I think my ovaries are about to explode.
this was my best last minute decision EVER.
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
new music: The Henry Clay People - California Wildfire
sometimes I forget that THCP are from California. they're so uncool and they embrace it and rock your socks off. kinda like Pavement, who are also from California.
anyways, this song is from their forthcoming This Is a Desert EP, and it's awesome.
video: The National - Conversation 16
LOOK, IT'S ROGER!!! and Mel from Flight of the Concords, minus the craziness.
this is actually my favourite National song and I listened to it a LOT yesterday. the video is...strange. but so are Matt's lyrics.
The National
this is actually my favourite National song and I listened to it a LOT yesterday. the video is...strange. but so are Matt's lyrics.
The Strokes Post #633
there is a reason that 30 sec previews don't do The Strokes (or Julian) justice.
Strokes magic (the natural phenomenon which doctors recommend you experience on a daily basis) lies in build up build up build up and RELEASE.
The Strokes - Machu Picchu [mp3]
The Strokes - Taken for a Fool [mp3]
new Sondre Lerche: "Domino" (+ forthcoming self titled album)
Sondre Lerche - "Domino" by Yep Roc Music Group
Sondre Lerche is out June 7th
tracklisting:
01 “Ricochet”
02 “Private Caller”
03 “Red Flags”
04 “Go Right Ahead”
05 “Coliseum Town”
06 “Never Mind The Typos”
07 “Domino”
08 “Living Dangerously”
09 “Tied Up To The Tide”
10 “When The River”
new music: Explosions in the Sky - Trembling Hands (+ tour dates)
this has a much faster, more upbeat energy than the instrumental band's previous work, but at the end it leaves you as breathless and awed as any of their other songs.
Explosions in the Sky - Trembling Hands [mp3]
from the forthcoming Take Care, Take Care, Take Care
they play The Fox Theatre in Oakland May 1st. presale on Thursday, March 10th, password: bakesale
buy tickets for other cities HERE
2011 US tour
4/3 Amos' Southend, Charlotte, NC
4/4 The National, Richmond, VA
4/6 Radio City Music Hall, NY
4/8 Stage AE, Pittsburg, PA
4/9 Outland Live, Columbus, OH
4/10 The Blue Note, Columbia, MO
4/30 Hollywood Forever, LA
5/1 Fox Theatre, Oakland, CA
5/3 The Backyard, Austin, TX
5/4 Woodlands Pavilion, Woodlands, TX
check out their MYSPACE for European dates and more
The Strokes Post #632
Albert's smile makes my heart go warm and fuzzy.
BONUS:
SPIN has a photo shoot about the band called "10 Years of Downtown Cool",which includes a photo with Ryan Adams (and Courtney Love, unfortunately) which I had never seen before:
I liked this one too:
my only complaint is that SPIN, like a lot of other mags/blogs, continues to talk about Drew Barrymore as Fab's (ex) love interest and don't talk a lot about Binki, whom Fab has been with for a good few years now. at least since 2008, which was three years ago, and probably a little longer.
the guitar tone on Nick's solo is the purest sound I've ever heard
BONUS:
SPIN has a photo shoot about the band called "10 Years of Downtown Cool",which includes a photo with Ryan Adams (and Courtney Love, unfortunately) which I had never seen before:
I liked this one too:
my only complaint is that SPIN, like a lot of other mags/blogs, continues to talk about Drew Barrymore as Fab's (ex) love interest and don't talk a lot about Binki, whom Fab has been with for a good few years now. at least since 2008, which was three years ago, and probably a little longer.
BONUS x2
I forgot to post this:
The Strokes - Life is Simple in the Moonlight (SNL) [mp3]
The Strokes - Life is Simple in the Moonlight (SNL) [mp3]
the guitar tone on Nick's solo is the purest sound I've ever heard
Wednesday Night: The Rumble SF presents Grand Lake, The Tellers, The Spyrals
another night of great free music for those who can legally drink. RSVP here or pay $5 at the door. music starts at 9PM.Milk Bar is on 1840 Haight Street.
here's a new track from Grand Lake. catch the band tonight and on March 20 at Amnesia, they won't play any more shows for a little while.
Grand Lake - Which Days Were Those Days [mp3]
Grand Lake's website
The Tellers on MYSPACE
The Spyrals' website
sample all three bands HERE at The Rumble's website
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
The Strokes Post #631
you know how when Julian said he quit drinking he wasn't telling the whole truth?
I follow his example
I follow his example
Monday, March 7, 2011
Sunday, March 6, 2011
The Strokes Post #629
mmmm Angles is building up to be monumental.
my attempts at lyrics:
Animals will take these things about some pain that they once felt
There’s no one that I disapprove more of or root for more than myself
I wanted to pretend that it was better better better on the phone
I didn’t wanna tell you I was jealous jealous jealous and alone
So we talked about ourselves in hell
To forget the love we never felt
Are we all jokes, then what’s the world?
It matters too
Don’t try to stop us, don’t try to stop us, don’t try to stop us
Get out of the way
Got to get to climb your tree in the light of the living ghost I see
She sees her father in the poor man’s eyes
It’s crippling he says (?)
Animals on tv singing about something they felt at some point
I wanted to tell you it was better better better
What’s the point?
As I watched the veil
With dreams so clear
And the door was closed
For forty years
Cause we hide what we don’t wanna hear
As we hide our dream here
He is coming from a part of hell
Well why then do I not go down well (?)
We can tell it well
I’m barely up
It’s a picture man, we dig as well
Making fools out of the best of us
Making robots of the rest of us
And the tale to tell a million girls today
Where’s our time just look
Don’t try to stop us don’t try to stop us don’t try to stop it
Get out of the way
my attempts at lyrics:
Animals will take these things about some pain that they once felt
There’s no one that I disapprove more of or root for more than myself
I wanted to pretend that it was better better better on the phone
I didn’t wanna tell you I was jealous jealous jealous and alone
So we talked about ourselves in hell
To forget the love we never felt
Are we all jokes, then what’s the world?
It matters too
Don’t try to stop us, don’t try to stop us, don’t try to stop us
Get out of the way
Got to get to climb your tree in the light of the living ghost I see
She sees her father in the poor man’s eyes
It’s crippling he says (?)
Animals on tv singing about something they felt at some point
I wanted to tell you it was better better better
What’s the point?
As I watched the veil
With dreams so clear
And the door was closed
For forty years
Cause we hide what we don’t wanna hear
As we hide our dream here
He is coming from a part of hell
Well why then do I not go down well (?)
We can tell it well
I’m barely up
It’s a picture man, we dig as well
Making fools out of the best of us
Making robots of the rest of us
And the tale to tell a million girls today
Where’s our time just look
Don’t try to stop us don’t try to stop us don’t try to stop it
Get out of the way
at 3:48, while Jules is singing "I'll wait for you", I swear Fab is about to cry. HAPPY FIRST BIRTHDAY, CAL! your dad is the coolest dude alive.
Saturday, March 5, 2011
new Death Cab for Cutie: "Codes and Keys"
sounds like old Death Cab. Ben Gibbard played the following two songs last week at his sold out Noisepop show at Great American Music Hall. "Codes and Keys" is supposedly Brian Eno-esque on the album
Codes And Keys (Gibbard Solo, Live in SF) by TwentyFourBit.com
and here is a solo song from Ben, his contribution to the Arthur soundtrack (the 2011 remake of the 1981 film, starring Russell Brand)
When The Sun Goes Down On Your Street (Gibbard Solo, Live in SF) by TwentyFourBit.com
Friday, March 4, 2011
new Arctic Monkeys: Brick by Brick
this isn't my favourite, a bit repetitive but there's something interesting about it...
it gets better after the middle point for sure. the guitar gets sleezy and drawn out. I wish the lyrics were more involved but I do dig the dirtiness of the track. I'm an AM fan through and through and am very excited for their new release this year, more details on that soon.
and sorry, video, but the one for Cornerstone will always be the greatest AM video ever. Alex T, you're a fucking legend.
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
The Strokes Post #627
so this combines everything I love about old Strokes with everything I love about new Strokes. UCoD in a nutshell, basically
he threw the mic stand! IN A STROKES VIDEO THAT IS NOT A LIVE CONCERT! I worship you, Julian C. that little grin at the end...my g-d that could make a fan girl out of Ozzy.
Monday, February 28, 2011
record review: Radiohead: King of Limbs
There is a certain unspoken "I'm kicking myself as I'm writing this" aspect of reviewing a Radiohead album. On one hand, it's Radiohead, that supermassive creative genius with Thom Yorke acting as it's neck and head. Thom Yorke, who's aeons ahead of you, musically and otherwise.
We're dealing with a super, super natural phenomenon here.
On the other hand, Radiohead is a band. A band with a catalogue of albums, some more impressive than others, some more colourful than others. One thing that can be stated across the board for all of RH's discography is that is takes some time for their music to sink in. But when it does, watch out, because it will take over your life and pale almost every other musical artist or album in comparison. Even King of Limbs' beat drenched predecessor which any music fan is bound to take a liking to almost immediately.
Radiohead's eighth studio album, King of Limbs, is a magnificent ode to individuality. It's like a musical coming of age, the same thing that avant garde artists like Anthony Hagerty do all of the time. It doesn't have to be loud or attention grabbing because it's Radiohead. It can be quiet and subdued and its own entity and still make a place for itself in the music world. This new album might initially come off as one that lacked editing, deliberation or the capacity for radio play. I think I read it described somewhere as an album of "b-sides". But that's like calling Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures an album of b-sides. Just because something strays from the commercial doesn't make it any lesser as a work of art that can be enjoyed by fans and critics alike.
All five members of Radiohead are very much present here. There may not be an abundance of "Paranoid Android" guitar licks but that's because Radiohead is a group of highly evolved musicians. They work together to recreate the sounds of nature, of the open airs and seas. They come together beautifully on the eerie single "Lotus Flower" and the closer, "Separator", which is the closest that Radio comes to In Rainbows.
That being said, my favourite two tracks on this album are the rollicking "Morning Mr Magpie" and the equally enthralling ocean floor ode "Codex". The latter song takes muffled horn sections and drowns them in an sea of Thom's slow and deliberate croon alongside a piano chord progression you would have to toil to forget. I swear Thom must have been possessed by the spirit of the late John Lennon when he wrote "Morning Mr Magpie". It's so very British, so very reminiscent of the history of rock music in that area. Thom's threatening repetitions of "you've got some nerve coming here" makes you think twice about all those wrongs that you pretend not to notice anymore. Give King of Limbs a chance. It might just surprise you and your preconceived notions of entertainment both.
4.6/5
The Strokes Post #626
I love this. almost more than "Under Cover of Darkness". almost.
this is the Juicebox to UCOD's YOLO.
it hits the spot in so many ways.
yo Nikolaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaai. let's go. party.
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Sunday Morning Covers
Villagers - Old Man (Neil Young cover) [mp3]
The National - Clampdown (The Clash cover) [mp3]
Decemberists - Cuyahoga (REM Cover) [mp3]
Stone Temple Pilots - Dancing Days (Led Zeppelin cover) [mp3]
Ben Sollee - Wild World (Cat Stevens cover)[mp3]
White Rabbits - Instant Karma (John Lennon cover)[mp3]
Grand Lake - The Tourist (Radiohead cover) [mp3]
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Andrew Bird - Useless Creatures
Andrew Bird at his psychedelic best. the instrumental bonus album to Noble Beast
2. You Woke Me Up! [mp3]
3. Nyatiti
4. The Barn Tapes
5. Carrion Suite
6. Spinney
7. Dissent
8. Hot Math
9. Sigh Master
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