jason hirschhorn's @MusicREDEF: 04/07/2023 - Blondshell Serves a Killer Salad, Hellhounds on His Trail, How Trina Broke Bad, Wednesday, Karol G...

A lot of those songwriters in the '90s were like, 'Something's not necessarily wrong with me. Something's wrong with you. And go f*** yourself for treating me this way.' Open in browser Friday April 07, 2023 Sabrina Teitelbaum, aka Blondshell, on "The Tonight Show," April 4, 2023. (Todd Owyoung/NBC/Getty Images) quote of the day "A lot of those songwriters in the '90s were like, 'Something's not necessarily wrong with me. Something's wrong with you. And go f*** yourself for treating me this way.'" - Sabrina Teitelbaum, whose debut album as Blondshell is out today on Partisan Records rantnrave:// It's Friday And one of the most buzzed-about rock debuts of the year is here courtesy 25-year-old NY-to-LA transplant Sabrina Teitelbaum, aka BLONDSHELL, who grew up on her father's classic rock collection, discovered indie rock in middle school and experienced a modicum of online fame, pre-pandemic, as an electro-leaning pop singer. But she didn't find herself, she said, until she got sober and started gravitating toward "a bunch of songs that... that had women being enraged." "Look what you did / You'll make a killer of a Jewish girl," she sings on one of several pre-release singles from her self-titled album, out today. The Guardian's Laura Snapes hears "Pixies-style loud-quiet-loud blast, Nirvana's dank guitar tone, Liz Phair's feckless delight," and says Teitelbaum is on the leading edge of a "generation of therapised young songwriters." And less anyone should miss the '90s rock streaming through her veins, there's this non-album Cranberries cover... On the deceptively catchy WITH A HAMMER, Korean American singer/songwriter/producer YAEJI is processing anger, too, through "dance music for drifting home from the club on deserted pavements," NME's El Hunt writes, with the help of grunge guitars here, deadpan rap verses there and a "Peter and the Wolf-style woodwind that reoccurs throughout." Or, as Yaeji describes it, "I'm just exploring weird songwriting that is peripheral to dance music"... Daft Punk's THOMAS BANGALTER takes off his helmet and joins the ranks of dance producers going symphonic on MYTHOLOGIES, a 23-movement ballet score recorded with the Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine. "To write a chord or a melody and have the performers—human beings—play it and have this instant emotional quality to it, is really quite exhilarating," Bangalter tells the NY Times. "It's not the fight you have against machines"... After two acclaimed albums on his own Golden Child label, Canadian indie R&B standard-bearer DANIEL CAESAR takes his "soothing blend of woozy guitar and hypnotic harmonies" to major-label Republic for album number three, NEVER ENOUGH. "I was finding it hard," he tells Billboard, "to be a record exec and an artist at the same time"... Jazz harpist/composer BRANDEE YOUNGER revives a number of pieces, some of them previously unrecorded, by one of her heroes, pioneering jazz harpist Dorothy Ashby, on BRAND NEW DAY. Her collaborators include drummer/producer Makaya McCraven, singer Mumu Fresh and hip-hop producer (and longtime Ashby fan) Pete Rock... Also out this BANDCAMP Friday: new music from Rae Sremmurd, Ruston Kelly, Wednesday, Ellie Goulding, Jermaine Dupri & Curren$y (released Wednesday), Desire Marea, Susanna Hoffs, Jana Horn, Daughter, Heather Woods Broderick, Tim Hecker, Nathan Fake, μ-Ziq, Lights, Mudhoney, Facs, Jake Worthington, Ian Munsick, Robbie Fulks, Walter Smith, Michael Sarian & Matthew Putman, NF, Madlib x Mayhem Lauren x DJ Muggs, Niontay, Fly Anakin, La Marisoul & Los Texmaniacs, Calvin Johnson, Worriers, North Americans, Devon Gilfillian, Billie Marten, Ben Gregory, Overcoats, Hayden and Nico Paulo. Screen Time The Ringer's JASON ISBELL documentary, RUNNING WITH OUR EYES CLOSED, premieres today on HBO. It's centered on the making of his 2020 album, REUNIONS... Netflix has the LEWIS CAPALDI doc HOW I'M FEELING NOW, which chronicles the Scottish pop star's struggles with deep anxiety and his Tourette's syndrome diagnosis. Capaldi calls it "terrifying"... A GRAMMY SALUTE TO THE BEACH BOYS, taped in February with BRANDI CARLILE, WEEZER, ST. VINCENT and many more, airs Sunday night on CBS... The GREASE prequel series RISE OF THE PINK LADIES, with songs by JUSTIN TRANTER, has dropped on Paramount+. Etc Etc Etc Yes, the top story in today's mix, MICHAEL HALL's magazine-length attempt to piece together the life and work of ROBERT MCCORMICK, who spent much of *his* life trying to piece together the life and work of the mysterious blues pioneer ROBERT JOHNSON, is the same story that was at the top of the Wednesday's mix. It's an amazing, beautiful, surprising, troubling and complicated story, with a deep river of American music culture running through it. An astounding piece of music journalism... TONY SCHERMAN reviews McCormick's decades-in-the-making Johnson book, BIOGRAPHY OF A PHANTOM, which was released this week, eight years after his death, with significant and not uncontroversial revisions... Singer/songwriter MAGGIE ROGERS is going after bots and ticket fees in a decidedly old-fashioned, analog way. Tickets for her North American summer tour will be available for one day, today, at local box offices, with no online sales. Rogers herself will be in the booth at the MUSIC HALL OF WILLIAMSBURG, in Brooklyn, where tickets for her show at FOREST HILLS STADIUM will be available... The escalating (and extraordinary) price of a "Missing" STING sample... Responding to "concerns from some members of the music community," the RECORDING ACADEMY has added two weeks to the 11-month eligibility period it announced a month ago for next year's GRAMMYS. The Grammy eligibility year will now end Sept. 15... Ear worms. Rest in Peace Luscious Jackson multi-instrumentalist and singer VIVIAN TRIMBLE. She was also a member of Kostars and Dusty Trails. - Matty Karas, curator terraplane blues Texas Monthly Hellhounds on His Trail: Mack McCormick's Long, Tortured Quest to Find the Real Robert Johnson By Michael Hall For decades, McCormick labored over his biography of Johnson. Seven years after his death, the book is finally out-and so are the author's secrets. NPR Louder Than A Riot: It ain't trickin' if you got it -- Trina, Trick Daddy and Latto By Sidney Madden, Rodney Carmichael and Gabby Bulgarelli How did the "bad b****" replace the "ride or die chick" in hip-hop? In this episode of "Louder Than a Riot" we talk to the original baddest herself, Trina, about how her career flipped the script on dusty old stereotypes of Black women in rap, and left men down bad. Music Business Worldwide Could Robert Kyncl's 'multiplier' plan improve the way artists are paid from music streaming? By Daniel Tencer "If a subscriber comes to a DSP and starts the session with Lizzo, Lizzo should get multipliers on her views," Warner's CEO says. The Ringer Wednesday's Teenage Dirtbag Hymnals By Ian Cohen The Asheville, North Carolina, band has become one of the breakout indie bands of the young decade by sifting through the dirt and embracing its own version of a southern thing. GQ Karol G is blowing up Reggaeton's boys' club By Paula Mejía Inside the unstoppable rise of the Colombian superstar dominating charts around the globe. Musonomics The Billion Dollar Needle Drop By Larry Miller, John T. Kunz, Russ Crupnick... Deep into the streaming era, vinyl outsold CD sales last year for the first time since 1987 and grew for the 16th straight year. We unpack the state of vinyl. SPIN How Josh Scott Of JHS Pedals Became The Guitar Pedal World's Leading Historian By Josh Chesler A conversation with the pedal builder, historian and kingmaker about his unique role in the guitar effects industry. Los Angeles Times Want the real Afrobeats experience? For many Black Angelenos, that means a trip to Africa By Kenan Draughorne As the fusion genre Afrobeats continues to expand its footprint here in the U.S., a growing number of fans are journeying to its source: West Africa. Billboard With His Major Label Debut, Can Daniel Caesar Reinvigorate R&B? By Neena Rouhani The artist is making the major-label leap with his new album "Never Enough" - while doubling down on R&B innovation. VAN Magazine The Most Deserved Deaths in Opera, Ranked By Olivia Giovetti A scientific survey and ranking of the actual best deaths in opera based on the most deserved, the most satisfying, and the most defensible. me and the devil blues Consequence How Metallica's Metal Machine Keeps Raging By Katherine Turman Metallica's Lars Ulrich and Robert Trujillo discuss their new album, "72 Seasons," and how they stay atop the metal mountain. The Washington Post The joy and pain of a '90s boy band concert at a mall in 2023 By Emily Yahr The mall is a place where time stands still, where the whiff of floral fragrance mists at Bath & Body Works or the butter-soaked goodness at Auntie Anne's Pretzels can instantly take you back to a simpler time - perhaps as a teenager, when your biggest concern was whether to spend your allowance on butterfly hair clips from Claire's or a rhinestone tee from the Limited Too. InsideHook Is the Old-School Jukebox Poised for a Comeback? By Josh Sims Collectors are willing to throw down serious cash for a bespoke jukebox. Holler In Search of Bobbie Gentry By Alli Patton Her exit from the industry is one of music's biggest mysteries. Yet, while her precise whereabouts are unknown, her songs -- rich with a strong sense of place and telling of her innermost desires -- act as a roadmap to where she might be found and why she left to begin with. Rogue Amoeba The RIAA v. Steve Jobs By Paul Kafasis We never knew how close we came to being crushed. Billboard The Case For -- and Against -- Higher Streaming Subscription Prices By Glenn Peoples JPMorgan Chase analysts estimate a Spotify rate increase for U.S. individual plans would create incremental annual revenue of about $200 million. The Guardian 'We swap mystical ideas and tips on facial hair care': the caretakers of Andrew Weatherall's legacy By Joe Muggs On the day the late DJ and producer would have turned 60, his friends and family are ensuring that his club nights, festivals and sense of cosmic wonder all live on. Consequence De La Soul's Maseo on Losing Trugoy, Working with Gorillaz, and 'AOI 3' By Kyle Meredith and Maseo The MC dives into what it took to bring their legendary catalog to streaming and what the future holds. CBC News Aspiring singers accuse former pop star Danny Fernandes of duping them out of thousands By Angelina King Platinum-recording artist Danny Fernandes took more than $200,000 from aspiring musicians, a months-long investigation by CBC Toronto has found. They accuse him of breaking promises of helping their music careers and leaving behind a trail of broken dreams and unpaid debts. NPR Music Kassa Overall: Tiny Desk Concert By Suraya Mohamed and Kassa Overall The drummer, singer and producer gives a virtuosic display of musicianship, lyricism and artistic innovation at the Tiny Desk. BBC News The Beatles: How a schoolboy made the band's earliest known UK concert recording By Samira Ahmed A 15-year-old made the band's first known UK concert recording in his school theatre in 1963. what we're into Music of the day "Disillusioned" Daniel Caesar From "Never Enough," out today on Republic. Video of the day "Jason Isbell: Running With Our Eyes Closed" Sam Jones On HBO. Music | Media SUBSCRIBE Suggest a link "REDEF is dedicated to my mother, who nurtured and encouraged my interest in everything and slightly regrets the day she taught me to always ask 'why?'" Jason Hirschhorn CEO & Chief Curator HOME | ABOUT | SETS | PRESS Redef Group Inc. LA - NY - Everywhere Copyright ©2021 UNSUBSCRIBE or MANAGE MY SUBSCRIPTION