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From the MMJ website: “Hey Gang, Louisville was hit with some alarming news. Our beloved independent record store and pillar of our community, ear X-tacy, is on the brink of closing down due to a decline in business over the last three years. We as a band cannot express how important local businesses are to the very [...] The 37Flood guys got some good shots of the Yim Yames/Bootsie Anne Valentine’s Day show at the Rathskeller. Ye olde LEO’s Mat Herron has a long piece on John Timmons and the ear X-tacy problem. David Mann has a longish preview of Andrea Davidson’s show at the Vernon Club on Saturday. Herron also has the cover story about mountaintop removal plus Daniel Martin Moore and Ben Sollee’s new CD, Dear Companion, available at, ahem, [...] LEO’s Mat Herron got a review of Jim James‘ Valentine Day show at the Rachskeller on the Spin.com website. While we’re writing about James, news comes the My Morning Jacket will play The Sasquatch! Festival at the Gorge in Quincy, Washington on May 29-31 Nobody ever said Will Oldham was straightforward; his latest ‘announcement’ about a new project, apparently called The Wonder Show of the World, recorded with The Cairo Gang, a moniker of California based singer-songwriter Emmett Kelly, is a short and cryptic video, featuring the information painted on the bare backside of a woman wearing a thong. [...] I have frequently asserted that Louisville music is appreciated much more the world outside of the United States, so here we have an example or two: From a Norse blog http://hejven.se, a post about VHS or Beta From a Chinese (?) blog, this post (mostly in English) From ZMEmusic.com, a review of Phantom Family Halo‘ s Monoliths & [...] The backstory on the E. C. Ball memorial CD, Face A Frowning World, is required reading to get a handle on this project. Ball was an Appalachian singer/songwriter, who, when not driving a school bus and running a service station in Rugby, Virginia, traveled around Appalachia with his wife Orna, playing churches of all [...] The short answer to “What’s up with ear X-tacy?” is that owner John Timmons has two more months at his current location before he has to do something: move, close or renegotiate the current lease, which, he said, is too much for him to pay. The problems he’s facing are the familiar ones: the economy [...] Over at ye LEO, David Mann has a story on the final disc in John King’s Louisville is For Lovers series. Brent Owen has a short phoner with Cedric Burnside. Finally, Mat Herron has his picks of the week. The C-J’s J. L. Puckett has a review of the Watson Twins new CD, Talking to You, Talking to Me. Atlanta’s Atlalist.com has a solid review of Dawn Landes‘ new CD, Sweetheart Rodeo. |
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