In Beyonce and Lady Gaga's video for "Telephone", Bey will reportedly rescue Gaga in the continuation of Gaga's "Paparazzi" video. "Telephone" is just the opposite of "Paparazzi", though. In that it's not about getting a man to love you, it's about getting your man to leave you alone so you can dance and get drunk in the club. The concept of [...]
Alternate titles for this article included: Lo-Fi: How Well Does it Match Your Denim Jacket? The Gorilla Vs. Bear Guide To Los Angeles, and Douglas Martin's Skit Plans for the next 52 0 Clock Shadowboxers album. For those of you averse to ink stains, Sunday's LA Times included a feature on Dum Dum Girls, Best Coast, Nite Jewel, and Pearl Harbor. My crack team of Thesaurus-armed Caracals contributed the words that filled up the space between the Macy's ads. This space has been conspicuously absent of coverage of these bands, mainly because [...]
Suffice it to say that I was wrong. I used to think that people should stick to what they do. Actors should stick to acting and singers should stick to singing. Well every once in a while a truly creative individual comes along that is blessed with the ability to channel their creative energy into everything that they do. Maggie Baird is one of these people. Her touching interview is inspiring and befits a person with such a charming demeanor. You are both an actress and a musician, [...]
Proud to be different, Brighton's purveyors of indie-dance-blues Ice Black Birds announce the release of their debut single "Ears To the Ground" along with a string of UK tour dates. Coming from Brighton, you'd expect a rather different sound to emerge from young band Ice Black Birds which features guitarist/lead vocalist Sam Denniston , lead guitarist George Grinling , bassist Harry Bohay-Nowell and drummer Pierre McFarlane . However, this band are looking to set themselves apart from the pack with their [...]
Canada's Library Voices say that you could call their music "Post-Twee-Power-Folk-Nu-Beach -LoFi-Modern-Indie" but want to keep it simple: they just prefer "pop." The Regina, Saskatchewan octet formed in 2008 and have released an EP but well-tuned critical ears have already made note, including SPIN and those smarty-pants at The New Yorker . We like the witty, rather retro-meets-modern substructure that supports the Voices' nimble, gangly jangle and it's a blast to play "pin the tail on the influences" as our collective heads swim with a muddled melange of names from 60's radio fodder, 70's So-Cal harmonied [...]
The single of Lady GaGa's and Beyoncé's latest collaboration 'Telephone' will be released the 15th of March (in the UK) and the official remix sounds nothing like the original with the production from Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins. No, (according to Concrete Loop ), the official remix was produced by State of Emergency, consisting of Donnie Scantz and Jahi Sundance. Quite refreshing to hear something new but at the same time, it's not as good as the original. Sounds a bit off if you ask me, I actually prefers the original over all remixes out there, even if both ones from [...]
Tommyboy - Summer Slowdown Mixtape 'FRIDAYS FORGOTTEN FUTURES TOMMYBOY DJ/VJ SET Friday, February 5, 2010 at 10:00pm 2843 W. Davis Dallas, TX, 75211 Join Tommyboy & friends for SLACKER DISCO // COSMIC CARNAGE // SPACE BASS @ The Tradewinds Social Club this Friday nite!!! Enjoy entrancing RETROFUTURE FANTASY PROJECTIONS on the BIG SCREEN!!! So, break out your faded denim and leather accessories for a trip back in time, back when music still had balls, albiet bedazzled rhinestone balls!!! Visit ARAWA.FM for more cosmic [...]
Even independent music goes through states of stylized homogeneity. When Animal Collective got red hot last year, we were flooded with bands every other week worshipping at their experimental altar. The same can be said for sub-genres like freak-folk, chill-wave, and the noisy Jesus & Mary Chain gang. In other words, when everyone is trying to be different and that "difference" is being celebrated, a repetition of style is inevitable. Sometimes "different" means music that is eccentric, weird or groundbreaking and that, of course, should be celebrated; but when "different" or "indie" connotes overly quirky and clever skinny-jean donning bands [...]
3sixteen drops their Spring 2010 Lookbook for it's Spring 2010 Collection. The lookbook was shot in Ace Hotel New York and features the 'urban gentleman' aesthetic that the brand has successfully developed over the past couple of years. The collection will be available this month. "Our Spring 2010 range continues our focus on supporting domestic businesses. Shirting fabrics are sourced and sewn together in New York along with our handmade ties. Leather for our footwear comes from the world-famous Horween Tannery in Chicago and is then assembled in Maine. Selvedge denim [...]
Mom threw me out 'til I get some pants that fit. Wearing the right jeans at the right time have long been a crucial element to rock 'n roll stardom. It may have been a passage from Clinton Heylin 's excellent oral history of proto-punk, From the Velvets to the Voidoids , that's stuck with me all these years, but I recall cracking up at a comment by David Thomas of Pere Ubu regarding his inability to ever fit into cool jeans, not to mention his parents' complete lack of interest in [...]
Melting Faces in San Fran I just came across this video of White Denim , performing at San Francisco's The Independent. Captured so nicely, feast your eyes on the band tearing through "You Can Tell" into "All Consolation" into "El Hard Attack / DCWYW" into "I Start To Run".
Cette playlist collaborative-ci était assez risquée. Tout simplement parce que des chansons tristes, il y en a quelques-unes. J'ai donc essayé de pousser les gens à ne pas choisir le premier morceau vaguement mélancolique qui leur tombait sous la main. Je ne l'ai pas dit mais je voulais de la chanson française, et j'en ai eu. Daniel Darc, Léo Ferré, Pierre Perret, Benjamin Biolay, Jacques Brel, Alain Bashung, Serge Gainsbourg, Arthur H, Da Silva... Bon, il y a certaines choses qui... euh... bon. Queen, Justin Timberlake, The Kooks et Toto. C'est les quatre artistes que j'ai un peu [...]
Last Wednesday, one of the best jambands you've never heard of rolled through San Francisco and played a raging, non-stop set to a half-empty room of people left with their jaws dropped and nothing more. That band was White Denim , and they just finished up a large tour in support of their release of Fits late last year. Me and my crew were there and I just found a few videos from the show, so it's time I round it up a bit. All photos by Dan Leech. [...]
Our weekly two hour show on SIRIUS/XMU, channel 26 (SIRIUS), and channel 43 (XM), can now be heard twice, every Friday - Noon EST with an encore broadcast at Midnight EST. Below is this week's playlist. SIRIUS 126: Jean Michel Bernard - Generique Stephane ++ White Denim - All Consolation Revised ++ Dum Dum Girls - [...]
Mighty Healthy recently their Spring/Summer 2010 Caps. The three styles include two New Eras including 'The Marquee' which is wool, with a corduroy brim and a leather patch emblem on the front. Along with the New Eras, Mighty Healthy includes a snapback which comes in three colorways. Related Posts: aNYthing 'Community Approved' Denim Snapback Mighty Healthy Spring 2009 Supra Skytop [...]
Out of the hundreds of concerts I have attended in Seattle, not one of them has been at Neumos . Now I know why. Neumos has to be one of the most trashy dives in all of Seattle. All other venues I have caught shows at are leaps and bounds beyond Neumos. Both Showboxes are stellar, the Tractor Tavern, Crocodile, and even Chop Suey are more inviting venues. Not to mention the bartender served me a Pabst Blue Ribbon tallboy with some kind of dirt or rust on it. Disgusting! Once I was able to [...]
aNYthing produces one of the best snapbacks of the season with their 'Community Approved' snapback. The hat is made with dark denim and features a aNYthing patch on the front. The hat is available in blue, black, and grey at Invincible . Related Posts: Vans Herringbone Pack X Black Denim Pack Levi's X Jean Paul Gaultier Spring 2010 3sixteen Spring 2009 Denim Lupe Fiasco USA Network Character Approved Award Winner [...]
In my not-so-humble, "music means everything" opinion, the most wonderful thing about the world today is the vast array of music that's out there, and the easy access we have to obtain and listen to what we want. Not every band and project is inevitably awesome, but with a little research and exploration, the exact sound you're looking for can be discovered. And that's exactly what happened to me a couple of years ago when I came across White Denim , a slightly psychedelic rock band based out of Austin, Tex. I was blown away [...]
Hey Ya'll. The SCOPE Radio Show on KRUI is back in action! This semester it's from 1-3 PM on 89.7 FM. You can stream it HERE . This semester I have 3 lovely people joining me! Zac, Emily, and Pete. Hope you enjoy! Here are the tunes from last week... Bulletproof - La Roux I Think Ur a Contra - Vampire Weekend Say Please - Monsters of Folk Prison on Route 41 - Iron & Wine In the Now - Cursive Bohemian Like You - [...]
Tune in every Saturday night 9-10:30 MST to catch me spinning (digitally) the latest and greatest... You can listen to a replay of the show whenever you would like for the next two weeks right here . If you will be at SXSW and want to set up an interview for broadcast on UtahFM and this blog please contact me. Scene Not Heard 01.23.10 Playlist Gil Scott-Heron - I'm New Here Beach House - Zebra Grizzly Bear - [...]
In the days leading up to the February 9th release of Odd Blood from Brooklyn based band, Yeasayer, I thought i'd post [...]More about Yeasayer
I remember thinking WTF?!?! when I heard that the legendary Roots Crew would be the Late Night with Jimmy Fallon band. I [...]More about Hot Chip
Massive Attack is back! Their new album, Heligoland, is being released on February 9th by EMI. Tracklisting 01) Pray For Rain02) Babel03) Splitting [...]More about Massive Attack
Click image to download full album Song: Download audio file (03-A-Punk.mp3) What Others Say: I remember the first time [...]More about Vampire Weekend
After having just released the brilliant 'Acolyte' Delphic are back on our screens again. Modular records dropped a quickie treat for us to celebrate the upcoming [...]More about Phoenix
Beach House, who just released our best reviewed album of 2010 last week, stopped by Daytrotter to perform Teen Dream highlights “Walk In The Park,” “Take Care,” [...]More about Beach House
Hey, look at that – we’re still alive! Complete truth: I meant to post this a good week earlier, but was having server troubles. 2009 was a rough year, personally, [...]More about St. Vincent
“I Saw the Light” is off Spoon’s new and seventh studio LP, Transference. we dig the soulful tone. Spoon - I Saw the Light [...]More about Spoon
Previously unreleased track from Kid Cudi sees him laying down his unique flow over a bed of Bob Dylan, pure joy. Kid Cudi – Highs N Lows [...]More about Kid Cudi
Have a dope new track from one of my favorites groups from England the Gorillaz, which also features their newest member Sun Moon Stars A.K.A Mos Def. [...]More about Gorillaz
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