There’s a great feature by Prefix Magazine (just posted) that highlights a day in the life of the Black Lips before their show at the Bowery Ballroom. Included in that day? Cole painting the shirt (above) that he’d end up giving to me the next day in Boston. Word.
Chris
Who else than Rage and Tool?!
Chris
What is Vivid LIVE?
Vivid LIVE is an artist curated festival, created and produced by Sydney Opera House. The 2010 Festival is led by two of America’s most influential artists – Lou Reed and Laurie Anderson. Together they have assembled a program of music, theatre and visual art which offers bold visions of contemporary American life and celebrates fearless innovation and ambition.
King Khan and BBQ Show Description:
Punk, soul, garage-rock, doo-wop, noise, country and free jazz all get thrown into their pop culture blender. What emerges is a seamless new synthesis that finds a place on the base of your spine and crawls its way up, slowly.
Lock up your daughters, your pets and your plush toys, lest they fall victim to the ravages of these bad boys of rock. Not all Canadians are nice…
Details:
3 JUN
THE STUDIO
$35*/$30*
Updated to include all the recent shows:
Keyword is “Experiences,” which takes slightly more into account how fun the show was than how awesome the bands were. Quality of opening bands are considered as well.
The Best
1. March 2010 – Black Lips/Box Elders/Movers+Shakers – Grade: A+
2. March 2009 – Black Lips/Gentleman Jesse & His Men/Mean Creek – Grade: A+
3. May 2009 – King Khan & The Shrines/Mark Sultan/Homosexuals – Grade: A+
4. October 2009 – KK+BBQ/Dum Dum Girls/Downbeat 5 – Grade: A+
5. April 2009 – No Age/The Beets/Lemonade – Grade: A+
6. October 2009 – Jay Reatard/Nobunny/Hunx and His Punx/Box Elders/Useless Eaters – Grade: A+
7. September 2009 – Walkmen/Here We Go Magic/The Dig – Grade: A+
Amazing
8. December 2009 – Arctic Monkeys/Screaming Females – Grade: A
9. August 2008 – Radiohead/Grizzly Bear – Grade: A
10. November 2009 – Pixies/Jay Reatard – Grade: A
11. November 2009 – Sonic Youth/The Feelies – Grade: A
12. February 2010 – Editors/Antlers/Dig – Grade: A
13. March 2010 – Spoon/Deerhunter/Strange Boys – Grade: A
14. September 2009 – The Rifles/Mike Fiore – Grade: A
15. August 2009 – Arctic Monkeys/Modey Lemon – Grade: A
16. May 2009 – Animal Collective/Grouper – Grade: A
17. September 2009 – Pains of Being Pure At Heart/Depreciation Guild/Cymbals Eat Guitars – Grade: A
18. July 2009 – Head Automatica/Cubic Zarconia – Great: A
19. July 2009 – Handsome Furs/Dri/Cinnamon Band – Grade: A
20. November 2008 – No Age/Soft Circle/Silk Flowers – Grade: A
Great
21. January 2008 – Editors/Hot Hot Heat/Louis XIV – Grade: A-
22. June 2009 – Sunset Rubdown/Elfin Saddle/Witchies – Grade: A-
23. April 2010 – Girls/Dum Dum Girls/Leisure – Grade: A-
24. July 2008 – No Age/High Places/Abe Vigoda/Ppalmm – Grade: A-
25. April 2010 – Harlem/Tulsa/Girlfriends – Grade: A-
26. October 2009 – KK+BBQ/Dum Dum Girls – Grade: A-
27. March 2010 – Beach House/Bacherlorette – Grade: A-
Very Good
28. October 2008 – Built To Spill/Dinosaur Jr/Meat Puppets – Grade: B+
29. February 2010 – The Growlers/Married Men/Forest Fire – Grade: B+
30. August 2009 – Warlocks/Morning After Girls/Vandelles – Grade: B+
31. July 2009 – Jay Reatard/TV Smith/Pretty & Nice – Grade: B+
32. September 2009 – Wavves/Ganglians/Many Mansions – Grade: B+
Good
33. March 2010 – Vivian Girls/Male Bonding/You Can Be A Wesley- Grade: B
34. January 2010 – Mission of Burma/The Konks – Grade: B
35. October 2009 – Rural Alberta Advantage/Lovely Feathers/Arletta – Grade: B
36. September 2008 – Paul Weller/Rifles – Grade: B
37. July 2009 – Trevor Hall – Grade: B
38. January 2009 – Mission of Burma/Neighborhoods/Faces on Film – Grade: B
Pretty Good
39. October 2007 – Morrissey/Kristeen Young – Grade: B-
40. March 2009 – War on Drugs/The Drones/Tsui – Grade: B-
All Right!
41. July 2007 – Psychedelic Furs/Alarm/Fixx – Grade: C+
42. August 2007 – Weird Al Yankovic – Grade: C+
43. September 2007 – Bob Dylan/Elvis Costello/Amos Lee – Grade: C+
Too Long Ago To Remember
44. July 2000 – B-52s/ – Grade: N/A
Glen Maganzini
That you don’t do the following:
Give a beggar just one penny. Okay, I was walking near Columbus Avenue around Boston Common and there was a man on the sidewalk asking if I had any change. I did have some change, but I was in a rush so I just quickly reached in my pocket and pulled out…one penny. I dropped it into his coffee cup container and then…he went apeshit on me! “One fucking penny, are you fucking serious?” he said before giving me a right hook to the shoulder and throwing the cup in my direction. I said “that’s all the change I could get!” As I was walking/jogging away, I could hear him repeat “one fucking penny!”
Hot damn, don’t do this.
Band: Holy Fuck
Release: 5/2010
Label: XL
1. “MD” – C-
2. “Red Lights” – C
3. “Latin America” – B
4. “Stay Lit'” – C+
5. “Silva & Grimes” – C
6. “SHT MTN” – C+
7. “Stilettos” – B
8. “Lucky” – C-
9. “P.I.G.S” – C+
Comments: I tend to hold any band that has some sort of blasphemy in their name more accountable than usual. No different for Holy Fuck. “MD” doesn’t help their cause as it sounds like combination of being blown from a wind tunnel and taking off into space. This album’s all over the place, but WAIT FOR IT, that’s what the kids call improvisation these days. Ah, yes. For an electronica number, “Latin America” is pretty solid, but it’s not very exciting. I guess the cool thing about this band is they recognize when to keep fun tempos up like in “Stay Lit.” So yeah, this record as a whole doesn’t do much for me!!! It’s like eating a chicken cutlet without any batter or seasoning.
Grade: C (76)
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How many buzz words in here go against the DIY punk ethic? I’ll get you started:
1. marketing
2. sales
3. target lists
I remember Glen threw this ditty on a mix for me and after hearing it a couple of times it didn’t stand out at all. Then suddenly, it came up on my ipod shuffle and for the first time I truly listened to it. The tune hynoptized me and still does. I highly recommend anyone reading this to check out more of their material, I know I will. No wonder, they are one of J Mascis’ new favorites!
Chris
April 19
Amherst MA, USA
Hampshire College
With special guests director Danny Perez and members of Animal Collective.
Details TBA.
April 20
Boston MA, USA
Brattle Theatre
With special guests director Danny Perez and members of Animal Collective.
$15. Get tickets: 8:30pm & 10:30pm. – http://www.artistadvocacy.com/music/news/more-animal-collective-oddsac-dates/
Sadly, I highly doubt I will be in attendence due to my school schedule and transportation and what have you lol, but I have a friend that attended a screening in New York and was blown away. Below is a brief trailer for the film.
Chris
Kids Like You & Me (KLYAM) 