Back in 1997 Anthony Lovett and Matt Maranian wrote and published what eventually became my favorite Los Angeles guidebook. That book's name was (and is) LA Bizarro . A few years ago on this website I talked to Matt about the original book's undertaking ( fun interview with Matt here ). Since that time the two authors have now revised, updated and significantly expanded that original tome, and their collective output was published by Chronicle Books just this fall. In the 2009 updated edition of LA Bizarro (available at the time of this [...]
This was a nice find on my inbox. Submitted to The Flip Skateboards Extremely Sorry soundtrack, Baron's Extremely Sorry with desert rock outfit Black Mountain has this familiar sound of early UNKLE . Dark, heavy, and fitting for a soundtrack focused on skateboarding. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Baron (ft. Black Mountain) - The End of the Beginning from The Flip [...]
Billy Jam says: New Jersey explorer, writer, photographer, filmmaker, welder, artist, skateboarder, avid Passaic River canoe traveler, graffiti lover, urban anthropologist, prankster, high school dropout, WFMU listener, Weird NJ contributor, and as he calls himself "run of the mill trespasser" are all titles befitting Wheeler Antabanez who will be a guest on WFMU today (Nov 20th 3-6pm) on Put The Needle On The Record when he will talk about his passion - New Jersey, especially the rundown abandoned funky parts - and take phone calls from listeners on exploring the abandoned buildings of [...]
I only met Mark Mulcahy once. It was on the night that Mark and Ken played the North Star with The Mountain Goats who were on tour with Bowerbirds. This is the first night that I was lucky enough to have met my friend Ken Maiuri (an amazing musician and person, bar none , as they say). This was also the night that I received the most amazing hug in the World from John Darnielle, who come to think of it: should go down in history as a man with a Gift of Hug. It was a magical night. [...]
In the spring of 2005 Bob Dylan hired some new guys for his band. Nothing unusual there; Dylan tends to switch around his band every year or so. Except then, for the next four and a half years he didn't change a thing. Since that spring fans grew a little more tired of those same five people with each passing leg of the so-called Never-Endi ng Tour. Were these guys the second coming of The Band or something, fans might have been more forgiving, but soon this lowercase-"b" band turned every [...]
[Birthday greetings go out today to Matt Sorum ... now here's what's on tap for a busy evening:] The Whigs will release the follow-up to 2008's "Mission Control" early next year — the new album will be titled "In the Dark" [download below]. Few bands do old-fashioned garage rock better than the Athens, Ga., trio, which hits town tonight for a show at the Troubadour. Opening are the Features , who caught my ear in March and put out a fantastic album from last [...]
Os Tindersticks já finalizaram o seu novo álbum, Falling Down A Mountain, que será lançado em Fevereiro de 2010 pela Constellation Records no continente americano e pela 4AD no resto do mundo. Já é possivel ouvir um dos temas do novo disco, Black Smoke. Ponto de escuta: Black Smoke
So here we are at the weekend before the holiday season officially begins and everyone's schedule gets really busy, so get your music fixes in now. On Thursday night you can check out the final night of the Jenny Dee & The Deelinquints residency at the Lizard. It's also the first night of the International Pop Overthrow 4 night stint at Church. Night 1 of the IPO has The Buckners, The Doom Buggies and more. There are also 2 great free shows on Thursday, Lars Vegas is at the Alchemist and Sally O'Brien's has an impressive lineup. On Friday Thalia [...]
It's going to be my album of the year, at least based on its placing in my top 5 of all albums released this decade, but I still didn't know for certain every lyric to every song on the album, which was mildly annoying. Sunset Rubdown hadn't included a lyric sheet with the album's release and although I'd waded through the threads on the Wolf Parade forums and on songmeanings.net at various times this year, there were enough discrepancies to throw me off on more than one lyric in more than one [...]
der start in die mp3 runde dieses tages mit herzerfrischender härte, rottiger kühle: "action in the north atlantic" heißt das werk der band aus halifax (auf noyes records ), tobendes meer, gute und passende vorstellung: a history of - action in the north atlantic a history of - dagger woods klingt wie eine mischung aus 22 pistepirkko und the cure, naja, jedenfalls ein ausblick auf das im januar erscheinende "teen dream", im übrigen wie verrückt das ist: die promofirma [...]
BEST ALBUMS OF THE NOUGHTIES The daunting task of putting together something that you know lots of readers won't agree with is never easy, but then we thought you could always go make your own lists. At least we had the balls... So the 50s had rock n roll, the 60s had it's pop and folk, the 70s it's punk, disco and glam, the 80s it's pop, hip hop and hair rock, the 90s it's grunge, brit pop and dance music. It begs the question - what standout genre defines the [...]
It's been a busy last few months for Ben Gibbard . First there was that Jay Farrar collaboration on the Jack Kerouac soundtrack . And, of course, there's the Death Cab for Cutie song on that soundtrack for the shiny vampire movie. Plus, the man got married! Yet despite all this, Mr. Zooey Deschanel has once again made time found time to join an already all-star line-up for a killer new album. And this time it's not just for our entertainment. According to Spinner.com , Gibbard [...]
Theophilus London is the next up to release a free single through Mountain Dew's 'Green Label Sound' label. The track 'Humdrum Town' features Theophilus unique urban-electro pop sound and is available to stream or download. Enjoy. Related Posts: Flosstradamus feat. Caroline Polachek-Big Bills (Video) Chromeo-Night By Night U-N-I-Land Of The Kings Batman:Arkham Asylum-Invisible Predator Trailer (Video) Jay-Z-My President Is Black Remix (Video)
Contrast Podcast recently asked music bloggers like myself to submit our favorite 50 songs of the year for their annual "Festive 503 podcast. Our selections were then compiled into a shortlist and now we've been asked to recruit votes to narrow it down. For the curious, I've bolded the 10 songs I personally voted for. I really, really want "Nice Very Nice" by Kurt Vonnegut & Dave Soldier (from their album Ice-9 Ballads ) to make the final list. Not only because it's my favorite song of the year, from my favorite album of the year, [...]
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , Exclusive There's a good chance that the Heartless Bastards have had a busier year than you. The Cincinnati-based blues-rock band spent almost all of 2009 hitting the road hard behind its third album, the huge-riffing The Mountain,' with giant indie rock names like the Decemberists , the Black Keys , Andrew Bird , Jenny Lewis and Wolfmother . When they weren't touring, they were --surprise! -- still playing music. In February, the Bastards played on [...]
Matter of Time mp3 The Leisure Society The Sleeper ..... ..... buy it Well, now this is getting interesting... Over at the Contrast Podcast , Tim's solicited everyone for their favorite 50 songs of 2009, remember? From all the responses he's compiled the top 155. I'm very impressed with the list! If you didn't submit your faves yet, you've still got a chance to get in the game at this point! Help us out, eh? (I"ve highlighted my top 10 in blue) Here's [...]
BEAMS 20th anniversary is here and they have collaborated with Rocky Mountain Featherbed for this special edition leather vest. The vest was designed with a two-tone brown leather yoke with a black body in addition to a subtle fur collar. The vest also includes a navy blue lining with a small zippered pocket hidden on the inside. This joint should be available soon over at BEAMS .
BEAMS 20th anniversary is here and they have collaborated with Rocky Mountain Featherbed for this special edition leather vest. The vest was designed with a two-tone brown leather yoke with a black body in addition to a subtle fur collar. The vest also includes a navy blue lining with a small zippered pocket hidden on the inside. This joint should be available soon over at BEAMS .
U.K. soul rockers Tindersticks have announced plans for the release of their eight studio album. It's titled Falling Down a Mountain , sports 10 tracks, and is due January 25th in Europe through 4AD and February 16th in North America through Constellation . The album follows the success of the Nottingham outfit's 2008 record, The Hungry Saw . Recorded at the band's own Le Chien Chanceux studio in rural France and at ICP in Brussels between May and July 2009, the release will be proceeded by a European tour. One of [...]
If you're shut out out of the sold-out Them Crooked Vultures show at the Wiltern tonight, there's still plenty of rock music to be consumed: There's a power-packed local bill at the Roxy, with the Outline , Voxhaul Broadcast , Eastern Conference Champions [pictured], Links and Nova Nueva ... It's a big Haden-fest at Disney Hall , where patriarch Charlie will be joined by family and friends (and special guest Jack Black) for a night of country and bluegrass music. ... Lots of pretty folk music on tap at [...]
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