Wherein I opine, and you can comment on how stupid I am . . . Caveats and regulations: 1. For a show to be on here, it has to have sustained quality for its entire run —not just have had a few good episodes or one good season. 2. This list is accurate and scientific, and if you disagree, you're just wrong. 3. If you think Heroes is one of the best series, you must not have seen the last two seasons. 4. If you [...]
Tom Hamilton's American Babies side project is back . They've just announced a release party for their new EP at the World Cafe Live in Philly on April 10. They've also released a free track from the new EP called "Weight of the World," which is available over at the XPN blog . Related posts: Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Announce Live Four-Disc Set Brothers Past 2010 Winter Tour Dates, Free Download Les Claypool to [...]
by Benn Ray After years of subjecting the country to their unique brand of rude, offensive, obnoxious condescension, conservatives are now "working the refs" by whining that liberals are being too condescending to their ideas. Oh, conservatives, you don't have any ideas. At least valid ones. Y'know, the sorts of ones grown-ups like to discuss. From digby : There is more evidence that they [conservatives] are also beginning to work the refs in earnest on a [...]
Sigur Rós is on hiatus making babies, but Jónsi continues pumping out jams, with a nine-track solo LP out in April and a North American tour lined up, all preceded by the three-track EP Go Do . Hear the latter's title track at YouTube . Go Do is out 3/22 via XL. (H/T Spinner )
Twist of Cain - 1988's Low end, strip rock action groove still rings true. Glenn Danzig served up a subterranean power quartet on his eponymous debut, featuring John Christ (Samhain), Eerie Von (Rosemary's Babies) and Chuck Biscuits ( Black Flag). Come alive yea. Danzig - Twist Of Cain Tagged: 1988 , American Recordings , Chuck Biscuits , Classic Track of Day , Danzig , John Christ , Mp3 , Rick Rubin
While Sigur Rós is spending their time making babies and trading their studio space for their drummer's garage , Jónsi is ready to embark on a North American tour. The Sigur Rós singer hits the road April 6th, a week after his debut solo album, Go , releases. The tour opens with two shows in Vancouver and ends with a pair of Terminal 5 shows in New York City. In between, he'll play several other cities as well the final day of Coachella Music Festival , probably during one of the coveted sunset slots. Plus, with his trek [...]
Next Tuesday marks the beginning of the end for millions of Lost fans who will tune in for the show's final season. A few hundred lucky fans will be surrounded by like minded individuals at a sold out Bell House to watch the show and party immediately following with the musical stylings of Previously On Lost , a band who has spent the last few years writing songs to recap what happened on Lost. The idea of "recap rock", as they call it, is something that has caught the eye of more than a few [...]
This Saturday night, New York City's Sullivan Hall hosts the tenth annual Freaks Ball, aka Freaks Ball X , featuring longtime Freaks' favorite Scott Metzger with drummer Eric Kalb and bassist Ron Johnson, New Jersey natives The Black Hollies and roots rocker Anders Osborne starting around 9PM. Freaks Ball X celebrates ten years of the influential NYC-Freaks e-mail list which has helped launch the careers of Robert Randolph, The Duo and the American Babies among others in its decade-long existence. We recently spoke with NYC-Freaks list creator - and one of [...]
I was driving to work on Saturday, yes, Saturday (I'll get to that) when I passed the Novo Nordisk corporate complex on Route 1 at around 7 am. There were cars in the parking lot. Not a lot, and maybe some of them were the cleaning staff and that was their regular hours, but there were definitely a bunch of cars there owned by people who were working, on a Saturday morning, outside of their regular work hours. And it got me angry. The client I was traveling to on Saturday is a major American corporation (or at least a [...]
I was driving to work on Saturday, yes, Saturday (I'll get to that) when I passed the Novo Nordisk corporate complex on Route 1 at around 7 am. There were cars in the parking lot. Not a lot, and maybe some of them were the cleaning staff and that was their regular hours, but there were definitely a bunch of cars there owned by people who were working, on a Saturday morning, outside of their regular work hours. And it got me angry. The client I was traveling to on Saturday is a major American corporation (or at least a [...]
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All points converged on Real Estate last night. After a weeks-long holiday induced concert dry spell, it's as if everyone finally rung in the musical New Year at Brooklyn Bowl. With a New York Times article on the venue published the very same day, it felt like everyone who lives in Brooklyn, plus many of those who don't, came out of their wintry cocoons to see Real Estate for free. Not only were all the prettiest kiddies out and about in their hippest duds, but so were members of Titus Andronicus, The Hold Steady, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Pains of Being [...]
Woods (left) and Real Estate are two ridiculously vibrant live bands bound not just by their budget recording techniques, but by the way they channel vintage sunshine/pool parties. Together, they're about to embark on a North American tour come March. It doesn't quite smell like flowers yet, we know, but you can check out a pre-tour show with Real Estate and The Babies FREE at FADER Bowl tomorrow night at Brooklyn Bowl. It might smell like snow instead, actually. Dates after Le Jump. [...]
2002's England, Half-English offered evidence that there was still fire in Billy Bragg's belly, mixed amongst songs about bathing babies and working through American folk song libraries. Take Down The Union Jack: [Part of Decade Null: 2002 ]
2009 was another great year for live music , slightly edging out last year for me with a grand total of 97 shows, in 26 different venues for 251 sets of music by 215 different bands, with 26 bands logging in 2 or more. Continuing to be one of the best live music venues anywhere, Johnny Brenda's topped the list with 25 visits. The other places where you could have found me hanging out this past year being World Cafe Live (15), The M Room (11), Kung Fu Necktie (7) and The Khyber , The [...]
Johnnie Cluney Last post before the holidays! And it comes courtesy of the ever-lovin' Daytrotter , who've managed to wrangle a studio session of soon-to-be holiday classics from the animated miscreants of Aqua Teen Hunger Force . If the idea of Shake, Meatwad and Carl celebrating the season in song doesn't do it for you, well I'm sorry, I don't want to know you. And no, I don't know where Frylock is - maybe he doesn't celebrate Christmas. Or sing. Or both. And for context, the Aqua Teen Hunger Force [...]
Toronto - Albums are such a funny thing. For an album to sound right, you need to have a) the appropriate amount of time b) the right mood c) mark's crazy stereo system most of the time, I do not have choice #c, so I rely on my headphones instead. I use: Grado SR60 when I'm at work. This is because it's very comfortable, and it also bleeds music, so I can subliminally affect peoples music tastes around me. Sometimes people can [...]
2010 is upon us, and we've reached the end of a decade of serious change in the music industry. From the way we purchase music, to the rise of the iPod, and the introduction of Lady Gaga, the aughts have seen a lot of innovation and gave us arguably the most influential new music industry tool, American Idol . As your resident American Idol expert, or as some might call me, a crazy obsessive fan, I thought it was time to look back at the show that became an institution, for better or worse, by counting down [...]
2010 is upon us, and we've reached the end of a decade of serious change in the music industry. From the way we purchase music, to the rise of the iPod, and the introduction of Lady Gaga, the aughts have seen a lot of innovation and gave us arguably the most influential new music industry tool, American Idol . As your resident American Idol expert, or as some might call me, a crazy obsessive fan, I thought it was time to look back at the show that became an institution, for better or worse, by counting down [...]
It's begining to look a lot like Christmas - so it's mostly local bands playing this week.... Monday 12/14/09 [Pick of the Night] Mere Mortals / The Meeting Places / The Black Apples / The Secret 6 @ Spaceland (Free) [Recommended] The Minor Canon @ Unknown Theatre – They put out one of my favorite records this year. [Recommended] The Blind Boy Paxton & Frank Fairfield Show @ Redwood Bar Mew / The Outline @ The Fonda [...]
The often excellent Odd Blood is a step into new directions for Yeasayer, and vocalist Chris Keating touched upon their process in a recent NY Times profile: [...]More about Yeasayer
This week we have a new numero uno and three tracks making the chart for the first time. [...]More about Hot Chip
I dag dök nya albumet från Massive Attack, Heligoland, upp på Spotify. Min recension: Helt jävla grymt! Splitting The Atom fick vi ju [...]More about Massive Attack
Miike Snow are pretty awesome, had the chance to see them perform when they opened up for Lykke Li and boy did they impress me. [...]More about Vampire Weekend
Phoenix, who delivered one of the best albums of 2009 once once with “Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix“, recently played an acoustic set for the German magazine [...]More about Phoenix
I don’t know about you guys, but for me there’s no better time of the year than late January to sit back, contemplate and assess the [...]More about St. Vincent
check it! beach house headed over to daytrotter to record a few tunes from their massive new album “teen dream,” already being hailed by many [...]More about Beach House
I’ve been listening to a lot of Pavement lately, and the more I do, the more increasingly clear it becomes that Spoon is the Pavement of the 2000s: Indie [...]More about Spoon
i know what youre thinking. “really? another day n night remix? really?” well, this one is way better than any other one youve ever heard, [...]More about Kid Cudi
Gorillaz / Damon Albarn has always held a very special place in my heart. Demon Days was one of my top albums [...]More about Gorillaz
TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB | UNDERCOVER MARTYN
The Strange Boys - Be Brave
Phonat - "Love Hits The Fan" music video
Die Antwoord - Enter The Ninja (Official)
Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields - Official Trailer
Yeasayer – Odd Blood (Review)
Hot Chip: One Life Stand
TOUR: The Tallest Man On Earth Announces U.S. Dates
[mp3] Joanna Newsom - "Kingfisher"
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