I meant to do multiple posts about hot tracks in our playlist at Decatur Social Club over the course of the week, but I ended up getting busy and had shows to talk about and rants to post. So, I'm going to do it right here... right now... while I sit at my desk in a dress-shirt and boxers. Life is grand ain't it? Wolf Parade - This Heart's On Fire - mp3 With an opening elad synth that [...]
As we wind our way through the dog days of summer, Midwestern music fans can take heart in more than just air conditioning. The summer festival season is finally upon us and, though the wait was long and arid, the three shows that are now just hours away from commencement have "promising" written all over them. Over the next two and a half weeks or so, My Bird Performs will transform into Festival Central, offering coverage from Chicago's Pitchfork Music Festival (July 29-30) and Lollapalooza (August 4-6) and Indianapolis' Midwest Music Summit (August 10-12). [...]
Voxtrot are the second band from Austin, Texas that we are featuring this week. I just realized this as well, but the bigger question concerning Voxtrot is: how can a bunch of guys from Texas sound so much like one of the best traditionally British bands of all time, The Smiths? I mean, we hear comparisons to Morrissey and The Smiths countless numbers of times when referring to new bands, but Voxtrot really comes as close as you can to capturing Morrissey's charmingly sarcastic and downtrodden vocals. The only accomplished band who I recall sounding almost exactly similar to [...]
"Funeral" - Band of Horses (via SubPop.com ) "Mothers, Sisters, Daughters & Wives" - Voxtrot (via Official Site ) "Islands Gone Bad" - Shapes & Sizes (via Asthmatic Kitty ) "Holland" - Sufjan Stevens (via Asthmatic Kitty )
Yet another birthday on this blog, and this time it's my turn. So what am I gonna do? Well I thought I'd just post whatever and whoever the hell I wanted to, because it's my birthday hazaa. So while I choke on cake, you can enjoy this rather incoherent mix... Various Songs (Artist name leads to site & all songs right click - save as): Architecture in Helsinki - Cemetary Bishop [...]
mp3 : Voxtrot - Mothers, Sisters, Daughters & Wives A blogosphere favourite, but don't let that stop you from listening and marvelling at this. One just cannot deny the irresistable hooks and the pulsating beats that drive this track. The sky is the limit for these Austinites. --- mp3 : The Little Ones - Lovers Who Uncover 2-3 months ago, we got myspaced (TM) by a little band called The Little Ones. Upon clicking the link, the above track started streaming and [...]
Die fabulöse New Yorker Band Voxtrot , die allen Gitarrenpop-Liebhabern im letzten Jahr den Glauben an das Gute heutiger Musik zurückgegeben hat und den Briten zeigt, wie man britischer klingt als die Engländer selbst, hat ein neues Lied herausgebracht, dass auf der Darla-Compilation enthalten ist. Diesmal geht es ungewohnt ruhig und getragen zu. (Danke an Gorilla vs. Bear für den Tipp.) Link zur Band-Website MP3-Download Voxtrot «The warmest part of the winter» MP3-Download Voxtrot «The start of [...]
Don't call me boring, it's just 'cause I like you. Alright, this is the first post in quite a bit, and I sincerely apologise for that. Have been trying to rush projects before the looming deadlines, and it has pretty much taken it's toll on me. I hate Thursdays. Shledule has been absolutely tight, and lecturers have been hell. On Tuesdays, I get a feminine male lecturer who is uptight on just about anything, everything. On Wednesday, I get a female lecturer bordering on racist, and rather incindently, hates [...]
It's Friday, and I'm tired. I was up wondering if Tommy Lee and the other has beens from Supernova made the right choice kicking off a guy who sang a Mr. Paltrow song and tried to rock out a Duran Duran cover. Maybe he had the style and chops to lead a hard rock band full of idiots? Now I'll never know so I'm just going to do one of those Simpsons tricks and do a clip show: In a good news/bad news situation, Okervill River are touring, but [...]
This post begins with what they call a "shit sandwhich." For those of you who are uninitiated, the shit sandwhich is usually used when dumping someone, but the same premise can be used for most anything, when one needs to break potentially bad news. Basically, you start with some good news, then you break the band news, and then you come back with good news really quickly. So, here we go Vancouver... Andrew Bird plays the Media Club on September 29th with Cass McCombs . This is Andrew's first visit [...]
Darla.com has a great new 2-cd compilation out for summer, featuring nearly 40 tracks for only $6.99. One of the highlights is this unreleased Voxtrot track, which may be one of the prettiest things the band has ever done. Ramesh's voice sounds better than ever, and that slide guitar is just perfect: Voxtrot The Warmest Part of the Winter mp3 get Little Darla Has a Treat For You here for only $6.99 [...]
So in brief - Friday night we went to Prospect Park in Brooklyn to catch a free show as part of Celebrate Brooklyn, featuring locals TV On The Radio , Matt Pond PA and Austinites Voxtrot . It had been a long day of walking around Manhattan, so arriving early enough to get seats was a real boon. Voxtrot got a brief set but made the most of it. It was kind of strange to see them on such a massive stage and they played it like it was a small [...]
DOWNLOAD: "Raised By Wolves" / "You Can Hide Your Love Forever" (Comet Gain cover) (live on Woxy) (MP3) Voxtrot opened the big-free-annual-indie-rock show in Brooklyn's Prospect Park Friday night (June 30, 2006). Matt Pond Pa and TV on the Radio were also on the bill . Last year's concert equivalent featured The Sadies, Stars & The New Pornographers . This year The New Pornographers' Carl Newman returned, but only to watch the show. Voxtrot frontman Ramesh's [...]
I always thought when I started this thing that I wouldn't bother with "lame" things like lists of the top ten of the year and stuff like that, but now that we've reached the halfway point of the year, I feel the need to look back over just some of the fantastic music I've discovered since I started the blog. With that in mind, I now present my top ten songs of the year so far. Obviously this list isn't perfect, and probably contains some 2005 songs too, but they are all ones that I've discovered this year. [...]
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