Eric Copeland - Fun Dink Death Here We Go Magic - Hibernation Airto - I Don't Have To Do What I Don't Want To Do Change Leopardon - Canvas Shoes Julian Lynch - Just Enough Junip - Rope and Summit The Samps - F.X.N.C. Aeroplane - We Can't Fly King Kong Ding [...]
Tremblez si la sortie physique du LP Youth Culture Index de King Kong Ding Dong coïncide, tel un signe prémonitoire, au retour de la pluie. Car le fil conducteur de cet album, disponible en digital depuis plusieurs mois, est une pluie dense et menaçante. Comme si le déluge sonore de Raccoo-oo-oon avait réveillé en pleins songes et douché les ardeurs de A Sunny Day in Glasgow (dont les membres Ben Daniels et Josh Meakim jouent ou ont joué dans King Kong Ding Dong). Sur Youth Culture Index la moiteur tonitruante rouille [...]
King Kong Ding Dong - Distant Drums I listen to King Kong Ding Dong a lot and have little to say about them. I decided to write this review when I realized why that was. Because their name is King Kong Ding Dong. Yeah. Say that out loud, please. There ya go. That's pretty much all I think about when I'm listening to them. That, and how fucking ridiculously fantastic this album is. [...]
'Youth Culture Index' is an album by a band that is, aptly, yes - aptly named King Kong Ding Dong. If I were to get all intense and analytical about it, I'd break down for your convenience exactly how the 'King Kong' bit is symbolic of the powerful tribal (is there a more PC-term one [...]
if i had it my way, i would have a tv and a serious hi-fi outside just for days like today. its a gorgeous sunday here in new orleans, the saints are on, and im listening to a record that would be the perfect accompaniment to spending the afternoon relaxing in hammock, or something. the record i am speaking of is the dreamy pop and droning sounds of philadelphia's king kong ding dong and their record, youth culture index , but you probably already figured that out. lyrics/vocals are mostly an afterthought and mostly in used in [...]
I wrote out this whole long introduction to the mix tape and then scrapped it. I just read some horrible news about drummer Jerry Fuchs passing away sometime late last night or this morning. I met Jerry once (I think it was 2005?). It was one of his first shows in New York with Maserati. I remember him telling me that he was new to the band, and in turn I gushed about how awesome he was. I remember turning to Ian towards the end of the band's set (I believe they closed with "Synchronicity IV") and realizing he [...]
If Mr. Whippy Had Wings Imagine eating an ice-cream in the middle of winter and getting a horrendously chilling head rush, now listen to King King Ding Dong. Thanks to 20 Jazz Funk Greats for the heads up on this one, your blog rules. From Philadelphia, King Kong Ding Dong is a psychedelic band making pasteurised jams from coloured paint and rabid cartoon stencils, blending Health , Ponytail , High Places and Pocahaunted through a chipper and firing out hieroglyphic [...]
I recall teasing you about the eventual presence of one of Philly's finest, King Kong Ding Dong, in the pages of this your most dedicated blog. Well, here you go, they have a new album out, it goes by the name of Youth Culture Index and you can ...
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Philadelphia's got a lot to be proud of. According to Philly Boy Roy , well there's hoagies, Rocky, Frank's Soda, them Eagles, Dead Milkmen, them Hooters, and laser GG Allin. With Mr. Ziegler's endorsements duly noted, what follows is a sampling - by no means comprehensive - of some of the other Philadelphia artists you'll be able to hear on WFMU's Free Music Archive . Mp3s from Bad News Bats, Boogie Witch, Clockcleaner, Fursaxa, King Kong Ding Dong, Mincemeat or Tenspeed, Mountain High, The Original Sins, Phil Moore Browne, Sonic Liberation Front, The [...]
So, I've been sitting on some video of A Sunny Day in Glasgow's recent show at Piano's in Manhattan for a little over a week. When I first uploaded it, we had just run an interview w/ group leader Ben Daniels, and it just seemed like overkill. But at this point, it's up on You Tube, and there's a link on the band's MySpace, so what the hell? Now, every time I put up video taken from our otherwise fully capable digital snapshot camera, I have to brace everyone for terrible sound quality. [...]
A Sunny Day in Glasgow - "the Best Summer Ever" We've been big fans of the odd and appealing music made by Ben Daniels and his sisters for a while now. Their self released the Sunniest Day Ever EP has been wearing out the new fangled hi-fi in MS towers since we got our hands on a copy at the beginning of the year. In advance of this Sunday's live appearance at Piano's in Manhattan , I caught up with the A Sunny Day [...]
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