http://court13.com/electricfeel.mov
Monday, July 07, 2008
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
2007-2008 Visualized
i was poking around last.fm and found a compelling add-on available for download. after a short install and configuration, this beauty popped up. i was reminded of andrew kuo's work in that it is as much aesthetically pleasing as it is nerdy. click here for the application (in zip file). unfortunately, if you're a mac kind of person, it ain't gonna work. i propose this, however, if anyone reading this has a last.fm profile and a mac as well, i will make one for you (you only need to enter a username). i'm going to assume the number of people that applies to is less than 5. keep it hood.
-awed eo sir fass
Monday, June 09, 2008
Band: Passion Pit
I tried to blog about the new Sigur Ros album this morning, but patently incapable of figuring out simple html code, I was overcome with an insurmountable mountain of fail. That's okay, we blog about Sigur Ros a lot. You know the drill, cop that leak.
Let me tell you about this other band named Passion Pit. I got the inside scoop from our new reporter in the field (Chicago, to be specific). Apparently, this band is the hottest act in Boston right now, opening for the likes of Girl Talk and Death Cab for Cutie. They make soulful lo-fi electro-jams, and I for one, am digging it. Recent college graduates, these guys seem to have a lot of upside, with substantially less hype than some other bands. so, give them a listen and feel it like this guy feels doug martsch.
Saturday, June 07, 2008
bum flame monster
remember menomena? torn jeans, plaid shirts, early 90's? well, everybody's favorite heavy metal supergroup made a muxtape of b-sides and rarities. take a look.
oh, and on a semi-related note, the ongoing r. kelly trial sounds bananas.
Thursday, June 05, 2008
much ado about everything
people ask me all the time, "how much do you think the average baby panda weighs?" having no idea how to respond, i blurt out something regarding a hot new band i like or cautionary tale about poisonous berries. considering it's usually the former, i figured i'd relate the same information without the rigmarole of waiting for someone to ask me to estimate the measurement of the gravitational force acting on a baby mammal. as my one-time roommate from minnesota might snarkily assert, "it's basic zoology." indeed, my ice-fishing friend, indeed it is.
recently, there have been a number of records that made me go, "oh, i wish i had a blog to write many great things about this record!". moments later, i realize i do, indeed, have a blog for that specific purpose and promptly drop whatever i'm doing to buy myself a celebratory confectionery treat.
Broken Social Scene Presents: Brendan Canning
classic BSS.
Chris and Mollie - The Palm Tree
thanks grace
David Ramos - This Up Here
a little bit folky, a little bit hip hop. a big sound with a dash of cuteness.
The Dodos - Visiter
from what i've heard, they put on a great live show. i can see why -- fun, fierce songs.
First Aid Kit - Plaits
uncluttered arrangements laced with top shelf vocals. each song seems to unfold into a beautiful, sprawling gem. riyl múm (and i know you do)
Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight
get really excited, then prepare to be broken down by scott hutchinson's sad scottish warble. great album.
Islands - Arm's Way
i like islands a lot. just try not to imagine yourself riding a jetski through flaming hoops and lassoing evil laser sharks while listening to "the arm"
Wednesday, June 04, 2008
New Sigur Ros Album Art! ... WTF!
The album titled, Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust, meaning, wait... I don't know what that means, maybe it has something to do with this awesome cover. Your guess is as good as mine. Maybe it's Icelandic for, "lets take off all our clothes and run through a field?" I hope so. Album is coming out June 23rdish?
Sunday, June 01, 2008
We Own the Sky
For people that know me well it is no secret that the only band I really listen to is m83. I got to see them live at the Doug Fir for the first time about a week ago. The show pretty much blew me away. They played a mix of songs from all of their albums except digital waves (which is an excellent ambient record, mostly because it doesn't have drums). The song I listen to most off of the new album, Saturdays=Youth is called "We Own the Sky." They started playing it while I was in a bathroom stall pouring a beer from my backpack into a Heineken that my friend from one of the opening acts got me. Anyways, it wouldn't all fit into the bottle and the head was going everywhere. My only option left was to just chug my beer in the bathroom stall and run back out there. Pretty Awesome.
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Bon Iver Illustrated
I have this friend, her name is Ariel Kitch. We went to school together and also worked at the radio station. She's basically great. Case in point: she is now an intern at NPR's "All Things Considered" and recently created a series of drawings based on her experience attending a Bon Iver/Black Mountain show in Washington DC.
Click to see slideshow
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Okay guys, let me just start by saying Kyle is in Italy doing really cool Italian things like dancing to Italian disco and eating Italian ice cream and pizza and wine and stuff. I'm in my room most of the day reading books that have nothing to do with music and thinking about what I want to do with the rest of my life. Anyways, what I am trying to say is... I will try to post soon and keep it up.
stay classy
+ love,
Dylan
Tuesday, February 05, 2008
No Kids - For Halloween
Whether they acknowledge it or not, every blogger is perpetually in search for... dare I say it? "The Next Big Thing." Opinions of what exactly this means will of course vary from listener to listener but they are united in that common goal. Is Vampire Weekend worth the hype? Ehh. But as soon as you listen to these guys that question won't even matter. You'll be so happy and thrilled that you heard this stuff that sleeping and working will appear to be annoying pauses during which you can't listen to No Kids. I don't think I need to say more at this point, so here's some essentials: The full-length, Come into my House, comes out on Tomlab on February 19. Spring is around the corner... and this is the first single off of their album:
02 For halloween.mp3
Saturday, January 26, 2008
We Brave Bee Stings and All
Her name is Thao Nguyen and she was raised in Falls Church, Virginia. Today, she can be found in Washington DC making beautiful music with her band The Get Down Stay Down. And she's coming to Portland on March 7th with Xiu Xiu. That should about do it. Click below to become a fan.
Daytrotter Session
More songs and tour dates
Wanna drum like Kickball?
(This isn't the band Kickball... but this dude is pretty awesome.)
Well now you can! Lisa, or "Drummer" as she is often called, is curating a website called www.video-drumming.com. She is going to post a new video each day and it will have original content on it as well. This will include lessons that she has filmed with her friends and cool stuff like that so now you too can drum like a pro!
Kickball!
Pimp, Money, Guns, Clothes, Drugs, Hustlers, Tits, Hoes
Surkin is a French (possibly German?) dude on the institubes label along with some other fine dance acts including Para One (that awesome remix on MSTRKRFT's Work On You 12"). I was fishing around on the internet and stumbled upon this. The posted song "Ghetto Obsession" is the result of putting Biggie Smalls and an NES together in a fusion machine. The image of Mario and Biggie kicking it drinking some tall boys and giving eachother daps is pretty amazing. Surkin is touring all over Europe right now, so if you are in Berlin... woohoo. He's also getting an early start on festival season by doing the Good Vibrations thing. Also, Surkin will be playing as part of the rather lackluster Coachella lineup this year.
The Eternal Children
I like Devendra, Cocorosie, Antony, and the rest quite a lot, but I had never heard of this documentary "The Eternal Children" (2006) which details the so-called freak folk movement. So you can imagine my glee when i found out such a thing existed. Moreover, the entire thing is available online, albeit split up into 6 parts.
Part One:
click below for the rest
Thursday, January 24, 2008
The Helio Sequence - Keep Your Eyes Ahead
i would normally post the cover art, but i think this picture is pretty unbeatable.
The Helio Sequence have always been a good band; well-received critically, top of the ranks in terms of Portland* (*Beaverton) bands. I've never really given them much thought or time though. Helio Sequence, here is your fair shake. Their new album "Keep Your Eyes Ahead", coming out January 29th on Sub Pop, is rather good. It sounds tighter, more focused, and, well, better than their last few releases. "Love and Distance" is quality, make no mistake, but I can only handle so much of that distinctive, cosmic-synth business. Sometimes, you just have to pick up a guitar and start singing like Hamilton Leithauser (best goddamn name in rock and roll) and Bob Dylan. Reverb is used copiously and effectively, and as such they sound vaguely similar to their equine label-mates. While that bubbling synth isn't gone, it has been faded into the background and a more diverse sound has emerged. Standout tracks include the opener "Lately" and the banger "Hallelujah", but most of the songs are good, which is generally indicative of a decent record. The last song, aptly titled "No Regrets", is a foot stomping last-call, which sounds like one's last breaths expelled into a harmonica, the sporadic wheezing accompanied by your best friends' drunken sing-along; all this seemingly guiding you safely to bed, or the grave.
oh, and shit, you can play that whole bad boy over at their myspace:
MYSPACE
Buy from Sub Pop
Monday, January 21, 2008
One of my favorite bands, Black Moth Super Rainbow, has posted a demo for a song that might be on their next album titled "Eating Us." The bad news (what there's bad news??!) is that "Eating Us" won't be coming out until 2009. But wait! There is more good news too though! According to Tobacco, the man behind the trademark vocoder voice of BMSR, they will be consistently uploading demo's to their myspace for us BMSR junkies to listen to. oh joy!
BMSR myspace!
Thursday, January 17, 2008
The Depreciation Guild - Butterfly Kisses
The first experience I had with shoegazey type stuff was when I bought M83's dead cities... because I thought the cover was fantastic. After I actually listened to it I couldn't have been more happy that I had judged a book by its awesome cover. For Brooklyn, NY's The Depreciation Guild, I saw the words 'shoegaze,' '8-bit,' and 'experimental' tagged by it so... yeah. What followed was an m83 song whipped into shape with some 'pop-sensibility.' (That's a catch phrase that gets thrown around a lot right?) Anyways, this song is presumably about butterfly kisses, which I think most people can agree are quite wonderful. It's kind of like if M83, Broken Social Scene, and Mew (wtf?? right?) made a song together. Anyways, check it out. Their website is cool too, you can download the entire album for free in a zip file, maybe buy a t-shirt or throw some cash at em?
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Carcrashlander - Gold Sunset
carcrashlander is cory gray and a whole mess of other portland music-makers including laura gibson. i really dig this jam off his new s/t album available via www.parksandrecords.com for 8 bucks!
goldsunset.mp3
nrk, i like the way you work it. no diggity.
I occasionally get emails from 94.7 KNRK because they are an awesome radio station (or were, in the 90's when i listened to a lot of stone temple pilots and soundgarden). I received one today of particular importance:
"We need your help to bring Radiohead to Portland! As it stands right now, the band has dates in Seattle and San Francisco but that's as close as they're getting to the Rose City. You can help by simply emailing portlandwantsradiohead@gmail.com."
There you have it. Tell a friend, let's make it happen!
Also, in the same email a "bootleg" video from Spoon's show at the Crystal Ballroom way back when. peep it
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Portland Mix
had to get up early today, felt like crap, made 20 bucks, went to the record store, bought three used cds, thinking about napping, found this:
Download MP3
click below for track listing
Intro: DJ 1996 Olympixx + E*Rock
Parenthetical Girls - Love Connection Part 2
Sean P ft. T-Pain - You Ain't Know (Dirty)
Copy - Backward
Strategy - World House/Cam'ron - Mess With Me
Interlude: DJ 1996 Olympixx + E*Rock
Shakey Hands - Summer's Life
The Olympixxx - Funky 808 Breaks Intro
Panther - You Don't Want to Hear This (E*Rock RMX)
Coolie Dance Riddim
The Planet The - Arty Movie
Vitalic - Poney (Part 1)
B*retta - Untitled
Yacht - Platinum
South Rakkas - Carry Feelings
Copy - A Month
Glass Candy - Life After (E*Rock RMX)
The Blow - Hey Boy (Claps)
Chromatics - In The City
Nu Shooz - I Can't Wait [this is a classic from 1986 - #2 on the UK Charts, and a Portland based group!)
Adrian Orange - No Wonder
Outro: (Glass Candy - Intro)
Wednesday, January 09, 2008
Snoop Dogg - Sensual Seduction
I don't know how I missed this, but I'm pretty pissed off about it. "Sensual Seduction" is the new single of off Snoop Dogg's Ego Trippin' which is scheduled for release in March. The song and video work so well together. Seriously? Snoop Dogg SINGING through a vocoder? Not even in my wildest dreams...
Tuesday, January 08, 2008
wood-burning stove
found this interesting news item at the blog "dreams of horses":
Learn Guitar From Laura Veirs
it sounds kind of great, but i don't think my crush will translate into spending 50 dollars an hour. c'est la vie.
Monday, January 07, 2008
if you want to hear something, just yell
The Red River updated their myspace with all new songs. If you don't have Grassblades yet, sample it right here
Adrian Orange - It Ain't Me Baby
This is one of my favorite songs right now. No, it's not a cover of the Dylan classic of a similar title, but a song from Adrian Orange appearing on the "Second Marriage Records Compilation". Supplying the spare and baleful instrumentation one has come to expect, he sings "When i saw / your rosy cheeks in the wet air after the rain / Damn, Oh my god, gosh-dang". To read the lyrics is one thing, but to hear his voice descend into the impending darkness is another thing entirely.
Mp3:It Ain't Me Baby
PANTHER
By now, you've probably heard that Marty Crandall, the jokester / multi-instrumentalist of The Shins is in a whole mess of legal trouble regarding purported violence against his ex-gf. Seeing as though it's mostly gossipy and shitty all around, we won't discuss it any further.
Keep It Positive!
Portland band Panther has a new song out from their Feb. 22nd release 14 KT GOD.
It's called "Puerto Rican Jukebox" and you can listen to it here
Saturday, January 05, 2008
Red River, Green House
Local band A Weather has a video out for my favorite song of theirs "The Feather Test". Check it out!
oh, and the red river release show? yes, it was awesome -- those kids tore the roof off last night at the green house. so many horns, so much warmth (literally and figuratively). "Something Good" is the feel-good hit of 2008 and all-time, maybe. probably. as details of record availability/methods of purchase become available, we'll let you know.
Thursday, January 03, 2008
Scotch Mist - A Film With Radiohead In It
Well, here we have a video made by radiohead for New Years, it's quite long (almost and hour) and has all of the songs off of In Rainbows in it. One of the reasons radiohead is so great is because they are constantly doing stuff like this, it makes me wonder if any of them ever actually sleep... Entertaining for most people, obviously a must-view for any fanboy or fangurl.
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