A Classic Education A Classic Education are a six-piece band from Bologna, Italy whose epic melodramas seem to attracting much attention. They played Indietracks in 2008 and are frequent visitors to London and further afield. Following a trip to CMJ in New York in October, they're back in the UK this month: they play at the Lexington on 26 November and the Buffalo Bar the following night. They have released two records: an [...]
by marisa brown I'm focusing on vinyl this week in A Fistful of Dollars , which is - let's be honest, one of the main reasons to seek out buying music these days. â–º Nite Jewel - "I Was Born" b/w "Suburbia" ($4.99) First up is the Nite Jewel, whose 73 is now available on the Stones Throw site but put out through the [...]
(Photo by Kyle Dean Reinford via Stereogum ) Who : Sleigh Bells Location : Brooklyn, NY elbo.ws Ranking : #39 Thoughts : 'Tis almost the season for holiday merriment, but back in October Sleigh Bells were getting their wish with music fans and critics alike fawning over their every move during the annual CMJ Music Marathon. Sites like Stereogum, Pitchfork, and more were quick to anoint them the breakout stars of the [...]
The Decemberists are kind of zany. Whether it be guitar throw-downs with Stephen Colbert, writing children's books, or simply using the word "parapets" in a song, the group is always showing up in unexpected ways. The latest is the release of their most recent album, The Hazards of Love , as an animated film. Apparently releasing a bizarre concept album/rock opera and then playing the whole thing start to finish at shows just wasn't enough. Here Come the Waves: The Hazards of Love Visualized debut at a Decemberists show [...]
This Friday and Saturday at the Railway features music, visuals, and magic (yes, magic!) utilizing all three rooms. Fond of Tigers, the Sorrow and the Pity, Michael Red, No Horses, Cris Derksen, Mariachi Los Dorados, Phinder Dulai, and Hugenelk all play Friday and Main Offenders, Sangha, Cloudsplitter, October Trio, D Trevlon, Blind God, Ora Cogan, Chin, Teresa Trovato, Love & Electrik, and the Skinny on Saturday. Also tomorrow, Twin Crystals , Stamina Mantis , Shearing Pinx , and Ahna play 223 Main St. tomorrow. It's an early show, so get there by 8pm [...]
As bootlegs go, the tour that supported Bruce's Darkness on the Edge of Town has to be my favorite (followed closely by The River ). My favorite show? Without question, it's July 7th, 1978 at the Roxy - a small club show in L.A. The quality is perfect, the intensity unmatched. In fact, let me play it now.... *click click* ..... okay, that's better. So by popular demand, here's the recent Darkness show at the Spectrum in Philly. Can you believe we're down to only two shows left on [...]
This post is a little late but better than never. I was in New York for CMJ during the third week of October and ran into all sorts of folks. The Honor Roll Crew was out there reppin' the bay hard...Mike Baker The Bike Maker, Josie Stingray, Tap10, Trackademics....I was also able to catch Sake1's monthly party EST at Sutra, where he had Wajeed as a guest. Did you know there is another Vinyl Richie in this world? Very charming man. [...]
What exactly does it mean to say a particular musician is indie? Any reasonably comprehensive definition of that word is going to be necessarily complex, but if you let me get parsimonious on your asses for a second, I'll say the indie tag employs a combination of (a) financial integrity and (b) a songcrafting/recording/produci ng style that is, in one way or another, somewhat fucked up, quirky, unique, or just plain different enough to void any chance of mainstream radio play. The professor in me automatically thinks of such definitional situations in terms of matrices, in this case a [...]
Great gig this. Slightly bad tempered due to what can only be described as a tricky audience and the sound could be a bit better but then is was twenty years ago when tape recorders were massive and you had to sneak them into gigs down the front of your pants. Despite everything this is one of my favorite bootlegs ever. Download Here 1. Happy All The Time 2. So [...]
So the pretty lil event site Winter is the New Summer that Devin and I have been working on has officially launched in full! Whoo! Let's have a 750ml salute to that! We did a soft launch in October, then last week we introduced the poster concept and from this week on until the end of winter we will have a different member of the Portland scene acting as a Poster Boy or Poster Girl, holding up our event picks of the week, this week being Rocky formerly of the Hush and currently of [...]
The past couple of weeks have brought about some great remixes from some great acts. I haven't been able to keep up on them through the show and sometimes a single track doesn't feel like enough to warrant its own post so here are a handful of the more interesting remixes that have made their way to the inbox... Eli Escobar - Glass House (XXXChange's Yoga Mom In A Blender Mix) Basement Jaxx - Raindrops (Joker & Ginz Remix) Fever Ray - When I Grow Up (Scuba's High [...]
Let's go to the press release to tell you a little bit about Factory 25 and its latest releases on DVD... "Brooklyn based Factory 25 is bridging their love for independent cinema and music with three new releases available today. The film and music label has already unleashed 1001 Nights (staring Damon & Naomi) and Frownland onto the world in September and is continuing on their mission to get great films with limited vinyl packaging in the hands [...]
Hey there metal f*ckers! Another blog for another month, and yet I find myself writing it with a similar hangover. October was a somewhat quiet month for Atlanta shows, but there was really just one that I was worried about: the almighty Metallica. If you don't know, I am a HUGE Metallica fan. I don't care what they do wrong, they are still my idols, and I love them. They came early in October with the opening acts you may have heard of, Lamb Of God and Gojira . The concert [...]
Fall Out Boy's Patrick Stump and Daryl Hall get their groove on Live from Daryl's House The two pair up for 25th installment of groundbreaking web series Fall Out Boy vocalist Patrick Stump writes most of the music for his platinum-plus Chicago rock band, but he's also a closet R&B/soul fan who has produced tracks for fellow Windy City rapper Lupe Fiasco , and is a longtime fan of Daryl Hall 's music, which makes him the [...]
It was Gandhi that said, "Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes", and it is that concept that lays the foundation for the work of Hannah Stouffer . It's not that her work is filled with mistakes, no in fact there are many fine precisions and details that she adds, but it is more that she works in a way that allows for freedom. For me what makes watercolor so beautiful is its ability to spread out and explore a canvas, and beneath the darker and primal imagery in Hannah's work [...]
If you're not yet aware of the teen phenom Justin Bieber than you undoubtedly will be by the end of this week. The 15-year old pop/r&b singer just released his first album today called "My World" which follows up his release of four separate singles over the last five months. The first single "One Time" debuted in July and the next three "One Less Lonely Girl," "Love Me," and "Favorite Girl" were all released since October. With the gliding footwork and swagger of Usher and the sweet down-home charm and polished tenor pipes of Justin Timberlake - Justin Bieber is [...]
The xx coming to Doug Fir on the 26th with Friendly Fires. Okay, so I missed September but I'm going to make it up to you with a double set of mixes this month. For now we'll just pretend it's still October....sunny, warm and dry. I was a little late on the Fever Ray bandwagon but better late than never and now I'm hooked. The Knife's Karin Dreijer Andersson's solo project is amazing. The xx remind me of a mix between Mazzy Star and Hot Chip. Mazzy Star for the mellowness [...]
In 2004, Annie—Bergen, Norway's sunniest export—scored both club hits and indie cred with her debut album Anniemal . Her sophomore LP Don't Stop was initially announced in early 2008, but got tangled up, as she explains it, in a nasty case of record label drama. "I kept on delivering things but it was never enough," says the singer. Fast forward a year-and-a-half later, and Don't Stop has finally arrived on these shores, thanks to Oslo-based label Smalltown Supersound. Idolator met up with 31-year-old Annie (real name: Anne Lilia Berge Strand) in Los Angeles [...]
See the Austin-based band that The Onion calls "this year's hottest ticket" at Fun Fun Fun Fest next month. Listen & Re-Post! [MP3] The Laughing - "Runner": http://tinyurl.com/thelaughing -runner Recorded over the course of a near year, FEVER is the debut album by Austin band, The Laughing . With an aural aesthetic pulling from somewhere between early Roxy Music and the stretches of contemporaries such as Animal Collective , The Laughing [...]
Swedish indie pop sensation El Perro Del Mar's new album Love Is Not Pop , which was released in the US by The Control Group on October 20th, has gotten a pretty positive response from the music critic community (Redefine gave it A-). And for good reason, Love Is Not Pop proved she can be consistent and create perfectly crafted pop music without being generic or repetitive. As if last year's From the Valley to the Stars wasn't proof enough that she can be minimalistic with soaring pop influence, this album solidified it. [...]
Beach House, the Baltimore duo of Alex Scally and Victoria Legrand, has teased its forthcoming third album by releasing the single “Norway,” [...]More about Beach House
Looks like a lot of mainstream artists are enlisting street cred producers to do mixes and transcend musical boundaries. There was Justice on Lenny Kravitz, Crookers on [...]More about Lady GaGa
"Brewing" is a new recurring feature to let you know what's ahead in new music releases. We've had some information filter out recently about new albums due out in [...]More about Vampire Weekend
Beck - "Harry Partch" ; The history of the musical feud dates back centuries probably, but in the last few decades it has really been [...]More about Beck
Animal Collective has recently released a trippy new video for the track 'In The Flowers' from album Merriweather Post Pavilion. The vid is [...]More about Animal Collective
I don’t know about you guys but I’m still a huge fan of the classic remix. Taking a mainstream pop tune and transforming it into [...]More about Beyonce
I blogged about The xx in March of this year and blasphemously let the 4 piece slip off my radar. Catching up with them now, they are the [...]More about The xx
So I really did not feel like re-downloading the mixtape and then re-upping it and having to deal with all that hassle. The No Ceilings [...]More about Lil' Wayne
You know. DJ tags on this unfinished joint and no real information on where the song came from, but I got Gaga & Beyonce, then Rihanna, why [...]More about Kanye West
You look at me it's like you hit me with lightning [CONTRACT/EXPAND] Sweet as hell you might close your eyes and possibly [...]More about Passion Pit
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