Why! Why must you not come to Nashville? Or at least put your Champaign date a week earlier so I could catch it?! At any rate, Broken Social Scene are going back out on tour and chances are they're coming near you. If you're luckier than me, please go and take pictures, if not let's have a pity party! Broken Social Scene 2008 Tour Dates Wednesday October 8th, 2008 Grand Rapids, MI - Calvin College Thursday October 9th, 2008 Chicago, IL - Vic Theatre Saturday October 11th, 2008 Madison, WI [...]
I've often thought the best job in the world to be that of a Music Supervisor's. I spend most of my nights and every minute of every movie I see choosing my own score or soundtrack as it is, so why doesn't someone pay me to do it (I'm talking to you Mr. film director). There are so many songs that would fit well in such a specific role in so many films, and with the advent of half-hearted post rock composers getting work ever since Explosions in the Sky did an awesome soundtrack for Friday Night Lights, the world [...]
EDITORS NOTE: Over the next few weeks I will be chronicling some of the bands that I like to refer to as unsung heroes of the Indie Rock world. Bands which are, by no definition, unsuccessful, just bands that don't get the amount of praise and/or recognition which they deserve. These columns will be lengthy, but I encourage you to read them in all of their self-serving glory in order to better know me as a music lover . The way that I love Centro-matic , South San Gabriel [...]
Head Music Tape Julian Koster has announced a quite rare, quite exciting, quite disappointing they're not coming closer to me tour. The band for this tour is nothing short of stellar: featuring songs of the Olivia Tremor Control, Elf Power, Circulatory System and, of course Music Tapes and including Will Cullen Hart of the Olivia Tremor Control, Scott Spillane of the Gerbils and NMH, Laura Carter of Elf Power, Eric Harris of OTC and Circulatory System and more. Dates below. Get out your vintage Athens T-shirts. Music Tapes 2008 Tour Dates! 10/09 [...]
Today is Thursday. It's 2:38 pm as I'm typing this. There's nothing exciting about any of that, and it's reflecting in my current energy levels. I don't feel like sleeping because I'm not tired, I just don't feel like doing much of anything, so I compiled a mix to rid myself of that feeling. So far it's been working in a now my toes are tapping, I'm finger drumming, and laughing at things sort of way. Here it is to aid you in your next moment of impeccable blah's ... [mp3] [...]
Perhaps you've heard of Philadelphia's Pattern is Movement , or perhaps not. But then, perhaps you've heard of fun and perhaps not, but I'm being redundant. Pattern is Movement, in a perfect world, would be one of the most famous musical acts in the land. They make incredibly complex stop-and-go math rock, while somehow remaining completely accessible and penning masterful hooks. If you don't believe me, you can see for yourself what had Stereogum tripping all over themselves . PIM is on tour, and likely coming near you. Also you can pick up the [...]
In some of the most awesome news I've ever read: Ben Folds will reunite with Robert Sledge & Darren Jessee, or Ben Folds Five as they're known when together on a stage, to play a one-off at their old hometown school, The University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Since their split many-a-year ago, the five (three) have kept busy in numerous ways - Ben has been busy being Ben Folds , Darren formed the successful in it's own right Hotel Lights , while everyone's favorite fuzz-bassist Robert Sledge has been [...]
This is probably my favorite article I've ever written in well over 600 posts now, here - below, is a video of John McCain, the Republican party's nominee for the Presidency of the United States of America, defends his intense love for ABBA . This is without a doubt one of the funniest things of all time, because he realizes he's in trouble as soon as the topic comes up and then tries to pass his taste for horrible euro-pop music off on being in the war. Yes, John, because I'm sure all the Navy [...]
Here we are in September, not quite at fall, but still in a post-Labor day (for us in the States), early September haze. Those of us in school have returned to academia, those of us who go for nighttime jogs have found the air to be a bit chili, but those of us who drive a car have still fond the steering wheel extremely hot after prolonged exposure to the end of summer sun. Mother nature seems to be teasing people in this stretch of time: it's sunny and warm during the day when most of us are at work, [...]
Everyone's favorite sure-to-be-literature teachers after they retire Indie Rockers, and I'm speaking of The Decemberists here, have announced a little mini-tour covering both costs to coincide with the release of the Vinyl single series we mentioned last week . Two nights before the tour kicks off the band will perform one of the tracks from said series, Valerie Plume , on Conan . I am supposed to mention/point out that the date happens to be the night before Election day, and the song happens to be named after [...]
David Bazan has announced some downright exciting news here, recently. You all should be well acquainted with my fondness for Dave's music by now, (this site is named in honor of an album which he named after a Tom Petty song) and thus you can imagine I'm pretty excited about the prospects of David Bazan : Alone at the Mic , a DVD in which you can basically spend a few afternoons with David, watching him play songs (old and new) in his Home Studio, drive around Seattle in a Ford Bronco [...]
I've never been shy about my love for all things Anathallo , and I'm pleased to report the wonderful Chicago via Michigan band have found a home for their next LP Canopy Glow , and it's coming out sooner rather than later. Anticon (Why?, Dosh) was smart enough to ask the band to sign on the dotted line, and I think it's a nice pairing. The first track from Canopy Glow , a wonderful downbeat driven, harmony laden, uptempo affair entitled Noni's Field [...]
Lots of people don't like female singer/songwriter's very much - for reasons like "they all sound the same" or "they all sound like Fiona Apple." These are fair enough reasons I guess, to each his own or whatever, but I knew I'd like Jennifer O'Connor when I saw her wonderful and lovably sarcastic press shot (see above). Attitude, indeed Jennifer. Jennifer's album Here With Me is out now on Matador for you to go buy and listen to, and that's what you should do. There's some soul, some swagger, and some rock and roll, but [...]
Last night I received an email from Sean Carlson, one of the two promoters of this weekend's F Yeah Fest regarding something that went down as they were filming a documentary outside the Concert. Pretty interesting stuff, I'm interested to see if the band responds - as they tend to do to things like this. Details are below. " Monday night along the tree-lined walkway entrance to the Hollywood Bowl, as Radiohead was closing the second of their two sold-out nights at the venue, Sean Carlson and Phil [...]
Last night, after everyone and everything around me had retired for the evening, I did the same. I decided to fall asleep listening to music, a pastime I've been regretfully neglecting, as I tend to stay awake as long as possible - having found that these late hours are my most productive, and then crash swiftly and thoroughly. Instead, tonight, I turned off all the lights, closed my curtains, turned on my phono preamp before I brushed my teeth to let the tubes warm up, and listened to a record as I fell asleep. I was immediately taken [...]
They really are! There are plenty of bands who I've never had the opportunity to see live who I'd have never been able to hear live were it not for stations like KEXP and KCRW broadcasting wonderful high-quality in-studio sessions for all of us to hear for free. I realized that when the below Broken Social Scene mp3 came on shuffle today - it's without a doubt better than the studio version of that song, and it's [...]
"Man, this is just crazy, like when i saw the first test pressing of the first 7inch record i was on….. i feel like i will be able to say i left a little of my heart here, for when i am gone, maybe there will be comfort or safety in there, for people i will never know, for our generations never passing" Aww. Ryan sure is sensitive these days . No word on what exactly this book is about, though I am putting my money on some mixture of poetry and blog-style narrative. A [...]
Today, yesterday, and the day before have been the kind of days I am supposed to hate, but really love. It's been rainy, dark, and windy - a sign that summer doesn't have much time left, and I'm supposed to get sad about that, but if you've read my blog for any amount of time you'll know I am very much in love with, and tend to be far more inspired by, rain, snow, and generally bleak weather. Perhaps this makes me sick and depressed, but I don't think so. I get happy when it rains in the [...]
I'm not sure Denver has ever had so much cool stuff going on as it does this week. Besides the whole Democratic National Convention thing, the side shows and events which are built around said convention kind of make it feel like SXSW but for rich people and lawmakers. Tonight Sir Benjamin Gibbard and Sir Christopher Walla will perform acoustically for a "Concert for a Cooler Planet." Tomorrow, Sir Gibbard, Jenny Lewis, Zooey Deschanel, Nada Surfer Matt Caws, Johnathan Rice, and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, will perform for "Unconventional 08." Oh, and Sarah Silverman will apparently show [...]
You may or may not know that beginning tonight the Democratic National Convention takes place in Denver, Colorado. Fingers are crossed that Hillary will be able to deliver a convincing enough argument to her supporters to convince them not to stay home or vote against Obama out of spite. Things aren't exciting as they used to be at these conventions ( 1968 Democratic Convention - Wiki ) and I heard a pretty interesting piece on NPR today about the lack of a need for a convention anymore. Basically, that's where they used to select the candidates, [...]
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Monday Music – 28 May 2012
Bison - Quill
Neutral Milk Hotel- Aeroplane Over the Sea
