Toronto - Before they were known as "Johnny Marr's latest band", the Cribs just had put out a few decent albums full of big gang choruses over a friendly college rock-esque vibe. I really enjoyed their self titled debut album, which was full of strong songs such as "Baby Don't Sweat", "Learning How To Fight" and this song. The band has since put out albums out at a very workman like pace, including 2005's The New Fellas , 2007's Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever and this year's Ignore the Ignorant, which has been garnering very [...]
The Cribs Announce January Tour NEW "We Share The Same Skies" Video Following their recent Stateside sojourn, where they appeared on The Letterman Show , as well as a trio of shows in New York and Los Angeles, The Cribs are pleased to announce a quick return across the Atlantic. The quartet will arrive January 2010, for a handful of shows with Adam Green and ex- Be Your Own Pet frontwoman, Jemima Pearl . [...]
Drums Play Spaceland Monday Night (and It's Free) Ray Davies put on a fantastic show on Saturday night at the Orpheum. If you get a chance to see him on this tour do not hesitate. More on that later. Another great week this week. If you're into buzz bands you might want to check out Drums tonight, The Big Pink on Wednesday, Tape Deck Mountain on Thursday, Neon Indian on Friday and The XX on Saturday. Some of those will be good, but I'm recommending a variety of [...]
photo source Cuddle Magic - "Expectations" The voice like a trombone solo is back. But the thing you should understand is: there are no actual trombones here. There's a salt of drums, a pepper of strings, a little woodwind and whistle and the guitars that do not let you go. But the trombone thing is a different thing. Remember when you did not know the trombone? Remember when you thought the trombone was just the slide-whistle sound of an ice-cream scoop leaving a cone? [...]
Cuddle Magic - "Expectations" . The voice like a trombone solo is back. But the thing you should understand is: there are no actual trombones here. There's a salt of drums, a pepper of strings, a little woodwind and whistle and the guitars that do not let you go. But the trombone thing is a different thing. Remember when you did not know the trombone? Remember when you thought the trombone was just the slide-whistle sound of an ice-cream scoop leaving a cone? When you thought they were the wan backup singers of the brass section? Remember that [...]
In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book. Hanan Al-Shaykh's The Locust and The Bird is a unique memoir, a mother's life written by her estranged daughter, told in the first person. Not many authors could pull this off, but Al-Shaykh, widely regarded as one of the Arab world's finest writers, does so with incredible effect. Kamila (Al-Shaykh's mother) can neither read nor write, so she dictates her story of a forced marriage, search for true [...]
The act of distillation is to extract the essence of something, condensing it down to its most pure state. When referring to whiskey, the distillation is done in a big pot and Scotch whiskey is distilled twice, producing an end result that is pure and smooth. The Irish go for three runs of distillation, creating something that achieves perfection. When referring to riff-massive, huge '70's rock, the distillation is done by a band called Sienna Root , and the end result is some of the smoothest, purest, pure groove '70's rock you can imagine. [...]
Toronto - We all (hopefully) know that beer and wine is for drinking/binging but whiskey, bourbon, scotch and anything 80+ proof is for sipping only. Alas, some of us sip more often than others. The Scots, in fact, sip so very efficiently and have to make their drinks years in advance in preparation for the need. And so the scotch is born. Of course, that background story isn't true. But most will agree that among the spirits such as cognac, brandy, and other whiskeys, scotch does have its own place. For me at least, the distinction is in the well-rounded-ness [...]
Though it sounds like they reward domestic violence or heroin addiction, Sydney's SMAC Awards (an acronym for Sydney Music, Arts and Culture ) celebrate the content creators, visionaries and culture merchants that invigorate The Harbour City. No wife beaters here, unless you count the Bonds variety sported at "Best Music Event" nominee Parklife . No addicts either, unless you count the crochet junkies from "Remix The City" nominee I Heart Kings Cross 09 . You get the point. But our favourite part of the awards, aside from acknowledging Sydney's unsung innovators, is [...]
With Lizzy Mercier Descloux's "Sports Spootnicks'"cranked up, I glance to my left, toward the edge of one of Tri City's handsome bridges, and discover that Juice's driver side window is thumping. Yes. The glass is flexing outwardly as though its true center is being booted from the inside by a tiny musical elf. Every kick drum: "Boof!" The lowest note on the planet: "Boot!" The afternoon has started out like: "Boom!" And each complaint—every little bitch my negative side can muster, is getting boofed, booted, and boomed out into the fields of Easter Washington where, I can only imagine, they [...]
In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book. Libba Bray's novel Going Bovine , a modern day Don Quixote tale, hurtles through time and space with self-effacing humor. Mad cow disease, string theory, punk fairies, and animated lawn gnomes, combine with Bray's storytelling genius to produce one of the year's funniest and most surprisingly moving books. Catch Libba Bray reading (with Lev Grossman ) at the first edition of the Largehearted Lit reading series on [...]
Dr. Dog Appear at El Rey on Tuesday Night Monday 10/5/09 [Pick of the Night] School of Seven Bells / Warpaint / Phantogram @ Troubadour ($15) – The ex-Secret Machines guitar player. [Recommended] Thom Yorke @ Orpheum (Sold Out) – I'm not really a fan of Eraser, but I heard the show at the Echoplex was good. [Recommended] Light FM / We Barbarians / Tigers Can Bite You [...]
In the convertible Ghia. Top down. Tunes blasting. Love the Ripple life . . . Kyle Andrews - Real Blasty First CD popped into the player with a touch of trepidation, not being a fan of much of the "oh so coy" indie-pop crafted by young men locked in their rooms with a keyboard and a copy of ProTools. Think something like Bright Eyes and I'll drift off quicker than a fresh drip of Michael Jackson's propofol. Imagine [...]
Monday September 28 Talkdemonic w/ Western Autos @ Hi Dive Citizen Cope @ Fox Theatre Manic Street Preachers w/ Nico Vega @ Bluebird Theater Tuesday September 29 LSD and the Search for God w/ 900 Ancestors @ Hi Dive Chet & the Benders w/ the King Bears @ Larimer Lounge Brother Ali w/ Evidence @ Ogden Theatre B-52s @ Fillmore Auditorium David Cross @ Paramount Theatre Family Force 5 w/ Breathe Carolina @ Gothic Theatre [...]
I must apologize for the amount of time I spent transcribing this interview, but this found itself to be one of the most difficult transcriptions I have ever done and I contemplated not bothering. However, Little Brazil is a fantastic band and there were some really great answers provided in this interview that I couldn't allow it to just get buried. At this point, I'm sure you're wondering what happened. Little Brazil 's guitarist Greg Edds and I left the venue in search of a quiet spot to conduct [...]
People say that they look like monkeys. Monkeys make you smile, but a bigfoot strikes you with horror Russian writer Ivan Turgenev met someone that looked like a troglodyte. The horror of the encounter remained in his mind throughout his whole life. It happened, when Turgenev was a young man. Years after, he told the story to his French friends. Here is what Guy de Maupassant wrote about it: "I remember a story that Turgenev told us. He was [...]
Listen to "What's On The Hi-Fi Ep. 3" MP3 "Lust For Life" - GIRLS Christopher Owens formed GIRLS in San Francisco with ladykiller Chet "JR" White when his former band Curls dissolved in 2006. After a buzz filled showcase at SXSW and a quirky video making the rounds for "Lust For Life" the band is mounted to take a huge leap in 2010. MySpace [...]
Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Baby Birds Don't Drink Milk : "Train Fuzz" [mp3] other Baby Birds Don't Drink Milk posts at Largehearted Boy The Beatings : "Bury You" [mp3] from Late Season Kids (out September 15th) other Beatings posts at Largehearted Boy Chll Pll : "Dick Moves" [mp3] from [...]
This week is not as overwhelmingly crowded as last week, but still some fantastic shows.... Monday 8/31/09 [Pick of the Night] Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears / Extra Golden @ Troubadour ($15) – If you're a big fan of Stax soul, check out Black Joe Lewis. His last show at the Troubadour was one of the my favorite live sets of the year. [Recommended] Local Natives / The Henry Clay People / Aushua / Fun @ Spaceland (Free) – The [...]
DOWNLOAD: Inlets - Pictures of Trees (MP3) Ladybug Transistor opening for Of Montreal at MHOW in April ( more by Tim Griffin ) today in NYC * DANCE * Surfer Blood @ Surf Bar * Sway, Lady Bright @ Bruar Falls * Inlets & Glass Ghost @ Sycamore * John Roberts & David Cross @ Comix * The [...]
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Vampire Weekend - Cousins
HOT CHIP TAKE another crack at IT and I’m IN
The Beach House Theory of 2k10.
new music from vampire weekend – cousins + music video
