Monthly Archives: April 2014

Neil Young’s PonoMusic Kickstarter Campaign Brings In Over $5.8 Million With 4 Days To Go

As of this afternoon Neil Young’s PonoMusic kickstarter campaign has grossed $5,805,033 from 17,010 donors.

PonoMusic is the third most funded Kickstarter campaign, according to a Warner Bros. press release.

“We are so excited about hitting this milestone, said PonoMusic CEO, John Hamm in the press release. “This campaign has exceeded our expectations from the start. By taking the nontraditional crowdfunding approach, we have been able to unveil PonoMusic our way – directly to our customers. The PonoMusic Kickstarter campaign now has over 16,000 active backers and we’ve received over 5,000 comments, questions, and suggestions on the site. This is incredibly valuable consumer feedback and we will be a much better company at launch because of the engagement from the PonoMusic community.”

“Pono is an ecosystem to play and store music,” Neil Young said in the press release. “This is not a format; the experience is not about recognizing a song, it’s about feeling it,” says Young, who came up with the idea over three years ago. He and his team have been chasing the dream of bringing the soul back into music ever since.”

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Audio: Bob Dylan in Tokyo, April 3, 2014, Full Show – ‘Tangled Up In Blue.’ ‘Love Sick’ & More

Bob Dylan & his band at Zepp DiverCity, Tokyo, April 3, 2014.

Setlist:

1. Things Have Changed
2. She Belongs To Me
3. Beyond Here Lies Nothin’
4. What Good Am I?
5. Waiting For You
6. Duquesne Whistle
7. Pay In Blood
8. Tangled Up In Blue
9. Love Sick

(Intermission)

10. High Water (For Charley Patton)
11. Simple Twist Of Fate
12. Early Roman Kings
13. Forgetful Heart
14. Spirit On The Water
15. Scarlet Town
16. Soon After Midnight
17. Long And Wasted Years

(encore)
18. All Along The Watchtower
19. Blowin’ In The Wind

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Money Changes Everything Dept.: John Fogerty Sells Beverly Hills Estate for $18.6 Million

John Fogerty’s former digs.

After nine months on the market, John Fogerty’s Beverly Hills estate has sold for $18.6 million.

Realty Today writes:

Fogerty purchased the place in 2009 for just $2.9 million. The 16,000-square-foot, single-family house was marketed in a pocket listing for $23 million. News of the home’s unofficial listing came in July last year. The house has finally found a buyer after almost nine months, selling considerably under the initial asking price, reports Trulia.

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Listing records of the home state that the renovated multi-winged mansion has nine bedrooms and 11 bathrooms. Sitting on a 3-acre lot, the residence is set in a private, gated compound with a circular motor court boasting a central fountain.

The driveway leads to the entrance of a two-story foyer with a fireplace. There is a formal living room, a dining area and a wine room, a gourmet kitchen, a double-level family room, a media room, a wood-paneled library or study, a lounge on the second floor and a wet bar.

Last year, while waiting for the Beverly Hills estate to sell, Fogerty bought a large estate in the Thousand Oaks area for $9 million. Downsizing?

Poolside.
Anyone up for a game of pool?

More photos here.

More on the sale of the house here.

Audio: Bob Dylan Live In Tokyo, April 8, 2014 – Full Show including ‘She Belongs To Me,’ & ‘All Along the Watchtower’

Tokyo Bob, April 5, 2014

Here’s last night’s entire Bob Dylan show.

Zepp Divercity
Tokyo, Japan
April 8, 2014

The band:

Bob Dylan – piano, harp
Tony Garnier – bass
George Recile – drums
Stu Kimball – rhythm guitar
Charlie Sexton on lead guitar
Donnie Herron – banjo, violin, electric mandolin, pedal steel, lap steel

Setlist:

Things Have Changed
She Belongs to Me
Beyond Here Lies Nothin’
(interrupted by PA trouble)
Instrumental Jam
Huck’s Tune
Duquesne Whistle
Waiting for You
Pay in Blood
Tangled Up in Blue
Love Sick
Intermission
High Water (For Charley Patton)
Simple Twist of Fate
Early Roman Kings
Forgetful Heart
Spirit on the Water
Scarlet Town
Soon after Midnight
Long and Wasted Years
Encore:
All Along the Watchtower
Blowin’ in the Wind

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Video: Former Mars Volta/At The Drive-In Co-leaders Form Antemasque with Flea – Listen to ‘4 a.m.’

Mars Volta/At The Drive-In co-leaders Cedric Bixler Zavala and Omar Rodríguez-López have formed a new band, Antemasque.

Also in the band are former Mars Volta drummer Dave Elitch and Flea.

Check out the new single, “4. a.m.” plus some in-the-studio silliness.

“4. a.m.”:

In the studio rehearsals:

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Video: The War On Drugs Live – ‘An Ocean In Between Waves,’ ‘Red Eyes’ & More

The War on Drugs performing live in the KEXP studio in Seattle, March 28, 2014.

Songs:

An Ocean In Between The Waves
Eyes to the Wind
Red Eyes
Suffering

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Audio: Hold Steady’s Craig Finn Guests on Cheap Girls’ ‘Man In Question’

Pretty great power-pop from Cheap Girls with Craig Finn adding some background vocals.

The song is called “Man In Question.”

I also dig this other song by Cheap Girls, “Knock Me Over.”

Both songs are off their upcoming album, Famous Graves, out May 13, 2014.

Thanks Consequence of Sound!

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Video: Bob Dylan Sings ‘Tangled Up in Blue’ in Tokyo, April 5, 2014 + Full March 31 & April 1 Shows

Tokyo Bob

Bob Dylan has, of course been performing nightly at the Zepp Divercity in Tokyo.

Below is the audio for the first two shows, plus video from the April 4 and 5 shows.

Bob Dylan
Zepp Divercity
Tokyo, Japan
March 31, 2014

Bob Dylan
Zepp Divercity
Tokyo, Japan
April 1, 2014

Tokyo, Japan
Zepp DiverCity
April 4, 2014

“Long and Wasted Years”:

Tokyo, Japan
Zepp DiverCity
April 5, 2014

“Tangled Up In Blue”:

Audio: Liel Leibovitz Talks About the Evolution of Leonard Cohen, Songwriter

Liel Leibovitz, a senior writer at Tablet Magazine, has a new book out this week: A Broken Hallelujah: Rock and Roll, Redemption, and the Life of Leonard Cohen.

Below he talks about Leonard Cohen, songwriting, and the breakthrough moment of Cohen’s career.

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