- Eddie walking around Wrigley Field and getting excited about sod
- “YOU CAN SAY PENIS! YES!”
- Whatever was going on between Stone and Mike at the 1994 Denver show
- All of the MTV Unplugged performance but especially
a.) Eddie falling off his stool during Porch
b.) Eddie writing PRO-CHOICE on his arm during Porch
c.) Eddie’s little headshake and nose scrunch during Jeremy
- Mike wearing a plaid skirt and lipstick at Lollapalooza
- Eddie doing a full interview in front of a porta-potty at Drop in the Park
- “FUCK MTV! FUCK ALL TV!”
- That one 2006 performance of Last Kiss where Eddie is surrounded by the crowd
- Everyone’s outfits at the 1993 VMA’s. Fashion icons.
- “I don’t know what this means. I don’t think it means anything. That’s just how I feel”
- Everyone’s 10/10 acting performances in Singles “While we’re young” “A compliment for us is a compliment for you” “Yeah we got that show”
Sonic Youth - Double Door, Chicago, Illinois, August 5, 2006
Enter Ibold! We're on the downward slope of the #SonicSummer mountain and in 2006, Sonic Youth drafted Pavement bassist Mark Ibold to help hold down the bottom end. He might not be the mad scientist of sound that Jim O'Rourke was ... but who doesn't love Mark Ibold?! No one, that's who.
This particular summer, Sonic Youth was on the road promoting Rather Ripped, their final album for DGC. I'm kind of convinced that Rather Ripped could have pushed SY into the mainstream — if they had released it in 1994. Chiming guitars, plenty of hooks, catchy choruses, crisp tempos, a pseudo power ballad ... it has Buzz Bin written all over it! (You remember the Buzz Bin, don't you?)
Anyway, it's a solid album — perhaps not as exciting as the handful of records that came before it, but pretty exciting nonetheless. Here in Chicago, playing a post-Lollapalooza gig at the Double Door, the Rather Ripped material, er, rips, whether it's the mystical musings of "Turquoise Boy" or the sweet jangle of "Jams Run Free." I love the extended ambient segue from the latter tune into a magisterial "Pink Steam" (though I'm not sure I love the lyrics of that one). Does Thurston forget most of the words to "Tom Violence"? Yeah, he does!
Things wrap up in fine form with two dips into the past: an appropriately ferocious "Shaking Hell" and a massive "Expressway To Yr Skull" that threatens to bring the entire venue to the ground.
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Though Panic! at the Disco, Jeremy Enigk, and Ryan Adams appeal to different tastes, they each gave Friday afternoon performances before passionate crowds. Panic! kicked their set off with a burst of energy and sexual tension at the AT&T stage. They also did everything they could to prove they're not just another emo band signed by a more established band, in their case, Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz. The quartet had the Lucent Dossier Vaudeville troupe on tour with them to accompany their dance-pop with risque moves, and dressed in Caberet-style garb themselves. Older fans sang along as Panic! performed every track from their debut, A Fever You Can't Sweat Out, and less-familiar fans were won over when the band threw a few covers into their set: Audible surprise, and then appreciation, were heard when lead singer Brendon Urie introduced Radiohead's "Karma Police" and "Tonight, Tonight" by Chicago heroes Smashing Pumpkins. But no matter the song, everyone -- on stage and in the audience -- was dancing along. This being the last set of their two-month tour, Panic gave a polished performance that challenged naysayers to find something to complain about.
This Funky Little Band has Lived in My Mind Rent Free for the better part of seven months and now you all have to hear about it. Keep reading below the cut to justify the afternoon I spent writing all this up.
Formed in 2006, Three friends at George Washington University form a Band:
Ben Thornewill (Piano/synth/vocals)
Jesse Kristin (drums/vocals)
Tommy Siegel (guitar/bass/vocals)
Do they seriously all do vocals?
Yes, and it is glorious
To Date: Six studio albums, one live album, over 1,000 performances including Lollapalooza, Conan, and Letterman
Speaking of those Six Studio Albums, let's take a look:
Let Live and Let Ghosts
The Most 2006 Record You Will Ever Listen To
Achingly Sincere Tracks About Love and Companionship paired with dark-humor apocalyptic numbers inspired in large part by the Bush administration and then-popular End-of-Days theorizing.
My Favorites: Good Day, Hold it In, Where Are All The Scientists Now
Everything Under the Sun
Just Plain Old Fun
A refined take on the formula set by Let Live and Let Ghosts, with the majority of songs running the gamut between peppy (or, in Siegel’s words, caffeinated) and sweet, with an apocalypse suite containing one of the Band’s all-time best numbers)
My Favorites: Empire, Summer Sun, Mistletoe, The Sun (Interlude), The Stars
A Personal Favorite
Apocalyptic Songs Traded for a mix of topics ranging from anxiety and trueness to oneself to aging and mortality, with even the love songs (mostly) erring on the more serious sides of things. The album is Bittersweet, if more Sweet than Bitter.
My Favorites: Ghosts in Empty Houses, Man in the Moon, Say When, Adulthood, Somebody, Everybody Knows, At Last
Jukebox the Ghost Does Heartbreak
Seriously, almost every single one of these tracks has to do with romance and most of them aren’t the happiest about it
Arguably One of their more Boring/mainstream albums, and I can definitely see why some people aren’t the biggest fan, but it's just so much fun.
My Favorites: Hollywood, Made for Ending, Sound of a Broken Heart, Girl, Postcard, The Great Unknown
Jukebox the Ghost Gets Weird (and does a Little Queen in the process)
This album is All Over The Place, and while it doesn’t always work for me, it’s some of JtG’s best work when it does. This album has some of the band’s most well-known songs, and Alt-Indie contrarian though I am, even I have to admit that they’re pretty Fantastic.
My Favorites: Fred Astaire, Everybody’s Lonely, Diane, Simple as 1-2-3
The Essential JtG Album
The Apocalypse is back and better than ever! Apropos of Nothing, this album was released earlier last year (but is surprisingly Covid-free!).
Some of the Band’s best instrumentation and vocals to date; this album is full to bursting with classics.
My Favorites: Ramona, Million Dollar Bills, The Apocalypse Suite (The Machine, Everybody Panic, Raise a Glass, How the World Began), Cheers
The Legacy Of J. Dilla Streaming On FX & Unheard Music Released Via Kano
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The Legacy of J. Dilla is making its debut on the FX network tonight. The New York Times documentary about the late hip-hop producer explores Dilla's ingenuity as a beatmaker, the history of his Conant Gardens neighborhood and the various conflicts over his estate. Dilla died in 2006 at age 32 after battling a rare blood disease. At the time he was a budding underground legend having worked with Erykah Badu, Busta Rhymes, The Roots, D'Angelo and Common. He also founded his own group Slum Village and used his beats to elevate several local rappers from Detroit including Phat Kat, Frank-N-Dank and others. The producer's career took a different turn after R&B veteran Amp Fiddler introduced him to Q-Tip after a fated interaction during a Lollapalooza tour. Since his passing, he's been talked about heavily among rap connoisseurs, beat junkies and producers. The general public is still unaware of his contributions and the documentary is a way to commemorate his work and introduce him to those who still don't connect the sounds to his name. DJ Jazzy Jeff is in the film deconstructing Dilla's methodology that still mystifies the most initiated beatsmiths to this day.
The James Yancy estate has made a deal with Kano, the company responsible for the STEM player to release unheard music from Dilla over the next 10 years. The 20 songs are being released alongside the film. Fans can listen to the music on the STEM player which allows the songs to be remixed and the mixes can be shared online. The STEM player costs $200 and a monthly subscription is $1.94. The Legacy of J. Dilla will debut on FX and can be watched later on Hulu.
La banda inglesa se presentó nuevamente en Buenos Aires y revalidó sus pergaminos obtenidos en sus anteriores presentaciones además logró transformar sus shows de pequeño formato a un gran escenario con gran pericia y mejor resultado, la recepción de un público multitudinario fue la confirmación del buen trabajo hecho en la calurosa noche del sábado y en las anteriores visitas.
La Consagración Porteña.
Luego de ser parte del line up de la primera edición del Music Wins, festival que los vuelve a traer para su tercera edición y que en esta oportunidad los tendría como headliners y en el main stage, el escenario más grande en el cual se hayan presentado.
Si bien tocaron en la edición local del Lollapalooza del 2016, en unos de los escenarios principales, no lo hicieron en horario central (17:30 fue su horario) y mucho menos fueron artista cabeza de cartel.
La productora a cargo (Indie Folks) también es la responsable de 3 de las 4 visitas al país, su última presentación fue en el 2019 en el teatro Vorterix donde convalidaron la preferencia que tiene el público para con ellos.
El repertorio elegido fue un repaso por sus puntos más altos de su discografía, si bien, la banda despliega un show con gran oficio y se nota bastante el trabajo puesto en esta cuestión.
Tal como indicaba el horario fijado del show, 22:30, abren el juego con ‘’Love Factory’’ de su última y muy buena producción Small Worlds editado a principio de este año.
Segunda carta que juegan y los primeros acordes de ‘’The Bay’’ harían estallar por primera vez al público, que se había congregado en gran cantidad frente a los escenarios principales, para ver los shows de cierre de Metronomy y de los franceses de The Blaze que a continuación desplegarían toda su artillería de electrónica para hacer el cierre bailable de la noche.
De su ya clásico The English Riviera prosiguen con ‘’Corinne’’ y ‘’Everything Goes My Way’’, canciones que sirvieron para dejar su marca indeleble cuando los hicieron merecer todo tipo de halagos de la prensa y su llegada un público masivo.
En su primera visita de aquel ya lejano Music Wins 2014, venían para presentar Love Letters (2014), del cual salieron “Reservoir’’ y ‘’Boy Racers’’ donde la pulsión bailable se apodero de la noche y el micro baile empezó desplegar sus bondades.
De su disco debut Pip Paine (pay the $500 You Owe) Del 2006, apareció ‘’The End of You Too’’ con todo ese cambalache sonoro.
Si bien no es un sonido característico en la carrera de la banda con ‘’Insecurity’’ las guitarras generaron una atmosfera roquera, solo una atmosfera y solo momentáneamente
Pegado apareció ‘’Salted Iced Cream’’ ambos de su penúltima placa Metronomy Forever (2019).Si alguien no supiera que es el sonido indy, bastaría con ‘’The Right on Time’’ (Small Worlds-2022) para poder describir ese sonido y una canción por demás optimista que no hace falta saber el idioma, ni saber la letra para poder comprender de qué tipo de composición estamos siendo escuchas.
El repertorio elegido fue un repaso por sus puntos más altos de su discografía, si bien, la banda despliega un show con gran oficio y se nota bastante el trabajo puesto en esta cuestión.
Tal como indicaba el horario fijado del show, 22:30, abren el juego con ‘’Love Factory’’ de su última y muy buena producción Small Worlds editado a principio de este año.
Segunda carta que juegan y los primeros acordes de ‘’The Bay’’ harían estallar por primera vez al público, que se había congregado en gran cantidad frente a los escenarios principales, para ver los shows de cierre de Metronomy y de los franceses de The Blaze que a continuación desplegarían toda su artillería de electrónica para hacer el cierre bailable de la noche.
De su ya clásico The English Riviera prosiguen con ‘’Corinne’’ y ‘’Everything Goes My Way’’, canciones que sirvieron para dejar su marca indeleble cuando los hicieron merecer todo tipo de halagos de la prensa y su llegada un público masivo.
Para el momento más alto del show se guardan su as de espadas, ‘’The Look’’, una canción digámoslo así, inoxidable ya a estas alturas, han pasado más de 10 años de su edición y no para de crecer en reconocimiento y preferencia del público.
Con una puesta lumínica acorde, pudieron darle la grandeza que se merece y que debe tener el repertorio de esta banda ahora en una situación de otra dimensión con respecto a sus anteriores presentaciones.
Siguieron ‘’Love Letters’’ del disco homónimo y para cerrar ‘’You Could Easily Have Me’’.
Párrafo aparte se merecen cada uno de los integrantes.
No hace falta decir, aclarar o informar el gran frontman que es Josef Mount. El carisma que despliega sobre el escenario en cada una de sus funciones y la llegada al público son su must.
La hermosa Anna Prior, con sus palillos es un baluarte difícil de definir, la banda se apoya en sus golpes y da acabadas muestras de lo tiempista que es.
Olugbenga Adelekan de gran despliegue en el escenario, con su bajo mantiene el groove siempre arriba y es el sostén rítmico junto con Anna.
Oscar Cash ofrece sus dotes en los teclados dándole ni más, ni menos que el sonido ese tan característico de la banda.
Mark Lovett es el comodín, guitarras y coros para acompañar a Josef, teclados para sumarse a Oscar y en definitiva, tener variedad de texturas, algo bien característico de Metronomy.
Una vez más lo hicieron y para resumir todos estos años de trabajo en estas tierras, donde sus habitantes ya casi los han adoptado y los hacen sentir tan locales, tan nuestros, como el clásico refrán porteño, “’Tanto va el cántaro a la fuente que al final, se rompe”’ y le cae de mil maravillas para describir lo que ha sucedido estos últimos años con Metronomy.
I’ve wanted to work this out for my own amusement for a while. It might be worth publishing. My Mum and Dad will definitely find it interesting at least.
(This, obviously, doesn’t include instores, acoustic things and radio sessions, because mostly they suck)
First off, here is a photograph of us before (I think) we had ever even played a gig (it’s scary how young we look):
NB. I’m wearing a tie because I had just come from some awards thing. Not because I wanted to be in the Strokes.
Number 1 – First Gig (Cardiff ‘Fun Factory’, May 8, 2006)
Number 6 – First Headline Show (Cardiff Barfly, June 16 2006)
Number 8 – First Gig Outside Of Wales (Water Rats, London, September 11 2006)
Number 9 – First Gig Not In A Capital City/First Gig With Sky Larkin (Love Apple, Bradford, September 13 2006)
Number 18 – First Gig With Johnny Foreigner (The Social, Nottingham, March 1 2007)
Number 21 – First Gig In Scotland (Capitol, Glasgow, March 3 2007)
Number 28 – First Festival Gig (Leeds Wireless, June 16 2007)
Number 30 – First Show Outside Of The UK (Razzmatazz, Barcelona, June 29 2007)
Number 32 – First US Gig (Lollapalooza, Chicago, August 5 2007)
Number 37 – First Ireland Gig (Whelans, Dublin, Oct 2 2007)
FIFTIETH GIG – Cockpit, Leeds (October 19 2007)
Number 61 – Start Of First European Tour (London Calling Festival, Amsterdam, Nov 3 2007)
Number 69 – First West Coast Show (Echo Lounge, LA, November 27 2007)
Number 76 – First Japan Show (British Anthems, Tokyo, December 9 2007)
Number 85 – First Time Supporting Kula Shaker (Haldern Pop, Haldern, March 1 2008)
Number 89 – First SXSW (Emo Jrs, March 13 2008)
Number 105 – Start Of First Support Tour (w/ the Go! Team, Le 106, Rouen, April 25 2008)
Number 109 – First ATP Gig (Camber Sands, May 9 2008)
Number 199 – First Show In Mexico (Lunario Nacional, Mexico City, March 6 2009)
TWO-HUNDREDTH GIG – Teatro Estudio Cavaret, Guadalajara (March 7 2009)
Number 216 – First South American Show (La Trastienda Club, Buenos Aires, April 21 2009)
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I think our 250th gig might be in the UK. Let’s do something special to celebrate, yeh?
SEE: Datarock - “DISCObedience” + AI-Generated Music Video
The incomparable dance rock kings DATAROCK are back with a new single “DISCObedience” and an AI-generated music video. We have been fans of these guys since 2006 and we’re excited to share with you their catchy and playful new dance single. Check it out below and read more.
DATAROCK who exploded from their trademark red tracksuits with their global hit “Fa-Fa-Fa” in 2006 and headlined Coachella, Lollapalooza, Reading and Leeds Festivals or perhaps you know their music from Coke and Apple, Microsoft, Samsung, and Google commercials, or from films like Ace Ventura Jr.: Pet Detective, and even Video Games like FIFA, and the SIMs!
Well… they’re back and trading their jumpsuits for A.I. spacesuits with a new single called “DISCObedience” that came out last Friday (8/18) and a new album Media Consumption Pyramid that comes out Sept 29th via YAP Records!.
Embracing new Technology in Media Consumption Pyramid, their previous singles “Rabbit Hole”, and “Heart Shaped Circle,” showcase A.I -generated music videos for their new music that fuses nostalgic sounds of 80s artists like DEVO, Depeche ModePet Shop Boys, and The Smiths, with modern electro rhythms.
Written in response to the very violent right-wing, terrorist attack In 2011 in Utøya (an island in Norway) with 69 people killed that happened the following night after one of their performances, Media Consumption Pyramid is a cathartic exhale of that experience plus the Covid lockdown. Instead of a depressing album, Fredrik (who is also a restaurateur who opened two Michelin-starred restaurants Lysverket and Hoggorm in Norway) decided to sublimate that negative energy and write a record that celebrates life.
Read the full article
SEE: Datarock - “DISCObedience” + AI-Generated Music Video
The incomparable dance rock kings DATAROCK are back with a new single “DISCObedience” and an AI-generated music video. We have been fans of these guys since 2006 and we’re excited to share with you their catchy and playful new dance single. Check it out below and read more.
DATAROCK who exploded from their trademark red tracksuits with their global hit “Fa-Fa-Fa” in 2006 and headlined Coachella, Lollapalooza, Reading and Leeds Festivals or perhaps you know their music from Coke and Apple, Microsoft, Samsung, and Google commercials, or from films like Ace Ventura Jr.: Pet Detective, and even Video Games like FIFA, and the SIMs!
Well… they’re back and trading their jumpsuits for A.I. spacesuits with a new single called “DISCObedience” that came out last Friday (8/18) and a new album Media Consumption Pyramid that comes out Sept 29th via YAP Records!.
Embracing new Technology in Media Consumption Pyramid, their previous singles “Rabbit Hole”, and “Heart Shaped Circle,” showcase A.I -generated music videos for their new music that fuses nostalgic sounds of 80s artists like DEVO, Depeche ModePet Shop Boys, and The Smiths, with modern electro rhythms.
Written in response to the very violent right-wing, terrorist attack In 2011 in Utøya (an island in Norway) with 69 people killed that happened the following night after one of their performances, Media Consumption Pyramid is a cathartic exhale of that experience plus the Covid lockdown. Instead of a depressing album, Fredrik (who is also a restaurateur who opened two Michelin-starred restaurants Lysverket and Hoggorm in Norway) decided to sublimate that negative energy and write a record that celebrates life.
Read the full article