Category Archives: Music

Jens Lekman Wants Your Money!

Jens Lekman’s Official Website
Just a quick note about the previous entry, please be aware that I live in Melbourne, Australia these days and I can’t fly halfway across the world for a slice of cake. As much as I’m in it for the fun of it, I was hoping to for once make some money here to support my tours that I always lose money from. Basically, if you want to book me for a wedding anywhere outside of Oceania this upcoming year you should start sweet talking that rich uncle of yours right now.

Also, I want to set up as many shows as possible in Melbourne and Australia the next couple of months. And I noticed earlier this year that there’s a lot of small festivals in peoples gardens and living rooms, I want to do stuff like that. Small shows where I can try out new songs and new arrangments. Give me a shout if you got something !

No topic for this month, I still have a few hundred e-mails from the last months that I need to go through. So if you want to write, choose one of the previous topics.

Haha I love this guy.

CD Review: Skin and Bones

Band: Flashy Python (Alec Ounsworth of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah)
Release: 2009

1. “Let Us Hallucinate Together” – 9.2
2. “The Lady Is A Ghost” – 9.7
3. “Ichiban Blues” – 9.2
4. “Skin and Bones” – 9.4
5. “Obscene Queen Bee” – 9.8
6. “In the Darkness” – 9.6
7. “Cattle’s New Clothes” – 9.1
8. “Avalon’s Snake Breath” – 10.0

Comment: If anything can be said about Alec Ounsworth it’s that there is really no limit to what he can produce. His voice can work wonders on just about any song. The album is filled with what I would like to call psychedelic folk…it’s more intricate than what we know as folk and it’s faster and deeper than pure modern neo-psychedelia.

Final Grade: 9.5 out of 10

King Khan & BBQ Come To Mid-East Downstairs!

Ohhhh snap! Invisible Girl tour!

10-17 Portland, OR – Vice Garage Festival
10-28 Northampton, MA – Pearl Street Nightclub
10-29 Cambridge, MA – Middle East Downstairs
10-30 New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
10-31 Brooklyn, NY – The Bell House
11-01 Philadelphia, PA – First Unitarian Church
11-02 Washington, DC – Rock and Roll Hotel
11-04 Atlanta, GA – Lennys
11-05 Birmingham, AL – Bottletree
11-08 Austin, TX – Fun Fun Fun Fest
11-10 Memphis, TN – Hi-Tone Cafe
11-11 Nashville, TN – Exit In
11-12 St. Louis, MO – Off Broadway
11-13 Lawrence, KS – The Jackpot Saloon
11-14 Denver, CO – Bluebird Theater
11-16 Phoenix, AZ – Rhythm Room
11-17 Los Angeles, CA – Troubadour
11-18 San Francisco, CA – The Independent
11-20 Portland, OR – Dantes
11-21 Seattle, WA – Chop Suey
11-23 Vancouver, British Columbia – The Red Room
11-25 Calgary, Alberta – The Warehouse
11-26 Edmonton, Alberta – Pawn Shop
11-27 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan – Amigos
11-28 Winnipeg, Manitoba – Royal Albert Arms
11-29 Minneapolis, MN – Triple Rock Social Club
12-01 Milwaukee, WI – Mad Planet
12-02 Chicago, IL – Logan Square Auditorium
12-03 Cincinnati, OH – Northside Tavern
12-04 Toronto, Ontario – Lees Palace
12-05 Ottawa, Ontario – Babylon

Unfortunately an Almighty Defenders show is not possible. The Black Lips will be in Nashville playing at the Mercy Lounge on October 29. Poor timing, but I wouldn’t rule out an early 2010 Almighty Defenders gig. I’m pumped!

New Editors Track On BBC Radio

Editors Facebook:
Zane Lowe will be playing Editors’ new single, ‘Papillon’ on his show tonight (Monday, 24th August), which starts at 7.00pm. He will also be speaking to Tom about the new record. Make sure you let Zane know what you think about ‘Papillon’ by texting in on 81199!

I, for one, am really digging this very danceable, very ’80s post-punk…sort of like a more advanced versions of Handsome Furs’ Face Control: