Jim Shorkey

Las Palmas

shorkey — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 13:59:27 +0000

Already a phenomenon, it’s probably redundant to post this but here it is anyways.

(I came across this via Cartoon Brew)

Thin Lizzy – Hollywood

shorkey — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 15:27:52 +0000

I’ve been on a bit of a Thin Lizzy trip lately, so I was extremely happy to find this link via MOJO:

As the description explains, “In 1982, a 70-year-old English granny named May Booker wrote a letter to the BBC about her favorite band, and how nice it would be to play with them. Then this happened.”

Here be the song that sparked the recent Lizzy listening (although the version on my ipod is a live session from John Peel’s show).

Chris Ware – Lost Buildings

shorkey — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 15:15:58 +0000

This is a from a DVD Ware did for This American Life:

Jonny – album preview

shorkey — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 14:52:16 +0000

The new album from Jonny (Norman Blake and Euros Child’s new project) is currently being streamed at their site:

http://www.turnstilemusic.net/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Jonny+Album+Stream&utm_source=YMLP&utm_term=here

Here’s a video of their tune, Candyfloss:

Pete and the Pirates – Winter 1

shorkey — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 22:46:07 +0000

New song from Pete and the Pirates with an album to follow. It can also be seen wide screen at:

http://vimeo.com/18153281

The Parting Gifts – Bound to Let Me Down

shorkey — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 03:37:43 +0000

Reigning Sounds Greg Cartwright has a second job in the Parting Gifts:

Allo Darlin’ – My Heart is a Drummer

shorkey — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 03:27:10 +0000

Another new(ish) band that I`ve been liking.

The Capstan Shafts – She makes amazing look stupid

shorkey — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 03:21:26 +0000

A new band I`ve been going back to a lot:

Mike Badger and The Onset – Precious Love

shorkey — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 03:15:16 +0000

Just `cuz I`m listening to it right now…

Smiths – demos

shorkey — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 03:12:44 +0000

A Smiths vinyl bootleg called Unreleased Demos & Instrumentals available for download. It consists of some unreleased instrumentals and alternate version of existing tunes. All the tracks are worth checking out. It seems the lot of them have been posted to YouTube: