Oliver Future is coming to Emo's with Pudge Zeppelin on Sunday, August 16th. The group is very passionate about their music and I've heard that they put on a great live show. Check out the video below, and if you like what you hear, tickets await!
Friday, August 8, 2008
TOOTS AND THE MAYTALS
They are Toots and the Maytals. They are one of the original granddaddies of the Reggae sound. They are legends. They are at Antone's this Wednesday. If this seems a little short, it's because I can't understand why the entire city is not lining up there already. If Bob Marley was Bob Dylan, the storyteller who moved mountains, and Peter Tosh was John Lennon, the visionary, then Toots and the Maytals are Led Zeppelin. Yes, this show really is that big of a deal. I'm just going to say it: if you are a fan of Reggae, Rocksteady, Ska, Hip-Hop, Funk, or Jazz, and you don't go to this show, you are an idiot.
TICKETS
TICKETS
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Does anyone remember back when Fueled by Ramen was that label that Less Than Jake was on? They've come a way since then, thanks in no small part to Fall Out Boy and Pete Wentz, who, besides his talents for genitalia self-portraits and paparazzi posing, really does seem to have a great ear for talents across all genres. All of the Radio vs Underground, Major vs Indie stuff aside, its great to find a label that's not afraid to put Tyga and the Hush Sound on the same imprint and encourage kids to do something our parents seldom did: diversify.
And, speaking of the Hush Sound, come show 'em some love when they play Antone's this Sunday, with Steel Train no less. TIXXX
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Wild Sweet Orange
Wild Sweet Orange don't have any songs about fruit, but they do have insightful power-folk-pop anthems that make me feel good inside and get me thinking the way Conor Oberst did, and they are danceable in this surprisingly comfortable manner, which brings me back to Death Cab on the Photobooth album.
Anyway, they're going to be at Stubb's Sunday, August 10th (that's this Sunday,) and if either of the bands I mentioned before are your deal, you should do yourself a favor and come check them out with Electric Touch and Jets Under Fire, and unwind for an evening.
VIDEO:
tickets!
Anyway, they're going to be at Stubb's Sunday, August 10th (that's this Sunday,) and if either of the bands I mentioned before are your deal, you should do yourself a favor and come check them out with Electric Touch and Jets Under Fire, and unwind for an evening.
VIDEO:
tickets!
Monday, July 28, 2008
"Distortion" Rocks Rolling Stone
(myspace link) The Magnetic Fields' new album, Distortion, is getting great reviews, including a noteworthy 4 stars by Rolling Stone.
Check it out!
Of course, no magazine is as important as songwriter Stephen Merritt himself's opinion. What did he have to say about the new album?
"Three-Way," the opening song on Distortion, introduces, in a deceptively exuberant blast of pop noise, the themes and obsessions of Magnetic Fields' eighth album. The lyrics simply consist of gleefully repeated exclamations, by male and female voices, of the song title. While "Three-Way" may summon images of Twister-like physical exertions in a situation where three is not a crowd, the subsequent material describes scenarios in which desire itself is twisted into dark, alluring shapes and love remains tantalizingly unrequited. Using a modest number of instruments, composer and producer Stephin Merritt creates a veritable wall of sound. He employs no synthesizers; instead, he generates waves of feedback that envelop every track like a spiky black gift-wrapping.
"I wanted to make a record of three-minute pop songs, then they turned into three-minute power-pop songs," Merritt explains. "The previous Magnetic Fields record had been self-consciously soft rock, with all the songs starting with the letter 'i.' The idea here was to make this record quickly and use the same instrumentation on every song. And if I had to use the same instrumentation all the time, what would I want it to sound like? Well, like the first Jesus and Mary Chain album! So I attempted to adapt the sound of Psychocandy to the orch-pop reality of the Magnetic Fields, where we have a pianist and a cellist. And the occasional accordionist." courtesy Michael Hill
And make sure to catch them at the Majestic Theatre October 13! Tickets Here!
Check it out!
Of course, no magazine is as important as songwriter Stephen Merritt himself's opinion. What did he have to say about the new album?
"Three-Way," the opening song on Distortion, introduces, in a deceptively exuberant blast of pop noise, the themes and obsessions of Magnetic Fields' eighth album. The lyrics simply consist of gleefully repeated exclamations, by male and female voices, of the song title. While "Three-Way" may summon images of Twister-like physical exertions in a situation where three is not a crowd, the subsequent material describes scenarios in which desire itself is twisted into dark, alluring shapes and love remains tantalizingly unrequited. Using a modest number of instruments, composer and producer Stephin Merritt creates a veritable wall of sound. He employs no synthesizers; instead, he generates waves of feedback that envelop every track like a spiky black gift-wrapping.
"I wanted to make a record of three-minute pop songs, then they turned into three-minute power-pop songs," Merritt explains. "The previous Magnetic Fields record had been self-consciously soft rock, with all the songs starting with the letter 'i.' The idea here was to make this record quickly and use the same instrumentation on every song. And if I had to use the same instrumentation all the time, what would I want it to sound like? Well, like the first Jesus and Mary Chain album! So I attempted to adapt the sound of Psychocandy to the orch-pop reality of the Magnetic Fields, where we have a pianist and a cellist. And the occasional accordionist." courtesy Michael Hill
And make sure to catch them at the Majestic Theatre October 13! Tickets Here!
Listen to Amos
Amongst the great sea of copycats and has-beens that we refer to as the American songscape, there rises a great white whale, full of passion, well-fed on a steady diet of soul, folk, and melody, a skilled navigator of the audial waves that crash against his great stature.
His name is Amos Lee.
C'mon Ahab, don't miss your chance. September 20 at the Granada Theater, Dallas Texas.
- Tickets -
His name is Amos Lee.
C'mon Ahab, don't miss your chance. September 20 at the Granada Theater, Dallas Texas.
- Tickets -
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