Official Website | Myspace | Facebook | Twitter Behold greatness! Schedule Leafing through the printed program, these stood out and will most likely be the shows you shall see me at: Wednesday, September 21st 08:00 PM : Aim Low @ Il Motore 09:45 PM : Arcade Fire @ Metropolis ( sold out! and needs the hookup for tix! ) 10:30 PM : [...]
White Birds - Bee Hive Philly band White Birds hit me up last week with a download of their upcoming limited cassette to promote their fall tour... (Visit my blog for more!)
Pop Montreal won't be a month away. Already the buzz and excitement this year's lineup is stellar. One being Arcade Fire doing two shows which one is a free show at Other acts playing are Tune-Yards, Japandroids, Asobi Seksu, Yuck, Chromeo and many many more. So it got me thinking, how and what can I make my Pop Montreal more memorable? This will be "hopefully" my third year attending this. I would like to do some fun challenges while at the festival. Also if anyone reading this from Montreal, is there anyone who [...]
Asobi Seksu have announced a North American fall tour starting in September, playing select dates with BORIS and White Birds. The duo also hit Pop Montreal and the Fun Fun Fun Fest along the way. Download " Perfectly Crystal " from their fourth album, Fluorescence , released earlier this year. There's also a Beach Fossils/Spirit Animals remix here , or a Xiu Xiu remix here . We sat down with the band, who told us about everything from politics to their adoring/crazed fans. And they've also been holding down the [...]
LINKIN PARK, THE SOUNDS, GIRL TALK, DIPLO ADDED TO 2011 DELUNA FEST with WEEZER, JANE'S ADDICTION, THE SHINS, CUT COPY, CAKE, BIG BOI & MORE TICKETS ON SALE NOW DeLuna Fest and Five Flags Tourism Group are excited to announce multi-platinum Grammy winners Linkin Park, on their only Fall show date, as headliners at this year's festival and the band also announced their inclusion via an online video- see it here. Swedish sensations The Sounds, mash-up master/dance party starter Girl Talk and world renowned DJ Diplo are also confirmed to perform the [...]
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Official Website | Myspace | Facebook | Twitter Now that Osheaga's over and done with, time to turn our attention to the finest indie music festival our fine city has to offer and that would be Pop Montreal. Already a decade old, this year's shenanigans will go down September 21st to the 25th. To celebrate it's 10th year, Pop [...]
Passion Pit, Public Enemy, The Damned, Slayer, Lykke Li and more are headlining the Fun Fun Fun Fest in Austin November 4-6. The eclectic fest also includes Henry Rollins , Diplo, Odd Future, Blonde Redhead, Del , Asobi Seksu, Big Freedia, Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears and dozens more, all taking one of four stages. As part of the Danzig Legacy Tour, Glenn Danzig will be performing Misfits songs with original guitarist Doyle Wolfgang Von Frankenstein. Hum and Hot Snakes are also reuniting at the fest. Complete lineup and ticket information [...]
Gosh, the summer is just flying by! Here are a couple of things that have put a smile on my face so far: The Radio Dept. and Asobi Seksu @ River to River, South Street Seaport - July 15, 2011 A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of re-living the mid-2000s with a performance by Swedish shoegazers The Radio Dept. and NYC's own Asobi Seksu . A beautiful night with [...]
Asobi Seksu seem to be a band that just can't stop touring. This time around, they'll be headlining, at least until they join up with Boris about halfway though, which seems like a rather odd pairing. The full schedule for Asobi Seksu, which includes an October 1st show at Brooklyn Bowl and an October 27th show at Irving Plaza, is below. Asobi Seksu tour dates: Dates marked * w/ Boris 9/21 - Pop Montreal - Montreal, QC 9/23 - Midpoint Music Fest- [...]
Catch 'em at: 9/21 - Pop Montreal - Montreal, QC 9/23 - Midpoint Music Fest - Cincinnati, OH 9/24 - Pygmailon - Champaign, IL 9/25 - Schubas Tavern - Chicago, IL 9/26 - Pyramid Scheme - Grand Rapids, MI 9/27 - The Basement - Columbus, OH 9/28 - Cedar's Lounge - Youngstown, OH 10/1 - Brooklyn Bowl - Brooklyn, NY 10/15 - Club Downunder - Tallahassee, FL 10/16 - De Luna Festival - Pensacola, FL 10/17 - CAC - Mobile, AL 10/18 - Hi-Tone Cafe - Memphis, [...]
Asobi Seksu (colloquial Japanese for "playful sex") released its self-titled debut album in 2004 to significant critical acclaim, winning rave reviews from the New York Times, Nylon, Under the Radar, YRB, and XLR8R, among others; scoring a #1 video on mtvU's Dean's List with the song "Walk on the Moon;" garnering a top ten spot [...]
Asobi Seksu - Thursday ( buy ) Radio Department - Strange Things Will Happen ( buy ) July 15, 2011 Asobi Seksu opened the evening with their novel brand of cacophony. Where the contrasting aural styles were made more surprising by the group's on-stage uniformity. Yuki Chikudate's vocal floated femininely while distorted guitars and drums shook speakers. The juxtaposition of Chikudate's voice with shoegazey instrumentals doesn't appear so contradictory when heard between head bangs and hair flips. Supporting [...]
Asobi Seksu recently performed a set on Seattle's KEXP. Fluorescence is available now. Purchase Asobi Seksu items via Insound. Photographs by Kenny Shin. [...]
photos by Amanda Hatfield and Chris La Putt Asobi Seksu opened the Radio Dept show at South Street Seaport last night (7/15), on the very stage that The Black Angels will headline today as part of the 4Knots Music Festival . Upcoming shows for Asobi included a headlining gig at Brooklyn Bowl and an opening slot on the Boris tour that hits Irving Plaza. An [...]
Recommended Show: FRIDAY, JULY 15, 2011 THE RADIO DEPT & ASOBI SEKSU @ SEAPORT MUSIC FESTIVAL/RIVER TO RIVER South Street Seaport, Pier 17 New York, NY 10038 FREE, 7PM Once again, it's another Friday and South Street Seaport is the place to be with The Radio Dept and Asobi Seksu playing on the pier tonight! It should be a good one--and there's plenty more going on there this weekend! A Perfect Circle @ Beacon Theater Jucifer & [...]
LP A number of SoundsXP friendly bands appear on a charity album for Japanese earthquake victims including Of Montreal, Deerhoof and Asobi Seksu. The tracks featured on the double LP and download only release are all rare or difficult to obtain and the album, 'Japan 3.11.11: A Benefit Album', can be obtained from the link below. Tracklisting: Giga Dance (Live) (Deerhoof) 3:20 Pappas Tant (Love Is All) [...]
Boris, Japan's Psychedelic/Noise/Avant-Garde/ Experimental/ Metal band, have announced a long list of tour dates throughout both Europe and The United States in support of their simultaneous releases Attention Please and Heavy Rocks. The dates include support from Russian Circles, Tera Malos, Master Musicians of Bukkake, Coliseum, Asobi Seksu, Liturgy and True Widow. That's quite a diverse ...
Adam Faraday To be clear, Portishead simply like to take their time. The eleven-year gap between their self-titled sophomore effort and 20082s Third ? They weren't broken up, just writing. And considering how scary good/just plain scary said record was, transcending the trip-hop genre they pioneered almost a decade and a half earlier, you couldn't say it wasn't time well spent. Similarly, just because they've only played one North American show this century - 20082s Coachella - after returning to the stage in 2005 following [...]
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