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Tuesday, January 12, 2010

20-10


As of this year this blog is three years old. THREE YEARS OLD. My first year I hit it out of the ballpark so to say. I wrote almost everyday. I was picked up and asked to write for my very favorite thing people in all of the music industry. My roommate would download songs she liked and we would dance around my apartment. Radiohead, Arcade Fire, Arctic Monkeys, LCD Soundsystem and The Rapture all toured that year. I discovered Basia Bulat, Ghostland Observatory, Midlake, Cold War Kids, Florence and the Machine, Lykke Li and I became...ahem, a 'critic.' My second year I got a real job and learned some real lessons and it was more difficult for me to write time-wise. Then it became more difficult for me to write on an emotional level. I have never had writers block. This is new to me. Like most bloggers I write like I talk and blogging is writing out into the void. If you can't writer for yourself, who can you write for? No one apparently. This year is a whole new story. I love music. I do. No matter how many people try to beat it out of me it is not going to happen. I am excited for this year. Some great things are about to happen, i just know it. And so, I will write. I will write and post as though I never have before. Like it is 2007 all over again. I promise. This is my first post. Mountain Man is a band from Vermont. Give them a second to work their way into your bloodstream. It is soothing and warm and delightful for fighting off the cold winter air. They will be at SXSW so keep your ears open. This video was filmed during a recent show in Greenpoint and I am so sad I missed it! Ray Concepcion has become one of my favorite new videographers to watch. His color palete is pleasing and reminds me of scratchy lithographs. Which is neat. Check out his vimeo here.

Mountain Man from Ray Concepcioñ on Vimeo.


*Mountain Man's Myspace
*Mountain Man's Website
*My Old Kentucky Blog has some of their Mp3's for Download

Thursday, June 19, 2008

Sigur Ros shows in September


Beautiful Sigur Ros
This time last year I felt like I was writing about Bjork every five seconds and now it is Sigur Ros. Icelandic FEVER! Presale starts tomorrow at 9 AM sharp for their two night run at United Palace Theater. I have seen the Black Crowes and Arcade Fire there and can happily say it is definitely a good match for Sigur Ros. Maybe not as fitting as the MOMA, but close. The dates to take note of are Wednesday, September 17th and Thursday September 18th. As I prevously stated they are worth checking out for their beyond beautiful live show that they unleash. Check out the rest of their tour dates here please!
Sigur Ros Tags

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Details coming soon...


I am still kicking myself for not heading out to last years Sasquatch Festival with the best festival line up of 2007. (at least i think so...) So I am waiting and watching for details for this years events to unfold. You should as well. If they follow suit last year they hosted Arcade Fire, Bjork, Ghostland Observatory, Grizzly Bear and Neko Case just to name a few (of the ones i wanted to see the most!). I am wondering if Radiohead or R.E.M. will be the headliners this time around. I definitely would not miss that!
Sasquatch Festival Tags

Friday, December 21, 2007

Songs I annoyed my co-workers with this year

Today is not only the day of posting my end of the year lists, it is also my last day at a company where i learned so many important life lessons- one of which is how to blast KEXP as loud as possible and how to break people down enough to the point where they love what you do. Hey- it is New York, tough love is how we roll here. Plus, change is good!

1.LCD Soundsystem-Someone Great.mp3

the rest i cannot possibly rank...so here it goes:

White Stripes-Little Cream Soda.mp3
Yeasayer-Final Path.mp3
Band of Horses-No Ones Gonna Love You.mp3
Justice-D.A.N.C.E..mp3
Digitalism-Pogo.mp3
Tegan and Sara-Nineteen.mp3
!!!-Heart Of Hearts.mp3
The Thermals-A Pillar Of Salt.mp3
Burial-Archangel.mp3
Blitzen Trapper-Wild Mountain Nation.mp3
Bon Iver-Skinny Love.mp3
Arctic Monkeys-505.mp3
Arcade Fire-Neon Bible.mp3
The National-Slow Show.mp3
F&M-Collarbone.mp3
Feist-I Feel It All.mp3
Flight of the Conchords-Hiphopopotamus Vs. The Rhymenoceros.mp3
Great Lake Swimmers-I am Part of a Large Family.mp3
M.I.A.-Paper Planes.mp3
MGMT-Electric Feel.mp3
Mexican Institute of Sound-El Microfono.mp3

so many others I could/should list...but i am running out the door so i am leaving you with my theme song...
CSS-Music Is My Hot Hot Sex.mp3

I made it through this year...

Even though at some points it was a wee bit hairy there. 2007 saw so much good music that i have literally been carrying around a list with me for the last two weeks and finally just decided to shove off and post it- even if i am still a bit weary of the order of things. There were SO many good albums and some of the ones left off are ones Jaime adores, so I made a list of picks he loved as well. I hope you all have been enjoying this festive holiday season with the ones you love and have been sharing~giving~ and writing lots of music with/for your friends and family. THANK YOU ALL for reading, taking songs, making comments, everything and anything for this blog. It was one of my New Years resolutions for the last year and it has brought me so much happiness. All of the bands i have written about hold a special place with me which is why i try to give them as much attention as i possibly can and you should too. I hope you all have a lovely safe, happy, healthy and MUSICAL NEW YEAR! So much love!
Sheryl's Top ~27~ ALbums of The YEar *2007*Style

1. LCD Soundsystem-Sound of Silver (Capitol)

2. The National-Boxer (Beggars Banquet)

3. The White Stipes-Icky Thump (Warner Bros)

4. Band of Horses-Cease to Begin (Sub Pop)

5. Yeasayer-All Hour Cymbals (We Are Free)

6. Arcade Fire-Neon Bible (Merge)

7. The Twilight Sad-Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters (Fatcat)

8. Radiohead-In Rainbows (self-released)

9. Arctic Monkeys-Favourite Worst Nightmare (Domino Records)

10. M.I.A.-Kala (Interscope)

11. Bjork-Volta

12. MGMT-Oracular Spectacular (Cantora Records)

13. Elvis Perkins-Ash Wednesday (XL)

14. Aesop Rock-None Shall Pass (Definitive Jux)

15. !!!-Myth Takes (Warp)

16. Babyshambles-Shotter's Nation (Parlophone)

17. Digitalism-Idealism (Kitsuné / Virgin)

18. Bruce Springsteen-Magic (Columbia)

19. Simian Mobile Disco-Attack Decay Sustain Release (Wichita Recordings/Interscope)

21. Amy Winehouse-Back to Black (Columbia)

21. Daft Punk-Alive 2007 (Virgin)

22. Blue Scholars-Bayani (Rawkus)

23. The Cave Singers-Invitation Songs (Matador)

24. Feist-The Reminder (Cherry Tree/Interscope)

25. White Rabbits-Fort Nightly-(Say Hey Records)

26. Kate Nash-Made of Bricks (Fiction)

27. Kings of Leon-Because of the Times (RCA)


*********Jaime would have most likely had on the top of his list albums by Animal Collective, Justice, Panda Bear, Wilco and possibly Kevin Drew.**************

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Feral Children


Feral Children are a band based out of Seattle with a self-released album, To The Last Frontier comfortably behind them for 2007. The single, Jaundice Giraffe is quite catchy and shines with Scott Colburns' production skills (Arcade Fire, Animal Collective). Multi-layered with rattling drums and eerie guitar rifs they are a band that should be receiving national attention and hopefully will add some east coast tour dates sometime soon.

Feral Children are on tour throughout the Seattle Area right NOW!
Nov 24 Neumo’s-Seattle, Washington
Dec 6 Chop Suey-Seattle, Washington
Dec 31 Comet Tavern/ with the Trucks,-Seattle, Washington
Jan 11 The Crocodile Cafe-Seattle, Washington
Feral Children-450 Jaundice Giraffe.mp3

Monday, October 8, 2007

Bridges and Tunnels


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As much fun as us 'New Yorkers' like to poke at the numerous bridges and tunnels surrounding our tiny island of Manhattan they bring us many a lovely thing on a daily basis. Food, friends, family, and when we are lucky enough, some of our favorite artists and musicians. This past weekend local bands Les Savy Fav, Blonde Redhead and LCD Soundsystem were happily looking forward to playing a home town audience while our northern neighbors and headling act, Arcade Fire had to travel the miles to Randalls Island to perform to their largest New York audience yet (estimated at 25,000 according to Win). Being a bit of a snob i only showed up in time for LCD Soundsystem and Arcade Fire.

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There are not enough words to describe my love for both of these bands, especially the latter. They represent the best of the indie genre and they always deliver a 100% of everything you could ever hope for and expect. As i have said before, Arcade Fire is a band for the times. Brilliant beyond belief both in prose and delivery they simply are on a level all of their own creation leaving the rest of us in awe or trying to catch up. Despite how much time you spend away from their beautiful songs or their live performances within a few minutes of reunion with them and their material you recall exactly why how you fell in love in the first place. Highlights included collaborations with Regine, Will and Win joining James on various LCD tracks. James poking fun at the audience for being a bit lame and not clapping-shocker, but always good to hear a performer call us city folk out on it. Will deciding to scale the side of the stage leaving all of us gasping and worrying until he safely touched the stage again. Apparently they played two encores, i missed the second one. Sadly, Win proclaimed that this would be their last show here for two years to which we all boo'ed and hissed. Hopefully they will change their minds, but even the worthy Arcade Fire need a break every now and again.
~BrooklynVegan has numerous posts and videos to share with you.
*Arcade Fire Tags
*LCD Soundsystem Tags

Wednesday, October 3, 2007

Wildlight/Les Savy Fav/Blonde Redhead/LDC Soundsystem/Arcade Fire-SET TIMES!


Set times, set times, set times! I still can't believe this date is already here-time is just a flyin.' If you haven't gotten a ticket yet most of my people have extras and will be selling theirs outside the gates or you can go the old fashion route via Ticketmonster. As of right now the weather looks good, fingers crossed! Like it would dare to rain on the masterful Win Butler.
Wildlight- 5-5:30
Les Savy Fav- 5:50-6:25
Blonde Redhead- 6:45-7:25
LCD Soundsystem- 7:45-8:45
Arcade Fire- 9:15pm
*thanks Bob-o*

Monday, September 17, 2007

Austin City Limits-2007


Jaime enthusiastically kept me updated on his Austin City Limits adventures throughout the past weekend with text messages that made me increasingly vicously jealous. Whether it was enjoying Arcade Fire with a heavy crowd of +40,000 or excitedly sharing that Andrew Bird joined My Morning Jacket during their set...it all sounded fantastic. Very excited to catch some stories after he has some much needed sleep. (i am guessing!) I am most curious to hear how Muse was accepted in place of The White Stripes. Or how sick it must have been to experience Ghostland Observatory in their hometown. Hopefully he will post a bit in his own words as the week progresses. In the meantime you can check out an interview with Will Butler via Rocky Mountain News in preparation for Arcade Fire out at Randalls Island, which is only a few weeks away!
Ghostland Observatory-Move with Your Lover.mp3
Andrew Bird-A Nervous Tic Motion Of The Head To The Left.mp3
Arcade Fire-Old Flame.mp3
Austin City Limits Tags

Thursday, August 23, 2007

Stereogum loves LE LOUP too!


Stereogum is helping spread the word about one of my favorite new bands, Le Loup. Their music infectious for anyone who is a fan of The Polyphonic Spree, Arcade Fire or the Scotland Yard Gospel Choir. Don't forget to mark down September 7th for their show with Jukebox The Ghost at Pianos and again on October 3rd at Bowery Ballroom with Nightmare of You.
***Friendly reminder...LE LOUP TOUR DATES***
Sep 7 Piano’s NYC, New York
Sep 8 The Third Floor - W/ Statehood-Fredericksburg, Virginia
Sep 17 Granada Theatre - W/ Andrew Bird-Lawrence, Kansas
Sep 18 W L Lyons Brown Theater - W/ Andrew Bird-Louisville, Kentucky
Sep 19 Buskirk Chumley Theater - W/ Andrew Bird-Bloomington, Indiana
Sep 29 Black Cat (mainstage)-DC
Oct 3 Bowery ballroom (!!) w/Nightmare of You -New York, NY
Oct 22 Local 506 w/Georgie James-Chapel Hill, NC
Oct 23 Drunken Unicorn w/Georgie James -Atlanta, GA
Oct 24 Taste w/Georgie James-Orlando, FL
Oct 26 Spanish Moon w/Georgie James-Baton Rouge, LA
Oct 27 The Mohawk w/Georgie James-Austin, TX
Le Loup Tags

Monday, August 13, 2007

Le Loup @ The Canal Room on Saturday Night


Saturday night was my first time venturing out to The Canal Room. The attraction was a band from Maryland that my co-worker raves about, Le Loup and it ended up being worth the trip. It is easy to make the comparison to Arcade Fire based on the number of people in the band- but the experience of their live show is quite different. For having only been together a short bit of time their performance was highly impressive. High energy with a steady set of songs that flow evenly into one another yet still remaining unique and controlled-which is quite the feat for a new band. I think it is too early to compare them to any band because i believe they will be filling their material with even grander plans and sounds sometime soon. The level of understanding between the band members and ability to be so comfortable in front of a New York audience was much appreciated by all in attendance. It was refreshing to see a group of people just enjoying sharing their music with a new city. Go to their myspace page and check out some positive Pitchfork reviews and tracks! And make sure to set aside September 7th for their show at Pianos where they will be playing with Jukebox the Ghost! Trust me!

***LE LOUP TOUR DATES***
Sep 7 2007 8:00P Pianos nYc, NY
Sep 8 2007 7:30P The Third Floor - w/ Statehood Fredericksburg, Virginia
Sep 17 2007 8:00P Granada Theatre - w/ Andrew Bird Lawrence, Kansas
Sep 18 2007 7:00P W L Lyons Brown Theater - w/ Andrew Bird Louisville, Kentucky
Sep 19 2007 7:00P Buskirk Chumley Theater - w/ Andrew Bird Bloomington, Indiana
Sep 29 2007 9:00P Black Cat (Mainstage) DC
Le Loup Tags

Thursday, August 2, 2007

Openers!


It was reported earlier this week that Les Savy Fav are opening up for the Arcade Fire and LCD Soundsystem. Tiny Masters of Today are a local band from Brooklyn who have been recieving a lot of press due to their incredibly young age-yet have already captured the attention of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and are opening for their show next week on Tuesday at Webster Hall. Blitzen Trapper recently was touring with David Vandervelde, opening up shows across the country and gaining more press for their latest album, 'Wild Mountain Nation.' They signed up to open for Two Gallants during their upcoming tour as well.
Two Gallants-All Your Faithless Loyalties.mp3
Les Savy Fav-Tragic Monsters.mp3

Monday, July 23, 2007

Arcade Fire and LCD Soundsystem to play nYc


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Circle Saturday, October 6th in your calendar kiddies. Arcade Fire is returning to our lovely city with local band LCD Soundsystem to play Randalls Island. It is listed on Bowery Presents, the online presale starts tomorrow -general onsale is Friday. (please note September 30 - St. Paul, MN (presale 7/25-7/27, general on-sale 7/28); October 3 - Louisville KY (presale 7/23 - 7/27, general on-sale 7/28); October 5 - Columbus OH (presale 7/31 - 8/3, general on-sale 8/4)

~~Europe Tour Dates~~
07/20 Carhaix, France - Festival des Vieilles Charrues
07/22 Nimes, France - Festival de Nimes
07/25 Nyon, Switzerland - Paleo Festival
08/17 Hasselt, Belgium - Pukkelpop Festival
08/19 Biddinghuizen, Holland - Lowlands Festival
08/24 Paris, France - Rock En Seine
08/25 Reading, England - Reading Festival
08/26 Leeds, England - Leeds Festival
10/26 Glasgow, Scotland - SECC
10/27 Manchester, England - MEN Arena
10/29 Newcastle, England - Metro Radio Arena
10/30 Cardiff, Wales - International Arena
10/31 Nottingham, England - Arena
11/08 Berlin, Germany - Columbiahalle
11/10 Vienna, Austria - Gasometer
11/11 Munich, Germany - Tonhalle
11/17 London, England - Alexandra Palace
11/18 London, England - Alexandra Palace
11/19 London, England - Alexandra Palace
***US Tour Dates***
09/15 Austin, TX - Zilker Park - Austin City Limits Festival
09/17 Morrison, CO - Red Rocks +
09/20 Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Bowl +
09/30 St. Paul, MN - Roy Wilkins Auditorium +
10/03 Louisville, KY - Waterfront Park +
10/05 Columbus, OH - LC Pavilion +
10/06 New York, NY - Randall's Island +
+ w/ LCD Soundsystem
Arcade Fire-Vampire Forest Fire.mp3
LCD Soundsystem-North American Scum (Onastic Dub Remix).mp3
Arcade Fire Tags
LCD Soundsystem Tags

Monday, June 25, 2007

Glastonbury Festival Wrap-Up


Lily Allen
As previously posted, head over to NME for headlines about almost every band that played. Highlights included Arctic Monkeys, CSS, The Klaxons, Kate Nash, Arcade Fire, Amy Winehouse, Kasabian, Holy Fuck, The Long Blondes, The Kooks, The Kaiser Chiefs, Pigeon Detectives, Lily Allen, Bjork and Babyshambles. It was 'pissing rain' all throughout the festivities but that didn't seem to stop over 170,000 fans from turning out in pure concert fashion. It had been the first time Bjork performed at Glastonbury in 13 years. Jaime Reynolds of The Klaxons had a very emotional experience exclaiming, "I can genuinely say it is the happiest day of my life today playing to that many people. It made me feel happier than I have ever been and I never expected so many people to turn up. I could just see a sea of people as far as my bad eyesight could see."

The Klaxons
While "The Pigeon Detectives were pelted by lingerie during their set at Glastonbury today (June 23). Fans spilled out of the John Peel Stage for their debut performance at the festival. Before playing 'Stop Or Go' - singer Matt Bowman said: "On this next song people get carried away and throw lingerie on stage... Some people can't take a fucking joke and write nasty things about you - the lingerie thing is actually a joke." However, during the song a fan threw a piece of lingerie on stage leading Bowman to comment: "What a result! Is there anything else you want to throw up here other than a pink bra?" During their raucous set the crowd chanted, in reference to the band's home city, "Leeds! Leeds! Leeds!"
The Long Blondes-Once and Never Againmp3
The Editors-All Sparks (Phones Remix).mp3
Kasabian-Shoot The Runner.mp3
Kaiser Chiefs-Heat Dies Down.mp3
Glastonbury Tags

Thursday, June 21, 2007

Arcade Fire-2 shows-October-Maxwells??


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Insanity! I double checked their website and didn't see any news of this. According to some of the people i have asked about this, they think it is about 10% true. We shall see. Of course there is the incredible news of the show at Red Rocks with LCD Soundsystem that was covered all over the blogs yesterday. I have always wanted to check out a show at Red Rocks-this is definitely a good occasion. So here is your rumour of the day:

"ARCADE FIRE ANNOUNCE SPECIAL INTIMATE SHOWS IN NEW JERSEY
Earlier today, the band announced two special intimate shows at Maxwell's in Hoboken, NJ on October 5 and October 6. These shows are not part of the national tour with LCD Soundsystem. Tickets for these shows are extremely limited and will be available at a limit of 2 per person starting Thursday, June 21 at 8 p.m. EDT on arcadefire.net. Remaining tickets will be made available on ticketweb and maxwellsnj.com on Friday, June 22 at 12 p.m. EDT. To protect our fans, tickets will not be mailed. There will be no physical tickets for either show. Patrons successfully completing orders will be required to produce photo identification and the credit/debit card used for purchase. An announcement regarding more dates for the national tour with LCD Soundsystem, including dates in the tri-state area, will be forthcoming." MusicSlut
Vampire Forest Fire.mp3

Thursday, June 14, 2007

John in the Morning-Debut Albums oNLy- Day Two

Love iT! If anything it makes me realize how many important albums i am missing from my 'library.'
Ryan Adams-To Be Young.mp3
Jeff Buckley-Hallelujah.mp3
Johnny Cash - I Walk The Line.mp3
LCD Soundsystem-Daft Punk Is Playing At My House.mp3
Talking Heads-PsychoKiller.mp3
The English Beat-Mirror In The Bathroom(live).mp3
The Specials-A Message To You Rudy.mp3
Morrissey-Everyday Is Like Sunday.mp3
De La Soul-The Magic Number.mp3
Camper Van Beethoven-Take the Skinheads Bowling.mp3
Hoodoo Gurus-I Want You Back.mp3
Arcade Fire-Rebellion (Lies).mp3
*And yes, I know this isn't off R.E.M.'s debut album but it is one of my most vivid memories of hearing a band i completely could fall for loving them to bits. They were the first band i wanted to see so badly that i snuck out of my house to run off and see them at the Caps Center with my best friend my freshman year of High School. People forget what a visionary Michael Stipe is. This song should remind you. (*And yes, I did request them-how could i not?!)
R.E.M.-Fall On Me.mp3

Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Arcade Fire Video Clips

Your weekly dose of Arcade Fire:


*Thank you Todd & Jaime

And in case you missed this:


Just amazing. I can't stop going back to watch this.
Visit the whole clip at Blogotheque.

Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Come closer, dear music fans


*cred
As Jaime so cleverly pointed out while sharing his Arcade Fire experience with you, it is obvious that Win Butler enjoys performing up close and personal when it comes to his loving audiences. In a recent interview with NME, Win praises U2 for keeping their performances intimate even while performing to sizeable numbers. "The U2 thing was kind of interesting just because the way their stage is designed, the crowd is right there - there isn't a huge gap or anything. And it was actually more intimate than a lot of club shows, because the people are right there. They've done it for so long that it's really well designed. You can play a crappy show in a 100-person room, and you can play a crappy show in a 15,000-seat room. You just have to make the most of whatever situation you're in." Arcade Fire supported U2 during their 'Vertigo' world tour back in 2005 during their Montreal dates and before hitting the stage during their US appearances came out to 'Wake Up.'
Wake Up.mp3
Now THAT'S HOT