Wednesday night was my third MTVU Woodie Awards show at Roseland Ballroom and one of the most fun! We had a perfect spot near the artist lounge, enjoying a DJ set by Diplo and catching performances by Death Cab for Cutie , Passion Pit , Matt & Kim , The Dead Weather and more. There was an interesting array of presenters including a ranting Zooey Deschanel, legendary Cyndi Lauper and Leighton Meester, Mary Louise Parker, 3OH!3 dressed like Lady Gaga, will.i.am in a snuggie, a drunk? Pete Wentz, and Janelle Monae [...]
by BBG Nader Sadek at Mayhem ( more by Paul Birman ) Ever since the Mayhem show at Irving Plaza earlier this year , I've wondered about the shadowy costume figure that set up Atilla's stump/podium and mounted heads on spears before they took the stage. Turns out it was performance artist, and Mayhem stage designer, Nader Sadek , who will perform his new piece at Santos Party House on Saturday (11/21) . B'doun [...]
Årtiet lakker så småt mod enden, og i den anledning har Frekvens kigget tilbage på de bedste plader fra perioden 2000 – 2009. Alle redaktionens medlemmer har således indleveret deres top 25 lister over årtiets plader, og de er nu blevet regnet sammen til Frekvens' definitive top 60 over årtiets bedste albums. Ikke mindre end 145 albums har været med i overvejelserne, men Arcade Fires debut endte med at blive den suveræne vinder, af et i øvrigt utroligt stærkt felt. Death Cab For Cutie forsangeren Ben Gibbards hyggeprojekt The Postal Service rendte med 2. pladsen, blandt andet foran to [...]
Hail Of Bullets sings the following genre(s): Death Metal More videos from Hail Of Bullets : "Warsaw Rising", the first-ever video from HAIL OF BULLETS — the Dutch death metal band featuring GOREFEST drummer Ed Warby, THANATOS guitarists Stephan Gebédi and Paul Baayens, former PESTILENCE/ASPHYX singer Martin Van Drunen and former HOUWITSER bass player Theo van Eekelen. The clip was directed/edited by Dave Cardoso and Dave Hall. The "Warsaw Rising" EP was released on July 17 (in Europe) via Metal Blade Records. [...]
I recently got a chance to go to a Matisyahu concert here in San Diego but what I ended up finding was something even more kosher. I got to the concert pretty late and didn't get to hear all the other bands that played before the featured guest but luckily the first group I heard play that night just so happened to be one of the best performances I've ever witnessed. The group i'm talking about is Vokab Kompany . They are local to the San Diego area and definitely rep their city very well. When i [...]
tUnE-YaRds @ Bowery Ballroom last night ( more by Dominick Mastrangelo ) Cave In today in NYC * Rakim @ BB King's * Ray Davies @ Town Hall * The Dig, Locksley @Mercury Lounge * Reigning Sound, A-Bones @ Maxwell's * Crystal Fighters @ Santos Party House * Bob Dylan, Dion @ United Palace Theatre [...]
This weekend managed to prove once again that I am getting too old to party like a rock star two nights in a row. The whole thing began Friday night where I set out to, and I quote myself here, "get Lucero drunk", and I am happy to announce that the mission was a complete success. The trade off of that is that recollection of the show is slightly hazy. A lot of the reviews I read leading up to Lucero's show here were about the crowd. That frat boy concentration levels were reportedly getting dangerously high, but [...]
WE ARE THE WORLD RELEASES DEBUT ALBUM 'CLAY STONES' ON MANIMAL VINYL FEBRUARY 23, 2010 IAMSOUND set to release "Clay Stones" single on January 26, 2010 "[We Are The World] work the dance beat, taking pop to strange outer space."– Paper Magazine "Art-damaged electronica." – LA Weekly "We Are the World celebrates the visual as much as the sonic—incorporating into their performance as much dance and design as music with fantastically spooky effects. We Are the World raised the bar." – LA Record "I feel that referring to them as [...]
Recommended Show: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2009 SLEIGH BELLS @ LE POISSON ROUGE 158 Bleecker Street Manhattan, NY 10012 $8, 11:30PM Sleigh Bells are one of those bands that people have been buzzing about every since CMJ . A boy, a girl, a guitar, and an iPod: check them out tonight at Le Poisson Rouge before they get huge. Other shows going on tonight at listed after the jump. Reigning Sound @ Maxwell's Slighty Stoopid @ Terminal 5 Pretty Lights @ The Fillmore Times New Viking @ Union Pool Sleigh Bells @ [...]
Frank Yang Q: Without a new record to promote - Mr. Love & Justice has been out for close to two years - what reason did Billy Bragg have for staging an ambitious cross-Canada tour ? A: Who cares? Any time you get the opportunity to see Billy Bragg live, you take it, no questions asked. Of course, I say that having missed his last three appearances in Toronto - the September 2006 show at the Music Hall for not one but two weddings, [...]
Semana llena de sets! Y hoy tiramos la casa por la ventana! Atento todo el mundo! Cuatro sesioncetas de la casa. Ojito! Exxpacio sideral En primer lugar, Blitz! nos manda su último set llamado "XXPace Mixtape", cuyo tracklist está al fondo, como la mayoría de veces! Todo un alarde de nu disco para quienes quieran llamarlo así! Grosso Morosso included (va a petar más de una pista ese tema y lo sabéis). BLITZ! XXPACE @ NOVEMBER 2009 by [...]
For ramblings on how I came to compile this list go here . And for commentary on previous selections: [ #50-46 ] [ #45-41 ] [ #40-36 ] 35. Ys - Joanna Newsom (2006) I get an amazing number of hits to my site from people googling the phrase " I Hate Joanna Newsom ", simply because the word ' hate ' is in the title of this here blog, and I've talked about Ms Newsom [...]
Tracklisting: 01. Roska & Jamie George - Wonderful Day (Radio Verson) :: Roska Kicks & Snares 02. L-Vis 1990 - United Groove (MJ Cole Remix) :: CDR 03. Ill Cosby - Kalakuta (Dubbel Dutch Remix) :: Car Crash Set 04. The Infamous - ChicSquat :: CDR 05. Ill Cosby - Lo Oyen (Emvee Remix) :: Car Crash Set 06. TRG - See Want Get Now :: CDR 07. Seiji vs. Bembe Segue - Get It Together :: CDR 08. Zed Bias - Neighbourhood (MJ Cole Remix) :: CDR 09. [...]
The problem with a list like this is the "shoulds". You know, the albums you feel like everyone else will pick, so you "should," too? Well, this time I decided not to deal with those. My list is based on the number of times I listened to these albums since they came out, whether I love them so much I already know every word to every song, how much it moved me, etc. This is a personal list. It isn't intended to be complete or controversial. That said, I know I'll get crap for [...]
Peggy Sue at Lit Lounge (10/23/09) Photo : Jon Klemm Well, I'm finally getting around to posting some more CMJ pics, so here's a set from Peggy Sue to coincide with the release of their new 73/digital single "Yo Mama" which came out yesterday ( Nov 16 ) on the UK's Chess Club Records . It's the first single from their forthcoming album entitled Fossils and Other Phantoms which is coming out in early 2010 on Yep Roc . The new album [...]
Unfortunately, I wasn't able to make a fan review video for last week's Country Music Awards, but I thought it'd be appropriate to write a little something about it as it is one of Nashville's biggest nights. The whole week was madness – but fun madness. The company I work for is in charge of organizing the CMA remote broadcast and putting together coverage options for radio stations. About 50 stations, came to the Downtown Hilton and set up shop in a conference room. For 3 days, Country stars ranging from Jason [...]
La scorsa settimana abbiamo terminato il nostro viaggio attraverso gli album più importanti del decennio che si sta concludendo. Abbiamo quindi pensato di riassumere il tutto in questo post che non è altro che la lista completa, tappa per tappa, degli album che di volta in volta abbiamo approfondito, in modo tale da avere una sorta di indice delle varie puntate. Dopo il salto trovate anche la listona di tutti gli album che di anno in anno sono stati inseriti fra "gli album da salvare". [...]
PETE WENTZ, ZOOEY DESCHANEL, 3OH!3, AMBER TAMBLYN, MARY-LOUISE PARKER, DAVID CROSS, JANELLE MONÁE, ASHER ROTH, P.O.S., AND PAC DIV TO PRESENT AT THE 2009 "mtvU WOODIE AWARDS" PERFORMERS PASSION PIT AND CLIPSE FEATURING CAM'RON AND RICK ROSS, AND DIPLO OF MAJOR LAZER JOIN WOODIES LINEUP KUPS of the University of Puget Sound Captures the "Radio Woodie" 2009 "mtvU Woodie Awards" Premiere on MTV, MTV2, mtvU, and Palladia on Friday, December 4 at 10pm ET/PT mtvU, MTV's 24-hour college network, today confirmed new additions to the performance and presenter roster for the sixth-annual "mtvU [...]
VALIENT THORR, RED FANG and CHILDREN LIVE NOVEMBER 17 2009 7:00 PM – TICKETS HERE SANTOS PARTY HOUSE This band is one of the most incredible metal bands in the world. They have toured with Early Man , who are insane and should be more famous. You guys have to go to this show tomorrow! VALIENT THORR The unfortunate stereotype that plagues Venusian extra-terrestrials is that they lack any sense of groove. However, when [...]
The weekend has arrived and it is long overdue. I had a week where I felt like everyday was thursday. Not cool. That being said the craze this weekend seems to be New Moon and everyone is losing their minds over this movie. Granted I've never read the books nor do I want to but from the trailer really? REALLY? whatever. The soundtrack was great so I guess I can't totally dislike it. Back to the real weekend. Lots of fun planned and lots of sleep. I'm psyched. I am really proud of this PYLST because I am a big [...]
new music from vampire weekend – cousins + music video
Friday Five: Surf Songs
HOT CHIP TAKE another crack at IT and I’m IN
No Curve Allowed (Grading This Week's New Tracks)
