Frank Yang I had decided a little while ago that I was done with big, outdoor music festivals. My last go-around was Pitchfork 2010 - not even what could be considered a "big" festival in the grand scheme of things - and even then, I was really feeling the "I am too old for this"-ness of the experience. But two years is a long time, or at least long enough to forget those aches and pains, and so when the opportunity arose at the last minute to hit Montrél's Osheaga - Canada' [...]
Inspired by the return of one of my favorite TV shows, the hyper self-aware Community (whose Abed could be considered the patron saint of meta-humor) and the self-referring "Simple Song" on the new Shins album out this week, I've made a mix of my favorite meta-referential songs. By this I mean songs that include specific references to themselves in the lyrics (stuff like "it goes like this, the fourth, the fifth...", "take it to the chorus" and "Second verse, same as the first verse" are out). It turns out there are a [...]
The annual Sasquatch festival, definitely a festival that I need to attend in the very near future, announced a killer line up for this year's installment. Recently solo Jack White, along with Beck and Bon Iver, will be headlining the George, WA based three-day event. Also leading the way are Pretty Lights, Tenacious D, The Shins, Girl Talk, St. Vincent, Feist, and Silversun Pickups. But that's not all who you'll get to see at the Gorge Ampitheatre this year. Also performing this year are Metric, Mogwai, Explosions In The Sky, The Head [...]
The Tree Ring @ San Diego Women's Club by Natalie Kardos . The Tree Ring top my list of top song obsessions for 2011. Frontman Joel P West also appears on the list. Song obsessions are those songs that your brain picks for you, those ear worms that get stuck in your head and have you singing them to yourself or going back to hit repeat on your ipod. I like the idea of reporting what my brain got stuck on each year. Here's the list of the songs that were stuck in [...]
The Tree Ring @ San Diego Women's Club by Natalie Kardos . The Tree Ring top my list of top song obsessions for 2011. Frontman Joel P West also appears on the list. Song obsessions are those songs that your brain picks for you, those ear worms that get stuck in your head and have you singing them to yourself or going back to hit repeat on your ipod. I like the idea of reporting what my brain got stuck on each year. Here's the list of the songs that were stuck in [...]
Tonight I'm starting a new feature at Those Who Dig called This Book Is A Song . I have always loved literature and reading and I decided it would be fun to look at the connections to music. The idea is to share some thoughts about books I read and match them up with relevant songs. Let's get to it!
I've been on a Big Star kick all week, thanks to the trailer for Nothing Can Hurt Me , a new documentary about the band's "massive critical acclaim, dismal commercial failure," and enduring legacy as "pop music's greatest cult phenomenon." The movie's tagline sums it up: I never heard Big Star on the radio, or even at a record shop. I listened to Big Star because other band's told me to via cover songs and tributes. My introduction to Alex Chilton first came through Elliott Smith's hushed cover of "Thirteen" (there are countless takes on [...]
For your streaming pleasure, here are the latest Friday Night Vids ... Streamable: Velvet Days (youtube) by Fungi Girls Downloadable: Velvet Days (mp3) Streamable: Germs (vimeo) by Yalls Downloadable: Germs (mp3) Streamable: Milo Minute (vimeo) by Grass Widow [...]
Since it is impossible for anyone to listen to a year's releases in their entirety, I thought I'd round out our Best of 2010 lists with a few provided by friends. My buddy Will runs a blog called Anti-Snob , and he was nice enough to offer it up for BIYL readers. Enjoy! 15. The Spires - Curved Space Sweet & sour pop buried in reverb and dischordal euphoria. 'Nuff said. 14. Klaxons - Surfing the Void [...]
It's time again to look back and reflect. What were we listening to one year ago? Listen to the December 2009 Mix to find out... Downloadables: Crown On The Ground (mp3) by Sleigh Bells Jetpack Blues, Sunset Hues (mp3) by Anamanaguchi Gravity in Terms of Space-Time (mp3) by Starscream Dreams (The Cranberries Cover) (mp3) by railcars [...]
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Another post, another giveaway. One of these days I'll get around to posting actual content instead of just handing out free stuff. Not that the winners are complaining, mind you...This Saturday night, being the 10th of April, 2010, Mr. Ted Leo and his fellow Pharmacists come back to Boston to showcase tracks from their first full-length for Matador Records, "The Brutalist Bricks". But
i was coming too but now i'm coming to ♫ Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - The Mighty Sparrow 2004's Shake The Sheets is my favorite Ted Leo album. This important because if you 1) have never heard of Ted Leo then you need to get that album and 2) If you are a Ted Leo fan then you understand my approach to his music. Ted Leo is sometimes raw and hints at elements of hardcore/punk and at other times is feisty leaning pop with [...]
Jarrett of Screaming Females sent in these answers in our continuing series, q and also a . q: What is the last song you (really) heard? a: Resilient Bastard (mp3) by Shellshag . It is the "focus track" from their new record Rumors in Disguise which is their first with Don Giovanni Records . When we were on tour with Shellshag in summer 2009 they played us some rough cuts from Rumors in [...]
Often chosen to either open, close, or provide an instrumental interlude on an album, untitled works has long been a staple of rock music and director's cuts of Cameron Crowe movies. Here's a mix of some of my favorite songs that show great music doesn't always need a title (just ask Beethoven). Andrew Bird - untitled Interpol - Untitled Neutral Milk Hotel - Untitled Smashing Pumpkins - Untitled Sigur Ros - Untitled #1 [...]
Here is a little preview of some of the albums coming out early this year. Jan 19 % by Dinowalrus Listen: BEAD (mp3) Listen: Nuke Duke 'Em (mp3) R and R and R by Susu Listen: M.B.T. (mp3) Help Susu self-release the vinyl @ Kickstarter [...]
As many of you already know, Matador is the new home of Ted Leo + The Pharmacists . Well, the folks over at Matador have dropped a long term promomp3 for your listening pleasure. The new album, The Brutalist Bricks , doesn't come out until March 9 of next year. While this track is not as punky as the "Where Was My Brain" demo that surfaced a while back, I have it on good word that the album isn't just a bunch of midtempo tearjerkers. In other words, it rocks. Downloadable: [...]
Streamable: Green Hell/Astro-Zombies/Mommy, Can I Go Out And Kill Tonight?/Die, Die My Darling (youtube) by TV Casualty (A Misfits cover band consisting of Ted Leo and Chris Wilson from Ted Leo + The Pharmacists , Atom Goren of Atom & His Package , Andy Nelson of Paint It Black , Brian Sokel of Franklin and AM/FM ) props to p4k watch more of this performance... here Streamable: U Got The Look (youtube) [...]
Welcome to part one of GIMME TINNITUS' Best Songs Of The Aughts where we look back on the best songs of 2000-2004. Back when all the "best of the decade" whoopla started earlier this year (with Pitchfork's Best Of ), I began thinking about the songs I would have blogged about had I actually been blogging (or let's say posting about music on an angelfire page) way back in 2000. I sifted through many tracks to come up with this list, and I hope it helps you reconnect with some tracks you may have forgotten [...]
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