I can't get to everything. This week's victims are: Matt Lashoff, Living On Heart This comes from one of the unlikeliest of source, Toronto Maple Leafs' defenceman Matt Lashoff. The album consists mostly of guitar-based pop rock that isn't usually my cup of tea. However, between Lashoff's surprisingly restrained raspy vocals and the gritty songs, there's definitely something to recommend here
When we got the press for Cameron McGill's latest project. The header on the email read something like "Like Jeff Buckley! Mazzy Star! Prince!". Surprise! they were kinda right. The vocal fidelity of Buckley in some of the more falsetto-y bits, the dusty warmth of Mazzy, and the punch of the Purple One. Also Wilco. Sounds a bit like Wilco, guys! "Let's Make Dinosaurs Extinct" is a shitty concept but a killer song. (Let's bring dinos back, amirite?) Hit me! Look out for Cam's great Is a Beast LP at a digital retailer near you. [...]
This song is retarded (the good kind of retarded) good. Not much more to say than that. Just watch/listen and make up your own mind... You BETTER like it though. Cameron McGill's Bandcamp
Our great friends from MonkeyEatsMonkey keep churning out great live video from MOKB Presents live shows. Cameron McGill & What Army performed at The White Rabbit on January. If you like this, we also recently showcased another live video of Cameron McGill & What Amry featuring one of the new tracks from his upcoming album Is A Beast . This track, If Darkness Would Rather Come is from Cameron's album Street Ballads and Murderesques . [...]
Cameron McGill & What Army will release their latest LP, Is A Beast on April 12th. This past December, Gift Horse Project and Art of Elysium's "Elysium Sessions", put on a one-time musical night at the famed Largo Theater in Los Angeles. Cameron McGill performed, along with the GHP Band, Emily Kokal (Warpaint), Rain Phoenix (Papercranes), Leslie Stevens (Leslie Stevens and the Badgers), and Joe Sumner (Fiction Plane). You can hear more and download a couple tracks from the new album at Cameron's Bandcamp .
Not too shabby for a Wednesday night, eh? Feel free to add any other noteworthy shows in the comments. Deets: Strapping Fieldhands w/ Necropolis, Guinea Worms and The Ferals - Cafe Bourbon St., 2216 Summit St. (see video above) Best Coast , Male Bonding w/ Tin Armor - The Summit, 2210 Summit St., $14 (This one will likely sell out by 8pm, so get on the ball early if you didn't buy tix yet.) Margot and the Nuclear So & So's , The Lonely Forest, [...]
MP3: New York City Hotel Blues The new Brian Deck-produced album, Buzzard , will be out Sept. 21 on Margot's own Mariel Recordings (with distro via Redeye), and the next day (9/22) the recently downsized band (featuring Super Dessert and Tiara alum Erik Kang) will play Circus with the Lonely Forest and Cameron McGill & What Army. Tickets here . I don't think you can call Margot chamber-pop anymore. More tour dates: SEPT. 17 [...]
Let me tell you a little bit about my year, needless to say it's been one of a lot of reflection and a relentless tug of wars between my mind and heart. I think my heart is losing the battle, but do not fear the mind is still in full operational mode. On a recent trip to Arizona I picked up this little gem and listened to it non-stop all the way home. It's amazing how cathartic long drives can be at times. Road trips are great when the destination is clearly define, but [...]
Let me tell you a little bit about my year, needless to say it's been one of a lot of reflection and a relentless tug of wars between my mind and heart. I think my heart is losing the battle, but do not fear the mind is still in full operational mode. On a recent trip to Arizona I picked up this little gem and listened to it non-stop all the way home. It's amazing how cathartic long drives can be at times. Road trips are great when the destination is clearly define, but [...]
Vandaag had ik weer 's de tijd om mijn luisterachterstand een beetje in te halen. En dat viel niet mee, moet ik bekennen. Zo kan het nieuwe album van Red Heart The Ticker me niet echt bekoren, hoe positief Popmatters ook is over Oh My! Mountains Below. Red Heart The Ticker is een sympathieke band, maar dit album mist spanning en afwisseling. De muziek van Alela Diane heeft wat mij betreft haar uiterste houdbaarheidsdatum wel bereikt. To Be Still heeft een handjevol mooie songs, maar mij doet het album weinig. Iets positiever ben ik [...]
nachthappen gefällig? bitte schön. cameron mcgill spielt zumindest musikalisch nicht mit seinem gegenüber. da ruft er direkt heraus, was ihm missfällt. das kommt zuweilen schroff daher; ohne um erlaubnis gefragt zu haben, sägt die gitarre. dann wieder gurrt samten das klavier und mcgill mimt den charmanten gastgeber. die szenerie löst sich auf in einem unverdriesslichen stampfer. wer oder was ist denn dieser mcgill, dass er sich so unverschämt stillos zeigt? spielt er also doch mit uns? seine biografie reicht jedenfalls zurück bis ins 19. jahrhundert. mit einem augenzwinkern kann man ihm durch die [...]
liebe menschen, einen schönen sonntag wünsche ich und gebe ein paar musikalische anregungen mit auf den weg. tracks aktueller werke werden durch ein paar ältere geschichten ergänzt. von ihrer 08er selftitled ep, sehr smooth, etwas markantere stimmen und wir wären bei s&g: wentworth kersey - breakdown von seiner 07er ep "new hawks", feiner, irisch angehauchter folk, mit fiddel, acoustic guitar und mehr: Dan Haywood [...]
Parasol welcomes Chicago folk-rock act Cameron McGill & What Army. Their new album, Warm Songs for Cold Shoulders, is set for an early April release on Parasol Records. Lots of touring in support. Veteran Seattle psych-pop band The Green Pajamas' gorgeous new album, Poison In the Russian Room, is set for an early April launch. This is their 7th release for Hidden Agenda Records. Hometown heroes New Ruins' second album, We Make Our Own Bad Luck, will be released by Hidden Agenda this Spring. Rootsy folk-rock haunted by rural spectres. LP in March, CD in [...]
Cameron McGill and What Army I've been following Cameron McGill since he played the South Park Music Festival in '06. He played Monolith last year too, but that was only at the acoustic stage, accompanied by Leslie of Leslie and the Badgers. This time he brought his full band along, and I must say I've never heard his material better. It is amazing how well he carried the songs on his own, but compared to his performance with his [...]
I found a review for the South Park Music Festival that I wrote back in '06 before I had the music Blog, and I figured to prepare for my posting more about the Monolith Music Festival, I'd post it. I don't know if you knew this, but the Monolith Music Festival is run by one of the guys who ran the South Park Music Festival , so without the SPMF , Monolith wouldn't be around (though it seems as though another new Festival, the Fresh Track Music Fest , also [...]
This year's Monolith Festival held September 13th and 14th in Morrison, CO at Red Rocks Amphitheatre has an amazing line-up. Check out Saturday's schedule now: Esurance Main Stage *10:30 PM :: DeVotchKa 8:45 PM :: Silversun Pickups 7:15 PM :: Vampire Weekend 5:45 PM :: The Fratellis *4:30 PM :: Cut Copy 3:15 PM :: Superdrag *2:00 PM :: Foals 1:00 PM :: Dressy [...]
Photo by Frank Yang Nicole Atkins & The Sea (Neptune City, NJ) Photos: Nicole Atkins & The Sea @ The Mohawk Patio - March 14, 2008 MP3: Nicole Atkins - "Maybe Tonight" MP3: Nicole Atkins - "Party's Over" Video: Nicole Atkins - "The Way It Is" Video: Nicole Atkins - "Neptune City" MySpace: Nicole Atkins [...]
We were happy to get Cameron McGill in to record an MOKB SIRIUS Blog Radio / 91.7 WEEM session with us. We got Cameron and co. on a showbill last Friday and he and the others packed the house and did not disappoint. If you haven't heard, McGill is a singer/songwriter from Chicago who fans of alt-country mainstays like Ryan Adams and Rocky Votolato will really love. Fans of Bob Dylan, Neil Young and other singer/songwriters that cross great pop stylings [...]
Well, it's a bummer about the Cloud Cult show being cancelled (We wish them the best of luck with their troubles and in finishing their new record), but we have another great show we're putting on with The Monolith Music Festival the very next night! Local favorites Everything, Now! along with Cameron McGill, Grampall Jookabox and former Chamberlain member David Moore will all be performing at Radio Radio for only $5! Four bands for $5 is a deal you just can't beat. [...]
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