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« Page 21 of 25 »So I had planned to do a post on Mew today, but it seems like the rest of the blogosphere beat me to it. So go read up ion them atthe following places:
- Mew on AOL's The Interface podcast. The group performs live in the studio and there is also an interview.
- Culture Bully has the Interface broken down as MP3's.
- Chromewaves on Mew, with some downloads for you.
- GVB on Mew.
Honestly I can't decide if their record (Thanks Peabs!) is brilliantly over the top or a bombastic hodgepodge of falsetto vocals and prog-rock extravagance. Honestly it probably falls somewhere in between. It has it's moments but it also loses me in some places. My favorite track of theirs is "Special," which you can go here to download.
Natalya was nice enough to lend me her copy of Mew's The Zookeeper's Boy EP which has a brilliant b-side which I offer to you:
(MP3) Mew | Am I Wry? No
Enjoy!
Aside from the Snakes On A Plane movie going extravanganza I laid low this weekend. SOaP was awesomely bad. It was kinda like a porn in the fact that they just got right ot the plot. We were on the plane with the snakes being released like 10 minutes into the film. There was no messing around. If you haven't seen it yet and want to, I recommend getting alot of people together(We rolled in about 20 deep on Friday) and having a few drinks beforehand.
I did watch the two USA Basketball games over the weekend. The team looked much better yesterday v. China. The Purto Rico match was a little rough at times but they pulled it out. The US team was hitting their jumpers more in the second game and their halfcourt offense was working much better. 'Melo is playing great and my jaw drops every time the cameras focus in on Dwight Howard. Dude is HUGE. Also, Shane Battier is the man, get over it. He's perfect for this team.
And on the other end of the spectrum is...my Boston Red Fizzle.
My set at iPod Jukebox last night:
1) If Looks Could Kill - Camera Obscura
(Get a live version here)
2) Consolation Prizes - Phoenix
(Download the MP3 here)
3) Car Radio - Spoon
4) Ghostface Observatory - Car Stereo (Wars)
(Go here to download it)
Natalya and I got home in time to watch Project Runway (her) and The Wire on HBO on Demand (me).
New Brazilian Girls MP3 for your listening pleasure:
Download "Jique"
New-ish Aberdeen City mix:
Download "God Is Going To Get Sick Of Me" (Steve Lillywhite mix)
Interesting setlist (Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before!) in Mozlo. Come to the effing US already!! I have vacay saved up and everything.
Sigh. No DC date for Harvey Danger.
Timbaland. Modesty is not his strong point.
Quintessential Irishmen u2 move their financial affairs to the Netherlands to avoid Irish taxes. Because they obviously don't have enough money. Hey, if it's good enough for the Stones...
Sad. I went to a few Madonna recording sessions there. The collection of platinum records on the walls in the lobby was simply INSANE.
The moral of this story? If MTV approaches you about a reality show, just say no.
Hi-Lar-Ious, but watch out for that audio. BTW, audio for website frontpages...so 1998.
Lollapalooza downloads from Sleater Kinney and Sonic Youth. Looks like Lolla was tons o' fun, and yes, I am jealous that they had better weather than Pitchfork.
Will Zach Braff go two for two with his indietastic soundtrack compilations? His new one looks fairly promising (Turin Brakes!) but at least Braff has the good mind to just say no to Nickleback.
So apparently Hawthrone Heights aren't a bunch of racist douchebags, it's their label that was sprouting all that "down with hip hop" rhetoric. So the band is suing their label, Victory Records. Also worth noting in the article, HH has made over $10 million in revenue for the label behind this record but still have not recouped! Jeezy Creezy.
DJ Shadow tours everywhere but DC. Boo! Hiss!
Add Secret Machines to the list of bands avoiding DC on their next tour, although after hearing their new album, maybe that's not a bad thing. It must work better live, because it sounds pretty lifeless on CD.
Anyone have the Mew album? It's next on my "to buy" list. I think I'll buy the MP3 version so I don't have to look at the awful cover art. Who approved that? Seriously.
I want to go! I 've never heard them play "December," although it was on the set list for the gig I saw them play in 1993. Sadly, they didn't play it. Bandwagonesque is easily in my Top 10 Records Ever list. Best.
This makes me want to buy a Macbook, but I keep telling myself to wait for version 2.0.
Related: Steve Jobs unveils the Mac Pro.
I've wanted one for ages, so I finally bought a Roomba (for fairly cheap) a week or so ago. This thing is teh awesome! It picks up cat hair like there's no tomorrow. I run it every two or three days and my carpets look brand new. Mr. Pink is still getting used to it though.
Echo & The Bunnymen at the Black Cat tonight. I was led to believe I was going to get an interview with Will Sargeant but I never heard back from the Bunnymen PR company with a firm time or date. Which is too bad because I had some great questions for him. If nothing else I hoped to finally end the controversy of Ampersand or "the." Alas, it was not to be.
For those of you not lucky enough to be in the DC area tonight(or, if we're talking about the weather, lucky enough to be nowhere near here), I have some downloadable goodies for you:
Echo & the Bunnymen | Going Up (MP3) - They are opening each show with this, the opening track from Crocodiles.
Nouvelle Vague | The Killing Moon (MP3) - I loved their first record, but am not liking Bande A Part as much. Maybe it has to do with the song selection. Most of it is too upbeat, and I liked the slower stuff off the first record.
Anyways, the good folk at Ear Farm have a full live set from Nouvelle Vague, so go grab your favorites. The set includes some Blondie, Frankie Goes To Hollywood and The Smiths!
Go to the 14th Floor to get some new Futureheads tracks.
Sonic Youth on Morning Becomes Eclectic from 2002.
Sonic Youth on KCRW from 2004.
Metro Distortion has Silversun Pickup tour dates and a SSPU MP3 for you to download. Is it me or do these guys sound like what would have happened if Billy Corgan wanted to be a humble indie rocker instead of a SuperDuper Rawk Star?
Secrets of the Radiohead set list. I'm actually coping well with not being able to see them on this tour. Better than I thought I would. Of course, I'm avoiding all the new material like the plague...
Stream the Racontuers video for "Steady As She Goes."
We Are Scientists video tour journal. Looks like I'm going to miss them when they play DC. I have two other shows that week and I'm moving, so something had to give.
Download:
Razorlight | In The Morning (MP3)
How's this for three days of the rock?
Monday, June 26 - Echo & The Bunnymen / Black Cat
Tuesday, June 27 - We Are Scientists / Black Cat
Wednesday, June 28 - Futureheads / 9:30 Club
I also just bought very good seats to Belle & Sebastian, Broken Social Scene and Ted Leo at Merriweather Post Pavillion on July 8th. And a little birdie told me Editors are back at the 9:30 on July 27th.
Rock!
...and he might just be the nicest guy in indie rock.
I'll explain later, but for now, go read my interview with JV over at DCist.
The summer concert schedule is shaping up quite nicely:
April 20th - Elbow in New York
Apr 27th - Citizen Cope @ 9:30
Apr 27th - Elf Power @ Iota
May 6th - Phoenix @ 9:30
May 8th - Hockey Night @ Iota
May 10th - Mogwai @ 9:30
May 15th - Giant Drag @ Black Cat
May 19th - Aberdeen City @ Black Cat
June 2nd - Super Furries in New York
June 11th - Spinto Band @ Black Cat
June 27th - We Are Scientists @ Black Cat
July 23rd - Diplo @ Black Cat
July 29th & 30th - Pitchforkfest in Chicago
Listen to Elbow on KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic.
Here is my DCist concert review from Saturday.
Here's something else for your listening pleasure.
Make the most of your iPod when you travel.
Anyone else getting buried under a mountain of movie related comment spam?
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