[Today: Happy birthday to Mike Patton. Tonight: Some nifty little shows in the neighborhood.] Speaking of birthdays, Michael Runion [pictured] is celebrating today. The Jenny Lewis/Elected sideman and solo artist is playing a Bootleg Theater show along with a bunch of his musical co-conspirators, including Rilo Kiley drummer (and now solo artist) Jason Boesel and Z Berg of the Like. ... SISU , a quartet featuring Sandra Vu and Ryan Wood from the (currently idle) band Midnight Movies, headlines Spaceland tonight. The foursome, [...]
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DECADEnce continues this week with my list of the Top 50 Movies of the 00s. There were quite a large number of high quality films released in the past decade, and choosing only 50 to fill out this list was actually somewhat tough. The good news is that I'm very happy with this final product, and if you're a movie fan like I am, I hope you'll agree with me. I haven't bothered to count how many films I see each year, let alone across an entire decade, but I can promise you that with my average of 5 movies [...]
As Basic Soul Unit, Toronto's Stuart Li has earned a reputation as something of a producer's producer. Combining the rough-hewn trackiness of underground techno with hazy atmospherics of deep house (not to mention a healthy pinch of low-end and DFA-style synth wackiness), his releases for labels like New Kanada and Mathematics have shown they can play chameleon in practically any discerning record bag. But 2009, which saw his "Dank" single released by Philpot and his track "Things Pass" included in Ostgut Ton's Panorama Bar 02 EP, scraped away at Li's underground status, raising the bar on his studio [...]
I come to you on the eve of a new decade, the Year 2010 with our Second Annual Loved and Loathed list ! Much has changed here at Tastes Like Caramel since then. We've completely moved the site to a new server, redesigned entirely and found our writing style/voice. Looking back at 2009, we have so much to smile about: interviewing some of our favorite bands (ie: Friendly Fires and White Lies) seeing lifelong heroes in concert (ie: Morissey and Pixies) and many other countless experiences! For all of this I would like [...]
Top Ten Plus One Musical Moments of The Year: 10 Shirley Bassey singing Almost There live on BBC/s Electric Proms. WOW. (Watch it now ) 9 Fred Falke's Heavy Cross remix for The Gossip may very well be the Greatest Remix of Modern Times. Can you recall where you [...]
It's been quite a year for LimeWire Store . While we feverishly listened to new tunes, interviewed breaking bands and reviewed the hottest albums and shows, we also presented heaps of exclusive musical morsels including several fantastic Live at Lime sessions (Tom Morello: The Nightwatchman, Matt & Kim, The Phenomenal Handclap Band, Gary Jules, Kristin Hersh, and The Bouncing Souls) and kick-ass Ear to the Ground free samplers (Los Angeles, Portland, Boston, Tokyo, Nashville, Brooklyn, Detroit, Philadelphia, and Athens, GA) showcasing some of the best indie talent [...]
Chan Marshall of Cat Power talks to the Courier-Mail about her future projects. My A Year in Reading essay is up at The Millions , sandwiched between contributions by Jonathan Lethem and Jesse Ball . DEVO is streaming a 1978 15-track live set at their MySpace page . The Guardian's music blog asks its readers, [...]
Another good, but not great, week of music in Chicago. I'm looking forward to The Swell Season primarily because I've heard they play several Frames songs each night. I'm also pretty psyched for the return of Small Brown Bike , and my first ever chance to see Oh My God . As always, my picks are in bold . You'll see that I've added links to some videos and MP3s for some of the more interesting shows (in my opinion, at least). If I've left off [...]
Below you'll find the list of everything that I want to get out of my house as soon as possible. You can Find the rules about how I am trying to do that here . I know this is just a list, so over the next days (or weeks), I'll try to go into further detail and provide you with mp3s and youtube links of the artist. That way, you might get to know some new stuff you like and have the album immediately there for you. You just need something that I want to trade with. [...]
Wow, it's already October. I guess time flies when you're having fun or something like that. On Friday I'm torn about the Dinosaur Jr show at the Middle East for a little Pioneer Valley rock or Jay Retard at Harpers or Jetset and Highland Moore at the Plough, too many choices. Saturday has another good night of music with Ra Ra Riot at the Paradise (I love their Rhumb Line cd but have never seen them live yet), a great local line up at TTs with Sidewalk Driver, The Motion Sick, Aloud and John Powhida's International Airport and yet another [...]
This is one of those weekends that I've been looking forward to for a long time and if you have too then yay! It's here. On Thursday, there's free ice cream at Coldstone Creamery which is a good start to any weekend. Also on Thursday, there are good choices for music for exotica/tiki music there's Waitiki at Ryles, there's Moby at the House of Blues, there's Poi Dog Pondering at the Regatta Bar, there's Elizabeth and the Catapult at TTs and Three Day Threshold at Toad. The Friday show that I'm really looking forward to is a big one at [...]
Happy Autumnal Equinox! I can't believe that we are entering the fall season, how did that happen? Fortunately there are many shows to occupy our time and to keep us from thinking about the upcoming cold weather that right around the corner. On Thursday I hope you got you code to see Polyphonic Spree at the Paradise. If you didn't, there's always uke master Melvern Taylor at Toad or you can go to the Middle East to catch Hollywood starlet turned to rocker, Juliette Lewis. On Friday, there are lots of great choices and you can't go wrong with any [...]
This weekend is chock full of cool things to add to your calendar. On Thursday, there are a couple of instrumental shows that look good. There's the Dirty Three at the ICA or if local bands are more your thing, there's a strong triple bill at TTs with Axe Munkee, The Invisible Rays and the Weisstronauts. But if you're feeling funky and want to hear Cult of Personality, head over to Johnny D's for the big show with Living Colour, but get there early (like 6p) if you really want to get in. On Friday, make certain you sign [...]
So here we are at Labor Day Weekend, does that mean that summer's over? I hope not...So if you're not going away for the long weekend, here are some options for you. On Thursday you can check out Kay Hanley doing her solo thing at TTs (as I write this, it's soldout on line but there are tix at the door so get there early, like 6p). Also on Thursday is the popular indie band !!! aka Clik Clik Clik at the Middle East (I think there are still tix available for the show but no guarantees). On Friday The [...]
This is a huge weekend for music, lots of really great shows to choose from. On Thursday there's a strong bill at the Middle East Upstairs with Lights Out, The Future Everybody (featuring former members of Scamper) and Gene Dante & the Future Starlets (to add a little glam to your life). There's also Three Day Threshold finishing their Thursday residency at Atwoods. Friday looks busy busy busy. If you need a touch of a New Orleans party then the House of Blues show with the Neville Brothers and Dr John is for you (and hopefully you got to take [...]
I hope you're surviving the heat, I know it makes it difficult to even think about doing things but there are plenty of great rock shows to tempt you. On Thursday you can get your inner arena rock star on at Bang Camaro at the Middle East or head to the Cape to get your inner soft rock 1970's AM radio self on at the Cape Cod Melody Tent with Loggins and Messina. Or you can catch Three Day Threshold at Atwoods as they continue their residency there [...]
Three nights, three different sets, three distinctly different atmospheres - U2's residency at Croke Park has provoked much debate and criticism but overall a lot of pleasure for a lot of people. In the last of our reports, guest contributer Stuart Bailie (NME, BBC and now one of the people behind the Oh Yeah Centre in Belfast) offers us his views on the closing night: One of the coolest U2 moments I've seen took place at Fort Lauderdale, Florida in March 2001. The band ambled onto the stage with the house lights still on, like they [...]
Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: As part of her innovative CASH Music initiative, Kristin Hersh is offering all 4 50 Foot Wave EPs along with instrumentals, live recordings, and rarities as free MP3 and FLAC downloads under a Creative Commons license. CDs, vinyl, t-shirts and other items are also available for sale on the site. 50 Foot Wave : 4 EPs, instrumentals, live recordings, outtakes [mp3] other 50 Foot Wave posts [...]
Instead of merely paying homage to their influences, the Chicago band is closer than ever to creating an identity of their own.
Download: Twilight Revival - "If Only"Download: Twilight Revival - "Dark as Sin"In listening to Revival, the new album from Chicago-based indie-Americana act Twilight Revival, music fans can be struck by the combination of two stylings from very regions. Namely, lo-fi indie-rock from the North, and good, ole-fash'un Southern rock from...let's say, around Louisiana, or thereabouts. The first few
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