Prince played La Zona Rosa last night. Sounds like it was incredible.

Can’t even tell you how much I wish I could have been there.

I had a long call with people I work with, and I had ideas about finding my way to new listeners. Having this excellent second-act career, as a middle-aged artist, making singer-songwriter music that some Soul Coughing fans don’t like—and, pointedly, vice-versa—I want to get in front of the...

Great point. I know my dad, for one, loves discovering new artists, still buys new music, and even goes to shows once in a while. And he's 59.

My new album, THE FLIP IS ANOTHER HONEY, is out! Now! 

It’s on yer Amazon, yer iTunes, yer etc., and, of course, in your local record store.

Also, in my online store: http://www.merchdirect.com/mikedoughty

I really hope you listen, and I really REALLY hope you dig it.

ps, the GIF above is by Tex Jernigan, the greatest GIF-maker alive: http://www.texjernigan.com

Yeehaw, Mikey D!

Heya New York Magazine,

It’s weird that Nitsuh Abebe’s piece about Grizzly Bear’s finances didn’t mention publishing, aka songwriting royalties. For a band that sells 220,000, that’s good money—for the songwriter. You didn’t mention if they split it, or if the individual songwriters kept the...

Mike Doughty Explains It All For You... Again!

If you were wondering why more women didn’t vote for the pitchfork poll, it’s probably because even successful, respected female music critics are still treated like dumb girls who wandered into a record store on accident because they thought it was a Claire’s boutique.

Imagine if every unorthodox opinion about music you had, every time you tried to deviate from the party line, people attributed it not to your personal taste or even your trollish personality, but to sheer ignorance.

This is hardly limited to women, but it’s a lot more virulent when women write about this stuff. Ugh.

Mansplaining at its most musical!

In the wake of recent future-of-music discussions—Louis CK’s direct-ticketing move, which may indeed revolutionize touring for artists with that large of an audience, and the Emily White/All Songs Considered/David Lowery thing—I’ve been having arguments about record labels and money.

I was kind...

Sad But True: Mike Doughty Breaks It All Down For You.

Got A Girl Crush On: France Gall and the other Yé-Yé Girls.

It all started when Mrs. Draper performed her rendition of Gillian Hill’s Zou Bisou Bisou. Shortly after, Wes Anderson puts out yet another amazing soundtrack lodging François Hardy’s Le Temps De L’amour in everyone’s (including us here at GAGC) heads. 

If you, too, are a sucker for this Yé-Yé Girl Revival, you’ll most likely fall for the likes of France Gall, Jacqueline Taïeb, Sylvie Varten, Pussy Cat, Sheila, Les Intrigantes, Chantal Goya, Pussy Cat and (perhaps not a true yé-yé girl, but I’ll use any excuse I can to squeeze in) my all-time biggest girl crush, Anna.

Yeeeess ma'am! I've been yé-yé crazy this summer.

Between the massively influential BBC DJ’s vinyl vault and Alan Lomax’s archive, this is turning out to be an awesome year to hear music online. 

Wow!

1967 Battle of the Bands, Croton-on-Hudson.

There are some very sweet moves and styles going on here

A pretty awesome 11 minutes and 51 seconds of history.