Rob Sheffield
Paul McCartney announces 80-song 'The 7" Singles Box' vinyl box set (hear 2 rare mono recordings)
The box comes with a book of notes and chart info, restored international artwork, 15 tracks never before released on 7”, and more.
This week on Ch 66: talking Beatles with Rob Sheffield + musical guests Teenage Halloween
This month’s episode of our Vans Channel 66 livestream show is dedicated to The Beatles, and we’re bringing on music journalist, author, and Beatle expert Rob Sheffield for the occasion…
Morrissey cancels Iceland show because venue serves meat; Bell House hosting Smiths V-Day party w/ Doug Gillard, more
Morrissey was planning to play Reykjavik, Iceland at Harpa Concert Hall, but it is not to be because the venue’s concessions served meat. “I love Iceland and I have waited a long time to return, but I shall leave the Harpa Concert Hall to their cannibalistic flesh-eating bloodlust,” said Moz in a statement to True to You…
The Monkees movie 'Head' showing at The Bell House; post-screening discussion with Kurt Loder and others
The Monkees made their motion picture debut in the 1968 film, Head, which took the TV pop icons into seriously whacked-out psychedelic territory, courtesy screenwriter Jack Nicholson and director Bob Rafelson (Five Easy Pieces) and threw their teenybopper rep into the fire…
Hold Steady streaming new songs, Franz Nicolay keeping busy, playing in Against Me! (but not for their upcoming US tour)
Ex-Hold Steady troubadour Franz Nicolay is currently on the West Coast prepping for a short tour that kicks off from there next week, but that won’t (hopefully) stop him from joining in via Skype on this month’s Bushwick Book Club at Goodbye Blue Monday on Tuesday, April 6th (tonight)…
Hotel Cafe vs Chuck Ragan The Revival - 2008 tour dates, Jaymay, Thao Nguyen, & Stories in High Fidelity
(though not even close to metal)
Last month, indie rock blog Productshop NYC shuttered it’s doors (RIP) to make way for Stories In High Fidelity, a place “for bands, record stores, labels and writers to share their stories, tour diaries, memories and so much more”, a sort of “Huffington Post of music”, if you will…
