Shiloe appeared on KUCI's Sound Session a couple weeks back to play a semi-acoustic set and pick out some tunes. The band was joined by Jesse Davis of The Karabal Nightlife on second guitar. Check out their setlist and a couple of MP3s courtesy of KUCI...Setlist:1. "Human Voices" (mp3)2. "What Happened to the World in Your Hands"3. "Character Witness" [break/interview]4. "Departure Song"5. "L...
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So Many Wizards - "Fly A Kite" from Ryan Maples on Vimeo.This video quite nicely displays what makes So Many Wizards so interesting and exciting. Frontguy Nima Kazerouni plays piano and sings into an old school microphone surrounded by antique furniture while accompanied by musicians on televisions. So Many Wizards play Bordello in LA on 3/4 with Tigers Can Bite You and Fulton Lights - N&UR a...
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MP3 - "Dying is Fine" - Ra Ra RiotThat is NOT what my view of Ra Ra Riot looked like last Friday, but more on that in a second. [Photo cred: cameronparkins]. After a slow Noise Pop week (the only thing I did was a happy hour on Thursday), I was determined to hit three events on Friday evening.My first stop was the happy hour at Benders which was being presented by my friends over at The Bay Br...
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N&UR is teaming up with Radio Free Silverlake to present an awesome show at Bordello in Los Angeles next Wednesday. The bill is headlined by our very own Tigers Can Bite You and also features the intriguing LA act, So Many Wizards, and a Brooklyn artist I like a great deal, Fulton Lights. RFSL's Joe Fielder will also be DJ'ing between bands. Bordello is located at 901 E 1st St.MP3 - "The Way...
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Fulton Lights is New York-based recording artist Andrew Spencer Goldman. Ninian Doff is a London-based artist, and director of this video. The two have, in fact, never met, but were able to create this video - which stars Goldman. "Through the magic of the internet machine and technology we overcame that slight geographical hitch," Doff says. During my recent interview with Goldman, I a...
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Since 1983, Russia's Mumiy Troll have been a unique musical force with their self-described "rockapops" sound - a combination of rock attitude and pop melodies. Not releasing their first official album until 1997, the band has gone from illegal underground shows in the last years of the Soviet Union to being dubbed "one of the most socially dangerous bands in the world" to being recognized in ...
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MP3 - "From the Hips" - CursiveHere at N&UR headquarters, we are always monitoring new ways artists and labels are releasing their albums. Saddle Creek is currently pre-releasing the digital version of Cursive's new album, Mama I'm Swollen. Today, it costs $1. Tomorrow it will be $2. Wednesday, $3 and so on and so forth until the album's actual release on March 10. Pre-ordering a physical ...
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You may remember Scout's baby picture from a couple weeks back. Here are some more adorable shots that will make your brain explode due to cuteness overload.
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This week is San Francisco's annual Noise Pop festival. All week we will be previewing Noise Pop shows that may have slipped past you.MP3 - "Lamb and the Lion" - The Mae ShiConclude your week of Noise Pop right by seeing one of LA's most exciting (and critically acclaimed bands) - The Mae Shi. The first time I saw The Mae Shi, it was 2004 at Pitzer College. They were a bit more of an artsy n...
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Gang of Four's Dave Allen said something at his Pampelmoose blog recently that really struck me - "the music industry is not hurting, it’s the cd business that is in decline."Allen advocates for bands to not put a price on their product and sometimes give it away because fans "will never forget the experience they had and they will tell their friends that you are the coolest band on earth for d.
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This week is San Francisco's annual Noise Pop festival. All week we will be previewing Noise Pop shows that may have slipped past you.MP3 - "The Hollows" - Why?You could seriously survive on a Noise Pop diet consisting strictly of free and early shows. Saturday, the Apple Store in downtown San Francisco plays host to a party sponsored by Terrorbird Media and XLR8R Magazine. The event is high...
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MP3 - "The Way We Ride" - Fulton LightsBrooklyn-based Fulton Lights take you on a layered, sonic journey on their latest record, The Way We Ride. Fulton Lights is the brainchild of Andrew Spencer Goldman, and the album was released last year on Catbird Records in pay-what-you-want fashion. The label's founder, Ryan Catbird, sums up the album nicely: "[T]here are some really intriguing juxtapo...
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This week is San Francisco's annual Noise Pop festival. All week we will be previewing Noise Pop shows that may have slipped past you.MP3 - "What Yr Used To Back At Home" - RademacherAnd after I hit up the Bay Bridged's happy hour, I am heading to this show. True to form, Fresno's Rademacher have been rather busy in 2009, touring with the Airborne Toxic Event and the Henry Clay People, and bl...
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This week is San Francisco's annual Noise Pop festival. All week we will be previewing Noise Pop shows that may have slipped past you.Need I introduce The Bay Bridged - the website and podcast I sometimes contribute to that puts all us other Bay Area bloggers to shame. Anyway, the Bay Bridged are hosting one of those Noise Pop happy hours that I love so much. On the bill, locals Maus Haus, T...
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N&UR is teaming up with Radio Free Silverlake to present an awesome show at Bordello in Los Angeles next Wednesday. The bill is headlined by our very own Tigers Can Bite You and also features the intriguing LA act, So Many Wizards, and a Brooklyn artist I like a great deal, Fulton Lights. RFSL's Joe Fielder will also be DJ'ing between bands. Bordello is located at 901 E 1st St.MP3 - "The Way...
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MP3 - "What It's All About" - The Bran FlakesYou know how, when you're a kid, certain forms of entertainment seem totally normal, but when you're an adult they seem really odd. That was how I felt watching Yellow Submarine as an adult, and that is how I feel about The Bran Flakes. The music is offbeat, but I am sure kids will go crazy for it. In fact, the Bran Flakes are the perfect meeting ...
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This week is San Francisco's annual Noise Pop festival. All week we will be previewing Noise Pop shows that may have slipped past you.MP3 - "Everytime" - Mike Relm feat. Del the Funky Homosapien & Adrian HartleyMike Relm is just the kind of artist we get really excited about at N&UR - an innovative producer working heavily with samples and in multiple mediums. Relm's live shows have become fa...
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This week is San Francisco's annual Noise Pop festival. All week we will be previewing Noise Pop shows that may have slipped past you.MP3 - "Pushing and Shoving" - Man/MiracleOne of my favorite aspects of Noise Pop - if not my favorite aspect - are the free early shows and happy hours happening daily. Each weekday the festival will be hosting a happy hour at Bender's, each stocked with loads ...
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Some of our readers may know Drake as Aubrey Graham who plays Jimmy on Degrassi. As of late, Graham has been hanging out a lot with Lil Wayne and honing his MC skills. Back on Valentine's Day, he dropped his latest mixtape, So Far Gone. With its inspired choice of beats and samples (Peter Bjorn and John, Santogold, Kanye, Lykke Li), it's clear that Drake wants to blaze new ground in Weezy/Ye...
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MP3 - "Wasted Love" - Run Dan RunRun Dan Run are a Charleston-based band whom I discovered through my friends over at We Like It.Indie. While the band doesn't appear to be hitting up the West Coast in the near future, I'm still enjoying their new EP, 27 Coming St. a good deal. The 5-song acoustic EP was recorded in a member's living room, giving it an intimate feel. At the same time, there i...
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