Archive for May, 2007

Arcade Fire, live.

30, May 2007

Brad at the ‘Nac has the Arcade Fire Live at the Orpheum in Boston, Massachusetts on Thursday, May 10th, 2007 online for download. Brad does a killer job of taping shows so if you’re a fan of live recordings and a fan of Arcade Fire you should hustle on over there before they’re gone.

(I’m on a mission to catch up the Heavy Rotation write ups. Short and Sweet is the order of the day – ed.) This is just a Madlib-curated mixtape. It’s cool, but it’s not what I thought it was. I’m not going to share anything from it since it’s it’s not even re-mixed.

(I’m on a mission to catch up the Heavy Rotation write ups. Short and Sweet is the order of the day – ed.) Person Pitch by Panda Bear is, plainly, what Brian Wilson would come up with if he was 27 years old in 2007. A man and a computer in a room. You can’t [...]

(I’m on a mission to catch up the Heavy Rotation write ups. Short and Sweet is the order of the day – ed.) Look, Nine Inch Nails is as much a part of my music foundation as the next guy. I’ve bought the double albums, the eps and the things in between. I’m just at [...]

(I’m on a mission to catch up the Heavy Rotation write ups. Short and Sweet is the order of the day – ed.) I am *deep* in the Arctic Monkeys‘ camp. I tracked down a bunch of songs before their debut came out in ’05. I was the generous recipient of an overseas copy of [...]

(I’m on a mission to catch up the Heavy Rotation write ups. Short and Sweet is the order of the day – ed.) Here’s my thing with Kings of Leon: they make 2-3 left field choices over the course of an album and I am consistently turned off by them, initially. Because I dig the [...]

(I’m on a mission to catch up the Heavy Rotation write ups. Short and Sweet is the order of the day – ed.) Living With the Living is just more of what we all know and love about Ted Leo and his Pharmacists. I like this one more than the last, but it’s all degrees [...]

(I’m on a mission to catch up the Heavy Rotation write ups. Short and Sweet is the order of the day – ed.) Like any self-respecting music snob I make a yearly Best of… list and I invariably struggle with what to put on there. So it’s always a treat when an album comes out [...]

I can’t help myself.

26, May 2007

I see these headlines and I am compelled to post them.

Twitter

25, May 2007

Like a good little web-nerd I fired up a Twitter account today. You can see it in action in the left sidebar over there under the album thumbnails. Here’s an excerpt from their FAQ: What is Twitter? Twitter is for staying in touch and keeping up with friends no matter where you are or what [...]


top