photo by bill ellison The Island came into town last Tuesday with Awol One from the Shapeshifter crew. I really like the new Islands album but I missed them the last time they came by this year so I marked my calendar months back for the this show and forgot till the day of. They put on a good show, I like the show they did the first time they toured around here but the new material sounded great live. [...]
I finally got a taste of the new Stills album, Oceans Will Rise . The first two songs I heard have a close resemblance to both of their previous albums Logic Will Break Your Heart and Without Feathers , the former being my favorite out of the two. The single sounding like it was plucked ( yea i had to ) from Without Feathers and Rooibos/Palm Wine Drinkard out of their debut LWBYH . The Stills - Being There The Stills - Rooibos/Palm [...]
Researchers say they have worked out a mathematical formula to find the perfect human voice. -- BBC News Click to hear the perfect human voice. bonus: 7L & Esoteric - Imperfect Person (808 Version) ( 2 ) think tank
Still pushing that psychedelic vibe. They have some other interesting videos including their first trip to London here . MGMT - Destrokk think tank
Four years after the album came out, a music video appears. Good song. think tank
Rza - Digi-Snax I heard few tracks already and its sounding pretty good. think tank
Three tracks for the weekend warriors out there: The Cool Kids - Oscar A new track from The Cool Kids soon to be out mixtape. Spoon - Cherry Bomb (country/acoustic) Spoon demo. J-Live feat: Oddisee & Posdnous - The Upgrade From J-lives newest album Then What Happened? , out on 26th May. I've been pretty busy lately, I had few projects I was working on most of them completed with great results others not so much. I fully recovered [...]
Monday night was St. Patrick's day and I wasn't going to do much since it was a Monday and I thought I celebrated enough on the weekend but I got a call from one of my friends and he thought it would be worth while to see what was going on at the local bars. Somehow he convinced me and couple of bars later I'm sitting at my house wondering where my cell phone went. It rained a lot here the next day, for about 16 hours straight, my phone got about 3 hours of that. Here is what I [...]
Anti is one of the better record labels around and in my own opinion is far more relevant than their parent label Epitaph. They have pretty a good roster of very diverse artists and to show case their new releases and future releases the label compiled a Spring 2008 ANTI Digital Sampler . I wasn't aware that the Islands signed to Anti so I went snooping around for something new by them and found this sampler which contains a new track from the new album In Arms Way and many other notable tracks from [...]
I've been listening to the title track to Animal Collectives newest EP Water Curses repeatedly. I think I irritated few people at work listening to it so much, everyone already thinks I listen to weirdest music and I don't think this helped at all. There is just so much going on, its like a soundtrack to a carnival montage. What would the world be without insanity laced with beauty beautiful insanity. As a whole its a great EP, the title track stands out a lot but the supporting tracks all have their own merits. [...]
Finally, a new Notwist album is on the horizon with a new track titled Good Lies made available today. The album is titled The Devil, You + Me and they have been working on it the past 2 years and also already have a tour starting in April. I expected something more electronic, this more closely resembles their pre-Neon Golden era sound, not the metal one but the indie rock one. I like what I hear but that better not be the best track on the new album. The new album should be out [...]
After much movement and rearranging I am settled into my new dwelling, what does that mean? I have cable television for the first time in 3 years which is good I suppose I have a blazing fast internet connection. I am living by myself without any roommates for the first time ever, I was living with my brother but now I'm in a house by myself. I'm still trying to figure out how I'm going to setup surround sound [...]
Yesterday the Mobius Band put up on their web site a free valentines day covers EP for download titled Love Will Reign Supreme . If you read previously on Think Tank, we have much love for the Mobius Band (they had a spot on the favorite albums of the year post). Mobius Band - Hallie Love Will Reign Supreme EP 1 Razor Love (Neil Young) 2 Baby We'll Be Fine (The National) 3 True Love Will Find You In The End [...]
Here is what I have been up to (other than keeping indoors with the weather being in the 30s all day today in Dallas): I reformatted my computer and reinstalled everything, started moving into another house the next city over and getting two of my guitars in working condition (still waiting on parts in the mail). I'm very optimistic about the current year in music. For the first quarter of the year the outlook is very good and here is why: Why? - Alopecia Finally [...]
Late December to early January is one of the slowest times concerning new music. Things are starting to pick up, I just went to the Sub Pop site and there are some new tracks up and I checked few other places and it seems to be a trend. Never really got into the Helio Sequence but I did have few friends that did and this track isn't too bad, it sounds a different from what I'm used to from them. The new album is called Keep Your Eyes Ahead and it will be out January 29 [...]
After some very enjoyable lazying around Think Tank has finally put together the annual best of list which consists of our my favorite releases of the year, it was created a little more than 3 weeks ago but I wanted to marinate on my selections. The two weeks after that I was just busy. Andrew Bird - armchair apocrypha Mr. Birds Armchair Apocrypha straight on in is a winner but after a number of listens I realized this was going to be an album that I would come [...]
It is December and there are two things I do every December, Year-end-music-lists and reformatting my hard drive. So the logical thing to do is the list before the wipe out. Right now the list is done, I just need to add few blurbs here and there. Just give it a day or two. In general though, the year was alright for album releases, not spectacular. Metric - The List think tank
I can't tell you how many times I sat to create a post and got distracted. Its a slow time of the year for new releases so I'm starting to revisit some of my favorite albums from years back. What have I been up to you ask, I got a new car and in a few weeks I'm moving to a new place. Other than that just working. Single Frame - New Car Smell New Cadence Weapon album Afterparty Babies [...]
I've been listening to lots of debuts recently, right now its the MGMT 's debut Oracular Spectacular. I missed them last weekend at the Granada in Dallas, I caught the end of the last song and was in disbelief that I missed it. Grand Buffet and Of Montreal were great and I'll catch the MGMT when they come around next time, most preferably headlining. Their album has some great tracks and shows lots of potential for future releases, they really can go two different direction with their musical progression as a [...]
I just finished making my Halloween mix cd, something I've done for about 5 years around Halloween time. I thought I'd offer up some of my favorites and essentials. On top of that I've only posted 2x this month, thats insane. Lately I've had a lot on my plate but on the up side it looks like my efforts are paying off. Nada Surf - See these bones I just like this track and the anticipation for the new Nada Surf factors in. Flaming Lips - Halloween on the [...]
Think Tank
Sleigh Bells - Demons (Official Music Video)
The Rains of Castamere by The National
A-Trak & Dillon Francis - "Money Makin'" (Official Video)
DIIV "How Long Have You Known?" (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
Nas - Daughters
Monday Music – 28 May 2012
Bison - Quill
