...I think there's some snow coming—anybody hear anything? (I kid.) But if you're reading us from anyplace outside of the DC/Baltimore area, that header's right—we're getting two feet of snow at minimum. (Which is fine with me. I got some records to listen to.) We're closing shop a bit early today but make sure you're back here on Monday when we kick off our Record Store Day [...]
[Have a safe holiday weekend. And raise a glass for birthday boy Robbie Robertson on Sunday.] Today: 'Tis the season ... for music outdoors. Among the many offerings around SoCal is a free concert series at Levitt Pavilion in Pasadena , where French songstress Emilie Simon [pictured] performs at 8 tonight. She's also at the Bootleg Theater on Sunday. ... There's Night 2 of the Hollywood Bowl July 4th Fireworks Spectacular too, with John Fogerty and the L.A. Phil. ... Also: [...]
December is always a bit of a hectic month. Lots of Christmas shopping, parties, and the like, plus the year end specials, lists, New Year's parties. One year I drank every day of December because there was just too much going on. I don't think I'm going to match that this year but it's going to be close. There are some damn fine shows in December as well so that should clot the schedule even further. Here's what I'm looking forward to so far. What are you looking forward to? Free Shows (err show, what's up where's all [...]
I've been semi-obsessed with the video for "Three Full Virginias" by New York City-based Tall Hands . A good friend of mine let me borrow an advance copy of the band's self-titled debut EP a few months ago. I liked what I heard on first listen, but for some reason didn't go back to listening to the EP until after that same friend showed me the video for "Three Full Virginias." I'm not sure if it was the beards, the dinosaurs, or what - but something clicked. I found myself walking [...]
THIS WEEK'S FINDS week of Nov. 5-11 "Fifteen On Ice" - Tall Hands Singer Justin Raisen has sure enough got Lou Reed's blasé NYC dude delivery down pat, but with a twist: while Reed tended to sing as if the apocalypse were just around the corner (not that this fazed him, mind you), Raisen sounds as if he actually knows how to smile. Not that he is smiling, but that he knows how, he and the other five members of Tall Hands. You can hear it in the upbeat piano [...]
Download: The Little Ones - " Lovers Who Uncover " Download: Loney, Dear - " The City, The Airport " Download: Tall Hands - " Introduction To The Razor " Team Clermont can be pretty hard to pin down at a music conference. We're generally running around like chickens with our heads cut off, but any interested parties can count on catching us at the event described above! Come say hello! Team Clermont/Sub Pop/Astralwerks/Pulse Party Friday, November 3, 2006! [...]
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