As soon as James Mercer walks on stage and opens his mouth to sing the first lines of show opener Kissing The Lipless , and what feels like the whole crowd join in in unison, it's abundantly clear that absence really does make the heart grow fonder. In fact the palpable buzz around Kentish Town's Forum only serves to highlight what a truly special band The Shins are. Of course the term 'band' is a bit of a loose one in the case of The Shins for this is a brand new line-up assembled by [...]
Night Rumours - It's what keeps you up at night. From the basement to the bright lights - you're here today because you love dance music and want a little more wamp. Hitting Electro, EDM, Techno and back -- every week, Amperror (aka electblake ) will bring you the next wave of floor burners. It's not a sundae , it's a massacre. Welcome to 2k12, I'm not sure where it's going to take us (or maybe I'm not sure which road presented will be followed) but I'm pretty excited. Maybe [...]
Night Rumours - It's what keeps you up at night. From the basement to the bright lights - you're here today because you love dance music and want a little more wamp. Hitting Electro, EDM, Techno and back -- every week, Amperror (aka electbl ake) will bring you the next wave of floor burners. It's not a sundae, it's a massacre. [...]
A warm mix of UK style bass with some fizzly, floating synth pads, this next track is one the purest and undeniably good things I've come across in a while. I first came across it in Friendly Fires' Resident Advisor podcast (which was absolutely ace) and immediately had to stop listening and refer to the tracklist to find out what exactly I was hearing. Scope the full release from Hot Chip's
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James @ Terminal 5 in March ( more by Andrew St. Clair ) The annual ' Fashion's Night Out ' is this Thursday (9/8), and that means free events at clothing stores all over NYC. One of those events takes place at VPL @ 5 Mercer Street in Manhattan. Running from 6-11pm, the "Mercer x Howard Block Party" will feature a performance (DJ set most likely, though they never speficy) by James Murphy "and more". James will also DJ on [...]
If your reading this, your in for a treat. French producer, MERCER , recently released this absolutely gigantic Big Room House track titled Splash . It has an undeniable groove apparent throughout the entire length of the track. The party drop will get the B's wet and the G's lucky. Tested it out this past weekend at a gig in Madison, WI. Shit went off. People need to get on this. Grab it below. MERCER - Splash Bonus: MERCER - [...]
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My first contact with Matthew Mercer came about almost ten years ago through mutual friends. We immediately bonded over criss-crossing musical tastes and a constant hunger for new stuff to listen to. He was also an extremely talented composer with formal training and a real ear for tension. Early music was under the Systm name and fit in with the IDM sound of Autechre, Phonem, Arovane, etc. His progression into dance music was soon piqued by the glitch techno work of Akufen and the way that IDM sounds were given a new lease through 4/4. Soon enough he [...]
Things have been moving at a furious pace in the world of The Feelies of late, keeping in mind that things were moving rather slow for two decades. After hanging it up in 1991 for what would become a 20-year hiatus, the band has been on fire, relatively speaking. First came ...
Yo La Tengo, David Byrne, Fred Armisen ( photo by antonieta molina ) " Yo La Tengo squeezed more than a drop of good will from a sugarcube last night at Maxwell's in Hoboken. The band performed a last-minute Japan Benefit Concert to a packed room of sweaty record store clerks--all the proceeds went to Peace Winds Japan, a Tokyo-based non-profit organization helping those displaced by the recent disaster. But in typical Yo La Tengo fashion, they weren't alone: SNL star Fred Armisen sat in on drums for [...]
Electro house stud Mercer infuses Dr. Dre with Laidback Luke's hit 'Timebomb'. I have to say it is very catchy. The drop reminds me of something Laidback Luke would do himself. I am partial to this remix over any of the other one's that were released in late 2010. Check them all out here ! Download: Laidback Luke feat. Jonathan Mendelsohn - Timebomb (Mercer Remix)
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Date 8/20/10 Location The Parish Doors 9pm Tickets $13 @ Parish website The Wooden Birds are making a name for themselves in and out of Austin so you better hurry to The Parish on Thursday night while you can still see them at such a small venue. Joining the Austinites on the stage [...]
Date 5/8/10 Location The Mohawk Doors 8pm Tickets $6 @ Door If you be lookin' for something to do on Saturday night, The Midgetmen are planning their annual anniversary party at Mohawk . The lineup is stacked with local buzz bands and includes The Midgetmen(of course), Ringo Deathstarr , LA Snacks , The Gary , [...]
So much music, so little time. School has really locked me down these past few weeks, and as the CD stack grows and the music folder expands, I often wonder come May what I will dread more - lots of school work, or lots of backed up music to write about. I know, I know. [...]
Seein' the Scene is a (typically) weekly photographic presentation featuring images from some of the best local rock concerts Minnesota has to offer. These images are captured through the lens of Minneapolis rock photographer Mike Minehart. We welcome comments. More images from these shows can often be viewed at www.mikeminehart.com. Kitten Forever % Memory Lanes in [...]
The Alarmists return for their first local show in two months tonight at The Varsity alongside The Farewell Circuit, Greycoats, and Mercer. Be there or be a hexagonal prism. (Note: You probably don't want to be a hexagonal prism.) P.S. - Want to score a copy of Greycoats' album Setting Fire To The Great Unknown but lacking [...]
Date 11/21/09 Location Stubbs Doors 11:30pm Tickets $8 from Frontgate Relatively new indie rock band Generationals are playing the inside stage at Stubbs during the late night hours of Saturday. The guys will be joined on the stage by locals The Mercers . Hope you enjoy this extremely catchy single called "When They [...]
Hype band the xx to play the Triple Rock, Brother Ali preps for tour & P.O.S. interviewed.
You have to be pretty good to rise above the local scene's deluge of alt-country musicians, and Mercer is definitely getting there.
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