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“At It Again” by Sublime from Everything Under The Sun
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Image search results for At It Again - above image is from the first page of results (and was originally from HERE).
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In the recent past these songs were featured in Hit-or-miss posts:
“The Day I Tried To Live” by Soundgarden
“I’m Comin’ Down” by Primal Scream
“I See Spiders When I Close My Eyes” by The Boy Least Likely To
“Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn’t've)?” by Buzzcocks
“I Would Work If I Could” by Brian Michael Roff And The Deer
“My Last Kiss” by The Durutti Column
“Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me is Gone” by The Walkmen
“Cosmic Dancer” by T. Rex
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EAR FARM’s Hit-or-miss is a weekly feature (every Tuesday) wherein the EF music library is put on shuffle, the song that plays is then searched (using the song title) on Google images and a resulting photo (plus an MP3 of the song) is posted. You can see all of EAR FARM’s Hit-or-miss posts thus far right HERE.
Be prepared to get your boychat on very shortly as Avey Tare and Deacon from Animal Collective stop by the Domino Records Radio Show on East Village Radio from 10am to 12pm TODAY. Here are some abridged details from the EVR site:
TUNE in LIVE on Monday 31st March from 10am to 12noon [EST] / 3pm to 5pm [GMT] as the one, the only Animal Collective are stopping by Domino Radio.
In fact, while you’re at it LOG ON to iChat or Windows Messenger or what have you, cause Avey Tare and Deacon are taking questions during the show! The studio’s instant messenger address is: eastvillageradio so it’s up to you to make an appearance!
The awesome new Animal Collective EP – Water Curses is out on May 5th on 12″ and CD and tour Europe in May.
Now if you’ll excuse us, we may go embark a 7-block EF field trip and lurk in the EVR window to catch the show. Enjoy it!
Listen: “Derek”
The Philadelphia Inquirer reviews Stephen Malkmus’s Saturday night Philly show
Mos Def and Beyonce to play Chuck Berry and Etta James in upcoming film about Chess Records
Wolfgang Van Halen says dad is doing great
Dodge has video of the White Rabbits performing “Sea of Rum” for his MOKB/SIRIUS Blog Radio show
Ten rock-star stunts even more ridiculous than flying to Antarctica
The Specials reunion imminent
Tone Loc plans two Detroit shows at bars scammed by an impostor posing as his manager
Sub Pop is offering 3 college scholarships
A new-ish blog critiques PR-blast emails
Who: Madonna
What: brand new single, released 25 March in the US
Why: instant club hit/spring break anthem, her best song in nearly a decade
When/Where/How: listen to “4 Minutes” by Madonna NOW - Quicktime | Windows Media
When leaks are bad: when they aren’t finished versions, are boring, or cause artists to lose money that would otherwise rightfully be theirs.
When leaks are good: the first version of “4 Minutes” that I heard was the horrible recording of it that was played in a club in Philly by Timbaland back in December. I only listened to it because I’m, well, a bit of a Madonna fan and was anxious to hear her collaboration with Justin. But I didn’t save it, or judge the track based upon this initial listen. All the leak did was get me extremely excited for when I’d be able to hear the proper track played very LOUDLY. The hype of hearing that crappy leak got me all hip-hoppy hyped up to listen to the proper track. Fast forward to today.
Well… mission accomplished leakers, because listen to “4 minutes” is precisely all I’ve done ever since getting it via pre-ordering Hard Candy on iTunes earlier this week. Over and over and over again I’ve listened, quite loudly, on repeat. Check my last.fm if you don’t believe me. Oh wait, I guess it only records two of the same song in a row before it judges you a psycho listener and ceases scrobbling? Well, in the past 24 hours I’ve done enough dancing alone on my bed, shaking my fists in the air to the beat of “4 Minutes”, to put that kid from the “Last Of The Famous International Playboys” music video to shame. And I can’t stop singing it: “keep it up, keep it up, don’t be afraid, Ma-DONNA…”
“4 Minutes” is the lead single off of Madonna’s 11th studio album, Hard Candy, and was co-written by Justin Timberlake and produced by Timbaland. A superteam. Dance music’s Justice League. And of course - if there really were “only four minutes to save the world” with a pop song, who else would you want working together other than Madonna, JT, and Tim?
The track features bits that recall the marching band/Stomp aesthetic that Gwen Stefani recently popularized, and a sense of Hillary Clinton’s ‘kitchen sink’ campaign strategy with Timbaland pretty much throwing everything he’s got at the listener, sometimes all at once. There are horns, beat box scratches, synths, signature Timbaland beats, cowbell, Justin singing in his best Michael Jackson voice, Madonna “tick tock tick tock tick tock”ing, and all manner of other sounds hiding in the background of the mix. Yet somehow the song does not end up a cacophony; instead, the magical combination of Tim, JT, and Madonna have put together her best song since “Don’t Tell Me” - a song that’s sure to be Madonna’s first top 5 US hit since 2000, regardless of the current state of US pop charts. Excellent songs will always rise to the top and dominate the ears of the public - this song is better than excellent. It’s hookus majorus, it’s dance floorus for sure-us, it’s a Brachiosaurus compared to the Compsognathuses that have ruled the pop charts of late. It’s… it’s… really good. As good at being a dance pop song as I am at being a nerd.
“4 Minutes” is loud, banging, catchy, thumping, energetic, and nearly perfect. If this song doesn’t get you into the groove and make your body move then nothing will. Listen below, look for the entire album on the 29th of April.
Listen:
“4 Minutes” by Madonna (feat. Justin Timberlake & Timbaland) - Quicktime | Windows Media
See Madonna live @ special promo gigs in three cities:
New York: 28 April
Paris: 6 May
London: 10 May
**”4 Minutes” release party TONIGHT @ Highline Ballroom**
Watch Ellen DeGeneres dance and react to Madonna’s “4 Minutes” over on EARF.
Visit Madonna on MySpace.
Head over to Wired and cast your vote in the Innovation Smackdown: Trent Reznor vs. Radiohead
Pitchfork talks with Radiohead’s Colin Greenwood
The Washington Post looks back on the legacy of Converse, from hoops to hipsters
SPIN.com’s Video Vault has Man Man live from McCarren Pool last summer
Read Andrew Bird’s blog detailing the process of writing a new album over at the New York Times
Brooklyn Vegan tackles the identity of the mysterious “Condo Fucks”, who are set to play the last evening at Magnetic Fields next Friday
Liars’ song featured in Timex commercial
Poison drummer Rikki Rockett arrested on rape warrant
XLR8 interviews Brent Grulke, SXSW’s creative director
Band: We Barbarians
From: Long Beach, CA
Sound: sinewy blasts of reverb-soaked melancholic anthems, impassioned vocals and taut, fuzzed-out bass
Similar Artists: The Constantines, The Walkmen, U2, Calla
Listen Now: “Yesmen and Bumsuckers”
“You Enjoy Myself” by Phish which clocks in at 9:50
There are those of you reading this site who likely (really) enjoy making fun of Phish. The mere mention of the band probably makes you laugh loud judgmental laughs “Phish? ha ha HA!” you say. I’m sure you enjoy yourself making phun fun of Phish. And why not? It is a fun band to make fun of; what with their aimless jazz-brunch influenced noodling and nonsense lyrics and white-kid-with-dreadlocks audience members… Phish symbolized the Starbucks generation of “hippie” music lovers and carried a legion of mind-scrambled fans around the country with them for 20+ years, nearly single-handedly defining/soiling the term jam band for an entire generation. Making fun of Phish is like shooting fish in a barrel. Which is why that’s exactly not what I’m here to do today. Instead, I’d like to make fun of fish. Don’t worry, it’s not like I’m going to hurt their feelings.
If that fish in the picture above could speak, what do you think it would say? “Tzaruch shemirah”? Me, I’m guessing something along the lines of “you enjoy myself to eat, please don’t eat myself!” Look at it. It looks like it’s talking to the photographer; and, it’s fairly adorable. And fish aren’t anywhere near “cute” or “adorable”. But that one is. And I could totally see cuddling with it or having a nice broken English conversation with it. Phish, er fish, would be all “you wash your feet in my water drive me into a frenzy,” or whatever it is they say. But fishes can’t learn things like how to complain about dirty water, or language, or anything… can they? Read more
Right, well it’s fairly obvious but by now we’ve gone completely dodo for the Dodos, so imagine our delight when our inbox gave us yet another excuse to write about them…
Fresh off a Best New Music nod from Pitchfork and a string of lauded SXSW appearances (and the regal title of EF BoW), the Dodos are returning to NYC (okay, mostly Brooklyn) for THREE shows next week, here they be:
March 31 - (Early Show) 6:00pm at Soundfix Records, Brooklyn
March 31 - 8:00pm at Death By Audio Williamsburg, Brooklyn
April 6th - 10:00pm at Mercury Lounge
Check out all their upcoming tour dates and hear/see what all the fuss is about…
The Dodos Complete Tour Dates:
27 Mar - Asheville, NC @ Harvest Records
28 Mar - Durham, NC @ Bull City Headquarters
29 Mar - Charlottesville, VA @ Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar
30 Mar - Washington, DC @ DC9
31 Mar - Brooklyn, NY @ Death By Audio
02 Apr - New Haven, CT @ Cafe 9
03 Apr - Princeton, NJ @ Terrace Club
04 Apr - Washington, DC @ Black Cat w/Les Savy Fav
05 Apr - New Haven, CT @ Cafe 9
05 Apr - Philadelphia, PA @ The Fillmore - TLA w/Les Savy Fav
06 Apr - New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge
08 Apr - Montreal, QC @ Le Divan Orange
09 Apr - Toronto, ON @ El Mocambo
10 Apr - Annandale, NY @ Smog Club @ Bard College
11 Apr - Buffalo, NY @ Mohawk Place
12 Apr - Pittsburgh, PA @ Garfield Artworks
15 Apr - Columbus, OH @ Cafe Bourbon Street
16 Apr - Detroit, MI @ Pike Room
17 Apr - Chicago, IL @ The Note
18 Apr - Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle
18 Apr - Chicago, IL @ Shoreland Ballroom
19 Apr - Bloomington, IN @ Culture Shock
20 Apr - Lawrence, KS @ Replay Lounge
21 Apr - Denver, CO @ Hi-Dive
27 Apr - San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall w/Les Savy Fav
14 May - San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop
28 June - Calgary, AB @ Sled Island Festival
02 July - Boise, ID @ Downtown Boise
Watch:
“Fools” (music video directed by Matt Amato)
Visit The Dodos on MySpace
Read up on Mexico’s growing emo-witch hunt crisis
Duran Duran’s world tour gets off to an embarrassing start in New Zealand
Wilco, STP among latest rumors for Lollapalooza 2008
R.E.M. rocks the London Apple Store in small instore gig
Juliana Hatfield strikes back against The Hills
Valient Thorr’s frontman will donate his kidney to his ailing father
The FADER launches F2, an online-only magazine
The mad dash for second-best in digital music sales (behind iTunes)
And of course, who can ignore the Dr. Pepper/Guns N’ Roses challenge? (not us)
EAR FARM’s got a Muxtape*, obvs. You can check it out HERE. The first mix I’ve made is 12 Songs For A Cat Named Joe (that’s my cat’s name, pictured above at his 10th birthday party, he’ll turn 13 in a little less than a month). Check out the songs featured in this mix listed below. Read more
Rock Band coming to Nintendo Wii in June
Tapes ‘n Tapes walk it off for cancer
VH1 Rock Honors to pay tribute to the Who
Stereogum turns its focus on Bell as a Band to Watch
South Park pays homage to Heavy Metal tonight
The A.V. Club has a roundup of recently released music DVDs
Sirius and XM merger is cleared
Smashing Pumpkins sue Virgin Records
I want my MTV!!! And I want more Portishead in my life already… check out a video for “Machine Gun” from their upcoming album Third, as well as some old favorites, below.
“Machine Gun” (above)
“Only You” (above)
“Humming” (above)
“Wandering Stars” (above)
“Glory Box” (above)
Recent BoW alums Pete and the Pirates have been keeping busy since releasing their outstanding debut album “Little Death” in February, touring endlessly throughout Europe (when oh when will you be coming stateside gents?) and most recently appearing on Britain’s answer to La Blogotheque’s Take Away Concerts, the Black Cab Sessions.
Watch above as vocalist Tommy Sanders and guitarists Peter Hefferan and David Thorpe tear through a portable version of “Knots” as said cab tears through the streets of London, or watch a higher res version over at the Black Cab Sessions site.
As their label - Stolen Records - told us before, a U.S. tour will hopefully come to fruition soon, though no dates have been scheduled yet. It’s just as well they did this in a London black cab as opposed to a New York yellow taxi though, can you imagine the motion sickness?
Listen to the Walkmen’s Daytrotter session
Play Paul McCartney’s divorce: the video game
R.I.P. Neil Aspinall, the Beatles’ right-hand man
Velvet Revolver to break up?
George Michael to tour North America, two MSG dates
The National and Grizzly Bear will play Columbia University together, wowza
The top 10 weirdest rock ‘n roll deaths