A couple of weeks ago, we went to New Orleans for a friend's wedding. We had a chance to see the World War II museum and the fancy new wing that Tom Hanks helped contribute with and the new theater much cooler than an Imax (it's in 4D!). The picture from above is taken from the museum, and before the trip, I had no idea there was a WWII museum. I guess Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg are teaming up again to retell the story of the US invading the Pacific during [...]
Album of the Quarter : A Sunny Day in Glasgow - Ashes Grammar Runners up: Memory Tapes - Seek Magic , Mount Eerie - Wind's Poem I am well aware that this podcast is a good month and a half removed from the end of 2009's third quarter, and that we are balls deep in the year's capping three-month span. But, perhaps the extra reflection has further winnowed the included tracks down from the fickle week to week whims of the blogosphere? Let's just pretend that that's [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
Part one of a 5 part post: Music.......it's been my life. From the second I emerged from the womb I have had a love for music. Music is constantly playing around me at all times....when I go to sleep (or when I am alone in my thoughts) it is ALWAYS playing in my head. There is never a second that I am not hearing music in one form or another. From the very first 45RPM single I purchased when I was 5 years old ("Band On The Run" by WINGS [...]
today massive weekly summary from go.and.find.your.bassface, lot of mixes, podcasts etc. njoy www.bassfaced.com/2009/11/asso rted-mixes.html Tittsworth - Diversify Yo Bonds intro – diversify yo bonds streets of baltimore (instrumental) – say wut why don't you – gramophonedzie london to paris – mowgli make it funky – alvaro here come da – a1 bassline night of the hornheadz – act yo ages (bird peterson remix) little secrets – passion pit (jack beats remix) its [...]
Kevin Greenspon - Sundowner Lane Kevin Greenspon - Softened Kevin Greenspon - Open Book Seems appropriate to say these new jams from Kevin Greenspon "washed up into my inbox" due to the gentle wave washes and lulling static hiss echoing through each track; power lines and satellite signals interfering with yr seaside ambience but then becoming an oddly fitting part of it. The first two tracks are taken from Greenspon's album Bracing , available on CD in a few weeks from [...]
i have been meaning to listen to hallelujah the hill's recently released record for misra , colonial drones , but thus far it hasnt happened. i thought i got a promo, but when i searched for said promo i came up empty. so, its off to emusic for me where i will use up 13 of my download credits. which will then leave me with 12, and i have no idea what to use the remaining on. anyone got any suggestions? the men of h-t-h are currently on tour and unfortunately coming nowhere near new orleans. [...]
Every month, we dedicate the first week's podcast to highlighting some of the great local and out-of-town bands performing soon in the San Francisco Bay Area. We've got twelve great bands playing some excellent shows this month, so head out and see some live music! Subscribe to The Bay Bridged's podcast to get each week's new episode downloaded free to your iTunes! About the bands: Tempo No Tempo ("Kilometer") celebrate [...]
I'm off to Chicago for the weekend, bros. Unfortunately, due to work constraints and leaving town immediately afterwards, I don't have a lot of time to write a fun Halloween-themed entry. So... I'm kinda copping out and reposting what I put together last year. However, since there are a lot more readers now than a year ago at this time, perhaps many of you all missed these gems. To that end, reposing is warranted. Happy Halloween, folks. Hope you don't see too many stupid zombie Michael Jackson costumes. Okay... One of my favorite Halloween past-times is dusting off [...]
Our wonderful blog has been featured on The Anatomy of a Blogger radio show over at Break Thru Radio . Every week the charming DJ Mimi chooses a blog that disects her and this week she chose us! How good is that?! Take a listen to the show ( here ), in which we discuss what Ecoutez is all about. Hear our favourite tracks of the year from artists such as Mavado, Major Lazer, the XX, Amanda Blank, The Very Best and lots more! Once again, thanks to the wonderful DJ Mimi for [...]
Do you ever get that thing, where your mind goes completely blank? Après une attente difficilement supportable (la sortie de ce cd a presque viré à l'obsession chez moi, c'est vous dire son importance) le cd du leader des Strokes Phrazes For The Young nous est enfin parvenu! Lors d'une récente interview, Julian Casablancas s'avouait fan de groupes tels que Beach House ou bien encore Telepathe . C'est donc un album loin de [...]
barebones arkestra aka bb bolly (first) - batten revue (second) - from MKE the chain (third) - from MKE - heard very good things about them knife world (fourth) - Local rock action Sade Sade (fifth) - this is Gabriel Mindel of Yellow Swans new project. You can read about it at http://diademdiscos.wordpress. com/sadesade/ Friday, October 16th, 2009 in Minneapolis, MN 10pm $5 (or maybe $6 but not expensive). Email me for location. Sade Sade is [...]
"tell me about a moment , a song and what it meant to you" Bl og: SHEENA BEASTON Song: Blak Pudd'n Artist: SWV (It's About Time, 1992) Context: Coming from a modest family, we didn't purchase albums, rather, after [...]
This week's update of what local music shows in the Boston area are playing: Commercial Radio Bay State Rock on WAAF 97.7/107.3 fm Hosted by Carmelita. Sundays 10 pm - 12 am Artist - Song Morphine - Candy The Vogon Poets - Time Lord Bleu - Get Up Upper Crust - We're Finished with Finishing School Radio Taxi - Living Long Enough To Say Goodbye St. Helena - Oh Jan Electric Laser People - The Makeout Song The Fools - Big Tim Blane - Tennessee Dear Leader - My Life [...]
One listen to Boston's Hallelujah The Hills and you realize it's one of those bands you can't help but love. Their amazing lo-fi indie pop, complimented by big band instrumentation along with the quality singer/song writer lyricism of lead man Ryan Walsh all combine to create what, to me, defines what indie rock was meant to be. With the recent release of their second album Colonial Drones , Hallelujah The Hills shows how much they have really grown as a band since their debut album The [...]
This week's job is the finishing of the Honeytrap Toad Session, preparing the second Toad House Gig for Friday - brilliant brilliant brilliant! - sort of getting ready for the Toad Autumn Party at the Bowery on the 10th (Pineapple Chunky madness, woo!) and getting the Meursault singles pressed and the artwork sorted. If I am dead by the weekend, do not be surprised. Fortunately, the start of the week is relatively light on gigs. Lightish anyway. Tonight is free, so I should get a chunk done then. I just fear the traditional upload hell which tends to [...]
The advent of fall brings us some ripe apples in the new release department, and this week sees the much anticipated supergroup Monsters of Folk, featuring Conor Oberst, Jim James & M. Ward, but we covered that the other day . The other noteworthy releases this week include new ones from Volcano Choir, Islands, Times New Viking, The Twilight Sad, Amy Millan, Pearl Jam, Castanets, Vic Chesnutt, Sea Wolf, Brother Ali, Noisettes, Basement Jaxx, Hallelujah the Hills, Richard Hawley, Le Loup, The Big Pink and the Roller Coaster Project, along with some reissues from Beastie Boys, Elvis Costello and [...]
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