Is it not enough that a kid shows up with a guitar and songs written from the heart? Sadly, not if the other kid shows up with a bouzouki, woodblocks, and The Polyphonic Spree in full orchestral force. If musicians taught us anything, it's that songs start out simple so they can end up complicated.For better or worse, here are beyond-basic musical instruments used to great effect or affectation...
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Ever go to a show and have to suffer through opening bands that make you wonder if it is even worth waiting for the headliner? Where the 30 minutes of so-called music feels like forever and your ears are simply begging you to stick something sharp in them, to stop the agony? Last week I went to see The Airborne Toxic Event, who were preceded by Red Cortez and then The Henry Clay People. I am...
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Well, I posted the other day a few times and not long after BOOM I went down like a shitload of bricks and had to go to hospital in Nongkhai Thailand...The good news is I am on the mend, and although weak.. well you would be too if you lost 7kgs, I am at least coherent now!!!Let it be a lesson to all, beware of the dreaded jungle bacteria!!! lol... and frigging mosquitoes!!! lol..This has just ...
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A recent live performance of 'Sometime around midnight' on late night TV...Just AMAZING.... bought me to tears...this one is just for you bb...And it starts... Sometime around midnightOr at least that's whenYou lose yourselfFor a minute or twoAs you stand... Under the barlightsAnd the band plays some songAbout forgetting yourself for a whileAnd the piano's this melancholy soundcheckTo her smile...
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Today's (controlled yet) screamy vocals were brought to my ipod courtesy of KCRW's Top Tune which was brought to them courtesy of the vocal chords belonging to Mikel Jollet, lead singer of The Airborne Toxic Event. There's nothing more romantic than a screamy love song, in my book. Other notable screamy vocals can be heard on Okkervil River's "Our Life is Not a Movie or Maybe". A sentence fragm...
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The Airborne Toxic Event performed "Sometime Around Midnight" on Jimmy Kimmel Live on 5/14. Watch the video below:
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So the story goes, the band made a huge impression when, as an unsigned band, they made it on to a big alternative LA radio station, KROQ's playlist and within hours they had mutlipe Big Label Record deals thrown at them with this song to which none of them were accepted.. their souls remain in tact and here you are: Sometime around Midnight! here are just a few of the Reviews.. "The best debut...
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The Airborne Toxic Event performed "Sometime Around Midnight," "Does This Mean You're Moving On?," and were interviewed on Last Call with Carson Daly. Check it out below:
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10. The Airborne Toxic Event - The Airborne Toxic Event9. Atmosphere - When Life Gives You Lemons...8. Dr. Dog - Fate7. MGMT - Oracular Spectacular6. Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid5. Firewater - The Golden Hour4. Blind Pilot - 3 Rounds and a Sound3. The Helio Sequence - Keep Your Eyes Ahead2. Sigur Ros - Med Sud I Eyrum vid spilum endalaust1. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
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