pic: Hansje van Halem via But Does It Float Rat Salad Edits - Dynamite ( alt link ) Rat Salad is the alias of producers Leo Elstob ( A Mountain Of One ) and Rupert Lyddon ( Grand Nationa l). They've [...]
The Intelligence, Coconut Coolouts and Idle Times at the Sunset | 26 December 2008 The last few weeks the emerald city has been crippled by constant snow. City leaders have considered rechristening Seattle the albino city. Not only has it been a battle to get to work, but a whole bunch of shows have been canceled because of the white stuff as well. Finally the it has started to melt away, like the novelty it was met with. So the Sunset was packed last night with people dying for a [...]
(This originally appeared in Skyscraper ) This debut pretty much has it all. Simple melodies and percussion, ample guitar work and vocals that are friendly enough that one might be able to hear them emanating from your friends' kitchen. The perverse, self-aggrandizement that tails 'indie' releases, and Seattle in general, is auspiciously absent from this work. After producing a single with Boom Boom, those at Hardly Art saw fit to lend their NW peers services of their imprint to release this disc. From the chimes of the first chords on "Reservoir Park" to the hand [...]
(This originally appeared in Skyscraper ) This debut pretty much has it all. Simple melodies and percussion, ample guitar work and vocals that are friendly enough that one might be able to hear them emanating from your friends' kitchen. The perverse, self-aggrandizement that tails 'indie' releases, and Seattle in general, is auspiciously absent from this work. After producing a single with Boom Boom, those at Hardly Art saw fit to lend their NW peers services of their imprint to release this disc. From the chimes of the first chords on "Reservoir Park" to the hand [...]
You know, I'm don't blog every day because it's good for my health. But...maybe it is good for my health! According to a recently-published BBC News story, "for middle-aged and older people at least, using the Internet helps boost brain power." Research suggests it, people. That means it has to be true, right? Otherwise, the research would probably imply that too much time spent on one's computer is detrimental to their health. I'm not surprised, either. I like to think using the Internet takes at least as much brain power as a crossword puzzle does, and [...]
You know, I don't blog every day because it's good for my health. But...maybe it is good for my health! According to a recently-published BBC News story, "for middle-aged and older people at least, using the Internet helps boost brain power." Research suggests it, people. That means it has to be true, right? Otherwise, the research would probably imply that too much time spent on one's computer is detrimental to their health. I'm not surprised, either. I like to think using the Internet takes at least as much brain power as a crossword puzzle does, and [...]
So you no longer have to stream the latest Radiohead remix by Low Scores . Downloadable: "Reckoner (Low Scores Remix)" (box.net mp3) Vote for the above remix... here . I gots to say I dig the Low Scores remix a lot more than the present top three remixes [1] Baskfield , [2] The Deadly Syndrome , [3] James Holden (although that James Holden one ain't half bad, in fact it's pretty awesome). Also, Low Scores has additional remixes in the [...]
Thee Oh Sees and the Intelligence at the Sunset Tavern, Seattle | 9 October 2008 Not having seen Thee Oh Sees or the Intelligence before I wasn't sure what to expect. Well I sorta new what to expect, lots of white noise drenched pop songs. The Intelligence's new album Deuteronomy is leaps and bounds ahead of their previous two with clearer production and better songs, but the band stick with their noisy punk rock roots only delivering them [...]
Today 1:00 PM Gay Beast @ Radio K (Listen Live) 3:30 PM Talkdemonic @ Radio K (Listen Live) 6:00 PM Thee Oh Sees @ Treehouse Records 8:00 PM Thee Oh Sees / Skoal Kodiak / Daughters Of The [...]
FRIDAY OCTOBER 3RD @ TURF CLUB 21+ $5 THE INTELLIGENCE BLIND SHAKE MUTE ERA ZOMBIE SEASON
This is Lars Finberg. He writes songs for and plays guitar in (the) Intelligence . I can't quite figger out if there's a 'the' in front of their name. What I can figger, though, is how rad their music is. YOU, my friend, should be listening to it. Fun trivia fact: Lars used to play drums in the A Frames . This is Lars' guitar. It's a turquoise Squier Venus (as you can see). He likes to [...]
Good god -- more In the Red fools. Whatever, Intelligence sounds good to me. Releasing a new covers 7-inch through Plastic Idol Records , take a listen to the Stephin Merritt's ditty == gorgeous. Hopefully they deliver all the way. By deliver I mean, my bed, now ... I'm so tired. Currently on tour with some pretty good fools (see below) Three of their tracks are available off Fantastic Weapon and You Ain't No Picasso beware of the blogs. Intelligence Tour Dates 8/29 - - Portland, OR - - [...]
Ok I'll admit it. This whole post started here, on You Ain't No Picasso , but it somehow turned into something completely different so while I think YANP for the Intelligence track that totally slays one of the crappiest tracks on the entire Magnetic Fields' "69 Love Songs" boxed set, which I love, srsly I do...I have only myself and my wreckless sleep deprivation to thank for the final outcome. Which isn't very terrific anyway. Except for the songs you can grab below and all the gnarly tour dates they that the Intelligence apparently need help filling. First thing's [...]
Intelligence will be releasing a new covers 7-inch through Plastic Idol Records. The A-side will be a cover of the Magnetic Fields' "Fido Your Leash Is Too Long," with a cover of the Splits' "Shitty World" as the B-side. Sounds crazy? It is. Here's their wacky take on Stephin Merritt's already wacky tune: MP3: Intelligence - [...]
No, it's not from the movie . Did that sound like Christine Baranski? Sick." -- Tom, assuring everyone that he played the legit ABBA version of "Does Your Mother Know" "Oh, absolutely not ." -- Spike, informing Tom that John McCain is not running as a Democrat "Trust me, you want to convince people in Oklahoma to vote for Barack Obama, don't send a bunch of New Yorkers out there, people from the East Village going door-to-door." -- Tom, persuading Cynthia not to ruin the election by invading [...]
Since we're not getting enough of the constant Sugar flowing from Bob Mould's Minneapolis & now Washington based cookie jar, we've decided to forage further to the east and break the lock off the overstocked New York musical pantry, bringing you a somewhat similar sounding and striking selection off the 2007 release by NY musical protagonists, Blood Red Sun . BRS let out a blast of inspirational rock that transcends what's currently on the radio waves with 'All at Once', from their 2007 release A Nation of Saviors on Thought Crime Records. Like neighboring New [...]
I bought Intelligence's Deuteronomy a long time ago but just now uploaded it to my computer. In a way, it's a weird present to myself to have waited so long - I kind of forgot how great these songs are. MP3: Intelligence - Dating Cops And as a fun treat, here's their crab-filled video! Inteligence: "Dating Cops"
Here's a mix I never thought I'd hear. To give you a feel for the unlikeliness of the pairing, imagine Times New Viking covering the Rembrants or Death From Above 1979 doing a Cindy Lauper tune. Freaky, huh? Still, it's just sooo good. MP3: Intelligence - Message of Love (The Pretenders) Oh ...
So it's been along time since a real post here at cma... Well, truthfully I haven't felt like it, and I've been really busy and burned out. Tons of shows I haven't written about here (listed on the right) and a bunch of other stuff going on as well. I'm ready for a vacation. Speaking of vacation, I'm heading for my old hometown of Seattle in a couple of days. I will visit some family and friends as well as partake in a few rock and or roll shows. The Intelligence is playing somewhere as well as Mahmoud Ahmed [...]
This year I got ambitious and decided to jot some thoughts on every one of my 50 favorite songs (though about half of these blurbettes are quotes from earlier posts). Each song is so different and delightful in its own way that I couldn't rank them. You'll find the list in alpha order by song title. I'd love to host an mp3 for every one, I really would, but given bandwidth constraints, that's out of the question. So I tried to put up the songs that may be harder to find via Hype [...]
Keytars & Violins
the finest kiss
Chewing Pine
Swan Fungus
GIMME TINNITUS
More Cowbell
A Northwest Music Blog
Melissa Miserable
Fantastic Weapon
You Aint No Picasso
Recidivism.
Insomnia Radio: Daily Dose
Compost Modern Art
Shake Your Fist
Spiritualized / Nikki Lane Live @ The Wiltern 5-22-12
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