Bands from three continents came together Saturday night at The Bootleg Theatre. British rockers Tribes headlined and played some tunes from their soon-to-be-released album We Were Children . Lo-fi garage punkers Bleeding Knees Club had a few fans in front who wanted to mosh, but the rest of the crowd wasn't having it. Although locals Army/Navy haven't played in a couple of months, you sure couldn't tell. They started the evening off with smooth, yet catchy indie pop. Photos by Debi Del Grande Tribes [...]
By Trevor Meyer Los Angeles's own, Army Navy were the opening act during Saturday night's festivities at the Bootleg Theater. The guys got the crowd into it right away with simple rhythms, well-placed refrains, and hooky melodies. As they made their way through their set, I kept wondering if they were going to lose momentum, but they never did. Song after song, like "Ode to Janice Melt" and "The Long Goodbye" featured contagious melodies and ignited an epidemic of happiness about the room. With so many [...]
Power pop lives on in the skinny jeaned, parallel stripedshirt world of Army Navy. Lead singer Justin Kennedy writes about affairs ofthe heart and sings with the airy, well-scrubbed breeziness of Glenn Tillbrook.Their sophomore release, The Last Place , finds our hero at Relationship's End(what a perfect band name) with someone who might be a celebrity and might bemarried. Every sad-sack song is crafted for maximum sing-along-ability, blurringthe acidic effects of heartbreak like greasy burgers ease hangovers. If you like Squeeze, Teenage Fanclub, early REM and the dB's(especially the dB's on "I Think It's Gonna [...]
Every once in a while I meet someone who casually mentions that music videos are dead and I'm always shocked. Music videos have never been more alive and vibrant than they are now in the age of video democracy online. This post is a celebration of the creative spirit that fights every day to set great songs to even better visuals. You guys are my heroes. Watch the videos in a countdown stye playlist below or continue on to catch them embedded 1-by-1 with my woefully minimal commentary. [...]
Ryan Adams – Ashes & Fire Admiral Fallow – Boots Met My FaceDownload "Squealing Pigs" Alcoholic Faith Mission – And the Running with Insanity [EP]Download "Running with Insanity" Alessi's Ark – Time TravelDownload "Maybe I Know" Apex Manor – The...
Here comes the third installment in my countdown of my favorite 20 local albums of the year. Did you miss the first two? Here they are: Nos. 20-16 ; Nos. 15-11 . 10. Army Navy , "The Last Place" (Fever Zone) Jangle-pop doesn't get much better these days than the sophomore album cooked up by Justin Kennedy, Louie Schultz and Douglas Randall. With Kennedy waxing forlornly about a breakup, "The Last Place" stands [...]
Happy Wednesday ... ► M83 and Anthony Gonzalez soar into the Music Box behind their new album "Hurry Up, We're Dreaming." Active Child opens the sold-out show. ► The Bangles visit the House of Blues behind "Sweetheart of the Sun," their first album in eight years. ► Army Navy brings the bright guitar pop on its new album "The Last Place" to the Bootleg Theater, with Kiev supporting. ► Bay Area-bred, Iceland-based Low Roar , the newproject from Ryan Karazija of Audrye [...]
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New York City is pretty much already the definition of sensory overload, all by itself, on a random Tuesday, in the middle of nothing, when half of the city calls in sick. So when it's time for the annual cluster-you-know-what known as the CMJ Music Marathon ? If I were Johnny-Five , my circuits would have shorted. Lucky for you, I just eeked by in the "living to tell about it" category, so I here I am, living. And telling you about it! In no particular order, I present to you: my favorite finds from CMJ [...]
Official Website MySpace Facebook Twitter My 3rd CMJ Music Marathon was a blast. More so things I did around it which is stuff like attend tapings of The Daily Show and The Colbert Report (so awesome!) meeting tons of new people (you know who you are *winkyface*) and the very few bands I was excited to see. Not [...]
Wanna meet some new bands? Check out my interviews with seven bands I spoke to at CMJ last week for Cluster 1. Included are the bands Vanaprasta , The Static Jacks , Sleeper Agent , Army Navy , Caveman , The Pass and The Stone Foxes . They happily provide their perspective on what CMJ was like for them.
Los Angeles, CA-based indie-pop band Army Navy kicked off their Fall US co-headlining tour earlier this month. The band will be playing five CMJ shows, including our FREE show with PledgeMusic on Thursday at Rockwood Music Hall Recently the band released the music video for their song "Ode To Janice Melt." Directed by Jeremy Konner ("Drunk History") and starring Jason Ritter ("The Event"/"Parenthood"), the video is an unusual (yet humorous) look at a hidden relationship. Check it out...
Official Website MySpace Facebook Twitter As this post goes online, I am already sitting in a car (hopefully riding shotgun), 8 hours away from New York City. Oh the fun! me and my car buddies will have on our way there. My parting gift to you, AGDFA readers are my CMJ Music Marathon picks. All very diverse in their genres [...]
FILTER MAGAZINE-SPONSORED CO-HEADLINING TOUR WITH SANTAH KICKS OFF TONIGHT IN ST. LOUIS, MO MUSIC VIDEO FOR "ODE TO JANICE MELT" STARRING JASON RITTER (NBC's "THE EVENT"/"PARENTHOOD") NOW STREAMING ONLINE BAND TO PERFORM AT CMJ MUSIC MARATHON IN NEW YORK CITY FROM OCTOBER 18-21 SOPHOMORE ALBUM, THE LAST PLACE, NOW AVAILABLE IN STORES AND ONLINE VIA THE BAND'S OWN THE FEVER ZONE RECORDS Los Angeles, CA-based indie-pop band Army Navy is excited to kick off their Fall US co-headlining tour. Sponsored by FILTER Magazine, the tour will also feature Santah on all dates [...]
One of my favourite albums this year is definitely Army Navy 's "The Last Place", an album that deserve a lot more praise than it has received. So many great songs and perfect melodies. Highly recommended! This is the new video from the album, "Ode to Janice Melt". Hope you enjoy it as much as I do! The album is available from most good online music shops.
What's up everybody? Enjoying that time of seasonal change? Better yet, enjoying going back to school ? Hey, all of that's alright. Getting into the new routine is what makes change all the more interesting. Sure, one month ago you were lounging by the pool while surfing the web, but now you're listening to your teacher talk about electrons while surfing the web. Oh, how the times change. Here at Cluster 1, though, our routine is always changing in order to get you the freshest and dopest video content out there. And as your routines change, one thing will [...]
Army Navy, with Santah, The Comwboy Relics / Club Café / 10.12.2011 / 8:00 / $8 Words by Brendan Justin Kennedy used to play in Pinwheel with Ben Gibbard (of Death Cab For Cutie ), had Elvis Costello 's drummer play on his first album, and has a voice that sounds remarkably like Colin Meloy of The Decemberists (to my ears, at least). That's a lot of good company, but the thing is, I was hooked by the songs of Army [...]
by Bill Pearis Army Navy practice the kind of pristine janglepop you don't hear so much these days, the kind practiced by Tommy Keene, The Posies and Teenage Fanclub. But it's a welcome sound, especially when done right -- like it is on the L.A. band's second album, The Last Place , which came out this summer. You can listen one song via a streaming player and download another via a widget at the bottom [...]
talk to the hand cause the face is kinda busy lolocausting at the ARMY NAVY 's new ODE TO JANICE MELT video. and tomorrow we've v v v much looking forward in returning to the office and streaming more NPR. wotyougot
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Here is the Jermey Konner-directed, Jason Ritter-starring music video for Army Navy 's "Ode to Janice Melt" from the band's latest LP, The Last Place . The video tells the hilarious, yet heartbreaking story of a man who falls in love with – I'm not kidding – his hand. Frontman Justin Kennedy made a statement about writing and making the video for "Ode To Janice Melt" to NPR by stating, "It's a very absurd look at a hidden relationship; how you can get caught up in the excitement of a new lover [...]
Okay, I've been around the block about 700 times when it comes to music videos, but I haven't seen one that both made me giggle uncontrollably because it's so silly and consistently say to myself "what in the world!?" in a VERY long time. Bravo, Army Navy ! Bravo! From their sophomore album, The Last Place , we have the video for "Ode To Janice Melt". The video was directed by Jeremy Konner and stars Jason Ritter in a...um... interesting(?) hidden relationship. I guess when it comes down to it, you can't choose [...]
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