Back in 1997 Anthony Lovett and Matt Maranian wrote and published what eventually became my favorite Los Angeles guidebook. That book's name was (and is) LA Bizarro . A few years ago on this website I talked to Matt about the original book's undertaking ( fun interview with Matt here ). Since that time the two authors have now revised, updated and significantly expanded that original tome, and their collective output was published by Chronicle Books just this fall. In the 2009 updated edition of LA Bizarro (available at the time of this [...]
The Blow is the moniker of Portland, Oregon-based Khaela Yvonne Maricich. "True Affection," is one of my favorite songs by The Blow from her album Paper Television (2006). This album is Maricich's first collaboration with Jona Bechtolt, aka. YACHT, another Oregon-based musician. Jona Bechtolt is an electronic musician along the lines of Discovery. The Blow typically create songs with thin electronic instrumentation, emphasizing Maricich's childlike voice. On "True Affection" the beat is... Read more at www.SFCritic.com
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"We don't walk! We don't sit! We don't stand! We fly!" This trio hails from Australia, a world of it's own for me ever since I stopped writing to my penpal in Melbourne. Since then, the word coming from that overgrown South Pacific island has been close to mum, but every now and again I'll stumble onto something from Australia that has me wonder why the hell I don't hear about bands from that countrinent more often. The Paper Scissors bring about a brand of rock that has me singing, loudly and badly, along, [...]
More Paper Bag related news... Montreal-based DJ & electronic artist CFCF (aka Michael Silver) releases his anticipated full-length debut, Continent, today on Paper Bag Records. The 12-track... **Summary** Go to website for downloads, videos & more.
To start, I'll note I was quickly hooked on both Atreyu and Hollywood Undead after hearing them both on the Madden soundtrack. Thus with my limited exposure to the metal genre, I arrived at the Showbox ready for Atreyu. I arrived in time to heat up with the crowd for about fifteen minutes before the group took the stage. I must mention that this was a very all-ages crowd: along with the teen+ contingent, I saw some baby booomers and a couple of children that couldn't be more than eight. The crowd [...]
FUCK BUTTONS - "OLYMPIANS" {DOWNLOAD} "Hi this is Mrs. Edmonds from Johnson Elementary School calling in regards to your son Billy. There is no reason for alarm, but I would appreciate if we could discuss Billy's behavior in the classroom. You can reach me at 203 655 2549. I look forward to meeting with you." Was what the answering machine said as I lay on my belly drawing on the cold wooden floor in my kitchen. I liked the mixed [...]
In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book. Blake Butler is the rare young writer who consistently and effectively challenges his readers. Scorch Atlas is a haunting collection of interconnected stories and vignettes, a dystopian work of genius. The book itself is a work of art. The internal pages are individually distressed, and the page edges and cover appear burnt and scarred, and the design complements the book's theme perfectly. Matt [...]
George Lang and NewsOK.tv have unveiled another episode of the music performance and interview series, "Static" . This week's guest is The Non . The Non talks about experimenting with their sound and how the downtown music project Resound came about. The Non is currently prepping their soon-to-be-released album. Meanwhile, you can still buy their debut album, Paper City , at iTunes or Lala . Upcoming [...]
In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book. Ben Shaberman's essay collection The Vegan Monologues is more than a book about not eating animals. Sherman touches on political, social, and environmental issues while recounting his own experiences, always in his humorous yet poignant voice. In his own words, here is Ben Shaberman's Book Notes music playlist for his essay collection, The Vegan Monologues : [...]
Maybe it's only fitting that Lady Gaga, whose stage name is derived from a Queen song, will now be performing for the Queen—i.e., the real one, Elizabeth II. British paper The Telegraph reports that pop's current fashion victim extraordinaire will jet over to the U.K. to belt out her jams during the Royal Variety Performance. England's monarch will take in the shindig at Blackpool's Opera House on December 7. Gaga will be bumping elbows backstage with Bette Midler, Michael Buble, Whoopi Goldberg, Mika and 2008 X Factor [...]
This week I have a piece in the Baltimore City Paper about the Rapdragons, a new hip hop duo I saw at the All-Rap Round Robin , a few months ago, which was actually only their 3rd show ever. They're playing at the Windup Space this Saturday, and their album is available for download on Ltdcomp.com , but what I'm really excited to hear is their next record, Featuring Baltimore , which is going to be all samples of Baltimore bands with Baltimore rappers guesting on tracks with them. (photo [...]
The Courier Journal profiled uber-engineer, critic, musician, analog-man-in-a-digital-world Steve Albini in today's paper. Albini was the guy behind the equipment on seminal albums like the Pixies Surfer Rosa and Nirvana's In Utero . Albini has been one of the most outspoken critics of how music is run these days: That way of doing things is dead and gone, and they haven't adapted even in the slightest. The big record labels are doomed, and the mainstream music industry is collapsing. I actually find it quite gratifying to see that this is a [...]
"For a bunch of good looking people, you sure are boring and I can't hang around with that certainty because it dies with the day. A peculiar assessment, She said. Maybe, I continued, Yet even those that don't like me expect a lot. You think you deserve something, and you're mad, she said again and again. I was mad with the desire to believe in an absolute, and fingering the perils of such belief in my mind all day. Of course I deserved something, a million dollars an ounce and I couldn't give this much heart away. I thought that [...]
To celebrate Paper Bag's upcoming 7 year anniversary & in the spirit of early Christmas, the label put out a collection of 12 covers to download for free! Some have seen action already,... **Summary** Go to website for downloads, videos & more.
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , Holy Hell An old Kinks tradition of throwing paper plates onto the stage with song requests written on them was thwarted by security at Ray Davies ' Choral Collection concert at Town Hall on Thurdsay. The overzealous goons rushed to the front row thinking the worst, even trying to evict an innocent petite plate-throwing fan from the first row. Davies had to pause the show to assure the guards he was perfectly safe, deciding to risk a [...]
Quarta ed ultima tappa liveCAST per i Kiddycar , dopo Mtv.it , Yahoo Musica , e Nstreet.it di Nokia l'ultima video clip liveCAST che ospita il live dei Kiddycar è visibile su MusicZone per una settimana in esclusiva. Il brano in questione è Paper Rose , tratto dall'ultimo album della band. Il link per vedere la clip video su MusicZone è questo qui I Kiddycar sono: Valentina Cidda - voce, tastiere, glockenshpiel Stefano Santoni - [...]
You Say Party! We Say Die! have announced that they will be retuning to the limelight with a new album. The band took off touring in 2008 to record their new album titled "XXXX"> The band also signed with Paper Bag Records. The new album was produced by Howard Redekopp... Click the link to read more
The radio plays on and on. The heartbeat flat-lines. The Norwegian transplant Sondre Lerche, a music industry veteran at only 27, possesses considerable talent, but his new album Heartbeat Radio finds him working too hard toward no discernible end. The album is about love in its most mundane forms -- passing the morning paper back and forth over tea, squabbling, driving, chatting. It's a minor work for minor moods, but it mostly fails to achieve even its modest intentions. There's a sort of ill-fitting...
Quanto può essere sottile il confine tra realtà e finzione. Capita che un musicista irlandese incontri una musicista ceca e inizino una collaborazione. Capita che successivamente gli venga chiesto di scrivere la colonna sonora per un film di cui saranno anche gli attori protagonisti. Un film in cui un musicista irlandese incontra una pianista proveniente dall'Europa dell'est con cui inizierà una collaborazione e con cui inizierà la storia d'amore più pura che si possa immaginare, che finirà con una separazione amichevole, ma non per questo facile. Capita che si arrivi a vincere un oscar per la migliore canzone originale ("Falling [...]
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Friday Five: Surf Songs
