A great little video for the new single ‘No One’s Better Sake’ with Devendra’s poncho on form. It reminds me of this late-1960s footage from Hoagy Carmichael’s Music Shop, a children’s public television show which featured the music of vibraphonist Monty Stark’s extremely funky band, the Stark Reality. In this clip Hoagy teaches some bewildered looking kids all they need to know to make music…

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and best of all Billy Jean. So yeah, just a few a good ones. If you’re interested in more things Steve, then check out his new feature film Choking Man.

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Well along with the rest of us they’re probably planning on singing Auld Lang Syne this New Year which is of course Burns’ most famous creation, but there are plenty of other equally incomparable pieces to be found in his sizable oeuvre. As you might expect a man celebrating his 250th birthday might need a little help giving voice to his music and so this is where our helpful singer songwriter Eddi Reader steps in.

Eddi Reader has known the songs of Robert Burns since she was a child, but has recently found herself emersed in a much deeper relationship with the man, as she found comfort in his words after the loss of her father. The resulting emotional complexity involved when Eddi approaches a performance of Burns obviously makes for a highly compelling listen. Rough Trade are thrilled to offer you all such a fascinatingly emotional release early next year, just in time for Burns night.

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A really great music video for a fantastic song is one of the most inspiring things one can see. It brings a bit of warmth and even meaning to a world that is all too often cold, meaningless and random and it doesn???t get much more random and meaningless than the recent accidental death of Gideon Baws, one of the founder members of Shynola, whose work so often communicates that warmth and meaning. He was only 33. Here’s a couple of his best…

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“White As Diamonds” MP3 from “To Be Still”

To Be Still is the follow-up to Alela Diane???s critically-acclaimed 2006 debut The Pirate???s Gospel which brought the Nevada City, CA-reared musician a passionate following across the globe (and massive acclaim in France where she’s recently completed a 26-date tour that took her deep into the countryside). Considering that initial copies of The Pirate???s Gospel were given away to friends in hand-sewn covers just a few years ago, this is not only quite a leap, but a well-deserved one.

Geoff Travis, founder of Rough Trade Records, says ???Alela Diane is a real American Songwriter. Both flinty and beautiful. She draws from a tradition that might include Sandy Denny and Karen Dalton and she suffers not a jot in comparison”

http://www.beggarsgroupusa.com/releases/To-Be-Still/

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Remix! Or as I say Remax! When I’m busy taking taking a track to the outer limits of its potential, or Reinterpret! Used when assigning new meaning to a piece and enabling the listener to see it from a different view point…

Either way, if you’re interested in this sort of thing the check out http://foem.info where FOEM, the netlabel and talent pool, is hosting an international remix contest together with Emiliana Torrini and Rough Trade Records. The winning track will be released digitally on London label Rough Trade. The contest is running from November 1st 2008 until January 31st 2009.

Remax!

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Mailing Lists – Don’t get greedy, just pick a good one like ours and stick with it.

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28/11/08 Edinburgh Picture House (With Jeffrey Lewis too!)

02/12/08 Birmingham Academy

Tickets?

The 1990’s

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