Well last nights show was kinda weird. Apparently some people arrived late and that set off a chain of events that I can only describe as.... boring. I arrived late myself with the expectation that everything would start late as per the usual at The Rhythm Room the last few shows, but it was WAY latter than normal. But once they opened the doors around nine it wasn't so bad because I am a peopl...
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Photos: Atlas Sound & Broadcast @ The Rhythm Room 11/5/09
Video: Grizzly Bear - "Ready, Able"
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Grizzly Bear's music videos are always a little unsettling. It's cool though; I'll take unsettling over boring any day of the week. Here is the video for "Ready, Able" off of Veckatimest. The video was directed by Allison Schulnik.Shawn Says:Ready, Able was my favorite track off Veckatimes I think...shit they are all awesome but yea, Ready, Able is my fav...I think ;-) But this video is rad ...
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Video: Grizzly Bear "Ready, Able"
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Ready, Able was my favorite track off Veckatimes I think...shit they are all awesome but yea, Ready, Able is my fav...I think ;-) But this video is rad as hell! with all the melting stuff and water and stuff melting into water. I wonder how many candles were harmed in the making of this film that Grizzly Bear provided the music for?
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Video: Black Lips "Drugs" on Carson Daly
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I had NOOOO idea that Carson Daly still had a show. I am assuming it's still on after the show that is after the Tonight Show? If I am ever up that late I am definitely doing something infinitely more important than watching Carson Daly, stuff like dressing up my Build a Bear's or "smashing all the feeling out of my legs with a wooden mallet"... You know, things that are more exciting than Cars...
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Photos: Crystal Antlers & Black Carl @ Yucca (The Vice Party Yo)
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If I was the type of person that had regrets in life and I DIDN'T go to this show last night I would be kicking myself in my own self's ass right now. The free drinks were great, Black Carl is only getting better every time I see them and The Crystal Antlers made me 10% more deaf than I was before despite wearing earplugs. I am not a huge "DJ" guy but even Pickster One and Tricky T were making ...
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The Official Shotgun Rules
I used to have this friend, Justin, who use to call "shotgun for life" whenever we would go anywhere. Goddamn that shit was annoying. The majority of our lunch time conversations would be debates over the validity of calling for shotgun for life. Any decent, normal American knows that you absolutely can not call shotgun for life. Well, if you're one of those assholes who call shotgun for li...
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Crystal Antlers & Black Carl Tonight! Don't Forget to RSVP
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Crystal Antlers @ The Rhythm Room 6/8/09Vice Magazine and Hornitos are putting on another shindig tonight at Yucca Tap Room. Crystal Antler and Black Carl are playing. Best of all it's FREE and BESTER of all there is free booze! It's tequilla but it's TOP SHELF TEQUILLA and it's FREE! Have I mentioned that all of this is FREE? Let's sum this all up here...Two great bands, free booze and as prev...
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Video: Dirty Projectors "No Intention" on SIRIUS XMU
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The Dirty Projectors amaze me with their pitch perfect (literally) ability to recreate their harmonizing style in a live setting as you can hear/see for yourself in the above video from the Sirius XMU session that they did recently.
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Lightspeed Champion Announces New Album
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If you were as big a fan as I was of the album Falling Off the Lavender Bridge from Lightspeed Champion you'll be pleased to know that Dev Hynes aka Lightspeed Champion will be releasing his follow up this February. The new album, Life is Sweet! Nice To Meet You will be available February 16th, 2010 on Domino. Above you can find a preview of the first single off of the new album "Marlene." I...
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Video: Audion "Hecatomb"
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I don't always listen to electronic music but when I do it's best served when smashed in with a shit ton of people inside a large dark room in London. There isn't any real music in this video and you can totally tell that the people are hearing a totally different song...if you want to hear what an actual Audion song sounds like check out the video after the break.
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An Apology To Julian Casablancas
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A few months back I wrote a little blurb about how much I had enjoyed all of the side projects that the members of The Strokes had put out during their hiatus. At the time the only member not to have a released album via a solo or side band was Julian Casablancas. A short time later the Julian Casablancas solo album was announced and I assumed that this new material would be just as good or p...
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Video: The Antlers "The Kettering" (Fan Video)
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Pretty great fan video for one of the best songs of the year. Thanks to Muzzle of Bees for tracking this gem down. And thanks to computers and lunch boxes.
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mp3: Passion Pit Remix Max Tundra "Which Song"
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This remix of Max Tundra's "Which Song" is a real gas if you ask me fella! Have a gander at both versions one after another and pick your side! Max Tundra - "Which Song"(Passion Pit Remix)Max Tundra - "Which Song"(Original)Thanks to popular internet site Stereogum for hosting these mp3's
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Video: A Tribe Called Quest - "Find A Way"
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I love when you randomly stumble across a song you have not heard in years. I associate memories with music more so than anything else, so when I heard this song for the first time in almost 11 years it brought back some pleasant memories of high school for me. I remember bumping this track for all my friends in my high school parking lot and thinking I was cooler than shit. So for no reason...
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mp3: Soft Drink "Lackadaisy"
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Up until I saw Soft Drink last week when they opened up for Kurt Vile they were unknown to me and my ears but that changed...you know after I saw them open for Kurt Vile...were you not paying attention? The moral of this story is that they were really good and were kind enough give me a compact disc with the song called "Lackadaisy" on it. "Lackadaisy" fucking rocks. I don't know what else to s...
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Crystal Antlers + Vice + Free Booze = ?????
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This party is going to be what you make of it. It just like in Kindergarten when you and all the other kids where given the same two paper plates, cup of beans, Popsicle sticks, glitter and glue. At the end of the day some kids were taking home something there parents would be proud of and others had spent the whole day eating paste. Wait a minute...I have totally lost where this analogy is eve...
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New Music Tuesday: The King Khan &BBQ Show, Julian Casablancas, Little Dragon and Morissey
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Today is a fair to moderate day of new releases. The standout for me is The King Khan & BBQ Show (who are coming to Phoenix in a couple of weeks). I have only heard a couple of songs of the The Strokes frontman Julian Casablancas' new and first solo effort but I dig them in a 80's nostalgic sort of way. The Nirvana live album with be good I am sure but just as good as any other Nirvana live alb...
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Video: Megafaun - "Impressions of the Past"
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North Carolina trio Megafaun won us over fairly easily when we saw them open for Bon Iver this past September at the Mesa Arts Center. The band just released a new video for their song "Impressions of the Past" which comes of the groups latest LP Gather, Form And Fly.
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