2010FM March Mega Catch Up (One).

Right then and down to business! Loads of great new songs have come our way whilst we have been limited to how often we could update Beehive Candy, so this is an attempt to start catching up. To avoid missing any of the songs that have grabbed our ears, this will be a rapid run through that hopefully has something to appeal to your ears as well!

Friday Mileʼs new release, Good Luck Studio, reveals a truly accessible pop album built on ravishing guy-girl harmonies, contagious melodies, and a vocal chemistry that few artists today can deliver. Reminiscent of The Magic Numbers and Rilo Kiley, these playfully romantic alt-country tunes are seriously worth checking out if the above mentioned acts appeal to you. Seriously good music.

Listen:
'Lives Of Strangers'



Website & Buy: Friday Mile.
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From Portland, Oregon’s famously burgeoning indie music culture, Hello Morning isn’t hoping to mesh perfectly into the scene.

While the Northwest is overflowing with plenty of folk, experimental, electro-pop, and other brilliant (and sometimes accidental) oddities, Hello Morning has developed a big, fresh sound, complete with big drums, cascading guitars and anthemic choruses.

Their debut EP is something more akin to stadium rockers Muse, & Keane, and at times, maybe a little closer to the aesthetics of early U2 and The Editors. OK enough name dropping I love this EP and really hope this band can provide us with a full album in the not to distant future.

Listen:
'Come Home'



Website & Buy: Hello Morning.
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When bands get in touch with Beehive Candy direct I am afraid that more often than not they don't make it to getting featured.

I do feel sorry, but we have to like the material, otherwise we are not being true to our standards. That said I take my (virtual) hat off and applaud the often notable enthusiasm and desire that so many have.

I Am Three sent me a fairly minimal email and a copy of their album. I have copied this from their web site - I Am Three are a British band formed in 2008. Their live set up is made up of multi-instrumentalist Irving on double bass and vocals and Hughes on guitar, vocals, cider bottle and rollies. They have gigged in hundreds of locations throughout Europe from Manchester to Milan and are set to tour the fringe of Russia in 2010.

Dubbed the Northern version of Withnail and I, their music is often described as cult alt-folk rock-emo-rap-blues by those who wish to describe it. Their on stage persona ranges from side-splittingly funny to wistful as a mournful parting in the rain. They are actually a great listen and lets hope they can get noticed some more this year.

Listen:
'Heaven Help'



Website: I Am Three.
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Right then I am copying this from their promo because it actually seem pretty spot on.

With a sound so unique that it deserves its own genre name, Oslo’s Pirate Love takes Scandinavian indie rock to a whole new level. Black Vodoun Space Blues is not only the title of the band’s latest release, but is also the most fitting genre name for Pirate Love’s raw, mind-bending sound.

Signed to Kong Tiki Records, Pirate Love takes its cues not only from 60’s garage punk, rockabilly, and goth, but is also equal parts sex, drugs, and violence. Their signature sound is most reminiscent of Jesus and The Mary Chain, The Cramps, and The Horrors. Well the band are playing SXSW this year along with other US dates this month, and if high energy madness is your thing these guys do the business!

Listen (LOUD):
'Shake It'.

Website: MySpace.
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We will calm things down just a little now. Jersey-based band Like Trains & Taxis is gearing up to self-release their debut full-length album on April 6th, “Tales From A Revolving Door”. Following the D.I.Y. ethos of the New Brunswick, NJ music scene where they formed and developed, Like Trains & Taxis will be releasing the album on their own label, as they did their last two EPs.

Like Trains & Taxis combines a modern indie sensibility with traditional notions of songwriting, and a sound that evokes both the soul of Stevie Wonder and the off-beat nuanced approach of artists like Ben Folds or Fiona Apple.

With a voice that captivates, and piano arrangements that perfectly support the poetic nature of the music, Like Trains & Taxis possesses a level of originality, intelligence, and an ability to move the listener that is rare in today’s music – Metromix NJ recently praised the band, declaring “The EP sounds like what the world would still be listening to had Stevie Wonder not gone all adult contemporary on us a few years back or, to put it in other terms, like a much more soulful version of Spoon.” With so much music in the Beehive In Box at present, artists of this calibre always stand out from the crowd.

Listen:
'Their Eyes Were Watching God'



Website: Official, MySpace.
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Shameless copying and pasting from the promo for our final feature in this edition of Beehive Candy's 2010FM series. That's not a problem because this guy has both the pedigree and the music!

A former member of bands like The Ruby Suns (Sub Pop), The Brunettes and The Reduction Agents as well as a touring member of Okkervil River, Lawrence Arabia – the savant-like songwriting alter ego of James Milne -- is shedding his sideman status and stepping alone into the bright light of the U.S. music scene with Chant Darling. The album is his first full-length on Bella Union, the UK-based label credited with discovering hallmark influencers Fleet Foxes, Midlake, Beach House and Explosions in the Sky among others.

Already receiving four-star reviews from UK tastemakers like Mojo and Uncut, Chant Darling melds irreverent lyrics with West Coast melodies and lush harmonies, playing like a modern take on the work of classic popsmiths like Jonathan Richman, John Lennon and Brian Wilson. Hewn in large part from James’ gradual relocation to London and recorded over 18 months in a studio in Stockholm, three flats in London, a garden shed in Port Chalmers, a car club in Wellington and a studio in Auckland, Chant Darling signals the emergence of a weighty new voice straight from the new pop frontier of the southern hemisphere.

Lawrence will be touring the United States this spring, beginning at SXSW in late March.

Listen:
'Applepie Bed'



Website: Bella Union Records.

Fotheringay - Plumpton Festival 1970

Hopefully Beehive Candy will be back to normal from now on, following a series of broadband problems, and illness in recent weeks. One individual left a comment that we are shameless promoters and because of the existence of torrents and so forth we are hardly doing anything special here! Well we are happy to support new artists we like, and share old boots, regardless of the odd (very odd) persons snide remarks, perhaps they are a bit sad & lonely..

This is a must for fans of Sandy Denny or Fotheringay, and whilst the audio quality is only average, it is quite listenable and a wonderful piece of history from the short lived band.

Fotheringay was formed in 1970 by singer Sandy Denny upon her departure from Fairport Convention. The band drew its name from Fotheringhay Castle, where Mary, Queen of Scots, was imprisoned in England. The castle was also the inspiration for the song "Fotheringay", which Fairport Convention had included on their 1969 album, 'What We Did on Our Holidays', before Sandy Denny's departure from that group.

This then is Fotheringay performing at the Tenth National Jazz and Blues Festival, held at Plumpton Race Track, Streat, East Sussex, (England) sometime between the 6th-9th Aug 1970.

Source: Audience

Sound Quality: Average mp3@192kbps.

Genre: Folk, folk rock.

Set: Part Set

Set List:

01 - Eppy Moray
02 - The Sea
03 - Ballad Of Ned Kelly
04 - Two Weeks Last Summer
05 - The Way I Feel
06 - John The Gun

Line Up:

Sandy Denny - guitar, piano
Trevor Lucas - guitar
Jerry Donahue - guitar
Pat Donaldson - bass
Gerry Conway - drums

Links: Plumpton Festival History HERE. MySpace HERE.

Comments:

From Wikipedia: Two former members of Eclection, Trevor Lucas and Gerry Conway, and two former members of Poet and the One Man Band, Jerry Donahue and Pat Donaldson (bass), completed the line-up responsible for what was long assumed to be the quintet's only album. This folk-based set included several Sandy Denny originals, notably "Nothing More", "The Sea" and "The Pond and The Stream", as well as meticulous readings of Gordon Lightfoot's "The Way I Feel" and Bob Dylan's "Too Much of Nothing". During the year of its original release, the album failed to match commercial expectations, and pressures on Denny to undertake a solo career, she was voted Britain's number 1 singer (two years consecutively) in Melody Maker's readers poll increased.

Fotheringay disbanded in January 1971 during sessions for a projected second album. Some of its songs surfaced on Sandy Denny's 1971 debut album, The North Star Grassman and the Ravens. Lucas, Conway and Donahue resurfaced in Fairport Convention in 1972 to record the Rosie album (on which some Fotheringay material was also used). However, Conway played on three tracks only and began session work afterwards. Both Conway and Donaldson have worked with Richard Thompson, among many others. Lucas and Donahue stayed with Fairport (the Nine album came out in 1973) for another couple of years, with Denny rejoining in 1974. This line-up recorded two additional albums: Fairport Live Convention (re-titled A Movable Feast in the U.S.) and Rising for the Moon. Denny, along with Donahue and Lucas, left the band in December 1975. Conway eventually joined a reformed Fairport in 1997.

In 2007 the BBC announced that Donahue would be attempting to complete the abandoned project (which he accomplished using previously unheard takes from the original archived tapes). Permission had finally been granted and the work was completed by summer of the following year. The resulting album, titled Fotheringay 2, was released by Fledg'ling Records on 29 September 2008.

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Frankie Valli - Live in Atlantic City USA 1986

Due to technical problems we have not been able to up date Beehive Candy for a few days (normal service should resume later this week!). In the meantime...

This is Frankie Valli live in Atlantic City, New Jersey, at the Tropicana Casino, back on September 11th 1986.

Source: Soundboard

Sound Quality: Very good stereo mp3@192kbps.

Genre: Pop, Rock, Disco.

Set: Full Set

Set List:

01. Who Loves You
02. Dawn (Go Away)
03. Will You Love Me Tomorrow?
04. Opus 17 (Don’t You Worry ’bout Me)
05. I’ve Got You Under My Skin
06. Frankie Valli talks
07. Book Of Love
08. My Eyes Adored You
09. Grease
10. Remember Then
11. December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night)
12. Swearin’ To God
13. Horn section intro
14. Can’t Take My Eyes Off You
15. Sherry
16. Walk Like A Man
17. Big Girls Don’t Cry
18. Bye, Bye, Baby (Baby Goodbye)
19. Instrumental
20. Streetfighter
21. More band intros
22. Frankie Valli talks
23. They Don’t Make Love Like They Used To
24. Let’s Hang On

Comments:

For the record Frankie Valli scored twenty nine Top 40 hits with The Four Seasons, one Top 40 hit under The Four Seasons' alias 'The Wonder Who?', and nine Top 40 hits as a solo artist. As set lists go this includes some of the greats, and reminds us of the considerable repertoire he has to draw from.

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The Who - Selected Quadrophenia Demo's.

This is a selection of demo's that in part eventually led to The Who recording one of their most popular and enduring albums namely Quadrophenia.

Quadrophenia was recorded at Ramport, The Who’s own studio in Battersea, south London in May and June of 1973, and these demo's are predominately the very early stages of the process including Pete Townsend performing his work to the rest of the band.

The album, The Who's second 'rock opera' was released to coincide with The Who’s first UK and US tours for two years, it reached number 2 in both countries’ album charts.

It was immaculately packaged in a handsome black and white gatefold sleeve, complete with extensive liner notes outlining the story and a 22-page book of evocative black and white photographs illustrating the central character Jimmy’s personal odyssey.

Source: Soundboard.

Sound Quality: Very good stereo mp3@192kbps.

Genre: Rock.

Set: Selected early demo's.

Demo Tape List:

1. Unused Piano Theme (Demo)
2. The Real Me (Alternative Who Version)
3. The Real Me (Demo)
4. Four Faces (Who based on demo)
5. Love Reign O'er Me (Demo)
6. The Dirty Jobs (Demo)
7. The Punk And The Godfather (Demo)
8. I'm One (Demo)
9. I've Had Enough (Demo)
10. Bell Boy (Demo)
11. Cut My Hair (Demo)
12. Brr (Demo)
13. Drowned (Demo)

Band Line Up:

Roger Daltrey
John Entwistle
Keith Moon
Pete Townshend

Links: Official Site.

Comments:

From wikipedia (see whole article HERE). Its (Quadrophenia) story involves social, musical, and psychological happenings from an English teenage perspective, set in London and Brighton in 1964 and 1965.

The name is a variation on the popular usage of the medical diagnostic term schizophrenia as dissociative identity disorder to reflect the four distinct personalities of Jimmy, the opera's protagonist—each said to represent the personality of one member of The Who.

Pete Townshend noted in 2009 that, rather than Jimmy’s personalities representing a Who member, he chose the personalities of each member to illustrate each of Jimmy’s four personalities, or “personality extremes” or mood swings.

Reloaded - 29/May/2015 - download link in comments. 

Shawn Colvin - Live In Philadelphia USA 2001

This is Shawn Colvin performing live at The Mann Theatre, Philadelphia, PA, USA back on the 9th August 2001. Shawn was the Opening act for Lyle Lovett (who duets with her on one song).

Shawn learned to play guitar at the age of 10. Her first public concert was at age 15 at the University of Illinois campus. Shawn cites Joni Mitchell as a primary influence on her music, and her initial performances reflected that.

Shawn Colvin experienced breakthrough success with A Few Small Repairs in October 1996. The single "Sunny Came Home" reached the US Top Ten, and won Grammy Awards for Song and Record of the Year. She has released several subsequent albums which were nominated for Grammys, and she has also released a greatest hits album.

Source: Soundboard.

Sound Quality: Very good stereo mp3@192kbps.

Genre: Contemporary folk

Set: Full Set.

Set List:

01 Anywhere You Go
02 talk
03 Trouble
04 Shotgun Down The Avalanche
05 Somewhere Over The Rainbow/Doe-A-Deer (with her daughter, Callie)
06 Polaroids
07 talk
08 Wichita Skyline
09 A Matter Of Minutes
10 Whole New You
11 The Facts About Jimmy
12 Diamond In The Rough
13 The Only Living Boy In New York

Links: Official Site.

Comments:

From Wikipedia: Shawn Colvin began working in the music scene in earnest in the late 1970s, first in Austin, Texas and then nationally. She moved to New York City in 1980, where she became involved with the Fast Folk cooperative in Greenwich Village.

She met music partner John Leventhal during this time; Leventhal became Colvin's producer on several albums. Colvin often lends her talent to contemporaries in the music business; she can be heard singing the backing vocals on the Suzanne Vega hit, "Luka". Vega returned the favor, singing backup on Colvin's "Diamond In The Rough", from her debut album, Steady On. Early in their careers, Colvin and Mary Chapin Carpenter formed a friendship that led to their frequently guesting on one-another's recordings: Colvin lent her vocals to Carpenter's 1992 recordings "The Hard Way" and "Come On Come On", and Mary Chapin returned the favor on Colvin's "Climb On a Back That's Strong", from Colvin's Fat City album. She also contributed in the studio and onstage to several Bruce Hornsby songs.

Colvin spent a short time in 1987-1988 with the North Carolina-based experimental string band the Red Clay Ramblers.

In 1988, Colvin was asked to perform a "trio" concert with fellow folk singer/songwriters Cheryl Wheeler and Mary Chapin Carpenter. The three performed two consecutive nights to critical acclaim at the Birchmere in Alexandria, Virginia. During these performances, Colvin performed several songs which appeared on her first two albums. The performances were recorded at the soundboard, although never released officially.

Shawn Colvin also has connections with singer/songwriters Julie Miller and Buddy Miller. Shawn became involved musically with the Millers when all three were working in Austin in the late 1970s/early '80s. Shawn provided backing vocals on Julie's first three solo albums (now out of print) released in 1990, 1991 and 1993.

Shawn olvin's first several albums did not sell in substantial numbers. After several albums of original work, Colvin released Cover Girl, a collection of cover versions. During this period, she also toured as Richard Thompson's opening act and back-up singer. She also sang "I Don't Want to Live on The Moon" with Ernie on Sesame Street, Ernie sang when Colvin said "hi" to him.

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