Sharp Notes August 28 2002
COMP POST. Villa Rica headbangers Mad Margritt appear with the likes of Derek St. Holmes and Every Mother’s Nightmare on a new tribute album to AC/DC’s Bon Scott years, Bon Appetite!. The label, Perris Records, also will release Mad Margritt’s CD, coming in November. ... The Alpha Project Vol. 1, a new compilation made by the folks who put up the local hip-hop website Alphabeats.com, features tracks from Minamina Goodsong and MF Doom. ... Singer/songwriter Brett Schieber has two songs — one original and his cover of INXS’ “Never Tear Us Apart” — on the new two-CD compilation Bangs. The disc, which features independent artists doing originals and ’80s covers, is a benefit for the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network. Schieber reports, “John Taylor [under the name Nagel Baby] appears on this CD with a solo song, too ... John Taylor is the best bass player ever for my favorite group of all time: Duran Duran.”
LONG LIST. The nominations for the second annual Shortlist Prize for Artistic Achievement in Music are in, and a quartet of locals — Cee-Lo, Drive-By Truckers, Injected and Joi — have made the initial cut. The Shortlist Prize, which recognizes worthy but under-exposed records, is determined by a group of celebrity “listmakers” (including Iggy Pop, Mos Def, Alanis Morissette and U2’s Larry Mullen) who nominate their favorites, then whittle down the picks to 10 (the “Shortlist”), then determine a single prize winner in late October. India.Arie, the sole local among the 22 listmakers, picked Cee-Lo. And who knew? Apparently Metallica’s Lars Ulrich really likes Injected. Last year’s inaugural prize, founded by none other than your CL music editor’s brother, went to Sigur Ros.
BRIT-BOUND BLUES. Those Brits sure love their blues, and while Beck and Clapton are fine, they know there’s nothing like those authentic bluesmen of American South. But to show them that we also have plenty of our own pasty white guys who know their way around the blues, Motor City Josh & the Big Three and Bill Sheffield are both planning trips to the U.K. this fall. Meanwhile, Liz Melendez has figured out a way to reach audiences across the pond without ever leaving town. After appearing on a recent episode of “Guest House Live”, a live webcast site based in Duluth, she said, “New fans [from] the U.K. to my hometown of Albuquerque said the performance came off great from the Web.” As the old calypso song goes, “(blues)man smart ... (blues)woman smarter.”
LONG LIST. The nominations for the second annual Shortlist Prize for Artistic Achievement in Music are in, and a quartet of locals — Cee-Lo, Drive-By Truckers, Injected and Joi — have made the initial cut. The Shortlist Prize, which recognizes worthy but under-exposed records, is determined by a group of celebrity “listmakers” (including Iggy Pop, Mos Def, Alanis Morissette and U2’s Larry Mullen) who nominate their favorites, then whittle down the picks to 10 (the “Shortlist”), then determine a single prize winner in late October. India.Arie, the sole local among the 22 listmakers, picked Cee-Lo. And who knew? Apparently Metallica’s Lars Ulrich really likes Injected. Last year’s inaugural prize, founded by none other than your CL music editor’s brother, went to Sigur Ros.
BRIT-BOUND BLUES. Those Brits sure love their blues, and while Beck and Clapton are fine, they know there’s nothing like those authentic bluesmen of American South. But to show them that we also have plenty of our own pasty white guys who know their way around the blues, Motor City Josh & the Big Three and Bill Sheffield are both planning trips to the U.K. this fall. Meanwhile, Liz Melendez has figured out a way to reach audiences across the pond without ever leaving town. After appearing on a recent episode of “Guest House Live”, a live webcast site based in Duluth, she said, “New fans [from] the U.K. to my hometown of Albuquerque said the performance came off great from the Web.” As the old calypso song goes, “(blues)man smart ... (blues)woman smarter.”