Positive anxiety can be just as crippling:
Thursday, August 29, 2013
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
New Angel Haze Track: "Echelon"
So sick, I could puke. I feel like I would lose my mind if this song came on during the credits of some high-adrenaline action movie with a dramatic ending.
"Echelon" comes from Angel Haze's feverishly anticipated debut album Dirty Gold. Though no release date has been announced, the album's been finished for some time. So any day now ...
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angel haze
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
The Day of Full Highly Anticipated Album Streams
News broke early this morning that Nine Inch Nails' Hesitation Marks had started streaming in full on iTunes. Click here for the link.
Eight hours later, I came home from work and found out Fader is streaming White Poppy's debut self-titled LP, and Blind Horses, another Vancouver act, are streaming their debut LP Avail via Bandcamp.
Unfortunately, the first real chance I'll have to listen to any of these, I'll probably be hungover.
Eight hours later, I came home from work and found out Fader is streaming White Poppy's debut self-titled LP, and Blind Horses, another Vancouver act, are streaming their debut LP Avail via Bandcamp.
Unfortunately, the first real chance I'll have to listen to any of these, I'll probably be hungover.
Labels:
blind horses,
full stream,
nine inch nails,
white poppy
Friday, August 23, 2013
The Go-Betweens - "Two Steps, Step Out"
My second favourite song from one of my least
favourite albums by one of my favourite bands. "Two Steps, Step Out" x
Before Hollywood x The Go-Betweens:
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the go-betweens
The Courtneys Feat. Daniel Pitout (Nü Sensae) and Ryan Dyck - "90210"
The sound quality in this video is shit, but after having seen Nü
Sensae's Daniel Pitout drum on the Courtneys' "90210", I will never
listen to this song the same way again. Can Daniel play on all of the Courtneys
songs from now on? And B-Lines'/Hockey Dad Records' Ryan Dyck almost
dumping JTP on her head and smashing her against the ceiling - best
Courtneys show I've ever seen no question:
The Courtneys FEAT. Daniel Pitout - 90210 at the Biltmore from The Courtneys on Vimeo.
The Courtneys FEAT. Daniel Pitout - 90210 at the Biltmore from The Courtneys on Vimeo.
Vancouver's Got LEGS ∆
I may not get to see the Dead Weather any time
soon, but at least this band lives in my town:
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LEGS ∆,
The Dead Weather
Swearin' Is Cool
Happy I could tell there was a Crutchfield in here (two, actually):
Check out Swearin's entire self-titled LP below:
Check out Swearin's entire self-titled LP below:
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full stream,
swearin,
waxahathchee
The Sonics with the Vicious Cycles - Rickshaw Theatre, Sept. 20
For my money, the greatest rock 'n' roll band
of all time. They've only announced one show, it's in Vancouver, and I
have my ticket. THE SONICS come to the Rickshaw Theatre on Sept. 20. The Vicious Cycles are opening too, and I hear they're great.
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the rickshaw theatre,
the sonics,
the vicious cycles
Numan, Breeders ... Ant?
Gary Numan, the Breeders the next night and
Adam Ant six nights later? The urge to complete a week of icons with
A-Double is high ... Adam Ant comes to the Vogue on Sept. 6:
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adam ant,
gary numan,
the breeders,
vogue theatre
Thursday, August 15, 2013
Janelle Monáe - "Dance Apocalyptic"
This song will be everywhere. From Janelle Monae's The Electric Lady, due September 10 on Bad Boy/Wondaland/Atlantic Records:
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janelle monae
FREE SHOW: Johnny de Courcy with LEGS ∆ at the Cobalt, Tomorrow Night
I may not get to see the Dead Weather any time soon, but at least this Friday, I'll get to see Vancouver's LEGS ∆ - and for free to boot. LEGS ∆ open for Johnny de Courcy as part of the Cobalts' no cover Come Fridays, every Friday:
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come fridays,
free concert,
johnny de courcy,
LEGS ∆,
the cobalt
Monday, August 12, 2013
FULL ADVANCE STREAM: No Age - An Object (Sub Pop Records)
Stream No Age's upcoming album An Object in full at NPR.org. The album comes out August 20 on Sub Pop Records.
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full stream,
no age,
npr
Sunday, August 11, 2013
Freak Heat Waves, Cowards and Viet Cong To Invade the Cobalt
It's jammy. It's Kraut-y. It's mildly post-punkily despairing. It breathes. It lumbers. It bends. It kind
of pricks. It's Freak Heat Waves.
They play the Cobalt with Cowards and Calgary's Viet Cong on Aug. 29. This is going to be a groovy night. Check out the Bandcamps for all three below.
Freak Heat Waves:
Cowards:
Viet Cong:
Freak Heat Waves:
Cowards:
Viet Cong:
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cowards,
freak heat waves,
the cobalt,
viet cong
"Thank Goddess* For Riot Grrrl"
"Punk boys can be just as macho and bro as the
bros themselves... ... everyone claims to be so against the state, and
they claim to do whatever the fuck they want... But really, the power
relations between the state and the people play out in
the very relations between guys and girls in the scene. How punk guys
carry their own privilege and power into the basic act of sex (and even
in how they relate to each other as people), and oppress women by
silencing them and using them. The girls don't see them as allies, but
as oppressors in their own scene.
Thank goddess* for riot grrrl."
Thank goddess* for riot grrrl."
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gender issues,
huggy bear,
power relations,
punk,
punk power relations,
riot grrrl
Wednesday, August 7, 2013
Double-Header at the Rio: Guess I'm Seeing Some Movies This Week
Anyone who knows me knows I'm not big on movies, especially not seeing them in theatres. But as I've said, music-movies are the only movies I see in theatres anymore.
Playing (again) at the Rio tomorrow night is Justin Ludwig's documentary on hardcore Christian music. Ludwig will be in attendance to introduce the movie as well as answer questions afterwards:
Immediately following ChristCORE will be Poull Brien's first feature film directorial debut Charles Bradley: Soul of America. I could get into this double-header thing:
Playing (again) at the Rio tomorrow night is Justin Ludwig's documentary on hardcore Christian music. Ludwig will be in attendance to introduce the movie as well as answer questions afterwards:
Immediately following ChristCORE will be Poull Brien's first feature film directorial debut Charles Bradley: Soul of America. I could get into this double-header thing:
R.I.P. Tim Wright
Bassist, No Wave pioneer and founding member of Pere Ubu, one of the most fearless,
challenging bands I know, passed away on Sunday. R.I.P. Tim Wright:
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pere ubu,
tim wright
Monday, August 5, 2013
"The Pyrotechnics of Sound and Scare Tactics"
Trent Reznor on Nine Inch Nails' upcoming new album Hesitation Marks:
"I don't think it’s a gentle record. I do think it's more subversive in how it gets you. It's not about everything being at 11 and the pyrotechnics of sound and scare tactics, which I've definitely used in the past. But it doesn't feel like the middle-aged, I've-given-up record either."
"The pyrotechnics of sound and scare tactics." Describing music in those terms is one of those things I've never thought of before but makes total sense when I hear them; I can imagine exactly what Reznor's talking about. Don't you love those second-hand "Eureka!" moments when someone else articulates something so lucidly that you can't?
Click here to read Reznor's full interview with The New York Times.
"I don't think it’s a gentle record. I do think it's more subversive in how it gets you. It's not about everything being at 11 and the pyrotechnics of sound and scare tactics, which I've definitely used in the past. But it doesn't feel like the middle-aged, I've-given-up record either."
"The pyrotechnics of sound and scare tactics." Describing music in those terms is one of those things I've never thought of before but makes total sense when I hear them; I can imagine exactly what Reznor's talking about. Don't you love those second-hand "Eureka!" moments when someone else articulates something so lucidly that you can't?
Click here to read Reznor's full interview with The New York Times.
Labels:
general,
new york times,
nine inch nails,
trent reznor
Sunday, August 4, 2013
Angel Olsen Performs New Song "Forgiven/Forgotten" at Pitchfork Music Festival 2013
Angel Olsen's new album will be so damned good - whenever it comes out. The way she sings "I don't know anything" and how the drums come in just at the right time. Oh, daaammmnnn:
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angel olsen
FREE EP DOWNLOAD + Spesh Pep and Yes Bear House(?)/Park Show, August 8
Hey, doggies! A great band called Yes Bear is playing with Spesh Pep
on August 8 at Slocan Park. How much is it? All I can tell you is that
it'll probably be worth it (update: it's by donation). Indie math-pop. Yes, it's possible! Event
page at Field House Noise Field w-SPESH PEP/ YES BEAR/ DRUIZ.
Also, download Yes Bear's 2011 EP We're Alive, Let's High-Five for FREE here.
Also, download Yes Bear's 2011 EP We're Alive, Let's High-Five for FREE here.
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Free download,
spesh pep,
yes bear
Thursday, August 1, 2013
I Only See Music-Movies at the Theatre Now
A Band Called Death comes to the Rio Theatre August 18-20:
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a band called death,
death,
rio theatre
The First December Show I'm Going To
Announced last week: Lee Ranaldo. $15 at the Biltmore:
Labels:
lee ranaldo,
the biltmore cabaret
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