By Carrie Brownstein And it's naptime. ( courtesy of The Patton Veterinary Hospital ) It's hard to believe that we've reached the end. For the past two weeks, all of us -- the NPR Music Team, a handful of outside contributors and myself -- have explored the last 10 years in music. Did we cover [...]
Every once in awhile a video will pop up that will be NSFW (Not Safe For Work) in hopes of raising eyebrows and being risqué for the sake of being risqué (check out the latest Rammstein video for that). It'll get the blogs talking and cause some media-friendly commotion, all before ultimately disappearing quietly into the night. Well, no longer as this phenomenon is slowly working its way into the mainstream. Get ready to get dirty, because CoS is about to get NSFW. As a disclaimer, if you're reading this at work, you shouldn't. Unless you [...]
I'll clue you in to a little known TVD secret—see all those ads over there to the left? (Go ahead, scroll. I'll wait...) We haven't been paid a dime for any of them. On purpose. I kinda like having that bulletin board of sorts that most good record stores have—the spot for the bands, the fanzines, or the record collectors to staple up their flier announcing something of interest to like minds. I mention this to underscore the feeling of community that I've tried to establish here at ol' TVD which tends to develop between [...]
I feel good now, on my first night in the cabin. I had a sickly sad feeling of uncertainty wash over me on the long drive down the rocky dirt road tonight, but now, here I feel alright. There was the idea of putting all this off, of working here during the day, of whipping this old cabin into living shape, slaving in the sun, cleaning, bleaching, killing mice, and then shutting it up and driving the long way back into Monterrey to wash my clothes, take a hot shower and sleep in a soft bed. Now, it seems, I've [...]
I just watched this music video for Grizzly Bear's "Ready, Able", and it felt very conceptual. Like a genuine video artist bro made it. I wonder if Grizzly Bear videos could be considered more/less conceptual than AnCo's videos. Both seem to have visual brands of being 'pretty out there.' Just see a lot of melting and stuff. Might be a metaphor. Wondering what the future of music videos will be in 2k10. Do people 'really care' about watching a lil video on a tiny portion of their computer screen? Will indie [...]
Sarah Cass There's not much question that Bitte Orca , the latest record from Brooklyn's Dirty Projectors , is one of the most feted records of the year - the critical math says so and so do a goodly number of people whose tastes I respect and frequently align with my own. And as such, I've put more time than I might normally into the record, seeking a point of ingress to understanding and appreciating what everyone else seems to get but which I don't. And I think [...]
It's always been my contention (And I'm sure others would concur), that the perfect three-to-four minute pop song doesn't need an explanation. One needn't study the lyrics, chart its chord progressions, or burrow into its back story. All the proof you need occurs during the first impression, the second the sound meets your ears. Such is the case with "Certain Famous Covered Bridges," the latest single by the Brooklyn husband-wife duo of Doug Marvin ( Dirty on Purpose, Black Acid, and Neckbeard Telecaster) and Annie Hart (Au Revoir Simone), collectively known as Pursesnatchers. They freely [...]
HANK ALTOGETHER: Our second Clap Your Hands Say Yeah! post-hiatus sighting is Uninhabitable Mansions, a Brooklyn-based super group. Robbie Guertin (Clap Your Hands Say Yeah) sings and plays guitar. Annie Hart(Au Revoir Simone) sings and plays keyboards. Tyler Sargent (CYHSY) sings and plays bass. Chris Diken plays guitar. Doug Marvin (Dirty On Purpose) plays drums. Not only do they play music, but they also put out art and books and such . If it's anything like that killer cover art up there, I'm down. The music (cuz it's not "We [...]
The Sky Drops - "Stone White"Taken from their summer 2009 debut full length release, guitarist Rob Montejo (formerly of Smashing Orange, who were a lesser-known, American shoegaze/dreampop band in the 1990s) and drummer Monika Bullette channel the moods of early BJM, Dirty on Purpose and Yo La Tengo. The video is clips from the Prelinger Archives (you know, those old misguided educational films).
After a summer of hard work, the payoff is here: Flawless Hustle proudly presents Money Isn't Real , our first compilation. If there's one topic that's a constant in Hip-Hop is money. Whether heads are making it, spending it or stealing it, the scene (and our world) is obsessed with money. Hell, one of the reasons people hustle is to get loot, so we ourselves know the power of a dollar, which got us thinking: what the fuck is money, really? It's an interesting concept, and was a great jumping off point for this debut project, so [...]
This from the AP, The story that a little boy had floated away in a giant helium balloon was a hoax concocted to land a reality television show, authorities said Sunday, and the boy's parents will likely face felony charges .The stunt two weeks in the planning was a marketing ploy by Richard and Mayumi Heene, who met in acting school in Hollywood and have appeared on the ABC reality show "Wife Swap," Larimer County Sheriff Jim Alderden said. The Heenes have reportedly been working on a reality TV [...]
No Age @ ATP NY in September ( more by Ryan Muir ) tonight in NYC * Lenny Kravitz @ Irving Plaza * Uninhabitable Mansions @ Cake Shop * Nick Lowe, Bill Kirchen @ City Winery * Erin McKeown, Jill Souble @ Union Hall * Boy Crisis, Das Racist, Paenus @ Pianos * The Dodos, The Ruby Suns @ Bowery Ballroom * [...]
photos by Chris La Putt , words by Bill Pearis Au Revoir Simone have spent the better part of 2009 working on, promoting and touring in support of their second album, Still Light, Still Night , wrapping things up -- for now, at least -- with a Brooklyn show at the Bell House on October 24 ( tickets ), which is part of the [...]
Hay nu nuevo proyecto llamado Uninhabitable Mansions , el cual consta de un grupo musical y un colectivo de arte. Está conformado por Robbie y Tyler ( Clap Your Hands Say Yeah ), Annie Hart ( Au Revoir Simone ), Doug Marvin ( Dirty on Purpose ), y Chris Diken ( Radical Dads ). Tienen un disco disponible ya en la red llamado Nature Is a Taker del cual se desprende "Do You Have a Strategy?" MP3: Uninhabitable Mansions - "Do You Have a Strategy?"
This is an ever changing and (hopefully) expanding list of some of the songs I have mentioned before in this blog or simply stuff I have found somewhere on the web that I find interesting, but have no time to write about. All files have been found somewhere in cyberspace (and NONE of them have uploaded by me, so I cannot help you with any requests you might have - just keep returning and something new might pop up), so they will be available until the artists, record labels, fans, whatever decide to remove them. Thanks to a few readers, [...]
20. Spoon Kill the Moonlight Few bands have had the impact and the staying power that Spoon have had over the last 10-years. While many buzzed about bands fizzle out in an album or two, these Austin natives have consistently churned out solid records that have slowly gotten bigger over time. The band were never better than they were on their 2002 release Kill the Moonlight . Once again the band delivers its standard indie rock affair, with perfect lyrics and sounds to match them. Following closely in the footsteps of Girls Can [...]
If you've been reading this here site for long enough (close to 2 years or so), then you may be aware of a segment that I call "20 Minutes". The basic idea behind it is that I sit down for an in-depth, 20 minute interview with an artist or band. It's a thing I'd hoped to do a whole bunch when I started it back in 2007, but thanks to my own personal schedule challenges mixed with open windows in an artists' schedule or sometimes just a general unwillingness to actually sit down and talk for that amount of time, [...]
One of QB's finest (and unheralded), Cormega readies his next studio album, Born & Raised . The album features production from DJ Premier, Large Professor, Easy Mo Bee, Havoc, Buckwild, DR Period, LES, Nottz, Fuzzy Womack, Ayatollah, Khrysis and appearances by Big Daddy Kane, Parish Smith, Grand Puba, KRS-One, Tragedy, Havoc, Lil Fame, Marley Marl, and Red Alert. In stores on 10.20. And another reason why I'll always root for Mega? He was one of the first rappers to embrace the net. If you've never clicked there, check out the [...]
Don't believe the hype. But in this case, do. The Antlers came through Toronto last night for the second time in less than two months. When they came back in July, opening for Frightened Rabbit, puzzled concert-goers had their index fingers shoved up their ears (me and my bleeding eardrums were intrigued). When they came back to the Horseshoe last night, this time as the headliner, it was clear they had established a legitimately strong fan base already. Throughout Holly Miranda's set I heard multiple people buzzing about the Hospice release. They weren't buzzing about how fuckable the [...]
Don't forget to rate this album at the end of the post (something I'm trying out) Boys Noize Power Last Gang Records out October 6th 72 /100 [ Rating Scale ] [...]
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Enjoy “Norway,” the first download off Beach House’s upcoming release, Teen Dream , out January 26th 2010. sound: Norway [...]More about Beach House
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pues acaba de filtrarse otra cancion del nuevo cd de Vampire Weekend, que como ya deben saber se llama Contra. la nueva, titulada 'Cousins' esta MUCHO mas [...]More about Vampire Weekend
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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 [...]More about Beck
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If you’re unfamiliar with who Neon Gold are by now then you should consider this one of many wake-up calls. Several releases after their entrance [...]More about The xx
Like come on...it has been so musically dead over the past couple days. Some good...I guess ok songs have dropped but nothing that blew me [...]More about Kanye West
With his album Rebirth being delayed, Mr Carter took matters into his own hands and will be dropping a mixtape on Halloween (October 31th, 2009). “I [...]More about Lil' Wayne
Boston band Bodega Girls are indie dance rock at its finest. Fully and proudly embracing the hedonistic, wild and raunchy party scene they represent [...]More about Passion Pit
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