Amanda Fucking Palmer

 In breaking ukulele news:

On July 20th Amanda will be releasing an EP of Radiohead cover songs titled Amanda Palmer Performs The Popular Hits of Radiohead on Her Magical Ukulele. This EP is AFP’s first independent release since her departure from RoadRunner Records earlier this year and will be available digitally and on a limited edition vinyl.

Yes, Radiohead ukulele covers. Can it get any better? This instrument is really coming into it's own. He's the track listing:

1. fake plastic trees
2. high and dry
3. no surprises
4. idioteque
5. creep (hungover at soundcheck in berlin)
6. exit music (for a film)

AND
a special digital only bonus track:
7. creep (live in prague)

You can read more about Amanda Fucking Palmer and download her album on July 20th.

Rock out with your uke out

I went to a show last night with deepcomputerblue. I'll let him expound on the show, as it was more his bag, tho I definitely enjoyed it.

However, hanging out in the bar at the Troubadour we got to talking about ukulele music and he brought up this gal, Julia Nunes.



Thoroughly entertaining, I now want to see her show on Wednesday at the Echo.

That got me to thinking of my favorite ukulele ingenue, Zee Avi. I wanted to see if she has any shows in LA soon, as I missed the last couple times she was here. Sure enough, she's got the show with Jack Johnson at the Hollywood Bowl in October. It's pretty much sold out, and now I remember it going on sale in March. Such a long time between the on-sale and the show. But that's a whole other rant.

Back to Zee Avi. She, too, started out by posting YouTube videos. Now they're using her music in Oliver Peoples eyeglass campaigns with Shirley Manson and Elijah Wood.


les enfants s'ennuient le dimanche (the children are bored on sundays) from Oliver Peoples on Vimeo.