Goldmine Magazine, the collectors record and compact disc marketplace, will be tweeting directly from this year’s SXSW, starting March 17-21, at twitter.com/goldminesxsw. The festival will be covered by rock journalist, Chris Junior, and he’ll provide news and commentary throughout (even the conference).
I hope Junior likes BBQ.
Formed a few years ago, it took A Million Years some time to settle on a stable line-up. The current set of musicians — Keith Madden (vocals/guitars), Andrew Samaha (bass), Andrew Vanette (drums) and Nick Werber (guitar) recently released a 3-song EP, Incandescent, produced by Longwave’s Shannon Ferguson. The band are now back in the studio with Ferguson, recording their debut full-length album, to be released in the spring. READ MORE
There’s a Facebook page called Can this pickle get more fans than Nickleback? (above)
Right now the pickle is currently attracting the support of over 1.5 million, while Nickelback’s own official Facebook page has just 1.4 million fans.
Pickles are pretty good.
John Cale told BBC 6 Music that he can’t picture a Velvet Underground reunion. In fact, he hasn’t spoken to Lou Reed in years. And doesn’t expect to.
“I haven’t spoken to Lou [Reed] in a long time, but we’re in touch because of business. There’s no communal effort to enjoy each other’s company any more.”
That means they don’t like each other, let alone going on tour together. Cale goes on about a reunion:
“It’s not something that I can see happening on the basis of the past. Anyone who wants to reform The Velvet Underground for a series of concerts, to make some money, I understand that, but you can’t do that. … “We don’t have Sterling [Morrison] any more. If I said that was something I was intrigued by, people would think I was cynical.”
I can respect all that. But you never know. It didn’t stop the Sex Pistols.
