A must-watch. Yes! Yes! Yes! Brandy is pulling all the right strings for Human . Great first single. Epic ballad for the second single. And all the tracks on there that I have heard are perfect. One track, "1st & Love," is fasting climbing my year-end charts. I hope the reception for it is good. Brandy has long been a fan of Coldplay and I think she borrowed some elements from their first album Parachutes for the chorus of this song.
Enjoy their session below. Visit Parachutes on MySpace. MP3 at bottom. MP3: Parachutes - Tree Roots Turn To Forts
Work always gets in the way of the shit I really want to do. For instance, the Boston Comedy Festival is something I've always wanted to attend, but due to my awkward work schedule, I've never been able to go to any of them while I lived out there. Also, The Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 8 Festival (which is FREE!) this weekend has some it's best acts playing Sunday...a day that I work. Awesome. Well I'm not going to take this laying down, I'm doing something today God damn it! I was going [...]
I got to see Sigur Ros on Saturday night at the Red Rocks Ampitheatre in Denver. It was actually my first time in Denver and I've got to admit, I pretty much fell in love with the city during my one-day excursion. We stayed at my good friend's cousins' home, visited the Denver Art Museum (fantastic), and saw a little bit of downtown (including the Tattered Cover Bookstore on 16th St - also fantastic). Then we headed out to the famed ampitheatre to end our perfect day with [...]
Ένα τυπικό post για τους σημερινούς μας καλεσμένους θα πήγαινε κάπως έτσι: "O Αlex και ο Scott έφτιαχναν μουσική στο υπόγειο του σπιτιού τους χρησιμοποιώντας διάφορα όργανα και παιχνίδια και κάνοντας sampling από διάφορα οικιακά αντικείμενα . Τώρα ηχογραφούν στην κουζίνα. Αν και έχουν περάσει ήδη πέντε χρόνια από τη δημιουργία του συγκροτήματος [που πήρε το όνομα του από το τους σπόρους ενός λουλουδιού] και έχουν ήδη κυκλοφορήσει δύο εντελώς σπιτικά και χειροποίητα άλμπουμς, μόλις πρόσφατα προσέθεσαν κι άλλα έξι μέλη [για να ανταπεξέλθουν στις live εμφανίσεις τους] και υπέγραψαν [...]
Last Wednesday while we were still in New York we headed up to the northwest corner of Manhattan for me to finally see Sigur Ros . The venue was situated in a Spanish speaking neighborhood where all of us Sigur Ros fans stuck out. The venue itself was very cool, it combined the ornateness of The Fox Theater with the massive churchiness of The Tabernacle. We made sure to get in our seats way in the back of the top balcony just in time for the show to start. We were absolutely positive there was [...]
Sigur Ros @ Massey Hall (September 22, 2008) Review to come. Photos : Sigur Ros @ Massey Hall (September 22, 2008) MySpace : Parachutes MySpace : Sigur Ros
Prior to last night's breathtaking Sigur Ros performance , Iceland's Parachutes performed their first ever North American show. The multi instrumentalists which comprise the band create a sound that is reminiscent of Sigur Ros's pristine & melodic tunes (think 'Hoppipolla', 'Vaka' & 'All Alright'), while at times bringing to mind the ingenuity of Amiina . Their 45 minute set was winsome & charming. Visit Parachutes at their MySpace page. MP3: Parachutes - Tree Roots Turn To Forts [ alt link ]
The last day of August brings some good shows to the area. Here in Baltimore the Ottobar has The Endless Summer Fest with The Oranges Band, Two If By Sea, and Snowmen. Down in Virginia, Iota has Pash, Poor But Sexy, and Clubscout. Finally in Philly Johnny Brenda's has Grandchildren, The Poison Arrows, and King Kong Ding Dong. Also tomorrow in DC don't miss Parachutes perform at DC9 . Enjoy! mp3: Grandchildren - Saturn Returns mp3: The Oranges Band - All That Money (You'll Get Over It) [...]
Capitol Records / EMI will be reissuing several Radiohead and Coldplay albums on vinyl on August 19. Radiohead's ' OK Computer ', 'Kid A', 'Amnesiac' and ' Hail To The Thief ' will all be re-released in re-mastered, limited-edition vinyl. Coldplay 's ' Parachutes ' and ' A Rush Of Blood To The Head ' is also set to be reissued. All titles were previously out of print and many of them were hard to find. The vinyl packages will feature the original artwork and packaging of the original single or gatefold jacket LP [...]
Listen/Download: "Tree Roots Turn to Forts" [Band Myspace]
Dancing On Our Graves - The Cave Singers I love how the percussion seems to skitter in every direction, like a bag of BB pellets loosed in a school gymnasium, like a tapdancing marathon in a bowling alley. It's as if The Cave Singers handed everyone they saw a pair of sticks and various jingle-jangle makers and asked them to paint the sun in sound. From Invitation Songs ( Amazon , eMusic ), Myspace Your Stories [...]
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