The Rawking Refuses to Stop

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  Ravens & Chimes

Ravens & Chimes | photo by David GreenwaldI saw the Boredoms and friends (all 88 of 'em) perform at 88Boadrum and finally posted shots from Ravens & Chimes' Spaceland gig.I wondered about the impact of the straight-to-softcover Pitchfork 500 on the critical landscape.News jamz department: Roommate, Faded Paper Figures.Paris Hilton is running for President.~~

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  The Boredoms

Three of the Los Angeles installment of 88Boadrum's 88 minutes above and a minute of Zach Hill (he of the octopus arms) after the jump. Madness, right? See my photos here. [Continue reading...]~~

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  The Boredoms

All photos by David Greenwald88 drummers. 88 minutes. If I'd been stoned, I probably would've spent the Boredoms' 88Boadrum event seeing the face of God; as was, shit was pretty epic. Kudos to the Boredoms for composing an 88-minute drone marathon that wasn't boring and even more kudos to the 88 drummers, who hammered away for an hour-and-a-half with the enthusiasm of Olympic athletes -- and to...

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  Zach Hill

--- - |- I assume you already have your tickets for the Boredoms ' latest shenanigans, which are going down tonight at the La Brea Tar Pits. I'm looking forward to the part about 20 minutes in when dinosaurs and saber-tooth tigers tear themselves out of the muck and eat every hipster in Los Angeles and/or inspire the next wave of indie band names. You can peep more footage fro...

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  Kraftwerk

I haven't heard much talk yet about The Pitchfork 500, the website's "Guide to the Greatest Songs from Punk to Present," due out in November (in softcover -- bummer). If we presume they're starting in 1977, this tome's very existence offers some significant commentary on the state of modern rock criticism.1) Fuck Baby Boomers, this is a book for our generation, maaaan. And yet, by hopping on Ro...

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  Ryan Adams
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  Easy Tiger

--- - |- The "Ryan Adams Plays Everywhere But Los Angeles" tour kicks off in a couple weeks and are potentially in support of a rumored new Cardinals album where Ryan will share vocal and songwriting duties with his bandmates. So, uh, kind of a bummer of a post, huh? Dates after the jump. [Continue reading...] 08-23 San Francisco, CA - Fillmore 08-26 Seattle, WA - WaMu Theater * 08-27 Va...

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  Ravens & Chimes

All photos by David GreenwaldRavens & Chimes were booked second in a four-band lineup at Spaceland but they got pushed to the end of the night, which meant I hung out at the bar and drank Chimay for an extra couple hours. Not a bad Monday night. It got even better when the group, one of my favorites of the last couple years, took the stage. They tore through razor-sharp versions of songs from R...

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  Roommate
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  New Steam

There's always room for a little spook-rock on The Rawking Refuses To Stop! and Roommate 's We Are Enchanted is our latest haunter. Kent Lambert's doom-bringing lead vocals bear the same weird weight as those of John Vanderslice or Division Day 's Rohner Segnitz, eerie and ghost-light but still forceful enough to be the center of attention. The band shares a number of musical similarities wit...

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  Wilco
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  Being There
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  One Wing

Any Wilco set that opens and closes with Being There tracks is worth your time (and bandwith), but the band's Lollapalooza gig also found them dropping a hot new tune, "One Wing." Download the gig track by track at You Ain't No Picasso or via Megaupload on Mystic Chords of Memory . (Wilco @ Lollapalooza 2006* photo by 5500 ) *corrected~~

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  Faded Paper Figures
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  Dynamo
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  B Film

--- - |- I have a rule about listening to every band that takes the time and trouble to e-mail me (prominent placement on ye old Rawkblog ain't exactly the fast track to blogosphere domination, fellas). Most of them, predictably, aren't very good, but the exceptions often wow me. Faded Paper Figures are the latest to do so. Their debut, Dynamo , recalls the indie/electro hybrid of the Main ...

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  Radiohead
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  In Rainbows

Pitchfork's managed to diss Hail to the Thief, In Rainbows, A Ghost is Born AND Sky Blue Sky in the last couple days of Lolla coverage, which is just absurd even considering P4k's general unwarranted, incomprehensible post-Yankee Hotel Foxtrot backlash.Somebody tell me that dudes were awesome.Update: Judging by the rad new song Wilco played, the show must've incinerated faces and lobotomized mo...

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  Jon Brion

Photo by David GreenwaldBilly Joel's oft-ignored The Stranger entered The Canon, Examined.I posted new jamz from The Tallest Man on Earth, Mount Eerie with Julie Doiron and Fred Squire, and an accompanying Mt. Eerie video from the Rawkblog.tv archives.Jon Brion went to Amoeba; I went to the American Apparel Flea Market.Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist looks like the best movie ever made, judg...

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  Grizzly Bear

Hear 'em on Stereogum.~~

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  Mount Eerie
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  Lost Wisdom

A darker take on the song that's become "Flaming Home," which I blogged on yesterday~~

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  Mount Eerie
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  Let's Get Out of the Romance

Photo by David Greenwald Call this new collaboration with Julie Doiron whatever you want, Phil Elverum , but it's totally the song formerly known as "Let's Get Out Of the Romance" -- a gem of Phil's '03 tour that appeared on the Singers LP and probably elsewhere in various forms. This is its best yet. Elverum's voice quivers and nervously holds hands with Doiron's own frail melody, and the...

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  The Hold Steady
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  Stay Positive

If you haven't heard one of the year's best albums yet and you're on the fence about seeing the band's sure-to-be-life-altering live show (tonight: Hold Steady vs. my ears, round 1), it's about time to fix that. ~~

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