Category: KXT Music Blog

May 7, 2010 by

tumblr_l220k1Nv5L1qb97ja This track, from the Stills-Young band’s only album, has become a classic song of endearment, although Neil Young wrote it for his 1948 Buick Roadmaster hearse. The ensuing tour was famously canceled when Young called Stephen Stills before a show and said he was bored with it and was headed home. 

The Rolling Stones – Plundered My Soul

May 6, 2010 by

The Rolling Stones – Plundered My Soul The Rolling Stones – “Plundered My Soul” This previously unreleased track, from the upcoming remaster release of the classic Exile on Main Street, is yet another swaggering tune from the sweltering basement of Keith Richards’ summer house in France. In a very rock and roll move, the Stones… Read more »

David Byrne and Brian Eno – Strange Overtones

May 5, 2010 by

David Byrne and Brian Eno – Strange Overtones David Byrne and Brian Eno – “Strange Overtones” From their 2008 record Everything That Happens Will Happen Today, this collaboration finds legendary producer Eno and former Talking Heads frontman Byrne working to find the medium between electronic music and gospel. Reviving the partnership that produced 1981’s My… Read more »

April 29, 2010 by

The Police – “Driven to Tears” Though not a hit single in the league of “Every Breath You Take” or “Roxanne”, this classic from 1980’s Zenyatta Mondatta captures the quintessential early Police sound: Andy Summers’ punchy, clean guitar, Stewart Copeland’s reggae-influenced drums, and Sting’s (underrated) bass work and choirboy voice.