Frankly amazing. I love when musicians get together and jam on one another's songs and so clearly enjoy playing with each other.
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Friday, May 18, 2007
All In Good Time
It brings tears to my eyes to see this.
First DOWNLOAD: The Polyphonic Spree - 'The Championship' and LISTEN.
Then head over to this guy's blog and watch what happens the very first time a crowd heard the song.
The Polyphonic Spree leaves the stage in NYC and then this happened..."
Pitchfork: Neko Case to Tour With Rufus Wainwright
But the big news to the announcement is Neko's solo tour: Check the last date and location. Very nice.
Pitchfork: Neko Case to Tour With Rufus Wainwright: "Neko:
05-26 George, WA - Gorge Amphitheatre (Sasquatch! Festival)
07-19 Pittsburgh, PA - Byham Theater *
07-20 New York, NY - Central Park Summer Stage
07-21 Greenfield, MA - Greenfield Community College (Green River Festival)
08-09 Kansas City, MO - Voodoo Lounge at Harrah's Casino #
08-10 Grand Prairie, TX - Nokia Theatre #
08-11 Austin, TX - Stubb's Bar-B-Q #
08-13 Atlanta, GA - Tabernacle #
08-14 Nashville, TX - Ryman Auditorium #
08-15 Charlottesville, VA - Charlottesville Pavilion #
08-16 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club *
08-17 Philadelphia, PA - Mann Center for the Performing Arts
08-18 Mansfield, MA - Download Festival
09-02 Marquette, MI - Ellwood Mattson Lower Harbor Park
09-03 Detroit, MI - Detroit International Jazz Festival
11-16 Los Angeles, CA - Walt Disney Concert Hall"
Pitchfork: Neko Case to Tour With Rufus Wainwright: "Neko:
05-26 George, WA - Gorge Amphitheatre (Sasquatch! Festival)
07-19 Pittsburgh, PA - Byham Theater *
07-20 New York, NY - Central Park Summer Stage
07-21 Greenfield, MA - Greenfield Community College (Green River Festival)
08-09 Kansas City, MO - Voodoo Lounge at Harrah's Casino #
08-10 Grand Prairie, TX - Nokia Theatre #
08-11 Austin, TX - Stubb's Bar-B-Q #
08-13 Atlanta, GA - Tabernacle #
08-14 Nashville, TX - Ryman Auditorium #
08-15 Charlottesville, VA - Charlottesville Pavilion #
08-16 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club *
08-17 Philadelphia, PA - Mann Center for the Performing Arts
08-18 Mansfield, MA - Download Festival
09-02 Marquette, MI - Ellwood Mattson Lower Harbor Park
09-03 Detroit, MI - Detroit International Jazz Festival
11-16 Los Angeles, CA - Walt Disney Concert Hall"
Thursday, May 17, 2007
OPmP3: Go! Team
From an italian blog called inkiostro, the new Go! Team single.
Initial reaction: not as great as say, Ladyflash.
Second reaction: I am humming this in the elevator.
Third reaction: infectious.
inkiostro: "Ci piacevano un sacco, i Go! Team. Con quella loro attitudine aerobica a una materia sonora magmatica e ipercinetica, costruita ad arte su campionamenti e indie-rock, cori da cheerleader e rime hip-hop, e con un paio di singoli da paura (come la spettacolare Bottle rocket) e diverse perle nascoste nei lati B, i Go! Team sembravano davvero qualcosa di insolito in un panorama sempre troppo rassicurante. Apprendo che il combo inglese sta per tornare con un EP e con un disco, proprio nel momento in cui mi imbatto nel nuovo singolo Grip like a vice. Battimani, cori, riff orientali rubati chiss�dove, e rime serrate su basi che somigliano sempre alla soundtrack di qualche episodio di Rocky. Non sembra un passo avanti n�uno di lato, solo un passo in pi�. Rassicurante, gi�.
The Go! Team - Grip like a vice (MP3)"
Initial reaction: not as great as say, Ladyflash.
Second reaction: I am humming this in the elevator.
Third reaction: infectious.
inkiostro: "Ci piacevano un sacco, i Go! Team. Con quella loro attitudine aerobica a una materia sonora magmatica e ipercinetica, costruita ad arte su campionamenti e indie-rock, cori da cheerleader e rime hip-hop, e con un paio di singoli da paura (come la spettacolare Bottle rocket) e diverse perle nascoste nei lati B, i Go! Team sembravano davvero qualcosa di insolito in un panorama sempre troppo rassicurante. Apprendo che il combo inglese sta per tornare con un EP e con un disco, proprio nel momento in cui mi imbatto nel nuovo singolo Grip like a vice. Battimani, cori, riff orientali rubati chiss�dove, e rime serrate su basi che somigliano sempre alla soundtrack di qualche episodio di Rocky. Non sembra un passo avanti n�uno di lato, solo un passo in pi�. Rassicurante, gi�.
The Go! Team - Grip like a vice (MP3)"
Feist - I Feel It All (Live)
So much to discover/uncover/take undercover (sorry - rule of threes) on the new Feist CD - The Reminder.
I Feel It All on the album is a kind of alt-country strummer as done by a worldly Torontoan who resides in Paris as produced by a French keyboardist.
Love how she pronounces one 'hwon'.
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Penis Power - Alexyss K. Tylor
Unbelievably great.
The Long John Silver's analogy is particularly savvy. (about 3:30 in).
Link to best musical track to put underneath it to come.
Monday, May 14, 2007
Light and Day-Sun Machine in NYC
July 18 in Los Angeles. 1/2 back money back guarantee to anyone who goes and doesn't like it.
The Fragile Army
Link will probably be down by the time you read this, but search youtube for 'polar bears'.
Pitchfork Forkcast: On Repeat: The Go! Team: "Grip Like a Vice" [Stream]
Head over to Pitchfork for a listen to the new Go! Team single.
Very... interesting. Not as insanely catchy as Ladyflash tho.
Pitchfork Forkcast: On Repeat: The Go! Team: "Grip Like a Vice" [Stream]: "On Repeat: The Go! Team: 'Grip Like a Vice' [Stream]
With their moderately large international audience and handful of licensing deals, it stood to reason that the next wave of Go! Team material would be tighter, smoother, and slicker, more willing to play by the rules of big-selling pop. But on the evidence here, the band's leader Ian Parton has lost none of his interest in trying to cram about four different songs into one four-minute single. 'Grip Like a Vice' sounds like the band is riding a shopping cart with bum wheel as it zooms dangerously down a bumpy hill. Synthetic handclaps rush by so fast they verge on applause, drums are less concerned with keeping time than making noise, the keyboards sound more like a warning than melody, and rapper Ninja, reeling off the late-80s hip-hop party starting clich�s, is kept down in the mix, where she sounds more like a human sample than a master of ceremonies.
The single's B-sides will include a cover of Sonic Youth's 'Bull With a Heather', a remix by ex-Beta Band leader Steve Mason, and a new Go! Team track."
Very... interesting. Not as insanely catchy as Ladyflash tho.
Pitchfork Forkcast: On Repeat: The Go! Team: "Grip Like a Vice" [Stream]: "On Repeat: The Go! Team: 'Grip Like a Vice' [Stream]
With their moderately large international audience and handful of licensing deals, it stood to reason that the next wave of Go! Team material would be tighter, smoother, and slicker, more willing to play by the rules of big-selling pop. But on the evidence here, the band's leader Ian Parton has lost none of his interest in trying to cram about four different songs into one four-minute single. 'Grip Like a Vice' sounds like the band is riding a shopping cart with bum wheel as it zooms dangerously down a bumpy hill. Synthetic handclaps rush by so fast they verge on applause, drums are less concerned with keeping time than making noise, the keyboards sound more like a warning than melody, and rapper Ninja, reeling off the late-80s hip-hop party starting clich�s, is kept down in the mix, where she sounds more like a human sample than a master of ceremonies.
The single's B-sides will include a cover of Sonic Youth's 'Bull With a Heather', a remix by ex-Beta Band leader Steve Mason, and a new Go! Team track."
Pitchfork: Exclusive: Polyphonic Spree Announce Summer Tour
Whoooooooooooohooooooooooooo!
July 18, El Rey theatre in LA.
July 14 for you Portland folks.
July 17 in SF.
Pitchfork: Exclusive: Polyphonic Spree Announce Summer Tour: "
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Exclusive: Polyphonic Spree Announce Summer Tour
Band gets smashed, becomes Polyphonic Pixy Stix
Been moving through life like a slug? Are you letting it live you, rather than living it yourself? Are you looking for someone who really understands? The Polyphonic Spree can help. Their potent blend of happy-go-culty Kool-Aid has inspired devotees with wills stronger than yours, brother. They're just looking to show you a better way.
The spectacular (and only slightly creepy) Polyphonic Spree wish to welcome you to the fold this summer on a bunch of North American happenings and be-ins. You can find out firsthand whether or not those new black get-ups have any end-of-days significance, and maybe pick up a copy of the TVT-issued, tracklist-flux The Fragile Army, due June 19. Just make sure not to eat anything you didn't personally unwrap. "
July 18, El Rey theatre in LA.
July 14 for you Portland folks.
July 17 in SF.
Pitchfork: Exclusive: Polyphonic Spree Announce Summer Tour: "
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News-header
Exclusive: Polyphonic Spree Announce Summer Tour
Band gets smashed, becomes Polyphonic Pixy Stix
Been moving through life like a slug? Are you letting it live you, rather than living it yourself? Are you looking for someone who really understands? The Polyphonic Spree can help. Their potent blend of happy-go-culty Kool-Aid has inspired devotees with wills stronger than yours, brother. They're just looking to show you a better way.
The spectacular (and only slightly creepy) Polyphonic Spree wish to welcome you to the fold this summer on a bunch of North American happenings and be-ins. You can find out firsthand whether or not those new black get-ups have any end-of-days significance, and maybe pick up a copy of the TVT-issued, tracklist-flux The Fragile Army, due June 19. Just make sure not to eat anything you didn't personally unwrap. "
Thursday, May 10, 2007
!!! (Chk Chk Chk) - Must Be The Moon (taken from Myth Takes)
This is what I hope my upcoming Memorial Day trip to SF will be like...
Simian Mobile Disco
Borrowing from EDSBS.com's Friday cheesecake theme, we're adding a lil Friday cheesecake to our Lazy Blogger Friday.
Simian Mobile Disco also teamed with Justice to do that banger 'We are your friends!'
Wednesday, May 09, 2007
The Go! Team set to return with new album | News | NME.COM
Fucking sweet.
While we're going over new albums I'm excited about, I actually had a dream last night that I saw the Polyphonic Spree at a playground.
The Go! Team set to return with new album | News | NME.COM: "The Go! Team set to return with new album
Plus Brighton collective get ready with two singles
3 hours ago
The Go! Team are set to release their as-yet untitled new album on September 10.
The follow up to 2004's 'Thunder, Lightning, Strike' will be proceeded by two singles - 'Grip Like A Vice' on July 2 and'Doing It Right' on September 3.
Other tracks that are scheduled to appear on the album are 'The Keys To The City' and 'Titanic Vandalism'."
While we're going over new albums I'm excited about, I actually had a dream last night that I saw the Polyphonic Spree at a playground.
The Go! Team set to return with new album | News | NME.COM: "The Go! Team set to return with new album
Plus Brighton collective get ready with two singles
3 hours ago
The Go! Team are set to release their as-yet untitled new album on September 10.
The follow up to 2004's 'Thunder, Lightning, Strike' will be proceeded by two singles - 'Grip Like A Vice' on July 2 and'Doing It Right' on September 3.
Other tracks that are scheduled to appear on the album are 'The Keys To The City' and 'Titanic Vandalism'."
Tuesday, May 08, 2007
New Groove Armada!
A proper electro banger in the return single from Groove Armada. Looking forward to hearing this at the clubs.
Groove Armada - Get Down
Groove Armada - Get Down
Tuesday, May 01, 2007
Arctic Monkeys At Coachella 2007 (Part 13)
When the Sun Goes Down at Coachella. From where Butter and I were standing, the sun, was er, going down.
Perfect.
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