Pages tagged “mike watt”

• • Decrease
  • Reset
  • Increase
  resize
• print
• send

Watch Dave Grohl, Eddie Vedder, Pat Smear Join Mike Watt for 'Big Train'

Three major artists — Foo Fighters, Pearl Jam and Mike Watt — were in Seattle at the same time for a variety of reasons (Foo touring, Jam recording, Watt touring), and members of the latter two bands joined Watt for an impromptu performance of “Big Train.”...  read more

Mike Watt Announces New Album, Tour

Minutemen alum Mike Watt is gearing up for an extensive U.S. tour with The Missingmen in support of their forthcoming album, Hyphenated-Man. The new record, out March 1 on Watt’s own Clenchedwrench imprint, is his third self-described “opera,” following 1997’s Contemplating the Engine Room and 2004’s The Secondman’s Middle Stand....  read more

Watt, Cline, Honda and Bowne to Release Album as Floored by Four

Members of Snow Patrol, R.E.M. and Belle and Sebastian aren’t the only musicians forming supergroups these days. Pitchfork reports that Mike Watt (Minuteman and Stooges bassist) has teamed up with Nels Cline (guitarist for Wilco), keyboardist Yuka Honda (formerly of Cibo Matto) and drummer Dougie Bowne (Iggy Pop/Brian Eno/John Cale collaborator), to create Floored by Four....  read more

Record Store Doc Featuring Noam Chomsky and Thurston Moore Gets Record Store Day DVD Release

After four years and an extensive film festival run, I Need That Record! The Death (or Possible Survival) of the Independent Record Store will be released on DVD tomorrow at independent record stores around the country. Tomorrow, of course, is Record Store Day....  read more

"A Political Song for Michael Jackson to Sing" Video (Awesome of the Day)

Chicago cellist Alison Chesley has recorded with artists like Bob Mould, Disturbed, Anthrax and Broken Social Scene, so it’s no surprise that she’s tackled a Minutemen classic like “A Political Song For Michael Jackson to Sing” under her moniker Helen Money....  read more

"A Political Song for Michael Jackson to Sing" Video (Awesome of the Day)

Chicago cellist Alison Chesley has recorded with artists like Bob Mould, Disturbed, Anthrax and Broken Social Scene, so it’s no surprise that she’s tackled a Minutemen classic like “A Political Song For Michael Jackson to Sing” under her moniker Helen Money....  read more

Mike Watt, Lee Ranaldo, more set James Joyce to music

[Above: Lee Ronaldo and James Joyce]We keep our ears pretty low to the ground where literate music is concerned, so news of producer James Nichols' project using James Joyce's poetry sent our wee minds a-reeling. The author of Ulysses, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and Finnegan's Wake has inspired popular music for years—Jefferson Airplane, Lou Reed and Van Morrison are only three of the most famous Joyce-referencers—but rarely has he received such extensive treatment this side of the high art/low art seesaw. ...  read more