So far i've seen, in order: Love as Laughter, M. Ward, The Whigs, Britt Daniel, Built to Spill, Typhoon, Valiant Arms, Crooked Fingers. And i saw some totally kick ass band playing at Berbati's pan tonight, but i have no idea who they were and I can't figure it out. i stood next to Bobby Bare jr during at the Crooked Fingers show and asked him who was good tomorrow. I got to breeze past all the lines with my Very Impulsive Person pass and it seemed sort of worth it at the sold out shows. [...]
Folk, rock, folk rock, rockabilly, folkabilly (hey I just invented a new word), Talking Heads, These United States, Paul Simon, Neil Young, etc. Brooklyn's Love As Laughter come blazing out of the gate with suitcases full of rich folk inspired pop rock strapped to the roof of their latest album Holy . With the aid of producer Joe Blaney (Clash, Ramones, Tom Waits), Love As Laughter's Holy kicks the back of your knees so you can sit down, lay back, and enjoy their complex genre dancing style while staring at the stars and planets circling the night [...]
art: Boys' Room by Anthony Goicolea * Young Sensation - Kitty Magic Love as Laughter - The Youth are Plastic MGMT - The Youth The [...]
Tonight in Baltimore don't miss the famous Billy Idol performing at Pier Six. If you're looking for a more intimate local show then The Talking Head might suit you with Love As Laughter, Impossible Hair, and Oxford Collapse performing. In DC, the Black Cat has Kitty Hawk, The Beanstalk Library, and Bryan Scary & The Shredding Tears while the 9:30 Club has No Second Troy, Telograph, Exit Clov, and The Reserves. Over in Fredericksburg, VA the 3rd Floor has a great all ages show with The Winter Sounds, The Dance Party, and the Red [...]
Filed under: Video , Exclusive Spinner.com : Brooklyn's Love as Laughter take you on a psychedelic joyride through sound and vision on 'All Parts of Me,' the lead track off the veteran band's sixth album, 'Holy.' The LP marks their first on Isaac Brock's Glacial Pace label. "This record sounds... Read more
Photography by Leonardo Getting a lot of great "hey man, you gotta hear this" albums lately from society members. And man, they ain't kiddin'! Some mighty good stuff that I'm pretty excited to share with you. First up today is Love Is Laughter and their album Holy . Good friend and society member "pomalift". At first I got a distinct yet quirky Beatles vibe from them (ba ba ba-ba ba!), but that quickly warshed away. Really don't know how to describe this one, tons of influences [...]
mp3: love as laughter - i'm a bee mp3: love as laughter - temptation island mp3: love as laughter - in amber mp3: love as laughter - dirty lives mp3: the oranges band - ok apartment mp3: the oranges band - my street mp3: the oranges band - ride the nuclear wave many years ago, the liner notes of what was once my favorite beck album, one [...]
Tonight in DC the 9:30 Club has The Hard Sell being performed by the legendary DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist. Mighty Underdogs are the opener. In Philly, Johnny Brenda's has Love As Laughter, Coyote, and Imaad Wasif With Two Part Beast while the Barbary has The Dodos. mp3: Love As Laughter - Temptaion Island mp3: DJ Shadow - Organ Donor (Extended Overhaul) mp3: The Dodos - Paint The Rust
Love As Laughter - All Parts of Me. What do you do when you're an influential band that's overshadowed by your peers? When those same peers offer you a handout, do you take it? When you're indie-rock also-ran, Sam Jayne, the answer is yes. His new album, Holy, is on Isaac Brock's Glacial Pace label. This is a good thing. But even still, it'll probably fly under the radar just like his last one on Sub Pop did, and the one before that. Perhaps it's because the line-up changes frequently, and the live show is something of a scrappy, loose,...
Monday: Deer Tick + Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson @ Southpaw 7:30pm $8 Two of the new boys on the block are starting to get their names heard loud and clear in these parts. Both Deer Tick and Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson are up-and-comers that me be close to the coming if you catch my drift. Anyhow, these two sharing the same stage should be just what you need to forget the first day back to
credit Rolling through the IA area is acoustic-indie The Cave Singers from the Pacific Northwest. They have a great photo blog going on here . Opening is Love as Laughter from Brooklyn. Their new album Holy will be available soon (June 24th). Check out their own blog . The DC show on Wednesday will also feature one of our local favorites, Bellman Barker . 5/7: Philly @ North Star 5/8: DC @ Rock and Roll Hotel w/ Bellman Barker [...]
Mount Eerie is at it again folks. The band known for their dark, hard rocking ways have once again put it together on what is quickly becoming a fave around these parts. It rocks hard, it has it's weird lyrics, and it never stops luring me further in. I was a little put off by the track "Don't Smoke", but my personal afflictions have no real place in a pre-review. I've only gone through the album
Free Shows: (once again the best price) Monday 12/3; Cheeseburger @ The Knitting Factory [info] Cheeseburger - "Tiger" Thursday 12/6; El-P @ Studio B [info] El-P - "Smithereens" Cheap Shows: ($10 or less) Saturday 12/1; Ra Ra Riot + Jukebox the Ghost @ Union Hall [tix] Ra Ra Riot - "Suspended In Gaffa" (via Daytrotter) Jukebox the Ghost - "Good Day" Friday 12/7 ; Coyote @ Cake Shop [info]
Brooklyn, NY "All Parts Of Me" Love As Laughter on MySpace Love As Laughter on The Hype Machine
Alright, tonight is pretty crazy. There are solid bands everywhere and you have a lot of choices. You really can't go wrong with any of these. Tokyo Police Club The big ticket buzz show of the night is at Rock & Roll Hotel . Tokyo Police Club will be in town and they will be joined by Ra Ra Riot and local darlings, Jukebox the Ghost . Tokyo Police Club - [...]
While Modest Mouse are filling up their entire summer with tour dates to every country, state, and city that I don't dwell in - I'm remaining hopeful that the entire month of July and (most of) August are uncharted for a reason. I've seen them enough to suffice a lifetime but not with this new Marr character who, by the way, is now designing sneakers ? Regardless of their tour and fashion shenanigans, Love As Laughter has been Brock's consistent choice of a touring compadre. The connections between the [...]
On their myspace Love As Laughter describe their music as tropical among other things. And do you know what it kinda fits when you listen to the simple charms of 'Dirty Lives'. There'll be no labouring over complex lyrics or ingenious chord structures on this little ditty as it pretty much does what you'd expect from a chirpy indie number. Wonder how it's going to play beside Modest Mouse's
It was fun while it lasted, but Sub Pop Week is coming to an end. Given that there are so many great bands on the label, there really was no way to feature all of them, but that is okay because A) I'll be able to still post the other artists later, just not for Sub Pop Week and B) The only way to really end this thing properly is with a Sub Pop Mix. By the way, what do you think of my Photoshop skills? Jealous, aren't you. So anyway, here you have it: [...]
Modest Mouse @ Webster Hall 11/15/2006 Paper Thin Walls / Black Cadillacs / Ocean Breathes Salty / Fire It Up / We've Got Everything / Float On / The View / Breakthrough / Bukowski / Missed The Boat / The World At Large / Lucky Me (jam?) / Tiny Cities Made Of Ashes / People We Know / Bury Me With It // Dashboard / Dramamine Modest Mouse "Paper Thin Walls (Live, with bonus rant about "Freebird")"
So I'm back. Well, kind of. I got back from Chicago early Tuesday morning, and I've just gotten so much shit piled on to my to-do list that I haven't quite found time to post. It's okay, though. I'm gettin' there. And by the way, wasn't Pitchfork just fucking amazing? Liars, The Futureheads, and Yo La Tengo were in my top three, and Art Brut were pretty crazy too. And while Alex was busy hanging with the Liars (lucky bastard) I was busy haggling my ass off at the record fair (did I [...]
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