“But
when she gets home,
She puts her headphones on,
She plays her favorite song,
And fades away..,
“Her Favorite Song” – Mayer Hawthorne (2013)
If Pharrell
Williams suddenly appeared in the final episode of ‘Breaking Bad’, it would
hardly be a surprise. The guy is popping up everywhere lately. Between Daft
Punk’s “Get Lucky” and Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines”, Pharrell is already
singing on two of the most successful records of the year. He composed and
sings on a few songs on the soundtrack of 'Despicable Me 2' and is also a guest
on ‘Where Does This Door Go’, the album due in the next couple of weeks by American Soul revivalist,
Mayer Hawthorne.
Although the
successful, self-titled debut by American Folk/Rock band, The Lumineers is now
more than a year old, there’s plenty of life in those “Ho Hey” guys yet.
Another song from the album, “Flowers In Your
Hair” has been just released as a single.
We also
check out the latest from Sheffield's Arctic Monkeys, Sydney’s (soon to be
touring) Josh Pyke and we trace the curious link from Darius Rucker’s new
recording of “Wagon Wheel”, all the way back to a throwaway from a 40 year-old
Bob Dylan studio session.
We
calibrated the JR Radar to ‘Groove’ this week and were immediately alerted to
‘Blackbird’, the latest from New Zealand’s innovative Dub masters, Fat Freddy’s
Drop. The constantly touring band will divert from their extensive European
Tour for a few dates in Australia (and in their homeland) between July and
September.
Stirring up
dust on the Comeback Trail this week, were a couple of heavyweights (that's
metaphoric and literal) in Stephen Stills and Elton John. Stills, who recently
released a career-spanning anthology is starting a whole new chapter with a
Blues trio called, The Rides. Elton, meanwhile, is set to release his 30th
studio album, with a back-to-basics approach. We have previews from both
albums for you in this edition.
Mayer
Hawthorne: “Her Favorite Song” (preview from the album ‘Where
Does This Door Go’)
The Rides: “Don’t Want Lies” (preview from the album, ‘Can’t
Get Enough’)
Arctic
Monkeys: ”Do I Wanna Know” (preview from the album, ‘AM’)
Josh Pyke: “Bug Eyed Beauty”/”The Beginning And The End Of
Everything”/”Feet Of Clay” (from the album, ‘The Beginning And The End Of
Everything’)
Fat Freddy’s
Drop: “Bones” (from the album, ‘Blackbird’)
Darius Rucker: “Wagon Wheel” (from the album, ‘True Believers’)
Elton John: “Home Again” (preview from the album, ‘The Diving
Board’)
Eric Bibb: “Mandela Is Free” (JR Tribute)
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