The Strokes Post #91

on my way to see Kings of fucking Leon!!

new Arctic Monkeys songs are sounding great

bits and pieces of their forthcoming album can be heard in this update video from the Monkeys' drummer Matt

must watch videos: The Libertines reunited on stage

fucking epic.

I love Pete Doherty and Carl Barat so so much. I'm so glad they're back in action

Dark Night of the Soul has been nixed

EMI shut down the entire thing, but Danger Mouse is still releasing the album art with a blank CD-R

according to BBC.co.uk, "Danger Mouse remains hugely proud of Dark Night of the Soul and hopes that people lucky enough to hear the music, by whatever means, are as excited by it as he is. All copies will be clearly labelled: 'For Legal Reasons, enclosed CD-R contains no music. Use it as you will.'"

many thanks to nateraabe and 2plus2isjoe for the updates

so, without further ado, here you all are:

click HERE to download the entire album

it's what Danger Mouse wants

listen to a new song from Interpol's frontman

head over to SPIN to stream a song called "Fun That We Had" by Interpol's Paul Banks (aka Julian Plenti)

it's not very good. ok, Paul, so you've jumped the electronica bandwagon, and gotten it out of your system. now get your butt back to studio and give us a new Interpol album!

Cage the Elephant on DAYTROTTER

sweet! just discovered this Kentucky-based band last week (thanks to Kiefer), they're GREAT. kind of like a Southern White Stripes

head over HERE to read the article and download the songs

here is a rockin' tune off of their eponymous debut album. it's wicked sweet, and even includes a guitar bit borrowed from Pink Floyd's "Breathe"

Cage the Elephant -Tiny Little Robots [mp3]

here is their lead single:



visit them on MYSPACE

Wednesday Morning Covers

missed SMC this week, so here they are

Gareth Pearson - Time to Pretend (instrumental MGMT cover) [mp3, HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!]

Cage the Elephant - Psycho Killer (Talking Heads cover) [mp3, HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!]
I love this. so much.

Honeyroot - Love Will Tear Us Apart (Joy Division cover) [mp3]

Noah and the Whale - Girlfriend in a Coma (The Smiths cover) [mp3]

The Dandy Warhols - The Jean Genie (David Bowie cover) [mp3]

Glasvegas - Come As You Are (Nirvana cover) [mp3]

BONUS (x2)

Rogue Wave - On a Plain (Nirvana cover) [mp3]

Franz Ferdinand - Sound and Vision (David Bowie cover) [mp3]

The Strokes Posts #87-90

I'm back!

sorry for disappearing. I graduated (with an English degree from UC Berkeley), had my last final EVER (Proust), and have been in an intoxicated haze of concert-going mania for the last couple of days.

I will post about the Margot & the Nuclear So & So's, Ben Folds and Manchester Orchestra shows soon.

here is something you might find interesting. It's The Strokes performing at a venue called Brownies, three "unknown" songs, and the more familiar "Elephant Song" (also unreleased)

enjoy!

The Strokes - Unknown #1 [mp3]

The Strokes - Unknown #2 [mp3]

The Strokes - Unknown #3 [mp3]

The Strokes - Elephant Song [mp3]

The Strokes Post #86

this is the most hilariously random 6 minutes on youtube:

Dark Night of the Soul to be released this summer

Danger Mouse's newest musical project, including a song called "Little Girl" with Julian Casablancas on lead vox, will have a limited physical release (5000 copies)in June

the tracklisting is as follows:

Revenge' (featuring The Flaming Lips)
'Just War' (featuring Gruff Rhys)
'Jaykub' (featuring Jason Lytle)
'Little Girl (featuring Julian Casablancas)
'Angel's Harp' (featuring Frank Black)
'Pain' (featuring Iggy Pop)
'Star Eyes (I Can't Catch It)' (featuring David Lynch)
'Everytime I'm With You' (featuring Jason Lytle)
'Insane Lullaby' (featuring James Mercer of The Shins)
'Daddy's Gone' (featuring Nina Persson)
'The Man Who Played God' (featuring Suzanne Vega)
'Grim Augury' (featuring Vic Chestnutt)
'Dark Night Of The Soul' (featuring David Lynch)

the price is a bit hefty, at £38.99

here are a couple of songs for you guys to sample before you shell out that type of cash.

Iggy Pop - Pain [mp3]

David Lynch - Dark Night of the Soul [mp3]

The Strokes Post #85

The Strokes - The Modern Age (John Peel Session 2001)[mp3]




such good guitar parts. this makes me depressed to be almost 20, as that's how old Nick was when Is This It came out.

Audrye Sessions to play BOTH next Tuesday

I was browsing BOTH's website and they just announced the final band playing Tuesday night, our very own Audrye Sessions. Joining them will be Winston Audio (!), Fun and Manchester Orchestra. should be an epic fucking night.

I am so stoked.

The Strokes Post #84

I was listening to Little Joy this morning and I got a fantastic bit of news

they have recruited another guitarist for their summer tour. I was super worried Fab was playing all those shows, but no, he's hard at work with the rest of my boys in their NY studio

just a bit of reassurance for all of us people obsessed with a new Strokes release

must watch video: The Virgins - Rich Girls

I don't think I've ever posted this:



eight days!!

The Strokes Post #83

"I like the idea of my shit collapsing. I feel like that when I'm playing! In the middle of a lead part I often have the urge to take my hands off the fretboard, or just grab all the strings at the same time for no reason, just 'cos I think it sounds cool."
-Nick Valensi

observe:

The Dead Weather album release + tour dates

Horehound will be released in Europe on July 13th and in North America on July 14th

tour dates can be found HERE

The Strokes Post #82

whoa. this is fucking rad.

concert review: Cold War Kids @ Fillmore 07 May 2009

Cold War Kids played the Fillmore on Thursday night, and oh did they play their hearts out. While their set list centered on their sophomore LP Loyalty to Loyalty, which is almost unanimously deemed inferior to their stellar debut Robbers and Cowards, the performance didn’t suffer in the least.

Their fervent deliveries of the songs actually resonated with the rhythmic quality which defines their debut album, making the experience well worth while. The live set sounded far removed from anything they’ve ever recorded, most notably because everything was delivered in a slower, less urgent manner, allowing the audience to truly savour each note and lyric. Cold War Kids’ set almost sounded like a jam band, but the guys’ high energy on stage more than compensated for Nathan’s mellow vocal delivery. Their bass player Matt was the wildest one that night, as his sound nearly overpowered the vox.

The highlight of the night was when they played “Against Privacy”, as the guitars blared and sent shivers through my spine. To my delight, the boys ended the night with my two favourite songs of theirs, “We Used to Vacation” and “Saint John”, one of the greatest encores I’ve ever witnessed. The concert was not what I was expecting in the least; I didn’t realize that it would be so different than the experience of listening to their records. Nevertheless, both their studio and live sounds are stellar, and I highly recommend that you check CWK out the next time that they’re in town, which might not be for a while, as the Fillmore show was the last of their Spring tour. Matt said that they’ve been writing songs on the road (they played a new one called "Coffee Spoon" during the set) and hope to get back to the recording studio as soon as possible. I’ll keep you all posted with updates as soon as I get ‘em.
3.5/5

set list:




Opening band We Barbarians were quite impressive as well. Think Bends-era Radiohead with the occasional inclusion of an acoustic guitar. The Long Beach based band is currently finalizing their first full length album, enjoy one off of their EP In The Doldrums below:

We Barbarians – Black and Crooked [mp3]

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We Barbarians:

Sunday Morning Covers

ZIP FILE

Franz Ferdinand - Call Me (Blondie Cover) [mp3, HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!]
am I incredibly biased or does Franz Ferdinand manage to make everything they touch a billion times better? this band can do no wrong.

Patti Smith - Smells Like Teen Spirit (Nirvana cover) [mp3]
the end of this scares me.

Smashing Pumpkins - Isolation (Joy Division cover) [mp3]
I never thought Smashing Pumpkins listened to Joy Division, but it makes absolute perfect sense now that I think about it.

The Morning Benders - I Won't Share You (Smiths cover) [mp3]
this band makes me so happy. I find myself singing "Patient Patient" all of the time.

Elliott Smith - Ballad of a Thin Man (Dylan cover) [mp3]
Elliott on more aggressive guitars. perfect.

Queens Of The Stone Age - Everybody's Gonna Be Happy (The Kinks cover) [mp3]
I love The Kinks. In my opinion, they're just as good as (early) Beatles, only wayy more underrated.

Graham Coxon - Eliminator Junior (Sonic Youth Cover) [mp3]
Sonic Youth, FUCK YEAH! Thurston Moore is one of the greats.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Sheena Is A Punk Rocker (Ramones Cover)
oh shit. this is what the new YYYs record should have sounded like. I really hate It's Blitz.

BONUS (x2)
Jimi Hendrix - Like a Rolling Stone (Dylan cover) [mp3]
a lot of people think this one surpasses the original. that's a tough call. Highway 61 is such a tightly constructed album.

Neil Young - Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues (Dylan cover) [mp3]
I like Neil Young's original compositions better than this, but this is still pretty sweet

The Strokes Post #81

"que legal!" hahahah