New Bond Trailer - Quantum of Solace

New trailer for the 22nd James Bond flick. Due out in theaters Nov. 7th. I wanna be James Bond.

New Don Caballero Album, Tour Dates

The guys in Don Caballero will release their new album Punkgasm on Aug. 19th. Download the song "Bulkeye" from that album below.

DOWNLOAD: Don Caballero - "Bulkeye" (MP3)

They've also announced a slew of North American dates in support of the album w/ Ponytail and An Albatross.

August 19 - Arlington, VA IOTA Club & Café*
August 20 - Baltimore, MD Sonar*
August 21 - Virginia Beach, VA Steppin Out*
August 22 - Philadelphia, PA Johnny Brenda's**
August 23 - New York, NY Knitting Factory**
August 24 - Allston, MA Harper's Ferry*
August 25 - Montreal, QC Club Lambi*
August 26 - Toronto, ON Lee's Place*
August 27 - Hamilton, ON Casbah*
August 28 - London, ON Call the Office*
August 29 - Pontiac, MI Pike Room*
August 30 - Chicago, IL Subterranean*
August 31 - St. Paul, MN Turf Club
September 2 - Dekalb, IL The House Café
September 3 - St. Louis, MO Bluebird
September 4 - Cincinnati, OH Northside Tavern
September 5 - Columbus, OH Café Bourbon Street
September 6 - Pittsburgh, PA Mr. Small's Theater
* with Ponytail
** With Ponytail, An Albatross

Older Band But A Newer Discovery: The Meeting Places

I've had these guys on a wish list for some time but have never been able to find any of their material. Thank god my internet skills are up to par. It seems they've been on a hiatus for a couple years but this statement was made by the band in late April 2008 - "It’s been awhile, yeah? Well, it looks like it’s time to dust off the old gear and get this shit rolling. Scott has officially re-joined the band and it looks like we are going to start making some noise.
Stay tuned…"

Review of "Find Yourself Along The Way" by way of words-on-music.com

The Meeting Places' debut CD was recorded in Autumn, 2002 by Aaron Espinonza, the heralded musician [Earlimart] and producer [Elliot Smith, The Breeders, Folk Implosion]. While the album's elements and textures evoke the best of the early 1990s dream pop tradition (Slowdive, My Bloody Valentine, and Ride), singer Chase Harris' inimitable vocal delivery leads the quartet into memorable, unfamiliar sonic territory.

"Freeze Our Stares" launches the album with Scott McDonald's trademark thick, shimmered coatings of guitar resonance. Harris' cool, self-assured vocal melodies on "You Could Never Be the One" and "On Our Own" hint of vintage Jesus and Mary Chain. "See Through You" is a more casual, but no less poignant, excursion into more delicate melodic structures, recalling Souvlaki-era Slowdive. Dean Yoshihara's nimble drumming propels the buoyant "Wide Awake" and ushers "Same Lies As Yesterday" through to its soaring chorus. "Take to the Sun" is a three-act epic suggesting Spiritualized — leading with Harris' distant vocals, transitioning into Arthur Chan's bass-driven middle act, and ending with a noise-laden coda.

Find Yourself Along the Way escorts dream pop into its next phase — songs written with flair and tunefulness, enchantingly dressed in an echoed veneer.

Review of "Numbered Days" by way of words-on-music.com

Numbered Days is the second album of luminous, infectious noise-pop by Los Angeles' The Meeting Places. On their sophomore record the quartet has written ten new songs that craftily combine melodic indie-pop with the tremulous soundscapes first explored on their debut Find Yourself Along The Way (Words On Music, 2003). Numbered Days was recorded at The Ship by Jim Fairchild (Grandaddy, Earlimart).

The Meeting Places' renowned mastery of noise-pop shines through in the gorgeous melodies of "Until It's Gone" and in the blistering, darker guitar work of "Sink Into Stone" — two songs on different ends of the lyrical and sonic spectrum in which singer Chase Harris delves into changes in his family life.

Harris' vocal delivery serves as a refreshing counterpoint to the egocentric formula calculated by most singers on the scene today. The Meeting Places' more egalitarian approach to their art provides Harris with a forum to make subtler points with his lyrics, the impact of which may be dulled in the moment, but deepened over time. For example, on "Pause," the music has a deceptively relaxed cadence — resurrecting "Sister of Europe"-era Psychedelic Furs — that temporarily cloaks the intensity of Harris' narrative of a relationship deteriorating into autopilot.

The inclusion of resonating atmospherics is, for The Meeting Places, never an end itself, only a means to an end. Instead of droning into nothingness, shimmering coats of reverb anchor the songs to set up the delivery of a well-placed hook or a knockout punch of a chorus, such as in the boisterous, pulsating "Nothing's The Same" or the catchy, upbeat "Hall of Fame."

The cunning implementation of dynamics and sundry instruments (e.g. piano, glockenspiel), showcase The Meeting Places' songwriting talents, as in the album closer "Cardboard Robot" which alternates between a calm, unwavering verse and a searing chorus that detours into early My Bloody Valentine and kraut-rock: both pieces stitched together seamlessly by Arthur Chan's melodic basslines.

Scott McDonald's howling guitar melodies sometimes take their cues from Eastern music ("Love Like The Movies," "Numbered Days," "Pause"), imposing order and form to the reverberating ambience that lurks beneath the surface. Dean Yoshihara's relentless drumming fastens the music to rhythms that help to broker an immediate relationship between the listener and the band.

With ten songs clocking in at thirty-three minutes, Numbered Days evokes a leaner, more urgent approach to songwriting, in the spirit of The Jesus and Mary Chain's Darklands or The Shins' Oh, Inverted World. Compositions judiciously weave together from start to finish with a proportionality rarely found in an age whose digital format tends to bloat records by the inclusion of filler.

NEW MUSIC: Bottle Up & Go

Dig this Garage/Blues duo from Brooklyn/CT. These guys flat out rock. They've channeled the spirit of Hendrix in same vein as The White Stripes and The Black Keys. Their debut EP These Bones is set for formal release in mid July. Sample cuts over at their MySpace page. If you're an eMusic subscriber, the EP is available now for advance download.

From 230 Publicity:

BOTTLE UP & GO formed in the dank basement cage of a peeling wooden-framed house on the campus of Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT. Take a closer look at the scene that surrounds this small and unassuming liberal arts school and you'll see a burgeoning musical environment that strikes the balance between high art and primal energy.

"I believe there is something pent up at our school," says BOTTLE UP AND GO drummer Fareed Sajan. "People want something loud, but still intelligent and doused with meaning or, perhaps, a tradition that is larger than what is current to our times."

Sajan and singer/songwriter/guitarist, Keenan Mitchell, took inspiration for BOTTLE UP AND GO from chain-gang blues, slave-song howls, murder ballads and bootleg whiskey. "Indie sometimes falls to the mercy of being too soft spoken and heavy on the melodic emphasis. It somehow doesn't have the primal urges and roots we want. Adapting blues in a punk/post-punk mindset is something that feels natural to us."

BOTTLE UP AND GO's live show features Keenan's grating, art-damaged slide guitar work and impassioned, frothing-at-the-mouth vocals, with Fareed pounding heavily and crashing into the drum set to fiercely accentuate rhythmic intricacies. Keenan notes that their music is "loud and drunk and direct.” He adds, “We like to see people standing up right in front and moving their bodies." This is certainly not the cheap, white boy blues you've heard a million times before and winced at. It's the primal call of tradition; echoes of Charlie Patton, Blind Willie Johson, Leadbelly and even Hound Dog Taylor... filtered, fucked and warped by the insanity of our modern age.

Documenting music this raw required an equally raw approach. The songs that would become the These Bones EP were recorded at the Eclectic Literary Society, an old mansion on the campus of Wesleyan. Keenan and Fareed set up their instruments on opposite ends of a huge ballroom with a wonderfully natural, reverberant sound and fired through all the songs in six drunken hours. "I think a few hours in the studio captures our sound better than a few months” says Keenan adding, “What could we practice for that long?" BOTTLE UP AND GO emerged from the mansion-turned-studio with a recording capturing the immediacy and passion of their live performance; the true sound of musicians without being glossed over by studio band-aids or digital tricks.

Mitchell's tales of heartache, hard times and hard partying remind us all of how little have changed in the past 100 years of western music. "I guess nothing ever changes, really," adds Fareed "people still get drunk, and fight and cheat and fall in and out of love." These familiar themes resonate on entirely new levels in the 21st century, as technology has left us more lonely, alienated and depressed than ever before, leaving culture to die a slow and painful death. After all, wasn't the blues THE original cry to be heard amongst tyranny and oppressive forces? If nothing else, BOTTLE UP AND GO are paying homage to blues, embodying its particular expression in the face of darkness.

This is more than just the blues, its depression.

DOWNLOAD: Forest Fire - "Survival"

Check out this new album from the Brooklyn based band Forest Fire. Free download available here. Color me impressed especially since I just happened to stumble across this one.

From the band's website:

Survival was recorded over an eight month period in two locations- Brooklyn, New York and Portland, Oregon. "Not all the members of Forest Fire live on the same coastline," Mark Thresher explains, "So when certain friends roll through town, things happen pretty quickly." Consequently, long periods of time passed between sessions and the songs sat untouched for months. Many of the tracks were recorded live in less than five takes, then maniacally overdubbed by a variety of players. Sometimes there was only one microphone for the entire band. Sometimes they pulled out a few more. "No one was in a hurry," Thresher says, "but eventually enough material was gathered to justify putting something out."

"For me, this thing is a document of stylistic integrity that felt very important to all of us at the time," says Thresher. But Survival also houses a feeling of blatant disregard, one that unabashedly nods to the rich and historic landscape of American punk rock. The tracks are littered with out-of-tune horns, vibrant bursts of guitar and layers of screeching electronics. Nathan Delffs' frantic guitar work threads throughout dark and carefully executed harmonies by the likes of Sharon Van Etten, Myisha Battle and Nick Delffs (Shaky Hands). Ghostly synthesizers, arresting vocals and loose percussion are woven together under the glimmering production values of Adam Spittler. Thresher's lyrics also require a close listen; while brief, they remain consistently purposeful and sincere.

Survival is a moment-to-moment kind of recording. Songs of total grit will suddenly part to reveal blue sky, before dissolving once again into disorder. On tracks such as "Slow Motion" and "Sunshine City," sparse arrangements creep along, then grow as thick and tangled as jungle brush. On "Through My Gloves," Thresher spits in waves, threatening and concise, and ditches the restrained lyrical approach for a moment. He casts a convincing scene; "I'm living for what's on my mind," as if to defend something sacred. In contrast, "I Make Windows" aches along delicately and the catchy and imaginative "Fortune Teller" holds an outright pop sensibility. Although Thresher describes it simply as "something that felt very important to all of us at the time," Survival is a modern album, built with enough fortitude and spirit to warrant repeated listens.

Can Pacquiao finanlly make the Philippines #1 in the world at something?!

From here on out, World Jr. Lightweight champion Manny Pacquiao (46-3-2, 35 KO) is playing for the icing. Only 29 years old, win or lose, he’s at the point in his career where all of the accolades a fighter can dream about are already in hand. He is considered a god by many Filipinos around the world and is a World champion in three weight classes (112, 126, 130) with another title to boot at 122.

Pacquiao (46-3-2, 34 KOs), from General Santos City, Philippines, boxing's No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter, attempts to become the first Asian to win four sanctioned world titles in as many different divisions, when he challenges Diaz (34-1-1, 17 KOs), from Chicago, for his title, tonight at Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas.

Pacquiao vs. Diaz pay-per-view telecast, beginning at 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT. (June 28)

Car Alarm - New album by the Sea And Cake due in October

pitchforkmedia.com — The Sea and Cake are pretty laidback guys, but they've picked up their one-album-every-three-years pace for the follow-up to last year's Everybody. Rather than spending time between records on various solo and side projects, the members of Sea and Cake stuck together and plowed straight ahead.

Car Alarm:

01 Aerial
02 a Fuller Moon
03 on a Letter
04 CMS Sequence
05 Car Alarm
06 Weekend
07 New Schools
08 Window Sills
09 Down in the City
10 Pages
11 the Staircase
12 Mirrors

Iggy Pop and the Stooges plot summer tour...

Iggy Pop and the Stooges have announced a handful of North American tour dates this summer.

The veteran punk rockers will squeeze in dates in the US and Canada in between playing several European and UK festivals this summer.

The band are set to play the Download Festival in Camden, New Jersey on August 2 before playing dates in Montreal, Toronto, New York and ending the North American jaunt at Baltimore, Maryland's Virgin Festival on August 10.

They'll continue to play festivals overseas until September 27, ending with France's Palais des Festivals on September 27.

The North American tour dates are:

Camden, NJ Download Festival (August 2)

Montreal, Quebec Osheaga Music and Arts Festival (3)

Toronto, Ontario Massey Hall (6)

New York, NY Terminal 5 (8)

Baltimore, MD Virgin Festival (10)

A.V. Club's Best Tracks of 2008... So Far

The A.V. Club has compiled their list of the best tracks 2008 has offered up to this point. Check it out here.

Kings Of Leon Reveal New Album Details

Nashville's Kings Of Leon have released some minor details about their 4th studio album 'Only By The Night'. The follow-up to 2007's Because Of The Times is set to drop September 23rd.
Frontman Caleb Followill quipped that the pills he's been taking following surgery to repair his arm from a fistfight with his brother Nathan may have played a role in the new album.
“I don’t know if it was the pills or what, but the melodies were so much stronger than anything I’ve ever done — it’s just really beautiful songs,” he said.
“I know I sound like a fucking cock right now, but this is the first time I’ve really been proud of myself, track for track," he told Rolling Stone.
The band have also reportedly been hitting the bottle for a bit of inspiration. “We had to get drunk because we all have girlfriends to go home to and deal with,” Caleb said.
Song titles includes 'Cold Desert' and 'Crawl', a track with political overtones. “Let’s just say that Sean Penn is gonna like us more,” he said.

Cold War Kids Ready New Album, Tour

Cold Wars Kids will release their as-yet-untitled follow-up to 2006's Robbers And Cowards sometime in September. There's not many details regarding the new album out there but here's a little taste of what's in store.



They've also lined up some fall U.S. dates in support of the new album including nights in DC and Nashville. Go check these guys out.

06/27/08 Celebrate Brooklyn / Brooklyn, New York
08/02/08 Splendour in the Grass / Byron Bay, Australia
08/03/08 Tivoli / Brisbane, Australia
08/04/08 Enmore / Sydney, Australia
08/06/08 Palace / Melbourne, Australia
08/09/08 Belladrum Festival / Inverness
08/10/08 Summer Sundae / Leicester
08/11/08 Bloomsbury Ballroom / London
08/12/08 Concorde 2 / Brighton
08/14/08 La Route Du Rock / St. Malo
08/15/08 Pukkelpop / Hasselt
08/22/08 Outside Lands Festival / San Francisco, California
08/23/08 Sunset Junction Festival / Los Angeles, California
08/24/08 Les Schwab Amp w/Beck / Bend, Oregon
09/20/08 Street Scene / San Diego, California
09/27/08 Wonder Ballroom / Portland, Oregon
09/28/08 Richards On Richards / Vancouver, B.C., Canada
09/29/08 The Showbox at the Market / Seattle, Washington
10/01/08 The Neurolux / Boise, Idaho
10/02/08 In The Venue / Salt Lake City, Utah
10/03/08 Boulder Theatre / Boulder, Colorado
10/10/08 Fine Line Music Cafe / Minneapolis, Minnesota
10/11/08 Vic Theare / Chicago, Illinois
10/14/08 Paradise Rock Club / Boston, Massachusetts
10/15/08 Webster Hall / New York, New York
10/16/08 Williamsburg Music Hall / Brooklyn, New York
10/17/08 Theatre of Living Arts / Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
10/18/08 Nightclub 9:30 / Washington, D.C.
10/20/08 Cat's Cradle / Carrabo, North Carolina
10/21/08 Mercy Lounge / Nashville, Tennessee
10/23/08 Lola's / Ft. Worth, Texas
10/24/08 Emo's Alt Lounge-Outside / Austin, Texas
10/25/08 Warehouse Live / Houston, Texas
10/26/08 Voodoo Music Experience / New Orleans, Louisiana

Band of Horses Perform New Song at Accelerator Festival

Band Of Horses - New Song (Live @ Accelerator 2008) from Daniel Jordahl on Vimeo.

Ben Bridwell and the gang unleashed a new tune at the Accelerator Festival in Sweden. Lucky us someone was there to capture it on video. Enjoy!

My Morning Jacket does Touch Me Pt. 2, Meet Biggest Fan on Conan

Jim James dons the cape and omnichord for a late night talk show friendly version of 'Touch Me I'm Going to Scream Pt. 2'.



Conan pulls an MMJ fan from the audience to meet the band backstage. Hilarity ensues.

RADIOHEAD IN RAINBOWS FROM THE BASEMENT

Exclusive Live Videos Set Available on iTunes June 24th. Radiohead are releasing ten live performance videos recorded at The Hospital studio in Covent Garden, with the team from the band's longtime producer Nigel Godrich's 'From the Basement' TV show (http://www.fromthebasement.tv/). The collection will debut exclusively through iTunes beginning today,June 24th. The videos feature live renditions of songs from 'InRainbows' and its bonus CD included in its deluxe discbox edition. The full track listing of video performances is:BodysnatchersHouse of CardsNudeWeird Fishes/Arpeggi15 StepReckonerGo SlowlyVideotapeBangers & MashAll I NeedCaptured in a day, with direction by David Barnard and sound by NigelGodrich, the videos represent the best recorded representation ofRadiohead's live performance to date.

...so your band sucks and you need a better name

i've just stumbled across a resource for all those bands who just can't get their name on the bill. you need a new fuckin name! go getcha one here. my personal favorites are:

Retro- Sedated Nobodys
The Other International Jesus
Flaming Y2K Compliant Heartache

Kanye Reacts to Bonnaroo Incident

Kanye West took the stage at Bonnaroo 2 hours after his scheduled 2:45am show time and was greeted by festival goers with boos and chants of "Kanye sucks".
Ken Weinstein, a spokesman for the annual festival held on a 700-acre site south of Nashville, said the delay was simply a matter of unloading the Pearl Jam stage (the band went an hour past its scheduled end time, playing until about 1:15 a.m.) and loading the West stage. [AP]
In case you still need a reason to dislike Kanye, here's his reaction to the whole mess taken from his blog posting:

"I am sick of negative people who just sit around trying 2 plot my downfall... Why???? I understand if people don't like me because I like me or if people think tight clothes look gay or people say I run my mouth to much, But this Bonnaroo thing is the worst insult I've ever had in my life. This is the most offended I've ever been... this is the maddest I ever will be. I'm typing so fucking hard I might break my fucking Mac book Air!!!!!!!! Call me any name you want.... arrogant, conceited, narcissistic, racist, metro, fag whatever you can think of.... BUT NEVER SAY I DIDN'T GIVE MY ALL! NEVER SAY I DIDN'T GIVE MY ALL! THIS SHOWS NO MATTER HOW HARD YOU TRY TO BE GOOD AT SOMETHING THERE WILL BE PEOPLE THERE TO LIE ABOUT YOU AND BRING YOU DOWN! LIKE WAYNE SAYS PLEASE DON'T SHOOT ME DOWN CAUSE I'M FLYING! I'M FUCKING HURT BY THIS ONE. ALL I CARE ABOUT ARE THE FANS. JUST SAY THIS OUT LOUD IN A ROOM FULL OF PEOPLE, "KANYE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT GIVING A GOOD PERFORMANCE." CAN ANYONE HONESTLY SAY THAT ????????? HAS ANYONE EVEN TAKEN THE TIME TO AT LEAST DO THE MATH??? BONNAROO SHOULD HAVE RELEASED A STATEMENT IN MY DEFENSE BUT SINCE THEY HAVEN'T LET'S BREAK DOWN THE WALLS ON THIS TRUMAN SHOW AND LET YOU KNOW WHAT REALLY OCCURRED!!! FOR OVER A MONTH WE WENT BACK AND FORTH ON WETHER OR NOT WE COULD EVEN FIT MY STAGE AT THE FESTIVAL. ONE DAY THEY WOULD SAY YES... WE'D SEND THEM OUR SPECS THEN THEY THEY'D SAY OK... THEN THEY WOULD SEND SPECS BACK THAT DIDN'T FIT THE STAGE. WE WERE OBVIOUSLY DEALING WITH FUCKING IDIOTS WHO DIDN'T REALLY HAVE THE CAPACITY TO REALLY PUT ON THIS SHOW PROPERLY. THEY TRIED 2 GIVE ME A TIME SLOT WERE IT WAS STILL LIGHT OUTSIDE ... I HAVE A FUCKING LIGHT SHOW DUMB ASS, IT'S NOT CALLED GLOW IN THE DARK FOR NO REASON SQUID BRAINS! MY PEOPLE WORKED OUT A COMPROMISED STAGE PLOT AND A 3AM TIME SLOT AND I AGREED. FAST FOWARD TO THE DAY OF THE SHOW. MY PRODUCTION MANAGER TRIED TO LOAD IN FOR 24 HOURS BEFORE I WENT ON STAGE BUT THE FESTIVAL WOULDN'T ALLOW US TO DO ANYTHING UNTILL PEARL JAM LEFT THE STAGE. PEARL JAM ENDED ONE HOUR
LATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AT THAT POINT WE'RE RACING AGAINST THE SUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AT 4:20AM DON COMES BACK 2 THE BUS AND TELLS ME, " IT WOULD TAKE 45 MORE MINUTES TO PUT ALL YOUR PYRO IN!" I SAY I HAVE TO GET OUT THERE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE . I HIT THE STAGE AND PEOPLE HAD BEEN THROWING SHIT ON THE STAGE AND HAD ACTUALLY HIT THE JANE SCREEN WITH, I GUESS BOTTLES OR SOMETHING AND HAD BROKEN MY FUCKING SCREEN. REMEMBER WHEN YOU WERE A SHORTY AND WATER WOULD HIT THE TV?????? WHEN I GOT 2 "THROUGH THE WIRE" I STEPPED ON THE FRONT PART OF MY STAGE AND THERE WAS SO MUCH LIQUID ON THE STAGE I COULDN'T MOVE WITHOUT SLIPPING. I HAD TO ADJUST MY WHOLE PERFORMANCE STYLE BECAUSE OF IT. A FEW MORE SONGS IN AND THE SONG WAS ON IT'S WAY UP.. I CUT A FEW SONGS FROM THE SET BECAUSE I WANTED PEOPLE 2 EXPERIENCE STRONGER WHILE THERE WAS STILL SOME DARKNESS TO PERFORM IT IN. I'VE STRUGGLED WITH STRONGER FROM IT'S CONCEPTION. REMEMBER LAST SUMMER WHEN I CANCELED SOME TV APPEARANCES. IT WAS BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO PERFORM STRONGER IN THE DAYTIME. ANYONE WHO CAME TO THE GLOW TOUR CAN UNDERSTAND WHY I WANTED PEOPLE TO SEE IT PROPERLY. IT BROKE MY HEART THAT I COULDN'T GIVE THESE FANS STRONGER IN IT'S GREATEST FORM... BY THE TIME I GOT TO STRONGER IT WAS DAYTIME AND IT BROKE MY HEART. I'M SORRY TO EVERYONE THAT I DIDN'T HAVE THE ABILITY 2 GIVE THE PERFORMANCE I WANTED TO. I'M SORRY... SOMETIMES I GO 2, 3 DAYS W/O SLEEP WORKING ON MY PERFORMANCE... I HAVE TO ICE MY KNEES AFTER EVERY SHOW AND THEY HURT WHEN I WALK THROUGH THE AIRPORT... HAVING AN EXPENSIVE STAGE CUTS MY PAYDAY IN HALF... CALL ME WHAT YOU WANT BUT NEVER SAY I DIDN'T GIVE MY ALL!!!"

Odds that Kanye is the next celeb with his picture taken in a straight-jacket by In Touch Magazine: 3:1

Throw Me The Statues! Plug the hole in my heart that urns for Slacker/Electronic Indie Rock....

Throw Me The Statues - Moonbeams (2008) Secretly Canadian

Imagine if Lou Barlow kicked Eric Gaffney and Jason Lowenstein out of Sebadoh, took a trip to the pharmacy to pick up some Zoloft, stopped by the local discotheque to steal all of Sean Lennon's keyboards/samplers and shut himself in his bedroom to produce a solid pop indie rock album.

Vampire Weekend Add Louisville Show

Vampire Weekend has added Louisville to the large list of cities they'll be playing this year. The indie darlings will be stopping in on Tues. Sept. 9th to play Headliners. Tickets are $18 adv./ $20 dos and go on sale this Saturday 6/28 @ 10am EDT via TicketWeb.

DOWNLOAD: My Morning Jacket's Bonnaroo Set

Head over to You Ain't No Picasso for an MP3 download of MMJ's entire epic 3+ hour set from Bonnaroo on 6/13. Across 110th Street might be the greatest cover I have ever heard.

Many thanks to You Ain't No Picasso for the post!

Yacht Rock

Check out this online video series. These guys have put a "Behind the Music" spin on soft rock staples such as Kenny Loggins, Toto, and Michael McDonald. 10 hilarious episodes to choose from over at Yacht Rock.

"Fuck you Loggins!"

The Dodos Add Fall Shows

If you aren't already listening to these guys, start now. San Francisco duo The Dodos, have added dates to their already busy touring intinerary, taking them from the west coast, across the pond, and back to finish with a couple east coast gigs. Hopefully they save some energy to play anywhere near me sometime soon. As of right now, they sit atop my short list of acts to catch that I've never seen before.

06-24 Portland, OR - The Doug Fir
06-25 Seattle, WA - Neumos
06-26 Vancouver, British Columbia - The Bourbon
06-28 Calgary, Alberta - Sled Island Festival
07-01 Missoula, MT - The Badlander
07-02 Boise, ID - Downtown Boise Summer Series Festival
07-04 Bozeman, MT - The Filling Station
07-05 Billings, MT - Bones
07-07 Fargo, ND - Aquarium
07-08 Minneapolis, MN - Triple Rock
07-09 Madison, WI - UW Terrace
07-10 Milwaukee, WI - Cactus Club
07-11 Grand Rapids, MI - DAAC
07-12 Pontiac, MI - Crofoot
07-19 Brooklyn, NY - Coney Island (Siren Festival)
07-20 Chicago, IL - Union Park (Pitchfork Music Festival)
07-25 Seattle, WA - Capitol Hill Block Party
08-07 Oslo, Norway - Øya Festival
08-08 Gothenburg, Sweden - Way Out West Festival
08-09 Rees-Haldern, Germany - Haldern Festival
08-10 Venlo, Netherlands - Zomerpark Festival
08-12 London, England - The 100 Club
08-14 Saint Malo, France - Route du Rock Festival
08-15 Hasselt, Belgium - Pukkelpop
08-29 Groningen, Netherlands - Noorderzon
08-30 Utrecht, Netherlands - De Beschaving
09-01 Belfast, Northern Ireland - Black Box
09-02 Dundee, Scotland - Doghouse
09-03 Glasgow, Scotland - King Tuts
09-04 Newcastle, England - The Cluny
09-05 York, England - The Duchess
09-06 Leeds, England - Faversham
09-07 Manchester, England - Roadhouse
09-08 Sheffield, England - Fusion
09-10 Birmingham, England - Bar Academy
09-11 Bath, England - Moles
09-12 Brighton, England - Coalition
09-13 Oxford, England - Academy 2
09-14 Nottingham, England - Bodega
09-15 Bristol, England - Thekla
09-21 San Francisco, CA - Treasure Island Festival
09-28 New York, NY - Spiegeltent
10-02 Boston, MA - Museum of Fine Arts
10-03 Hanover, NH - Fuel
10-04 Montreal, Quebec - Pop Montréal
10-10 Richmond, IN - Earlham College

Here's a small taste of Dodo.

Tokyo Police Club Donate Rentals Cover To Charity, Add Dates

Canadian indie rockers Tokyo Police Club have joined forces with the Lupus Foundation of America to raise money for lupus research by offering their cover of the Rentals' "Friends of P" (from Elephant Shell's UK bonus disc) for stream and download at FriendsofP.org. The song is free, but visitors to the site are encouraged to make donations to the foundation online.
The band has also added a few fall U.S. dates in addition the summer shows they have scheduled across the globe.

07-05 Roskilde, Denmark - Roskilde Festival
07-08 Ottawa, Ontario - Ottawa Blues Fest
07-09 Quebec City, Quebec - Espace 400 (La Grande Scene)
07-19 Halifax, Nova Scotia - Summersonic Festival
07-20 Toronto, Ontario - Rogers Picnic
07-24 Los Angeles, CA - Hammer Museum
07-29 Melbourne, Australia - Ding Dong Lounge
07-31 Brisbane, Australia - The Zoo
08-02 Byron Bay, Australia - Splendour in the Grass
08-05 Sydney, Australia - Oxford Art Factory
08-09 Tokyo, Japan - Summersonic
09-14 Morrison, CO - Red Rocks (Monolith Festival)
09-18 Los Angeles, CA - Henry Fonda Theater
09-20 San Diego, CA - Street Scene Festival
09-21 San Francisco, CA - Treasure Island Music Festival
10-18 New York, NY - Webster Hall

Way to go Losik!!!

First off, I just want to congratulate Brandon on showing a little gumption and stick-to-itiveness and following up on something that I was frankly, to lazy to do. I’m extremely excited that you set this thing up. It’s pretty cool to have a little corner of the internet to reign as the professional appreciators of music/pop culture and pass judgment on the mush-brains that helped sell 1,000,000 copies of the weak ass Lil Wayne album. Thanks for the soapbox!

Beatles forever!!!!!

MMJ Radio City Music Hall

What does this image remind you of?

the my morning jacket radio city music hall show was great. they played through their newer tracks towards the begining - their new album is 50/50 for me... it's hard to get unless you know where they are coming from. then they got into what they do best - totally kicking ass.

In case you are in a record store any time soon - my favorite albums of theirs are 1) It Still Moves 2) Okonokos (live double album) 3) "Z" and 4) Acoustic Citsuoca. Not necessarily in that order.

someone (i think paste mag) wrote that attempts of listening to them are futile unless you've seen them live. it's a fair assessment - i think they are the best live american band, up there with the white stripes and wilco. The flaming lips are probably up there, too - but i've never seen them. am i missing anyone? the black keys, maybe... but they are not on the same level.

if you haven't been to radio city music hall - go. it sounds great in there... it felt as open as an outdoor show. even mr. jim james himself commented on the hall's prestige, and elaborated on how he "channeled the spirits" backstage. he had something in him, and it was evident as he trekked up and down the side balconies 30 feet away from me (i was in the 2nd mez) jamming wirelessly with the band. oh, to be a rock star.

Setlist:
Evil Urges
Off The Record
Gideon
I'm Amazed
Highly Suspicious
What A Wonderful Man
Touch Me I'm Going to Scream Pt. 1
Sec' Walkin'
Golden
Thank You Too
Way He Sings
Two Halves
Phone
Aluminum Park
Remnants
Steam Engine
Smokin' From Shootin'
Touch Me I'm Going to Scream Pt. 2
Bermuda Highway
Librarian
Wordless Chorus
It Beats 4 U
Dondante
The Bear
Laylow
Run Thru
Dancefloors Anytime
One Big Holiday

R.I.P. George Carlin

The world became less funny yesterday when comedy great George Carlin passed away of heart failure at age 71. If you have 10 minutes to spare check out this classic clip from '78. WARNING - Not for virgin ears.

blogosphere blast off

Let me start with props to Lo for starting a blog. Pay attention to him - for over a decade he has been known as the holder of all useless knowledge. His knack for tattooing things to his brain is a renewable resource for transient fellas like myself. But now he is starting something. And starting, of course, is the first step to anything. We are both glad you are here.

Ear X-Tacy named one of the 17 coolest record stores in the U.S. by Paste Magazine

It seems this month's issue of Paste was put together with Louisville in mind. First, they stick My Morning Jacket on the cover and give them the feature article.
Second, they name Ear X-Tacy one of the coolest record stores in the nation.

Here's the list in no particular order:

-Amoeba Records, Los Angeles, CA
-Criminal Records, Atlanta, GA
-Other Music, New York City
-Cat Head Delta Blues & Folk Art, Clarksdale, MS
-Waterloo Records, Austin, TX
-Aquarius Records, San Francisco, CA
-Dusty Groove America, Chicago, IL
-Ernest Tubb Record Shop, Nashville, TN
-Shangri-La Records, Memphis, TN
-Music Millennium, Portland, OR
-Ear X-Tacy, Louisville, KY
-Louisiana Music Factory, New Orleans, LA
-Newbury Comics, Boston, MA
-Grimey’s New + Pre-Loved Music, Nashville, TN
-Turntable Lab, New York City
-The Electric Fetus, Minneapolis, MN
-Jerry’s Records, Pittsburgh, PA

Trailer for New Coen Bros Flick 'Burn After Reading'

The Coen's are riding the 'No Country' Oscar wave and are wasting no time following up with this comedy. Looks like they are working on putting together quite the hot streak.

Girl Talk's Feed the Animals Now Available Online

Gregg "Girl Talk" Gillis is pulling a Radiohead and offering up his new album as a pay-what-you-please. Whatever you choose to pay gets you the full album in 320 kbps MP3s but you'll be asked a fair question if you decide to go the free route. Paying $5 or more will get you the album in lossless FLAC files plus access to a single file containing the whole disc. Shell out $10 and you get all mentioned above, plus the label will get you a hard CD copy of the album when it's released on September 23 for a $3 shipping fee.

Support this method of obtaining new music and download it here.

Project Make McCain Exciting

A new 'green screen challenge' from Colbert. Here's my favorite so far.




Check out more over at Colbert Nation.