Recommended CMJ Showcases
If you’re attending CMJ this year here are a few showcases that I recommend. Most of them are put on by friends of mine or involve bands that I am a big fan of. If you see me bouncin’ around with a camera come say hi, I’m a nice guy.
So many shows I can’t go to…. :’( anyone wanna give me a ride to CMJ?
Cookies - Wilderness Tips (video) (by cookiesvision)
When I clicked on this I thought it was going to be the original Sesame Street video where the orange sings Habanera, but it turned out to be a pretty decent song. Extremely catchy, and instead of being frustrated and turning it off, I kept listening. It’s been a while since a good pop song has caught me off guard like that.
disco naïveté: stream: M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming
Produced by Justin Meldal-Johnsen (Beck, NIN, The Mars Volta, Goldfrapp) and including contributions from Brad Laner (from 90’s band Medicine) on guitar, Saturdays=Youth vocalist Morgan Kibby, and guest vocalist Zola Jesus, Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming is a double-album journey that takes us…
If you haven’t already downloaded the leak, you’s a sucka through n through. Listen to this, and be prepared to poop yourselves.
New Kid Brother album! Everyone listen.
HOMEGROWN III
My first show on the east coast is this Saturday.
Fuuuuuuuck I’m going to try my hardest to make it down!
The Clippers - Wildflower
I slept on this band/record for far too long. Amazing. If you like music at all, you will likely enjoy this.^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
THIS BAND IS THE BEST BAND ON THE PLANET! WAKE THE FUCK UP, PEOPLE!
I saw the lead singer working at Bagel Rising and I wrote my email address and name on a cup sleeve and told him I wanted him to play at UNH. He hasn’t emailed me.
Zane Lowe just premiered The Weeknd’s take on Florence + the Machine’s new single Shake It Out. It’s very dark and sexy, obviously. No singing from Abel’s part (unfortunately), just additional producing and baller beats by the xo-crew.
“I think the dubstep that has come over to the US, and certain producers — who I can’t even be bothered naming — have definitely hit upon a sort of frat-boy market where there’s this macho-ism being reflected in the sounds and the way the music makes you feel. And to me, that is a million miles away from where dubstep started. It’s a million miles away from the ethos of it. It’s been influenced so much by electro and rave, into who can make the dirtiest, filthiest bass sound, almost like a pissing competition, and that’s not really necessary. And I just think that largely that is not going to appeal to women. I find that whole side of things to be pretty frustrating, because that is a direct misrepresentation of the sound as far as I’m concerned.”
From my interview with James Blake in this week’s Phoenix. I particularly recommend reading up to the last two questions where he talks about covering female pianists (Feist, Joni Mitchell) in the ‘American frat-boy dubstep market’. (His words not mine.) He was really stoked on talking about this.
Interview: James Blake’s dub soft-shoe | September 30th, 2011 | The Boston Phoenix .
COVER: “I FOUGHT THE LAW”
In light of recent events, I thought this was appropriate.
My summer roommate and good friend Adam Young was assaulted by cops Saturday night. You can read his story from the Allston Tumblr page here. Thankfully this is getting some local news attention, but I’m even more glad that Adam had the good humor to turn this around into a sick cover song as well as use the picture that was taken (yes, that is in fact him) to make a point. He’s not a violent guy in any way, and there are clearly better things for Allston cops to be worrying about (car torching, anyone?) Shit is going down in New York, Allston Rat City is on fire, and I’m stuck in New Hampshire with nothing to do but homework.
FREE ATY
RM
