Happy Birthdays

 

Today, several artists are celebrating milestone birthdays. That's reason enough to revisit some of their songs. 

Let's start with Tina Weymouth, who turns 75 today. In 1981, she and her husband Chris Frantz took a break from Talking Heads and founded Tom Tom Club. With their unique combination of funk and spoken word, the band established themselves in the charts.

James Morrison, better known as Jim Bob, the other half of Carter USM, turns 65 today.  He gave as with punky guitars and a drum machine an incredible indie-pop sound. He returned this summer at full power with some great new songs.

Finally Jason Ringenberg turns 67 today. He brought us decades ago a cow-punk version of a Bob Dylan song.

Happy birthday to all of you!

New Song On Sunday

 

This week saw the release of two new albums by Jim Bob, the voice of Carter USM via Cherry Red. Automatic is a record with his current band, with whom he has been touring for the last few years. With Stick, on the other hand, he takes on a more punk style and celebrates once again how great Carter USM were and still could be today. 

Song By Me is a song many today's band would die for. A rolling bass and a clattering drum opens the song, Jim Bob speaks his words and later a punky guitar completes the song. Nothing more than a modern classic and more than the single of the week.

And as a bonus another guitar dominated song that could be which could also be by Half Man Half Biscuit.