So I'm finally blogging about this! I wanted to so bad night of, but I didn't yet have a blog. Arrived in Seattle after my bus was two hours late, then spent two and a half hours walking in the grizzly heat to find the venue that was only two blocks away from the bus station to start with!!! Upon entering I was a bit in shock. Yes it was a very early [...]
I am in love with these mother-fucking Raconteurs!- (Yay! A Snakes on a Plane and Stephen Colbert reference in the opening line!) or maybe just my lens (well only for one shot). Anyhow, tonight was insanely amazing! It's been a long time since I've seen a new show that was that great! Wasn't gonna get there in time to catch the opener Kelley Stoltz, but happened upon an mp3 and really liked it. Sadly due to lines at the will call, I missed the first three songs and [...]
Esther who is beyond the love of my fashion life and her husband Paul Thomson, drummer of Franz "I used to like them" Ferdinand have finally had their summer baby! Excitement! It better be beautiful and fashionable and if they write a beautiful song about it, they better not ruin it by doing a crappy re-recorded version of it because that only worked for 'This Fire' (and not 'Eleanor' ) ¡TenÃan un bebé!/Let's put two new people on stage to replace one
Does his brilliance ever end? Back in 2004 I thought he was an over hyped sound tech at 93 Feet East , but after multiple successful records where his production talent is apparent as well as a shout out in the LCD Soundsystem album booklet, I would give Paul Epworth an air high five any day. His Phones moniker was as good as it gets, until this 'More is Enough' Epic Man MP3 -featuring Plan B Oh, and his [...]
The first time I saw the Rakes was at the O2 Wireless festival. Well, kind of. I didn't go, but apparently they did (as they played a set and all), and I made the voyage to the living room to turn on Channel 4-not for the bands, but for the lovely host Simon Amstell . Amongst the expected awkwardness of all of Simon's interviews, they aired the Rakes' performing '22 Grand Job' and I watched delighted in the perceived neurosis of frontman Alan Donohoe. Nothing by them had excited me before, but their live show [...]
All ready to blog about the Rakes, it's time for a detour-the inaugural Be Your Own Pet post! as my two clips of them just came in the post today. Spent sometime using imovie for the first time and managed to blend them into something shitty (which I'm going to defend the cause as being the compression for web and not my lack of skills or the original quality which was actually quite high) BYOP are NotGL's point of [...]
I have an unabashed love for all things Smashed Robot! (well robots in general as does my favorite teacher from high school Mr. Millar who now runs a robotics club). I listened to the playlists as if they were god (because they are) and discovered so many bands through it, always taking notes of the ones I love love loved. However, Presets were not one of those. They were simply the song that came after the Metronomy remix of Sebastian Tellier's 'la Ritournelle' ('the old story' in English), a reminder that I must immediately rewind. I [...]
Tens days and counting! This video has fully redeemed Panic! at the Disco. Last night was bit prophetic. After watching it I made a joke (to myself) that now knowing their Portland concert date was only ten days away, I'd probably start dreaming about them and then I did. We were on a cruise ship ala Rosie's gay family cruise and it was for the release of their album with all their [...]
Didn't like them until this. Is the love interest a guy from the Automatic? Because someone once said one of the members looked like Tom Welling and the guy in the video looks a bit like Tom Welling. Doubt it's him in this vid though.
What am I? NME?-reporting 'news' of a musician's accident that won't really have any impact on anyone. No, I just happen to like YYYs and just heard. She was hurt, but is okay. The accident held up traffic after the Shins' Hollywood Bowl concert. Can you imagine being stuck in that traffic? All Hollywood/LA traffic is horrendous, but especially coming back from an event that big. And then the source for further traffic complication being Karen O? Sad to say, my first reaction would be "cool!" It's very sad to say. [...]
Yet another benefit of working at 2:30-being the first to hear that a new Les Savy Fav album is on it's way! Currently being recording and with a February release date, Les Savy Fav are back! Apparently all their playing at festivals made them realize that everyone is ready for a new one-every wants a new one! It's been a long time since 2004's Inches. Seems like they had a blast at the Pool Party last weekend-such as Stereogum , Ice Cream Man , and The Modern Age and even our [...]
Beautifully excuted crap dramatic red lighting captured by jacquie_o on a previous tour stop in Fort Worth. Welcome to a world where name dropping Ben Kweller signifying indie listening cred. Oh. My. God. ! ! ! Amidst the millions of thirteen year olds, I can honestly say the Brand New show at the Roseland was one of the worst in recent memory. I realized how much I don't appreciate losers throwing Sprite all over my back. I haven't been to one of [...]
'Snakes on a Plane (Bring It)' video vs. 'Snakes on a Plane (Bring It)' video I have a life to the point that when I got swept up in SoaP, I actually said, "I'm am so happy that I am alive during this," envisioning it as something my kids may ask about in the future and be jealous of. Yes. I live in reality. This is the movie that based on blog and internet buzz alone: The fan base has grown so large and vocal that New Line Cinema has added [...]
So Gil Scott Hero is behind bars for violating his plea deal on drug charges. Appartently, the treatment facility he was in was withholding his medication to treat his HIV (of course he has HIV because bad things happen to good people) and that is why he had to leave. So how does the court respond? By sentencing him to TWO TO FOUR YEARS in PRISON . Sick if you ask me. Especially sick when you read of another music star who gets pardoned for coke and ecstacy. Pardoned for drugs. [...]
NME vs. behind the scenes at Pitchfork So the "truth" about the split has come out in NME today, but is it accurate? Well, that's open for interpreatation. . . Select sections from the article: "... frontman Alex Turner put it down to touring - but revealed the band are all still good pals with him. He said: "I sent him a message yesterday actually, telling him to have a good one and that." The article, not contradicting the previous excuse of tour fatigue, continues to imply an air of camaraderie until towards the [...]
This is THE moment when a band becomes your favorite band. Well maybe not your favorite band, but my favorite band and I always like wen a situation presents you with a very specific moment. I've had three or four favorite bands all for different reasons. I listened to Grizzly Bear relentlessly over Memorial Day weekend due to being trapped in an apartment, a car, and a hotel room with their publicist Frank Neito. To say that he's in love with them is an understatement. He carried multiple cds, and has [...]
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