Liam Gallagher: Knebworth 22 [listen] Neil Young: Chrome Dreams [listen] Raye Zaragoza: Hold That Spirit [listen] The Hives: The Death of Randy Fitzsimmons [listen] Wolf & Moon: To Get Lost [listen]
RELEASE RADAR
:: UPCOMING RELEASES
- AUG 18 -
Aerosmith: Greatest Hits Cautious Clay: KARPEH Grace Potter: Mother Road Gregory Alan Isakov: Appaloosa Bones Hozier: Unreal Unearth Jon Batiste: World Music Radio Sonic Youth: Live in Brooklyn 2011 Talking Heads: Stop Making Sense (Deluxe Edition)
- AUG 25 -
Cindy Wilson: Realms Grandaddy: Sumday: Excess Baggage Hiss Golden Messenger: Jump For Joy Hüsker Dü: Tonite Longhorn
- SEP 1 -
Pretenders: Relentless Slowdive: Everything Is Alive Speedy Ortiz: Rabbit Rabbit
ON THIS DATE
:: MUSICAL HAPPENINGS OF HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE
- AUG 14 -
Birthday: David Crosby (1941) • Tanya Donelly of Throwing Muses (1966) • Foo Fighters made their network television debut on The Late Show with David Letterman when they performed their new single “This Is A Call.” (1995)
- AUG 15 -
Birthdays: Jimmy Webb (1946) • Tom Johnston of The Doobie Brothers (1948) • Lennon and McCartney drove from Liverpool to Skegness, to ask Ringo Starr to join the Beatles. (1962) • Woodstock Festival was held on Max Yasgur's 600-acre farm in Bethel outside New York. (1969) • Paul Simon played a free concert in New York's Central Park before an audience of 750k people. (1991)
- AUG 16 -
Birthdays: Scott Asheton of The Stooges (1949) • Madonna (1958) • Emily Robison of The Chicks (1972) • Vanessa Carlton (1980) • Elvis was found dead in the bathroom of his Graceland mansion in Memphis. (1977) • Paul Simon married Carrie Fisher. (1983) • Aretha Franklin died in Detroit at the age of 76. (2018)
- AUG 17 -
Birthdays: Belinda Carlisle (1958) • Maria Mckee (1964) • Nirvana shot the video for “Smells Like Teen Spirit” at GMT Studios in Culver City, California. (1991) • Jackson Browne sued John McCain for his unauthorized use of “Running on Empty.” (2008)
- AUG 18 -
Birthdays: Greg Leisz (1949) • Marvin Isley (1953) • Régine Chassagne of Arcade Fire (1977) • Frances Bean Cobain (1992) • Two Missouri girls were killed and a third critically injured when a car being driven by an 18-year-old Memphis teen swerved into a crowd of over 2,000 mourners standing in front of Graceland at about 4am. The driver was charged with drunk driving, leaving the scene of an accident, and two counts of 2nd degree murder. (1977)
- AUG 19 -
Birthdays: Ginger Baker of Cream (1939) • Johnny Nash (1940) • John Deacon of Queen (1951) • Saxophonist LeRoi Moore, a founding member of the Dave Matthews Band, died aged 46. (2008)
- AUG 20 -
Birthdays: Isaac Hayes (1942) • Robert Plant (1948) • Phil Lynott of Thin Lizzy (1949) • John Hiatt (1952) • Michael Shuman of Queens of the Stone Age (1985) • American keyboard player and bassist Larry Knechtel died at the age of 69 of an apparent heart attack. He is best known as a member of the Wrecking Crew who worked with such artists as Simon And Garfunkel, Duane Eddy, The Beach Boys, The Doors, Jerry Garcia, Elvis Presley, and as a member of the 1970s band Bread. (2009)
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