TV PRIEST are an English rock band formed in London in 2019. The band consists of Charlie Drinkwater (vocals), Nic Bueth (bass and keyboard), Alex Sprogis (guitar), Ed Kelland (drums).
They signed to Sub Pop after only having played one gig in an industrial freezer in November 2019, with other concerts cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Their debut album, "Uppers", was released on 5 February 2021 by Sub Pop.
Life isn’t quite like that though, and the debut album from London four-piece TV PRIEST instead embraces the beautiful and terrifying unknowns that exist personally, politically, and culturally.
Posing as many questions as it answers, "Uppers" is a thunderous opening statement that continues the UK’s recent resurgence of grubby, furious post-punk music. It says something very different though – something completely its own.
The first impression of "Uppers" got me thinking of the Swedish V**AGRA BOYS, even if they make it thier own creation, but it may be the best parable if you need somekind of lead.
Today's tune "Press Gang" taken from their album "Uppers", Release February 5 via Sub Pop Records. The video was directed by Joe Wheatley. Enjoy!
"Summertime" is an aria composed in 1934 by George Gershwin for the 1935 opera "Porgy And Bess". The lyrics are by DuBose Heyward, the author of the novel Porgy on which the opera was based, although the song is also co-credited to Ira Gershwin by ASCAP.
The song soon became a popular and much-recorded jazz standard, praised by many Hollywood figures after its premier, including star Robert Cummings who called it "without doubt ... one of the finest songs the composer ever wrote". Gershwin composed the song drawing elements from richly soulful African-American spirituals, the new American jazz of the early 20th century, and Western European opera. Composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim has characterized Heyward's lyrics for "Summertime" and "My Man's Gone Now" as "the best lyrics in the musical theater".
Statistics for the number of recordings of "Summertime" vary by source; while older data is restricted to commercial releases, newer sources may include versions self-published online. The Jazz Discography in 2005 listed 1, official releases, ranking the song fourth among jazz standards. Joe Nocera in 2012 said there were "over 25,000" recordings. Guinness World Records lists the website's 2017 figure of 67,591 as the world record total.
One of those version is made by the American instrumental rock/post-rock band FRIENDS OF DEAN MARTINEZ, a band that featuring members of GIANT SAND, CALEXICO and NAKED PREY. The band combines Americana with electronica, ambient, lounge, psychedelia and dub and intertwines surf rock-inspired lead guitars.
The band was formed in Tucson, Arizona as an experimental side-project. Their debut album, "The Shadow Of Your Smile", was released on the Sub Pop label in 1995.
FRIENDS OF DEAN MARTINEZ have gone through a variety of line-ups in Los Angeles and Austin, Texas before reforming in Tucson. Currently, the band includes Bill Elm on steel guitar and organ, Naim Amor on guitar, Tommy Larkins on percussion, Joe Peña on drums and Thøger Tetens Lund on bass. Former members Burn and Convertino started the band CALEXICO.
Enjoy today's cover of "Summertime", the tune is taken from the album "A Place In The Sun" (2000), the only version on Spotify is on the "Live at Club 2" (2005).
Do to the Beast, the first new album from The Afghan Whigs in 16 years, will be released worldwide via Sub Pop Records on April 14th in Europe and April 15th in North America. The album features the lead single "Algiers."
The Afghan Whigs will perform at the annual Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in Indio, CA on Friday April 11th & Friday April 18th. On April 10th the band will headline an official Pre-Coachella show in Pioneertown, CA at Pappy & Harriet's with Brody Dalle as special guest.
The band will also perform a small number of headline shows in April and May in North America in Portland, Seattle, San Francisco, Brooklyn, Boston and Baltimore. There will be a special fan pre-sale beginning February 18th, with tickets available to the general public later in the week.
The Afghan Whigs are an American rock band from Cincinnati, Ohio, originally active from 1986 to 2001, who have since reformed. The group – with core members Greg Dulli (vocals, rhythm guitar), Rick McCollum (lead guitar), John Curley (bass), and Steve Earle on drums – rose up around the grunge movement, evolving from a garage punk band in the vein of the Replacements, Dinosaur Jr., and Mudhoney to incorporate more soul influences into their sound and image. After releasing their first album independently in 1988, the band signed to the Seattle-based label Sub Pop, before releasing their major-label debut and fourth album, Gentlemen, in 1993. Pitchfork described them as "one of the few alt-bands to flourish on a major label" in the 1990s.
Dulli frequently claimed in interviews that the Afghan Whigs would never get back together following their dissolution in 2001 but the group announced in 2012 that they would reunite for a series of major concerts.
Todays tune "Algiers" from the The Afghan Whigs' 4/15/14 album - Do to the Beast
Listen to "The Afghan Whigs - Algiers" on Spotify