Entries Tagged as 'Music'
Um, yeah, so holy shit you guys. Ben wasn't lying when he gushed about the awesomeness of Wolf Parade when he saw them in Chicago. Wolf Parade is incredible live. I didn't have my proper camera on me at this show (just the iPhone - above, which is taking increasingly out of focus photos, for some reason), so I'll let Ben do a full review of this show when he gets his computer up and running again from the move, but I want to encourage any of you who are in cities that Wolf Parade is destined for on this ...
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Categories: Concerts, Music
Tags: Dallas, DFW, Palladium, Tour Dates, Wolf Parade
Quick bit of info my friend Mark notified me of, click on this link with your iTunes open, and you can download a Lightspeed Champion live show with 6 songs for only $1.99. If you aren't familiar with Dev's newest project, this is a perfect introduction - not much cash for a few great songs. The setlist is as follows:
Everyone I Know is Listening to Crunk
Galaxy of the Lost
Dry Lips
No Surprise
Tell Me What It's Worth
Midnight Surprise
If you would like to check out the prodigious amount of love that Lightspeed Champion gets on this here site, click the band name in the tag cloud ...
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Categories: Concerts, Music
Tags: Lightspeed Champion, Live
Posted July 20th, 2008 by BVaz · 1 Comment
Well I am in the process of moving so I can't do any proper website updates for a little while, but in the meantime, I started a twitter for the site here and I will update with stuff from Pitchfork today, and also from Lollapalooza in a couple weekends when that happens. I also have a lot of my photo blogging still going on here. Once I get stuff organized next week I should be able to get some photos from the preview night and Pitchfork up.
As for yesterday at Pitchfork, I wasn't there the entire day thanks ...
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Categories: Concerts, Main, Music
Tags: Chicago, Pitchfork Music Fest, Summer Festival, Twitter, Union Park
Fantastic Playroom by New Young Pony Club is a dance party album. Nothing more. Seriously, there is nothing more to it. This album will indeed get people moving and the music itself is catchy and energetic, but there is no real depth to the songs and the lyrics go from borderline silly to downright laughable. There really isn't much more necessary to get an accurate overview other than that, to be honest - this record is a one trick pony. Catchy dance music, no depth, terrible lyrics. Full review, tourdates and MP3 samples after the jump.
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Categories: Albums, Music, Reviews
Tags: 2008, Album Review, Fantastic Playground, New Young Pony Club, Tour Dates
Marcus and I went to the former the Gypsy Tea Room (now The Door) to see Maps & Atlases on Friday night, and it's apparent that the owners of the Door have done NOTHING to improve that venue; it's still the same terrible sounding, awful dump that it always was. At any rate, Maps & Atlases was very sharp and highly entertaining, and you can check out all of my photos from their show here. This was my first exposure to M&A, other than clips on YouTube, and these guys have an interesting, rather ecclectic/experimental sound, but it comes together in a nice ...
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Categories: Concerts, Music, Reviews
Tags: 2008, DFW, Gasoline Heart, Maps & Atlases, The Door, Tour Dates
The Smiths - The Smiths - Rough Trade - 1984
Well, somewhat inspired by this forum post, I thought I would try to cover some of the albums on the list here on the Throwback Thursday feature. First I thought I would hit up one of my favorite bands ever, and one that I feel that their influence is very poignant and prevalent in today's indie music scene. Of course I refer to the great Smiths, one of the really great and I think still underappreciated bands of the 1980s.
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Categories: Albums, Main, Music, Throwback Thursday
Tags: Johnny Marr, Modest Mouse, Morrissey, The Smiths
Wolf Parade is just one of those bands that is just really fucking in the zone right now, with a superb album that is my favorite of '08 so far, building buzz around said album, and a big ole tour to go out and blow some minds, and they showed their prowess once again last night at the House of Blues in downtown Chicago. They are one of those bands that I would put in the indie 'elite' as far as bands that pretty much bring solid gold with everything they do, and that certainly includes their live show. ...
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Categories: Concerts, Main, Music, Reviews
Tags: 2008, Awesome, Chicago, House of Blues Chicago, Wolf Parade
First they had the countdown last night, which revealed another countdown of sorts to a BBC radio show this afternoon, and the big reveal finally is a new single 'Mercury'. It is certainly a different sound for them, with a driving drum beat, brassy horns, and a lot more voice modification on Kele's voice than usual. Anyway, go to their website to listen to the track or to see the video for the track. I don't know if this in any way indicates something about LP3, since it doesn't directly say something about that, but they have ...
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Categories: Main, Music
Tags: Bloc Party, Mercury
With the greatness of the Pitchfork Music Fest coming up next weekend, I thought I would throw some fuel on the hype fire for it with some of the bands that will be blowing our minds come time for the festival. I already covered some more Dinosaur Jr. last Thursday so let's hit up some of the other acts.
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Categories: Concerts, Main, Mix Tape Monday, Music
Tags: Bon Iver, Cut Copy, Fleet Foxes, Pitchfork Music Fest, Spoon, Summer Festival
The Helio Sequence is a band that has had several indy releases, and Keep Your Eyes Ahead, released by Sub Pop Records is a nice surprise when I threw it on the iTunes for the first time not too long ago. Overall, Keep Your Eyes Ahead is an enjoyable and even record, in that the high points aren't the most awesome, but the low points aren't the most terrible music I have heard this year, either. I think the album suffers a little from the fact that the lead vocals aren't exactly world-class, but they are passable. On the right ...
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Categories: Albums, Music, Reviews
Tags: 2008, Album Review, Keep Your Eyes Ahead, The Helio Sequence, Tour Dates
Headed up to the Beat Kitchen last night for some tunage from Welsh rockers People In Planes. You may remember when I saw these guys a few months ago in the weirdest concert venue ever, the Cubby Bear, but they managed to put on a good show despite the circumstances. I have always been a huge fan of their debut album "As Far As The Eye Can See", and now they are back in the US touring on their new record "Beyond the Horizon". Last night they put on another solid performance.
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Categories: Concerts, Main, Music, Reviews
Tags: 2008, Beat Kitchen, Chicago, People in Planes, Wales
Posted July 3rd, 2008 by BVaz · 1 Comment
Well I don't have too much planned in terms of the throwback this week because of the holiday festivities, so in honor of the great J Mascis and Dinosaur Jr. hitting Pitchfork Music Fest here in Chicago in a few weeks I thought I would throw out another homage to one of his earlier albums. This one is not one of the higher regarded albums, and is actually the last recorded Dinosaur album in the "solo J" era before the breakup/reunion in recent years, but it certainly still has its classic moments, and is still chock full of blazing ...
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Categories: Albums, Main, Music, Throwback Thursday
Tags: Dinosaur Jr., J Mascis, Pitchfork Music Fest, Summer Festival
One of the great new discoveries for me earlier this year was Ra Ra Riot when I saw them opening for The Cribs at Double Door, and I was really impressed with both their stage energy and their songs. I was instantly converted into a fan, and now they have announced a slew of tour dates in support of their upcoming album "The Rhumb Line" (pictured above), out August 19th on Barsuk Records, which is one of the main albums I am looking forward to this summer/fall. I really enjoyed their show earlier this year and will certainly ...
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Categories: Concerts, Main, Music
Tags: Ra Ra Riot, Tour Dates, Walter Meego
Posted July 2nd, 2008 by BVaz · 1 Comment
Glastonbury has put up videos of full sets from a lot of the artists that played the festival over last weekend, including some of our favorites here at DBF such as The National and MGMT. The full list of artists is here and not everyone has a video setlist up, but a lot of people do, so search around.
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Categories: Concerts, Main, Music
Tags: Glastonbury, Summer Festival, Video
So here’s a little album I’ve been wanting to write about for some time, but didn’t know how to proceed. It may be due, in part, to the fact that it’s been quite a spell since my last hallucinogen-induced bender. Nonetheless, Oracular Spectacular is an encompassing album that is delightfully complex, while maintaining a lightheartedness throughout. Andrew Vanwyngarden and Ben Goldwasser have done a very impressive of job of creating a mash up of eclectic sounds and styles in a manner that would make a Flaming Lips/David Bowie love child shed a single tear of joy.
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Categories: Albums, Main, Music, Reviews
Tags: Album Review, MGMT, Oracular Spectacular, Time to Pretend
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