Usually when I go to a show the purpose is to see a specific band. There are goals for the show, such as to hear a specific song, or finally see so and so band live. Last week though, Chris and I went to a show just out of curiosity about the bands and the venue itself. The show, at the very alternative and fun Club Passim in Harvard Square, was an EP release party for the newly christened Tiny...
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Tiny Mtns, Mr. Sister and The Points North 7/30 @ Club Passim Cambridge
What Do Phoenix, Dent May, and Riceboy Sleeps Have In Common? Years!
Coincidentally, I've become hooked on a number (<-- haha this is a pun that you will get in a minute) of songs with numbers in them. Four digits numbers, in fact, or as the French call theme, "years". The best song to ever be created in this genre, no arguments allowed, is Neutral Milk Hotel's "Holland, 1945". That song, my friends, is awesomeness embodied.Some other year-centric songs, however...
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Memory Monday
As some of you may already know, Bicycle by Memory Tapes is probably my favorite track of the summer thus far. It really has everything that I could ever want. Memory Cassette, who participates in Memory Tapes, has a new EP out entitled Call & Response that is accompanied by a remix EP. All tracks involved are phenomenal pieces of music. Last One Awake features a ghostly and addictive bell line...
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Free Concert Today... With Passion Pit!
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The Very Best Remixes...Of The Very Best
I know these remixes have been all over the interwebs, but I couldn't pass up an opportunity to pass on two completely awesome re-takes of an already bumpin' song.We here at TSRE aren't shy about proclaiming our love for the Esau Mwamwaya/Radioclit collaboration that is The Very Best. Their debut LP, set to drop on Green Owl this fall, is outrageously good. And "Warm Heart of Africa" is one of ...
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Songs I've Slept On/Better With Age: Karen O and N.A.S.A, Eyedea & Abilities
Have you ever had this happen to you? Step 1. Listen to a song enough that it gets really really stuck in your head, but don't pay attention to the song name/artist.Step 2. Find yourself singing the song to yourself later and have literally ZERO idea where you know the song from, what song it is, what artist it is, or anything at all identifiable about it.Step 3. Search through your 50 most rec...
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A Look Back: Endtroducing...
I probably will not be able to do justice to the idea that I would like to express here, but anyways here it goes. I have been ruminating recently on the idea of nature vs. nurture in my musical evolution and subsequently about the music that helped form the basis of my current musical tastes. While not relying very heavily on the standard classics, Depeche Mode, Midnight Oil and Aerosmith reso...
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Because It Bears Repeating: Listen To Jovi Rockwell
Gotta put some love out for this chica, Jovi Rockwell. I posted about her a couple weeks ago, but she definitely deserves some more facetime. I don't know too much about her - she's 22 years old, from Kingston, Jamaica, and completely blows up the songs she's on. I've only heard a handful of her tracks, but they bump like few others.Plus, it's definitely cool to hear a female voice in reggae th...
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Thom Yorke Makes Everything Seem Alright
Man, anytime Thom Yorke does something you can pretty much guarantee that it will be newsworthy. He's playing a live gig. He's doing a song for the Twilight movie. He's recording a cover for a cool compilation. Here's the thing though - it's newsworthy because it's probably really freaking good. That live show would have been amazing to see. The song for New Moon will probably be really dope. A...
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Monsters of Sunday
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Meursault Returns... And There Was Much Rejoicing
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A little surprise recently appeared in my inbox from Meursault in the form of a new entirely acoustic EP entitled Nothing Broke. In a departure from the electronic folk of his phenomenal debut Pissing on Bonefires/Kissing with Tongues, Meursault offers the listener his stripped down voice surrounded by delightfully ramshackle guitar. Ranging from sullen to soaring, Nothing Broke is a fun jaunt ...
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Patriotic Paeans
I just this week finished watching the final episode of West Wing, Season 7, having crammed all seven seasons into the last month or two in what was a very lazy marathon. Great show. I’d never watched it before, as back in high school, when it was actually on TV, I was pretty disinterested in politics. But I’ve come around, and over the last month became relatively obsessed with the show. Anyw
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Mercury Prize Shortlist Announced! Baller Covers and Remixes From Some Nominees
The Contenders for the Mercury Prize were announced on Tuesday - this year's list is super interesting. More female heavy and under the radar than previous years. Definitely got me to re-examine my recent listening habits, and my favorites of the past year.For those of you who might not know what the Mercury Prize is, it's an annual award given to the best album from the UK or Ireland. Past yea...
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Party Songs and Coincidences
While at an ultimate frisbee tournament this weekend in Philly I heard the track Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell for the first time. It has apparently been circulating for most of 2009, but it is new for me and despite its comically inane lyrics, it is a keeper. I am not completely a fan of the original, but this remix by Wallpaper is a pretty sick party track. Regardless of its very limite...
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Melanie Fiona Gets Some Help from Questlove and the Illadelphonics
A little while back we posted some Melanie Fiona up here, and I'm happy to say that she's back with new stuff. Fiona has some soulful power in her voice - she really is more than just a singer, she's a musician. Her new album, The Bridge, is scheduled for release on July 28th abroad, but it won't hit stateside until September (for some really dumb marketing reason, I would guess). Luckily, Fion...
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Micachu & The Shapes 7/16/09 @ Great Scott
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Wow, our luck with great opening bands and headliners has continued and how. Micachu & The Shapes are composed of three precocious young musicians from Britain, but in all honesty, do not dismiss this band because of their youthful appearance. Coming on stage in baggy, but awesome gig shirts, Micachu & the Shapes looked like a rag tag band of rebellious younger siblings who have stolen their ol...
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TGI The Weekend - Remixes for Your Saturday
Ah! Today has been a crazy day - woke up at 7:15, did some things, and went back to bed for an hour. Then I overslept by 4 hours (4 hours!) before finally waking up at 1:45. Man, what is my life coming to? On the plus side, it's a Saturday. So it doesn't matter. I love weekends.Nothing too revolutionary comes to mind today, and my brain's still too sleepy to write anything of much substance...
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Stu Reid Under The Covers: The Five One Cover Project
There are lots of different "We're going to release (one/two/ten) free (tracks/covers/Remixes/EPs) every (day/week/month) for the rest of this (week/month/year)" announcements. Some of them - like Bishop Allen's EP Project - are really cool. Others, however, fall very very flat. It's like saying "Instead of spending time on quality music, we're going to put out loads of half-finished stuff. Bu...
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