Ziyah Gafic - Kabul Afghanistan (2006) Out in the desert there's a soldier lying dead . There's gotta be an end to that . It's a good time for Superman to lift the sun into the sky . All I want is a state of hope . There's a man on the horizon . He said "Oh yes you can" . Maybe hope can shine a light so true . To bring about the change within [...]
Another not-so-notable release week. I know it's not that exciting when the two releases I'm looking forward to most are from a classical composer ( Johann Johannsson ) and a split EP with two artists I don't own anything by ( Thursday / Envy ). My guess is people don't want to drop an album on an election day. Can't blame them. It probably explains the huge release weeks we've had through the fall up until now, too. I'll also be checking out Black Moth Super Rainbow , Travis , [...]
I hope everyone votes Tuesday, and I hope everyone is fully informed before making their choices. If you're not sure who to vote for after at least eleven straight months of campaigning, well, you're on the Internet, go to Google and look around for yourself. There's no excuse not to be well informed. So to celebrate our democracy and the truly wonderful choice we can hopefully make for ourselves on Tuesday, I've listed the fifty states below, in red and blue, depending on which candidate, Bush (red) or Kerry (blue), the state voted for in 2004, along with [...]
Ah, Allentown. The place where I attended college. Billy Joel once wrote a horrible song about it. There's a wonderful record store there, called Double Decker. The most beautifully built Wegmans supermarket is there, too. Some say Allentown is a dump. To those people, I say, "Well, duh." Even that doesn't stop me from returning. Why? Because I still have a friend or two there, the folks who operate Double Decker are stand-up individuals, and that fucking Wegmans makes me feel like I'm high on a Valium/Percoset/Ambien cocktail whenever I enter. Surely all dystopian novels, like George Orwell's Nineteen [...]
Ah, Allentown. The place where I attended college. Billy Joel once wrote a horrible song about it. There's a wonderful record store there, called Double Decker. The most beautifully built Wegmans supermarket is there, too. Some say Allentown is a dump. To those people, I say, "Well, duh." Even that doesn't stop me from returning. Why? Because I still have a friend or two there, the folks who operate Double Decker are stand-up individuals, and that fucking Wegmans makes me feel like I'm high on a Valium/Percoset/Ambien cocktail whenever I enter. Surely all dystopian novels, like George Orwell's Nineteen [...]
This set from Low is a great way to start the week as WFMU continues digging through our recordings from All Tomorrow's Parties NY. Joined by new bassist Steve Garrington, Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker's trademarked brand of slowcore stunned the audience into a reverential bliss. Although it did sort of seem like everyone was robotripping all weekend..."Man it must be awesome to get the security gig on this festival," Alan observed from a security guard's perspective, "Half these guys I don't think they can lift their arms over their head". Then he invited the crowd to a [...]
Largo BUY TICKETS ONLINE for the Saturday, Oct. 25th 3:00 PM Show BUY TICKETS ONLINE for the Tuesday, Oct. 28th 9:00 PM Show Saturday, October 25 3:00 PM St. Anthony Main Theatre $8 Of All The Things BUY TICKETS ONLINE for the Saturday, Oct. 25th 5:15 PM Show [...]
For those of you who have not had the chance to attend a concert at Epiphany Church yet, RFC's own Garin Pirnia has written an article for Time Out Chicago offering a little insight to the church turned concert venue. I will then shamelessly use that article as an excuse to post some long overdue photos from the inaugural show with Low from last month. If you missed that show, well then unfortunately you missed the best show that will occur at this venue until the next time Low is [...]
2007 - The Albums That Survived... words: Jamie Milton I begun to feel a little heartless the other day when I had Spoon's 'Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga' come on shuffle. I'd obsessed over that record this time last year, seeing it as some God-send for music and yet I can honestly say I don't think I'd listened to that record once in 2008 prior to last week. But surely some of 2007's stellar releases are still making it to my play count? I'm asking the other MFM writers the [...]
posted by Matt: In two weeks Retribution Gospel Choir will be playing in Halifax for the Pop Explosion (October 24 at Saint Matthew's Church.) I'm a big Low fan...Alan's even contributed to the site before (check out the sidebar to the left) and RGC's debut is pretty amazing as well, so it's no stretch that I'm somewhat anticipating this one. Here are the guys performing "Poor Man's Daughter" the last time I saw them, at SXSW last year.
Download: Low - "Murderer" Download: Dosh - "If You Want To, You Have To" Download: Vampire Hands - "No Fun" The University of Minnesota 's radio station Radio K is a veritable underground institution, one deserving of all the celebration it can get, not only for introducing the world to many great, left-of-the-dial bands, but for the fact that, after 15 years, the station is still going strong. So, in order to celebrate, the station has put together [...]
AUTUMN/WINTER MIXTAPE - PT.2 words: Jamie Milton n News has emerged that in some form of another, muxtape.com is back. But they're conforming to a few rules, some are a tad frustrating. It's a shame really seeing that I'd only just discovered the site when we introduced the idea of mixtapes and playlists and next thing, it's gone. Myspace are apparently trying to replicate the idea in some shape or from which won't go [...]
Low - Transmission (Live) A stunning Joy Division cover (circa 1996). Visit Low on MySpace. MP3: Low - Transmission (Live)
Saturday started off (almost) where Friday left off when the Family Growl arrived, through the mud for the last couple of songs of Devon Sproule on the Garden Stage. The Garden Stage and the surrounding garden area was much easier to navigate than the glue-like mud in the adjoining field, so we hung around there for a while and The Baby Growl got her first proper taste of a festival (last year doesn’t count – too young). Perhaps it’s no surprise that she seemed to like Noah and the Whale , what with their bouncy pop tunes and up-tempo [...]
One of my favourite albums of the decade has to be Things We Lost In The Fire by Low. This is the opening track, and it kinda speaks for itself...Enjoy... Low -'Sunflower.' mp3
Today, part two of our ongoing (belated) coverage of the All Tomorrow's Parties festival, which was held in upstate New York this past weekend. Today, Ian discusses the events of Saturday, September 20th. He has provided all applicable photographs, and I have scourged the Internet far and wide to bring you these recordings from throughout the day. I even listened to some of it live on Saturday. Speaking of which, If anyone comes across A Silver Mt. Zion's set, I've been looking for it. They sounded beautiful! Take it away, Ian... ...When I first saw the schedule posted [...]
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night one at mercury lounge night two at the bell house __ both amazing. i can't recommend LOW enough. please check them out .
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From WFMU stream Download: Low - Live @ ATP 2008 Setlist: Candy girl Low - Murderer Pretty people ??? Always fade Technorati Tags: low , atp , 2008
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From WFMU stream Download: Low - Live @ ATP 2008 Setlist: Candy girl Low - Murderer Pretty people ??? Always fade Technorati Tags: low , atp , 2008
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