Ken's Song - A Traditional Era from David Tree on Vimeo . First is a video from Zambia. Traditional guitar and vocals with adorable kids and grandmas dancing and singing along. Take note that the (homemade?) guitar has bottle caps attached to give a buzzing quality to the sound. That buzzing timbre is common to African music, but it's most common in West Africa. - Fool's Gold is possibly just another white American group using African idioms in their music, but [...]

So it's that time of year again where we surround ourselves with dirty teenagers in a field in Berkshire. Having spent three years at university in Reading, the bank holiday weekend at the end of August is now the only time I return to the place. The O!IW team will be out in force this weekend, here's who we're pretty psyched about... SUMMER CAMP - FRIDAY 15.05-15.35 - FESTIVAL REPUBLIC STAGE Try not to be moved by this video... [...]
Filed under: Video , The Hit List Having suffered through the chilly winds and dull skies of winter, the sun-starved masses are ready to shed a few layers of clothing and catch some rays. But while some of us might be lucky enough (or rich enough) to be able to spend all our time soaking up the summertime vibes, others have to bring home the bacon indoors, fully clothed and under buzzing fluorescents. Never fear: Spinner has 10 sizzling hot-weather videos to keep you going through those unfair summer work weeks: [...]

New music always succumbs to trends and is often propelled by increasingly obscene marketing budgets. With this in mind our first ever stab at indie soothsaying is split into two halves
We've unveiled our 50 best singles of the year , but that's not really a lot of songs. So, here are others bubbling just under that 50 mark. With the sizzling and joyous track "Surprise Hotel", the debut album of Los Angeles afro-pop collective Fool's Gold erupts with an exotic mix of African rhythms, percolating rock melodies, and purring synths. You can't just listen. You must dance. The fantastic fusion of music and lyrics (sung mostly in Hebrew) sends you on an ancient journey that's majestic, yet intimate--and more unique than most contemporary afro-pop attempts. Never letting up, [...]

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros with Fool's Gold and Local Natives Door: 7:00 pm, Show: 8:00 pm 18+ show You can listen to/download More Cowbell favorites Micachu & The Shapes remix of a great Fools Gold song... Fool's Gold - "Surprise Hotel" Micachu & The Shapes remix (MP3)

Forgive me Blogger, for I have sinned. I know I've dismissed, unfairly at times, a lot of music in the past few months--I can't help it, it's in my nature. I also know that I've failed to write about the small amount of music I actually have liked--surely no way for a hobbyist critic with delusions of grandeur to act. So here, without further ado, are some reviews... Mew--No More Stories... Mew have always been a prog rock group--I don't think anybody will dispute that. [...]

click image to view album in itunes Sounds like: Amadou and Mariam, Manu Chao, Bela Fleck, The Givers what's so good? Fool's Gold , a collective out of Los Angeles, let the groove be their guide on their eponymous debut. The music is thoroughly African in style and if I had heard the album without any other information I would have pegged them as a North African or maybe Middle Eastern group rather than a gaggle of white L.A. hipster types. [...]
fools gold - surprise hotel [from prefix mag: Fool's Gold, the side project of Foreign Born hombre numero uno Lewis Pesacov, has too many things going for it to keep it as a side project for long. For one, Fool's Gold are all about Afro-pop, which, as anyone with an RSS full of remixes that can only be described as "tropical" can tell you, is hot shit right now. Second, they have a guy (Luke Top) who sings in Hebrew throughout most of the album. Hebrew! Can you believe it? Fool's Gold is the only band that [...]
Zespół Fool's Gold nie ma nic wspólnego z wytwórnią A-Traka o tej samej nazwie. Pochodzą z Los Angeles i łączą pop z muzyką afrykańską. Jest ich aż jedenaścioro. Utwór z powyższego video doczekał się świetnego remiksu Micachu & The Shapes.
Agora com novo teledisco!(Quem sabe, melhor canção-do-ano-ponto-final.)

by Bill Pearis DOWNLOAD: Beach Fossils - Vacation (MP3) DOWNLOAD: The Horrors - Sea Within A Sea (MP3) DOWNLOAD : Fool's Gold - Surprise Hotel (MP3) DOWNLOAD: The Raveonettes - Last Dance (MP3) DOWNLOAD : The Raveonettes - Suicide (MP3) The Raincoats It's almost CMJ time and if you (and by "you" [...]
Music video for "Surprise Hotel" by L.A.'s Fool's Gold from the band's self-titled debut album.

Fool's Gold released their debut album this week on IAMSOUND . I've only had it a couple of days and it's already in my top 10 of the year. Having initially been put off by their name, thinking they'd be some baggy, Madchester shit (which I hated at the time and still hate), I thought I'd give it a go as I'm a giving kinda guy. What I wasn't expecting was a 7 minute African pop song, all high-life guitars and Hebrew/ English vocals. 'Surprise Hotel' MP3 [...]
When I saw Fool's Gold long ago at the first glorious Tape show, I found myself incessantly humming melodies, and realized the next logical step was to look them up and try and get some tracks. The few tracks they had on Myspace weren't really enough, but after a while, we finally got this glorious [...]
Fool's Gold 's debut record is due out this Tuesday, September 29, and in addition to creating a new music video for "Suprise Hotel" (above), they'll be touring throughout October and November. Tour Dates * w/ Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros ^ w/ Metronomy 9/29: Los Angeles, CA @ Amoeba Records (In-Store, 7 PM) 10/3: Joshua Tree, CA @ Manimal Festival w/ Edward Sharpe, Chairlift, Other Lives 10/8: La Jolla, CA @ The Loft - UC San Diego ^ 10/9: Los Angeles, CA @ The Roxy [...]
Local upstart Fool's Gold have a new music video for their single "Surprise Hotel" from their self-titled album out this Tuesday, September 29th. Fool's Gold will be celebrating the release of their new album by playing an in-store set at...