NYC-based Teen have been playing together for about a year now. It's fronted by Teeny Lieberson, formerly of Here We Go Magic; who's teamed up with her sisters, Katherine and Lizzie, and two other female musicians, Jane and Maia, to form an all-girl harmonizing powerhouse. I met them in Sunnyside, Queens, to film a few songs; featured here are: "Why Why Why", "Come Back", "Charlie" and "In Limbo". They have some songs up on bandcamp , and you can keep in touch via Facebook . photo: [...]
Exciting new band to come out of NYC. These girls can sing.
Met up with Portland trio Nurses for some morning voice over iced-tea, and the piano at Piano's (!). They played stripped-down versions of some songs from their new album Dracula (while someone diligent cleaned the crap out of that place); included here are "New Feelings" and "Trying to Reach You". Sounds pretty good...
Unamplified sing-along from last night; I was photographing for Brooklyn Vegan. They're super young sisters from Sweden, and like all Swedes, they love Bright Eyes. When they first got noticed by doing you tube covers of Fleet Foxes, they were 18 and 15 respectively.
Well I've been hiding in this bag of bones In a dream where no one comes to wake me up So long, so long, chemical inversion Smiling on the black talk[?] cause my mind's made up Cause I'm riding On a long shot And the future's bare And my radio's on No entrance, no evidence No black burns[?] of fire In a dream where no one comes to wake me up We'll all go We'll all go I'll see you in that halo Quiet [...]
(That's an early review from a commenter over on IMPOSE). I posted a transcript of a Slavoj Zizek talk last night at the endangered St. Mark's Bookshop. The talk is as meaty as a Zizek rant can get in an hour. Topics covered include a theoretical discussion of melancholy, mourning and prohibition, and how they apply to the Occupy Wall Street protests as well to the state of the left and modernity, in general; the problematic relationship between democracy and globalization, and how [...]
A long time ago, before I went on an indefinite hiatus, I visited Revival Times at an incredible residential space in Bushwick, Brooklyn, converted from an old school gym. Here's a song off what I filmed then (2 and a half years later!): a more laid back version of "Ear to the Ground". ps. I wrote the date the European way. It was filmed March 1st.
Off their new album Little Wind . This one's from their last NYC show at Union Pool, Brooklyn (boy, people talk a lot at that place!)
You know who's going to love this Ray Charles / Aretha Franklin cover? You. You're going to love it. From last night at Rock Shop, Brooklyn. They're playing 2 more NYC dates: today (Oct 12) at Cake Shop and tomorrow (Oct 13) at Union Pool.
Brazos is Martin Crane—and your next favorite "new" band. They've got a full-length from 2009 ( Phosphorescent Blues ) and two EPs, that I know of, from 2007 ( Feeding Frenzy and A City Just As Tall ). All three are really really good. The opposite of dull and a foe to the generic, you know what I mean? You can look up the full-length on Spotify (since you're all spoiled by now), and get the EPs on iTunes (listen to the Daytrotter version of "Mrs. Virginia" and tell me if it isn't just hilarious). [...]
I have so much footage from this year's SXSW (from way back in March) that I haven't even looked at yet. For now here is Idiot Glee's "All Packed Up" from one of the many IMPOSE parties at Longbranch Inn; Idiot Glee is Kentucky's James Friley, and I hope you've listened to his album Paddywhack by now. It sounds like a glow fading in and out of the dark distance. Sort of. He's headed to New York City for CMJ, and I'll post here about at least one fun show (as of now a [...]
There's a group of people going around the block, playing horns, and holding up a sign that says "Puppy Hugz". It sounds nice. There's a big cat. That's about it.
Download " Cet Air Là " (link up only for a short while)
Ecstatic Music Festival continued at Merkin Concert Hall, Kaufman Center, this past Saturday with a cappella group, Roomful of Teeth. They performed pieces by William Brittelle, Caleb Burhans, and — our favorite — Merrill Garbus a.k.a Tune-Yards. Merrill joined them on stage for "Hatari" — which she'd promised to perform in NYC only after finishing her sophomore album — and "Doorstep", a new track off that sophomore album, coming out April 19. Here are the four Tune-Yards performances recorded from that event, in the order they were played in: Download " Ansa Ya " [...]
You may have noticed, Bibio's "Lovers' Carvings" is playing on a Kindle ad these days. It's a rare find, songs like this one, born of Pure Pop; a nature's giving, not an act of brilliance, one note longing for the next, resolving finally into a whole existence: a line of melody so complete that it refuses to deviate into any other variation. As such, the song must be short, and care must be taken to not beat it to a death of exhaustion from familiarity. For an artist like Bibio, you can be sure that you'll find his real work [...]
I'm running a very special daily presentation over at Impose. Come join me in the HI-LIFE .
2010 was a dull year for discovering new bands; caught between over hype and under hype, the ripe atmosphere for discovery is quickly diminishing. The Cults signed to Columbia Records, Tennis played their first New York show at the large capacity Terminal 5, Blackberry got maximum coverage out of a Tune Yards song, Best Coast and Wavves annoyed the half of us with their money-friendly philosophy on selling out. So I stuck to, for the most part, old favorites who made great new releases. As far as releases go, that Future Islands put out their first proper full length, and [...]
A special slideshow presentation:
Last night's opening song was "A Field of Birds", an original theme song The Tallest Man on Earth recorded for the Yellow Bird Project . Photo by Chris La Putt . If I weren't in a hurry I'd tell you all about the show! Download " A Field of Birds "
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hooves on the turf
Lana Del Rey - Without You (Kill Paris Remix) [Dubstep]
Miike Snow - “Paddling Out” Jacques Lu Cont Remix (MP3 Stream)
Iron & Wine and Patty Griffin
Download: James Blake Live Album (Unofficial)
Circo Voador anuncia shows de The Kooks, Foster The People, Friendly Fires, Gogol Bordello e mais
