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Sometimes I get too drunk,
I feel so goddamned low
I have no place to go, no one to turn to
I think about your loving arms, where I’d like to be
But it’s selfish as can be, and I know it
And if I’m sorry for myself, I’m sorry for you too
‘Cause I’m the same as you, and I’m burning

So I sing for everyone who feels there’s no way out
So maybe if you all shout someone will hear you
Listen to them shout

I won’t say that I love you, ’cause that would be a lie
I can only say I try, and you know it
Love is something more or less than words can hope to say
It’s something day to day in the life we’re living
Lovers come and lovers go but friends are hard to find
Yes I can count all mine on one finger

So I sing for everyone who feels there’s no way out
So maybe if you all shout someone will hear you
Listen to them shout

The distance that’s between us, it just never seems to change
There’s a whole mountain range of misunderstanding

So I sing for everyone who feels there’s no way out
So maybe if you all shout someone will hear you
Listen to them shout

The band was formed in 2001 by Ethan Holtzman and his brother Zac after Ethan was inspired by a trip to Cambodia. As Ethan and Zac were searching for a vocalist to sing in Khmer, lead singer Chhom Nimol was discovered in a nightclub in the Little Phnom Penh area of Long Beach. She was already a well-known karaoke singer in Cambodia, but decided to move to the United States after visiting her sister, and thought it was a good chance to make more money to send to her family back home. Zac is a vocalist and guitarist, formerly with Dieselhed, while Ethan plays the Farfisa organ. Rounding out the band are bassist Senon Williams (who played in Radar Bros until January 2009), drummer Paul Smith, and David Ralicke on brass.

Their self-titled debut album was released in 2003. All lyrics on the earlier albums are sung in Khmer, while the third album introduces some songs in English. Many of the songs are covers of 1960s Cambodian rock tunes by such artists as Sinn Sisamouth, Pan Ron, and Ros Sereysothea, but some are originals, first written in English by the Holtzmans before being translated.

In 2005, the band toured Cambodia during the Bon Om Thook water festival, to critical acclaim. The documentary film Sleepwalking Through the Mekong documents the band’s touring in Phnom Penh and other major Cambodian cities. There, singer Chhom Nimol, whose family included renowned singers from the 1970s onward, reconnected with the Cambodian fanbase, many of whom remembered the heyday of Cambodian rock from that era. The trip was a transforming experience for the rest of the band as they performed with master musicians and recorded new songs along the way, providing the band with new material. The film also reveals aspects of modern Cambodia, as the band crosses a cultural chasm with the same spirit as Cambodia’s original rock pioneers.

Also in 2005, their second album, Escape from Dragon House, was released, containing more original songs. Escape from Dragon House was one of Amazon.com’s Top 100 Editor’s Picks of 2005. It was re-released on limited edition colored vinyl on August 26, 2008.
Dengue Fever at Beautiful Days Festival 2008. Photo: Brian Marks

In June 2008, Real World Records released Venus On Earth in all territories outside of the U.S. and Canada. Peter Gabriel, founder of their new label, said of the deal, “We have Dengue Fever coming out on Real World Records (outside of the USA) – it’s really cool stuff, with the small Cambodian singer and big American guys behind! They’re California based but have taken 60’s Cambodian pop as their main source of inspiration and it’s done with a lot of style. It’s spirited, impassioned stuff.” Venus On Earth was selected as one of the best world music records of 2008 by the iTunes Store.

Dengue Fever has entered into partnerships with a number of charitable organizations to support causes in Cambodia. They are involved with the wildlife and forest conservation organization Wildlife Alliance, and have donated recordings for charity records with the Sweet Relief Fund, a charity that aims to provide financial assistance to musicians dealing with illness, disability, or age-related issues. The group also compiled a collection of Cambodian rock music from the pre-Khmer Rouge era, entitled “Electric Cambodia”, in 2010. All proceeds from this album were dedicated to Cambodian Living Arts.

Dengue Fever were winners of the 8th annual Independent Music Awards for best World Fusion Album.
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Hugo Race Fatalists releases the first single, ‘Ghostwriter’, from the forthcoming Fatalists album We Never Had Control (July 5), a collaborative project between Australian singer songwriter producer Hugo Race (True Spirit, Dirtmusic, Bad Seeds) and the Italian instrumental band Sacri Cuori.

Recorded in Romagna Italy, ‘Ghostwriter’ will be released as a single on May 31st as a download package that includes a cover of the Beastie Boys classic ‘Sabotage’.

Hugo Race describes ‘Ghostwriter’ as “the life story of another individual in exile in a dead end town where folk who lose themselves go to fade away.”

Accompanying the single is a video that was filmed in Catania, Sicily and directed by Corrado Vasquez and Ivan Shok, two young Sicilian film makers, who worked alongside Hugo to come up with the video concept
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Can I just go ahead and declare that Jackson Taylor & The Sinners are officially the funnest band in country music right now? Do I have the unilateral authority to do that? Can we somehow get that certified through oath and affirmation? Because hot damn, if their latest album Crazy Again doesn’t leave you in a good mood, then you’re one hell of a red ass.

Jackson Taylor & The Sinners inhabit this strange niche in the music world; one that sometimes results in the band being overlooked when people are talking about the “best” in any given sphere of country. Their spirit and sound is more akin to the underground, with a punk attitude and sometimes provocative language. But logistically The Sinners are embedded more into the Texas / Red Dirt scene, despite being based now out of Wichita, KS. Over time their ability to cross mindsets, styles, and scenes has left them with no expectations to fulfill, a truly unique sound, and a wide swath of fans that resulted in Crazy Again being the first of their career to chart on Billboard.
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The Sea and Cake is an indie rock band with a jazz influence based in Chicago. The group formed in the mid-1990s from members of The Coctails (Archer Prewitt), Shrimp Boat (Sam Prekop and Eric Claridge), and Tortoise (John McEntire); the group’s name came from a willful reinterpretation (as the result of an accidental miscomprehension) of “The C in Cake”, a song by Gastr del Sol. Starting with 1997’s The Fawn, the group has relied on electronic sound sources, such as drum machines and synthesizers, to color its music, but has retained its distinctive post-jazz combo style. The band has shied away from releasing singles, preferring the album format. Contrary to his multi-instrumentalist role in Tortoise, John McEntire almost exclusively plays drums in The Sea and Cake
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Folk legend Paul Simon will celebrate the 25th anniversary of his classic album, ‘Graceland,’ this August. Various indie artists are paying tribute to the landmark release with a music video series covering songs from the record. The first one up is Givers and their rendition of ‘That Was Your Mother.’

Givers are joined by legendary saxophonist Dickie Landry, who has worked with Paul Simon himself, Bob Dylan, Talking Heads and more. Givers have a strong connection with ‘Graceland’ as they grew up listening to the Simon classic.

“Most of us grew up with that album in our household — it’s probably made its way into our subconscious, and it’s influenced the way we play as a band,” singer-guitarist Taylor Guarisco told Rolling Stone.

The Louisiana band and Landry give ‘That Was Your Mother’ a slower pace while staying true to the original. Their take on the song would perfectly fit any weekend afternoon BBQ.
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After breaking through with their DYI effort Ain’t Goin’ Back To Jail, JB and the Moonshine Band have released their follow-up album Beer For Breakfast through Average Joes Entertainment and it finds the four piece band (JB Patterson, Gabe Guevara, Hayden McMullen and Chris Flores) from East Texas ready to take on the world. The immediate thing to know about the album is that the production is much better, something JB attributes to actually “having a budget” to record the record.

Beer For Breakfast kicks off with the rollicking title track and Texas chart single (already Top 30 there) and while it definitely feels like a Texas-style honky tonker, the song still isn’t ‘too rock’ for mainstream audiences. It shows off the band’s tight sound, a sound that is further showcased on the fun “Dog,” a tune which compares the non-complaining love of man’s best friend with that of a nagging woman. It’s a theme that’s been explored before but still manages to sound fresh enough to suggest a potential radio single. Another strong rockin’ song that recalls Cross Canadian Ragweed is “Yes.” The song, which is the last of the twelve tracks on the album, showcases the quartet’s ability to bring the southern country rock and is without a doubt a song that will certainly be a highlight of their concerts.
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For Scott Matthew the definition of the title „Unlearned“ is to put something learned out of your mind. „you have to make an effort to forget your usual way of doing and considering something, so that you can learn a new way.“

He always loved to reinterpret the songs from his favorite singers, writers and composers and add them as encore to his setlists. This is still part of his concerts and the audience is looking forward every night to this “personal hitparade”.

The collection of his personal hits on the upcoming album like Harvest Moon (Neil Young), No Surprises (Radiohead), To Love Somebody (Bee Gees) or Love Will Tear Us Apart (Joy Division), reinterpret only with his mesmerizing, heart-melting and captivating voice and the Scott Matthew typical instrumentation of piano, strings, guitar and ukulele, all have been put through his process of unlearning. They all have been unlearned and they stand as new and undiscovered entities.

Scott Matthew says: „The challenge is to gently remove preconception of what you have learned these songs to originally be.“

The album will be available on Digipak CD, Vinyl (180g) and Digital Download.

“The first problem for all of us, men and women, is not to learn, but to unlearn.”
Gloria Steinem
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If I Can Dream

There must be lights burning brighter somewhere.
Got to be birds flying higher in a sky more blue.
If I can dream of a better land,
where all my brothers walk hand in hand.
Tell me why, oh why,
oh why can’t my dream come true?
Oh why?

There must be peace and understanding sometime.
Strong winds of promise that will blow away
all the doubt and fear.
If I can dream of a warmer sun,
where hope keeps shining on everyone.
Tell me why, oh why,
oh why won’t that sun appear?

We’re lost in a cloud
with too much rain.
We’re trapped in a world
that’s troubled with pain.
But as long as a man
has the strength to dream
he can redeem his soul
and fly…

Deep in my heart there’s a trembling question.
Still I am sure, that the answer’s
gonna come somehow.
Out there in the dark,
there’s a beckoning candle, yeah.

And while I can think, while I can talk.
While I can stand, while I can walk.
While I can dream.
Please let my dream come true…
Right now.

Performed by
Elvis Presley
Comeback Special, December 1968
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From the Inside is the 11th studio album by Alice Cooper, released in 1978. It is a concept album about Cooper’s stay in a New York sanitarium due to his alcoholism. Each of the characters in the songs were based on actual people Cooper met in the sanitarium. With this album, he saw the addition of three former members of the Elton John band: lyricist Bernie Taupin, guitarist Davey Johnstone and bassist Dee Murray.
The lead single from the album was “How You Gonna See Me Now”, an early example of a power ballad, which reached #12 in the US’ Hot 100 chart. A music video was also created for it.
The album is also notable for having been used to form the characters and storyline when Alice Cooper was featured in a comicbook, Marvel Premier #50.
The album’s cover image features the opening manner of doors leading into a hospital waiting room. The doors feature Cooper’s face.
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