Well, isn't this good timing. Just three days before the Winter Olympics start in Vancouver, BC, everyone's favorite punk band the Thermals have penned an ode to the land of hockey, poutine, and mounties. And in typical Thermals fashion it's fast, loud, and INCREDIBLY FUN. It also proves my theory that Hutch Harris can write a better song in 30 minutes than most songwriters can in two or three years. "Canada" is silly, loose, off-the-cuff, and so much fun to sing along to. The story goes that guitarist Harris was sitting in a van in Buffalo, waiting to cross the [...]
Founded in 1947 by Ahmet Ertegün and Herb Abramson, Atlantic Records has come a long way in the last sixty-plus years, and the Atlantic Records Time Capsule ($200) chronicles the whole crazy ride. Compiled by a small group of Atlantic employees, the collection — housed in a custom metallic capsule box — includes The House That Ahmet Built on DVD, a 140-page full color book on the label, including exclusive quotes and stories from the artists and characters that make up Atlantic's past, over 200 images, vintage memorabilia and swag, and, of course, music: [...]
The initial line up announcement for the 2010 Bonnaroo concert has caused the official website to slow to a crawl , but we're plucking what information we can from the internet about the festival taking place in Manchester, TN, on June 10-13, 2010. Phoenix , Weezer , Jeff Beck , and more are all scheduled to play. The weirdest performance announcement? The Flaming Lips will be playing Dark Side of the Moon . We won't even try to explain that one. The acts we know so far are after the jump. [...]
With the help of some of his indie rock pals, Sage Francis has crafted a new LP dubbed Li(f)e * that sets its cross-hairs on "a culture of hypocrisy and organized religion." The Providence, Rhode Island MC has never been one to stray from the political or societal commentaries as he's tackled topics ranging from runaways to capitalism and everything in between. And over the years, he's gained more credibility among the indie rock and hip-hop crowds alike. But for this album, he brings a more rock-oriented approach by enlisting the help of [...]
Hip hop maven sage Francis has announced the release of his new studio album. The cleverly titled Li(f)e will drop on May 11th. The record will feature Francis' trademark pointed raps with music written be a slew of indie rock favorites. Former Grandaddy leader Jason Lyttle, Death Cab For Cutie's Chris Walla, Mark Linkous of Sparklehorse, Tim Fite, and members of Calexico and DeVotchKa all
Uur 1: MGMT – Electric Feel The Soft Pack – C'Mon Port O'Brien – My Will Is Good Holly Miranda – Waves Kashmir – Pursuit Of Misery Love Is All – Repetition Surfer Blood – Swim The Sunshine Underground – I Ain't Losing Sleep Noah And The Whale – Stranger Lali Puna – Remember iLiKETRAiNS - Terra Nova Midlake – Core Of Nature White Hinterland - Icarus Pantha Du Prince – Satellite Snyper Uur2: The Decemberists – [...]
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Toronto - Lets take a time machine. The year we are going back to is 2003. Queue up the Delorean, doc! Wow. 2003. What a time. George W is still the president of the US, Friends was still on the error, and the Strokes were still in their early 20s. Ricky had just moved from dreary Edmonton to new and exciting Toronto and was in the process of stealing as many of his friend's friends as possible. What's more, there's this really cool collaboration between Death Cab for Cutie's [...]
por Livio Vilela Quando eu propus para toda equipe do Bloody Pop a idéia fazer essas mixtapes e escrever sobre esses discos da década passada, nunca achei que fosse tão difícil escolher só dois ou três álbuns e, principalmente, só uma dúzia de músicas. Por isso, como sou the boss of this shit , me permito quebrar a regra e fazer uma MIXTAPE DUPLA E COM BONUS TRACK. 12 + 12 + 1 = 25 músicas! AE! E não é uma simples mixtape, é uma Mimimixtape . 24/5 [...]
Words: Gareth O'Malley Talent borrows, genius steals. Or so they say. It's something that's quite evident when listening to Northern Irish trio Two Door Cinema Club 's debut album. Having released a string of great singles, not to mention gotten a place on BBC's highly influential 'Sound of 2010' list, the stage is set for the group's meteoric rise. It's a shame then that the band's motto seems to be 'forward to the past'. While looking backwards istead of forwards as regards making music is no bad thing (some would argue that the British 'guitar [...]
Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Carrie Rodriguez : 2009-04-11, Chicago (late show) [mp3,ogg,flac] "Steal Your Love" [mp3] Carrie Rodriguez : 2009-04-11, Chicago (early show) [mp3,ogg,flac] "Blackberry Blossom" [mp3] other Carrie Rodriguez posts at Largehearted Boy Death Cab for Cutie : 2003-11-10, Houston [mp3,ogg,flac] "We Looked Like Giants" [mp3] other Death [...]
Two Door Cinema Club – Алекс Тримбл (Alex Trimble) (ударные и вокал), Кевин Бэирд (Kevin Baird) (бас) и Сэм Хэллидей (Sam Halliday) (гитара), - давали концерты на всех университетских площадках родной страны Ирландии, пока, наконец, их треки не всплыли на MySpace и понеслось. Их часто сравнивают то с Death Cab For Cutie , то с Broken Social Scene , то с ранними Bloc Party , то с.. Katy Perry , чем они гордятся, говоря при этом, что ни в коем случае никого не копируют, и это заметно, у группы свой великолепный стиль, эмоциональный поп, [...]
Irish electro-pop trio Two Door Cinema Club have released a brand new video for 'Undercover Martyn' today, the newest single off their upcoming album, Tourist History (due out March 1st on Kitsune Records). Citing both early Bloc Party and Death Cab For Cutie as musical influences, TDCC have been gaining notoriety on indie blogs with [...]
Over the past few years, a few bands and promoters have come up with a number of innovative ways to generate interest in concerts by giving the audience a chance to influence the performance. Whether it was the Disco Biscuits letting fans "Spin The Wheel" to determine what song gets played on a Thursday night in Sayreville, NJ or Steely Dan letting ticketholders' votes determine the setlist for Internet Request Nights , audience participation gives consumers more bang for their buck and a stake in the action. The trend continues with Galactic's Throwdown Request Live spots and [...]
Seeing a band perform an album in full is a rare and rewarding experience. From recent tours by The Decemberists and The Pixies to the revisiting of such albums as Sonic Youth's Daydream Nation and Built to Spill's Perfect From Now O n, these kind of events are usually reserved for records that are either recently released or already canonized. This makes the upcoming performances of Dirty Projectors ' The Getty Address all the more unexpected and all the more exciting. The Dirty Projectors have announced two performances of the 2005 gem [...]
This list could go hundreds, thousands deep and it would still only touch the surface, so you know how much a struggle it was for me to cut it down to just 50. Ranking art is always a bit of a silly process, and it's even more here, when every single song is brilliant. So don't take the order too seriously. The real point of this is to give people a chance to hear the things that I simply couldn't live without, the songs that make my whole world go around – and to hopefully [...]
Who : Hotel St. George Location : San Diego, CA RIYL : White Rabbits, Death Cab for Cutie, Cold War Kids Thoughts : First time listening to Hotel St. George they sounded like a very standard indie rock outfit. They were completely unoffensive, they stuck to basic song structures, and they sounded okay doing those things, but nothing really stuck out. That was until the song "That's Why I Drink Every Night" came on. It immediately perked my ear up and not just for because of my [...]
Filed under: News , Television It's gearing up to be quite a busy year for actress Zooey Deschanel . Along with the arrival of her and M. Ward 's She and Him 'Volume 2' next month, Deadline Hollywood confirms that she's foraying into television by starring as a groupie in a pilot for HBO. Taking a page from Cameron Crowe 's ' Almost Famous ,' which she also had a role in, Deschanel is starring in an adapted version of professional groupie Pamela Des Barres' [...]
When people think of Winnipeg, thoughts undoubtedly drift to the Golden Boy, Louis Riel's home and frigid winters. Thanks to talented song writers like John K. Samson , we all have vivid mental images of a city most have never even stopped in; the music we love has made their stories our stories. We've all been on that bus or alone in that shitty apartment. We've all spent cold nights with broken hearts and broken dreams, trapped in The Gateway to the West. Undoubtedly, we've all hated or loved the Winnipeg Jets and muttered, "I Hate Winnipeg" with more [...]
Nearly four years since Aloha 's solid Some Echoes comes a slice from the band's new album Home Acres (Polyvinyl, M arch 9th) . On "Moonless March" the group sound as urgent and rhythmically superior as I remember. You'll also notice a heavier push in the guitar direction . If Death Cab For Cutie were given music lessons from Oneida it would sound something as awesome as this new banger does: [...]
Nearly four years since Aloha 's solid Some Echoes comes a slice from the band's new album Home Acres (Polyvinyl, M arch 9th) . On "Moonless March" the group sound as urgent and rhythmically superior as I remember. You'll also notice a heavier push in the guitar direction . If Death Cab For Cutie were given music lessons from Oneida it would...
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