I'm sure you all know how stale the contemporary jazz scene can be sometimes (like all music scenes I hear you say). Thank God there's always some fresh talent waiting to take it to the next level. One such beam of freshness is Brooklyn based pianist Aaron Parks , who recently had a Blue Note debut named Invisible Cinema. At just 24 years old it's astonishing to have a debut at the Blue Note juggernaut, yet creating something as full-fledged as this is prodigious. He's made a name playing as a sideman for [...]
Oy! Back from what seems to be the last vacation of this summer. Let's end the one week drought with one of the best albums of 2008, from the powerhouse sextet of the downtown scene (which I've been holding back since April). The second Masada songbook releases this year were impressive with fab albums from Bar Kokhba, Secret Chiefs 3 and finally Medeski Martin and Wood ! There's not much to say about Bar Kokhba; with an unsurpassed line up from the downtown contemporary jazz circle: the foundation of the original Masada line-up [...]
Formed in San Francisco in the spring of 2006, The Union Trade consists of Don Joslin (guitar), Nate Munger (bass/vocals), Eric Salk (guitar /vocals), and Dan Rodkewich (drums). The Union Trade's sound is the product of a collaborative writing style and mind-set, largely free of the barriers of role or instrument, that relies heavily on experimentation and reflection to find the feel of each song. With their first full-length release, Everyday Including (Tricycle), The Union Trade have bridged the gap between their instrumental-band inspirations, and a [...]
Yep! Other than that, I got the new Duke Spirit album! Yes, there's a new one! Yay! Natasha got me into some band called The Cinematics. the_cinematics-break.mp3 The Duke Spirit - Dog Roses.mp3 Now I can start on some new stuff, huzzah motherfuckers! I've got about three I've been wanting to do, let's hope Mister Client likes his [...]
Yesterday The Pop Cop was invited to the CCA in Glasgow for the launch party of The Tennent's Mutual , a fan-driven live music concept in which subscribers to the Mutual website not only democratically vote on which artists play and where, they also call the shots on ticket prices. It sounds too good to be true and the subsequent Q&A with the head of sponsorship at Tennent's Lager, who are putting £150k into the project, was disappointingly vague on the specifics of how this initiative, which will run from October to November, [...]
Another standard bearing netlabel is 12 Records. Specializing in ambient and folktronica they're close to achieving the milestone 50th release. On No. 46 they have the Austrian David Schweighart and on No. 47 they have Muhr whose Miasmah release is still doing chores on my playlists. Here's what the label has to say about both releases. I'm especially fond of Muhr's cinematic ambience & dark orchestral music. david schweighart thanks for listening to this [...]
If there's one person I won't tire composing similar music, it's John Zorn . His 2008 title The Dreamers is out and it's basically The Gift No.2 with a lot of great references to genres like exotica and surf with the help of Cyro Baptista 's mood setting percussions and Marc Ribot 's delicate guitar tone, this time with a little bit more Jewish scales thrown in and there's some not-so-easy listening compositions (e.g Toys which he actually plays an odd timed but strangely catchy melody or Anulikwutsayl where minimalism and [...]
All bands can do cover songs. But The Cinematics covered Beck's "Sunday Sun" and I like this track better than the original. I mean the two versions have completely different feels. One being more of a ballad and the other being scot-rock in all its glory! The Cinematics are babies to the music world, having formed in late 2003. TVT Records (The Polyphonic Spree signed them after a Manchester gig in 2005. And their debut full length album wasn't released until March of 2007. Babes I tell ya, they are babes. (And by that I am [...]
I apologize for the complete lack of posts for the entire month of December thus far, but papers must be done and finals must be studied for. Anyway, I've painstakingly put together a list of my top 40 albums of 2007. I have to say, 2007 has been a pretty spectacular year for music. I've heard so much stuff that's blown me away and really come out of left field. So without further ado, let's kick off this shindig. 40. SonVolt - The Search I originally reviewed this album on [...]
Jesu - Silver MP3 You are my everything - Open Space MP3 The Cinematics - Keep Forgetting MP3 The Brother Kite - Half Century MP3 Slaraffenland - Paranoid Polaroids MP3 Sambassadeur - Kate MP3 Photographie: Gina Osterloh
The Cinematics will be featured on MTV2's The Drop on Saturday July 21st. Tune in all day to hear "Break" , "A Strange Education" , & "Keep Forgetting". The songs are featured all day (tracks are played to graphic treatments created by MTV) and there will be tons of promo the entire week leading up (about 10 promo spots a day featuring The Cinematics). Source: TVT Records
Tonight has a couple of interesting shows coming to DC... Over at the Rock and Roll Hotel , Scotland's The Cinematics come to town. They will be joined by Chicago's The Changes and local atmospheric rockers, Cedars . This should be a really solid lineup of indie rock. The Cinematics - A Strange Education The Changes - On A String Cedars- Black Book [...]
Since there were 4 pretty awesome bands that played the House of Blues on Wednesday night, I'm going to go about this post in a new way. I'm going to do a mini-review for each opening act, then post a song, the links, and repeat the process all over, and end up with a full review for MuteMath. So here goes nothing! Club Of The Sons One [...]
DOWNLOAD Primal Scream - Carry Me Home (MP3) Via WhiteNoise DOWNLOAD The Cinematics - Home (Acoustic) (MP3) Via lttlamb DOWNLOAD Great Northern - Home (MP3) Via HateSomethingBeautiful From one skyline... By Ramon Duran To another... By Mihay I wonder if anyone will pick up on the funny coincidence/irony of my [...]
Mix of 5 Sorry it has been a little quiet around here...I have been trying to figure out what to do with the bloggy blog. It took a great deal of time to figure out which platform I was going to run with...I settled on Serendipity and at first I was really quite excited but then when I went to customize the template I ran into quite a few road blocks and then began to reevaluate the entire situation...I don't know what I was thinking, it takes me forever and a day [...]
Craig Is Not A "Sellout" Craig Fairbaugh (+44, Mercy Killers) recently discovered a 'Sellout' comment on his myspace page and had the following to say: [I for some reason felt the need to read some comments on my picture section. I don't know why, but I did, and now I'm happy. I'm happy to present these comments to those who give a flying fu*k. A young man by the name of " SI ", decided to kindly bestow these words upon me: "Man [...]
I am a dear fan of Scottish bands. These four guys have a catchy array of sounds and notable influences. The Cure, Interpol, The Smiths, and so on... Their album came out last month and has been gaining some attention around the this never ending time use we call the internet. They have some incredibly catchy songs. I don't know about you but I want to do a little foot tapping and dancing every song I hear. The song that caught my special attention was a cover of Becks "Sunday Sun" off his Sea Change [...]
As a start of my catching-up, I'm gonna give you the latest discoveries from brilliant online-magazine Tonspion . Here's what they've found during the last weeks: Two Gallants - La Cruces Jail Neo-Country-Rock CocoRosie - Rainbowarriors Indie-Folk-Pop... The Cinematics - Break Indie-Pop; an older song, but still very good! [...]
When I first heard the track "Break" from Glasgow four-piece The Cinematics , I was at a relative's place that was near Birmingham but felt more like I was out in the middle of nowhere. They had a satellite thankfully, so I basically spent my time listening to Sirius radio the entire weekend. The track I heard from the band though catchy, just seemed like one of those songs that I would just forget about and/or get tired of very quickly. Which of course is the truth, because I completely forgot about [...]
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Track: Keep Forgetting Artist/Band: The Cinematics Label: TVT Duration: 3:51 Description: Hailing from Glasgow, Scotland, this is the second single from their album, A Strange Education. Out in the US on March 6, 2007 on TVT Records. Formats available: Flash(.flv) | Flash(HQ) | QuickTime | MP3
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