Straight from the electro-horse's mouth! Junior Boys themselves have revealed (at the 4:00 mark) that the follow-up to 2006's totally great So This Is Goodbye will be out in January 2009. Dudes should just do a full album collaboration with Cut Copy so I don't have to keep going back and forth. And a blogger can dream -- when I interviewed singer Jeremy Greenspan last year, he said their third ...
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Not mine. I wasn't there, but the band certainly looks loud -- how were they the last couple nights? (You guys missed a great Kurt Wagner gig at the Echoplex, photos on the way.) And feel free to pass along any videos where the white noise sounds more, um, musical.
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I'm about as much of a fan of the Black Keys' two-man garage blues as a guy who spends most of his afternoons listening to Belle & Sebastian can be, but the Akron, Ohio band's performance at Sunset Junction was simply wanting.Far from the explosive sunset set that turned me onto them at Arthurfest three years ago, the band did everything right -- fiery vocals, gritty guitar work, boozy energy -...
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Photo by Austin KleonIknow that it's trueit's gonna be a good year.Oh, I'm just like youI never hear the bad news.The Walkmen - "In The New Year": mp3***Looking for new music? Click below for more recent and upcoming 2008 releases, or visit our MP3-filled Album Release Calendar.
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Alright, so 10 Things About You, like too many of the teen comedies I loved as an earnest youth, has aged about as well as McCain's campaign suspension. But luckily '90s pop never grows old, and Letters To Cleo's post-Lillith power-pop rings as loud and true as it did over the 10 Things closing credits. (P.S. Awwwww, Heath.) The band will play the Roxy on November 8 as part of a three-date reun...
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Photo by David GreenwaldI suppose I like the Clientele songs where Alasdair sings songs about fucking better than the ones about faces in the trees and going to bed, but one has to wonder if the band could pull off an album of 'em. That Night, A Forest Grew is a halfway attempt, an EP of slinky grooves and guitar solos that's about as sexy as the Clientele ever get. It turns out something's los...
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Ryan Adams finally coming back to L.A.: Unfortunately it's on another leg of the Oasis tour, which wouldn't be unfortunate -- it would be mega! -- if the bands weren't playing Staples Center. Then again, I'm probably madferit enough to shell out for floor seats anyway. They'll be here December 4. [Via Pitchfork ]
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In celebration/promotion of sure-to-be adorable rom-dram Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist, newly minted romantic lead (and Rawkblog hero) Michael Cera has tallied up his own five-album playlist for MySpace. Peep dude's favorites after the jump. [Continue reading...]Harry Nilsson - The Point!Weezer - PinkertonThe Unicorns - Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone?Islands - Return To The SeaThe Bea...
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In celebration/promotion of sure-to-be adorable rom-dram Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist, newly minted romantic lead (and Rawkblog hero) Michael Cera has tallied up his own five-album playlist for MySpace. Peep dude's favorites after the jump. [Continue reading...]Harry Nilsson - The Point!Weezer - PinkertonThe Unicorns - Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone?Islands - Return To The SeaThe Bea...
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I've noticed a trend of naive -- I'm presuming they're naive; presumably they think they're jaded -- young college students spitting in the face of Los Angeles' possibilities just as they've become old enough to explore them. L.A. is shallow! they cry. It's a black hole covered in glitter! This is the stuff of smoky balcony conversations and drunken Facebook wall posts.This may apply to Kress a...
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I've noticed a trend of naive -- I'm presuming they're naive; presumably they think they're jaded -- young college students spitting in the face of Los Angeles' possibilities just as they've become old enough to explore them. L.A. is shallow! they cry. It's a black hole covered in glitter! This is the stuff of smoky balcony conversations and drunken Facebook wall posts. This may apply to Kre...
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8.1 for Gentleman Jesse: After yours blogly predicted that Pitchfork would "miss the boat" on Gentleman Jesse & His Men, the '08 heirs to the Exploding Hearts' lo-fi power-pop throne cracked an 8 review yesterday. Awesome; I'd love to take credit for pointing them in the right direction but taste-making 'Fork-associated forum Hipinion (not to mention Gorilla Vs. Bear) has been all over these g...
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See more Sarah Silverman videos at Funny or DieSarah on the similarities between Jewish grandparents and black people: "All their friends are dying." Five stars.
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I watched the first episode of the new 90210 the other day -- research, honest -- and was pretty surprised to see a Division Day sticker, considering, as Jessica Stroup's Silver says, they have like 8 fans. And presumably all of us are reading this post right now, so let's hope this sticker pushes Los Angeles' best unknown band over the top, Death Cab style -- although at least The OC had the c...
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I watched the first episode of the new 90210 the other day -- research, honest -- and was pretty surprised to see a Division Day sticker, considering, as Jessica Stroup's Silver says, they have like 8 fans. And presumably all of us are reading this post right now, so let's hope this sticker pushes Los Angeles' best unknown band over the top, Death Cab style -- although at least The OC had the c...
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A few weeks back, I posted a video of a young, glorious Chad VanGaalen doing a stupid human trick on Letterman, in which another dude crawled on him. Chad himself -- or an anonymous commenter who wrote, "It's Chad," which is good enough for me -- chimed in over the weekend and sorta explained how he ended up being a human totem pole."It was the night of the Grammys and Cher was the headliner on...
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By now you've read Pitchfork's hearty pan of Airborne Toxic Event's debut album and seen the band's, well, unfortunate but heartfelt response. Since my blogger New Year's resolution is going to be "Stop talking about Pitchfork so as to help remove them from their ungainly spot at the center of the critical conversation," I wasn't going to weigh in on this -- I don't think the Airborne Toxic Eve...
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By now you've read Pitchfork's hearty pan of Airborne Toxic Event's debut album and seen the band's, well, unfortunate but heartfelt response. Since my blogger New Year's resolution is going to be "Stop talking about Pitchfork so as to help remove them from their ungainly spot at the center of the critical conversation," I wasn't going to weigh in on this -- I don't think the Airborne Toxic Eve...
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I get dozens of e-mails a day about new bands. I delete 90% of them (sorry, PR dudes, I'm on vacay), but (((Eagle Winged Palace))) have such a catastrophically absurd name that I couldn't throw them into the trash bin without a listen. They sound like a couple of musical theater kids who heard Yellow House and had a Garden State experience. Which is to say, they play pretty, harmony-laden folk ...
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According to this extremely dubious British Web site , Ryan Adams ' next album will not be a Ryan Adams album -- it'll be billed under just Cardinals -- and it's due out October 27. A boy can dream. In the meantime, the band's been playing new songs and they sound like Cold Roses after a bowl of oatmeal, which I guess isn't a major revelation. Dude's gotta get his fiber. Here's the best of them...
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