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Stream: Deerhunter’s new album Monomania

Mon, April 22 2013 3:20am - Source: Consequence of Sound

Deerhunter' s new album Monomania is streaming two weeks ahead of its official release date (May 7th via 4AD).

Quicksilver Messenger Service – Live at the Fillmore (2013)

Sat, April 06 2013 10:43am - Source: Something Else!

Time to make room for another live set by Quicksilver Messenger Service, an often-overlooked band which has always been defined by the 1969 concert document Happy Trails.

Deerhunter to release new album, Monomania, in May

Fri, March 22 2013 4:24pm - Source: Consequence of Sound

The lineup of Bradford Cox, Lockett James Pundt IV, Moses Archuleta, Frankie Broyles, and Josh Mckay (who replaced Josh Fauver on bass) recorded the 12-track effort at Rare Book Room Studio in Brooklyn with producer Nicolas Vernhes.

Eric Burdon interview

Sun, March 10 2013 8:29am - Source: Telegraph - London - UK [Music]

How is your health after last year's back surgery?

Arc & Stones - Self-Titled EP

Sat, February 02 2013 8:44am - Source: The Ripple Effect

Every generation thinks it has discovered something new and different.

Album Premiere: Eric Burdon Gets Personal on ''Til Your River Runs Dry'

Sat, January 26 2013 2:21pm - Source: Rolling Stone

It's been 50 years since Eric Burdon joined the Animals.

The Pretty Things, The Borderline, London

Mon, December 31 2012 1:30pm - Source: The Independent - Music

Their guitarist, Dick Taylor, was in the original Rolling Stones before quitting (d'oh!) to form The Pretty Things with May in 1964.

Melvins Lite, Trevor Dunn: Melvins Lite Discuss Why Muhammad Ali Would Be A Great President, 51 Shows, And Green Day

Thu, October 11 2012 10:46am - Source: Prefix Magazine

Melvins Lite Interview with Buzz Osborne, Dale Crover, and Trevor Dunn at The Dover Brick House on September 29, 2012.

Bo Diddley – Bo Diddley’s Beach Party

Wed, October 10 2012 1:25am - Source: Swan Fungus

This one was described to me as sounding at times, "like the MC5″ so of course I had to check it out. Because how often do you get to hear a Bo Diddley album that sounds like the MC5? The answer, of course, is never. Except on this album.

High and Tight: Rock & Roll Fantasy

Wed, August 15 2012 4:46pm - Source: Rolling Stone

It's pretty safe to say that just about every hardcore baseball fan under the age of 80 has played some form of fantasy baseball at some point in their life.

THE SCiSSORMEN Rock Diddley-Bows Hand Crafted By Nashville Artist MikeWindy

Tue, August 07 2012 4:33am - Source: DEEP BLUES

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BO DIDDLEY: THE BLACK GLADIATOR TAKES THE RING

Tue, June 26 2012 6:44am - Source: Soul Sides

Bo Diddley's "Crackin' Up" is a perfect song.

Library of Congress Additions Include Music by Donna Summer, Prince, Sugarhill Gang + More

Tue, May 29 2012 8:06pm - Source: ArtistDirect

The Library of Congress is adding a batch of new recordings, such as Donna Summer 's "I Feel Love ," The Sugarhill Gang 's "Rapper's Delight," Prince 's Purple Rain and the Grateful Dead 's May 8, 1977, performance at Cornell University.

Prince, Grateful Dead, Donna Summer Added to National Recording Registry

Wed, May 23 2012 1:05pm - Source: Rolling Stone

Classic recordings by Prince , Donna Summer, the Grateful Dead , Bo Diddley , Booker T. and the M.G.s, Love and the Sugarhill Gang will soon be added to the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress, the New York Times reports.

Graded on a Curve: Bo Diddley, Bo Diddley

Thu, April 12 2012 4:04pm - Source: The Vinyl District

For those more familiar with the sui generis rock 'n' roll architect's colorful legend then with the undying grandeur of his music, may I suggest starting at square one?

The Daily Choice: Bo Diddley - I Don’t Like You

Thu, March 22 2012 11:50pm - Source: Sound on the Sound

Light In The Attic Records no matter what you hide yourself as (Modern Classic Recordings, Cinewax, or Future Days) you wiley clydes you, are top three greatest curators of forgotten music in the last ten years.

Bo Diddley, Billy Boy Arnold & Jerome Green Blues

Wed, March 21 2012 8:31am - Source: Squeeze My Lemon

Bo Diddley, Billy Boy Arnold & Jerome Green Blues Bu:

Bo Diddley :: The Black Gladiator (Reissue)

Thu, January 01 1970 12:00am - Source: Aquarium Drunkard

"Who's the funkiest man in town? You are Bo Diddley."

Today In History: Bo Diddley Appears On Ed Sullivan - Nov. 20th 1955

Sun, November 20 2011 4:25pm - Source: DEEP BLUES

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Forgotten Favorites: “Bo Diddley” and “Who Do You Love”

Fri, November 18 2011 10:26pm - Source: WNEW

I ventured into the world of "playing in a band" awhile back.

LONNiE PiTCHFORD - Diddley Bow Tune # 2 - 1978

Thu, November 17 2011 4:58am - Source: DEEP BLUES

.44 Pistol (1) 1962 (1) 1992 (1) 357 String Band (1) AFRiCAN ROOTS OF THE BLUES (1) Afrissippi (1) Agnostic Mountain Gospel Choir (1) Alabama Shakes (1) Alan Lomax (3) Algia Mae Hinton (1) Alice Mae Burnside (1) Alison Mossheart (1) Alive Records (2) Allen Dines (1) Allmon Brothers (1) Amanar (1) American Folk Blues Festival (1) American Relay (2) Americana Women (1) Arthur Big Boy Crudup (1) Asie Payton (1) Bascom Lunsford (1) Bayport BBQ (1) BB King (1) Beatles (1) Belarus (1) Belton Sutherland (1) Ben Nichols (1) Ben Prestage (1) Bessie Jones (1) Big Joe Williams (1) Big Jow Williams (1) Big Shanty (1) Bill Abel (1) Bill Steber (1) birddogs (1) Bishop Dready Manning (1) Black and Tan Records (2) Black Cab Sessions (1) black diamond heavies (6) Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears (1) black keys (4) Black Mekon (1) Black River Bluesman (2) Blaine Schultz (1) Blind Blake (1) Blind Willie Johnson (1) blind willie mctell (1) Blood on the scratchplate 65 (1) Blue Houseparty (1) Blue Mountain (1) Blues Photography (1) Blues suede shoes (1) BluesBeaten Redshaw (1) Bo Diddley (1) Bob Bogdal (1) Bob Lefsetz (1) Bob Log III (3) Bob Meyer (1) bob seger (1) Bobby Blue Bland (1) Bombino (3) BooBoo Davis (1) Boom Chick (1) Boyd River (1) Boyd Rivers (1) Broke and Hungry (1) Broke and Hungry Records (10) Brother Claude Ely (1) Bruce Peninsula (1) Bud Spires (1) Bukka White (1) C.W. Ayon (3) Captain Beefheart (1) Cat-iron (1) Cathead (2) CBG (1) CCR (1) Cedell Davis (3) cedric burnside (6) Chad Nordhoff (1) Charles Barnett (1) Charles Bradley (1) Charley Patton (1) Charlie Feathers (1) Charlie Patton (2) Charlie Poole (1) Charlie Rich (1) Chicken Diamond (2) Chitlin Circuit (1) Chris cotton (4) Chris Johnson (5) Cigar Box Guitar (2) Cigar Box Nation (1) Cigarbox Guitar (1) Coal (1) Cody Burnside (1) Collard Greens and Gravy (1) Como Now (1) Cowboy Junkies (1) Cowpunx From Hell (1) Cracker Swamp (1) Crackerswamp Productions (1) Cry Baby (1) Cuban Heels (1) Cut In The Hill Gang (1)

Bo Diddley's son arrested for trespassing in father's park

Mon, October 17 2011 11:19pm - Source: Music-News.com

Elias McDaniel, the son of Bo Diddley, was arrested Thursday night in a Gainesville, FL plaza named after his father. 56-year old McDaniel was taking part in an demonstration at the Bo Diddley Community Plaza in Gainesville inspired by the Wall Street protests earlier this week.

Bo Diddley’s son arrested at Occupy Wall Street inspired protest in Florida

Fri, October 14 2011 8:16pm - Source: NME

The son of legendary bluesman Bo Diddley has been arrested at an Occupy Wall Street inspired protest in Gainesville, Florida.

Top 10 Covers Of “Who Do You Love?”

Sat, October 08 2011 4:22pm - Source: WNEW

It's not the first Bo Diddley tune to be built around the famous "Bo Diddley beat," but it's probably the most-covered.

Black Black Hills

Mon, July 25 2011 1:42pm - Source: ClashMusic.com

After starting life in 2008 (as the former), the Brighton based four-piece has progressed so far from its original starting point that a name change, and thus an element of freedom, has become a necessity.

Bo Diddley: Bo Diddley’s Beach Party

Fri, June 10 2011 3:15am - Source: Hyperbolium

The dense, primitive, and at times overmodulated sound of this 1963 live recording might be a negative if it didn't reinforce the guttural punch at the core of Bo Diddley's rock 'n' roll.

Here’s Something Else!: Kicking It Old School, Bo Diddley Edition

Tue, June 07 2011 3:00pm - Source: Pop Dose

It's hard, if you really listen, not to be startled when 1955′s "Bo Diddley" — all fast-driving beats and nervy aggression — gets going.

BMG North America to administer ARC Music catalogue

Wed, January 19 2011 11:02am - Source: Music Week

These catalogues include ARC Music, Six Palms Music and Third Story which represent works by acts such as Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Howlin' Wolf, Elmore James, John Lee Hooker, Jimmy Reed and Sonny Boy Williamson.

"We're Obviously Cursed": An Interview With Mugstar

Wed, November 17 2010 4:05pm - Source: The Quietus

When the Arch Drude himself, Julian Cope, describes your music as "driving motorik Litmus-style instrumentals which streamline all the best late Lemmy-period Hawkwind into a tougher and more speed-freaked out version of top flight La Dusseldorf," you know, as a band, that you're on the road to something very special.

BEAUTY ENGINEERED

Mon, November 08 2010 5:52am - Source: Said the Gramophone

So as I understand it, certain rhythms were actually invented in the 20th century.

Get To Know Bo Diddley’s Amplified Heat Wave, “I Can Tell”

Tue, September 21 2010 4:04am - Source: Doctor Mooney's 115th Dream

Diddley dispatches rumbling vocals, coupled with veiled heartache and the backing deploys trancelike riptide-ridden rhythms.

Bo Diddley Takes His Six-String to Go -- Picture Book

Fri, August 20 2010 2:37pm - Source: Spinner

Each week, in Picture Book, we present an iconic photo from rock 'n' roll's past or present, accompanied with insightful commentary.

The Morlocks: I’m A Man Mp3

Wed, July 28 2010 2:44pm - Source: Muruch

The following cover of Bo Diddley's "I'm A Man" is a brilliant churn of noisy garage rock and blistering harmonica blues by L.A. band The Morlocks.

Bo Diddley - I'm Bad

Mon, July 19 2010 10:13am - Source: Squeeze My Lemon

Bo Diddley (December 30, 1928 – June 2, 2008) was the stage name for Ellas Otha Bates, an American rock and roll vocalist, guitarist, songwriter, and inventor.

HANGIN' TEN ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER

Wed, June 09 2010 7:48am - Source: Music for Maniacs

It's barely even Bo Diddley - apparently he's only on four of the songs.

Bo Diddley News

Stream: Deerhunter’s new album Monomania

Quicksilver Messenger Service – Live at the Fillmore (2013)

Deerhunter to release new album, Monomania, in May

Eric Burdon interview

Arc & Stones - Self-Titled EP

Album Premiere: Eric Burdon Gets Personal on ''Til Your River Runs Dry'

The Pretty Things, The Borderline, London

Melvins Lite, Trevor Dunn: Melvins Lite Discuss Why Muhammad Ali Would Be A Great President, 51 Shows, And Green Day

Bo Diddley – Bo Diddley’s Beach Party

High and Tight: Rock & Roll Fantasy

THE SCiSSORMEN Rock Diddley-Bows Hand Crafted By Nashville Artist MikeWindy

BO DIDDLEY: THE BLACK GLADIATOR TAKES THE RING

Library of Congress Additions Include Music by Donna Summer, Prince, Sugarhill Gang + More

Prince, Grateful Dead, Donna Summer Added to National Recording Registry

Graded on a Curve: Bo Diddley, Bo Diddley

The Daily Choice: Bo Diddley - I Don’t Like You

Bo Diddley, Billy Boy Arnold & Jerome Green Blues

Bo Diddley :: The Black Gladiator (Reissue)

Today In History: Bo Diddley Appears On Ed Sullivan - Nov. 20th 1955

Forgotten Favorites: “Bo Diddley” and “Who Do You Love”

LONNiE PiTCHFORD - Diddley Bow Tune # 2 - 1978

Bo Diddley's son arrested for trespassing in father's park

Bo Diddley’s son arrested at Occupy Wall Street inspired protest in Florida

Top 10 Covers Of “Who Do You Love?”

Black Black Hills

Bo Diddley: Bo Diddley’s Beach Party

Here’s Something Else!: Kicking It Old School, Bo Diddley Edition

BMG North America to administer ARC Music catalogue

"We're Obviously Cursed": An Interview With Mugstar

BEAUTY ENGINEERED

Get To Know Bo Diddley’s Amplified Heat Wave, “I Can Tell”

Bo Diddley Takes His Six-String to Go -- Picture Book

The Morlocks: I’m A Man Mp3

Bo Diddley - I'm Bad

HANGIN' TEN ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER

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