i'm making a "GO BIG ON THE WEEKENDS" mix, dropping one of these days. a small EP dedicated to this jam, as well as others. you'll jam it while you're on the way to the club in the car with your girls, or while getting ready in the crib. you know what it is. anyway, enjoy. good grief. shout out to karmin for putting me on.
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If your standing in line waiting to vote this afternoon you might as well have some new music to listen to while you brave the crowds. First off this weeks releases have a couple of very notable side projects. You have Little Joy (Fab Moretti of the The Strokes) and Megapuss (Devendra Banhart) both taking a break from their day "jobs" and trying out a little experimentation. Little Joy will also be stopping in Austin on the 29th of November. [ Tickets ] It wasn't released today but it should be mentioned that Black [...]
Another not-so-notable release week. I know it's not that exciting when the two releases I'm looking forward to most are from a classical composer ( Johann Johannsson ) and a split EP with two artists I don't own anything by ( Thursday / Envy ). My guess is people don't want to drop an album on an election day. Can't blame them. It probably explains the huge release weeks we've had through the fall up until now, too. I'll also be checking out Black Moth Super Rainbow , Travis , [...]
"Oh the Chewing Gum Ground" is a retro-rock guitar-driven punk album by Wallpaper that reminds me of the punk rock music from the '70s and '80s that my mother constantly tried to make me listen to growing up (she was a punk-rocker and thus I rebelled by listening to Britney Spears): a tad bit underproduced for my personal tastes, but poppy and upbeat enough to keep me bopping my head. That being
So, the kids at Famous Friends and Mean Red put on a three-night extravaganza this week (you remember, we blogged it, like, way early in the week) and on day one, we popped by for some hot, sweaty, loud, rambunctious, mess of a time. Jeff Taylor played and we liked it, Wallpaper played and literally threw our world upside down and all topsy-turvy and Todosantos brought us to our knees. (mp3) Pulp - Party Hard Godspeed!
In the Half Japanese documentary The Band That Would Be King , David Fair explains, " it's pretty easy to play a guitar…once you know the science of it. The high notes - the little skinny ones - make high sounds; the big fat ones make low sounds. And then, if you go on the part of the guitar near where you pluck it, that makes high sounds, and down at the other end [that makes low sounds]– and then you've got it mastered. Oh, and if you want to go fast - play fast. [...]
i'm making a "GO BIG ON THE WEEKENDS" mix, dropping this friday. a small EP dedicated to this jam, as well as others. you'll jam it while you're on the way to the club in the car with your girls, or while getting ready in the crib. you know what it is. anyway, enjoy. good grief. shout out to karmin for putting me on.
Recently, I've been getting into the latest full-length from Bay Area indie-pop proggers Facing New York . Gradually cut down from a five-piece to just a three-piece, it was a bit unclear where they were headed... but, taking notes from acts as diverse as The Dismemberment Plan, Can, Steely Dan, The Police, and The Neptunes, Get Hot makes for a pretty interesting listen and solidifies constant growth as one of the main themes of FNY's music. And with a knack for crafting pop-laden rock songs that are full of hooks, epic builds, unique [...]
Wallpaper are back with their newest up-close-and-personal video. "Txt Me Yr Love" chronicles a typical day in the life of playboy Ricky Reed. Watch him as he strolls the mall, keeps his hygiene on point and gets harassed by a familiar-faced cop. Shot entirely on a Samsung cell phone in one day, directed by Ricky Reed and Arjun Singh. And for those of you in the Bay Area, join the festivities for Wallpaper's return to their hometown as they headline Popscene on 9/25 Myspace | [...]
The new video for Wallpaper's "Txt Me Yr Love" was shot, appropriately enough, entirely on a cell phone. Novel. We're all for novelty. The video chronicles a day in the life of playboy Ricky Reed. Check it out: Those in the San Francisco can join the festivities for Wallpaper's return to their hometown as they headline [...]
Maybe you've found yourselves at times asking, "Hey, how can we think about music without sex or even sex without music? Can we find a perfect combination of both, or will this crazy ass vortex open up and swallow the world if that were to happen?" Well, we can't confirm/deny the vortex thing, but the two dudes in Wallpaper come pretty damn close to making the sex-music thing happen. Arjun Singh (drums) and Ricky Reed (vocals, etc.) are a duo of alt-bros who can keep a beat while freestyling, talk shit over "Big Poppa" ( [...]
DOWNLOAD: Wallpaper - Evrytm We Do It (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Trifonic - Sooner or Later (featuring Christina Courtin) (MP3) Extra Golden @ Damrosch Park, 8/20/08 ( more by heartonastick ) today in NYC * DANCE * FREE STUFF * comedy @ UCB * comedy @ Sound Fix * Huey Lewis in Coney Island * [...]
Holy vocoder Batman! Wallpaper shot an entire music video for TXT Me Yr Love on a mobile phone and this is the only place you can see it!
We'd like to thank the publicist who sent us this. Clearly, he or she has read our site before. "What happens if the west coast invades the east coast? What you get is booty thumpin' rnb rhymin' Oakland, California act Wallpaper. heating up clubs and dance floors with some more flava than [...]
Emmanuel's talent is steadily getting a well deserved recognition. After having his first release ever being played by practically everyone, Emmanuel is back again to deliver another anthem that could only be described as unique and keeps the Be As One quality standard high as expected. The EP title track Indian Wallpaper will gently take [...]
MP3: Wallpaper - T Rex I gotta say, I'm impressed. We here at Aural States get a lot of music. A lot. The majority of which is mediocre to above average. A surprising amount is actually quite good. There are very few things that come across my digital desk that I immediately toss into my personal "hate" pile, reserved for boy bands, inane cock rock and pointless and meandering stoner-jam bands. But we have a new contender for most obnoxious, hated album of all-time. [...]
I knew I was going to like Wallpaper as soon as they took the stage, opening for Devlin & Darko at The Echo in '06. Their setup consisted of only an ipod, a drummer and the singer decked out in gloves and Ray Ban wayfarers, tearing it up with spastic 80's dancemoves. Sounds like: Sam Sparro's not-as-talented cousin with a vocoder. Catch Wallpaper tonight at the weekly Danceright at La Cita downtown. Download: Wallpaper- A Million Dollars ( Buy ) Download: Wallpaper- T Rex ( Buy [...]
Word on the street is that our Friday Mixtapes are becoming quite popular. Even publicists have been voicing their love...go figure!. Anyhow, why stop a good thing? Sticking with last week's theme , we figured to incorporate some of the sounds that will be appearing at this weekend's All Points West. Consequence of Sound will be live and on site at the inaugural edition of the Jersey City festival so be sure to check here all weekend for the latest news and reviews. All Points West Fun: [...]
photo by Matthew Craig 1. Friendly Fires - "Skeleton Boy" (mp3) From the ashes of a mediocre St Albans-based hardcore band, First Day Back, comes Friendly Fires. And thus the electro-pop group certainly rely on the post-punk sensibilities they acquired from those thrashing days of yesteryear. Their 2008 self-titled debut is a stirring mash of 80s pop and incisive disco-infused accouterments. "Skeleton Boy" utilizes choppy guitar lines, hefty bass and high hat-heavy percussion—forming one magnanimous upsurge in dance floor activity. 2. Wallpaper - "T Rex" (mp3) [...]
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