Thursday, February 24, 2011
Muppets and LCD Soundsystem together at last.
It's too bad this is an unofficial video, because most things muppet related I'm totally down for. I saw a headline for this and thought of when the Muppets did "Bohemian Rhapsody" which was incredible. Apparently it was filmed in Brighton, England. But really, look how happy everybody is! The Muppets are surely a uniting force!
Show review: George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic
Ohhhh yes sir. George Clinton and P-Funk. Here's the review I did for Philadelphia City Paper and a few pictures I took while there. No real good pictures of Clinton himself but a few good ones of P-Funk.
Review:
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Preview new Panda Bear album, "Tomboy".
Now (thanks to GorillaVsBear for tip+image) you can take a listen to previews of some of the tracks we haven't heard much of yet over at Bookmat. Give 'er a listen!
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
New Wavves track, "TV Luv Song".
New Wavves track that's pretty self explanatory. The Carl Winslow album art is great, haha.
Download it from SPIN for free.
Monday, February 14, 2011
Funny Tumblr page: Who Is Arcade Fire??!!?
For me, the Grammys have been the symbol of irrelevance in music awards. I don't know, it just wasn't for me. It just seemed like every year whatever single I heard most at parties, bars, or bowling alleys was usually part of album of the year.
Well as most of you have probably heard, the Arcade Fire won the Grammy for best album. I didn't really think much of it, but people are making a huge deal of it. I thought The Suburbs was a really good album and even though I don't think it was the best album of last year (Beach House's Teen Dream takes the cake for me), it's a stretch to say that it should be in the conversation.
Now we've got people reacting in all different sorts of ways. I saw an article on NPR talking about how most of the winners of awards came from indie labels which is interesting in some ways. People sure have been getting worked up about what "indie" means anymore. That shouldn't really matter though since a music's "indie-ness" shouldn't add or detract value from good or bad songs.
Regardless, once again, people are freaking out over weird stuff.
Ok, that was a pretty indulgent rant about what I'm really getting at. Someone took the time to monitor social network responses of people who never heard of The Arcade Fire and are pissed Lady Gaga or Eminem didn't win. I don't know, if you're going to do a claymation Super Bowl ad for iced tea, I think your hardness may come into question.
Anyway, here it is: http://whoisarcadefire.tumblr.com/page/1
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Shows shows shows...
I've been taking a long hard look at the show calendar that I'm building and man, am I psyched. Here's a list of the upcoming shows in the area that I think are noteworthy. If time allows, I'll try to hit every one. Here we go!
2/18 - Free Energy @ First Unitarian Church - Should be really fun.
2/24 - Beach House @ The Troc - sold out, but perhaps I can get myself on the guest list.
3/4 - Tennis, La Sera @ Johnny Brendas - really psyched about this one. Really really wanna go.
3/5 - Dum Dum Girls @Johnny Brendas - loooooooove these girls. I Will Be is on constant repeat.
3/19 - Godspeed You! Black Emporer @ The Troc - This one's a reach. Every music reviewer in the city is going to be trying to get in on this one. Gotta be forceful with that pitch. This thing sold out in about 10 minutes. Here's to hoping!
3/31 - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart @ The Church - Solid pop band should make for a pleasant evening.
4/4 - Destroyer, War on Drugs @ The Chuch - Solid lineup. Destroyer, I think, is one of the most underrated artists around right now. War on Drugs = another new and sick Philly band.
4/5 - Black Angels @ The Church - Saw them for the first time when I was 16. Drove into the city for the first time myself. Haven't seen em since, but always wanted to.
4/12 - Toro Y Moi @ The Church - Good.
4/13 - Acid Mother's Temple @ The Church - I've always heard so much about these shows, how it's one of the most wacky show experiences ever.
4/25 - Zola Jesus @ Johnny Brenda's - I saw her open for the xx back in October and I was completely blown away. I knew she was good, but she was incredible. Seeing her in a more intimate setting should be very, very intense. I would NOT miss this one.
4/28 - Titus Andronicus @ The Church - One of my favorite shows of all last year. Tons of energy, tons of pure, fun, "Springsteen" punk. The Monitor was for sure one of my favorite albums last year, and after hearing a lot about how they suck live I was really nervous. They were, for sure, one of the best acts at Primavera Fest in Barcelona.
Well I'll keep it at that for now. If anyone wants to come, get at me!
Friday, February 11, 2011
New Panda Bear, "Last Night at the Jetty", album version.
Mmmm I love having single versions and album versions of songs. Enjoy!
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Download new Strokes single for free!
Well well! No need to listen to that 30 second clip I posted earlier. You can download The Strokes new single off their website if you give them your email and stuff. Go fer it!
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Watch Local Natives take away show.
La Blagotheque has been responsible for getting me interested in a few bands I may not have found out about otherwise. There was a bit of time where I forgot about them, but more recently they've been quite active again. I was actually just looking through their library because I was certain the Local Natives did one earlier, but they didn't. Imagine my surprise when they put one up! (via jpsblog) Enjoy.
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
New Work Drugs track, "Rad Racer".
Philly duo (sometimes trio when they need "pretty vocals") that sort of sounds like a Philly version of Small Black but different. Reminiscent of that steady flow of lazy sunny tunes that came out this past summer. Hope you like it!
Here's another older one if you're interested:
Monday, February 7, 2011
Free stream of Toro Y Moi's new album, "Underneath the Pine".
Toro Y Moi's sophomore release is now available on... UrbanOutfitters.com? That's kinda weird, but hey, I'll take a free stream. Here's a link:
New Strokes (clip), "Under Cover of Darkness".
We've got until March 22nd to wait on the new Strokes album, Angels, but now at least we have a teeny sample of the first single The Strokes have put out in 5 years. Here's 30 seconds:
Thursday, February 3, 2011
New Dum Dum Girls, "He Gets Me High".
This came just at the right time for me as I've been on another Dum Dum Girls kick lately and going back to one of my favorite albums last year I Will Be. Well the girls are coming out with another 12" on March 1st by the same name as the track. Can't wait. Here's a stream and a free download of the track.
EDIT: Son. Of. A. Bitch. For some reason these widgets don't work sometimes. Grr...
Well here's a link to Gorilla vs Bear anyway with the download widget. Sorry about it.
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
New Vivian Girls, "I Heard You Say".
Hello all,
With La Sera making their debut and their drummers leaving left and right, I kinda thought maybe Vivian Girls were getting tired of their original punk group. Not the case! Here's the new single off of their upcoming 3rd album Share the Joy called "I Heard You Say".
You can get a free download of the track from their new record label's (Polyvinyl Records) website.
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
New Fleet Foxes! "Helplessness Blues".
Yes! I long wasn't sure if Fleet Foxes would come back. They seemed destined to go the way of disappearing after Sun Giant and Fleet Foxes. Here's a song off the upcoming album, Helplessness Blues by the same name as the album set to release on May 3rd. I like it.
New Those Darlins, "Be Your Bro".
Those Darlins' first album (self-titled) made up a big part of my listening habits last year. All those wild punky country songs, the sweet traditional stuff... front to back, I very much enjoyed it. Well Those Darlins are pretty close to done with their sophomore album Screws Get Loose (releases March 29th) and have released a 7" of the lead off track "Be Your Bro". Here's the track:
EDIT: sorry, the embed link I had is broke. Trying to find another way to get it.
Well, it isn't an embed, but here's the URL anyway:
http://thosedarlins.com
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