We like it when the good stuff comes straight to our inboxes. And rather than keep them to ourselves, we like to share. So check it out below, four of our favorite recent videos that make wading through all that spam worthwhile. Pay it forward…
TV On The Radio - “Dancing Choose” (above)
The Jealous Girlfriends - “Organs On The Kitchen Floor” (above)
XX Teens - “Darlin’” (above)
Girl In A Coma - “Say” (above)
….or, at least most of it is. It seems Deerhoof - Satomi, Greg, John and Edward - wanted to give us all an early taste of their forthcoming album Offend Maggie (out Oct 7 on Kill Rock Stars) via MySpace stream. And yet, technology has just not been cooperating with the gang; a recent blog posting on the band’s MySpace reveals the following:
“Due to the brand new Myspace players we have having problems uploading our new album “Offend Maggie” that is supposed to be streaming all weekend. Hopefully it will be fixed soon - in the meantime there are a few tracks that made it up.”
All in all, 10 of Maggie’s 14 cuts are up for your listening pleasure at the moment: “Jagged Fruit”, “Numina O”, “Eaguru Guru”, “Fresh Born”, “This Is God Speaking”, “Family Of Others”, “My Purple Past”, “Basketball Get Your Groove Back”, “Don’t Get Born”, and “The Tears And Music Of Love”. Add the MP3 for the title track offered below and we’re up to 11 tracks total, in other words, a hell of a lot of Deerhoof to tide you over until October 7th. Still, there’s the chance the rest of the album could be up and streaming at any point, so be sure to stay vigilant with your Deerhoof-watching. Try practicing by staring intently at the following video of the band in the studio during the sessions for Offend Maggie…
Listen: “Offend Maggie”
See Deerhoof Live:
Oct 03 Avalon, Los Angeles, California
Oct 04 Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, California
Oct 06 Wonder Ballroom, Portland, Oregon
Oct 07 Neumos, Seattle, Washington
Oct 09 Urban Lounge, Salt Lake City, Utah
Oct 11 Bluebird, Denver, Colorado
Oct 13 The Slowdown, Omaha, Nebraska
Oct 14 First Avenue, Minnapolis, Minnesota
Oct 15 Turner Hall, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Oct 16 Buskirk Chumley Theater, Bloomington, Indiana
Oct 17 Cabaret Metro, Chicago, Illinois
Oct 18 Crofoot Ballroom, Pontiac, Michigan
Oct 21 The Spiegeltent, New York, New York
Oct 22 Irving Plaza, New York, New York
Oct 23 Middle East, Cambridge, Massechusetts
Oct 24 Pearl Street, Northampton, Massachusetts
Oct 25 Starlight Ballroom, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Oct 26 9:30 Club, Washington, DC
Oct 28 Cat’s Cradle, Carrboro, North Carolina
Oct 29 Grey Eagle, Asheville, North Carolina
Oct 30 Mercy Lounge, Nashville, Tennessee
Oct 31 40 Watt Club, Athens, Georgia
Nov 01 The Social, Orlando, Florida
Nov 02 Crowbar, Tampa, Florida
Nov 05 House of Blues, New Orleans, Louisiana
Nov 06 Numbers, Houston, Texas
Nov 07 Granada, Dallas, Texas
Nov 08 Fun Fun Fun Fest, Austin, Texas
Nov 10 Club 101, El Paso, Texas
Nov 12 Club Congress, Tucson, Arizona
Nov 13 The Clubhouse, Tempe, Arizona
Dec 02 London, ULU (University of London Union), UK
Dec 03 Berlin, Lido, Germany
Dec 05 Trix, Antwerp, Belgium
Dec 06 Melkweg, Amsterdam, Holland
Dec 08 Cabaret Electrique, Le Havre, France
Dec 09 Antipode, Rennes, France
Dec 10 Grrrnd Zero, Lyon, France
Dec 11 Sonic Protest Festival at Trabendo, Paris, France
Dec 12 Barcelona, Primavera Sound Winter Edition, Spain
Dec 13 Madrid, Primavera Sound Winter Edition, Spain
Visit Deerhoof on MySpace.
Listen: “Hot Sex” by A Tribe Called Quest from The Love Movement
View: Image search results for Hot Sex (entirely NSFW) - above image is from the 5th page of results (and was originally from HERE).
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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.
Gothamist interviews New Yorker pop critic Sasha Frere-Jones
Check out Largehearted Boy’s list of music releases for this week (September 30th, 2008)
The Vulture blog asks, who will write the Ghostbusters 3 theme song?
eMusic’s CEO David Pakman is OUT
Stereogum has video of a new non-album Department of Eagles song, “1997″
Britney Spears’ ex confirms plans of cashing in on sex tape of her
The AV Club’s Amelie Gillette offers further adventures in press releases: the Katy Perry doll
Brooklyn Vegan has new MP3s, tour dates, and album info about These Unites States
In addition to Dinosaur Jr., NYC Taper also has audio from Friday’s Built to Spill set at Terminal 5
Rolling Stone’s Readers’ Rock List: Money Songs
Caribou wins the 2008 Polaris Prize
Over the past week, Republican Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin has been taking a lot of heat for the answers she gave in an interview with Katie Couric on CBS News. The portion that’s getting the most critical attention is that bit about Palin’s foreign policy credentials… Read more
New York City musicians are showing their support of Barack Obama in a variety of ways; McCain, notsomuch. Perhaps because ‘John’ doesn’t rhyme as well with ‘rock’ as ‘Barack’ does?? Too simple? Regardless, there are two items worth noting that make use of the Barack-Rock rhyme scheme. First up, a live show/benefit happening next week in Brooklyn… Read more
Creators of one of our favorite albums from 2006 - The Trials of Van Occupanther - Midlake has been keeping fairly quiet lately. Hopefully that just means they’re squirreled away in the studio putting the finishing touches on another masterpiece, right? In any case, we’re trying to sate ourselves by revisiting selections from the excellent series of videos that sprang forth from Van Occupanther. Enjoy… Read more
Pinback unloaded their finely-tuned stage show upon a sold-out Music Hall of Williamsburg on Saturday to prove that one of indie rock’s biggest comic geeks (Rob Crow) may have finally morphed into a larger-than-life alter ego himself: ROADMAN.
Master of the touring lifestyle, practitioner of engaging stage banter, controller of the visual spectrum with a push of the button, the ROADMAN cometh and put on one hell of a show. Time was a Pinback show was a bit of a gamble; you never knew whether Crow and Armistead Burwell Smith IV’s vocals would be “on” and “meshing” with each other on a particular night. When they were off, not all the reverb in Jim James’ silo could bring them back on target. But when they were on….oh boy, that’s why we keep going back. Read more
Band: Love As Laughter
From: Brooklyn, NY
Sound: Raucous, joyous slabs of Americana told through the guileless filter of rock and roll
Similar Artists: Built to Spill, Superchunk, Modest Mouse, The Replacements, Sam Champion
Listen Now: “Crosseyed Beautiful Youngunz”
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Bruce Springsteen to play this year’s Super Bowl Halftime show
Best Buy snags Guns N’ Roses Chinese Democracy retail exclusive
Madonna fined 135,000 pounds for breaking Wembley Stadium curfew
Watch TV on the Radio play outside at Letterman
For more outside music, watch the Walkmen’s Take Away Show in San Francisco
The Rosebuds announce tour for Life Like, in NYC on Oct 24-25
DJ AM released from hospital after plane crash
Wal-Mart pushes customers off the DRM fence
The AV Club reports on Day One and Day Two of Austin City Limits
The Philadelphia Inquirer reviews Willie Nelson’s Friday show at the Tower Theater
Kanye West won’t face charges in LAX scuffle
Obama gives a shout-out to hip-hop
NYC Taper has audio from Friday’s Dinosaur Jr. set at Terminal 5
Last we checked, tonight’s scheduled presidential debate in Mississippi is still up in the air. But hey, that doesn’t have to stop us from putting together a soundtrack for the planned throwdown. So if things do go as planned tonight and you find yourself at home, beer nestled in crotch and eyes glued to the television, consider putting the below mix on for some soothing - and pertinent - background noise and/or soundtrack for when you need a breather (you will need a breather). Will they or won’t they delay it? Stay tuned, and let’s get ready to rumble!
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Of all the artistic media, music—which is really just a bunch of invisible vibrations in the air—is the most transient and the hardest to pin down.
But 20 years after their classic debut, Isn’t Anything, My Bloody Valentine is still working hard to change that fact. Their concert at the Roseland Ballroom on Sept. 23 was a distinctly physical experience. It was kind of like playing hockey, or running a half-marathon.
With the volume cranked up well past the point of comfort (even with the recommended earplugs they were giving out at the door), the reunited MBV reminded thousands of their fans that sound waves can be felt in every part of your body: in your chest and in your throat, and in the way that your clothes flutter with each hit of the bass drum. And without the earplugs, you also feel the pain of your cochlea dying a slow death. Read more
Two giveaways in one week, how about that? If you haven’t taken part in the Brian Wilson contest yet, consider getting on it NOW as it ends today. If you’re holding out for the next promise of “free”, you can exhale now: our latest offering is Fujiya & Miyagi’s excellent new album Lightbulbs (CD version) - which came out last week - as well as a F&M t-shirt. Not bad. Read more
All signs point to Bishop Allen getting completely Garden State‘d a la the Shins due to their prominent role in the upcoming film Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist. Congrats to them and the new attention that certainly awaits….this role certainly seems a bit different from BA frontman Justin Rice’s previous film work as the patron saint of mumblecore. Check out their video for “Middle Management” - from 2007’s The Broken String - comprised entirely of footage from Nick & Norah as well as upcoming Bishop Allen tour dates below. Alright!
“Middle Management” (above)
See Bishop Allen Live:
Nov 01 Washington DC @ Black Cat
Nov 02 Chapel Hill @ Local 506
Nov 05 Norman @ Opolis
Nov 06 Lubbock @ Bash’s Rip Rock #2
Nov 07 Denton @ Hailey’s
Nov 08 Austin @ TBA
Nov 10 La Jolla @ The Loft @ UCSD
Nov 11 L.A. @ The Echo
Nov 12 S.F. @ The Independent
Nov 14 Salt Lake City @ Kilby Court
Nov 15 Denver @ Hi Dive
Nov 16 Ames @ M Shop
Nov 17 Chicago @ Subterranean
Nov 18 Bloomington @ Bear’s Place
Nov 19 Gambier @ Horn’s Gallery
Nov 20 Cambridge @ Middle East [D]
Nov 21 Swarthmore @ Olde Club
Nov 22 Brooklyn @ Music Hall Of Williamsburg
Visit Bishop Allen on MySpace.
Led Zeppelin finally agrees to tour next summer
Lil’ Wayne gets his own blog on ESPN
A happy ending….R.E.M.’s Peter Buck finally gets his stolen guitar back
Village Voice interviews Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo, in which he reveals he has a spreadsheet detailing every show they’ve ever played
Spike.com lists the 10 worst songs that hit #1
And for good measure, a list of the least sexy lyrics of all time
The loudness war rages on!
egads, Perez Hilton has released his first single?
Watch the trailer for the upcoming Biggie biopic Notorious
Arizona premiered their new album on WOXY the other day
VH1 crowns “Fight the Power” as the best hip-hop song of all time
Muxtape to reinvent itself, RIAA shutdown explained
Behold Nick Cave’s biblical blues