“Two Nights with Explosions in the Sky” or “Yet Another Reason Why Pitchfork Blows”
For a long time, whenever someone asked me about the best concert I’ve seen, Explosions in the Sky was always one of the first bands to come to mind. The first (and up until this week, only) time I saw them was at the now defunct NorthSix in Brooklyn during the Winter of, I think,...
Mahogany @ Galapagos Art Space, Friday, Feb. 16th
Pictures only for this one, folks. Mahogany played a short but very good set, and I didn’t see any of the opening bands… Mahogany: “Soleil Radieux” (download) Mahogany: “Springtime, Save Our Country” (download) – M4A format
Happy VD with the Blow!
Before the Blow became an overnight blog sensation with Paper Television and “Pile of Gold,” they release a little EP called Love Songs: Poor Aim (not right before, but about 2 years before). It’s full of simple pop love songs, and it’s probably one of my favorite EPs ever. To tell the truth, it’s the...
Lost MP3 of the Week: King Crimson, “I Talk to the Wind”
When I was at Hofstra, I took a class called the History of Electronic Music. It was one of my favorite classes that I took there, partly because it was taught by Herbert Deutsch, who collaborated with Bob Moog on the creation of the Moog synthesizer. Aside from the fact that the class was taught...
Lost MP3 of the Week: Gym Class Heroes, “Cupid’s Chokehold” / Supertramp, “Breakfast in America”
When I first started my blog, I sort of had delusions of grandeur. I originally started it for my friends and family. I generally have a lot of success in recommending music to people that they end up liking, and I thought of starting a blog as a way to take that success to the...
Kyp Malone @ Zebulon, Wednesday, Jan. 31st
Zebulon is softly lit. There is a candle at each table and 11 dim globe lamps hang overhead. It is a small place, about the size of four large bedrooms. In front of me, a couple is sitting at a table playing with a dog. To my right is the bar, lined with men in...
Contrast Podcast #44
I’ve wanted to take part in the Contrast Podcast for a long time now, but just kept putting it off, mostly out of fear that I would just choose a completely ridiculous, out of place, inappropriate song. This week’s theme gave me no reason to fear any of those things, however, because the theme for...
Happy Birthday / Best of T-Sides.com
Since it’s a bit hard for me to believe, it will probably be harder for all of you to believe, but this past weekend marked the one year point since I started this website. Over the past year, I’ve documented a lot of things – my ever changing taste in music, my internship at Rolling...
Lost MP3 of the Week: Mayday, “Groundhog Day”
One of my co-workers lived in Australia for awhile. A couple weeks ago, she was listening to an Australian radio station online. It was playing a really killer mix of music, mostly indie rock, but also a lot of great indie hip-hop. A song came on that I’d never heard, but I recognized something instantly...
Lost MP3 of the Week: Autolux, “Turnstyle Blues”
I tend to be wary about “indie bands” on major labels. I don’t mean bands like the Decemberists or Death Cab for Cutie that become big indie bands before they sign. I mean bands that seem to be plucked up by major labels before they make their mark on the indie scene, and that are...
Introducing: Lost MP3 of the Week
I’ve (finally) come up with a workable feature to present here on T-Sides, and I’m calling it “Lost MP3 of the Week.” What does this mean, do you ask? Well, allow me to explain. As you can probably guess, I have a ton of music. Probably not enough to rival with the collection of a...
The Answer Key!
I know, I know. It’s not that I lied to you — it’s that I came down with a nasty cold shortly after writing that entry. I have the worst immune system ever, and I get sick about every other month. I do have plenty in store for you in the next day or so,...
Soapbox