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King Khan + GZA
N+I.W.A (Niggaz plus Indian with Attitude)
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While rumours have been swirling about the possibility of a formal collaboration between the pair for sometime, Khan is finally ready to confirm that it looks like the union is going ahead. Don’t expect The Shrines’ eccentric frontman to pass himself off as the first Indian-Canadian member of Wu-Tang Clan just yet though. “The whole thing is really surreal,” he says, clearly still trying to wrap his head around the amazing turn of events.The union marks the second time that GZA has reached out to the garage rock community for musical input. Khan’s rambunctious Almighty Defender bandmates, Black Lips, first performed along side the famed hip-hoper at SXSW this past March and subsequently recorded ‘The Drop I Hold’ with the urban pioneer. Continue reading King Khan + GZA
This Is What…
Being struck by lightning looks like:
The victim? Marc Nicol, drummer/bassist of Sunset Rubdown.
CD Review: Everything Goes Wrong
Band: Vivian Girls
Label: In The Red Records
Release: 2009
1. “Walking Alone At Night” – 9.0
2. “I Have No Fun” – 9.3
3. “Can’t Get Over You” – 9.1
4. “The Desert” – 9.6
5. “Tension” – 9.0
6. “Survival” – 9.5
7. “The End” – 9.4
8. “When I’m Gone” – 9.2
9. “Out For The Sun” – 9.5
10. “I’m Not Asleep” – 9.7
11. “Double Vision” – 9.6
12. “You’re My Guy” – 9.3
13. “Before I Start To Cry” – 9.7
Comment: The Vivian Girls are comparable to Jay Reatard, if Jay was female and noisier/punker. Well, kind of. The VG’s simple song structure and composition is something that’s becoming more and more common in garage and noise punk. VGs are more polished than their counterparts Mika Miko, though perhaps not as distinctively catchy. This album will go down as extremely note-worthy in looking back at ’09.
Final Grade: 9.4
* Green = My Favorite Tracks
Black Eyed Peas = Retarded
“I Gotta Feeling” translates in proper English to “I Got To Feeling,” which, by the way, makes no fucking sense at all. And oh yeah a fourth grader could probably compose lyrics better than this piece of shit.
K. Peace out for tonight. Thanks to our good ole Radiohead adventure buddy Ray from Cover Me for pointing this out.
CD Review: Popular Songs
Band: Yo La Tengo
Label: Matador
Release: 2009
1. “Here To Fall” – 8.8
2. “Avalon Or Someone Very Similar” – 8.4
3. “By Two’s” – 8.2
4. “Nothing to Hide” – 9.0
5. “Periodically Triple or Double” – 8.5
6. “If It’s True” – 9.2
7. “I’m On My Way” – 8.9
8. “When It’s Dark” – 9.3
9. “All Your Secrets” – 8.4
10. “More Stars Than There Are In Heaven” – 9.1
11. “The Fireside” – 9.0
12. “And The Glitter Is Gone” – 9.2
Comments: This album humors me in how it effectively transitions from Warlocks-like shoe-gaze to Vaselines-esque indie-pop.
Grade: 8.8
Black Lips, King Khan, Jay Reatard, Etc, Etc
Nice little write-up on the great Nu Rave Brain Wave:
I am going to ignore the fact that this is a complete corporate sell out for all the bands involved, but hey, Jay/Black Lips/King Khan are a little older now, they don’t shit and spit (well…) on each other that much more these days, and HEY, it can’t be cheap paying for an apartment that you never live in, but regardless, the best bands in the world will be playing the free Scion Garage Fest, coming to Portland, Oregon on October 17.
The festival will go down at four venues: Satyricon, Berbati’s Pan, Someday Lounge, and Dante’s. Roky Erickson, the former 13th Floor Elevators frontman and general all-around psych-rock O.G., will headline. The bill also includes Black Lips, Jay Reatard, the King Khan and BBQ Show, the Almighty Defenders (the supergroup featuring the Black Lips, King Khan, and Mark Sultan), the Dirtbombs, the Deadly Snakes (reunited!), Simply Saucer, the Dutchess and the Duke, Harlem, Box Elders, the Beets, Fresh & Onlys, the Coathangers, and many others.
May I also say that I wish I lived in Portland, too?
Save Our State Parks FYF Fest
I kinda really wish I lived in California just for this. It’s not often that my top two favorite bands of all time play consecutively at the same venue.
Stage 1:
Black Lips: 11:00pm – 11:45pm
No Age: 10:05pm – 10:40pm
Tim & Eric Special Musical Performance: 9:05pm – 9:45pm
F* Up: 8:00pm – 8:40pm
Wavves: 7:05pm – 7:40pm
Times New Viking: 6:15pm – 6:45pm
Dan Deacon: 5:10pm – 5:55pm
Crystal Antlers: 4:15pm – 4:45pm
The Strange Boys: 3:25pm – 3:55pm
Woods: 2:35pm – 3:05pm
Avi Buffalo: 1:45pm – 2:15pm
CD Review: Why There Are Mountains
Band: Cymbals Eat Guitars
Label: None!
Release: 2009
1. “And The Hazy Sea” – 9.2
2. “Some Trees” – 8.8
3. “Indiana” – 8.3
4. “Cold Spring” – 8.7
5. “Share” – 9.6
6. “What Dogs See” – 8.7
7. “Wind Phoenix” – 9.0
8. “The Living North” – 9.3
9. “Like Blood Does” – 9.0
Comment: Head Automatica meets Lovely Feathers!
Final Grade: 9.0
Cymbals Eat Guitars open along with The Depreciation Guild for The Pains of Being Pure At Heart at the Middle East Downstairs this Saturday, September 5.
No Age. The Bear
I can’t embed the video for some reason so just click RIGHT HERE TO WATCH NO AGE ‘JAM’ WITH THE BEAR
I agree with what Randy says at the end.
Kids Like You & Me (KLYAM) 