On Late Night with Conan O'Brien earlier this year
"Lucinda" and "Ain't Goin' Down to the Well"
Interview
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Hurry Up and Get Some Juice for the Juiceman
Here's a notification for those unaware that mister Andy "Falco" Falkous and Jack Egglestone of the band that's better than your band, McLusky, have joined forces with former Jarcrew member Kelson Mathias to become the Future of the Left. Did you like McLusky? I'll give 5:4 odds that you may end up liking Future of the Left. Falkous shouting, brutish bass and drums, and a rude guitar lead warm up a cold fall day. The one potential caveat for some people? Keyboards. They released their debut album out in the UK on Too Pure in September. It's called Curses and according to Falco's myspace blog it's "It's 37 minutes and 13 seconds long, an Aries*, and enjoys long country walks, alfresco bathing and revenge." I have no clue when the US release date is, though it's hopefully in time for the Festivus holiday.
Your pity sets the bar
Future of the Left - "Adeadenemyalwayssmellsgood"
On top of that, the remaining member of McLusky, mister Jon Chapple, and his band Shooting at Unarmed Men released their 3rd full length entitled Triptych in August. It's only available legally in Australia[?] but should be getting released sometime in the near future. Otherwise, I'd suggest checking out their energetic and excellently titled 2nd LP Yes! Tinnitus! on Too Pure. Apologies for not finding any good clips of them.
*I believe a September 24th release date places it as a Libra, but I'm going to give them the benefit of the doubt and assume it's based on a conception sometime between March 21 and April 19**.
**I'm also assuming by the above statement that the album was born prematurely six months into the term.
Your pity sets the bar
Future of the Left - "Adeadenemyalwayssmellsgood"
On top of that, the remaining member of McLusky, mister Jon Chapple, and his band Shooting at Unarmed Men released their 3rd full length entitled Triptych in August. It's only available legally in Australia[?] but should be getting released sometime in the near future. Otherwise, I'd suggest checking out their energetic and excellently titled 2nd LP Yes! Tinnitus! on Too Pure. Apologies for not finding any good clips of them.
*I believe a September 24th release date places it as a Libra, but I'm going to give them the benefit of the doubt and assume it's based on a conception sometime between March 21 and April 19**.
**I'm also assuming by the above statement that the album was born prematurely six months into the term.
Monday, November 5, 2007
For Your Reconsideration
The music video for Sheryl Crow's "A Change (Would Do You Good)"
Pros:
1. directed by Michel Gondry
2. features the following people:
- Jeff Garlin (Curb Your Enthusiasm)
- Heather Matarazzo (Welcome to the Dollhouse)
- Ellen DeGeneres
- Molly Shannon
- Toby Huss (The Adventures of Pete & Pete - Artie, the strongest man in the world!*, Carnivale)
- Mary Lynn Rajskub (24, Mr. Show)
- Andy Dick
Cons:
1. Song by Sheryl Crow
2. features the following people:
- Ellen DeGeneres
- Andy Dick
*Not enough can be said about that show
Pros:
1. directed by Michel Gondry
2. features the following people:
- Jeff Garlin (Curb Your Enthusiasm)
- Heather Matarazzo (Welcome to the Dollhouse)
- Ellen DeGeneres
- Molly Shannon
- Toby Huss (The Adventures of Pete & Pete - Artie, the strongest man in the world!*, Carnivale)
- Mary Lynn Rajskub (24, Mr. Show)
- Andy Dick
Cons:
1. Song by Sheryl Crow
2. features the following people:
- Ellen DeGeneres
- Andy Dick
*Not enough can be said about that show
Saturday, November 3, 2007
BooWeeOoh
What the hell is up with this praise for the Chromatics disco-Italia style?! They're from Seattle! WMUA awards no points!*
*this is a bullshit rant since the exclusive Exprsswy t Yr Skll compilation** contains a track by them.
**Did I mention limited edition?
*this is a bullshit rant since the exclusive Exprsswy t Yr Skll compilation** contains a track by them.
**Did I mention limited edition?
Cough Up Some Cash!
If you have money that's currently burning a hole in your pocket (and you should, since we know that most of you didn't give it to us during fund drive this week), definitely send it to the fine folks over at our beloved In The Red Records, because they've recently launched a series of mailorder (and merch table, if you're lucky)-only vinyl releases that will make you kick yourself later if you miss out on them.
Jay Reatard's Night of Broken Glass EP has been out for awhile now & is apparently limited to 700 copies, never to be re-pressed. It also happens to be fucking awesome. He hasn't had them at his merch table the past two times I've seen him, so you should order one from the label directly (which y'all should do more often in general), because I imagine they'll probably be gone soon.
There's also a split 7" featuring Lamps & Haunted George, with the old trick where each band covers a song from the other. This one's limited to 400 copies & if the Lamps full-length that recently came out (which you should also check out) is any indication, this should be pretty excellent.
The most recent installment is from Intelligence (featuring Lars of the underrated & now defunct A-Frames), who just put out a kick-ass full-length called Deuteronomy on In The Red as well. Their contribution to the series is a four song 12" EP, limited to 600 copies.
That's not enough to get you all hot & bothered in your record nerdery? How about the fact that the Black Lips are slated to put out a record for the project? Yeah? There's also apparently a non-mailorder Angry Angles (another great Jay Reatard outfit) album coming out on the label soon. Get stoked.
Jay Reatard's Night of Broken Glass EP has been out for awhile now & is apparently limited to 700 copies, never to be re-pressed. It also happens to be fucking awesome. He hasn't had them at his merch table the past two times I've seen him, so you should order one from the label directly (which y'all should do more often in general), because I imagine they'll probably be gone soon.
There's also a split 7" featuring Lamps & Haunted George, with the old trick where each band covers a song from the other. This one's limited to 400 copies & if the Lamps full-length that recently came out (which you should also check out) is any indication, this should be pretty excellent.
The most recent installment is from Intelligence (featuring Lars of the underrated & now defunct A-Frames), who just put out a kick-ass full-length called Deuteronomy on In The Red as well. Their contribution to the series is a four song 12" EP, limited to 600 copies.
That's not enough to get you all hot & bothered in your record nerdery? How about the fact that the Black Lips are slated to put out a record for the project? Yeah? There's also apparently a non-mailorder Angry Angles (another great Jay Reatard outfit) album coming out on the label soon. Get stoked.
Friday, November 2, 2007
More Decisions.
It came to my attention tonight that there is ANOTHER show next weekend, in addition to the Popfest! New England/Yo La Tengo madness I mentioned a few days ago. So here's another option for you to weigh:
Blevin Blectum at the Hampshire College Dining Commons on Friday, November 9th, probably around 8:30pm & probably free or cheap (but this being a Hampshire show & information being hard to come by, don't quote me on that). One half of the defunct laptop-fuckery/IDM duo Blectum From Blechdom, she's also collaborated with Matmos, DAT Politics, The Soft Pink Truth & a bunch of other bands you may or may not like, in addition to doing her solo electronica act. If you're vehemently against going to an indie pop show that night, you should probably go to this or risk being a loser forever.
Also, this one's a little bit further off on the horizon, but some advance warning anyway:
Sleeping People (on Temporary Residence Records), Japandi, Yukon & Bunnies at the Prescott Tavern at Hampshire College, Friday, November 16th at 8:30pm. Cost? Again, probably free or cheap. If you're into the technical, instrumental math-rock thing (see: Don Caballero, Hella, so on & so forth), you'd probably be smart to jump on the Sleeping People bandwagon. They're also starting a tour with the Locust soon, if that's any indication. Go & feel good about yourself for going to Five College campus shows so that they can keep happening, hopefully.
Blevin Blectum at the Hampshire College Dining Commons on Friday, November 9th, probably around 8:30pm & probably free or cheap (but this being a Hampshire show & information being hard to come by, don't quote me on that). One half of the defunct laptop-fuckery/IDM duo Blectum From Blechdom, she's also collaborated with Matmos, DAT Politics, The Soft Pink Truth & a bunch of other bands you may or may not like, in addition to doing her solo electronica act. If you're vehemently against going to an indie pop show that night, you should probably go to this or risk being a loser forever.
Also, this one's a little bit further off on the horizon, but some advance warning anyway:
Sleeping People (on Temporary Residence Records), Japandi, Yukon & Bunnies at the Prescott Tavern at Hampshire College, Friday, November 16th at 8:30pm. Cost? Again, probably free or cheap. If you're into the technical, instrumental math-rock thing (see: Don Caballero, Hella, so on & so forth), you'd probably be smart to jump on the Sleeping People bandwagon. They're also starting a tour with the Locust soon, if that's any indication. Go & feel good about yourself for going to Five College campus shows so that they can keep happening, hopefully.
Thursday, November 1, 2007
'Nutha Reminder
As we mentioned in an earlier post, A Place to Bury Strangers/The Bunnies/Sisxers are doing a free show tonight at 8:30 pm at the Hampshire College Dining Commons. The frontman to APtBS, Olivier Ackermann is giving a free workshop on effect pedal making at 5 pm at Lemelson on campus. It's all FREE!
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