Everybody loves this little purple man. He can sling a riff smoother than silk. Call him whatever you like Artist, Maven or a pompous Perfectionist he kows how to write a song so if you make it sound like shit it's because you suck. Little Red Corvette MP3 by Montagna & The Mouth to Mouth from their CD L'avenir . First time I heard this it took me totally by surprise. I mean what's not to like about a really well done Prince cover right? [...]
Con la adición de Demdike Stare, Death Grips, Lee Ranaldo, Beirut, John Talabot y Refused, el cartel del Primavera Sound 2012 cada vez toma mejor forma. Entre las bandas que ya habían sido anunciadas para el festival están Jeff Mangum, Yo La Tengo, Wilco, The Drums, Guided By Voices, The xx, Neon Indian, Josh T. Pearson, Death In Vegas, Veronica Falls y Mudhoney. Acá pueden ver el lineup completo del festival .
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Tweet Has there ever been any positive, upbeat music made that referenced needles? I mean, the first track that springs to mind is Nine Inch Nails ' "Hurt" , after all. Hardly uplifting. The closest I've managed is Rammstein 's "Rein Raus" , which features the sumptuous piece of imagery, "Ein Elefant im Nadelohr" - "An elephant in the eye of a needle". Yes, that would be a charming sex reference; no, I'm not convinced that counts as positive or upbeat either. [...]
Esta mañana se anunció a The Cure como acto principal para la noche del viernes en el Festival Primavera Sound 2012 en Barcelona, España. Robert Smith y compañía forman parte del lineup junto con actos de la talle de: Björk, Mayhem, Sleep, Godflesh, The XX, The Dirty Three y Wolves In The Throne Room, en uno de los festivales con mayor reconocimiento en suelo europeo. Este año, el Primavera Sound ocurrirá del 30 de mayo al 3 de junio. Todos los detalles se pueden consultar en el sitio oficial del Festival. [...]
trespasserswilliam.com The new year is traditionally held as a time for fresh starts and new beginnings, but it can also be a symbolic time for drawing things to an end or perhaps more appropriately, wrapping up something to begin something else. Not that that was the only reason it wasn't a complete surprise when Seattle duo Trespassers William took to Facebook this week to announce that the band would be shelved for the foreseeable future. Despite completely winning me over with their second album Different Stars [...]
Every day, Daily Downloads offers 10 free and legal mp3 downloads, plus free and legal live sets from around the internet. Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: 1,2,3 : free and legal Dreamland Pt. 1 EP [mp3] search for more 1,2,3 posts at Largehearted Boy Daniel Knox : "Ghostsong" [mp3] from Evryman [...]
[photo courtesy of Eardrum NYC ] We are fortunate the longtime friend of the site and part-time contributor neild was able to capture the Yo La Tengo Hanukkah Night 5 / Christmas Eve show this year. neild reports: As soon as I spotted Tara Key limbering up her guitar on Saturday, I had a good feeling about Night 5 of this year's Yo La Tengo Hanukkah run. Having seen Tara many times with her excellent band Antietam , as well as sitting [...]
Every day, Daily Downloads offers 10 free and legal mp3 downloads, plus free and legal live sets from around the internet. Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Conveyor : "Mukraker" [mp3] search for more Conveyor posts at Largehearted Boy Frankie Rose : "Know Me" [mp3] from Interstellar (out January 17th) [...]
Amanda Leigh Smith And we're back. Gotta tell you, folks - actually taking a holiday during the holidays? I could get used to that. But if I stayed off the job, then I couldn't write about Blouse and I kind of want to write about Blouse, considering I was listening to their self-titled debut an awful lot in the weeks leading up to and throughout the holidays. The trio collects their mail in Portland, Oregon but draw their inspiration from the great English art-rock labels of the '80s; their [...]
[Photo from night one courtesy of EarDrumNYC ] That life is short is one of those well-worn cliches. It's also true. Knowing that this would be the only Yo La Tengo Hanukkah show I would see this year - and knowing that YLT frontman Ira Kaplan might not have been able to make it at all - that old cliche came to mind in full force. This is a band that consistently holds nothing back - a band that, whenever its career is over, will wind up its run with no regrets. The same can [...]
Every day, Daily Downloads offers 10 free and legal mp3 downloads, plus free and legal live sets from around the internet. Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Billy Bragg : 1998-12-04, Los Angeles [mp3,ogg,flac] Billy Bragg: "California Stars (lyrics by Woody Cuthrie)" [mp3] search for more Billy Bragg posts at Largehearted Boy Bloodkin : 2011-11-05, [...]
[photo courtesy of Will Hermes and Love Goes To Buildings on Fire blog ] A couple of years ago, Jesse Jarnow wrote a piece in the Village Voice about NYCTaper. Although I'm obviously not completely unbiased about the writer, I felt it was not a puff piece, and I am certain that it was a well researched and thorough article on the culture of taping and the modern wrinkle that nyctaper represents. So it was a nice bit of news we got last year when we learned that Jesse received a book deal [...]
Frank Yang Most bands that name themselves for prehistoric entities - your Mastadons, your Dinosaur Jrs - seem to do so at least a little for the heavy and/or primal connotations that come with it. Not so much for Brooklyn's Caveman , who seem to have chosen the name ironically as there's nothing raw or neolithic about their smooth and polished debut album Coco Beware . Rather than club you about the head with a bone, Caveman makes an impression with shimmering guitars, floaty synths and tight harmonies delivering [...]
So it wasn't exactly the Feelies , but Yo La Tengo did manage to arrange for an opening set by The Trypes on the eighth night of Hanukkah at Maxwell's... After Crazy Rhythms , Fier and Keith DeNunzio left the band. With the Feelies in limbo, Mercer and Million collaborated with other local New Jersey musicians, forming one of a number of Feelies offshoots, The Trypes , featuring some once and future Feelies members, including Brenda Sauter, Dave Weckerman and Stanley Demeski, as well as John Baumgartner, Marc Francia [...]
Every day, Daily Downloads offers 10 free and legal mp3 downloads, plus free and legal live sets from around the internet. Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Ween : 2011-01-26, Portland [mp3,ogg,flac] Ween: "Heart Shaped Box (Nirvana cover)" [mp3] Ween: "Old Man (Neil Young cover)" [mp3] Ween : 2010-08-28, Austin [mp3,ogg,flac] Ween: "Ohio (Neil Young cover)" [...]
[photo courtesy of Bryan Bruchman and brooklynvegan ] A close brush with mortality often offers a rare opportunity for perspective and retrospection. It was twenty-seven years ago that the first Yo La Tengo show took place at Maxwell's , and Dave Rick was the bass player on that night. For Night 4 of Hanukkah 2011, Dave joined YLT for the entire set. As a result, the setlist dug all the way back to the early YLT, including their very first release, the 73 single "The River of Water", along with [...]
Happy holidays, dudes and dudettes! Hope you got everything you wished for and downed copious amounts of egg nog. Now, on to more important stuff than family gatherings and gift exchanges....live music! Naturally, there are ton of great shows going on this week in NYC as we lead up to New Year's Eve, including some multi-night holiday runs, some late-night throwdowns, and plenty of NYE parties that don't involve watching a ball drop in 10-degree weather.
Recommended Show: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2011 YO LA TENGO @ MAXWELL'S 1039 Washington St Hoboken, NJ 07030 $35, 8PM One more time!
As promised and rumored , The Glands and Pussy Galore opened for Yo La Tengo on fourth and fifth nights of Hanukkah at Maxwell's. Who will open the sixth on Christmas? Continue reading "The Glands & Pussy Galore opened for Yo La Tengo" at brooklynvegan
[photo courtesy of Bryan Bruchman and brooklynvegan ] Its the season for giving, and virtually every year Yo La Tengo gives Hanukkah presents to its fans. The eight annual Maxwell's shows are a time for surprise openers, special guests, rare songs, and unique covers. But this year is special for another reason entirely. Following a serious and recent health scare for Ira Kaplan, there was a potential that the shows would need to be cancelled. But Ira vowed to play all eight shows, and after a medical clearance the [...]
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