Tuesday, March 16, 2010
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Band Of Horses have announced that starting in May they'll be going on tour with Pearl Jam. They'll be doing arena and stadium shows up until the release of their new album Infinite Arms. Check out dates after the jump. . . . Click here to read more . . .
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Tuesday, March 16, 2010
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Possibly knowing pre-historic 90's emo is the revival-genre-du-jour or because they had a warehouse they needed to clear out, Polyvinyl is re-releasing the first five Braid albums. After the jump take a listen to Braid's "Movie Clock Star", off their album The Age of Octeen. . . Click here to read more . . .
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Tuesday, March 16, 2010
| James Murphy has confirmed that the LCD album dropping in May will be the final one for the ever-popular dance act. Murphy: "It just seemed like perfect we'll (the band) make this the last record and we'll do exactly what we want and go out happy." [via Prefix]
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Tuesday, March 16, 2010
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Class Actress' new video for "Journal of Ardency" is pure sex. Not in the gratuitous way, but in a claustrophobic, sensual mess of fingers and legs and hair kind of way. Incidentally that's exactly what this entails: a montage of fishnets, tussled hair, lips, necks, and fingers under a red filter. It fits in pretty nicely with the dark, shifting Ratatat -style synths accompanying singer Elizabeth Harper. If you're looking to get up close and personal with Class Actress follow the jump and check out the video. . . . Click here to read more . . .
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Tuesday, March 16, 2010
| Cartoons are incapable of committing real crimes, right? Decide if "Stylo" ripped off Eddy Grant's "Time Warp" for yourself, but keep in mind Gorillaz are going to pay penalties in Monopoly money. [via The Daily Swarm]
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Tuesday, March 16, 2010
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As the lines between emo and pop-punk continue to blur, Free Energy offers up a full-length debut that somehow manages to balance the best of both worlds. Consistently edgy with minimal infusions of angst, Stuck on Nothing joins a host of other staples in a punk rock scene that has become a cultural, if not commercial, mainstream. . . . Click here to read more . . .
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Tuesday, March 16, 2010
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This isn't our first rodeo kids, Baeble has been to the fabled land of Austin before to capture the action. In between beer soaked bouts of wandering and fraternizing with fellow festival frolickers, we took a few minutes to nab some pretty stellar shows of SXSW past. After the jump, our five favorites lurking in the Baeble archives. Get pumped. . . . Click here to read more . . .
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Monday, March 15, 2010
| Speaking of punk, the infamous Iggy Pop-fronted trio The Stooges will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Detroit; marking the 17th inductee to also be from Motor City (since 1986, when the Hall opened). [via Freep]
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Monday, March 15, 2010
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Things we take for granted in America: the ubiquity of 24-hour places to buy beer, the ability to exist in totally different cultures simply by driving from state to state, and our bloated, excessive music industry. Our bravado often leads to ignoring our little brother in musical output, the UK, who arguably favor quality over quantity. For every five Black Eyed Peas-ish acts that America excretes, there is probably something equally as popular and infinitely more respectable happening in England. One such band got its start at a University in 2003 (the "best place to start a band"), and has since has two records debut at number one on the English charts. Impressed? You should be, although the name Editors probably doesn't ring too many bells in the midwest. At least one guy was a big fan at Kimmel last month, because he pretty much knows all the words, not to mention plays a mean air drum. ...keep reading...
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Monday, March 15, 2010
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This something odd about the way music ages. Listening to Pavement's newest compilation, Quarantine the Past, the band that comes to mind the most is Weezer. But regardless of the way history plays with our perception, Pavement is a classic. Their album Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain is still listed as the influence for most modern emo and indie rock bands. ...keep reading...
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Monday, March 15, 2010
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Actress Kristen Stewart does seem to keep appearing in the context of the music world, first as a catalyst for Vampire jokes while discussing the Twilight: New Moon OST, and now a starring role as the iconic punk-chick Joan Jett in the upcoming film The Runaways, alongside Dakota Fanning as Cherie Currie (another member of the band the movie is named for, for those punk-illiterates out there). The movie hits theaters on 3/19 (Friday), and in honor of the release we've got some cool Runaways stuff to give away. Check out the prizes (and pics) after the jump. . . . Click here to read more . . .
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Monday, March 15, 2010
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Cinematic music videos don't always come out quite right. Many bands try, but few can really nail the right balance between a short film and a showcase for a band's sound. The new video from Plants and Animals though is as captivating as it is accurate to the vibe the band creates on their track "The Mama Papa." The video takes place in a French restaurant in the 30's, and involves a dinner theater musician telling a story to the audience. It's weird and oddly cool in the same way the song attached to it is. ...watch the music video...
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Monday, March 15, 2010
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Looking for dancey post-punk? Deluka might be right up your alley. On their new track "Cascade", the leather clas, four-piece mix up electronic back-beats, disco guitar, infectious hooks and the perfect amount of glam. The video for it is great too, giving a nice personal feel to the band, and offering a peak at what they're like on and off the stage. ...watch the music video...
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Friday, March 12, 2010
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Some stray thoughts about Lady Gaga's new video for "Telephone" featuring Beyonce. - "What?"
- "I knew that was what women's prison was like."
- "Lady Gaga does a lot of f**king drugs."
Before you click through to check it out, we warn you its NSFW. Not safe for work in the sense that there's profanity and minor nudity, but also not safe for work because if your co-workers saw you watching it they'd probably ask you, "what in GOD'S name are you looking at?" . . . Click here to read more . . .
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Friday, March 12, 2010
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The latest video from Yeasayer has some crazy plotline going on... morphing heads, epic futuristic board games with diamonds, and a warehouse party that looks more like a scene from Battlestar Galactica? Maybe? Or cage dancing? I don't know. ...watch the video...
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Friday, March 12, 2010
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Road Trip! In a pretty slick ride too. That seems to be part of the loose premise surrounding the Port O'brien's new video for "Leap Year". There are a few other vagaries mucking about this Threadbare stand out, but I'm guessing only the band and directors Ben Chappell and Aaron Brown really know what's going on. Of course, we suggest you take a crack at it by watching after the jump. . . . Click here to read more . . .
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Friday, March 12, 2010
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A cool and dusty New York troubadour, his vocals rich with sweet and sour tones, his acoustic pairing sparse and simple. His hair's a splash of lackadaisical style, a few black and white stripes peaking out of his nicely worn leather coat. His guitar? A possible relic.
Adam Green molds an absolute vision of city dwelling cool. In style and art alike, it's like he's huffing on the fumes of those who came before him ( think Cohen, Reed, Byrne, etc). Perhaps a bit far flung, but if he wasn't in the Guest Apartment during this session, visions of him perched on the edge of a bed in the sunny mid morning serenading the beautiful curves of a female form pressed in silky sheets might seem appropriate. Perhaps...
Lucky for us (unfortunate for him) Green was in the Guest Apartment, sharing a few songs from his sixth solo release Minor Love. Here in the pink hue of our residential haunt, Green's stark songs reveal the wild imagination that drive his music. Cool, charismatic, a bit macho; Green's got a weird charm to him, and it shines through the inventive poetry of songs like " Breaking Locks", " You Blacken My Stay", and "Cigarette Burns Forever". ...watch the guest apartment session...
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Friday, March 12, 2010
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Titus Andronicus are a garage band with an above average intelligence. They aren't just the dudes who listened to way too much My Bloody Valentine and wanted to experiment with feedback. They've proven their smart.
On their second and newest release The Monitor, though, it feels like they're over-doing the big concepts. They've taken the shoegaze, post-hardcore, indie rock vibe they had and stretched it out, both style-wise and in average track time. ...keep reading...
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Friday, March 12, 2010
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It is that time of the year! Cold beer, warm weather, and cramming millions of people* onto Sixth Street for the best music festival south of the boarder-ish. SXSW is home to many a party, but we're pretty confident that ours is the irish cream in your spiked coffee (Thursday morning specifically). Here are ten reasons why. ...listen to the mixtape...
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Thursday, March 11, 2010
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It takes a special kind of cojones to name yourself after a specifically populated and contested area of New York City when you clearly hail from Austin, Texas (and get away with it). That being said, it takes a double kind of special to make lo-fi sound fun and sprightly instead of lazy and sloppy. There you go, two reasons why Harlem made a significant buzz at SXSW last year. Now they are prepping their second album for an early April release, and they sound just as lazily precise as they did before. . . . Click here to read more . . .
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Thursday, March 11, 2010
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Last Friday two guys who "aren't folking around" (I know I read that somewhere) played the Bowery Ballroom. Both stellar musicians, both with great work out there, and one who has a very conspicuous name when compared to this editor.
You crazy for this one, world! After the jump, photos from the Justin Townes Earle / Joe Pug show. . . . Click here to read more . . .
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Thursday, March 11, 2010
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Ted Leo and the Pharmacists are a household name in alternative rock. Ten years after their first release comes their first album for Matador Records, The Brutalist Bricks. It's a strong, shimmery collection of songs, but at the same time, the band is starting to show their age. ...keep reading...
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010
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There is only so much you can do with a drum machine, piano, acoustic guitar and an affinity for five part harmonies. You could make an excellent show choir routine in Ohio, maybe? But the always eccentric Brooklyn band Dinosaur Feathers have managed to make me eat my foot on this one. Fantasy Memorial, their first, is an incredibly expansive record bubbling with their staple raw materials; a surprising melting pot of fantastical arrangements, tropical panache, and bits of 1960's flair. "Why did Dinosaur Feathers write a song about Vendela Vida?" asks popular NY-snoot publication The New Yorker. Good question. Here is a better one: where can I see them play it? Because it is great. . . . Click here to read more . . .
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010
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The infamous videomongers have decided that EMI is no longer for them, according to a newsletter that just went out to the fans. Looks like they will be paying for their own treadmills and warehouses full of cause-and-effect machines. . . . Click here to read more . . .
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010
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SXSW is a self-aware clusterf*ck of an event. Aside from being a drunken sloppy mess of half-showered music lovers looking for the next free drink, literally HUNDREDS of parties are happening simultaneously. Hundreds of bands are shuffling around the Texas town, playing an exhaustive schedule and looking for as much exposure as possible. Sorting through those ridiculously long lists on websites like Austin360 can be quite a hassle... so I did it for you! If you paid a million dollars (approximation) for a badge, good for you! But what a waste! There are more free, badge-less events than you can possibly attend, so lets talk about some of them. ...keep reading...
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010
| I know she is married to lead singer Thomas Mars, but if she turns the epic two-part Phoenix construction into another sh*tty movie with Kirsten Dunst, I'ma be pissed. [via Paste]
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010
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The Besnard Lakes third album, The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Night, begins with "Like the Ocean, Like the Innocent Pt. 1: The Ocean," followed immediately by "Like the Ocean, Like the Innocent Pt. 2: The Innocent." Despite their more than a mouthful titling tendencies, the roughly nine minutes of this combo opener are the highlight of the album and almost worth the price of admission. ...keep reading...
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010
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It's not a stretch to call Minus The Bear the kings of math-rock. And although they're not the mathiest in the world, but they've always done a darn good job mixing math, prog, emo and 90's post-hardcore into some pretty palletable stuff. . . . Click here to read more . . .
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Tuesday, March 09, 2010
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The latest video from Yeasayer has some crazy plotline going on... morphing heads, epic futuristic board games with diamonds, and a warehouse party that looks more like a scene from Battlestar Galactica? Maybe? Or cage dancing? I don't know. Go see the amazing video over at Pop Justice, whose writer clearly doesn't "get" it (read the post, agree with me). . . . Click here to read more . . .
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Tuesday, March 09, 2010
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Characterizing Gorillaz is kind of like defining 'umami,' the mysterious fifth "taste" that westerners qualify with "meaty" or "savory". Sure we know it when we eat it, but it has no basic element can it be compared to (it doesn't exist like salt or sugar). The Japanese seem to have a better handle on it (or at least an earlier one, hence the proper name). Funny that Damon Albarn also takes on a mysteriously eastern flair (a personal interest), with his Monkeying around on the side and his anime obsession. Gorillaz are the most successful virtual band according to the Guiness Book of World Records, and that is no simulation. The music has evolved from a simple Blur offspring to something much more futuristic and electronic in nature, spawning orchestral interludes, narratives, and easter eggs for music fans and comic book nerds alike (of which I am all of the above). In short: Gorillaz has become Albarn's own personal dynasty. ...keep reading...
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Tuesday, March 09, 2010
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Though they're entirely composed of classical musicians, somehow, someway, the Portland Cello Project seem a perfect fit for this little indie sphere of ours. Perhaps its' their flirtation with pop concentrated song structure, or maybe their spirited takes on Elliott Smith, Outkast, and Pantera. The band also recently collaborated on a wonderful album for Kill Rock Stars with two songwriters: Thao Nguyen and Justin Powers...which, by the way, is what lead us to film this set at the First Unitarian Church in Philadelphia.
On tour with Thao and the Get Down Stay Down, PCP's performance reveals a classically trained group of pop enthusiasts, incredibly versed in holding their rock-minded audiences' attention with songs that easily cross-over into their world. Here, PCP present a set ripe with emotion; tension, drama, tenderness, you name it. It's a gathering of cello players that, on this night, spoke to everyone in attendance; especially when adding songwriter Powers to the mix towards the end of their set. Here's your first chance to have it speak to you. ...watch the exclusive concert video...
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Tuesday, March 09, 2010
| The Youtube sensation/best digital short ever to grace the SNL skit-list got a live performance with support from The Roots. So yeah, it was kind of awesome. Watch it after the jump.
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Tuesday, March 09, 2010
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Denmark's Choir of Young Believers have released their 3rd single, the floaty and dreamy "Claustrophobia". The track features Jannis Noya Makrigiannis front and center surrounded by synth strings, stomping drums and a haunting reverb. The production on the track is real simple, but with a good amount of layers to keep it from getting boring. . . . Click here to read more . . .
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Tuesday, March 09, 2010
| Although he claims it will be filmed in "normal settings" like a backyard and slaughterhouse (huh?), it will still probably be really, really weird. It shouldn't take too long to make (Christmas On Mars took seven years), and Coyne is rumored to be courting Justin Timberlake to star. [via Pitchfork]
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Tuesday, March 09, 2010
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Linda Carlsson performs under the stage name Miss Li and the chances are very good you've heard her and not even known it. Her music has been featured on an episode of Grey's Anatomy, an episode of Weeds, a Volvo ad, and most recently an iPod commercial. . . . Click here to read more . . .
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Monday, March 08, 2010
| The Rage Against The Machine guitarist will help compose the rest of the movie's score (in addition to the signature AC/DC anthem). Is there any chance of this movie being bad? (answer: probably not). [via Metal Insider]
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Monday, March 08, 2010
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Summer of last year the wishes of loyal Format fans was granted (in some capacity). Nate Ruess, lead singer and one of the songwriters of the band struck out on his own with a few friends (Jack Antonoff of Steel Train and Andrew Dost of Anathallo) to form a new group called fun., and after teasing us for months and months with the demo "Benson Hedges" on their Myspace, released Aim and Ignite on August 25th, 2009. I spent a few long car rides with it, let's put it that way. ...keep reading...
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Monday, March 08, 2010
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The Columbia-Oxford-prep turned California collar poppers were back at home on SNL this week. They were quite fortunate to be joined by Zach Galifianakis, the most anticipated host of the season (in this humble writers opinion). The show was hit-and-miss (the usual) but Zach was TBS very funny and VW put on a great performance (twice), so all in all very nice! It wasn't hard to predict the two songs the band would play, yes you guessed it, so after the jump watch "Cousins" and "Giving Up The Gun". . . . Click here to read more . . .
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Monday, March 08, 2010
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It's safe to say that jj'snewest release jj no. 3 might be one of the most insane albums of 2010. The Swedish duo's newest effort opens up with a track called "My Life" which for the most part is the refrain from rapper the GAME's song My Life until the last verse which segues into the chorus of ATC's "It Goes Around the World" (the song with the nah-nah-nah's in it). ...keep reading...
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Monday, March 08, 2010
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The Phenomenal Handclap Band's "Baby" was recently remixed by Scotland's DJ Architeq. The result is definitely interesting, but at the same timee definitely different. The remix trades the smoky horn line opening of the original for something darker and synthy. What is interesting, though, is how natural DJ Architeq's version sounds once the vocals come in. Working with a really infectious dub groove that slides and creeps, it provides the perfect backdrop for singer Daniel Collas's repeating chorus and the harmonies the rest of the band peppers in throughout. . . . Click here to read more . . .
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Sunday, March 07, 2010
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Fair warning: we suspect our event will leave you feeling worn down, bloated and/or hung over, partially deaf, and a little woozy. But really...it wouldn't be a very righteous SXSW Day Party without the combination of these kinds of consequences, would it?! Considering the bands we've enlisted to play (oh...and there are more to come!), we're thinking our FREE afternoon at the Scoot Inn on Thursday March 18th will put you through the ringer . Come on. You know you want it! Info above and below, with more band announcements to follow. - David Pitz
Baeble's SXSW Day Party - Thursday March 18th, 12 to 6PM
The Scoot Inn (1308 East 4th Street) - Austin Texas
Bands Scheduled To Perform:
Holy F*ck
Timber Timbre
Jaguar Love
Javelin
Bear Hands
Dappled Cities
These United States
Seabear
The Happy Hollows
NO BADGE REQUIRED - FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
****RSVP on Facebook
OR RSVP to rsvp@baeblemusic.com*****
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Friday, March 05, 2010
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You know that scene in the sci-fi movie when the hero ducks into an underground club to elude the authorities? He's searching for his hacker friend who can clear his name by "jacking into the mainframe" to find the real psychopath bent on world destruction. He pushes through the sweaty, heavily made-up, fetish friendly crowd who are busy dancing hedonistically to some band playing super aggressive, fist-pumping synth-rock. ...keep reading...
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Friday, March 05, 2010
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ANECDOTE: When I was like ten or twelve, I used to go to day camp every summer, and remember very vividly riding the bus and listening to a bootleg CD-R of Gorillaz and wanting to learn how to play guitar and I knew every word. Now I am including their album like ten years later on a mixtape I write every week, and I guess what I'm getting at is we grow up quick! Cherish those Blow-Pops, because soon they will become an innuendo and then you know you're one step closer to worrying about politics and accredited universities and standardized testing, and then credit card debt and dry cleaning and mortgages (ew). Good thing we still have the lottery! And Gorillaz! I'll have one music please, hold the Ke$ha. ...listen to the mixtape...
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Friday, March 05, 2010
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A special segment of the Guest Apartment this week starring Israeli superstar David Broza and legendary sideman GE Smith... The pair were kind enough to visit us last month while Broza was in town working to help set up up his latest recorded release. Titled Night Dawn: The Unpublished Poetry of Townes Van Zandt, the album is built upon some long lost, poetry Broza inherited from Townes Van Zandt sometime after he passed in '97. Restructuring the prose and building the songs around it would take several years to flesh out, though I think you'll find the wait well worth it. In the end, what's apparent is that these songs, though removed from the tradition of the country folk legend, fit ever so gracefully upon the wings of Broza's international flare. In this re-imagined format of the Guest Apartment, Broza and Smith discuss the roots of the project, what it means to be a part of Van Zandt's towering legacy, and perform a few songs along the way. It's an incredibly unique session, and it's an honor to have it on Baeble. ...watch the guest apartment session...
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Thursday, March 04, 2010
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A slice of new music here, courtesy of New Zealand, instrumental trio Kerretta. Their video for "The Square Outside" marks the band's introduction ahead of what will be their assault on SXSW, as well as a full US tour to boot. Like what you hear/see? Check out the slate of dates below: - David Pitz. . . Click here to read more . . .
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Thursday, March 04, 2010
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In Citizen Cope's new video for "I Couldn't Explain Why", the soulful hippie crooner gives viewers a taste of the road...an interesting perspective indeed. The visuals offered here consist of a classic mash up of live performance, back stage hijinx, fan interactions, studio sessions, and long, endless stretches of pavement that link it all together. . . . Click here to read more . . .
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Thursday, March 04, 2010
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Landing somewhere in between vintage complexity and intelligent Williamsburg bar-rock, Field Music comes out of their hiatus feeling as fresh as ever with Measure, a new benchmark but by no means far from their usual marks. Clocking in at 70 minutes with twenty songs, it's not light consumption.... but the journey through the modes never seem stale, even though they often apply circular logic to their music. Each track has something to unfold, whether instrumental, orchestral, or simply sonic bliss, these guys know what they are doing. ...keep reading...
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Thursday, March 04, 2010
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You don't have to believe it yet, but you will. Big Echo isn't kidding about the big; ten wonderfully succinct tracks of pure shimmery Californian bliss, both to mellow the mind and engage the ears. Take a few minutes to soak in the new one from The Morning Benders, we've got the full album stream after you be jumping. . . . Click here to read more . . .
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Wednesday, March 03, 2010
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Many of you have been following the ridiculous story of Lil' Wayne, who has escaped jail almost as many times as John Dillinger at this point. First he needed an obscene amount of dental work, then the courthouse lit on fire. Coincidence? We're not suggesting that someone poisoned his drank, but we ARE suggesting that someone started a blaze (ha!) in a government building on purpose. And knowing Weezy's fans, and knowing the date (which has been made public), we predict it will happen again. . . . Click here to read more . . .
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Wednesday, March 03, 2010
| Catch him and his backing band the Grogs as they tour around America in support of his latest, What Will Be, released last year. If you get to meet him, best not to ask about that whole Natalie Portman thing. [via CMJ]
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Wednesday, March 03, 2010
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Everyone thinks they can be a folk rock artist, especially today when the startup costs of recording a lo-fi rock record are really negligible. That is why the pool is full of schlock, lazy, repetitive schlock. But occasionally, something surfaces that is still shiny and mesmerizing, and Peter Wolf Crier is that token. Inter-Be, their affecting, charged record, breathes new life into an often overwrought genre. . . . Click here to read more . . .
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Wednesday, March 03, 2010
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Wednesday, March 03, 2010
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As many of you know, I'm not a huge fan of Ke$ha. Her use of a dollar sign, lyrics about dental hygiene mixed drinks, and secretly boning her teachers don't sit well with me, and I find her off-the-wall demeanor and simplified preoccupations a real quandry of popular music's obsession with bare knuckle descriptions of sex, drugs, and not washing your hair. ...keep reading...
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Wednesday, March 03, 2010
| In case you missed this car-chase-centric video yesterday, go check it out on Youtube (embedding disabled?? Have we learned NOTHING?). Guest starring donuts, and also Bruce Willis. ["Stylo" (Plastic Beach)]
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Wednesday, March 03, 2010
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It wouldn't be a video without a NSFW kind of moment...which comes early in Owen Pallett's new video for "Lewis Takes Off His Shirt". Wonder if that's Lewis there...the one getting cigarette smoke blown up his arse? Talk about a nicotine fix! Later, the computer game shuffle of looped violins and vocals gets met with some lickity split splicing of images both surreal and of the everyday variety. It's a pretty wicked video. What Pallett is getting at, however... Who the heck knows?! . . . Click here to read more . . .
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Wednesday, March 03, 2010
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For some reason this seems like a perfect song for Vampire Weekend to apply their specific aesthetic to, minus the California transplanted Upper-West-Side Soweto or whatever dumb label the media attaches next (whoops! guilty!). Seriously, the schism in lovers/haters has gone too far, just let the guys come into their own sound! Stop crying Paul Simon/Afro-pop! Let's just go with, "hey this sounds like Vampire Weekend." Great song, good cover, what's not to like? RZA does NOT guest star in this one (get it? Tennis). . . . Click here to read more . . .
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Tuesday, March 02, 2010
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Beach House conjure up visions of a sandy escape from reality, a boozy muscle relaxing day on the ocean, or just a vacation from the stresses of everyday life, taxes, and credit card debt. Whether you have all these (or different ones), sit back and crack open a cool, refreshing concert that leaves you as mellow as a lime garnish and a rim of salt. Tell some friends, and you could win a seriously sunny prize pack with three bits of signed merchandise! Jump in, the water is fine. . . . Click here to read more . . .
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Tuesday, March 02, 2010
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Photography by Lyndsey Matthews. Check out more photos from this show and others HERE.
When Beach House announced they'd be tearing the plastic wrapping off their latest and greatest release Teen Dream with a record release soiree at Bell House in Brooklyn, a wild ticket nab ensued, with too few tickets being made available (I'm told less than half of the 350 capacity venue went to the general public) to the rush of fans waiting to greet the band, and their fascinating new album. Teen Dream represents a high water mark in the band's career, after-all, and fleshed out in public, it's easy to hear why.
First there are the songs; "Lover Of Mine, "Norway", "Take Care", and "Walk in the Park", to name a few. Teen Dream finds the intimacy of previous albums Devotion and the band's eponymous effort still lingering for those who find it. But somehow, someway, Alex Scally and Victoria Legrand expand upon their own musical tapestry, introducing more instrumental elements, while tightening construction. Legrand's mysterious poetics that accompany the songs, remains the same.
With our latest concert release, that intimacy is appropriately compromised (just a bit)...the band adding a drummer to help whirl their woozy sound around the Bell House's open configuration. Packed warm and tight on a cold, January evening, the sold out audience inhaled the band's music like some miraculous gas. It would blanket the crowd, seep in to their blood stream, and ultimately make it's way like some happy kick to the heart and head. What a feeling...what a band. ...watch the exclusive concert video...
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Tuesday, March 02, 2010
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"When the words were uttered we knew that we had a world in which the songs that we started writing would exist in, and the ones that would follow would be a part of as well". That's how Victoria Legrand explains the revelation that accompanied the naming of Beach House's latest and greatest record Teen Dream. In this exclusive interview with Legrand and collaborator Alex Scally, the band discuss the energy that spawned Teen Dream, as well as their hopes for how it's eventually perceived. ...watch the interview...
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Tuesday, March 02, 2010
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Joanna Newsom, the love-it-or-leave-it harpist, released her third full-length album last week relatively unannounced. Though most of the songs on this two-hour-long three-disc record stretch well beyond the two-and-half-minute mark of most pop songs, the material here is more accessible than any of Newsom's previous work. ...keep reading...
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Tuesday, March 02, 2010
| A math-wiz has broken down Pitchfork's often arbitrary, yet very coveted ratings system. Devotees will recall we discussed this in December regarding Black Kids, and now you can see graphs about it! [via Part Time Music]
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Tuesday, March 02, 2010
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Knowing their penchant for tomfoolery when it comes to ingenious music videos, i.e. their synchronized dancing (both on foot and treadmill) and their use of ridiculous marching band tactics, it is no surprise that a "no-embed" policy on their coveted videos was a no-no for fans. They explained. Now that their label has wised up, they've tried to make it up to us with a crazy busy machine-like system that runs for the entire song. Sure it's derivative, but it's still fun to see them build an incredible moving factory of fun, no matter where the idea came from. Check it out after the jump. . . . Click here to read more . . .
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Tuesday, March 02, 2010
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Trying to nail down what it is exactly that works about Oberhofer's music is king of like putting together a puzzle of sorts; pop catchyness, a tough to nail down sincerity, and a lo-fi cool factor that seems to transcend itself. Give it a listen, see for yourself. . . . Click here to read more . . .
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Tuesday, March 02, 2010
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At the risk of disconnecting entirely, many have followed the dangerous path of Merriweather Post Pavilion and tried to make a record of tape loop sounding psych-synth that sits pretty on the line between pleasant noise and catchy pop. Some have failed miserably. The advantage has often gone to people who, like Animal Collective, came from a place of mystery to begin with (and a loyal fan-base of their babbling nonsense). The Ruby Suns don't come from such a place, rather they've warped their well-known psych-pop to read more pop-psych... as in a little more backwards, a little more obscured. ...keep reading...
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Tuesday, March 02, 2010
| Brothers, their sixth studio LP, will see the light of day (so to speak) on 5/18, via Nonesuch Records. "Mostly recorded at the famed Muscle Shoals studios in Alabama and mostly produced by Auerbach and Carney themselves", with one track by produced by Broken Bell's Danger Mouse. [via Pitchfork]
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Tuesday, March 02, 2010
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Teaming up with Polyphonic Spree and another band TBD, to travel with the non-profit organization Invisible Children, Yeasayer plan to raise awareness about the rebel mistreatment and abuse of children in Uganda. You can donate to send them there, to learn more about the conflict and (in partnership with La Blogoteque) document the journey. . . . Click here to read more . . .
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Monday, March 01, 2010
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The most spastic pop skirmishes coming out of Sweden these last couple years seem to be flying from the yelp and howl of Josephine Olausson, and her equally smashing band mates in Love is All. In the band's grainy music video for "Kungen" - the first song from their soon to be released, third album - the gang go medieval on your ass, parading around their snow draped kingdom, sporting stylish Where the Wild Things Are headgear, and "ba ba ba"ing their little hearts a way. It's a pretty nifty track, with a freewheeling visual to boot.
The band will release their newest, slice and dice collection of songs dubbed Two Thousand and Ten Injuries on March 23rd via Polyvinyl. ...watch the music video...
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Monday, March 01, 2010
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The tradition of beautifully shot, Shout Out Louds videos continues with the band's latest visual from their recently released album Work. Here, Adam Olenius and the rest of SOLs touch on the stage fright I imagine accompany many a band making the sometimes awkward, promotional sweep of television. Shout Out Louds Super! ...watch the video...
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Monday, March 01, 2010
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That my phone call interrupted Adam Olenius hard at work in the middle of an icy, Swedish afternoon is not surprising. It is an aptly titled album dubbed Work, after all, that has he and his fellow band mates in Shout Out Louds mighty busy these days. When I ring him, the principal songwriter for the band, along with guitarist Carl von Arbin, is at home piecing together various elements of artwork for the Australian release of their new set of songs. Crackling across the phone line, Olenius sounds appropriately careful and deliberate when considering my trans-Atlantic inquiries. A few answers trail off into the fuzz, suggesting Work - the album - might be a bit too fresh for many definitive, personal conclusions at this point. These things require time and reflection, after all. But what's clear is the mindset Work - the process - represents amongst Olenius and his band mates; something satisfying, something deliberate, something that is certainly worth doing. ...keep reading...
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Monday, March 01, 2010
| Not necessarily relevant music news BUT I thought it was important for all you cool kids who know the meaning of being different by conforming and you cool girls who think you have a hot apps and have lost at least eight of these things. FULL DISCLOSURE: I have an iPhone. So good thing ATT plans to ramp up their game to avoid last years network issues. [via Gigaom]
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Monday, March 01, 2010
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Picture by Richard Perry/NY Times
At Carnegie Hall on Friday night the 20th installment of the Tibet House's concert series. This year's performers included Gypsy punk band Gogol Bordello, singer/songwriter Regina Spektor, Patti Smith and Iggy Pop. . . . Click here to read more . . .
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Monday, March 01, 2010
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"We Are The World" got some well needed disaster relief, the artist formally known as the artist formally known as a symbol debuted a new song, and so did Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke... with his new band, Atoms For Peace (three in fact). [ Pictured Above: Eisenhower's infamous "Atoms For Peace" speech, the arms-for-progress trade proposed to the UN in the 50s that Yorke is obviously referencing... KNOWLEDGE IS POWER!] . . . Click here to read more . . .
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Monday, March 01, 2010
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Twang is a hard thing to fake. In a world populated by pop country and jam band outfits it's tough to get enough soul in around production to make it sound right. Phosphorescent's Matthew Houck knows a thing or two about natural sounding country and about the bits and pieces that go into real southern rock. His first album, Pride was something introspectic and intimate and featured Houck on duties for all the instrumentation. . . . Click here to read more . . .
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