I managed to catch mc chris live just the other day with I Fight Dragons and Whole Wheat Bread as they rolled through, nearing the end of their fall tour. All three acts really brought the house down. Currently, mc chris is promoting the final installment in the three part "part six" album. If you recall, part one and part two each contained songs based on Star Wars bounty hunters IG-88 and Zuckuss, respectively. Well part three [...]
Photo by Christopher Soltis Give XLR8R credit. While the economic crash has turned most print mags into skeletal shells (shills?) of their former self or has found them unable to find an Internet niche, the San Francisco-based dance publication has survived with its integrity intact. Outside of RA , few places have covered the bass/wonky/dubstep explosion in greater depth, with their latest cover story on Joker perhaps the most extensive look at the Bristol wunderkind yet. Granted, that's not saying much-the guy's either shy [...]
The awfully chatty Felt boys (Slug, Murs, and Aesop Rock) stopped by 89.3 The Current a day or two ago to chop it up with the illustrious Mark Wheat about the newest Felt album, previous projects, and more. They then monopolize the rest of the session, mainly joking around and playing music of their choice, starting with "Protagonists," and then transitioning into a more eclectic selection of songs. Shouts to Rhymesayers Radio . Starting today, Felt 3: A Tribute to Rosie Perez can be purchased at Fifth Element [...]
The Duke digs this video and the song that goes along with it. The Wheat Pool hail from Canada. Their album Hauntario (which is a great album title) is out now. Watch: Listen: The Wheat Pool ∞ This Is It
Back in September, we came across a heated debate on a New York Times football discussion board involving the merits of Neil Young's music. Upon which a whole another debate here naturally ensued. Imagine that?!Well, wouldn't you know it, but one of the participants stumbled back over here to Thrasher's Wheat to try and clarify the whole debate. So here's Walt Bennett on what we're certain
Still a fan of these Edmonton boys since first seeing them live here in Calgary - won me over instantly. They are not the regular acoustic folk that might grace the electronic pages of this site, but sometimes you need a bit of country rock to wake you from your stupor. Sidenote: Even with my wife saying she thought "they wore their jeans very well..." I didn't hold that against them and still would welcome these boys around anytime! Enjoy the brand new video (just released yesterday) from their new album Hauntario! [...]
Beloved yellow Los Angeles-founded casual dining eatery and home to no small number of contentious Losanjealous staff subcommittee meetings, the California Pizza Kitchen (NASDAQ:CPKI), is getting a revamped menu for fall : Guests will now be able to order any of California Pizza Kitchen's innovative pizzas on a new honey-wheat with whole grain crust and any of their twelve pastas on multigrain penne. New items include (tasty emphasis mine): Tuscan White Bean Minestrone Baja Fish Tacos with sautéed [...]
Maybe this is the easiest way to make sure your cash goes straight to the person who made it. ( Getty Images, Lew Robertson ) Last week, Eliot Van Buskirk, columnist and blogger at Wired and Jay Sweet, Paste magaznie's Editor At Large, got together in a chat room (so '90s!) to talk about paying for music now. After a technological stumble, involving the revelation of exactly 2 embarrassing AIM names, they proceeded to drop bombs on the majors ( They [...]
The last column took on a bifurcated Death Metal/Stoner Metal focus, so I'm happy to return today with an update that concerns the Bay Area's favorite kind of metal: Thrash! To bring the uninitiated up to speed, let us note the fact that these Nor-Cal shores were at the epicenter of a musical movement, at a time when bands like Exodus , Testament , Death Angel , and everyone's favorite Napster-enemies were beginning still-extant careers amid an orgy of polka-beating violence. In recent years, heavy music has witnessed an explosion of so-called "retro-thrashers," all [...]
It was 76° today in the Bay Area. What the hell? It's November. No matter. Perfect weather to crack open a can of 21A 's Hell Or High Watermelon Wheat Beer . Probably my favorite Summer beer. Even in the faux Summer. It's a creamy, refreshing, and damn satisfying can 'o nectar. Not nearly as sweet as other fruity beers you may've tried (Apricot, perhaps?). Their distribution's getting better, so find sixers of it at Whole Foods and most of your fav liquor stores. For the geeks: 17 IBU, 4.9% Alc [...]
Rich album of melodic pop The Internet has given public voice to thousands of musicians whose work would otherwise be heard only in live performance or on spottily self-distributed CDs. The downside is that the lowered barrier leaves consumers and reviewers besieged by a multitude of voices that often drown one another out. The artist's problem has shifted from breaking through the record labels' distribution monopoly to standing out in a very large crowd. The upside is that some of this DIY music is as good or better than that being pushed by commercial [...]
Wheat Jukebox The Ghost The Motion Sick The Needy Visions
My trip back east ended not with a bang, but a whimper. I began my day with a 3-mile run, then fixed myself a rather large breakfast (two-egg omelet with the yummy habanero Vermont cheddar, a half a plain bagel and a whole wheat bagel). I was slow to shower and dress myself, but once I completed that most simple of life tasks, I was able to actually start...doing stuff. I packed up a box of records and drove to the FedEx shipping center closest to my mom's house. I shipped about $2,000 worth of vinyl (38.8 pounds!) to myself, [...]
The music industry is driven by the desire to make money . A decade ago, the most universal of the American music companies (including Universal itself) were controlled by the likes of Seagram . Today, the honor goes to Vivendi . Perhaps Monsanto will be in control tomorrow. "How does a music company become more profitable?" This is the question that those that have the pocket change ask themselves occasionally. The answer is usually somewhere along the lowest common denominator. What do people already like? [...]
Saturday 10/24/09 at The Middle East Downstairs 4 good reasons to hit the Middle East on Saturday: Wheat Jukebox the Ghost Jukebox the Ghost "Hold It In" OFFICIAL from Guy Manly on Vimeo . The Motion Sick and The Needy Visions ( couldn't find anything to post from these guys, but check out their myspace to hear some demos .) [...]
After a couple of area shows at Great Scott so far this year, Wheat hits the much-larger downstairs room of the Middle East this Saturday night. Given that both those shows were pretty well packed, the step-up in size is a very good thing, especially given the extra bodies that this weekend's supporting bands will bring: Out-of-towners Jukebox The Ghost along with locals the Motion Sick and the
SWEATSHOPPE, The Landing from SWEATSHOPPE on Vimeo . Graffiti's acceptance in the high art and commercial worlds has ensured longevity to a select number of pieces. Of course, governments painting over what gets thrown up on walls outside of galleries continue to impose a state of impermanence to the rest of street art. Taking such temporality into their own hands, more and more artists are making use of the increased accessibility of projectors. Call it a reclamation of control or just pure tech nerdery, there's a growing scene of digital graffiti [...]
Well then, that would explain the sensitive powers of discernment, when it comes to separating the wheat from the chaff, so to say. :) "Musical training can improve your hearing, according to several studies presented in Chicago at Neuroscience 2009, the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience. The studies found that serious musicians are better than other people at perceiving and remembering sounds. But it's not because they have better ears. A musician will be listening to the sound of his own instrument even though many other instruments are playing," she says, a [...]
Click here to view the embedded video. I just picked up the new Ramona Falls album Intuit (out now via Barsuk Records ), which is the solo side project from Menomena member Brent Knopf. If you like Menomena, then Brent's solo project is like a familiar slice of bread but instead of whole wheat you're getting whole grains. And like nine of them. Here he is talking about the recording process while laying down tracks for "Going Once, Going Twice." Ramona Falls (named after [...]
My friends, The Soil and The Sun have just come back from playing a few dates over Kentucky, Tennessee and South Carolina. They'll be on a short break now, until after our Thanksgiving holiday, in the end of November. I introduced you to them six weeks ago, but I wanted to keep them on your mind, m'dears. Their music is just not something you find every day. In fact, I've been hearing a lot of new music lately that approaches this sound but doesn't quite come near to putting all these pieces together. There's a lot [...]
Beach House ~ “Norway”(mp3 via sub pop) ~B’More Style~ Looking forward to Beach House’s new album, Teen Dream , which is due out [...]More about Beach House
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I tell you man these Swedes are unstoppable with this music thing, I can’t tell you how many times a good song leads me back to the [...]More about Kanye West
Many moons ago, there was this. Then there was this. Now Jonathan Bradley looks back at what many believe is [...]More about Lil' Wayne
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The Cribs - We Share The Same Skies
k-os - I Wish I Knew Natalie Portman
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Animal Collective - Graze (Fall Be Kind)
Vampire Weekend - Cousins
WKND PLYLST!! This has nothing to do with NEW MOON!
HOT CHIP TAKE another crack at IT and I’m IN
The Beach House Theory of 2k10.
