Okay, Interpol borrows from Joy Division . Understood. But in the case of " Mammoth ", from their new album Our Love to Admire [buy it here ], entirely acceptable. Probably my favorite track from a very solid album, "Mammoth" wears it's influences on it's sleeve and wears it oh so well. " Mammoth " [mp3 here ] video from AOL's [...]
Artist: Broken Social Scene Presents Kevin Drew Album: Spirit If... Label: Arts & Crafts (Canada) I always felt the music of Broken Social Scene was kinda narcotic, like Valium or maybe Percocet. Luxurious, atmospheric and mind-numbingly beautiful, Spirit If... picks up right where Broken Social Scene [buy it here ] left off. With this technically solo debut , Kevin Drew (founding member of BSS along with Brendan [...]
Artist: Figurines Album: When the Deer Wore Bl ue Label: Morningside Records [Denmark], Control Group [US] Figurines is one of those unique bands that has been making some really worthwhile music while avoiding too much buzz and hype. With the release of their third full-length, When the Deer Wore Blue , it's time for Figurines to brace themselves for the hype machine (figuratively and literally [...]
[ Photo Credit ] Meet Annie Clark. Annie is a musician. Annie plays guitar. Annie has a pretty voice. Annie sings love songs. Annie writes damaged and twisted post-modern lullabies that would make Fiona Apple seem well-adjusted, Tori Amos look like a 50's housewife and Regina Spektor run for the nearest exit. Annie is St. Vincent . With songs like, " My Lips are Red ", " Paris is Burning " and the unreleased yet amazing, " [...]
[Photo Credit ] Central Park Summerstage 7.16.07 Land of Talk , Grizzly Bear , The Decemberists After seeing Land of Talk at Citysol on Saturday , I was looking forward to seeing the Montrealers open for The Decemberists at Central Park Summerstage . Unfortunately, due to a late start I missed their set. Even more unfortunately, I had to sit through [...]
Friday. 7.13. Pier 17. South Street Seaport: Beat the Devil & Menomena Friday. 7.13. Mercury Lounge: The Jealous Girlfriends & The Besnard Lakes Saturday. 7.14: Citysol Festival: Land of Talk I need a good pair of earplugs. Between the iPod and [...]
Artist: St. Vincent Album: Marry Me Label: Beggars Banquet St. Vincent is Annie Clark , multi-instrumentalist (guitar, bass, synthesizer, piano, bells, whistles), ex-Sufjan Stevens band member and Polyphonic Spree cult band member. Her solo debut, Marry Me , [released 7.10.07 /buy it here ], is a charmingly irresistible and surprisingly confident set of tracks that goes from poppy: " Now Now " [mp3 here ], to jazzy: " Marry Me " [mp3 [...]
(Photo Cred )( mp3's in red ) Fujiya & Miyagi @ the South Street Seaport. 7.6.07 Fujiya & Miyagi put on a funky little indie-electro set at Pier 17 last night ( Black Moth Super Rainbow opened) as part of the Downtown NYC River to River Festival . They played tracks from " Transparent Things " [buy it here] , including crowd favorites " Ankle Injuries ", " Sucker Punch " and " Collarbone ". As I was heading down to [...]
Artist: Interpol Album: " Our Love to Admire " Label: Capitol I was getting very worried about Interpol: worried about the looooong wait for new material; then worried that they couldn't duplicate the magic of " Antics "; then worried that they were expected to be the next great alt-rock-stadium gods to replace U2 or Coldplay; and then worried that they were worried about living up to all the hype and concerned [...]
Firstly, since this is a music blog, " Sicko " does have an interesting collection of tracks: The Rolling Stones : " Street Fighting Man " Mogwai : " Secret Pint " Serge Gainsbourg : " Je t'aime...moi non plus " Paul Simon : " The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy) " [...]
The pool at McCarren Park is open, free and awesome. For more info, click there-------------> July 8 Octopus Project Erase Errata Dan Deacon OCDJ The Rub DJs featuring Mark Ronson July 15 PONDEROSA STOMP-LOOK OUT BROOKLYN! Performances by: [...]
"Dear God, Please Help Me ": "Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before" but "How Can Anybody Possibly Know How I Feel"? "He Knows I'd Love to See Him" , but "I Just Want to See the Boy Happy" . I didn't realize that "Such a Little Thing Makes Such a Big [...]
Artist: Editors Album Title: An End Has a Start Label: Kitchenware (UK)/Epic/Fader(US) Editors' debut album, The Back Room , was miraculous: a navel-gazing yet totally danceable post-post punk masterpiece ala Joy Division and Echo & the Bunnymen . Editors' follow-up album, An End Has a Start , is disappointing: a semi-atmospheric set of stadium anthem alt/rock tunes ala Coldplay and Snow Patrol . Tracks like Smokers Outside Hospital [...]
Artist: Kevin Drew (of Broken Social Scene ) Track: Tbtf (mp3 here ) Tbtf is the first track from Broken Social Scene Presents: Kevin Drew " Spirit If... " (due 9/18 on Arts&Crafts ). And although this is technically a solo effort, don't expect a departure from BSS's signature warm and fuzzy sound. Which is a good thing. A very good thing. In fact, lately, BSS has become my kinda default band. Whenever I scroll through [...]
Artist: The Teenagers Track Title: Homecoming ( mp3 here ) Sounds like an innocent Doo Wop song from the '50s about the prom or the "big game", doesn't it? Not with lyrics like these: last week i flew to san diego to see my auntie on day one i met her hot stepdaughter shes a cheerleader, she [...]
Montreal is on fire... Stars , The Dears , Wolf Parade , Islands , The Stills , The Besnard Lakes , Land of Talk , Arcade Fire , The Lovely Feathers , Think About Life , Rufus Wainwright , Martha Wainwright , Amy Millan , Pony Up! , Sunset Rubdown , The Unicorns , Tegan & Sara , Handsome Furs and of course, don't forget... Celine Dion (j/k). Now you can add Miracle Fortress to this list. [...]
Yeah Yeah Yeahs @ Grasslands Gallery (Brklyn) 5.7.07 (YYY's: "Rich" mp3 here ) Concert Checklist #98 : See YYY's @ an artspace in Williamsburg w/only about 100 other people. (Check!) Thanks again for the setlist, Brian . More pics here .
Land of Talk is another freaking awesome post-post punk band from Montreal. For fans of The Smiths , PJ Harvey , Arcade Fire , Tokyo Police Club . Land of Talk: "Breaxxbaxxx" ( mp3 here )
Love of Diagrams [EP] ("No Way Out" mp3 here ) I knew that I would have to find something pretty amazing to get me to stop listening to Neon Bible over and over and over and over again. I just didn't think that it would find me so quickly during a recent stop at OtherMusic . The U.S. debut ( Matador ) from Australian art/post-punkers Love of Diagrams is a four-track EP that would get Karen O , [...]
My Big Mouth Strikes Again
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
Bison - Quill
Neutral Milk Hotel- Aeroplane Over the Sea
Shinichi Osawa – Big Beach Mix 2012
