Photo by Joe Mangat . Well, after a trip up to Portland, Oregon and a bout with a still-lingering illness, I'm finally back up in this. Perfect timing too, because there's a lot goin' on right now. Most notably, you can now stream a song from the most exciting effort still waiting to see an official release this year - Animal Collective 's Fall Be Kind . "Graze" opens this stunning EP with a languid interplay of sounds and soaring vocal trade-off between Avey Tare and Panda Bear before transforming into [...]
Festival goers were greeted by by warm temperatures Saturday, the first day of the 4th annual Fun Fun Fun Fest. Something notable and worth mentioning was the layout of the Orange and Black Stages. A huge platform, divided equally into halves expedited setup time between acts. The first act we caught was the Royal Bangs , a poppy indie orchestration permeated by electro beats. The quintet who hails from Knoxville, Tennessee recorded their full-length debut "We Breed Champions," independently and released on Audio Eagle records May of last year. Their fun songs had hipsters bobbing [...]
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Hearing Captain Love made me want to HUP-two-three-four, stand at attention and snap a million salutes because it's so rare for me to take such pleasure from a rock album with pop persuasions. Mock Orange present a rare batch of influences before the listener and DARE him/her to deal with it, up to and including: A resemblance, in both the lead and back-up vocals, to How it Feels / Rising [...]
Never let it be said that A Free Man doesn't welcome opposing points of view. As the Georgia Bulldogs head north to Knoxville for a date with the Tennessee Volunteers this Saturday, I've brought the enemy to my bosom and given them a chance to speak. For the three years I was at the University of Georgia, Tennessee beat our football team every year. They were the only school to accomplish that feat. Even the vile Florida Gators fell to the Dawgs once during my time at the University. After having my heart [...]
by Dave "Scout" Tafoya Welcome to the cabaret of Joel Gibb. The Berlin-based frontman of the Toronto-based musical collective, The Hidden Cameras , has found what he likes best and made a highly efficient machine out of it. What does he like? Hooks. Hooks so theatrical they border on kitsch. Switching between showmanship mixed with operatic presentation of otherwise ordinary (if splendid) tunes, soft inward-looking balladeering, and Pleasure Principle-inspired new wave, Origin:Orphan , The Cameras' fifth album, finds them delivering non-stop niceties, whether you want them or not. The songs [...]
Fans of The Seedy Seeds, rejoice! The cutest banjo-wielding synth-pop band in all the Midwest are unveiling a BRAND NEW song tonight at Midpoint Music Festival! The trio join Loyal Divide and Chemic at the Contemporary Arts Center right before Scotland Yard Gospel Choir (who are neither from Scotland, nor a gospel choir). Check out Thursday's MPMF schedule in its entirety after the jump. DOWNTOWN CINCINNATI Fountain Square Kickoff Happy Hour 5th and Vine Streets FREE [...]
Some of the new releases out this week. Beastie Boys - Hot Sauce Commitee Protest The Hero - Gallop Meets the Earth Shadows Fall - Retribution Mock Orange - Live in Brooklyn It Dies Today - Lividity [...]
Count Your Lucky Stars sign Snowing, Pswingset Count Your Lucky Stars have announced a new release from Empire! Empire! (I Was A Lonely Estate) , as well as two more new signings, Snowing and Pswingset . Empire! Empire! (I Was A Lonely Estate) 's album " What It Takes To Move Forward " is available for pre-order here . Introducing the two new CYLS signings..Lehigh Valley, PA's Snowing [...]
Having a vampire series without a cult following is like finding salvation in a strip club: it's not likely to occur. But HBO's Golden-Globe*-winning megadrama True Blood has proved in just 1¾'s of a season that it's worth the fanfare. Their next spill at becoming a nationwide sensation? Creating a Tru-Blood drink of course. For a measly $96 (and $10 for shipping,) you can order a twenty-four pack of this delicious mock plasma n' hemoglobin. Indulge as you and your significant other feel the effects of the V rushing through [...]
Mock Orange plan to release Live in Brooklyn . As the name suggests, the disc will feature a live set recorded in Brooklyn, NY and the record is due out September 15, 2009 . The recording was captured by Ken Heitmuller (Pernice Brothers) at Southpaw in during the tour that supported their latest album, Captain Love from 2008. The record will feature material from Captain Love as well as Mind Is Not Brain and First EP [...]
Catching up here with some purchase highlights from May and June and I know I'm late posting this! There's been so many records coming out that it's tough keeping up (and I'm on a budget now). The Depreciation Guild - Dream About Me 73 - Kanine Records www.myspace.com/thedepreciatio nguild I think you all know how much I love this single and the fact that it was so so very close to being a Shelflife release. I received my physical copies a few weeks back and it turned [...]
Sintonice y escuche Galaxy 94.3 fm ® Los Mochis radio. Estreno del playlist 109, esta noche de viernes, 20:25 horas; repetición sábado misma hora. 110 tracks in playlist 109, average track length: 3:27 Estimated playlist length: 6 hours 21 minutes 7 seconds Playlist 109 files: 1. 1990's - Balthazar 2. Animal Kingdom - Tin man 3. Arcade Fire - Rebellion (lies) 4. Arctic Monkeys - Leave Before the Lights Come On 5. Art Brut - Alcoholics Unanimous 6. Ataris - the Boys of Summer 7. Band Of Skulls - Fires 8. Bishop [...]
After Michael Jackson Died by Sean Michaels who writes Said The Gramophone I After Michael Jackson died the first thing he learned was quiet. His spirit slipped lightly from his body It was as light as he had dreamed of being for years like diamonds, grass pollen, the dust that sits on mirrored surfaces. His spirit slipped like steam from a kettle's spout. Briefly he thought of his grandmother, and he wondered if he would see her soon, now that he was dead, now that his spirit was being lifted [...]
Michael Jackson - "Billie Jean (demo)" . I After Michael Jackson died the first thing he learned was quiet. His spirit slipped lightly from his body It was as light as he had dreamed of being for years like diamonds, grass pollen, the dust that sits on mirrored surfaces. His spirit slipped like steam from a kettle's spout. Briefly he thought of his grandmother, and he wondered if he would see her soon, now that he was dead, now that his spirit was being lifted lightly; and as he saw the doctor from [...]
A couple weeks ago I talked about the concept of the album in this space, and somebody by the handle of "Knatterjak" shared the tidbit that "The EP is the future". That got me thinking – is the EP the new album? Is orange really the new pink? EPs, loosely defined, are short albums. Strictly defined, Extended Play records are records made up of 4 songs (plus alternative versions) or 25 minutes of music. This strict definition, however, is often subverted – specifically through artists adding the letters "EP" to [...]
Last week was a great show. We had Jack Littman in to play a couple songs and a small dance party took place with Jack, Danny and myself. If you heard something on the show you liked, you can find it on this playlist. I won't be on the show this week but you can check out Danny on Public Education this Sunday from 6-8pm on indie1031.com The War On Drugs - Arms Like Boulders White Denim - Mirrored and Reverse Mock Orange - Song in D What's [...]
Thanks for listening to Vamos A La Playa on WVUM 90.5 FM . I host a new show every Monday afternoon from 5-7pm Playlist: Ghetto Jump - Krush 2 The Bears Are Coming (Emperor Machine Remix) - Late of the Pier The Rain - Orange Juice Jones Houses in Motion - Hot Gossip ------------------------------ ---- Lessons In Love (Disconet Remix) - Level 42 Polaroïd/Roman/Photo - Ruth Palladium - Alan Braxe & Fred Falke Get Down Saturday Night - Oliver Cheatam Got To Get - Rob'n'Raz feat. Leila K ------------------------------ --- [...]
Mock Orange is a band I've been sitting on for months now, so it's high time I've posted them. The album these songs are from, Captain Love , did not manage to capture my attention as a whole, but songs like World Of Machines certainly did. Undeniably catchy and slightly odd at the same time, you'd find yourself singing along if the lyrics made more sense. Song In D isn't nearly as catchy, but one song of musical herpes (in a good way, I swear) is enough for any album. From [...]
It was just a few days ago that we were getting excited about Leo Zero 's refix of the late great Freddy Mercury and here we are back again, this time with a brand new track from the man. Joining the dots between punk funk and acid house, 'Let's Go' serves as the perfect intro for the forthcoming A Mountain of One man's solo album 'Acid Life'. If the rest of the album matches up to this then we're looking at a stone cold classic. Leo Zero - Let's [...]
Syracuse fans got potentially devastating news yesterday when the school announced that three starters off this year's Sweet 16 team -- sophomore Jonny Flynn and juniors Eric Devendorf and Paul Harris -- will declare early for the NBA draft. The news reports emphasized that Flynn has not hired an agent and plans to explore his draft position before deciding whether or not to come back. Devendorf and Harris have also reportedly not hired agents, but their chances of coming back seem less likely (even as Eric supposedly told a group of 12-year-olds at a banquet Wednesday night that he was [...]
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