Alabama Shakes are on the cusp of releasing their rather good debut album, Boys & Girls . To celebrate this they have released upon the internet this, a fabulous live take of the brilliant Hold On , one of the strongest songs on the record. As you'd imagine it is Brittany Howard's powerful vocals that are front and centre here, showcasing one mightily powerful soul-rock croon. That she looks like a nursery school teacher makes it all the special. If you can, turn this one up loud and do a little jig. [...]
The Kooks are set to release their much anticipated new album, ' Junk of The Heart ', later this year. The follow-up to their 2008 sophomore album, ' Konk ', is set for release on September 13. The forthcoming album was recorded at The Sound Factory in Los Angeles with producer by Tony Hoffer (Beck, Belle & Sebastian). The Kooks are also set to play a few U.S. dates later next month. Tour dates: June 22 || San Francisco, CA || Slims June [...]
80s NY underground culture has majorly influenced contemporary indie music. We're all fans of DFA and most of us would drool over tickets to LCD show, but the sad truth is that most 20-30 year old "cool kids" are a bit disconnected from other important elements of the NY 80s scene. It's probably due to the fact that we were all in diapers when all this was going down. Some of those important elements are the visual artists of the era. I was a little surprised at the blank stares when I started asking scenesters if they knew who Keith [...]
Singer and guitarist crosses genre boundaries to offer a pleasing set of feel-good, socially-conscious compositions.
Deep in the heart of Texas, a fun new wave-esque band called Wild Party has designs of causing a few ripples in what we call the "indie music scene". Comparison to the Killers (Fillers) and the Strokes have been tossed the band's way but in my opinion, this band has a little something else going on. Listening to the band's debut single Take My Advice, the comparison to the Killers does hold some weight although it must be said that this single is infinitely better than the best song The Killers have written to date. One can most [...]
Esta es Always Where I Need to Be , canción que apareció en el disco Konk (2008) de The Kooks , banda británica de rock originaria de Brighton, Inglaterra. The Kooks se han autodescrito como un grupo pop ; su música está principalmente influenciada por el sonido del movimiento conocido como Invasión Inglesa de los años 60 y el resurgimiento del post punk del presente siglo. Lo de The Kooks han experimentado con diferentes géneros musicales como rock [...]
I've been listening to a lot of old post-punk stuff lately. It's been an interesting and salutary experience, going back to revisit the period, and to fill in a few of the gaps. It was the time when I was most actively listening to new music, and I still managed to miss a huge amount of really enjoyable bands. This is actually rather reassuring. It seems to suggest there may be no end of undiscovered music in which we can get lost. Until recently I had never heard of Konk. They were a [...]
Tonight's song has been stuck in my head for the better part of a week now, which usually indicates that a blog post is in order. Sway comes to us from The Kooks ' second album Konk, and was the third single to accompany the release. Konk would yield the greatest results to-date for the indie-rock group reaching the #1 position on the UK Albums Chart . Although the album was a success in the UK, it has achieved only marginal results in North America with the single Always Where I Need to [...]
Como les vinimos prometiendo durante algunas semanas, cada uno de los editores de la querida Cuchara publicará durante toda esta semana (un día cada uno) un Top 10 de los que, en sus respectivas opiniones, fueron mejores discos que se lanzaron en el año. Bueno, primero me tocó a mí. Espero que muchos opinen como yo y, los que no, me lo digan en los comentarios. Cuenten qué sacarían y qué pondrían en su lugar. 1. MGMT - Oracular Spectacular [...]
Como vinimos haciendo durante toda la semana, cada uno de los editores de la querida Cuchara creó un Top 10 de los que, en sus respectivas opiniones, fueron mejores discos que se lanzaron en el año. Bueno, esta vez me toca a mí. Espero que muchos opinen como yo y, si muchos no lo hacen, me lo digan. Cuenten qué sacarían y qué pondrían en su lugar. 1. MGMT - Oracular Spectacular MGMT logró con este álbum [...]
Okay, so we had to go to the Abbey on its final night -- after all, it's right around the corner. It was sold out, but of course Billly Ruane got us in. What else is new? We were in time for the Coffin Lids, and as they played "Welcome to Pussytown," I reflected, "It's nice that someone's still writing songs like this." We'd already listened to Muck and the Mires as we stood on the sidewalk, playing Kenne Highland's "Not Too Shabby at the Abbey" (a/k/a "Johnny B. Goode") clearly audible through the wall. The Konks played "Sex Bomb." [...]
(Photos and words by Annie Zaleski) (Luke Pritchard, Kooks vocalist/guitarist) I've never been a huge Kooks fan. In fact, I've gone on record as hating the Brighton, England, band's second album, Konk . But the quartet won me over at its well-attended, main floor-only Pageant show last night, thanks to plenty of charisma from vocalist/guitarist Luke Pritchard -- who's a dead ringer for SNL 's Andy Samberg; see below -- and stellar [...]
Los inglesitos de The Kooks lanzaron un nuevo video de la canción "Do You Wanna". En el video es más de lo mismo. Se puede ver al frontman del grupo, Luke Pritchard , caminando por la calle y cantándole a las mujeres si quieren estar con él. Enlace: The Kooks - Do You Wanna / new video Comparte esta anotación
Summing up the blogosphere's opinions of the Kook's new album, Konk. (We would offer our own opinions, but (confession!) none of us have actually listened to it...oops. So take your advice from these guys, instead!) Round Hole Square Peg: the album shows "much musical maturity right off the bat." Subtle Nuances: The Kooks make "beachy, catchy, singalong rock...[their sound] reminds me of chocolate." Gentleman of Leisure: "They push too hard at times, from the crappy poseur-rock of 'Do You Wanna' [...]
Au plus profond des arcanes psychotroniques de l'inconscient de tout 30-something qui se respecte, 1984 occupe une place on ne peut plus particulière : celle de l'année qui symbolisera à jamais toute la folie, les excès et les espoirs de la décennie Huit-Zéro. Bien plus que la musique, c'est surtout le cinéma qui permet [...]
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Space, Magic Fly (United Artists 1977) Do I lose disco cool points if I admit I got introduced to this classic synth record through Felix Da Housecat's cover version?? Ran across a copy a couple weeks ago at Tropical Jeremy's stoop sale in Brooklyn ... always happy to trade some lunch money for a few jams. Jeremy and Dan Selzer throw a monthly night at Heathers at 13th and A in the East Village called Dazzle Ships , come out next Wednesday 11/14 when me [...]
Konk - Baby Dee . Post-punk & disco released in early eighties, New Yorker Konk are reissued on Soul-Jazz Records in 2004 "The sound of Konk", appears on New-York Noise compilations, if you like ESG , Liquid Liquid, Quando Quango.. You can buy album & maxis on CD & LP
Ah, the Coulda-Woulda-Shoulda Files: So many near-miss hits, so little time. Artist: Konk Song: "Konk Party" Album: The Sound Of Konk compilation, 2004 What happened: For a while there in the early '80s, Konk were a fixture of the downtown-NYC music scene, sharing bills with the likes of Sonic Youth and the Toasters. Many people showed up just to see what these guys looked like: Because they combined English and Latin influences--layering long horn solos over ghost-of-disco dance beats--no one knew what [...]
Comin' atcha first thing every Monday morning, it's The Pony Track, a super-fantastic long distance dedication to BadmintonStamps Collective founding member Aaron "Pony" Child. No fancy links, no clever write-ups, 'cause these awesome songs don't need no splainin'. So c'mon, ride the pony!
When The Gramophone Rings
Rockonthestreets.com
nightdrive
Music @ Blogcritics.org
The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
Galaxy fm ®
Doklands
BowlingStone.com
Cuchara Sónica
On The Download
A to Z
indie indie la la la
get the curse
N.1 in Belgium
Idolator
BadmintonStamps
Antony and the Johnsons - "Rise"
Beach House covers Queen
Vadoinmessico - Archaeology of the Future review
