Gazette Sept 23
What's Hot on MOG
Photos: Treasure Island Fest With Vampire Weekend, The Raconteurs
Mogger brittanybf reports on both days at San Francisco's groovy Treasure Island Music Festival. She saw Hot Chip, Goldfrapp, TV on the Radio, Justice, Fleet Foxes, Vampire Weekend and many more. Read her thoughts on day one, and then, day two.
Video blogs: Kate Earl and Rachel Yamagata
Kate Earl gives a peek into the NYC studio where she's working on her upcoming album. Kate also calls Stevie Wonder's private line.
Plus: Rachael Yamagata shares a song
New on MOGtv
Exclusive Interview: Drive-By Truckers
Don't miss our interview with Drive-By Truckers' front-man Patterson Hood. He talks about Brighter Than Creation's Dark, the band's near-break-up and resulting rebirth, the music he's been digging and much more.
Link: Drive-By Truckers clip: the new album, re-birth
Link: Drive-By Truckers clip: music they love
Featured Post
Reflecting on GZA/The Genius & His Latest Album, "Pro Tools"
Mogger Dead C writes: GZA/The Genius, from the infamous Wu-Tang Clan, is still on tour and his latest album, Pro Tools (Baby Grande), is still fairly new, but the particular performance that I saw took place on the 26th of last month, and I was seriously beginning to wonder if the topic was getting stale. It's true, I almost abandoned this review until I remembered this quote that I had read from GZA himself: "I'm not one to write a rhyme in thirty minutes." Read More.
Music News of the Week
Neil Young's Bridge School Benefit Line-Up Announced
Mon Sept 22, 2008
View it now: http://mog.com/Charley_Rogulewski/blog/199068
RIP: Earl Palmer, Hall of Fame Drummer
Mon Sept 22, 2008
http://mog.com/blog_post/content/318/199001
Wilco, Weezer Recording Soon
Mon Sept 22, 2008
http://mog.com/blog_post/content/206/199083
Mogwai's Martin Bulloch Hospitalized: Tour Canceled
Mon Sept 22 2008
http://mog.com/blog_post/content/318/199381
Jack White, Jimmy Page & The Edge Stop, Collaborate & Listen
Fri Sept 19 2008
http://mog.com/Charley_Rogulewski/blog/197916
Gorillaz Creators Announce Plans For Third Gorillaz Album
Fri Sept 19 2008
http://mog.com/blog_post/content/23943/197715
Tire Blow-out Possible Reason for Travis Barker & DJ AM Plane Crash
Mon Sept 22 2008
http://mog.com/Charley_Rogulewski/blog/199056
Elvis Costello does a Jools Holland with new TV show
Wed Sept 17 2008
http://mog.com/blog_post/content/22763/196405
Doctors Say Amy Winehouse May Have Brain Damage, Likely Won't Survive Another OD
Wed Sept 17 2008
http://mog.com/mollifire/blog/196656
Pearl Jam's Stone Gossard Plants Trees & Writes Some New Solo Music
Thu Sept 18 2008
http://mog.com/Charley_Rogulewski/blog/197412
Album Reviews of the Week
Artist: Jenny Lewis
Album: Acid Tongue
Sun Sept 21 2008
Joxley: "Listening to Rilo Kiley's Under the Blacklight, it would be easy to assume Jenny Lewis was an out and out city girl - it is a record that plunges through the grime and detritus of the sprawling metropolis, unearthing players, pornstars and countless other villains. Yet Lewis' solo albums, the second of which sees release Stateside on Tuesday, are a much more Mid-Western affair."
More: http://mog.com/Joxley/blog/198840
Check out Joxley's music collection
http://mog.com/music_collection/full_list/19/5437
Artist: Brazilian Girls
Album: New York City
Wed Sept 17 2008
pinkertonwasbetter: "Remember the time you discovered Pop Rocks as a kid - the first time you tore open the package, emptied out all those colorful sugar crystals into your hand, threw your head back and opened your mouth not knowing what to expect? Remember how wide your eyes got as the tiny crystals bounced around the inside of your mouth, and the tingling, sweet sensation on your tongue? I liken my first time listening to Brazilian Girls to eating Pop-Rocks: fun, pleasantly surprising, and deliciously entertaining."
More: http://mog.com/pinkertonwasbetter/blog/196516
Check out pinkertonwasbetter's music collection
http://mog.com/music_collection/full_list/19/186776
Artist: Constantines
Album: Kensington Heights
Sun Sept 21 2008
sageturk: "Drone-rockers' newest album balances one with a tad too much of the other. Which is which depends on your taste. This two person review is by Sage T. and Ethan E."
More: http://mog.com/sageturk/blog/198903
Artist: All Shall Perish
Album: Awaken the Dreamers
Tue Sept 16 2008
MetalSucks: "As you've probably heard, All Shall Perish's new album, Awaken the Dreamers, is slower and less brutal than its predecessors, Hate.Malice.Revenge and The Price of Existence - but it's less brutal the way getting punched in the face is ultimately somewhat preferable to getting kicked in the nuts."
More: http://mog.com/blog_post/content/22055/195859
Artist: Ray LaMontagne
Album: Gossip in the Grain
Wed Sept 17 2008
incurablyerin: "Ray LaMontagne is an artist with a "new sound" in the grand scheme of music today. Well, a new sound that consists of a cauldron full of "old sounds" — which seems to be a popular trend so far in century number twenty-one (see: Amy Winehouse, Madeleine Peyroux, Andrew Bird, Joss Stone, et al)."
More: http://mog.com/incurablyerin/blog/196589
Check out incurablyerin's music collection
http://mog.com/music_collection/full_list/19/302298
Artist: Chad Van Gaalen
Album: Soft Airplane
Tiny Mix Tapes: "Three albums into an already fruitful and prolific career, Chad VanGaalen's Soft Airplane is easily the strongest, most direct collection of tunes the Calgary, Alberta songwriter has put to tape. His two previous Sub Pop releases, 2004's Infiniheart and 2006's Skelliconnection, were wonderful, sprawling home-recorded documents, filled with the sort of simple emotive introspection that any genuine singer-songwriter can employ with ease."
More: http://mog.com/blog_post/content/318/196461
Word of MOG
Conor Oberst and Jenny Lewis in Nashville!
Mon Sept 22 2008
bohemianlullaby: "I'll start with the first of many 'almosts' of my interesting trip to Nashville for the Jenny Lewis and Conor Oberst show. I was ten seconds away from meeting both Jenny Lewis and Johnathan Rice. Now before you jump to conclusions and assume I was stalking them, you should know that summer eyes and I were innocently driving around downtown Nashville, trying to find a Wal-Mart. As we cruised by the river, she pointed out a couple on the walk. She was a petite redhead with a flowy hippie dress on, and he, clad in an uber-tight black shirt, had mousy brown hair almost as long as hers. Complete with matching Ray-Bans."
More: http://mog.com/bohemianlullaby/blog/199370
Interview: Mogwai's Stuart Braithwaite
Tue Sept 16 2008
Tiny Mix Tapes: "The guys in Mogwai thought we had a phone interview. I stood outside of Portland's Roseland Theater on a glorious late summer day, dialing the number the tour manager had given me. Someone answered, and I told them I was there to interview Mogwai."
More: http://mog.com/blog_post/content/318/195793
Our Band Could Be Your Life - Independent Music Fans Must Read This
Wed Sept 17 2008
Eric5776: "Rarely do I read a book that strikes me enough to MOG about, let alone that becomes such a staple to a genre of music that it deserves a plug on MOG. The book, Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes From The American Indie Underground, 1981-1991 by Michael Azerrad is a fantastic archive of 13 of the most important independent acts of the 80's."
More: http://mog.com/Eric5776/blog/196438
Check out Eric5776's music collection
http://mog.com/music_collection/full_list/19/33540
David Byrne Live 9/18/08 with Video
Thu Sept 18 2008
Quarterlifeparty: "Megan Lavelle is a friend of quarterlifeparty and had the chance to check out David Byrne at the lyric last night. She was also awesome enough to capture some video. I just had the privilege of celebrating my birthday (although a day late) with a couple of friends and a live performance from David Byrne."
More: http://mog.com/blog_post/content/23463/197327
A MOG Wars Epilogue: To the Victor Goes the Spoils
Sat Sept 19 2008
Groon: "So, after weeks of cajoling and pleading with Chris/Control/I Am/Without Guile to send me my booty, I eventually forgot all about it. I turned my attention instead to running my new, vast kingdom, enforcing new and stringent music rules upon the masses, and fathering hordes of li'l vikings who will won day grow up and vanquish even more of my enemies."
More: http://mog.com/Groon/blog/198380
TRL is Done; R. Kelly is Still an Idiot
Thu Sept 18 2008
The Round Table: "So when the news that TRL was (finally!) being canceled, I knew my RT topic for the week was on lock. Then, I'm watching TV last night and see a teaser from an interview Toure, pop culture correspondent for BET, conducted with the recently (read: wrongly) acquitted R.Kelly."
More: http://mog.com/blog_post/content/23443/197287
About the Flobots
Thu Sept 18 2008
contemporary: "I remember first hearing "Handlebars" while listening to the radio in my car. I've mostly given up on radio but that day I didn't feel like listening to any of the CD's that I had with me. So the DJ introduced "Handlebars," saying that it was a new song by a band from Colorado that had won a local radio contest."
More: http://mog.com/contemporary/blog/197302
Conor Oberst & The Mystic Valley Band on World Café: Listen here!
Tue Sept 16 2008
Anyone's Guess: "Conor Oberst visited the World Cafe today to talk about and play a few songs from his new self-titled album with The Mystic Valley Band. You can hear the entire thirty-minute interview and set, in which Oberst discusses, among other things, writing songs, mainstream acceptance & accolades, veganism & eating locally, and politics."
More: http://mog.com/blog_post/content/22715/196367
Martha Wainwright Live
Wed Sept 17 2008
Mainstream Isn't So Bad…Is It?: "On Sunday night I had the good fortune to catch Martha Wainwright perform live at the Iron Horse Music Hall in Northampton, MA. For those of you not familiar with the venue, when I had first heard that she was playing there I was somewhat surprised she would be stopping in such a small place."
More: http://mog.com/blog_post/content/22777/196413
Girl Talk, The Death Set, Passion Pit Live in Boston
Sat Sept 20 2008
Enough Cowbell: "In between each of their songs The Death Set had samples of popular songs played over the PA. Artists such as Lil' Wayne and MIA were broadcast to the audience to keep everyone's energy up while the band retools for their next song. One fellow concert goer, fed up with The Death Set and itching for Girl Talk managed to shout in a fit of frustration a seemingly clever quote - at least by his own estimation. He yelled, for all to hear: 'Play your own music!' Sublime irony."
More: http://mog.com/blog_post/content/25099/199069
My Puny Little Record Collection
Thu Sept 18 2008
Glorious Noise: "Three years ago I gave away my entire vinyl collection. But I retained visitation rights. Find out which 50 records (out of ~1,000) I decided to reclaim and take home."
More: http://mog.com/blog_post/content/206/197267
Dosomething.org for My Birthday
Wed Sept 17 2008
Kate Earl: "I'm back in atlanta. I have a beautiful room at an old hotel. We will be collecting footage on a proper camera. I am happy. It's a bit cooler at night. I welcome the fall. It's a magical time for me."
More: http://mog.com/Kate_Earl/blog/196627
My Meeting with Emo Indie God Ben Gibbard of Death Cab For Cutie
Thu Sept 18 2008
cyberred: "The plan was, that I take three days off to head down to Singapore and if there was a press conference, I would hop in and at least bow down to the greatness that is Death Cab For Cutie from afar. Dawn then shared that we might get an interview and I ran by the boss if they wanted the story. I got the green flag and I was down on the Sunday, 10 Aug."
More: http://mog.com/cyberred/blog/196979
Check out cyberred's music collection
http://mog.com/music_collection/full_list/19/190050
An Open Letter to Pitchfork from The Airborne Toxic Event
Thu Sept 18 2008
Carry You Away: "A couple fellow music blogs have posted up this, and after giving it a read over, as well as the review in question, I felt compelled to do the same. The guys who make up the group The Airborne Toxic Event was given a 1.6 rating from the indie-music website, to which they had the following reply."
More: http://mog.com/blog_post/content/23361/197229
Washington DC, WRGW, Jammin Java
Thu Sept 18 2008
Your Vegas: "Yo everyone! Coyle here. I don't usually do these, but what the hell, here we go. Hope you're all having a delicious Thursday! We're back recording new songs! All very exciting and they're sounding rather splendid if I do say so myself. I'm taking a 30-minute break from writing lyrics. So yesterday saw us head down to Washington, DC to the George Washington University to hit the collage radio station WRGW."
More: http://mog.com/Your_Vegas/blog/197579
Mogger of the Week
Say hello to Jules09!
Jules09 may still be in high school, but aided by the boring drone of radio music and the need for real music, she's already gone through many phases of music obsession. When she was thirteen years old she says, "I raided my dad's collection of CDs and took The Who's <i>Ultimate Collection</i>. It blew my mind, it was like nothing I had ever heard before. This was music of substance!" From there she discovered The Clash, and as "a suburban, St. Louis kid" she made <i>London Calling</i> the soundtrack to her life.
"The best band I found out about through MOG, hands down, is The National," says Jules09. "You know [how] in 'Garden State' Natalie Portman said that The Shins would change your life? She was wrong. The National will." She refers to <i>Boxer</i> and <i>Alligator</i> as "classic" albums. For her "straight-up rock and roll" she looks no further than Kings of Leon. "Their lyrics are what you'd expect, about chasing girls and shot glasses, but not everyone needs to write like Voltaire to get the message across. Good stuff."
Schoolwork might interfere with Jules09 posting as often as she wishes she could, but it doesn't get in the way of the amount of live concerts she's seen just this year. "I'm probably most happy that I got to see Muse in a venue with about 1500 other people, and then later hearing they sold out Wembley Stadium. But seeing Modest Mouse twice (and both times with Johnny Marr, no less!), British Sea Power tearing up a small local club, The Mars Volta playing for literally three hours straight, and Radiohead (what else really needs to be said about Radiohead?) in less than a year has made 2008 the best concert year for me so far."
Stop by and say hi to Jules09!
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