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April 15, 2005
Shorties
The Guardian profiles the musical Wainwright family.
Steven D. Levitt, author of Freakonomics, has a blog.
Music industry blog Coolfer gets namechecked in this article on misnaming MP3's for fun and profit.
Franz Ferdinand's Alex Kapranos describes his affection for Ivor Cutler's music in the Guardian.
Jay Farrar talks to Billboard about the new Son Volt record. "Since none of us knew exactly what to expect, the recording session was unconstrained and spontaneous. I think we found a creative flow."
Bloc Party's drummer says of Oasis, "I always thought they were really lazy and unambitious." (I had hoped Bloc party would be above these petty feuds, being the rare "buzz band" with more talent than PR)
The Guardian lists UK politicians' music preference.
Drive-By Trucker Patterson Hood talks to the Boulder Daily Camera. (registration required)"I think after Southern Rock Opera, none of us really wanted to do anything that would be considered a concept album. Yet I think, very much, that Decoration Day and The Dirty South are probably even more cohesive stories than Southern Rock Opera was."
The Charlotte Observer lists five great concept albums.
