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Monday Music Roundup
Artists mentioned:Porca miseria! (That means pig misery. That's also exemplary of the reasons why Italian profanity is one of my interests). Italy lost to Spain yesterday in the Euro 2008 quarterfinals, despite the loudest cheers of my small viewing contingent. It's always agonizing and ultimately a bit unfulfilling to see big...(read full post)
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New bands added to San Francisco's Outside Lands Festival in August
Artists mentioned:It's looking like the next festival on the Fuel/Friends docket is the inaugural Outside Lands Art & Music Festival at San Francisco's Golden Gate Park in August. As a native from the Bay Area, I am looking forward to returning for a festival of this magnitude, quality, and scenic placement...(read full post)
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A song from WAY before he was born
Artists mentioned:Last night in DC, Pearl Jam brought a kid from the front row up on stage to play Ed's guitar on "All Along The Watchtower" (assumedly so Ed could be free to ricochet about the stage with his tambourines). I'd say that could be a fairly memorable moment in a...(read full post)
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Port O'Brien: All we could do was sing
Artists mentioned:Port O'Brien is a nautically-named collective of five musicians based out of the California port city of Oakland, the neighbor across the bay from San Francisco. Their songs are mostly written by lady baker Cambria Goodwin and her commercial salmon-fisherman boyfriend Van Pierszalowski. Their self-released 2008 album All We Could...(read full post)
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Black Francis may or may not have seven fingers on his right hand
Artists mentioned:"I was born with seven fingers and seven toes, in my dark face sadness always shows," claims the thumping, thrumming acousto-punk title track from the new Black Francis EP/mini-album, Svn Fngrs. This little collection of seven songs was recorded in seven days, and is a tasty, tasty return to classic...(read full post)
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Welcome, summer
Artists mentioned:Ten tunes for this first day of summer 2008:Girls In Their Summer Clothes (winter mix) - Bruce SpringsteenCalifornia (Phantom Planet cover) - Mates of StateConstructive Summer (live at Non-Comm) - Hold SteadyIt's Your Thing - Isley Brothers (this cut from Out of Sight)Electric Music and the Summer People - BeckSunshine...(read full post)
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Using all the colors :: Frightened Rabbit interview
Artists mentioned:In the short time I've been listening to Scotland's Frightened Rabbit, something in their music has hit me hard. Their latest album Midnight Organ Fight has been more or less on constant repeat and haven't even come close to getting tired of it. You can read all about it here.Scott...(read full post)
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Monday night: Coldplay at Brixton Academy
Artists mentioned:On Monday night, the eve of the North American release date for their new album, Coldplay performed a free concert at Brixton Academy in London which was broadcast on Radio 1. They performed seven of their new songs off Viva La Vida (whilst getting good art into the collective public...(read full post)
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Kings of Leon wrap 4th album
Artists mentioned:The June 12 issue of Rolling Stone carries a bit of welcome news from news from Fuel/Friends favorite sons Kings of Leon: they've been drinking, and they just wrapped their fourth album. Only By The Night will be released September 23rd on RCA Records. It was recorded at Blackbird Studios...(read full post)
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Monday Music Roundup
Artists mentioned:Well, the mercury finally crested the mid-80s mark this weekend, just in time for Father's Day BBQs. I was laughing out loud on a hot Saturday as I discovered the fabulous Tremble.com blog and read his post about the first bare-chested male subway rider signifying that summer is truly here,...(read full post)
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Black Dominoes remix Fleet Foxes
Artists mentioned:Normally if you called someone a bedroom knob-tweaker they might punch you (in the neck) but for Georgia-based mixmaster Kellen Crosby --aka Black Dominoes-- it would probably garner you a hug. Mr. Crosby has a knack for pushing the constraints and possibilities in songs, and does mysterious things to them....(read full post)
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Duchess of York provide the first addictive smash hit of my summer
Artists mentioned:Take four kids from Richmond, VA who average an individual age half that of Jack White, and all collectively have lived fewer years than one Mr. James Brown, but who exude heavy doses of both vibes in perfect collaboration.My new favorite on-repeat listen is "21st Century Slave" from their Era...(read full post)
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Joey Ryan and the evocative melodies of "Bella"
Artists mentioned:I recently got a chance to sit down and watch Bella, an independent film from Mexican director Alejandro Gomez Monteverde. I loved so many elements of it -- from the believable way it traces a chance connection between two people over the course of just one day, to the gentle...(read full post)
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Last night: The Old 97s in Denver
Artists mentioned:When the Texas foursome the Old 97s took the stage last night in Denver, I thought it fitting that two members were rockin the Converse (the guitarist and the drummer, natch) while the other two strut their leather boot stuff. Footwear usually ranks low on my list of important topics,...(read full post)
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Delta Spirit live on KCRW
Artists mentioned:A few weeks ago I was hurredly walking down a crowded DC street at lunchhour when I got a ravingly excited phone call from my friend Bodie. Bodie had just seen new Rounder Records signees Delta Spirit the night before, opening for Matt Costa in Boulder, and was calling to...(read full post)
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Monday Music Roundup
Artists mentioned:On Saturday night I decided quite by chance to see a Hebrew/Arabic language foreign film called The Band's Visit, after finding myself downtown with no other plans. This is a humble and unassuming film about the Alexandria (Egyptian) Police Orchestra who end up in the wrong Israeli town on a...(read full post)
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but there’s no way I’m forgetting this
Artists mentioned:Frightened Rabbit are four guys from Selkirk, Scotland who have created an evisceratingly gorgeous album primarily tracing the death of a relationship -- the back and forth, the moments of confident strength followed by the ravaging weakness. Released in April, their sophomore album Midnight Organ Fight was recorded last year...(read full post)
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Sometimes you get so lonely :: David Bowie covers
Artists mentioned:Sometimes you get so lonely / Sometimes you get nowhereI've lived all over the world / I've left every placePlease be mine / Share my lifeStay with me / Be my wifeYou may have heard David Bowie cooly exhort those plaintive words over a stylish soundscape on 1977's Low, but...(read full post)
