On Sunday I saw author Daniel Handler have a conversation with the Decemberists' Colin Meloy at Powell's to promote Daniel's quirky new novel for adults Adverbs dealing with the desperation that goes hand in hand with love. I took photos and recorded it, which follows below. (INSANELY LONG) FOREWORD: Sitting in Polly's flat in Glasgow with a group who were visiting from Munich for the weekend, I settled down to watch Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events without any knowledge of what [...]
An insider bit about the Blow : You know that show Grey's Anatomy that really blows bands up and has actually earned a spot in my heart due to them being cool enough to play a Chalets song -- multiple times? Yeah? Well they've come knocking on The Blow's door! And guess what? They're home, but just not answering. Apparently Khaela doesn't want "to sell out." [...]
For me, the Thermals and Menomena benefit show at Cleveland High School was as much about the people as it was the bands. For my "review" review, click onto Pitchfork here . When I arrived, there was already a band on. I assumed it was the Bustling Townships , but after a few minutes spent playing phone tag with the Thermals' Hutch, I found out it was Menomena who I mistakenly had thought would be playing last on the bill. [...]
I've been wanting to go out to a Thin Pink Line night for ages, but somehow never made it out. I'm especially disappointed that I missed their Cops n' Robbers night. Anyway, when Andrea aka DJ Linoleum told me it was her last one, I knew it was finally time to attend. We arrived to the sound of Hot Chip's 'Over and Over' and the night then transitioned into remixes. Glass Candy began sound-checking their bass during an Annie remix [...]
Ever wanna stay in instead of go out? That's where I'm at right now. Still wanna hear good music regardless of where you are? Yeah me too. Tracklist: 1. Hummer - Foals 2. Cry Babies - Comic Book Fever VS Crystal Castles 3. Did Anyone Approach You? - a-ha 4. The Treatment (Metronomy Mix) - Dead Disco 5. Eisbar - Grauzone 6. When you Go Out - Sebastien Grainger 7. Hall [...]
Came across these photos from one of my newest mutual flickr contacts Sophie Sticklebrick . Can you believe these? And in related/unrelated, Lovefoxxx just left a note on one of my flickr photos. I wonder why she chose that photo? (Hahaha ;) Too cute. And I'm gonna change it up a bit. Instead of posting 'Meeting Paris Hilton', it's gonna [...]
(snapped by me from atop the bar @ Rio in Berlin) This is my favorite playlist I've done yet. I really hope you enjoy it just as much! Hopefully you'll find something new among what you already know in it. This is what I'm currently listening to minus the Cat Power, Fall Out Boy, Tyler Fedchuk reedits, and Basement Jaxx. Now let's go dance! 1. Horny - Thunderheist 2. I Believe [...]
(snapped by me from atop the bar @ Rio in Berlin) This is my favorite playlist I've done yet. I really hope you enjoy it just as much! Hopefully you'll find something new among what you already know in it. This is what I'm currently listening to minus the Cat Power, Fall Out Boy, Tyler Fedchuk reedits, and Basement Jaxx. Now let's go dance! 1. Horny - Thunderheist 2. I Believe [...]
So I was too busy (read: lazy) to do this yesterday ie I put it off to the last second, then decided to head down to the Tube at midnight to go get Sweaty Wet/Dirty Damp to a soundtrack of 'Blow the Whistle', 'Pop the Glock' and some Justice with my alcohol on the house (thank you considerate unknown bartender!) So I'll back date this later on to read like it was actually written yesterday. [...]
So I was too busy (read: lazy) to do this yesterday ie I put it off to the last second, then decided I was still going to head down to the Tube at midnight to go get Sweaty Wet/Dirty Damp , and I did - to a soundtrack of 'Blow the Whistle', 'Pop the Glock' and some Justice with my alcohol on the house (thank you considerate unknown bartender!) So I'll back date this later on to read like it was actually written yesterday. Back-dated. [...]
After YACHT on a yacht , pretty much everyone headed over to the "afterparty" at Disjecta for yet more sets! There was a bit of change up to the line up - Adrian Orange and the Child Slave Rebellion played before E*Rock instead of after. It was my first time seeing Adrian Orange live since 7th grade. He played our Valentine's Day dance with his then-band Menagerie wearing an orange dress. I [...]
After YACHT on a yacht, pretty much everyone headed over to the "afterparty" at Disjecta for yet more sets! There was a bit of change up to the line up - Adrian Orange and the Child Slave Rebellion played before E*Rock instead of after. It was my first time seeing Adrian Orange live since 7th grade. He played our Valentine's Day dance with his then-band Menagerie wearing an orange dress. I think Robin Rasmussen lent it to him. [...]
MORE THAN A SHOW What I hate about writing about this event is that I will not be able to justify how special it was in words. I feel like I shouldn't even try, because I don't want to under-represent it in anyway possible - it was just too amazing! It was funny when boarding, as Jona's dad walked over to Claire who acted as the guest list commander: [...]
aka why I missed Coco Rosie (thank you though Aaron!!! ) Last year I saw Jeff Chang and Toure of Rollingstone speak at Powell's when they stopped into Portland on a joint book tour to promote Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop and Never Drank the Kool-Aid respectively. Here's a pic. Later in the year I [...]
In the interview we did before the show, Luke said they're planning for their next album to "sound like sex." He pretty much embodied that on stage. Oozing charisma and confidence and the right amount of self-absorbtion balanced with him doling out attention to all the females in the front. It shocked me how well the sold out crowd knew the lyrics to their songs. During a lot of songs, I could hear the audience almost better than Luke - and [...]
Click for my Pitchfork post (more photos) In just minutes over one hour, Arctic Monkeys completed their 20 song set - all without any conversation with the audience, just song after song, back to back, with a rare pause in between to tune a guitar. Only one band can get away with that, and that is Arctic Monkeys. I was kind of disappointed they didn't play my two favorite tracks - 'Who the Fuck Are Arctic Monkeys' and 'Vampires', but C'est la Vie (as the Juan MacLean says 'the [...]
(click to enlarge) Have you seen the LocalCut photoshop YACHT on a yacht Party winners yet? I take the piss out of everything (most of all myself). At first I was like "I am going to make a masterpiece - me and Jona on a yacht wearing eyepatches and Bill O'Reilly T-shirts." Then I realized - what is the fun in that? Other people's are going to be good too, so how can I make it so that it's SO [...]
I pretty much lost my shit at the idea of a new Uffie track. YES!!!!!!!!! I haven't even finished listening to it. Has she taken vocal lessons from the V.I.P. Party Boys ? It's kind of weird. When she talks about not wearing heels, she reminds me of Fergie in 'London Bridge'. I think I like the chorus. Super new Uffie MP3 (care of Hate Something Beautiful who sum up my thoughts exactly when it comes [...]
I'm covering Sasquatch Festival for Pitchfork and both Aziz and M.I.A. will be there. Per Pfork's orders, I can't shoot her, Hold Steady, or Grizzly Bear due to the conflict of interest (I used to work for their publicity company) Anyway - I still want to snap a pic of her and Aziz because of this - it's so funny in the way that only indie music comedy can be. Nick [...]
(Taken by my friend Lorraine, who has some awesome shots of them she took for Artrocker) Fierce Panda signed Glaswegians Shitdisco have created a guest podcast especially/exclusively for Not on the Guest List that is the shizz. They turned this around in a day. . . while on tour! Former tourmates to Klaxons in fall and the Rapture in March, they have enough tour dates to make clear their intent to convert the masses. However they just had to cancel the [...]
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