Blue October - The Feel Again (Stay)

 

Blue October is a alternative rock band from Houston, Texas. The band was formed in 1995 and currently consists of Justin Furstenfeld (lead vocals, guitar), Jeremy Furstenfeld (drums, percussion), Ryan Delahoussaye (violin/viola, mandolin, piano, backing vocals), Matt Noveskey (bass guitar, backing vocals), and Julian Mandrake (lead guitar).

The band was discovered by former Kid Rock manager Michael Rand performing at the Atchafalaya River Cafe. Rand proceeded to book over 350 dates on the group unsigned. Extensive publicity and artist development was regimented. This work eventually led to Michael bringing the band to Universal Music Group CEO Doug Morris under the direction of long time A&R rep Reen Nalli. They were later joined by former guitarist/vocalist C.B. Hudson and bassist Matt Noveskey.

Any Man in America is the sixth studio album and ninth album overall by Blue October. The album was recorded at Matchbox Studios in Austin, Texas between Summer of 2010 and March of 2011, and it was released on August 16, 2011. The album was produced by Tim Palmer, who has previously worked with artists such as David Bowie, Robert Plant, The Cure, U2 and Pearl Jam. The artwork on the album cover is a drawing of Justin Furstenfeld drawn by Tim Palmer's daughter Bluebell, who was three years old at the time.

Any Man In America is an album of thirteen songs describing the heartbreak, sadness and restoration as a new life begins again.

Todays tune "The Feel Again (Stay)" is the latest single from the latest album.



The band’s Any Man in America tour already begun in their home state of Texas on August 17th.

Any Man In America tour:

Sept. 8 Phoenix, AZ, The Foundry
Sept. 9 Las Vegas, NV, House of Blues
Sept. 10 Los Angeles, CA, House of Blues
Sept. 11 Anaheim, CA, House of Blues
Sept. 15 Reno, NV, Knitting Factory
Sept. 16 San Francisco, CA, Regency Ballroom
Sept. 17 Portland, OR, Roseland
Sept. 21 Spokane, WA, Knitting Factory
Sept. 22 Boise, ID, Knitting Factory
Sept. 23 Salt Lake City, UT, In The Venue

More info @
Official Blue October Web
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Mother Love Bone - Stardog Champion

Up in northern Sweden, where everything is quiet, cozy, absolutely no stress, no subways or people who will push them self forward, absolutely wonderful a summer evening like this, the only thing that destroys the peace is the those damned mosquitoes, you can not just have everything .

Dig around bit in the attic and discovered that I have a lot of albums left here, found among other things, an old classic with "Mother Love Bone" that we should take a closer look at tonight.

Mother Love Bone was an American rock band that formed in Seattle, Washington in 1988. The band was active from 1988 to 1990. Frontman Andrew Wood's personality and compositions helped to catapult the group to the top of the burgeoning late 1980s/early 1990s Seattle music scene. Wood died only days before the scheduled release of the band's debut album, Apple, thus ending the group's hopes of success. The album was finally released a few months later. Although Mother Love Bone is remembered by many as a very talented band in its own right, its legacy, for some, is overshadowed by Wood's death and the bands that its former members would later form, most notably Pearl Jam.

On April 14, 2010, the four surviving members of Mother Love Bone reunited for the first time (with friend/fellow Seattle musician Shawn Smith serving as frontman for the night) as part of a sold-out "Brad and Friends" evening at Seattle's Showbox. The songs featured were part of the band's core repertoire from their early days, including "Stardog Champion," "Holy Roller," "Gentle Groove" and a cover of the Argent song "Hold Your Head Up," a favorite encore from the band's early club days around Seattle.

In April 2011, Kevin Wood (Andrew Wood's brother) teamed up with hard rock band Lace Weeper to record Mother Love Bone's Crown Of Thorns as a tribute to Andy's 21 years passing. The single was released on Kevin's Wammybox Records.

Todays tune ”Stardog Champion" is from their debut album ”Apple” released back in July 19, 1990



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Eddie Vedder - Longing To Belong

Pearl Jam’s frontman Eddie Vedder have recorded and released his second solo studio album ”Ukulele Songs” backed only by ukulele, was not really what i was expecting from him. It was released on May 31, 2011.

The new album consists of songs Vedder wrote a decade ago but never released, it also contains a revised version of Pearl Jam's "Can’t Keep" and a handful of covers, it is an attractive coherent collection, Vedder's baritone fits nicely the stripped off instrumentation.

Today's tune "Longing to belong" have a genuine charm.



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