I was bummed out to miss the recent School of Seven Bells gig at Brooklyn Bowl (my friend Maryanne got some sweet pictures , though), but as a sort of consolation gift, the Bells will be releasing a 7'' on Oct. 26 with their tour opener, Active Child, featuring remixes of each other. Lefse Records has graciously made the remix of "Heart Is Strange" available for download. It's a beguiling take on the Disconnect From Desire track, starting out solemnly before a shuttering beat kicks in. I like! Side B of the release contains the [...]
HA, getting ya at all sorts of random times! You just have to stay tuned if you want a piece of mixery. For those who don’t know, this is iTunes Mixery part ocho. Here’s how it goes: I play iTunes on shuffle -> tell you which song comes up -> provide the mp3 and a tidbit -> continue until five songs and embarrassment are complete. Again, nothing’s off-limits – I don’t “fix the mix”, and hope. Have a look into my life… Common - "Drivin' Me Wild" [MP3] (from Finding [...]
>> In some ways, this song was pretty much the end of music. The video above is fabled second-wave emo foursome Sunny Day Real Estate captured live on MTV's "120 Minutes" in 1994. The clip was alluded to by MTV's Subterranean Blog , which recently has been going a long way toward making us not loathe the network. We'll, we expect we'll continue to loathe the network, but at least the online piece has been wiping away some of the tarnish. It appears that the embed code they offer is not a true embed, so [...]
I was going to save this one for Sunday as I did last year but the fact is as far as content goes, I got nothing in the hopper, the cupboard is bare, so I may as well clear this out and then take a bit of a proper holiday. Do some reading, watch some movies, listen to some music, whatever. So barring something remarkable happening over the next few days, I'll probably be back at some point next week. Until then, have a happy and safe holiday. Cheers. [...]
Is it truly the first Sunday of November already? Somehow I can't quite comprehend that, but the calender doesn't lie, it just speeds up sometimes. The weather's definitely been leaning towards winter, global warming-induced fluctuations aside, and unfortunately that's only bound to get worse. Daylight Savings ends today, meaning things get darker quicker, but hopefully the hour tweak will make my insomnia slightly less pronounced. Enjoy the tunes...and the extra sleep. MP3: Azure Ray - November MP3: Morrissey - November Spawned A Monster MP3: The National [...]
Free (the best price): Saturday 6/16 - Television, Apples in Stereo, & Dragons of Zynth @ Central Park Summerstage 3pm Television - "Marquee Moon" Apples in Stereo - "Hypnotic Suggestions" Sunday 6/24 - Sloan & Apostle of Hustle @ Central Park Summer stage 3pm Sloan - "Two Seater" Apostle of Hustle - "Chances Are" Thursday 6/28 - Joan Jett and the Blackhearts [...]
Monday musing. Ever had that question, what would people in the future listen to? Or related to that question, what would be the logical sound if people thirty years ago were asked to imagined what music in 2006 would sound like. Well, here is a little amusing Monday list. 2006 indie with 70's flavor. Thanks to random search at bubblegum machine and SXSW 2007. I would say this very much sounds like a sountrack of a retro TV show. Huge throaty woman singer or whispery male voice, bluesy and heavily influenced by jazz with more muted rock. [...]
Team Drunkard is about to head out the door to catch a plane to Austin for this year's SXSW festivities. Therefore, things will no doubt be a little quiet around here, BUT, you can keep up with my adventures, and a gaggle of other folks', via the Rough Mix SXSW blog. I should be doing [...]
I could wait until tomorrow to do this, but I'm not sure if I'll have a load of time. Here are all the free mp3s that were sent to me this week that I just didn't get through or have already been covered extensively on the blogs. Feel free to enjoy/recommend/filter on your own. I am loving this new Wilco album, but it's been covered a ton on the internerd...from Sky Blue Sky : Wilco - What Light [...]
No big setup needed, as we continue our preview of some of the talent soon to descend on Central Texas. . .Yeh, everybloggy uses this picture, but that's cuz it's a cool picture. Daylights for the Birds – Worlds Away mp3 Dirty on Purpose – No Radio mp3 Land of Talk [...]
Here's part two of a mp3 mix featuring just a few of the many free music downloads found online in the SXSW 2007 band showcases. ox (pictured above) miss idaho [mp3] showcase the procession major and minor [mp3] showcase alina simone saw-edged grass [mp3 showcase daylights for the birds worlds away [mp3] showcase [...]
I felt the need to expand the above chart to twelve, simply because I wanted to feature the two bottom artists tied for 8th. I'm tricky that way. A couple thoughts on the week: I finally took the initiative and heard The Greatest and The Crane Wife , as well as another go-around of Carnavas . You've inevitably heard enough about that trio here or elsewhere, so I'll leave it at that. The high charting of the Dears and Annuals is definitely a product of that show, and [...]
Sonntag ist der Tag der Besinnung (oder auch der Regeneration nach einem anstrengenden Samstagabend) - also stelle ich Euch heute eine Band vor, die etwas beruhigendere Klänge anschlägt: Daylight's for the Birds . Das Quintett aus New York existiert seit dem Winter 2005 und geistert auch immer wieder mal durch die Bloglandschaft. Aus gutem Grund, denn ihren Stil könnte man als Mischung aus Camera Obscura und Shoegaze-Sounds bezeichnen, erinnert gar ein wenig an die Sundays und bereitet damit (zumindest mir) viel Spaß. Ihr Album «Trouble, everywhere» , das allenthalben beste Kritiken erntete, erschien 2006 - und steht jetzt [...]
For almost a year now Crackers United has ruled the land of blog sponsored shows in New York. Their monthly Friction show highlights some of the best buzz bands of the moment and is usually a pretty good place to get some free Sparks and see a live show. Now the time has come for a challenger to step up and challenge Friction's supremacy! The Battering Room and myself will be the first to throw our hat into the ring to battle this Goliath! On Saturday our shows will be [...]
New York, NY I highly recommend Daylight's For The Birds if you like dreamy shoegaze. This is beautiful music! "To No One!!" Daylight's For The Birds on MySpace
My list is actually 99 songs long, but I'm only going to post my Top Ten...okay 11. 11. Lewis and Clarke - "Before It Breaks You" 10. Asobi Seksu - "Thursday" 9. Venice Is Sinking - "Pulaski Heights" 8. Camera Obscura - "Let's Get Out of the Country" 7. Sally Shapiro - "Anorak Christmas" 6. Hot Chip - "And I Was a Boy From School" 5. Jason Collett - "We All Lose One Another" 4. [...]
FRICTION rings in the new year with a night of shimmering guitars, ethereal loops, stereo reverb, and banjo feedback featuring New York City's O'Death , Mahogany , and Daylight's For The Birds along with Philadelphia's Relay . As always, we'll be hosting a open Sparks! bar from 9:30pm-10:30pm. In addition, David B of Slap You In Public and Pistolwhipped fame will be spinning tracks between [...]
As part of my best-of list last year , I posted this song from New York's Daylight's For the Birds under the category of "best singles", which was really incorrect as it wasn't a single at all - just an early taste of their album Trouble Everywhere which was finally released at the end of October. This track features vocals from Claudia Deheza, who was in On!Air!Library! with Daylights co-leader Phillip Wann and was a founding member of Daylight's before moving on to other projects. [...]
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