Archive for April, 2008
Sunday, April 20th, 2008
Toned down on the psych-reverb, amped up on the country rock and R&B vocals, My Morning Jacket look to further cement their status as one of America's best rock acts, always evolving and always interesting. This is one of my most hotly anticipated albums of the year. Their ...
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Friday, April 18th, 2008
Here's how I imagine the formation of Ungdomskulen (Wiki). First, visualize the scene: a group of talented instrumentalists in Norway are weaning themselves on giants of metal to form a cover band, studiously perfecting songs from System of a Down, the Gothenburg sound, early Metallica, Black Sabbath, prog.
They can't ...
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Thursday, April 17th, 2008
Given my propensity towards Blast, is it any wonder I also have a thing for big collectives of multi-instrumentalists with precious music and marching-band-like characteristics? In line with this, I adored Architecture In Helsinki's (Wiki) second LP In Case We Die.
Their third album suffered from some slumpage. But ...
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Thursday, April 17th, 2008
Pitchfork.tv obsession continues. Dan Deacon's new video for "Okie Dokie" off Spiderman of the Rings premieres today. Get at it. "Crystal Cat" has been up there for a while now.------------
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Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
I saw Ted Leo and the Thermals in the basin of a drained, gigantic community swimming pool in Brooklyn last summer.It was amazing.This summer looks to be the last one filled with concerts for the pool (at least for a while) as the McCarren Park Pool is undergoing some rehab ...
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Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
Imperial China impressed us in their last outing @ Lo-Fi with Caverns. A lot.I don't have time right now to really review this track and lavish the praise it deserves, but I will later today. I just wanted to get this out there.Imperial China has their EP release ...
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Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
So in another time, I was a marching band geek. I loved every second of it. Needless to say, when we heard about the musical Blast! (Wiki) making its way to the Kennedy Center in the early oughties, we snatched tickets post-haste.It was a great spectacle, translating everything ...
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Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
Those precious darlings the Terrordactyls have decided to pay homage to the Pharmacy in one of the youngest band-to-band love-ins yet. It's ok though, because the tracks are precious and the guys are friends of each other. The covers really do have a peculiar charm to them.
The Terrordactyls - ...
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Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
Fucking Air. I love them. Pitchfork.tv nails it again with another potentially great one-week exclusive.
And while I was over there, I stumbled upon everyone's favorite blog-lash victims, Vampire Weekend. Fuck the haters, "A-Punk" is a spectacularly addictive song. Check the P4K vid after the jump.
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Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
I am pulling heavy duty over at BYT this week. My review of this past Friday's Spoon show just went up.Review of Colin Meloy/Laura Gibson show is here.Go on over and check em out. Great photos by Joel Didriksen.------------
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The Bug: London Zoo
13th Floor Elevators: Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators (Vinyl Mono LP only)
Arbouretum/Pontiak: Kale (Vinyl LP only)
Small Sur: We Live in Houses Made of Wood
Abe Vigoda: Skeleton
Imperial China: Methods: EP