Posted on June 19, 2009 by extremelisteningmode
Well, my friends, if it hasn’t gone and happened again; yes, Friday has rolled around once more. It’s a time for the working man to put down his tools, to wipe the sweat from his brow and to relax. Well, traditionally anyway, what it generally means in these modern times is productivity drops to the [...]
Filed under: Friday Fives, Regular Features | Tagged: alt.country, americana, country, country-rock, Live music, Pop, Ryan Adams, Son Volt, the long ryders, Uncle Tupelo, Whiskeytown, Wilco | 4 Comments »
Posted on April 6, 2009 by extremelisteningmode
Ryan Adams has in the past appeared to be a young man with a very short attention span, given his prolific release schedule over the last decade or so. But it seems that he has finally grown bored of an endless release cycle, even incorporating the many different genres he has recorded in. In fact, [...]
Filed under: General Stuff | Tagged: novels, poetry, Ryan Adams, Whiskeytown, writing | 5 Comments »
Posted on December 31, 2008 by extremelisteningmode
Well, that was the year that almost certainly was. If anything, it proved that we do indeed live in historic times, and one suspects that when historians look back on this year they’ll conclude that it was the year when, pretty much, everything got fucked. It wasn’t all bad, of course. Barack Obama’s incredible rise [...]
Filed under: General Stuff | Tagged: albums, Barack Obama, best of 2008, bon iver, Elbow, end of year reviews, Euro 2008, Father Todd Unctous, Hold Steady, Ida Maria, Lambchop, laura marling, portishead, Razorlight, rustbelt sun, Ryan Adams, Sigur Ros, Stay Positive, sugar daddies, The Gaslight Anthem, The Seldom Seen Kid, Ting Tings | Leave a Comment »
Posted on December 4, 2008 by extremelisteningmode
One of the founding tenets of ELM was that there is simply so much music about that it’s hard to know where to begin. That’s especially true when you are dealing with a prolific artist, and they don’t come much more productive than Ryan Adams. He’s been the golden boy of a modern dawn of [...]
Filed under: Back Catalogue Report | Tagged: Whiskeytown, Ryan Adams, Strangers Almanac, rock n roll, 29, heartbreaker, Back catalogue, Faithless Street, Pneumonia, Gold, Demolition, Love is Hell, Cold Roses, Jacksonville City, Easy Tiger, Cardinology | 2 Comments »
Posted on November 19, 2008 by extremelisteningmode
by E Streeter About a year ago I went to see Ryan Adams and the Cardinals with a friend and having seen about an hour and a quarter I was really none the wiser as to whether Ryan Adams is a rock musician trapped inside a wistful country boy’s shell, or not. I’m still not [...]
Filed under: gigs | Tagged: 29, concerts, heartbreaker, Live, Ryan Adams, ryan adams and the cardinals, ryan adams birmingham | 5 Comments »
Posted on August 25, 2008 by extremelisteningmode
Following on from Scant Regard’s article the other day, here’s the tried and tested mp3 player game. The rules are simple; take out your mighty organ, and simply put it random. then flick, 5 times, and tell us what came up. There are no points for having a Roy Harper to Little Feat to The [...]
Filed under: General Stuff | Tagged: creative, ipod, mp3, Richard Hawley, Ryan Adams, Silversun Pickups, Spiritualized, The Wedding Present | 19 Comments »
Posted on July 10, 2008 by extremelisteningmode
If ever you could argue a concept is universal, then surely ‘a bad day at the office’ has a strong case. We’ve all had them – late bus, pissing rain, boss on the warpath, deadline missed, no time for lunch, bollocking from MD, work late, miss train, home at 8pm freezing, pissed off and borderline [...]
Filed under: General Stuff | Tagged: David Bowie, guns n roses, mccartney, Metallica, Morrissey, R.E.M., Ryan Adams, the cure, U2, wings | 6 Comments »
Posted on April 21, 2008 by extremelisteningmode
I have a policy about support bands. I don’t see them. Yeah, yeah, I know. I could be missing the next big thing, I’m denying myself a glimpse into the formative years of potentially great artists, I’m not helping these bands develop to the next level. To which I generally respond with an unreserved and [...]
Filed under: Album Review, New Albums | Tagged: alt.country, Country music, Glasgow, God-Fearing Athiests, king Tuts, Long Ryders, Ryan Adams, Scotland, Son Volt, support bands, Wilco | 8 Comments »
Posted on April 13, 2008 by extremelisteningmode
There’s been a real rash of these ‘deluxe’ editions recently. The more cynical amongst us may wonder if this is due to the downturn in sales of new CD’s. After all, these lavish packages are aimed at people who already own the album and will be willing to shell out another £15 for a few [...]
Filed under: Classic Albums | Tagged: alt.country, Caitlin Carey, Country music, music, Re-issues, Ryan Adams, Strangers Almanac, Uncle Tupelo, Whiskeytown, Wilco | 2 Comments »
Posted on April 9, 2008 by extremelisteningmode
Was thinking about Kim Deal and Frank Black after the Breeders gig (see reviews) and was comparing their respective solo outputs. The Breeders have made four albums in 20 years. In all his guises, FB is well into double figures. In terms of who has the stronger cannon, I’d plump for Deal. It’s not that [...]
Filed under: General Stuff | Tagged: Breeders, Frank Black, Metallica, Pixies, Ryan Adams, Whiskeytown | 6 Comments »
