Author: Ciaran Thompson

Quarter Music – June 11

News about The Vaselines’ forthcoming album, The Strokes returning with their first gig in four years, former Stereophonics drummer Stuart Cable and the possibility of a new Rage Against The Machine record. Hear tracks by Crocodiles, The Rosewood Thieves, Athlete, Cuff The Duke, The Arcade Fire, Best Coast, The Shins, MGMT, Rilo Kiley and The Rural Alberta Advantage

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*Quarter Music is a weekly music show featuring a round up of the week’s top music stories, concert reviews, specifically chosen songs and playlists. Listen live every Friday afternoon from 5-6 p.m. on Centennial College’s Internet Radio Station.

Quarter Music – June 4

This week’s episode includes songs by, The White Stripes, Metric, The Vaselines, Albert Hammond Jr., The Reduction Agents, Stiff Little Fingers, The Ramones, Arctic Monkeys, Weezer, The Walkmen, Against Me!, Midnight Juggernauts, The Answering Machine, CSS and Snow Patrol. All of them.

Listen to this episode and others at Quarter Music.

*Quarter Music is a weekly music show I host and produce featuring a round up of the week’s top music stories, concert reviews, specifically chosen songs and playlists. Listen live every Friday afternoon from 5-6 p.m. on Centennial College’s Internet Radio Station.

Quarter Music – May 28

More news about Arcade Fire’s forthcoming album The Suburbs, musicians boycotting the state of Arizona and ex-Oasis members finally deciding on a new band name. Hear tunes by The Dandy Warhols, The Besnard Lakes, Crystal Castles, Rage Against The Machine and the second half of a ’90s playlist featuring Sloan, Beck, I Mother Earth, Goldfinger, Eels and Radiohead.

Listen to it and previous episodes at Quarter Music.

*Quarter Music is a weekly music show I host and produce featuring a round up of the week’s top music stories, concert reviews, specifically chosen songs and playlists. Listen live every Friday afternoon from 5-6 p.m. on Centennial College’s Internet Radio Station.

Midnight Conspiracy Dead Fame Tour Mix – Track Review

Written for AUX.

For the next thirty minutes, after the two it takes you to read this of course, all you have to do is listen. Whether your working, running, driving, blogging or putting your head back down on the pillow, your ears will not be disappointed with Mindnight Conspiracy’s latest mixtape that features Crystal Castles (front and centre), Dragonette, The Dandy Warhols, Radiohead and The Vanish among others. This mixtape has all the elements that Rob Fleming (or Gordon) would endorse: kicks off with a bang, keeps the tempo going, slows down here and there, but ultimately leaves the listener satisfied.

The Chicago band’s Dead Fame Tour is happening down south this month and next, however no Canadian dates have been scheduled. Perhaps we can get them to reconsider.

DEAD FAME 001 (Mix) by Midnight Conspiracy by Midnight Conspiracy

Track Listing:

Crystal Castles – Crimewave (Midnight Conspiracy Remix)
Kavinsky – Nightcall (MMMathias Remix)
Jump Jump Dance Dance – Show Me The Night (Grum Remix)
Miami Horror – Make You Mine (Codebreaker Remix)
Machine – There but for the grace of God go I (Le Principle remake)
Treasure Finger – What Am I Supposed To Do
Wolfgang Gartner – Undertaker
Dragonette – Pick Up The Phone (Van She Remix)
The Dandy Warhols – Bohemian Like You
Radiohead – Everything In Its Right Place (Gigamesh Remix)
The Vanish – Hold On (Gemini Club Remix)

Scorsese Directed George Harrison Doc Out Next Year

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Martin Scorsese’s documentary about George Harrison entitled Living in the Material World: George Harrison, is expected to come out next year the director says. Working with Harrison’s widow, Olivia for the past three years the film will look at the former Beatles guitarist’s life before, during and after his time spent with the band.

After Harrison died of cancer in 2001, a doc about his life has been pitched several times by production companies including the BBC, but Olivia resisted for the sake that her late husband always wanted to make a documentary on his own. Eventually she turned to Nigel Sinclair who had produced the Bob Dylan documentary No Direction Home, directed by Scorsese, whom Harrison had known.

“This is a deeply personal journey for me, it’s been excruciating,” Olivia said. “I’ve been archiving for five years — 35 years, really. Throwing cassettes and letters in drawers, little things and pieces of paper that you find that say, ‘Goats on my roof.’ You think, What does that mean? But I feel really safe, I feel protected. Marty had a connection with George, and they spent time together. And he’s passionate about film and music as George was passionate about music and film.”

It is reported that Harrison left lots of unreleased material and rare footage, which will be implemented in the film. “Ultimately, we’re trying to have the development of his own music tell the story, if we can,” Scorsese said. “And the images that he shot, that (Olivia) shot, a lot of this is telling the story. There are some famous bits and some very interesting new material.” [Yahoo]