“Blue Flame”
Found this one more because of the interesting visual style of the video, but I kind of dig the song as well. This fast, loud, and energy-packed minute and a half is a product of Canadian rockers Run with the Kittens.
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Run with the Kittens
Wednesday, May 7th, 2008Your Musical Intermission: Death From Above 1979
Sunday, November 4th, 2007While I was cleaning out my email this afternoon, I came across one from Last.fm which included some links to music videos they thought I would like because of my listening habits (which you can dig into here).
While the song and video are not new by any means, the visuals are new to me, so I thought I’d share some of the (already broken up) indie rock/synth rock duo Death From Above 1979, playing “Romantic Rights”:
The Weakerthans @ Webster Hall
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007Along with the radio taping last night, I also managed to head out and check out some live music in the form of Canadian indie rockers The Weakerthans out at Webster Hall. You can check out the shots I took over at Flickr. Big thanks to David for the free pass in — it certainly helps when you’re still a day away from pay day.
The show itself was pretty good. I was getting a bit of that alt-country vibe mixed in the usual style I hear in Canadian rock (I kept coming back to The Tragically Hip in my mind, though the vocal styles were nowhere close). The lyrics were very solid and there were some very rock-and-roll moments, such as four men holding their guitars aloft while punctuating the drumbeat with power chords.
I’d suggest some tracks to listen into, but hell if I know at this point. Give me a few weeks to get some material to review and then we’ll talk. Of course, if anyone out there has some recommendations, by all means….
Andrew is On the Air!
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007Last night I was lucky enough to have BrooklynVegan invite me onto his little slice of Sirius‘ Blog Radio show on Left of Center (Channel 26). Yes, real radio. And more than just sit there — I got to pick all the music for the two hours plus!
The show airs at Noon on Wednesday (in other words, probably after you have read this) and re-airs at Midnight. If you don’t have one of the Sirius radios, you can sign up for a free trial to listen over the internet.For anyone here because of said show, hello and please place your death threats in the comments below.
The playlist:
- The Feelin’ by Brant Bjork – Local Angel
- Brooklyn (Owes The Charmer Under Me) by Steely Dan - Can’t Buy A Thrill
- When Vegans Attack by Clutch – From Beale Street To Oblivion
- Chillout Tent by The Hold Steady – Boys and Girls in America
- Grown So Ugly by The Black Keys – Rubber Factory
- Four Kicks by Kings of Leon – Aha Shake Heartbreak
- Crazyhorse Mongoose by Galactic – Crazyhorse Mongoose
- Intentions Clear by Umphrey’s McGee – Safety In Numbers
- Jetty by Tortoise – TNT
- Clean Living by RJD2 – Since We Last Spoke
- Technobeam by The New Deal – The New Deal
- Jump Off by Lotus – Nomad
- The Pinnacle of Experience by Supersystem – A Million Microphones
- Yadnus by !!! (Chk Chk Chk) – Myth Takes
- All In All by Julian Velard – Nitetime
- Jane by Ben Folds Five – The Unauthorized Biography Of Reinhold Messner
- Pop Trash by Rustic Overtones – Long Division
- Suit & Tie by Rocktopus – Something Fierce
- B612 by Grüvis Malt – Simon
- Sandpaper Cross by Jonny Classic And The Classic Johns – Your New Favorite Record
- Bliss by Lake Trout – Another One Lost
- My One Dear Son by Rana – Here In The USA
- (Baby Wants To) Tame Me by Local H – Here Comes the Zoo
- Black Lodge by Anthrax – Sound of White Noise
- The Door by Corrosion Of Conformity – Wiseblood
- If Only Everything by Kyuss – Queens of the Stone Age
- Another Day by Jimmie’s Chicken Shack – Pushing The Salmanilla Envelope
Sound and Visual Stimulation
Monday, October 22nd, 2007Two Mikes have recently brought some new sounds across my ears, complete with animated videos to accompany (a sure-fire way to catch my attention).
Mike #1 is my friend from Hoboken who made mention of Archive’s "Again" over a game of darts this past Friday night.
Mike #2 is the mad blogger over at the LimeWire Music Blog, who was pretty high on the merits of Chromeo’s "Bonafied Lovin".
