As we've told you before , San Francisco's The Park play a wide variety of styles with a wide variety of artists, in addition to creating their own original material. Perhaps one of their most notorious collaborations is as the backing band for British soulstress Alice Russell when she tours the US. Wednesday night, The Park backed Russell on Jimmy Kimmel Live, and tonight they set out with her on a North American tour, kicking things off with here in San Francisco at Mezzanine. Below you can [...]
It's funny all the emails we get, from people scattered all over the world in places like Brazil & Japan. Eastern Europe though is one place that doesn't exactly shine as a musical hub, for one reason or another, but we're certainly enjoying this piece by youngster Parks, Squares & Alleys . continue reading >>
D33J – Park (Jerome LOL Remix) This Jerome LOL remix is a digital bonus available as a part of D33J’s ‘Tide Songs’ EP. The 6 track collection is out now via Anticon Records.
New York’s Central Park has been around, in various incarnations, for roughly 150 years. In that time it has been hailed as a masterpiece of landscape design; has served as a punchline in jokes about muggings and violent crime; provided the setting for key scenes in countless books, plays and movies; and remains, for New Yorkers and for millions of visitors to Gotham every single year, one of the world’s great urban wonders — 800 acres of tree-lined paths, public plazas, open fields, gardens, ponds, lakes, bridges, performance spaces, a castle on a hill, arguably the world’s greatest museum and [...]
New York’s Central Park has been around, in various incarnations, for roughly 150 years. In that time it has been hailed as a masterpiece of landscape design; has served as a punchline in jokes about muggings and violent crime; provided the setting for key scenes in countless books, plays and movies; and remains, for New Yorkers and for millions of visitors to Gotham every single year, one of the world’s great urban wonders — 800 acres of tree-lined paths, public plazas, open fields, gardens, ponds, lakes, bridges, performance spaces, a castle on a hill, arguably the world’s greatest museum and [...]
by Benn Ray There are situations in which even the most rational among us can behave irrationally. For city dwellers, parking seems to elicit almost completely and consistently irrational attitudes and behavior. Unfortunately, being aware of the situation doesn't necessarily make it go away. For example, I'm aware of how crazy, illogical and downright incorrect it is to look at public city street parking as private parking. I know, intellectually, that I do not have a right to a parking space. I do [...]
Ladi6 dropped a new single and video a couple of days ago as well as announcing that she has a new album on the way. The new song titled Ikarus is already one of my
Van Dyke Parks compilará su material nuevo en el disco Songs Cycled En lo últimos años, el célebre y prodigio compositor Van Dyke Parks ha lanzado una serie de sencillos en vinilos de 7 pulgadas que contienen su primer material nuevo desde el disco Tokyo Rose de 1989. Ahora, Bella Union compilará estos trabajos en un disco titulado Songs Cycled que saldrá a la venta el 6 de mayo. El disco de doce canciones [...]
There’s a lot happening in the world of Indian indie music and culture every day. We thought we’d give you the pick of the daily news, served up right here in one handy spot. This is your Quick Fix. Richie Hawtin to host masterclass Legendary techno DJ Richie Hawtin is in the country to play a three city tour , which kicks off in Mumbai tomorrow. Prior to that, he'll be hosting a masterclass in the city. That's right, Hawtin announced last night that he'd be hosting an hour-long masterclass [...]
Ron Swanson , America's new icon of manliness, is coming to our fair city next month, on Sunday, February 17. The gentleman who plays Swanson on NBC's Parks and Recreation , Nick Offerman, is touring on a one-man show called "American Ham."… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
The Park are one of the most talented and busy bands in the Bay Area, even though they haven't released much under their own moniker. The quartet made a name for themselves as "the Bay Area's most sought-after rhythm section," performing as the backing band for artists such as Darondo , Mara Hruby , Wallpaper , Alice Russell , Freddie Gibbs and many, many more. Consisting of Ben Schwier on keys, drummer Derek Taylor, guitarist Nate Mercereau, and Josh Lippi on bass, The Park remains busy, both with [...]
Sometimes living in the northeast this time of year can be a drag. November is a harbinger of long nights inside, brooding, staring into the fire, wondering when you'll be able to once again dust off the old ten-speed and go for a ride around Harvard Square; or simply step outside without looking like a bag lady with circulation issues. Luckily, Boston indie pop quintet Parks is here to get you excited about one aspect of this season: Sweater Weather is the new jangle heavy first single from the upcoming full-length debut of Parks. Head bobbing is imminent, [...]
Last week we celebrated the release of our new compilation Kitsuné Maison 14 and our tenth anniversary at our Kitsuné Maison En Vrai! #11 at La Boule in Paris during Les Inrocks Volkswagen Festival with some of the bands to keep an eye on in 2012 : young Coastal Cities, enchanting Saint Lou Lou and [...]
While I don't have an interview or review prepared this week, I do have some catching up to do in the way of singles and the like that have been steadily streaming out. So let's catch up... The Octopus Project have been around a while and anything they release is always highly anticipated. Not only have they released this mesmerizing stop-motion video for Whitby , they've also given us the promise of new record in early 2013. Speaking of mesmerizing, [...]
Sometimes dreams do come true for fictional characters on primetime television shows. Take, for example, the character of Leslie Knope, ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/news/ joe-biden-to-appear-on-parks-a nd-recreation-as-him/71703/
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Today FRSH SLCTS is proud to premiere the new single from Grillade the Portland-meets-Bay-Area "soul rock" band made up of singer Ragen Fykes, producer Kyle Pierce (formerly Keelay), & live band The Park, best known to some for their EP w/ Big K.R.I.T. for Yours Truly, or their work with the likes of Freddie Gibbs, Tanya Morgan, Jesse Boykins III, Darondo, and more. After a quiet past few months from the group while they were recording their forthcoming full-length debut, the band returns today w/ a free download of "I'd Love To Change The World" their timely re-working [...]
Kitsuné Maison En Vrai! #11 is finally coming back in Paris this fall at La Boule Noire - Paris on the occasion of Les Inrocks Volkswagen Festival! For this edition, Kitsuné is putting the spotlight on some of the bands to keep an eye on in 2012 : the London's Theme Park, the fresh indie-dance [...]
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"You Want War" is the third and final leak off The Empire 2: The Battlegrounds EP, sponsored by DJ Booth. Produced by Parks (the engineer over at HeadQuarterz studios) this is a much more aggressive and bellicose track than we've previously heard from Rome, fitting the theme of the project and contrasting with the previous record which featured Reks. Be on the lookout for The Empire 2: The Battlegrounds EP, dropping on Tuesday, October 16th.
As TV, radio, and newspapers throughout the country cover the grand opening of Disneyland's California Adventure, and huge crowds vie for tickets, it seems like a timely moment to take a trip down memory lane and visit another grand opening: July 17, 1955, when the first crowds of eager visitors made their way across the drawbridge of Sleeping Beauty's castle into Disneyland. Back in the early 1950s, Anaheim was a sleepy little town, and the area around it was nothing more than acres and acres of orange groves. Enter Walt Disney, the original Imagineer. Disney's initial [...]
As TV, radio, and newspapers throughout the country cover the grand opening of Disneyland's California Adventure, and huge crowds vie for tickets, it seems like a timely moment to take a trip down memory lane and visit another grand opening: July 17, 1955, when the first crowds of eager visitors made their way across the drawbridge of Sleeping Beauty's castle into Disneyland. Back in the early 1950s, Anaheim was a sleepy little town, and the area around it was nothing more than acres and acres of orange groves. Enter Walt Disney, the original Imagineer. Disney's initial [...]
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