All I Want for Christmas (is an Afghan Whigs Reunion)
Congratulations to friends of SK Donewaiting.com and Each Note Secure on the release of A Very Ohio Christmas – a digital-only compilation album benefiting Gracehaven. Of special interest to SK readers are the tracks “All I Want for Christmas (is an Afghan Whigs Reunion)” by Bicentennial Bear and Colin Gawel & The Lonely Bones’ “Try a Little Faith” which features “My Curse” vocalist Marcy Mays. Ten bucks for 16 songs and the money goes to a great cause. Buy A Very Ohio Christmas at Bandcamp….
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Greg Dulli LA Review – Spinner.com
by Steve Baltin, Spinner.com Greg Dulli’s current solo tour, the first for the former lead singer of the Afghan Whigs, finds him covering all aspects of his more than 20-year run as an indie icon. On Tuesday, fans who packed L.A.’s sold-out Troubadour got to witness a sort of musical “This Is Your Life,” with collaborator’s from all of the major eras of Dulli’s career showing up. The cavalcade of guests began early when Dulli’s former Whigs mate John Curley came out for a stripped-down…
Beautiful Girls, Favorite Film Soundtracks
From The Onion AV Club Marc Hawthorne One of my favorite movies is Ted Demme’s Beautiful Girls, and I still enjoy listening to the soundtrack that Greg Dulli helped executive produce as much as I like watching Natalie Portman do her Lolita thing with Timothy Hutton. (Hey, at least I wasn’t salivating over her in The Professional.) It’s packed with some great oldies that I’d never listen to otherwise—Billy Paul’s “Me And Mrs. Jones,” The Spinners’ “Could It Be I’m Falling In Love,” Neil Diamond’s…
Greg Dulli Barcelona Setlist
Last night’s Greg Dulli show in Barcelona not only sold out; but he was joined on stage by Manuel Agnelli from Afterhours. Sounds like an amazing night. Here’s the setlist: St. Gregory God’s Children Blackbird and the Fox Bonnie Brae A Love Supreme (Manuel Agnelli/Piano) Please Stay (Manuel Agnelli/Piano) My Time (Has Come) (Manuel/Greg duet in English and Italian) Let Me Lie To You Forty Dollars Step Into The Light If I Were Going Summer’s Kiss Follow You Down The Stations Never Seen No Devil…
Afghan Whigs – Gentlemen Vinyl Re-Issue
via Press Release Hi-Speed Soul to reissue landmark 1990s album Gentlemen on vinyl The Afghan Whigs’ landmark album Gentlemen will be reissued on 180 gram vinyl by San Diego’s Hi-Speed Soul Records on January 25, 2011. The release will feature the complete studio album as well as a full color lyric sheet. Gentlemen has been considered by music critics and Afghan Whigs’ fans the world over as the band’s masterpiece featuring quintessential songs like “Debonair,” “Gentlemen” and “What Jail Is Like.” As The Afghan Whigs’…
New Twilight Singers, “Dynamite Steps” out 2/15/11
The Twilight Singers Return with Their First New Album in Five Years DYNAMITE STEPS Out February 15th, 2011 Worldwide On Sub Pop Records November 8, 2010 – SEATTLE, WA – Considering the success and critical mass Greg Dulli has enjoyed over the past two years with The Gutter Twins (with his long time friend Mark Lanegan), it’s almost hard to believe that there hasn’t been a new album from his band The Twilight Singers since the 2006 release of Powder Burns. Finally, that wait is…
50 Greatest Pop Songs Recorded in Cincinnati
From Cincinnati Magazine 24. “Miles Iz Ded” Afghan Whigs (Sub Pop, 1992) The Whigs weren’t being coy when they made the best song on their 1992 album Congregation a hidden extra track. The album was already done when singer Greg Dulli received indirect inspiration on the day Miles Davis passed. Dulli checked his answering machine; there were two messages. The first was from music-biz veteran David Katznelson, providing directions to a cookout. The second, also from Katznelson, was just seven words long: “Miles is dead….
The National’s Homage to “Miles Iz Ded”
The National‘s song “Slipping Husband” from their 2003 album Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers includes an homage to the lyrical refrain of the Afghan Whigs track “Miles iz Ded”. “Don’t Forget the Alcohol – Ooh Baby” chimes in at around the 2:50 mark. Thanks to Guy for sending this in.
Greg Dulli – NYC Review (MTV)
Greg Dulli Unplugs, Cuts Loose, Sexes Up New York Show by Kyle Anderson, MTV.com If you were to ask me who the greatest living songwriters were, I would have no hesitation naming the one I consider to be number one: Greg Dulli, former frontman and mastermind behind Afghan Whigs and current member of both the Gutter Twins (his collaboration with former Screaming Trees frontman Mark Lanegan) and the Twilight Singers (his New Orleans-centric solo project that features a rotating cast of collaborators). There’s a new…