Could also be called: Musings During the Vampire Weekend Show I Got Free Passes to This Week. No, it’s not what you think: I am not hot for Ezra Koenig. He seems a bit too much (really, it’s eerie) like the love child/test tube baby of Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Jason Mraz (bro-y arm gestures included!). [Read Full Post...]
Time to drop an enormous payload of New Music on you. With no further ado, in alphabetical order, here’s what you need to be aware of… Minnesotan MC Slug is back with his increasingly freeform band, Atmosphere. I am not sure this is a good thing, as he seems to have peaked years ago with [Read Full Post...]
It is important to note that suddenly, and against all probability, a sperm whale had been called into existence, several miles above the surface of an alien planet. But since this is not a naturally tenable position for a whale, this innocent creature had very little time to come to terms with its identity. This [Read Full Post...]
6/12 Aqueduct Crocodile Cafe, 8pm, 21+, $10 Aqueduct – Keep It Together 6/13 John Vanderslice, Karl Blau Tractor Tavern, 8pm, 21+, $15 John Vanderslice – Pale Horse Karl Blau – Before Telling Dragons 6/15, 6/16 Stars The Triple Door, 7:30, All-Ages, $25 Stars – Wasted Daylight 6/19 Junip (Jose Gonzalez‘ band) The Vera Project, 7:30, [Read Full Post...]
Daydream Station High Applauds The Sasquatch Class of 2010 For Their Continued Excellence and Fondly Remembers the Senior Trip to The Gorge Amphitheater… Most Dedicated: Shabazz Palaces. The twenty-year plus hip-hop veteran unveiled a slew of new material and is still honing his craft relentlessly. Currently you’ll find him sporting a grimy, stuttering sound unlike [Read Full Post...]
This post pre-written and scheduled last Thursday, due to my disappearance to Sasquatch Music Festival! So if any huge, awesome, mind-wrecking jams came out over the weekend, you can just wait until at least Tuesday to hear about them. Yeah, I mean, it’s not too bad. I mean, it should be okay. I’m not too [Read Full Post...]
The aughts (2000-2009) were a decade of amazing musical development. I could wax poetic for pages about the convergences and divergences of genres, the rise of the internet as a tool for spreading music and the adoption of indie music by the mainstream, but I’d rather get straight to the good stuff. Amanda and I [Read Full Post...]
Here is the conclusion of my year-end countdown. My top 10 tracks of the year (click on the song title for a download link I’ve set up for you) are as follows: #10 Vampire Weekend – HorchataYes, it has ridiculous lyrics. Yes, it pushes even further into Afro-fetish territory than their last album. But above [Read Full Post...]
Every Monday I’ll be bringing you a batch of fresh new tracks previewing upcoming and recent releases. Follow the links to stream/download anything that catches your eye. This week’s selections: Broken Bells – The High RoadBroken Bells is the brand new collaboration by frontman James Mercer of The Shins and DJ Danger Mouse (of Grey [Read Full Post...]
In a good way. A great year for electro-indie artists remixing one another (and pretty much everyone else), as remix-only EPs sprouted left and right. Here are the best of the best, with kudos to remix guru Classixx and bedroom-pop auteur Passion Pit for double hardware in their trophy case. Top 10 remixes of the [Read Full Post...]
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