No questions.  Hopefully you’ve made an educated decision.  I wanted to post a McCain remix to make this bipartisan, but have been unsuccessful in finding one.  If you see one, feel free to link it or email us.

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MP3: Wye Oak – Brave, Newer World (Live)

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MP3: DJ Excel feat. Pastor Manning – That’s What A Pimp Does

Straight from Double Dagger’s Nolen Strals:

Sonar
Main Room

EYES NIGHT 18th of DECEMBER, THURSDAY
FEET NIGHT 19th of DECEMBER, FRIDAY

$8 or $15 for a two day pass

EYES NIGHT Read the rest…

When so-called “important” bands posthumously reissue their albums, there’s not always a lot to be said about them.  This is usually because the band doesn’t have any more to say the second time around and only further cement their place in the back pages of online music chronicles.

Thankfully, the same cannot be said of Matador’s reissues of the Pavement catalog, most obviously since the band has released as much new material in the 2000s as in the 90s. 95% of which sounds like it could have been created yesterday and all of which is better than anything actually created yesterday.

Amazingly the band’s first three reissues had B-sides that matched the quality of the songs on the original albums.  This shouldn’t be surprising since, like the kid in high school who claimed never to study but still managed straight A’s, Pavement never put that much of themselves into any one recording.  Most of the material was composed and recorded in a few takes, which is the case with many “slacker” bands, but the quality of the music is profound given its loose, free-flowing vibe.  I feared that the more concentrated, mature sounds of Brighten the Corners might result in a dilution of the quality of its B-Sides (as was the case with some of the second disc of Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain’s: LA’s Desert Origins), but they are simply reflective of the album cuts–focused, restrained, more curt and confident than Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain. Read the rest…

I had no expectations of Michna going into this night, literally none. I had never heard a single track of his before, but he did come highly recommended from the More or Less crew, and others. Further more, Michna’s label, Ghostly International, is home to the crème de la crème of American electronic acts.

I read his press release, and knew he would be performing with a live backing band, that he had some connections to Diplo, worked with Bonde do Role, etc. But I knew nothing substantial. I was prepared for anything, and ready for nothing.

Quite simply, Michna’s set blew me away. Read the rest…