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  Well Here We Are: The Music of UFO8

UFO8 are a trio of Humboldt-based boys – Chris Reynoso, Alec Perrone, and Dash Rowe – and The Island is their druggy and endearing debut. Much of its appeal lies in how well they weave alternative rock (“Backdoor”), 50′s Motown (“What a Life”), psychedelia (“Golden”), love songs (“She Really Gets Me”), and reggae roots rock (“Sing Out”) into something fresh and different than that of their peers in Humboldt.

Drum solos, philosophical lyrics, and jangly guitars are present throughout the album – and each member can show for it. Chris’s lyrics move the album from song to song, Alec’s drumming is soft at times and fierce when need be, and Dash appears on the mic at times with powerful vocal performances (and amazing bass during the finale of “Sing Out” to close the album).

Reynoso’s voice is soft, sweet, frustrated, and soulful that shapes every song to perfection – and complemented by guest singer Arianna Seal on “Love Song”.

It is a raw album that takes you to different places, however maintains it’s pop appeal – with so much sound coming from only three people.

Listen to their song “Sing Out”

Song of the day

September 5th, 2012

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Song of the day: Bodysnatchers - Radiohead

Alright, let me start by saying I hope you all had a great summer! Me too, thanks. With that said, it is time to start the new school year - so that means a NEW season of Music Central! I was lucky enough to take the 8:00-9:00 PM slot on Wednesdays again! So I hope you all tune in on radio.dominican.edu. I hope to have you guys listen! 

2Pac At Coachella?

Music Central Episode 10 (4/11/12):

GIRLS

On last night's show it featured my brother, Chris. We have heard Chris before from several UFO 8 sounds clips during transitions. That night, we were going to see one of our favorite bands called GIRLS. They are a San Francisco based band that achieved success with their first album titled Album (2009). We started off with Laura and Ghost Mouth, both, of course, off of said album. We discussed every song, the album's popularity, and the freshness of it all. The album opened doors for us - making us interested in morden rock. It's no wonder that the album is on my top 10 of greatest albums of all time. 

Lollapalooza 2012 Lineup: Black Sabbath, Chili Peppers, Jack White
Black Keys, Bassnectar, The Shins, and Florence and the Machine also tapped to play this year's fest

Axl Rose Will Not Attend Guns N' Roses' Rock and Roll Hall Induction Ceremony

Death Cab for Cutie Kick Off Orchestral Tour in Denver

Next, we played Oh So Protective One and Alright off of GIRLS's next release: Broken Dreams Club. The album was released in 2010, a year after their first release. The album only contained 6 new tracks, however, we loved it. GIRLS stepped into new boundaries, adding a horn section - and a full time band. In their previous release, the band consisted of just Christopher Owens and Chet JR White, and two drummers that would come in. Great album, we were excited upon it's release. We both love how GIRLS was experimenting with new sounds - and it worked!

New albums by Bassnectar and Monica
and there is a new Kanye West single called Mercy

Coming soon we got
Love is a Four Letter Word by Jason Mraz
California 37 by Train
April 17

Blunderbuss by Jack White
April 24

Outside Lands lineup will be announced on the 17th.
Go to Instagram and search for Outside_Lands

And finally, their lasted release - their second full length album: Father, Son, Holy Ghost. Chris and I were excited by this album and it passed our expectations. The music sounded crisp, refreshing, and mature. Owens really crafted something great and it makes Album seem so amateur. The album featured the single Vomit - an epic song with a taste of Pink Floyd towards the end. Die, another hardcore song, blew Morning Light out of the water. The GIRLS's pop sound is still here too (Honey Bunny and Magic). Also great alternative tunes (Alex and My Ma). Hellhole Ratrace's brother Forgiveness shows up on here - over 7 minutes long!  

New Real Estate shows announced!

In support of their new album Days

If you like Real Estate then you are in for a great surprise! New shows added - the band will tour with the Shins and will be at Coachella!

Here are the dates

04-09 Little Rock, AR - Rev Room *
04-10 Dallas, TX - Club Dada *
04-11 Austin, TX - The Mohawk *
04-13 - 04-15 Indio, CA - Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival
04-20 Seattle, WA - The Neptune
04-22 Indio, CA - Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival
04-23 Santa Cruz, CA - Catalyst Atrium
04-24 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall *
04-25 Reno, NV - Holland Project *
04-26 Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge *
04-27 Englewood, CO - Gothic Theatre *
04-28 Lawrence, KS - Bottleneck *
04-29 St. Louis, MO - Plush *
04-30 Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall *
05-01 New York, NY - Terminal 5 #
05-03 Philadelphia, PA - Tower Theater #
05-04 Boston, MA - Wang Theatre #
06-02 Barcelona, Spain - Primavera Sound Festival
06-04 Dublin, Ireland - Forbidden Fruit
06-26 Arendal, Norway - Hove Festival
06-27 London, England - Electric Ballroom
07-13-15 Louisville, KY - Forecastle Festival
07-15 Chicago, IL - Pitchfork Festival
08-02 Solana Beach, CA - Belly Up
08-03 Los Angeles, CA - Henry Fonda Theater
08-04 Big Sur, CA - Henry Miller Memorial Library (Woodsist Festival)

* with Twerps
# with The Shins

New Live White Stripes DVD 

Under New Zealand Lights captures the Stripes in the early 2000's

The White Stripes have stopped releasing music since 2007, however a great live album and DVD was given to fans just two years ago - now, a new live DVD is on the way. The film draws footage from their November 2000 performance in Auckland (the band's first international tour) and the October 2003 performance. 

Song of the Day: Alright

Girls at their best

Music Central Episode 9 (4/4/12):

The Beatles Again?

On tonight's episode the show started off with a Starfucker single titled "Julius". A swirling, psychedelic alternative jam. Next was an Al Green classic, "Let's Stay Together". 

 Katy Perry's 3D concert movie will hit theaters  this Fourth of July weekend, the Los Angeles Times reports. Katy Perry: Part of Me 3D, a film featuring documentary and live footage of the pop star, will debut on July 5th in a bid to match the success of Justin Bieber's highly profitable Never Say Never 3D concert film.

- Titanic in 3D was re-released today. The film was first released 15 years ago and at the time it was the highest grossing film of all time - and it kept that title for 12 years until James Cameron’s next film beat it with Avatar.

- New albums from Nicki Minaj, Rascal Flatts, Lights,

After the break, Will and I discussed James McCartney's possible formation of the new Beatles. James McCartney is Paul's son and what he wants to do is record with Sean Lennon, Dhani Harrison, and Zak Starkey. The group seem to be on board with the situation, however I have mixed feelings. Luckily, this won't add to their original discography - they will call themselves The Beatles: The Next Generation (maybe). What we decided was this will get a load of buzz. Rolling Stone Magazine will have these guys on their cover, and the news outlets will run this story for a long time if an album is going to be made. However, I don't think it will match The Beatles' classic material. The album will be about a 7.0 at best. 

The Next Episode by Dr. Dre was played. It's off 2001 (1999). After, a Wolfmother song titled Where Eagles Have Been played. Really exchanging different genres tonight.

Madonna and Lionel Richie are topping the charts right now, Richie earned his best chart placement since 1986.

Today is Muddy Water’s birthday, he would have been 99 today. The American blues singer was generally considered to be the father of modern Chicago Blues.

To celebrate his birthday listen to “Got My Mojo Working”, “Mannish Boy”, and “(I’m Your) Hoochie Coochie Man”

Or listen to the 2001 album The Anthology which covers his work from 1947 to 1972. It ranked #38 on Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums of all time.

We picked up The Beatles conversation picked up when we played samples of the sons' works. Our favorite was Sean's song. Overall, this new project is exciting - the end result won't be fantastic or revolutionary. Paul McCartney should produce this while George Marting should over look the project.  

On this day in Beatle history:

Mixing: You're Going To Lose That Girl

Friday, April 2, 1965 (47 years ago)

Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road

Producer: George Martin

Engineer: Norman Smith

While The Beatles were filming their second movie Help! at Twickenham Film Studios, You're Going To Lose That Girl received a new stereo mix.

This was the second stereo version of the song, following two pervious mixes on February 23rd, 1965. This version was unused, and the February 23rd on was released on the album.

Song of the Day: L & H

A funky Al Green remix.

The Division Bell Turns 18!

The final Pink Floyd album is remastered on iTunes!

The sessions for the album began in 1993 with David Gilmour and Richard Wright writing about themes of communication breakdowns and estrangement - reflecting the interactions of a band that lost one of its most important members eleven years ago. The sessions began as improvisations - ending with over 60 pieces. The band opens up with "Cluster One", an instrumental that tries to mimic the group's earlier instrumentals that made their group legendary. "What Do You Want from Me?" returns to the funky energies of Dark Side of the Moon while "Keep Talking" uses the trademark "space rock" sound that Pink Floyd is known for. Overall, the later Floyd albums (The Final Cut, A Momentary Lapse of Reason) are uneven - the music fall into pits of self-parody for fear of losing the rhythm that made the band successful; despite the album shooting to #1 in the US and the UK and gaining a gold and 3x platinum record. 

Check out the single "High Hopes"

Song of the Day: The Next Episode 

Flashback to 1999

Hell yeah, Dr. Dre. 

Tenacious D Comeback!

New album Rize of the Fenix coming in May.

Check out the first track off the album! Available for pre-order on iTunes!

Will Ferrell Announces "Anchorman" Sequel

Ron Burgundy appears on Conan

Will Ferrell announced the sequel to his wildly quoted cult classic Anchorman.

He came out in full costume (and flute!) as Ron Burgundy saying, "As of 0900 hours Mountain Time, Paramount Pictures and myself, Ronald Joseph Aaron Burgundy, have come to terms on a sequel to Anchorman. It is official, there will be a sequel to Anchorman."

No other info was announced but most likely his co-stars will be appearing: Christina Applegate, Paul Rudd and Steve Carell. 

Adam McKay, the original director, might be on board too.

I have mixed feelings about this. The movie was great on its own, I'd hate to have a crappy sequel be related to it (Hangover 2 ring a bell?). However the cast is great and let's hope that they'll be many cameo appearances with some of the new comedians of today - Zach Galifianakis? Ed Helms? Jonah Hill? Kristen Wiig? Bill Hader?

On the cover:

The Hunger Games star - Jennifer Lawrence

Jennifer Lawrence calls Rolling Stone: "Dude! I'm lost as fuck! I've been driving around for, like, 10 minutes. Where the hell is this place?" She was talking about the horseback riding place in Malibu for the photo shoot. 

The Hunger Games star is not too new to the big screen - she already had a Oscar nomination for Winter's Bone, she was apart of the X-Men, and was in Like Crazy. 

"I have to pee so bad." 

Lawrence, 21, has been known to have an interesting sense of humor. Her co-star Woody Harrelson tells Rolling Stone: "I was on my bus and on my bus I have a yoga swing. Jennifer comes on, and she goes, 'Hi, Woody, I'm J - is that a sex swing?' Her first sentence to me."

Josh Hutcherson tells Rolling Stone his first meeting with Lawrence. Apparently she went into a 45-minute rant about zombies and the apocalypse. 

"I'm the fastest pee-er ever," she says. "I'm famous for it".

The film has made millions in the box office - 300 million, last time I checked. And with this recent success I'd expect Lawrence to appear in lead roles along with the next two Hunger Games movies - Catching Fire and Mockingjay.

Song of the Day: Search and Destroy

Iggy Pop and The Stooges collide.

I just recently downloaded this album - I recommend it.

Music Central Episode 8 (3/28/12):

Album covers and live stuff!

The show began with a live version of Break on Through from the 1991 album "In Concert". The track comes from a 1970 show in the Detroit Cobo Arena. The mix I played last night was a combination of the studio version of Break On Through and this track. 

The second track was Strutter, it came from the 1975 Kiss live album "Alive!" Great track, amazing solo. A personal favorite Kiss track. The entire album is great.

New Aerosmith Album Due in Three Months, Band Confirms
'We will not let you down,' promises Steven Tyler

The band confirmed that their Global Warming tour will kick off on June 16th in Minneapolis; it's currently scheduled through August 8th, with Cheap Trick rocking the opening slot.

New Regina Spektor single Don’t Leave Me (Ne me quitte pas) of her new album coming on May 29th.

Album Covers:

Will and I looked through the albums I had on my computer and discussed the amazing jazz album covers like King of Blue and Giant Steps. Look at 60's album art - very psychedelic. The Sgt. Pepper album cover is my favorite, along with Dark Side of the Moon and Axis: Bold as Love.

We also played Somebody to Love - From the album Queen on Fire - Live at the Bowl.

New albums from Madonna, E-40, The All American Rejects, Katy Perry, and Lionel Richie.

The Hunger Games gain over 200 million in the box office.

It had the third best opening weekend box office sales of any movie, and biggest of any non-sequel, in North America.

Finally we got to live performances. Really highlighted Zeppelin's use of being very tight at their concerts. The band lets each other shine. We played Rock And Roll from How the 2003 album How the West Was Won. 

BONUS MATERIAL


I really wanted to play a track from Nirvana: MTV Unplugged in New York from 1994, but time ran out. It was an all acoustic live show, which is interesting because or Nirvana's famous grudge sound. The album featured the band playing material from all of their studio albums. However they left out their super hit "Smells Like Teen Spirit", which is great. They shouldn't feel obligated to do so.

The Thriller cover info.

On this day in Beatle history:

Filming: Help!

Monday, March 29, 1965 (47 years ago)

On this day The Beatles began their first week of filming their second feature length film at Twickenham Film Studios.

During the week The Beatles worked on the laboratory and railway station scenes. 

On this day in Beatle history:

Recording Good Morning Good Morning and Being For the Benefit of Mr. Kite!

March 28th, 1967 (45 years ago)

Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road

Producer: George Martin

Engineer: Geoff Emerick 

 The day consisted of John Lennon recording a second lead vocal for Good Morning Good Morning. Lennon had decided to include an array of animal sounds, which appears in the final mix. 


This particular session ended at 4:45 AM! Before it did, Mr. Kite received further overdubs.


For the first half of the song, Lennon played organ while Harrison, Starr, Neil Aspinall and Mal Evans played harmonicas, and George Martin played a Mellotron. 

Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!

Good Morning Good Morning

On this day in Beatle history:

Mixing "Dig It"

Friday, March 27 1970 (42 years ago)

Room four, EMI Studios, Abbey Road

Producer: Phil Spector

Phil Spector was the man behind the mixing of the Beatles final release "Let it Be". The song came from a January 1969 session that involved a lot of John Lennon improvising. However only 49 seconds was extracted for the final release. 

The song can be seen being played in the Let it Be film, however the full version runs for more than 12 minutes! Featuring Bill Preston on organ and George Martin on piano. 

Here is the version seen in the film.

Here is the final version

Song of the Day: The Gunner's Dream

Off the very underrated Final Cut album

Pink Floyd is know for its titanic release of The Dark Side of the Moon and its rock opera The Wall - from the mind of it's lead writer, Roger Waters. When the The Final Cut was released, it was viewed as the disappointing sequel to the The Wall, however there are some hidden gems here. The Gunner's Dream is a very slow song, however it really highlights Waters' voice - something often forgotten in Floyd songs in favor of special effects and guitar solos. The highlight has to be the saxophone solo, though. It has given me goosebumps for a long time (and still does). The solo seems to be crying, moaning, it has a voice. I recommend the album for hardcore fans - however you might like what you hear. 

Yellow Submarine Feature Film Restored For May Release on DVD and Blu-ray

Once upon a time…or maybe twice…there was an unearthly paradise called Pepperland…


And now the film has been restored in 4k digital resolution - all done by hand, frame by frame.
The 1968 animated classic has been digitally restored for DVD Blu-ray release coming May 28th and May 29th in North America. The film's song track will be reissued on the same date. 


Most likely they will be using the remasters from the 2009 rereleases. I believe this is a great idea - although the rerelease of the song track seems unnecessary. And you know what this means? Let it Be, A Hard Day's Night, and Magical Mystery Tour might be getting the same treatment! Also hopefully a collection of Beatle music videos and live concerts! 


Will buy this indeed. 

Read the full story here:
http://www.thebeatles.com/#/news/Yellow_Submarine_Feature_Film

21 Jump Street and The Hunger Games: Amazing!

21 Jump Street was really, really funny. Comedies are a hit and miss (mostly misses), but this movie passed all of my expectations. Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum shine as a perfect duo. The two undergo a mission to infiltrate a high school to find a new kind of drug that killed a student. The two were in high school together themselves, cops, and now friends. Each scene around the second act was a non-stop laugh fest. Literally. Everyone in the theater was laughing once the two entered the high school. I recommend it completely. 

The Hunger Games was great too - especially if you read the book. However, you don't need to read it to understand the movie, it does a good job explaining everything. The story takes place in North America in the future. Every year, a certain number of teenagers are chosen to participate in the Hunger Games in a fight to the death - in order to achieve greatness. Jennifer Lawrence is  great and steals the show, however Josh Hutcherson is finally picking up the pace after a slew of corny children's movies (watch The Kids Are All Right, he's great in that too.) I recommend it too, however expect tween fans there. 

Song of the day:

Light My Fire

This is from a 1968 concert. Look at Jim - hiding behind curtains, talking to fans.

NEW SHINS ALBUM IS OUT

Rolling Stone gives it 3 1/2 stars!

Check out the single

Arcade Fire featured in The Hunger Games Soundtrack

featuring The Decemberists, The Civil Wars, Kid Cudi and more!

New single titled "Abraham's Daughter" 

Rock Question of the Weekend:

Which of these is the greatest album cover?

Aladdin Sane - David Bowie

Sea Change - Beck

 Are You Experienced? - The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles

 The Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd

Elephant - The White Stripes











The Velvet Underground & Nico

Nevermind - Nirvana

Abbey Road - The Beatles