Get Out Of That Mothership And Fight Like A Man!

NOW PLAYING ON PHAWKER RADIO: Led Zeppelin Mothership BY ED KING ROCK EXPERT The other day I was driving around with my oldest son when Led Zeppelin’s “Good Times, Bad Times” came on the radio. I cranked it up — and then cranked it up further as the solo approached. I tried to square my jaw like Bill Cowher’s and show the boy what it means to be alone, not to care what the neighbors say. Little did I know the song was probably programmed to play at that particular time on that particular Classic Rock station to celebrate the […]

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Early Word: How To Grow A Woman From The Ground

NOW PLAYING ON PHAWKER RADIO: How To Grow A Woman From The Ground ‘If David Lynch was an alt-country singer’ may not be the most original comparison in the post–Wilco world, where many a scarf-wrapped ragamuffin undergrad strums the sepia-toned magic-realism blues in the hopes of attracting the attentions of the fair maidens of academia. But when Tom Brosseau opens his mouth to sing, it becomes immediately clear the stakes are much higher than birdoggin at Starbucks, and that this man is playing for keeps. His music is very gentle — and kinda spooky, in a pretty way, and the […]

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BREAKING: Man Man Signs With Anti- Record Label

  Hailing from Philadelphia, Man Man are an astonishingly original quintet who have found the perfect berth for their gypsy-swamp-rock-carny-soul sound at the equally singular Anti- Records, home to other such illustrious iconoclasts as Tom Waits, Nick Cave and Neko Case. The band had the following to say about the signing: Honus (vocales/keys/etc): “Championship Rings!” Chang Wang (guitar/trumpet/etc): “Wow! Yes!” Sergei Sogay (bass/etc): “Warm Socks!” Cougar (guitar/etc): “Pizza Party!” Pow Pow (drums/etc): “Ladies Please!”

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WE KNOW IT’S ONLY ROCK N’ ROLL BUT WE LIKE IT

AIN’T NO FORTUNATE SON: John Fogerty, Tower Theater, Last Night 1. It is estimated that John Fogerty owns half of all the baby blue plaid cowboy shirts in the known world. That is a lot. 2. John Fogerty sings like an old bullfrog under a swampy moon waiting to be kissed. You can hear the fireflies. 3. John Fogerty plays guitar like lightning striking a train trestle on a mountain pass. Right before the thunder clap. 4. John Fogerty has written at least seven songs that reside on the very highest floors of the Tower of American Song. 5. The […]

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R.O.C.K. IN THE 215: Trolleyvox Gets Props In NY Times

THE TROLLEYVOX Folk-rock lives on in the Trolleyvox, an indie Philadelphia band with the chutzpah to release a double album: “Your Secret Safe/Luzerne” (Transit of Venus). “Luzerne” features the guitarist Andrew Chalfen and the singer Beth Filla, in quiet songs and fingerpicking guitar, while “Your Secret Safe” plugs in and adds a rhythm section. Making no secret of its respect for the Who and the Byrds, the full band puts brasher riffs behind clear-cut melodies and lyrics just circuitous enough to be worth untangling: “The anecdotal evidence/The deviance, the decadence/Mix up all the elements.” [via NEW YORK TIMES]

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NEWS CLUES: It’s Like Adderall For Your Eyeballs

NUCLEAR PLANT WORKER ARRESTED FOR BRINGING PIPE BOMB TO WORK PHOENIX (AP) — Security officials at the nation’s largest nuclear power plant detained a contract worker with a small explosive device in the back of his pickup truck Friday, authorities said. The worker was stopped and detained at the entrance of the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, said U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission spokesman Victor Dricks. Security officials then put the nuclear station on lockdown, prohibiting anyone from entering or leaving the facility. Authorities described the device as a small capped pipe that contained suspicious residue. Capt. Paul Chagolla with the […]

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