http://www.indyweekblogs.com/scan More or less the Music Blog of the Independent Weekly Sun, 18 May 2008 21:03:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Deliliah is a moldy peach. From what we here, Kimya Dawson is deservedly selling well in the back-catalog department these days, thanks to the perfect placement of "Anyone Else But You" in Juno. And, what's best, she just announced some last minute dates in these parts: Saturday, Jan. 26 at Schoolkids ... http://www.indyweekblogs.com/scan/breaking-bills/hey-play-the-one-from-juno/ Last week Blend manager Idan Eckstein regularly used the club's "mixing it up" tagline while talking about about his Rosemary Street space. That was a tad distracting. You know, blend, mix it up, see what he did there and all? But he's holding true, after all: Dead Kennedys frontman and ... http://www.indyweekblogs.com/scan/wire/mixing-it-up/ Lorraine Ellison: Deserving more light With a nodding acquaintance at best with mainstream-ish music and a low tolerance for presenters' forced banter, I don't have much use for the Grammy Awards these days. I checked in for no more than 15 minutes total on Sunday night, mostly to see how the ... http://www.indyweekblogs.com/scan/show-biz/stay-with-me-baby/ "You guys wanna hang out in 2008?" If you happened to see our 2006 cover story on Carolina beach music culture, The Infinite Shag, you may remember our guide, Steve Rogers. Steve is still an avid shag dancer, but he also once played in a rock band, The Night Riders, in ... http://www.indyweekblogs.com/scan/this-week/60s-garage-legends-the-night-riders-on-wxdu-sunday-night/ Strong pitches (for songs, to batters). The word that the next Yep Roc album from roots- & soul- rockers Marah will have songs titled "Bruce Sutter," "Gaylord Perry," and "Phil Neikro" (sic) provides more oomph to two beliefs that I hold to be true about baseball songs. First, I contend ... http://www.indyweekblogs.com/scan/tip-o-the-hat/airplay-ball/ It’s too easy to hate hardcore in 2007. The genre is synonymous with either fake suburban gangbangers sporting brass knuckles and camo shorts or mascara-clad faux metalheads with jeans that look like body paint. Group A wears jock mentality with XXL jerseys and dog piles. Group B boasts hair-metal riffs, kickboxing ... http://www.indyweekblogs.com/scan/newsworthy/278/ Here's the transcript of Superchunk/Portastatic/Merge co-founder/founder/co-founder Mac McCaughan talking with the U.S. Senate's Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation Wednesday. More to come on this, for sure. Thanks to Pitchfork. http://www.indyweekblogs.com/scan/wire/1024-mac-mccaughan-us-senate/ Here's the link. Vote away. http://www.indyweekblogs.com/scan/wire/2005-indy-music-awardss/ Finally, a little light. Okay, asked and answered: my favorite new album thus far in 2007 is Nick Lowe's At My Age, his second release for Yep Roc and his first release in a half-dozen years. It picks up where 2001's The Convincer left off, and then some. You can call ... http://www.indyweekblogs.com/scan/2007%e2%80%94inevitable-talk/2007-so-far/ I caught The Devil and Daniel Johnston Sunday night at Galaxy Cinema in Cary, and I thought it was beautiful. Unfortunately, like most small-budget music films in Triangle art houses, its Triangle run is meant to be short. The movie closes at Galaxy Thursday, June 22. Go see it. I ... http://www.indyweekblogs.com/scan/wire/the-devil-and-daniel-johnstons-final-days/