Possibly the best Craiglist post ever

"I am looking for a partner to travel back in time with me. This is NOT A JOKE. I have done this before. Your gender is not important, but you must have your own weapons. Contact me immediately."

Link: here

Portishead...still amazing. Even in a single photo.

Portishead performed at Coachella this past weekend, and once again I didn't go. This photo says more to me than any write-up could.

So...all together now

*sigh*

MySpace: Portishead

I LOVE LAMP(s)

Well holy shit it's been a while, huh?

Honestly I have been deep in the rabbit (i.e. techno) hole, and while working hard to bring Basstown to fruition I've put Onward Charles on the backburner.

Maybe not the best idea...thank god for college radio though. WMBR's Breakfast Of Champions is still the greatest show I've ever heard, and thanks to my 10 minute commute this morning I had the pleasure of hearing The Lamps from Los Angeles.

Part-The Horrors and part-Nirvana circa Incesticide, I could listen to this all day. It's loud, it's noisy, scratchy and the kind of music to drive your parents insane, but more than anything it's that swagger-song melody that makes you lose control in a dark seedy bar with a half-decent PA. I'll always love bands like that...the PBR kind, not the cranberry-vodka kind ;)

Give it a try yourself.

MySpace: The Lamps

The World According To America

Again, another pictorial piece of genius.

Ronald McWhat?!

I simply had to post this as-is. Found here: Miss McDonald's Livejournal






Have a good day ;)

Godspeed You! Black Emperor Break Up

The first and only time I've ever seen Canada's Godspeed You! Black Emperor it was an exhausting event. Meant in an entirely positive way, the catharsis and emotive atmosphere of their sold out Bowery Ballroom show years ago was an experience I'll hardly forget. In fact, my sobriety was completely intact and the show was mesmerizing from start to finish. They gave out a manifesto at that show, one about their mission and war and finding peace within ourselves and with others. It was on my fridge for some time, and converted several people over to their music from simply coming over my apartment and reading it en route to getting a beer.

But now, due to conclusions about the Iraq war, the band has decided to call it quits. You can check out the entire story...or all that we know for now at Drowned In Sound.

Story: GY!BE split
MySpace: Godspeed You! Black Emperor

I Believe In...

Metromix believe in 13 artists to blow up in 2008, the first being Santogold. I believe! There is also Final Fantasy, Bedouin Soundclash, and two other favorites...Kid Sister and Burial.

Check that out here: Metromix: Blowin' Up in 08

Also, on the Santogold/Burial front, simply check out what Hype Machine has to offer on these two. Then i implore you to go out and buy the records. Well worth the investment.

Purchase: Burial - Untrue

Purchase: Santogold - I Believe In Santogold

Robyn Goes Stateside

Last night, Robyn arrived on U.S. soil and performed at the Highline Ballroom in NYC. I would have given almost anything to have been there, but being a Tuesday night show it was simply not possible. Below is the clip of her performing "With Every Heartbeat" - a song whose Punks Jump Up remix had me spinning for most of 2007 and beyond.



Be sure to check out the Tripwire review for Rakamonie, and just about everything else she's done...


YouTube: Robyn @ Highline Ballroom videos
The Tripwire: Rakamonie review
Audible: Robyn - "With Every Heartbeat (Punks Jump Up Remix)"
MySpace: Robyn

South By Southwest Returns!

This March, South By Southwest is upon us once more, and now that it will be my second year in a row, I am thrilled to go back. More than anything, I know where everything is and what to expect. (Hopefully my hotel will once again be 1/2 a block down from the Pure Volume Ranch!) There are more of us going from my company, and this year I will probably end up in a room that's all girls. Phew!

But with all that aside - including the fact that SXSW 2k7 broke my veganism - I am thrilled to see new bands. One of the best shows last year was a quick run out to La Zona Rosa to see The Faint premiere some new songs. Though a year has passed and they've still be slow to return to the spotlight, their show was hands down my favorite.



I think, like Cold War Kids, the star band this year will be Vampire Weekend. Hands down. Perhaps they will be the ones featured in the showroom's interview cage like a bunch of wild, NYC animals...



Thanks to The Tripwire for posting the preliminary list of Who's Playing SXSW this year. I was going to repost the whole thing, but that just seems like a terrible idea. Instead, click on the shortened list below ;)

Some favorites:
YACHT
Uffie
Presidents Of The United States Of America
Pissed Jeans
Robyn (holy shit!!!)
Pretty & Nice (what's up, Bostonnnn)
Mostly Bears
My Brightest Diamond
Nada Surf
The Femurs
Magic Bullets
Holy Fuck
Film School
Cut Copy
Black Mountain
A Place To Bury Strangers