I've been in Nashville for exactly four years and five months as of yesterday, and in that time I have taken exactly three trips to Murfreesboro. Yeah, I know. I really and truly have no problem with the town (and I heart Grand Palace!), I'm honestly just lazy I think, and spoiled in that most bands I want to see come straight to Nashville, or at least also play Nashville in addition to Murfreesboro. So you know I'm pretty psyched about a band when I actually drive down to Murfreesboro to see them play - [...]
There's something incredibly comforting about a good lo-fi song. It feels organic and close in a way that even the very best studio-produced music never can. It's hard to do well, which is why final versions usually sound better than demos and why words like "rough" or "distant" don't usually inspire people to listen. But that's part of the charm - that the line between some folks in a bedroom with a laptop and that transcendental moment of unshorn perfection. Night Lights - Mighty Narwhale To get an idea [...]
Bodies Of Water are a are a quartet from Los Angeles, CA. They are made up of two men (David & Kyle) and two women (Jessie & Meredith). Musically, they draw on gospel, punk rock, American folk, and the melodrama of musical theatre. They also happen to sing all together at the same time, which heightens the intensity of their songs. As a result of their onslaught of sound the band has been
This one's for my sister Juliette. Notwithstanding my previous driving mix, I think if you make a driving sing-along mix and you don't include some Pet Shop Boys, you have no cachet whatsoever. As with my previous mix, this is intended to be played in the order given. I have however included single links for those persons unable to listen to mixes (*shakes head*). Juliette's Paid Off Mix (.rar file) 01. Madonna - Hung [...]
mall song - hott beat spell d.o.g. - jenny hoyston those dancing days - those dancing days everybody hurts - bodies of water The theme is, um, random songs. Haven't done a mixtape in awhile, so I thought I'd put together some cool random songs that I have in my random playlist. lacking [...]
Stereogum has done it again , it seems. Their OK Computer tribute was off-the-wall awesome, and this compilation seems to be quite amazing as well. I was all of 7 years old when REM's Automatic for the People was released, but I've still managed to hear almost every song on the album since then in some way or another and most of you probably have too. It's a real timeless pop album. As Stereogum remarks, this album stood out of step from the angsty grunge and brainy indie rock of that era. I [...]
I'm sure by now you've heard about Stereogum's R.E.M. tribute Drive XV: A Tribute to Automatic For the People , featuring the likes of Rogue Wave , the Meat Puppets , Figurines , and more . One of the " unreleased b-sides " is this cover of " Everybody Hurts ," by L.A.'s Bodies of Water . I was never a huge fan of the original version, but the beautiful harmonies on this one make it a keeper. mp3: Bodies of Water [...]
Bodies Of Water es un nuevo cuarteto de Los Angeles formado por Kyle Gladden (bajo), Meredith Metcalf (órgano), Jessie Conklin (batería) y David Metcalf (guitarra). Todos cantan y como ellos mismo dicen, suelen hacerlo "enfáticamente" y todos al mismo tiempo. Su música es el resultado del cruce de muy diversas influencias; el punk rock, el folk americano, el gospel, el tropicalismo o el cabaret. Su primer disco se llama Ears Will Pop & Eyes Will Blink . Estas son algunas de sus canciones. * Bodies Of Water-These Are The Eyes * Bodies Of Water-We [...]
top o' the afternoon people. man its beautiful here in atlanta today. the one thing i will never get used to though is that the wind is quite cool but that damn sun is, well, freakin hot. if i were you, i would not miss william elliot whitmore tonight at smiths olde bar. i, unfortunately, have to miss him cause i am working but you really have no excuse except maybe pure laziness. i have not seem him yet, but from all reports, he is supposedly pretty amazing. the chariot from song of [...]
We've been waiting for this post for so long... for Bodies of Water is one our most cherished bands. They've been a regular of the Mr. T's Bowl scene for a few years but with recent praise from influential indie rock journalists and bigger opportunities to play stages that can more accommodate their musical carnivale, we feel our chances of seeing BoW might be on the decline soon. So an opening
Sorry I've been so off and on this week, I'm working on a new redesign that's taking up much of my designated "blogger time". With that being said, here are some things that I'm finding awesome this week. I'm sure most you you have already heard, but it's pretty much standard that I mention when Apple releases new stuff, especially if it's as awesome as new iPod Nanos that are ridiculously tiny and have coverflow. Seeing it now, I think it looks a bit fat, short, [...]
Once a band achieves iconic status, the reasons (perceived or real) for disbanding multiply quickly (nowhere to go but down creatively, don't wanna sully the rep, egos begin conflicting, etc.). But, by example, Sonic Youth have counter to all that: integrity in tact, creative, cooperative. And yet, Thurston regrets everything after 1990. Here's a Moore quote pulled by Contact Music (via BV ): The Pixies reunion was a real success, and Dinosaur Jr. seems like a big success, and both those bands play as good as they ever did. Mission Of Burma blew my mind when they [...]
Bodies of Water are a quartet from LA creating 60's Pop-folk numbers, complete with four-part harmonies and buckets of choral chanting. Their new album Ears Will Pop & Eyes Will Blink was self-released through the band's own Thousand Tongues label, and has been getting good reviews all over the place . If you want to read more, there is tons of info about Bodies of Water at Pop Matters : "As a band, Bodies of Water began in the early '00s, shortly after David and Meredith got married. "We [...]
The new Shins video comes courtesy of mtvU's Breaking The Video , a project though which MTV and Sub Pop joined forces to fund aspiring filmmaker/NYU film student Antonio Campos and give him the honor of directing Wincing The Night Away 's fourth video. In it we see a young girl painting on a canvas, while flashing 'n' fluctuating shapes and colors become a dancing, lite-brite skyline. Before long her whole apartment comprises the stuff, and although we have no idea what it all means, we're suckers for pretty colors. Antonio's gets an A. [...]
I've been majorly slacking on the More Music Monday series for the past month or so - I've just been so busy on the weekends that it's hard to sit down and work on this, but I promise I'll be better from now on (for at least a little while). How do you describe a band like Bodies of Water? Is epic really the right word? The word "epic" brings to mind Led Zeppelin, eight-minute-long guitar solos, flying above the clouds - it doesn't really bring to mind the kind [...]
Back in the early '70s Frank Zappa entitled one of his Mothers of Invention albums: Just Another Band From L.A., as a wry and sarcastic wink to the staggering amount of artists coming out of L.A. at the time. The same could easily be said for L.A. in the here and now of 2007. Having [...]
New Singles 1. Animal Collective - Peacebone Panda Bear, you know it works to scream like that, i want to scream like that to all i hate. 2. MIA – Jimmy you can steam the whole album at MIA's myspace page. 3. Bodies of Water - These Are the Eyes The shouting section 'These Are the Eyes' in the song recalls a Nick Cave song which is named '(I'll Love You) Till The End Of The World youtube'. And
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Bodies of Water - Here Comes My Hand Bodies of Water - These Are The Eyes I first heard Bodies of Water in 2005 when I got their self titled ep and instantly fell in love with it, especially the lead track 'Here Comes My Hand' which just blew me away with it's catchy woo wooo's and pounding chorus with super high pitched vocals. As I said, I loved it, I added it to my recommended sidebar thing
Photography by Seige I hope you love male/female chorus-style harmonies, I mean really LOVE them, because if you don't, you may want to skip today's obsession. When talking about Bodies Of Water, I've heard mention of the Mamas & Papas, and though I think that is a good enough reference to give your ears fair warning, this release goes much further than California Dreamin' ever dared. Intricate, a bit dark, and a bit unweilding, this may be one of those love them or hate them type of bands. Tracks [...]
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