Posts Tagged ‘Great Lake Swimmers’
Monday, May 25th, 2009
“Green sods are all their monuments; and yet it tells A nobler history than pillared piles, Or the eternal pyramids.”
- James Gates Percival
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Shearwater – Whipping Boy
Laura Veirs – Fire Snakes
Elliott Smith – Twilight
Frightened Rabbit – Poke
Loch Lomond – Bird And A Bear (I Am The Bird)
Tallest Man on Earth – I Won’t Be Found
Great Lake Swimmers – Stealing Tomorrow
Horse Feathers – Working Poor
Damien Jurado – What Were The Chances
Sparklehorse – Most Beautiful Widow In Town
Chad VanGaalen – After The Afterlife
Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy – Lie Down in the Light
Asobi Seksu – Thursday (Acoustic)
Sun Kil Moon – Gentle Moon
Jens Lekman – Sky Phenomenon
The One AM Radio – Invitation Only
Do Make Say Think – The Apartment Song
Tags: Asobi Seksu, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Chad VanGaalen, damien jurado, Do Make Say Think, elliott smith, Frightened Rabbit, Great Lake Swimmers, Horse Feathers, Jens Lekman, Laura Veirs, Loch Lomond, Shearwater, Sparklehorse, Sun Kil Moon, Tallest Man on Earth, The One AM Radio
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Saturday, April 4th, 2009
I’ll be blogging (hate that word) on the road this coming week. In fact as you read this, I’ll already be in Boston drinking heavily and celebrating my friend’s birthday. Good times. Anyway, I have quite a few reasons why I’ll be in Boston. Here are my top 5…
1. Opening Day at Fenway with the Red Sox vs. Tampa Bay Rays! Courtesy of my good friend Katie. GO SOX!
2. Friend’s crazy Birthday pub crawl. Maybe a drunk post tonight…who knows what could happen?
3. Mates of State / Black Kids / SUNBEARS! show at the newly renovated House of Blues. Good to finally see my boys in SUNBEARS! perform.
4. Zombie parade on EASTER DAY! Will I bring a camera? Yes. Will there be a shitload of Zombie Jesus’? I’m guessing yes on that one.
5. Boston Pillow Fight Today! I don’t know where it’s going to be (yet) but I’ll definitely be there.
Mates of State – My Only Offer
Moving on…
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Michael Zapruder – Ads For Feelings
Hey! You know that band theSTART? Probably not, but you might want to get to know the band’s side project, Normandie. A very dark 80s-ish mix of Blondie and Portishead. You like the sound of that? Well then download this low quality demo and tell me what you think.
Normandie – Little Sister (demo)
Some interesting new releases this past Tuesday. First off is the wonderful Great Lake Swimmers with Lost Channels. I seriously love this album and can already tell you that I will be listening to this album over and over on the plane. It’s very solid release, go buy it. Peter Bjorn and John return with Living Thing. Not as many catchy tunes as I would have expected, but it’s not bad. The Whitest Boy Alive’s Rules is growing on me a bit. Oh and the new Yeah Yeah Yeahs album, It’s Blitz, came out. I love this album so much. I’m so glad these guys went in this direction, it suits them well.
The Whitest Boy Alive – Island
No this isn’t the cover of the new My Chemical Romance album. I wouldn’t do that to you after my little April Fools gag. This is the cover of Cage’s new free E.P. I Never Knew You. He says it will be available soon, but I’m not sure when that exactly is. But here’s the dark El-P produced title track from the upcoming and much anticipated E.P.
Cage – I Never Knew You
Tags: 1090 Club, cage, Great Lake Swimmers, mates of state, Michael Zapruder, Normandie, Peter Bjorn and John, SUNBEARS!, The Whitest Boy Alive, theSTART, Yeah Yeah Yeahs
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Sunday, March 29th, 2009
I was hard-pressed to know that the day I fly out to Boston is the same day Great Lake Swimmers play the Bottom of the Hill. This wouldn’t be that much of a problem if I didn’t love their new album, Lost Channels, so much. No matter, I’m happy with seeing the brilliant Chad VanGaalen and Women perform at the same venue this Tuesday.
If you haven’t already noticed, noise-freak rockers The Mae Shi and pre have been invading the Bay Area. They swung by the Berkley Amoeba Records and San Francisco’s Hemlock Tavern on Friday, Visalia on Saturday, and will be playing at Your House in Oakland tonight with Religious Girls. You can also catch them this week at…
03/30 Los Altos – KFJC live
03/30 San Jose – Nickel City
03/31 Santa Cruz – Crepe Place
Also tonight is Goapele at Yoshi’s Oakland, Emiliana Torrini at The Independent, Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy at the Orchard Spotlight in Santa Rosa (who will also be playing the Fillmore the following day), and The Bronx at Rickshaw Stop. In fact, Rickshaw Stop is kind of busy with Sebastien Grainger on Monday and Kid Sister on Wednesday. Well, Kid Sister cancelled (AGAIN!), so nevermind.
RATATAT sold out the Fillmore for both Thursday and Friday. So keep checking craiglist if you haven’t bought tickets yet.
The Bottom of the Hill will be hosting White Denim on Thursday and Lily Allen and Natalie Portman’s Shaved Head visit the Warfield Theatre this Saturday.
See you out there!
White Denim – Sitting
Chad VanGaalen – Willow Tree
Great Lake Swimmers – Palmistry
Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy – Afraid Ain’t Me
Tags: Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Chad VanGaalen, Emiliana Torrini, goapele, Great Lake Swimmers, Kid Sister, Lily Allen, Natalie Portman's Shaved Head, Pigeon John, pre, Sebastien Grainger, The Bronx, The Mae Shi, White Denim, women
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