The Black Keys - In Time

We're going to spend all week spinning some modern stuff. I know it's not generally our bailiwick here at On The Flip-Side, but I specifically want to play music from some bands that are touring this Summer and have stuff fresh in the record bins. We'll start today with a nice mellow track from The Black Keys' new album, Turn Blue on Nonesuch Records. The song is the falsetto driven, In Time. My fave track off this solid album. You can buy the record anywhere and you can check them out on tour here. They've come a long way since I first saw them at The Ottobar in Baltimore cranking out some R.L. Burnside riffs they were calling their own.

Until next time, we'll see you On The Flip-Side!

Song of the Week: "Act Nice and Gentle", The Kinks

The flip-side is buzzing about this week but we wanted you to hear what we're digging right now anyways. Today's SoTW is the European flip-side of The Kinks' Waterloo Sunset. It's titled Act Nice and Gentle. The song is a funky little song originating from the awkward time when the always feeling under appreciated Dave Davies was preparing for a "solo album" (but with all the Kinks playing on it). The band cut a number of Dave's songs such as Lincoln County, Susannah's Still Alive and Love Me 'Till The Shines and a host of Ray and Dave co-written songs, in pursuit of the album. The album never happened and some of the songs were released as Dave Davies singles and some as Kinks songs. Most appearing on the knock-your-socks-off album, Something Else. So, I'll dispense with the verbiage this week and just let you get to it. Click here and enjoy the Dave and Ray Davies composition, Act Nice and Gentle.