Posts Tagged ‘beach house’
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009
This new Beach House track is way beyond my expectations. Norway clears the table of last year’s headphone masterpiece, Devotion, and makes way for a record that may put Beach House on the map as one of the most important bands of 2010. The Norway single will be released on 7” on Monday 11th January 2010 and will be backed with an exclusive track titled, Baby.
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Beach House – Norway from Teen Dream (2010)
Quiet. Sweet. Grey.
We Are The Willows’ new album, A Collection of Sounds and Something Like the Plague, was released the 24th of November through Amble Down Records. But their EP, A Family. A Tree. is available online completely free right here. It’s a very soft spoken style that goes just past street performer innocence and almost enough for the soundtrack to a damp and cloudy Mid-Western day. Using a portable laptop / mic system in order to capture sounds of the city for the record, the album and EP capture more than the city of Minneapolis, but the essence of loneliness and isolation.
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We Are The Willows – A Funeral Dressed As A Birthday from A Collection of Sounds and Something Like the Plague / A Family. A Tree EP (2009)
From Tealights‘ upcoming Take Us By Sea EP, this is Passport; a simple indie-pop gem that caught my ear on a recent playlist a threw together. Goes well with warm nights and clear skies.
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Tealights – Passport from Take Us By Sea EP (2009)
Tealights on tour:
Dec 4 2009 9:30P
Legends of Notre Dame Nightclub
South Bend, Indiana
Dec 9 2009 9:00P
The Earl w/ Venice is Sinking & This Piano Plays Itself
Atlanta, Georgia
Dec 12 2009 8:00P
Sentient Bean w/ Adron and Little Tybee
Savannah, Georgia
Jan 4 2010 8:00P
The Drunken Unicorn w/ The Sour Notes
Atlanta, Georgia
Tags: A Collection of Sounds and Something Like the Plague, A Family. A Tree EP (, beach house, Beach House - Norway, Devotion, Tealights, Teen Dream, We Are The Willows
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Sunday, January 18th, 2009
If for some strange reason you aren’t doing anything this weekend (or next weekend), it would behoove you to attend at least one of the Sketchfest shows going on all over San Francisco and Marin County. Not only will there be live shows of “The State”, “Fernwood” and “TV Funhouse”, but a slew of respectable comedians like Rob Corddry and Rob Riggle from “The Daily Show”, Martin Mull, Fred Willard, Jon Hamm, Tim and Eric, Robert Smigel, Triumph The Insult Comic Dog, Dana Carvey, Michael McKean, Janeane Garofalo, Zach Galifianakis and many more. A few friends and I will be going to a handful of these (mainly The Hills: A Staged Reading). Try and make it to one of the events, you can’t go wrong with improv and sketch comedy.
18th – Sunday:
Fountains of Wayne (Acoustic)
Café du Nord
2170 Market Street
San Francisco CA 94114
Boyz II Men
Mezzanine
444 Jessie Street @ Mint
San Francisco CA CA 94103
19th – Monday:
Johnathan Human / Goddess Alchemy Project
Temple
540 Howard St
San Francisco CA 94105
20th – Tuesday (Inaugeration Day!):
Silver Summit / Woven Hand
Bottom of the Hill
1233 17th Street
San Francisco CA 94107
21st – Wednesday:
The Walkmen / Beach House
The Fillmore
1805 Geary Boulevard
San Francisco CA 94115
22nd – Thursday:
Metronomy / The Mae Shi
Popscene
330 Ritch Street
San Francisco CA 94107
23rd – Friday:
The Raveonettes
Bimbo’s 365 Club
1025 Columbus Avenue
San Francisco CA 94133
Tapes ‘n Tapes / WAVVES / Wild Light
The Great American Music Hall
859 O’Farrell Street
San Francisco CA 94109
24th – Saturday:
Killing ’til Oblivion Tour
Cattle Decapitation / PsyOpus / Book of Black Earth
Thee Parkside
1600 17th Street
San Francisco CA 94107
PsyOpus – The White Light
WAVVES – WAVVES
Beach House – Turtle Island
Silver Summit – The Door
Tags: beach house, Boyz II Men, Cattle Decapitation, Fountains of Wayne, Johnathan Human, Metronomy, PsyOpus, sf sketchfest, Silver Summit, Sketchfest, Tapes 'n Tapes, The Mae Shi, The Raveonettes, The Walkmen, Wavves, Wild Light, Woven Hand
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Friday, December 26th, 2008
Best EPs of 2008:
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One Day As A Lion - One Day As A Lion: The Rage isn’t back, but the passion of Zach is.
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Cool Kids – The Bake Sale: Hip-hop is not dead, it’s alive and well with The Cool Kids.
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The Decemberists – Always a Bridesmaid: One song bugs me, but the rest is lovely.
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Animal Collective – Water Curses: An exciting view into what’s in store for 2009.
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Air France – No Way Down: I don’t need a new Avalanches record, all I need is this EP…and this lamp.
Best Gadget I Couldn’t Live Without:
Best Music Blogs of 2008 (aside from Gorilla vs. Bear and Brooklyn Vegan):
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Motel De Moka: Stunning artwork mixed with the best minimalistic, experimental, and ambient music I’ve never heard of.
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ipickmynose: His weekly song obsessions quickly become my song obsessions. Plus his view into the Bay Area indie scene helps me understand this strange new land I’ve found myself in.
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Captain Obvious: His library of covers is unrivaled as well as his detailed and spot-on album reviews.
Best Books I Read This Year:
Biggest Musical Disappointments:
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The Ben Folds album…blows
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Kanye West experiements…fails
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No Portishead US tour
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Foo Fighters just can’t rock like they used to
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Scarlett Johansson covers Tom Waits, nuff said
Most Anticipated in 2009:
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Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavillion
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Dan Deacon – Bromst
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Mastodon – Crack The Skye
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dredg – tba
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M. Ward – Hold Time
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Division Day – tba
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Jeremy Enigk – Ok Bear
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Cage – Depart From Me
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Weatherman Album?
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The One AM Radio – tba
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The Decemberists – The Hazards of Love
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Andrew Bird – Noble Beast
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Rival Schools – tba
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Kiss Kiss – The Meek Shall Inherit What’s Left
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The Arcade Fire – tba
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Battles – tba
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Manchester Orchestra – Mean Everything To Nothing
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mewithoutyou – tba
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Cursive – tba
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Burial – tba
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Wilco – tba
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Menomena – tba
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The Album Leaf – tba
Other Songs That I Loved This Year
Astro Raw – I’m The One With A Smile
Beach House – Gila
Bill O’Reilly – Bill O’Reilly Flips Out (Dance Remix)
Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy – So Everyone
Chairlift – Evident Utensil
Cloud Cult – Everybody here is a Cloud
The Cool Kids – A Party (For Everyone) (Logarhythmik remix)
The Dear Hunter – Battesimo del Fuoco
Delta Spirit – Trashcan
Department Of Eagles – No One Does It Like You
The Dodos – Fools
Entire Cities – Talkers
Facing New York – Cops On Bikes (WP PM5K RMX)
Frightened Rabbit – Fast Blood
God Is An Astronaut – Remaining Light
Grizzly Bear – While You Wait For The Others
The Hold Steady – Stay Positive
Jolie Holland – Mexico City
The Limousines – Very Busy People
Little Joy – Brand New Start
Lykke Li – I’m Good, I’m Gone
Mason Proper – Friendship
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Jesus Of The Moon
Port O’Brien – Fisherman’s Son
Portugal. The Man – Lay Me Back Down
R.E.M. – Supernatural Superserious
Rye Rye – Tic Toc (ft. M.I.A.)
Sennen – Your Hand In Mine
The Sound Of Animals Fighting – The Ocean And The Sun
Vampire Weekend – Ottoman
White Denim – Sitting
Tags: Astro Raw, beach house, Bill O'Reilly, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, chairlift, Cloud Cult, Delta Spirit, department of eagles, Entire Cities, facing new york, Favorites of 2008, Frightened Rabbit, God Is An Astronaut, Grizzly Bear, Jolie Holland, Little Joy, Lykke Li, Mason Proper, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Port O'Brien, Portugal. The Man, R.E.M., Rye Rye, Sennen, The Cool Kids, The Dear Hunter, The Dodos, The Hold Steady, The Limousines, The Sound of Animals Fighting, Vampire Weekend, White Denim
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Tuesday, November 18th, 2008
Baltimore Electro-dance maniac Dan Deacon is not your average electronic artist. You won’t precisely understand what I mean until you witness one of his uplifting and truly unique live shows. What happens at these shows is a quasi-religious experience that celebrates our freedom of expression and the randomness of human nature. He brings on a new level of performance electronic music and is showing no signs of slowing down. Lately the man has been putting on the finishing touches to his next album, Bromst, and was cool enough to sit down answer the Kuestionnaire.
1. Of all the bands/artists in your CD/record collection, which one is your most cherished?
probably my harry partch ‘delusion of the fury’ vinyl boxset. besides being one of my favorite pieces of music, it has a really beauitful booklet explaining all of his instruments. i found it in a dumpster of the suny purchase library, that was a great day.
2. What have you been listening to lately?
neil young, talking heads. same stuff i usually listen to.
3. What’s your favorite local band?
thats a really tough question. baltimore fucking rules really hard right now. maybe ed schrader, future islands, blood baby, beach house or santa dads. it depends on the mood i’m in.
4. What was the last show you attended?
health, video hippos, ed schrader, smart growth at sonar in baltimore
5. What was the greatest show you’ve ever been to?
most likely when i saw they might be giants do a “then set” which is when they played all of their old songs the original way, with just the two of them and the “band machine.” i wish they would do more of that. it was really amazing.
6. What show are you looking forward to?
the play ‘rhinoceros’ at the annex theater. i’m going tomorrow!
7. What musician would you like to hang out/work with for a day?
otis redding
8. What four albums you would bring to a deserted island?
i’d rather bring instruments than albums but if it was albums, maybe ‘rainbow in curved air’ by terry riley. it would help chill me out from the thought of being on a deserted island.
9. Would you call yourself a music geek?
no. i don’t really use the word geek much.
10. Any favorite music-related videos/DVDs you own?
i don’t really have that many videos or DVDs. today i discovered i own a rough cut of an episode of the ‘john larroquette show.’ that show is a real heartbreaker.
11. What’s the last book you read?
i’m almost done with pinchbecks ‘2012.’ the last book i read was also by him, ‘breaking open the head.’
12. Do you prefer live performances or recording in the studio?
it depends. i compose about half my work to be listen to at home, and the other half to be listen to live.
13. Any embarrassing moments on stage you’d like to share?
i don’t really have any i haven’t told before. i’m generally an embarrassment
14. Any favorite tour locations?
dublin, knoxville, melbourne, sao paulo, portland, chicago, the bay area.
15. Lastly, what have you done today?
i worked on a tent i’m designing for my next album ‘bromst.’
Dan Deacon will be performing in December at the following locations…
December 11 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Masonic Temple (with ensemble)
December 12 – Colorado Springs, CO @ Ice Age in Colorado College
December 13 – Denver, CO @ Rhinoceropolis
December 19 – Baltimore, MD @ Sonar : BALTIMORE ROUND ROBIN!!!!
December 27 – Las Vegas, NV @ House of Blues (opening for Girl Talk)
Dan Deacon – Moses vs Predator
Dan Deacon – I’m 100% F.U.N.
Beach House – Gila
Tags: beach house, dan deacon, electronic, FUN!, kuestionnaire
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