Tagged: Jimi Hendrix
Gap Commemorates 70 Years of Jimi Hendrix
To kick off a year long celebration of the 70 years of the life and music of Jimi Hendrix, Gap has launched a line of limited edition t-shirts. Hendrix’s latest album of previously unreleased tracks, … read more »
The Andre 3000 Jimi Hendrix Biopic is Actually Happening
According to the Irish Film and Television Network, Andre Benjamin bka Andre 3000 is set to star in the Jimi Hendrix biopic, All is By My Side. There has long been a rumor that this … read more »
Outkast: Have You been to Stankonia?
Outkast’s new album is more than a record. It’s a trip, a journey, a transformation, an experience. Are you ready? Finally the sun came up. Outside the morning has a dewy cling that only the … read more »
In Honor of Hendrix, NME Named A Dozen New Guitar Gods
And they forgot the gentleman there in the center, the only not one wearing ridiculous headgear and/or his own band’s merchandise: Mr. Stone Gossard. Also, NME’s got a limited time only download of Fever Ray’s … read more »
The Forthcoming Jimi Hendrix Flood of 2010 Makes Us Wish We Printed Money Instead of Crappy Indie Rock Quips
Since his death on September 18th, 1970, Jimi Hendrix has released an astounding eight studio albums. Eight. That number kicks up to nine in March when Sony’s Legacy Recordings releases Valleys of Neptune, twelve unreleased/magically … read more »
Video: Fat Joe, “Hey Joe”
Okay not every old New York rapper needs to come back right now, and not every Fat Joey Criddack video needs to pay tribute to Pun. WE GET IT. Also, who’s paying for this sample???
Was Jimi Hendrix Murdered?
It’s time for the weekly rumor. The type that cannot be confirmed nor denied because all parties involved are long since deceased. The type of rumor that will have people talking for the next three minutes, maybe resulting in an IM to a friend with the link and that one emoticon that looks like you’re saying “hmmmm.” read more »
New York And San Francisco Battle Over The Rights To Woodstock
Woodstock Venture’s Michael Lang is trying to stop “any event in the world that plans to celebrate the ‘40th Anniversary of Woodstock’” as well as any art or phrase that contains the words “peace and music.” read more »
Sewn Together
The sound the Kirkwoods fostered was not embraced by the mainstream, the one exception being 1994’s Too High To Die, but it was borrowed from and built upon by some of the most influential bands of my generation including Nirvana, Soundgarden, The Flaming Lips, Dinosaur Jr., Nada Surf, the Replacements to name just a few. The band’s latest album, Sewn Together [Megaforce] is exactly that, a sewn together tapestry of all the influences and substances that morphed into the creature that is The Meat Puppets. read more »
Greatest Song At This Moment – The Jimi Hendrix Experience "Bold As Love"
Some artists are so monumentally great that they become as common as your garbage disposal. It isn’t until you’re apart for a passage of time that their innovation is appreciated. Somehow, somewhere, the situation presents itself and you’re left to realize, “Hey! I don’t have to scrape food into the garbage!” I experienced a similar moment during Watchmen where the not-so-inspired cue of “All Along The Watchtower”* reminded me with the immediacy of a lightning bolt — “Holy crap! I have Jimi Hendrix music at home!” read more »
