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Thursday, July 17, 2008
Sexton scores Timberlake film
Charlie and Justin have apparently hit it off. Charlie Sexton has been tapped to write and produce the music score for “The Open Road,” which stars Justin Timberlake, Jeff Bridges, Mary Steenburgen, Lyle Lovett and others. Directed by Michael Meredith, the son of Dallas Cowboy great Dandy Don, the film was shoot in Timberlake’s hometown of Memphis and is currently being edited.
Sexton and Timberlake recently produced an album by singer-songwriter Matt Morris at the Tarrytown studio of Spoon’s Jim Eno.
Here’s some wackiness in the studio during the Morris sessions::
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Greatest TV theme songs
Maybe it’s because the music signaled the start of another segment of the most riveting TV drama of all time. Perhaps it’s because the song’s ominous rumble, deep deadpan delivery and menacing harp blasts so succinctly set the stage for Tony and his crew. It was recorded two years before the first episode aired, but it’s hard to imagine “The Sopranos” with another theme than “Woke Up This Morning” by Alabama 3. Here’s a list of the top 10 TV theme songs.
Tell us: What TV theme song should be on the list?
1. “The Sopranos”
2. “Hawaii Five-O”
3. “Sanford and Son”
4. “Andy Griffith Show”
5. “Peter Gunn”
6. “Mission Impossible”
7. “Mary Tyler Moore Show”
8. “Beverly Hillbillies”
9. “Dukes of Hazzard”
10. “Twin Peaks”
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The Magnetic Fields play the Paramount Theatre Oct. 14
The Magnetic Fields are slated to play the Paramount Theatre Oct. 14.
Full of fuzz where there once stood the cleanest guitars and keyboards, the band’s most recent album, “Distortion,” is one of the all-time great Jesus and Mary Chain records never made.
Tickets go on sale July 23 through www.gettix.net. No word yet on price.
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Weekend Picks: Cumbia krunk, electro bounce and a mid-summer throwdown
Friday: The Marked Men at Emo’s. This Denton garage punk outfit is going on a hiatus for a bit, so they’re playing this killer bill of like-minded souls: The Birthday Suits, Wax Museums and Hex Dispensers. 10 p.m. $10. — Joe Gross
Friday: DJ Melee finals at the Mohawk. After three rounds of turntable battles, three winners have emerged. DJs Starsign, BigFace and Giant Hornets from Japan will square off at the Mohawk with both the Austin DJ Melee championship title and the promise of a trip to Brooklyn to compete nationally on the line. $5. —-Deborah Sengupta Stith
Friday: Master Blaster SoundSystem at Club DeVille. Corpus Christi-based Dusty Oliveira aka DJ Dus mashes up hip-hop, reggae and cumbia in a fresh blend he dubs cumbia krunk. —-D.S.S.
Saturday: Freshly Dipped Tour with Hieroglyphics at Emo’s. No, Del the Funkee Homosapien will not be in the house, but other stalwarts of the Oakland underground, Pep Love, Casual Blue Scholars and the excellent Souls of Mischief will all be in the mix. $13 —-D.S.S.
Saturday: Todd Rundgren at Antone’s.His new album, due later this year, is called ‘Arena.’ All the songs have really manly sounding, one-word titles: ‘Mad,’ ‘Gun’ and ‘Mountaintop’ are merely three of the alleged 13 cuts on the album. Expect arena rock, maybe? 8 p.m. $20. — J.G.
Saturday: Everyone Knows Everyone Party at Club DeVille and the Mohawk. It’s a mid-summer throwdown featuring twelve bands and seven DJs on three stages at two clubs. LAX headlines at the Mohawk with Moth! Fight! takes the lead spot at DeVille. $10. —-D.S.S.
Saturday: Heatwave Car Show Concert at the Travis County Expo Center. Last summer’s YouTube phenomena Soulja Boy (who skipped his last scheduled Austin date) headlines a Dirty South bill that includes Houston’s Paul Wall, Dallas’ Lil Wil and Nawlins’ Lil’ Boosie. $20 concert only, $40 car show and VIP concert access. —-D.S.S.
Saturday: DJ Ice Mike at the Whisky Bar. Ice Mike was one of the founder of New Orleans bounce music, which is known for its simple, chanted vocals and limited electro beat palette that was remixed and repurposed into infinity by canny DJs. Atlanta crunk artists owe a shocking amount to Nawlins bounce, but there ain’t nothing like the real thing, baby. With Houston’s DJ Chill and Austin DJs Mr. Cree and Richard Henry. 10 p.m. $5. — J.G.
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Singer Boland injures vocal chord
Jason Boland and The Stragglers are off the road indefinitely, as Boland recovers from a ruptured vocal chord he suffered last week. According to the band’s Web site, Boland visited a specialist in Nashville, who ordered him to postpone shows until the doctor clears him.
The tour is expected to resume in August. The band’s new album, “Comal County Blue” is scheduled for Aug. 26 release.
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UPDATE: Eno NOT touring with Byrne, Austin Music Source now weeping openly
Well, that celebration was short lived.
Billboard is now saying that Brian Eno will NOT be joining David Byrne on Byrne’s tour.
“Byrne’s publicist confirms Eno is not involved in the outing,” said Billboard.
This actually jibes with what C3 said months ago.
Nonetheless, Music Source is kind of bummed. Music Source would pretty much turn into Chris Farley interviewing Paul McCartney if Music Source met Eno.
“Remember when you were in Roxy Music and produced ‘No New York’ and invented Oblique Strategies? That was AWESOME!”
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Review: James Hunter at Antone’s
Making the last stop in a US tour that has included (oddly) quite a few gigs as opening act for Willie Nelson, English soul man James Hunter filled the house at Antone’s Wednesday night for a set of good-time grooves with hardly a trace of the 21st century — or even the last decade or three of the 20th — in evidence.
Leading a band notable for its dual saxophones (one tenor and one baritone, the seeming redundancy was worth every penny he pays them), Hunter’s command of his retro soul turf made one wonder why he’s not sharing stages with new stars like Sharon Jones or even (assuming she’s still in action) Amy Winehouse. Though the singer and guitarist’s energy level on Wednesday might not have been quite matched to the larger venues such a tour would involve, it was enough (barring a so-so cover of “The Very Thought of You”) to keep the Antone’s crowd attentive, enjoying his Sam Cooke-influenced croon on “You Can’t Win” and the laid-back ska of “Carina” — the latter tune being one of surprisingly few showcased from Hunter’s new disc, “The Hard Way.”
Of those unfamiliar numbers, “Don’t Do Me No Favors” was the strongest, a rollicking R&B diss more convincing than those currently on offer by Hunter’s blue-eyed predecessor, Van Morrison.
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Live Chat With Statesman pop critic Joe Gross at 2 p.m. TODAY
Check out our weekly live chat about music (Austin music, Texas music and otherwise) at 2p.m. today (July 17).
Kickoff topics include the Lil Wayne show, new albums from the Hold Steady, Nas, Endless Boogie and more and upcoming shows we’re looking forward to (Marked Men! Maneja Beto! Bands whose names don’t necessarily start with M!) and how Gross might turn into a gibbering idiot if he meets Brian Eno at ACL.
And again, these topics are mere jumping off points.
Chats take place from then on in every Thursday at 2 p.m.
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Brian Eno to join David Byrne at Austin City Limits Music Festival
Billboard reports that visionary writer, singer, rocker, public intellectual and pop music producer Brian Eno will be joining David Byrne on a tour entitled “The Songs of Talking Heads’ David Byrne and Roxy Music founder Brian Eno.”
Three dates have been confirmed: Sept. 20 in Atlanta, Sept. 26 at the Austin City Limits festival and Oct. 4 in Santa Barbara, Calif.
Look for songs from the Talking Heads albums Eno produced “More Songs About Buildings and Food,” “Fear of Music” and the Afrobeat + computers + New Wave classic “Remain in Light.” Byrne and Eno are also working on a new studio album, their first “My Life in the Bush of Ghosts” in 1981.
