Photography "Mojo Rising" by jonmmmayhem To see the photo Mojo shot from atop the couch, go here (Not100%SFW) Well, what do you know.... it's Friday. Huh. Go figure. Whacha doin' this weekend? Me? Besides riding my bicycle on my quest to make to 6,000 miles before the end of the year -- I'm just over 5,000 miles, and with just under 6 weeks left, that means I need to do over 170 miles a week! Oh man... [...]
Channeling Fleetwood Mac's musical stylings with a hint of late-era Beatles, Family of the Year braid catchy melodies, stellar male/female vocals and personal folk tales to create some of the happiest and saddest music you've ever heard. Opening up with "Feel Good Track Of Rosemead" it's a delicate harmony and rock guitar combo, very much like The New Pornographers, or The Polyphonic Spree. Actually, it's singers Joe Keefe (formerly of The Billionaires) and Vanessa Long who harmonize and get lots of milage out of their pop chemistry and aural dynamics. Fans of The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds who hear the [...]
The summer of 2003 was a hot one in eastern Washington, and my concrete bunker of an apartment contained the heat like no other. Granted, the above image wasn't shot by yours truly until 2004, but it sure seemed hot enough to ignite even the least combustible of items. I wrapped up my undergraduate that December, which was cold as Antarctica, and upon that milestone I moved to Seattle. It was a good year for the Northwest; many of my favorite albums came from Seattle labels like Sub Pop and Barsuk. As for the list, I've [...]
Welcome to day two of my favorite albums of the aughts. I should remind everyone that these are MY favorite albums of the past decade, which coincidentally means they might not be the same as yours. Compiling this list was an arduous task and honestly it could be different every single day depending on my mood. It just so happens that this is the final product of months of work and is what goes out on the internets for everyone to see. Anyways I hope you enjoy and maybe even stumble upon something you haven't heard in awhile. [...]
A couple weeks after Neko Case 's Middle Cyclone claimed the top slot of the Amazon editors' version of 2009's top 100 albums , the Virginia-born case hit the Late Night with Jimmy Fallon stage to perform the album's single, "Red Tide." The part-time New Pornographers member and solo artist is currently on the final leg of her current U.S. tour, hitting the American Southwest before she departs for Australia. Neko Case - Red Tide (Live on Fallon)
You Say Party! We Say Die! XXXX Out 02/09/10 Listen to 'There is XXXX' and 'Dark Days' here As 2006 saw a new wave of indie dance-rock hit the radars, with bands like the Klaxons, CSS, Crystal Castles and The Teenagers quickly hijacking the attentions of music lovers and critics all over the world, an up and coming five-piece from British Columbia named You Say Party! We Say Die! (or YSP!WSD! for short) were quickly developing a name for themselves minutes over the Northern borders of Canada (where [...]
We love putting on a show; both figuratively and literally. Just ask my exes. But in all seriousness, this Saturday night we are presenting the beautiful and talented Neko Case along with Deer Tick . The doors are at 9 and it is $19 in advance and $22 at the door, though I hear tickets are already selling really fast so I would recommend you not just go to the door and expect to get a ticket. Click HERE to get that ticket. And HERE is the official Facebook event page. [...]
La scorsa settimana abbiamo terminato il nostro viaggio attraverso gli album più importanti del decennio che si sta concludendo. Abbiamo quindi pensato di riassumere il tutto in questo post che non è altro che la lista completa, tappa per tappa, degli album che di volta in volta abbiamo approfondito, in modo tale da avere una sorta di indice delle varie puntate. Dopo il salto trovate anche la listona di tutti gli album che di anno in anno sono stati inseriti fra "gli album da salvare". [...]
Football, Gossip Girl, hand washing dog puke from various delicate clothing items (maybe that's just me). All very good activities to distract you from the fact that it is once again....yes, a Monday night. However, if you're looking for something a bit more exciting to fill those evening hours (next Monday in particular), we at S.Ex. (as a very kind reader recently christened us...thank you, reader) are happy to come to your rescue. Miss Neko Case of New Pornographers fame stops by the Granada as she tours in support of her latest solo album, Middle Cyclone. Now I [...]
Today's infectiously cheery Daily Dose comes to you from Cincinnati, OH group The Minor Leagues. 'Good Boys' is taken from their new album This Story Is Old, I Know, But It Goes On , released earlier this week. [Warning: Contains one instance of NSFW lyrics!] "Ben Walpole wishes he were British, fronting Pulp in 1995. Patrick Helmes wishes he were playing lead for Megadeth in 1988. But cruel fate has instead placed them both in the Minor Leagues, playing insidiously catchy indiepop for most [...]
Originally, the purpose for The Midnight Rambles at Levon Helm's Woodstock home-recording studio - otherwise referred to as The Barn - was to serve as a way for the legendary drummer of The Band to recoup money from his mounting medical bills after battling and overcoming throat cancer. Helm's iconic and unmistakable voice was down to barely a raspy whisper after radiation treatments which forced him into resting his vocal chords. While he had to rely on his capable band to provide the vocals, Helm was able to return to [...]
Winter will soon be upon us, which means more layered clothing and less outdoor activities. If you're like me, the thought of transitioning from the warm and energizing days of summer to the frostbitten and melancholy days of winter is as shocking as stepping from a sauna into a popsicle. Fortunately, for our emotional well-being, little reminders of summer pop up periodically during these frigid months and warm things up a bit. Land of Talk did just that. The opening band, a Los Angeles power-pop quartet called Eulogies , merely broke the silence [...]
This was the greatest decade of music for me as a fan. There were so many incredible albums, almost all by bands I'd never even heard of in 2000, discovered almost entirely through the same musical venue that you are reading write now -- the Internet. At the dawn of the decade, I was approaching a rock fan milestone that presumably signaled the end of my interest in cool new music (I turned 30 in 2001), while at the same time, the rock music industry (ie. whatever they played on the radio) had devolved into a hybrid of cheap rap-rock [...]
By Jon Stone | @jwstone It's unseasonably warm here in Champaign-Urbana. The weather gets like this here in November: schizophrenic, with wild mercury jerks back and forth from freezing to oh-my-gosh-I-can't-believe-i t's-not September balminess. Such warmth can make a chap reflective on the year in sound , and I'm not alone. Standing in line to see Neko Case Friday night at the Canopy Club , I heard folks both in front of and behind me talking about their year in rock. Most were reminiscing about the last time they saw [...]
What is it that makes us want to deconstruct art by units of time? Lists. We love making them. We love arguing over them. And here, on the verge of a new decade, we're in a position to do the same again. What were the best albums of the past ten years? Here at AD, we [...]
These songs from Southern California's Regrets & Brunettes caught my attention, and so I'm sharing them. The band's debut album, At Night You Love Me , is slated for release on December 1st. The record was recorded and produced by Scott Flammer (Nebula, Downtown/Union) and mastered by JJ Golden (Devendra Banhart, New Pornographers, Calexico). Enjoy the strutting "Post Punk" and a couple other nice ones. sounds: Tough Love Post Punk [...]
Is it the 44th week of 2009 already? God that's depressing. But you know what isn't depressing in any way, shape, or form? This hilarious, hilarious, phone message ... oh, and Said the Whale 's Islands Disappear . From the dramatic intro "Dear Elkhorn" I thought I might be in for another band similar to my new favourites the Wilderness of Manitoba , or one of last year's best blog bands, Fleet Foxes , which would've been a good thing, but it was not to be. Instead, [...]
Despite his efforts in other, broader outfits like The New Pornographers and Swan Lake, Dan Bejar's Destroyer project comes in a decidedly more toned-down flavor. Under Destroyer, the name of th... Continue reading "Giveaway: Five Pairs of Tickets To Tomorrow Night's Destroyer Show at the Granada" >
We move along with our Fun Fest interviews today with the great Dan Bejar and his musical project known as Destroyer. We've been following Dan for quite some time with his work in and out of Destroyer so we were excited that we could get some email questions in with him. Follow the jump to read the full interview. ATH : Your lyrics are live in the land of the abstract. Is there a particular style of writing, or perhaps an author whom you draw on for inspiration? [...]
This week's update of what local music shows in the Boston area are playing: Commercial Radio Bay State Rock on WAAF 97.7/107.3 fm Hosted by Carmelita. Sundays 10 pm - 12 am. Milquetoast & Co. - Appeal Pony - Cake Welch Boys - Head in the Sand Cassavettes - Seek Cover Planetoid - Lord of this Asteroid The Complaints - Weak Tony the Bookie Orchestra - She Don't Wear Black Axemunkee - Dali's Dark Dream Muy Cansado - The Other Night Darkbuster - Hometown Zero Prospect Hill - 4 AM [...]
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