Color me eager to hear new material from these 10 artists: Beachwood Sparks — Yes it's true, the twangy psych-rockers, whose last release was back in 2002 on Sub Pop, have a new album that's being mixed. Bone up on their history . Look for perhaps a spring release. Robert Francis (pictured above) — After his August residency at the Bootleg, I expected news about "Strangers in the First Place," the album that Francis has completed [...]
We can't wait to hear the new album after this gem has emerged. Enjoy.
From the depths of my reporter's notebook (yeah, I still carry one): ► Swervedriver's recent blast from the past at the Echoplex felt like a class reunion. Could've sworn I recognized two dozen faces from their great performance a couple years ago at Coachella. And it's not out of the question that Adam Franklin and mates could convene to make some new music, I hear. Bring it on. ► Beachwood Sparks played a backyard party over the weekend and allowed as [...]
The Beachwood Sparks, L.A.'s titans of early '00s twee/country/psych, played a reunion set at someone's fucking barbecue yesterday. Dudes, come over tomorrow, we're grilling all day. (The band played a pair of great reunion sets in '08 , which I was around to document.)
They sounded like California, with a desert-country-pyschadelic sound full of melodies and sugar sweet lyrics
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MP3: Beachwood Sparks - Close the Door Lightly When You Go Speaking of Mascis, remember when the Beachwood Sparks recorded "Once We Were Trees" in his studio? And he played on it? That was cool. Here's a song from those sessions, which appeared on the Rough Trade single for "By Your Side". Essential listening/have a great weekend everyone! (PS: The Calming Seas has video of the Sparks live on Spanish television from back in the day! Check it: [...]
If District residents are anything like me, they're itching for more 70 degree days complete with sun, beer, and lawn sports. I know, I know, you're thinking: all this dude blogs about is Cut Copy and summertime sunshine. Well I'm sorry but I write what I live and I live what I love. Get over it. Since the Weather Gods blessed us a couple Fridays ago, the meteorological conditions have been mediocre at best, mostly tempting us humans with slightly bearable barometric conditions, spoiling any semblance of good weather with gale-force gusts. But things may be [...]
I often find myself falling deeper in love with a movie if its soundtrack blows me away. This is part of the reason I rate Cameron Crowe as my favourite director as his soundtracks are a vital ingredient to the formula of his films as a whole. Not just an added thought thrown in in the final edit, but seemingly linked in so tight with the narrative that you could believe the songs chosen were added at the script stage. A few weeks back, I found myself falling in love with a soundtrack to a movie I hadn't [...]
None of the news that's fit to print. Just kidding... A lot of writers, with recently insane released by Phantom Family Halo, Nerves Jr., and others have been asking "what's in the water in Louisville?" Here's your answer: drugs . A lot of drugs - via an expose by The Louisville Courier-Journal . Speaking of local music, looks like music legend and Rodan/Rachel's founder Jason Nobel is doing pretty well, as a new Shipping News record, One Less Heartless To Hear , hits on November 9 via Karate [...]
A variety of renowned indie artists come together for what might be the first great comic book movie soundtrack. Soundtrack - Scott Pilgrim - Arts - Comics - Comic book
I'm looking forward to watching the Scott Pilgrim movie next week and have been preparing myself by devouring Bryan Lee O'Malley's original comic book series. There's already been a fair amount written about the official Scott Pilgrim soundtrack and director Edgar Wright has spoken to both the Guardian and Drowned in Sound on musical matters. It looks solid and there's a nice post on O'Malley's website that's well reading too. I had hoped for a higher twang quotient though. Scott Pilgrim [...]
Beachwood Sparks - The Good Night Whistle If the world divides into facts, with no remainder, then it's tempting to think that certain things that happened could not have happened any other way. George always said about his meeting Sylvia: "Even though we met because of a machine, I would have loved her before the Industrial Revolution." That was their horrible little joke. One of a hundred tiny isthmuses that connected her to him--bound them together during their long periods of separation. She was working the cash register at a coffee [...]
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Beachwood Sparks: The Sun Surrounds Me [ purchase ] There was a time in the early part of the decade when Beachwood Sparks were poised to be my new favorite band. Especially on their second Sub Pop album, 2001's Once We Were Trees , they had all the right influences, and interesting and sometimes downright catchy songs. But a follow-up EP was a let down, and aside from a few live shows, the band has been silent ever since. It's a shame, because songs like [...]
Last week, I posted a Bryan Lee O'Malley and Edgar Wright-approved mixtape of full versions of the songs featured in recent Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World trailers, and now — thanks to Pitchfork — we have a full official tracklist for the film's soundtrack. Aside from Blood Red Shoes' "It's Getting Boring by the Sea," none of the tunes from the trailers made the OST, though they could potentially end up in the film itself. Take a look at the tracklist after the jump. 01 Beck (as [...]
La adaptación de Scott Pilgrim vs. the World tendrá una banda sonora de lujo. Todas las canciones de Sex Bob-Omb, grupo donde figura el protagonista del cómic/filme, son obra de Beck , quien también se ha encargado de su instrumentación. Las vocales son responsabilidad del elenco (Michael Cera, Kieran Culkin, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, etc.). Además, el soundtrack incluirá algunas piezas inéditas de Beck, Metric y Crash and the Boys (que en realidad son Broken Social Scene ). El disco (como la peli) no podría estar completo sin "Scott Pilgrim" (canción que inspiró [...]
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