May 23, 8:20am
DIY
“I’ve been startin’ over for a long time,” confesses Mikal Cronin at the very beginning of ‘MCII’. If the title didn’t give it away, this is his second solo album, and with it comes a new kind of a maturity. Alongside fuzzy guitars are doses of sunny pop, with Cronin having clearly mastered the art of loud-quiet songs – just listen to ‘Shout It Out’. And lyrically, here’s a guy who’s finally stepping into the limelight, whether he’s sure he’s ready to or not. Cronin might have been previously better known as Ty Segall’s collaborator and live [...]
![Mikal Cronin + Pangea + Gap Dream @ The Echo – Friday, May 25th [Free Tickets]](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/4966268_lg.jpg)
Pangea + Mikal Cronin We have one pair of tickets to give away to Rollo & Grady readers for Mikal Cronin, Pangea, and Gap Dream this Friday at the Echo. To enter the contest, please write an email to rollogrady@gmail.com. Include “Pangea” in the subject line and your full name & e-mail address in the body of the email. We’ll pick the winners tomorrow morning. Mikal Cronin - Get Along [...]
Mikal Cronen gets romantic with Proclaimers "I'm Gonna Be" and Sixpence None The Richer's "Kiss Me."
Arcade Fire label-mate shows annoying "Canucks" how shit GETS DONE! Merge, 2013 8.4 / 10.0 Mikal Cronin may not have the reckless, three-LPs-in-one-year abandon of his Bay area garage rock colleague Ty Segall,...
Hasta acá llega la costumbre de dejar acumular el mixtape. Bueno, en junio nos pasará igual pero hay razones detrás de eso. Nada de qué preocuparse, pues el compilado de hoy trae varios de nuestros favoritos de las pasadas 6 semanas, como Mikal Cronin, Oh Sees, El Khatib, Girls Against Boys, Said The Whale, Mo Kenney y The Thermals . Además tenemos nuevas de Typhoon y Kinski , y una edición diferente de la que escuchamos de The Orwells en la pasada emisión de El Horno . [...]
"and let's be honest which band have you heard over the last three years that didn't remind you of some other band from the last three years? If you come up with something keep it to yourself cause they probably suck."
![Mikal Cronin – Change [music video]](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/4962407_lg.jpg)
Good God, Merge is a great label. I knew nothing of Mikal Cronin prior to reading this review at The AV Club . Based on that and the fact that he's on Merge, I just went online and bought it. And damn, I'm glad I did. I would review the album, but frankly speaking - I'm not doing a better job than Austin L. Ray did. So check out the video and read the review. Watching that video made me want to be young again. Sadly, I am not. Here's another cool [...]
Mikal Cronin RECOMMENDED SHOWS :: 5/20 – 5/26 **My apologies for the lack of posts. I've been crazy busy.** Love, Rollo & Grady. Monday, May 20th Criminal Hygiene @ The Bootleg Theater Peach Kelli Pop w/ Froth & Wyatt Blair @ Burger Records Tuesday, May 21st The Black Angels w/ Hanni El Khatib @ Mayan Theatre Your Ugly Sister w/ Vision @ The Echo Kate Nash w/ Peach Kelli [...]
DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince said summer was time to sit back and unwind . Lyte Funky Ones thought it was fly when girls stopped by for the summer. Craig Finn's perfect summer involved drinking on top of water towers . However you spend the most effervescent of seasons though, you'll want a mix of sun-soaked indie bangers to soundtrack your summer memories. So we've taken The Hold Steady's advice and built something this summer, and it's the 4th volume of our Summer (Or What It Sounds Like) Mix. Click [...]
Our San Diego picks for the week*
Mikal Cronin just returned with a new record, MCII , which, in his words, is a set of aggressive pop music. The San Fran based Mikal certainly has a knack for spinning insanely catchy hooks within his sun-kissed and thrashed out productions. We called him up to talk about the record, San Francisco and his unique form of neurotic pop. Bowlegs: Where was the album recorded? Mikal: It was recorded in San Francisco by Eric Bauer at the Bauer mansion down in Chinatown. It's [...]
Incoming: The Rolling Stones, Holy Ghost!, Laura Marling, Dillinger Escape Plan, Atlas Genius, the Black Angels, the Presets, the Postelles, Kate Nash, Daughter, Youngblood Hawke, Carla Morrison, Sweet & Tender Hooligans, Shout Out Louds, Breathe Carolina, Turbonegro, Cold War Kids, Mikal Cronin, Opeth, Amanda Jo Williams, Sir Sly, Fleetwood Mac, War, Imperial Teen, Juanes, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Smoke Season, Stornoway, the Damned Above: Swedish indie-poppers Shout Out Louds are back with a new album "Optica" (just out on Merge), and they visit the El Rey Theatre on Thursday and [...]
Really love this song — "Change" by Mikal Cronin ... 2:30 onward is pretty incredible! "Change" is from MCII , out now on Merge Records .
There were many strong music videos this week, and a couple that I loved, from actual adults. But no grown-up is going to beat a charged-up mob of Minneapolis children rapping about bikes and school uniforms. I'm sorry. It's just not ever going to happen. Our picks for the week are below. Read More...
The SOTO inbox is always full of cool stuff that never gets to see the light of day on the actual site, and I’d like to change that. So, every Friday I’ll be posting the best album streams and videos that were sent my way during the week. Take a scroll and find something worth remembering. FULL ALBUM STREAMS Majical Cloudz - Impersonator Club 8 - Above The City Radical Dads - Rapid Reality Daft Punk - [...]
A few days late with Mikal Cronin's new video for "Change" and a few years late with Mikal Cronin, but let's not dwell on this we've got some outrageously good music on display. continue reading >>
MC II , o último trabalho de Mikral Cronin que tem recebido grandes elogios, acaba de ganhar um trabalho audiovisual para uma das músicas que foge, de certa fora, à sonoridade mais experimentalista das restantes composições. "Chance", numa sonoridade garage-rock fiel aos anteriores trabalhos do cantor, e apinhada de guitarras distorcidas, traz um vídeo onde Cronin é figura central de um concerto realizado nas habituais festas caseiras dadas pelos jovens. Embora se mostre o ambiente festivo intercalado com a performance do músico e banda que o acompanha, há um grande destaque na figura humana invisível que, [...]
Moosic, moosic, moosic I'm weak for you weekend! As I am for these folks... Simply click play below to begin today's playlist. - For past playlists see here . Follow The G-Man on: Facebook -- Twitter -- Pinterest -- Mixcloud [...]
"I've been starting over for a long time / I'm not ready for the second wave / The weight of seeing through," sings Mikal Cronin on the MCII's opening track "Weight." However, Cronin's delivery is chipper on this track and, for that matter, most of the rest of follow-up to his self-titled debut. Cronin's first record focused on a lot on endings — whether they involved the end of college, the end of a serious relationship or the end of his time in Los Angeles. But his sophomore release has a sunny disposition no matter the subject matter. Perhaps [...]
Mikal Cronin has released a video for "Change" off his recent album, MCII, out now via Merge. The clip was directed by Claire Marie Vogel, and it follows the antics of a wild...
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