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Stream: Rocket Juice and the Moon – “Hey Shooter”

admin — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 22:17:37 +0000

The band Rocket Juice and the Moon aka the collaborative efforts of Blur/Gorillaz frontman Damon Albarn, Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea and drummer Tony Allen have given us a sample of their funky sound.

Head on over to Pitchfork to check out “Hey Shooter” which also features Erykah Badu. The band’s self-titled debut album will be released on March 27th. The full tracklisting for the album is down below.

Rocket Juice and the Moon tracklist:
1. 1-2-3-4-5-6
2. Hey, Shooter
3. Lolo
4. Night Watch
5. Forward Sweep
6. Follow-Fashion
7. Chop Up
8. Poison
9. Extinguished
10. Rotary Connection
11. Check Out
12. There
13. Worries
14. Benko
15. The Unfadable
16. DAM(N)
17. Fatherless
18. Leave-Taking

Check out: Damon Albarn and Flea’s band, Rocket Juice and the Moon

admin — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 22:42:03 +0000

So for a while there were rumblings of Damon Albarn, Flea and drummer Tony Allen putting a band together. Well we finally have a name for that band: Rocket Juice and the Moon. We also have some recordings of that band in action.

Down below, you can check out some live recordings of Rocket Juice and the Moon that can be found at their YouTube channel (via Pitchfork).

“Poison”

“Red Skies”

“Here We Go”

Flea elaborates on the new album from Atoms For Peace

admin — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 13:39:38 +0000

While many people are still freaking out over Radiohead coming to New York City and becoming the hottest ticket of the year for two nights, the Thom Yorke side project, Atoms For Peace, is continuing to bubble up slowly.

Speaking to Rolling Stone, Red Hot Chili Peppers/Atoms For Peace bassist Flea said that the album came about after the group finished their brief tour. “We went into a studio for three days and just jammed – totally improvising,” Flea said. “Thom and Nigel [Godrich] have taken that stuff and done shit with it. I’ve heard little bits and pieces. I have no idea when it’s going to come out. Not real soon though.”

He won’t really talk about what the album sounds like, however, saying “I kinda feel like it’s not really my place to talk about that stuff. The mystery should be the mystery.”

But he does have a deep feeling that Atoms will tour again. “I hope that happens. I just have a warm place in my heart and my mind and my balls for the whole fucking concept.”

RiO!B episode – July 12, 2011

admin — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 22:12:05 +0000

Jack White goes hip-hop

Cork Jazz festival website

Radiohead plays The King of Limbs

Portishead tour dates

Arctic Monkeys tour dates

Bush releasing album in September

New video from the Strokes

Pearl Jam touring South America

Ramones re-issuing first four albums

Coheed and Cambria bassist arrested

Damon Albarn, Flea performing together at Ireland Jazz festival

admin — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 02:45:17 +0000

So waaaay back when, it was reported that Damon Albarn, Flea and drummer Tony Allen were getting together to work on music and release an album. But it’s been reported (via CoS) that the trio will perform together in Ireland at the Cork Jazz festival on October 28th. They’ll be joined by 28 other performers and will play music under the name of An Honest Jon’s Chop Up.

The festival itself takes place from October 28-31 in Cork, Ireland and it scattered throughout a series of venues. Tickets are available through the festival’s website.

Ronnie Wood Gets Flea, Slash and Eddie Vedder For New Album

admin — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 11:45:44 +0000

Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood is gearing up to release a new solo album called I Feel Like Playing on September 27th. Now while a solo album from Wood seems like a fun idea, it helps to know that Wood felt like playing music with some other big time rockers.

Wood brought on Slash, RHCP/Atoms For Peace bassist Flea and Eddie Vedder to collaborate with him on the album (via CoS). Not to mention Kris Kristofferson, ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons, the Faces’ Ian McLagan and Gorillaz soul singer Bobby Womack. The 12-tracks on this album seem like they’ll be a real treat to listen to.

You can actually stream one of the songs, “Thing About You,” over at Wood’s website. Be sure to check out the tracklisting down below.

I Feel Like Playing tracklisting
Why’d You Wanna Do A Thing
Sweetness
Lucky Man
I Gotta Go
Thing About You
How Am I Gonna Catch You
Spoonful
I Don’t Think So
100%
Fancy Pants
Tell Me Something
Forever

Watch: Thom Yorke debuts new song

admin — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 14:29:36 +0000

Last night, Thom Yorke’s new band Atoms For Peace kicked off their mini-tour in New York City and I was lucky enough to go to the show.

It was an amazing performance! The band (Yorke, Nigel Godrich, Flea, Mauro Refosco, Joey Waronker) played all of Yorke’s solo album, The Eraser, from beginning to end. Songs like “Harrowdown Hill”, “The Clock” and album closer “Cymbal Rush” all had a new life to them thanks to the funkiness (and blue hair) supplied by Flea, Waronker and Refosco.

Not to mention, you haven’t lived until you’ve seen Thom Yorke and Flea have a dance-off. It gets you pumped.

After playing all of The Eraser, Thom returned to the stage to grace us with a few solo performances before bringing the rest of the band back to close out the night.

One of the songs that Thom played solo was a brand spankin’ new tune that didn’t even have a name yet. Hopefully it ends up on a new solo album, a new Radiohead album or (fingers crossed) a Atoms For Peace album. Check out the new song and the setlist below and be sure to see Atoms For Peace if they come through your town. It’s an insane show.

Atoms For Peace setlist:
The Eraser
Analyze
The Clock
Black Swan
Skip Divided
Atoms For Peace
And It Rained All Night
Harrowdown Hill
Cymbal Rush

Encore:
New song (take control?)
The Daily Mail
Everything In Its Right Place
Paperbag Writer
Judge, Jury and Executioner
Hollow Earth
Pulled Apart By Horses

Thom Yorke announces U.S. tour

admin — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:34:16 +0000

Thom Yorke, you shifty little Englishman. With all the snow that’s coming down on the east coast today, you have managed to brighten my whole weekend.

Thom Yorke ??? (that’s the name of his solo band, btw) has announced a small U.S. tour this April. The band, which Thom has now said will be called Atoms For Peace, will play a few club dates before their massive show at Coachella in California. New York, Chicago and Oakland, CA get two shows for this nine-date outing which means I get two chances to see the band! You’ll be able to grab tickets right over here.

A quick history lesson for the uneducated. Thom Yorke and his bandmates producer Nigel Godrich, Flea, Mauro Refosco and Joey Waronker, first performed together in L.A. last summer. They performed songs from Thom’s solo album The Eraser as well as a few brand new songs. You can see videos of their performance right here.

Are you as excited for Atoms For Peace as much as I am?! You should be considering this could be the best show I see this year! Woo-hoo!

Atoms For Peace tour dates:
4/4 & 4/5 – Roseland Ballroom. New York, NY
4/8 – Citi Wang Theater. Boston, MA
4/10 & 4/11 – Aragon Ballroom. Chicago
4/14 & 4/15 – Fox Theatre. Oakland, CA
4/17 – Santa Barbara Bowl. Santa Barbara, CA
4/18 – Coachella Music Festival. Indio, CA

RiO!B episode – Jan. 7, 2010

admin — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 20:26:12 +0000

Flea starts own instrument line

Jack White releasing new Dead Weather songs

Billy Corgan starting his own record label

Ting Tings working with Rhianna

Mark Hoppus and Pete Wentz team up

Flea creates affordable line of bass guitars

admin — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 02:54:35 +0000

Leave it to Flea to come up with an amazing idea all in the name of educating the little childrens. NME reports that the Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist has launched his own line of affordable bass guitars after he saw the crap basses that were being used by kids he was teaching.

Flea teaches kids how to play instruments at his Silverlake Conservatory of Music and noticed that the instruments the kids were bringing in were a bit sub par.

“The necks were warped and were falling apart. They were like toys. I wanted to make something that kids could afford but were quality, play well and last a long time,” Flea said. Since the bassist has put his name on gear before, he thought it might be a good idea to start his own line.

As to how the actual guitars would look, Flea summed it by saying “I’ll make it bitching and it’ll be cool!’ I just want the kids to rock!”

If all teachers were as passionate (and as awesome) as Flea, I think this country would take leaps and bounds in the world of education. Teachers need to step up and follow Flea’s example…play bass in a funky band and give a shit about the kids you’re educating.