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Jeff Tweedy to Play Phoenix This December

2009-11-20T14:35:00.000-07:00

The last time Jeff Tweedy performed in Arizona, it was in Tucson and I missed it due to the fact my daughter had just been born. I was bummed to be missing one of my favorite bands (Girzzly Bear opened for them also!) but what could I do? Fortunately for me, Wilco front man Jeff Tweedy will be bringing his solo show to the Orpheum Theatre in Phoenix this December. Not quite as good as getting the whole band but I will definitely take it. Tickets for the show will go on sale Wednesday, November 25th. For more info on the show check out Stateside Presents website.

Video: LMFAO "Shots" (featuring Lil Jon)

2009-11-20T10:40:00.000-07:00

If you didn't already know this ElectricMustache is headquartered in Phoenix so we have our fair share of pool parties around town (that we are not cool enough to get invited to) and when I think about them this video is exactly how I imagine them. I miss summer, these mid 70's temps are to balmy for me to handle yo.

mp3: Beach House "Norway"

2009-11-20T10:23:00.004-07:00

I guess I better post this effing song right? It's all over the interwebs and people are already saying Beach House's album coming out next year is going to be the album of the year for 2010. WTF? I really think it is to early to be making those kind of bold statements. What if Hanson gets back together or Shakira does a collaboration with Perry Ferrel and one of Old Dirty Bastards kids or something like that? A LOT of shit could happen in 13.3 months so let's just cool our jets internets ok? This song is really good though right?

Beach House - "Norway"

New Animal Collective "Graze"

2009-11-19T16:31:00.002-07:00

So it has been like a year almost since Merriweather Post leaked...shiiiiiittttt. Can you believe it? Time fly's when you are having moderate amusement. The new AnCo EP Fall Be Kind is out soon and this song is off of it.

Animal Collective "Graze"

Video: Chll Pll "Tales From The Crypt"

2009-11-19T14:12:00.000-07:00

Those guys over at Stereogum have scooped us AGAIN with the premiere of Chll Pll's video for "Tales From The Crypt" This sort of thing happens to us all the time so don't feel to bad about it.

via: Stereogum

Video: The Golden Filter "Thunderbird"

2009-11-19T11:13:00.001-07:00

I love The Golden Filter and I can't wait for their full length album to come out "some time next year" but in the meantime we have a new video for "Thunderbird" directed by the awesome Aussie director team Moopjaw.

Video: A Tribe Called Quest - "Find A Way"

2009-11-03T11:22:00.001-07:00

I love when you randomly stumble across a song you have not heard in years. I associate memories with music more so than anything else, so when I heard this song for the first time in almost 11 years it brought back some pleasant memories of high school for me. I remember bumping this track for all my friends in my high school parking lot and thinking I was cooler than shit.

So for no reason at all "Find a Way" from A Tribe Called Quest off of their fifth and final album The Love Moment. The track was produced by the late-great J Dilla. Enjoy!

Video: Vampire Weekend - "Cousins"

2009-11-19T08:17:00.000-07:00

The latest video from Vampire Weekend for the song "Cousins" which comes off of their forthcoming album Contra. I like the video, but I think the song needs some time to grow on me. What do you guys think?

Photos & Videos: Thao, Portland Cello Project & David Schultz @ The Rhythm Room 11/17/09

2009-11-18T16:17:00.001-07:00

AwwwMaaaannnn, was it ever a good show at The Rhythm Room on Tuesday! Everybody did a great job and I couldn't be more proud of all parties involved, they sound was great, everything started on time and my shoes were very comfortable as well. If you went to Mesa to check out the Swell Season you probably had a good time and I am not going to say anything bad about you but I feel like you really missed out on something special. Thao & The Get Down Stay Down rocked out to levels I could only dream about, the Portland Cello Project were amazing and David Schultz was on point to the max! (this line was just an excuse to link to all the bands, as you can see it was some very trite/mundane/banal minutiae and I am sorry.)

After the break I have copy/pasted several pieces of HTML code that enable pictures and videos that are hosted on totally different websites (our Youtube & Flickr pages in fact) to appear on THIS website!!! Check them out please.

David Schultz (With Portland Cello Project)

Portland Cello Project

Thao & The Get Down Stay Down

Trouble Was For

Big Kid Table

Geography

Bag of Hammers

Fear and Convenience

Cool Yourself

Daytrotter iPhone App

2009-11-18T14:37:00.000-07:00

Have you ever been sitting on the light rail, twiddling your thumbs, trying hard not to breathe in the body odor of the guy sitting next to you and though to yourself: man, I wish I was listening to Bon Iver's Daytrotter session? I know I have. Well, fear not, because now there is an app for that. Yes, now all the cool kids who have an iPhone can take Daytrotter with them wherever they go thanks to this new handy-dandy Daytrotter iPhone application.

You can download the app here.

mp3: Bonnie Prince Billy - "Death To Everyone"

2009-11-18T09:03:00.000-07:00

Here is a new free track from Bonnie Prince Billy's latest live album entitled Funtown Comedown.

Bonnie Prince Billy - "Death To Everyone"

New Music Tuesday: tUnE-yArDs, Them Crooked Vultures & The Avengers

2009-11-17T07:05:00.007-07:00

Well this is what you get today. It's getting more sparse every week. Go old dudes that have done a shit ton of drugs!

Them Crooked Vultures by Them Crooked Vultures
UPDATE! Superstition by Christy and Emily I totally missed this one but it's REALLY good!

Here is a video for a song from this very same album

BiRd-BrAiNs by tUnE-yArDs
Jack and Coke by Artie Lange
Space Oddity (40th Anniversary Edition) by David Bowie
Ultraviolet by Kid Sister
The Avengers by The Avengers

Video: Beck, Wilco and Feist “Little Hands” (Skip Spence Cover)

2009-11-17T11:05:00.000-07:00

Beck, Wilco, Feist and your mom got together to cover Skip Spence’s “Little Hands”. Up until RIGHT NOW I had no idea who the hell Skip Spence is/was but he was apparently in Jefferson Airplane and did lots of drugs and now he is dead (since 1999). Enjoy the song boners!

Conan O'Brien on Between Two Ferns With Zach Galifianakis

2009-11-17T07:34:00.001-07:00

100 Greatest Quotes from The Wire

2009-11-16T15:15:00.000-07:00

It's amazing to me how many people I talked to who have not seen The Wire. It is in my book the best show in the history of television. It is so good that Harvard will now be offering a class on the show. If you don't believe how good this show is, I invite you to watch this YouTube video that someone put together with their top 100 quotes from the shows five seasons. I don't think they are in any particular order and I would argue there are some quotes that were left out that should have been included, but kudos to this dude for putting it together. I warn you though, there are some major spoilers so you've been warned. Shhhhhheeeeeeeiiiiiitttttt.

Video: Black Carl @ Modifest

2009-11-16T13:37:00.000-07:00

Hey everybody, I finally had time to properly tag these videos I took of Black Carl last Friday at Modified Arts so I thought I would share them with your eyes and ears. Mike will probably give me shit about how shaky they are but that is because the floor was literally bouncing up and down. I thought the speakers were going to fall over and kill me and several other people. That is how well "the party was started (and finished)" by Black Carl that night. They even did an unplanned cover of The Gap Band's "You Dropped a Bomb On Me"! If anybody knows the name of the last song please let me know so I can update it,thanks... your a peach!

If you missed the show you have a few more opportunities to catch them again (I suggest you do)...

Nov 19 2009 8:00P Third Thursday in Scottsdale
Nov 21 2009 8:00P New Venue (Building where Olive Branch is now) w/ What Laura Says in Tempe
Dec 2 2009 8:00P Opening for Little Dragon at They Rhythm Room

Check out the rest of the videos after the break...

mp3: Minus the Bear "Into the Mirror"

2009-11-16T13:20:00.000-07:00

If you like the band Minus the Bear then you will be please to know that I personally have embedded this imeem music player that will digitally stream their newest single "Into the Mirror" to your ears via the internet. You may also be interested to know that you can purchase this song AND another called "Broken China" (do you think they are talking about the socioeconomic problems or the country China or break some plates and/or dishes?) on itunes HERE

Into the Mirror - Minus the Bear

Video: King Khan & BBQ Show - "I'll Be Loving You"

2009-11-16T10:24:00.000-07:00

I'm extremely bummed by the fact that the King Khan & BBQ Show got canceled as a result of the band's arrest. Not that this really makes up for it but here is the video for "I'll Be Loving You" from King Khan & BBQ Show's recently released Invisible Girl.

[via: pitchfork]

KING KHAN & BBQ SHOW @ RHYTHM ROOM CANCELED...BOO

2009-11-16T08:42:00.000-07:00

According to Statesidepresents.com (the show's promoter) tonight's King Khan & BBQ Show with Those Darlin's has been canceled. This is no surprise after the whole "getting arrested for drugs" episode last week. And their tour manager possibly still being in jail I doubt they wanted to get any further away from Canada by coming to Sherrif Joe's neck of the woods. There is no news of any rescheduling or anything as of yet, but let this be a lesson to other bands...Do ALL of your drugs before you leave each city and make sure your driver doesn't have a suspended license OR knows how to drive the speed limit.

Modifest Day 1: Black Carl, Treasure Mammal & Soft Drink

2009-11-14T22:45:00.002-07:00

Petty good start to the final Modifest, not to many people showed up but I think it had/has something to do with that "Greenfest" shenanigans on Roosevelt. I had to walk like two blocks or something to get there.That would also explain why it was pretty packed by the time Black Carl hit the stage...since they road was opened again n' such.

I have decided that Black Carl is the best live band in Phoenix... hands down. If you have not seen them yet you better do it before they get signed and blow up and move to New York or something.

Soft Drink rocked it out as always. It was my first time seeing Treasure Mammal and it was a as nuts as I have heard.

Soft Drink

Treasure Mammal
Pics Coming Soon

Black Carl

MODIFEST This Weekend!

2009-11-13T12:30:00.001-07:00

Well as some or all or none of you may know Modifest is this weekend. What is Modifest you ask? It's three days of awesome local bands playing at the soon to be "different" Modified Arts all for charity.

This really is a "whos who" of the Phoenix scene. Every night is jam packed with tasty goodness and only costs $5 per night, even though they should have sold a 3 day pass for $12 or something to entice people to come all 3 nights, and if they don't....eff them, they already paid! But who the hell am I? (PS Kimber it's NOT to late!)

Here is a break down of all three night with fancy links to each bands Myspace page so you can hear more if you are unfamiliar:

Friday the Thirteenth
Black Carl
Treasure Mammal
Soft Drink
Liar's Handshake
Michelle Blades

Saturday the Fourteenth
What Laura Says
Matthew Reveles
Yellow Minute
Farewell Review
Stellaluna
So and So (No link could be found, please send one over if you can)

Sunday the Fifteenth
Dry River Yacht Club
The Whisperlights
Dust Jacket
Dakota Jeane and Sister Cities
You, Me and Apollo

mp3: Solange "Stillness is the Move" (Dirty Projectors Cover)

2009-11-13T11:17:00.005-07:00

I have NOOOO idea who this Solange person is (Is it Beyonce's sister....daughter?) but she or someone she knows (Jay Z maybe?) has good taste in music... OR, she loves covering songs she HATES, as a goof, but either way it sounds pretty damn good. And I like the sample (is that from the Doggpound?) they chose to replace the funky "capoed" guitar ditty from the original.

Solange - "Stillness is the Move" (Dirty Projectors Cover)

ORIGINAL

Dirty Projectors "Stillness is the Move"

[via: thetapeisnotsticky.com]

Video: The Most Serene Republic - "Heavens to Purgatory"

2009-11-09T09:16:00.002-07:00

The song "Heavens to Purgatory" comes off of The Most Serene Republic's latest album ...And The Ever Expanding Universe, which is avaialble now on Arts & Crafts.

[via: Pitchfork]

Video: Animal Collective - "In The Flowers"

2009-11-13T08:48:00.000-07:00

New video from Animal Collective for their song "In The Flowers" which comes off Merriweather Post Pavillion. The video was directed by Abby Portner.

Turn Back O Man @ Local First Festival 11/7/09

2009-11-10T09:27:00.002-07:00

Laina McWhorter

Laina made it out to the Duck and Decanter on Saturday for the Local First Festival to capture a moment in time... four different times. Looking at these pictures of Turn Back O Man is almost like stepping into a time machine to last Saturday afternoon... If I really could do that I would find "last Saturday me" and warn him (me) against parking in that spot at The Clubhouse, but I digress. Turn Back O Man is one of the best bands in Phoenix and I have an mp3 for you to prove it. They have a kinda early 90's Chris Isaak sound if he was a serial killer and even MORE sad. Check out "Tall" from the CDR they gave me a couple weeks ago at The Mumlers show.

Turn Back O Man - "Tall"

Check out the rest of the pics from this past Saturday after the break...