Friday, March 4, 2011

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Alright, early show at The Waldorf tonight with Shimmering Stars and it's almost go time so I'm going to be blunt. Lots of cool stuff to stream right now online so here goes. Check for Twitter updates from all the live shows this weekend.

 The latest from Kurt Vile titled Smoke Ring for my Halo can be streamed at Drowned In Sound here. The newest from the Dodos can be streamed on HypeMachine and the released earlier this week album from Middle Brother can be streamed here at Spinner

Also tonight at the Cobalt is Basketball, Teen Daze and No Gold. I'm going to try to get there after the Shimmering Stars show if I can find just the right application of cocktails from the Waldorf's new Tiki Bar.
Basketball

Tomorrow I'll be at The Cold War Kids show at the Vogue. Also Saturday night The Red Room is hosting live music with 41st & Home! Miami Device, Redrick Sultan, the Jen Huangs, and the Intruders take over the Railway Club. Also Saturday night  The Dears! are at Venue. The Biltmore Cabaret  has Asobi Seksu, Brahms, and Kisses. I'm digging Brahms check it

On Sale today were tickets for Okkervil River with my favourite band Titus Andronicus at the Vogue on June 20th. Also today the most epic live and all round awesome band Man Man went on sale for their show May 17 at the Rickshaw.
Man Man

Another couple of shows that were just announced are Jenny and Johnny (Jenny Lewis and Johnathan Rice) are sneaking away from Sasquatch festival to play Venue on May 29. Just one day after two other Sasquatch bands are at The Commodore. Those bands being Yeasayer and Smith Westerns (which is btw one of the best albums of 2011 (so far)). Here's the track All Die Young from it
Smith Westerns - All Die Young by Indie Aufsatz

In more Sasquatch news, at least 3 or 4 more bands have been added this week including Wavves. I can see the argument that maybe there aren't enough "headliners" at Sasquatch this year but I think it's a rad line-up over all. So all the naysayers please feel free to stay home so there can be more room on the hill for me.

Of Montreal and Broken Bells both announced new EP's this week. They drop later this month. Still no word on the new Shins album that was reported for release sometime this year.

The Cave Singers new Album No Witch is out now and shows some pretty serious growth for the band without being a major departure from the music we love. Just more mature song writing and a very defined sense of style. I'm stoked for the show April 21. Just buy the album already. No Witch

Keep Tidy is a relatively new hard core band on the local scene but their new EP Basement Mold sounds more refined then many a debut album (especially in the genre). Actually recorded in a real moldy basement by the band, they really nail the 80's hardcore sound while still managing to sound current. With 7 songs in 8 minutes it's perfect for todays A.D.D. generation of short attention spans but my attention they have (even if it is only a minute at a time). If you don't care for hardcore then this is not for you, if you do then go and check out local hardcore band Keep Tidy's new EP Basement Mold. Download it for free on bandcamp now. For the lazy here is their self proclaimed "number one hit single!" titled Simpson's Quotes
Simpsons Quotes by Keep Tidy

Now I've got to do a little beard growing before I can head to the Waldorf! Go!


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