for the track.
The group will also hit the road for a 16-date North American tour in March and April to promote the album. The trek kicks off March 18th in Toronto, Ontario and wraps April 18th and 19th in Oakland, California, then a short break before it's time for Europe, PIXIES, IDLES and WHITE REAPER will be supporting the band across the dates in Europe. The European leg will include several indoor shows as well as outdoor festival shows at Rock Werchter, Lollapalooza in Stockholm and Paris, and the BST Hyde Park concert in London. The show at the Royal Arena in Copenhagen will be on the eve of the 20th anniversary of the Roskilde tragedy, see the upcoming tour stops below.
On Thursday (Feb. 13), the band instructed fans to use the PEARL JAM app and to direct their cell phone camera toward the moon, which would then trigger the teaser clip.
March 18 – Toronto, Ontario @ Scotiabank Arena
March 20 – Ottawa, Ontario @ Canadian Tire Centre
March 22 – Quebec City, Quebec @ Videotron Centre
March 24 – Hamilton, Ontario @ FirstOntario Centre
March 28 – Baltimore, Md. @ Royal Farms Arena
March 30 – New York, N.Y. @ Madison Square Garden
April 02 – Nashville, Tenn. @ Bridgestone Arena
April 04 – St. Louis, Mo. @ Enterprise Center
April 06 – Oklahoma City, Okla. @ Chesapeake Energy Arena
April 09 – Denver, Colo. @ Pepsi Center
April 11 – Phoenix, Ariz. @ Gila River Arena
April 13 – San Diego, Calif. @ Viejas Arena
April 15 – Los Angeles, Calif. @ The Forum
April 16 – Los Angeles, Calif. @ The Forum
April 18 – Oakland, Calif. @ Oakland Arena
April 19 – Oakland, Calif. @ Oakland Arena
Europe
June 23 – Frankfurt, Germany @ Festhalle
June 25 – Berlin, Germany @ Waldbühne
June 27 – Stockholm, Sweden @ Gärdet
June 29 – Copenhagen, Denmark @ Royal Arena
July 2 – Werchter, Belgium @ Rock Werchter
July 5 – Imola, Italy @ Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari
July 7 – Vienna Austria Wiener @ Stadthalle
July 10 – London, England @ Hyde Park
July 13 – Kraków, Poland @ Tauron Arena
July 15 – Budapest, Hungary @ Budapest Arena
July 17 – Zürich, Switzerland @ Hallenstadion
July 19 – Paris, France @ Lollapalooza
July 22 – Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Ziggo Dome
July 23 – Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Ziggo Dome
"Sonic Reducer" is a punk rock song written by Gene O'Connor and David Thomas during their tenure in Rocket from the Tombs, which made its recorded debut on THE DEAD BOYS 1977 album Young, Loud and Snotty with a change of lyrics that were rewritten by Stiv Bators. The song is widely regarded as a punk classic and has been covered by bands as varied as GUNS N' ROSES, OVERKILL, PEARL JAM, FOETUS, DOZER, ADULT CRASH, DIE TOTEN HOSEN, RAINY DAY SAINTS in a slow tempo on Diamond Star Highway and Saves the Day. The song appeared on the UK compilation album "New Wave", produced by UK actor and mystic, Pete Knobbler. The song was sampled on the BEASTIE BOYS song "An Open Letter to NYC" on their 2004 album To The 5 Boroughs. It is also featured on the skateboarding video game Tony Hawk's Underground 2 and Tony Hawk's American Wasteland (by Saves the Day). It was also performed by fictional punk rock outfit Hard Core Logo in Bruce McDonald's 1997 mockumentary, Hard Core Logo.
THE DEAD BOYS were an American punk rock band from Cleveland, Ohio. The band was among the first wave of early punk bands, and was known as one of the rowdiest and most violent punk groups of the era. THE DEAD BOYS were initially active from 1976 to 1979, briefly reuniting in 1986, and then later again in 2004 and 2005 without their frontman Stiv Bators.
Today's tune "Sonic Reducer" by DEAD BOYS taken from the first studio album "Young Loud and Snotty". It was recorded and released in 1977 on Sire Records, produced by Genya Ravan.
Here is one of the great covers made of this song.
Guns N' Roses - Sonic Reducer (vocals by Tommy Stinson) - Live In Osaka, Japan 12/16/09
"Just Breathe" is a song by the American rock band PEARL JAM. "Just Breathe" was released on October 31, 2009 as the second single from the band's ninth studio album, Backspacer (2009). The single was released as a double A-side along with the song "Got Some". The song was triggered by a chord from "Tuolumne", an instrumental from Eddie Vedder's soundtrack for the 2007 film, Into the Wild.
On January 22, 2014, "Just Breathe" was certified platinum in digital sales by the RIAA. It is the band's first platinum-certified song.
The song has been featured in several TV shows and movies including Castle, One Tree Hill, Brothers & Sisters, Life as We Know It, The Blacklist and Buck, the documentary of Buck Brannaman, played during the film's closing credits.
Todays tune "Just Breathe" is taken from the band's ninth studio album, Backspacer (2009). Vedder described "Just Breathe" as "as close to a love song as we've ever gotten" and said that the subject of the song is the happiest times of people's lives when they should just take in the moment and "breathe for a minute."
An interesting thing with the artwork for the album was handled by editorial cartoonist Dan Perkins, who goes by the pen name Tom Tomorrow. Perkins spent six months working on the artwork. In 2009, Village Voice Media, publishers of 16 alternative weeklies, suspended all syndicated cartoons across their entire chain. Perkins lost twelve client papers in cities including Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New York City and Seattle, prompting his friend Vedder to post an open letter on the Pearl Jam website in support of the cartoonist. Perkins referred to the artwork as "dreams and memories," while Gossard referred to the artwork as a "bizarro otherworldy dreamscape."
The album's cover art features nine images created by Perkins, and was revealed through a contest on the band's official website. The nine images were hidden on various websites, and the contest asked Internet users to search for the websites containing the images, whereby the images would be placed on a grid on the Pearl Jam website after clicking on them. After finding all of the images, users were rewarded with a demo version of the song "Speed of Sound". On the cover and spine of the limited edition gatefold sleeve version, the "Backspacer" keys glow in the dark.
Pearl Jam is an American rock band that formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1990. Since its inception, the band's line-up has included Eddie Vedder (vocals), Stone Gossard (guitar), Jeff Ament (bass), and Mike McCready (guitar). The band's fifth and current drummer is Matt Cameron, of Soundgarden, who has been with the band since 1998.
Lightning Bolt is the upcoming tenth studio album by the American rock band Pearl Jam. The album is scheduled to be released internationally on October 14, 2013, before being released in the United States on October 15, 2013. The first single and todays tune, "Mind Your Manners" was released on July 11, 2013.
Lightning Bolt follows up Backspacer from September, 2009. The album was produced by long-time Pearl Jam producer Brendan O'Brien and is scheduled to be released on Monkeywrench Records/Republic Records through Universal Music.
In May 2013, during an interview with Billboard, Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard revealed that the band was closing in on completing their tenth studio album, saying "We really want to finish a record this year. It's now between half and three quarters done, but we got some new material and we're excited about hopefully doing some more work on that later in the year." In July 2013, speaking to Total Guitar, guitarist Mike McCready said that "we finished seven songs two years ago" and "about four months ago we started up again with a brand new batch of songs to go along with those".
"Mind Your Manners" was played live for the first time at their show in London, Ontario on July 16, 2013. Three days later the band debuted two more songs, "Lightning Bolt" and "Future Days", at their show at Wrigley Field.
Todays tune "Mind Your Manners" is the lead single from their tenth studio album Lightning Bolt.
Watch the Danny Clinch directed music video for Pearl Jam's "Mind Your Manners",
Walking Papers is a blues-rock band formed by Jeff Angell of The Missionary Position and Barrett Martin formerly of the Screaming Trees, two long-serving veterans of the Seattle music scene. Jeff previously sang and played guitar for the bands Post Stardom Depression and The Missionary Position, and Barrett, a drummer and multi-instrumentalist, played for grunge pioneers Skin Yard and Screaming Trees, as well as the super groups Mad Season and Tuatara.
The band played its first Seattle shows initially as a duo with Jeff on guitar and Barrett on drums, but soon added former Guns N' Roses Duff McKagan on bass to make their official debut as a trio on July 22nd, 2012. The Missionary Position's Benjamin Anderson brought his keyboard talents from the studio to the live stage, evolving the band into a quartet. Pearl Jam and Mad Season guitarist Mike McCready has been known to make guest appearances on stage as the lead guitar player.
Walking Papers self-titled debut album features a stellar cast of musicians who have each added their own musical voices to the sound: Vocals and Guitar come from Jeff; Drums, Vibraphone and Backing Vocals from Barrett; Electric Bass from Duff McKagan; two blistering guitar solos from Mike McCready; elegant keyboards from Benjamin Anderson, and soulful horn arrangements from Dave Carter (Trumpet), Dan Spalding (Baritone Sax), and Ed Ulman (Trombone). The album was recorded by Catherine Ferrante at Avast Studios in Seattle, and mixed by Jack Endino at Soundhouse in Seattle. Album mastering was done by Chris Hanzsek at Hanzsek Audio.
Walking Papers show that a great song can be conveyed with thundering drums, rumbling bass, and a howling guitar just as easily as it can with percolating marimbas and shimmering vibraphone. The songs on this album can stand alone as individual stories, but taken together as a whole, they convey a much larger narrative with tales of wandering souls, the collisions of will, and the dark beauty of the American heart.
Their self-titled debut album, produced by Angell and Martin and also mixed by Jack Endino, was released on October 2, 2012 and featured contributions by Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready.
Walking Papers will play this evening at Bråvalla festival at 20:00 on the Red Stage.
Todays tune "Whole World's Watching" taken from their self titled debut on Loud And Proud Records (out August 6th, 2013).
Time to sum up the year 2012, there has been an eventful year with lots of adventure.
The music has stood high on the throne this year. 101 gigs have been made with a around 150 artists, if you count festivals witch 8 are done this year, then it would certainly double that. Think I've seen around 10 gigs in a civil outfit if I count right. :)
Here is Tune Of The Days best of the year 2012!
Best Arena Concert: Pearl Jam - The Globe
What a nightit was,Pearl JamLive isabsolutely wonderful,so fuckinggood!
Best Club Concert: Rival Sons - Debaser Medis
An intimategig withRivalSons,canit getmuch better.
Best Festival Concert: Thåström - Popaganda Festivalen
Thåströmat his best, what aartisthe is.
Best Swedish Rock: Witchcraft - Legend
Thiswasobviousalready:)
Best Swedish Folk/Pop/Singer Songwriter/Dance: Mando Diao - Infruset
An incredibleturnaroundthe bandhas doneand what a recordit became.
Best Soul/Folk/Dance/Singer Songwriter 2012: Michael Kiwanuka
What asoulfulvoice ofthis manpossesses.
Best Live Recording: Led Zeppelin - Celebration Day
Best Song: Alcest - Autre Temps
Asong withsuch feelingthat you getgoose bumps.
Best Cover: Turbowolf - Captain Caveman (Lightning Bolt Cover)
The bandhas trulycreated arealsmokerof thissong.
This years Reunion: Angel Witch - As Above, So Below
Best Looking T-shirt: Kylesa - Tour 2012
Best Looking Hoodie 2012: Neurosis
Best Beer: Read Seal Ale (Thanks Chief Rebel for the tip)
Best Whiskey: Tobermorymedium rich, soft andfruity.Ledaigrich,smokyintensivewith spicy flavor.
Best Guitar/Bass Pick: Europe (Joey Tempest) - Bag Of Bones Tour 2012
Best Dance: none
Best Festival: Way Out West
Best Music City: Örebro
Home of Millencolin, Nasum, Witchcraft, Dead Man, Truckfighters, Former tenor singer Jussi Björling.
This Year's most active concert-goer: LG-Petrov (Still Going strong)
Best Blog: Spader Ess
With an incredibledensity ofpoststhat covers mostof the rock.
Best Art: Greg (CRAOLA) Simkins
Best Tour Poster: Baroness
Tune Of The Day wish you all a Happy New Year!!
Today's tune "Dead Sea Scrolls", is taken from this years reunion: As Above, So Below is the fifth studio album by British heavy metal band Angel Witch. It is their first album in 14 years.
Listen to "Pearl Jam- Just Breathe" on Spotify 
