Alain Johannes, Dave Grohl, Joshua Homme - “A Trick with No Sleeve” from the Sound City soundtrack Real to Reel
Best comment on this video at YouTube:
Josh Homme has aged considerably in this vid and is surprisingly good at magic.
Dave Grohl, Josh Homme, and Trent Reznor laying down the music for “Mantra” from the Sound City documentary
The Sound City Players featuring Rick Springfield perform “The Man That Never Was” on Jimmy Kimmel Live
Man, I love me some Rick Springfield.
As part of its First Listen series, NPR is streaming the new Real to Reel album from Dave Grohl and a collection of the artists featured in his Sound City documentary, affectionately known on their recent mini-tour as the Sound City Players. The album sees Grohl and members of Foo Fighters collaborating with such notable figures as Stevie Nicks, Rick Springfield, Rick Nielsen, Josh Homme, Trent Reznor, and Sir Paul McCartney.
So far I like what I’m hearing. Sure, Dave’s fingerprints are all over this, but what did you expect?! Stand-out tracks for me are “The Man That Never Was” with Rick Springfield, “You Can’t Fix This” featuring Stevie Nicks, “Mantra,” a collaboration between Homme, Reznor, and Grohl that unsurprisingly sounds exactly like you would imagine, and “From Can to Can’t,” which I previewed earlier here.
Real to Reel is set for a March 12 release, and you can pre-order the album at Amazon.com or on iTunes.
Update:
Add “A Trick With No Sleeve” and “If I Were Me” to the list.
Dave Grohl on directing Soundgarden’s “By Crooked Steps” video
Dave Grohl discusses all things Sound City on Late Show with David Letterman
And how awesome is the Late Show band?! They play the Foos’ “Everlong,” complete with horns, as Dave comes on stage, and in the outro, they break into King’s X’s “We Were Born to be Loved.”
Soundgarden - “By Crooked Steps” (Directed by Dave Grohl)
Sound City: Real to Reel - “From Can to Can’t”
Dave Grohl has released this sneak peek at the Real to Reel album from the Sound City Players. This track features Cheap Trick’s Rick Nielsen, Corey Taylor from Slipknot and Stone Sour, and Kyuss and Obsessed bassist Scott Reeder.
You can pre-order the album at Amazon.com or on iTunes.
Happy Birthday, Dave Grohl!
Photo © AP/Matt Sayles
Dave Grohl has announced the members of the Sound City Players that will perform at Park City Live on January 18 in conjunction with the Sound City documentary premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. The supergroup will consist of current Foo Fighters Taylor Hawkins, Chris Shiflett, Nate Mendel, and Pat Smear and Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic. Rounding out the roster are the following artists, most of whom will also appear on the movie’s soundtrack, due to hit shelves on March 12:
Also, I don’t know how I missed it, but there is a Sound City tumblog that has news, photos, the sneak peek videos I’ve been posting here, and more.
Hayseed Dixie - “Detroit Rock City” (Kiss My Grass: A Hillbilly Tribute to KISS, 2003)
Hayseed Dixie is always a good time no matter who they are covering. Here they put their bluegrass spin on a KISS classic.John Davis - “History” (Arigato, 2007)
Superdrag frontman pummels his way through this track from his self-released second solo album. Arigato! is a fun listen if you like Davis or Superdrag.Queen - “Bring Back That Leroy Brown” (Sheer Heart Attack, 1974)
Sheer Heart Attack will always be my favorite Queen album if for no other reason than it is so over-the-top in the way it bounces back and forth between heavy (almost metal) songs and quirky numbers like this one.Dream Theater - “Only a Matter of Time” (Live at Budokan, 2004)
Live recording of a Kevin Moore-penned track from Dream Theater’s debut album When Dream and Day Unite. I really like the original, but good grief, LaBrie’s vocals on this version are downright annoying.Queens of the Stone Age - “You Think I Ain’t Worth a Dollar, But I Feel Like a Millionaire” (Songs for the Deaf, 2002)
Is anyone else excited that Dave Grohl is drumming on the new album? I sure hope it’s as good as this one. Forget about Rated R; this is the only QOTSA album to own.
