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Category: Jimi

  • Pitchfork 5-10-15-20

    Thanks to our friends at Nashville Mixtapes for bringing this to our attention. Jimi recently gave Pitchfork his 5-10-15-20 picks. Its a new feature at pitchfork, where they talk to artists about the music they loved at five-year interval points in their lives. Its interesting reading:

    Age 5

    Mud: “Tiger Feet”

    The first gig I went to was for this bubblegum 70s rock’n’roll band Mud. They were all wearing teddy boy suits. It was a bit silly, but I was five. It was back in the time when all the merchandise and badges were really huge– they were as big as me. I bought a Mud flag, a Mud scarf, and a big Mud badge and I was showing them off in the playground the next day. The teacher took it all off me. I was a little too excited.

    Age 25

    Radiohead: The Bends

    After listening to hip-hop and dance music for a long time I started to get excited by guitar music again around this time. The Bends is where Radiohead really started coming into their own, where Thom Yorke really found his voice as a lyricist and writer. They really impacted us as a band. They impacted everyone.

    To read the rest of Jimi’s picks, click here.

  • Doves condemn modern music culture

    Jimi talked to BBC Radio 1’s Newsbeat about getting old, being beaten to number one by Lady Gaga and the industry’s ‘unreasonable expectations’ for new bands.

    Doves’ Jimi Goodwin has condemned the speed at which the music industry promotes new music.

    Speaking to Newsbeat he said: “The thirst for new music is overlooking a lot of things and there’s not a lot of time for bands to nurture and develop. We didn’t get good for years or reach a place where we wanted to be.”

    He added: “We were very lucky that we were allowed to do that.”

    To read the entire BBC article, click here.

  • Pop Noir, Doves & Johnny Marr

    How cool is this this picture. The guys from Pop Noir, Jimi & Johnny Marr backstage at the LA Wiltern. As posted on Pop Noir’s twitter. Great band, check them out here. Sad they are not doing the rest of the tour.