St. Vincent & John Vanderslice @ Union Hall, Sunday, Apr. 22nd
It’s never been especially easy for singer-songwriters. It seems like every Jane and John Doe who can play a guitar thinks that means that they can write good songs. With the blogs and MySpace and how the two have completely revitalized how people discover music, it’s become even harder. Any marketing student or employee can...
Goes Cube @ Mercury Lounge, Friday, April 6th
Let’s be upfront, shall we? I know diddly squat about any kind of heavy/hard music. If you’d like proof, I can tell you that the first hard/heavy music I listened to was Metallica. Not Metallica circa Kill’em All, Ride the Lightning, Master of Puppets, Justice for All or the Black Album, but Metallica circa Load....
The Week in Rock Roundtable: Week Three
I got so caught up in my excitement for St. Patrick’s Day that I completely forgot to link out to last week’s Week in Rock Roundtable. Last week, John from Lost in the ’80s joined, along with Gary from Media Hound and Will from Bullz-Eye. Don’t ask me what the current participant count is, because...
Lost MP3(s) of the Week: “You Only Live Twice”
I love James Bond movies. And when I say “James Bond movies,” I mean the ones starring Sean Connery. Maybe I’m just an old fashioned kind of girl, but in my eyes, no man has been able to so much as hold a candle to Sean Connery’s Bond. Bond debate aside, one thing most Bond...
Amy Winehouse & The Pipettes @ Bowery Ballroom, Tuesday, March 13th
In late November, early December, one of my co-workers started playing a song over and over again that had the catchiest hook of “they tried to make me go to rehab / I said ‘no, no, no.'” It was sung by a woman with a deep, exotic voice that was accompanied by a dance-rhythmed brass...
Prince Half-Time Show possibly responsible for turning Audience members Gay
It’s highly likely that most of you have seen these by now, but the Smoking Gun has a plethora of letters from viewers concerned about the subject matter that Prince’s performance supposedly represented (a cigar is never just a cigar, right?). Here are a few highlights: “CBS Sports producers knew, that when the former penist...
Dismemberment Plan to re-member.
This is the best news I’ve heard in a long, long time. Courtesy of Pitchfork: Someone please pinch me. Three and a half years after their voluntary break-up, the mighty Dismemberment Plan will reunite for a show at the Black Cat in Washington, D.C. On April 28, the band will take the stage alongside Beauty...
Lost MP3 of the Week: Plastic Little, “Get Close”
When it comes to rap & hip-hop, my thoughts are generally, “the dirtier, the better.” With this in mind, it’s no wonder why I love Plastic Little’s “Get Close.” With lines like, “first we’re text messaging, then we’re sex messaging,” it’s a classic of filth from this Philly rap group who specialize in salacious songs....
“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: 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...
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