Surfer Blood "Demon Dance"

Will Surfer Blood's new album be as good as their last/first album? Will a taco taste as good on a day other than a Tuesday? Will the pain in my left elbow ever go away? Will paleontologists ever realize the squandered marketing potential of NOT changing the spelling of pterodactyl to TERRORdactyl? I mean they are giant flying dinosaurs for heck sake!

I fear that only one of these very important questions will be answered when Pythons is released, sometime in the near future.

New Music Tuesday: Deer Tick, Mark Sultan, Justice, Surfer Blood

What up everybody everybody? Hope you had a nice weekend when you were at Disneyland, I know I did. There is some good stuff to listen to this week, I have been hearing the new Deer Tick all morning long and I like it, and I am sure you will too. Feel free to take a look around and let me know if you want to try something on.

3Ds: Hellzapoppin (reissue) [vinyl]
A.A. Bondy: Believers [vinyl]
Ane Brun: Changing of the Seasons
Andrew Liles: Flesh Creeping Gonzoid & Other Imaginary Creatures Vol. 1-6 (6-CD box set)
Ashtar Command: American Sunshine
The Barreracudas: Nocturnal Missions
The Beets: Let the Poison Out
Bevis Frond: The Leaving of London
Bjork: Biophilia [vinyl]
Bjork and The Dirty Projectors: Mount Wittenberg Orca
Bob Schneider: Live At The Paramount Theatre (2-CDs and DVD)
The Brandt Brauer Frick Ensemble: Mr. Machine
Brian Wilson: In The Key Of Disney
Christina Vantzou: No. 1
A Classic Education: Call It Blazing
Colleen Green: Cujo [vinyl]
Comet Gain: Howl of the Lonely Crowd
Dan Deacon: Spiderman of the Rings (reissue) [vinyl]
Deer Tick: Divine Providence
Del McCoury: Old Memories: The Songs of Bill Monroe [vinyl]
The Devil Makes Three: Stomp and Smash
Dntel: Life is Full of Possibilities (remastered with bonus tracks)
The Gang Violets: Black Clouds b/w A Touch From the Wild Child
Glenn Gould: On Television: Complete CBC Broadcasts 1954-1977 [dvd]
Gringo Star: Count Yer Lucky Stars
honeyhoney: Billy Jack
Howlin' Wolf: Smokestack Lightning: Complete Chess Masters (4-CD box set)
Jedi Mind Tricks: Violence Begets Violence
Joan as Police Woman: To Survive (reissue)
John Prine: The Singing Mailman Delivers
Justice: Audio, Video, Disco
Laura Marling: A Creature I Don't Know (deluxe edition) (CD/DVD/LP)
Leonard Cohen: The Complete Studio Albums Collection (11-CD box set)
Little Red: Midnight Remember
Lou Reed: Live Performances 1972 [dvd]
Lydia Lunch: The Gun is Loaded [dvd]
The Magnetic Fields: Holiday (reissue) [vinyl]
Mark Sultan: Whatever I Want
MF Doom: Operation Doomsday (expanded edition)
Miles Davis: The Warner Years 1986 - 1991 (5-CD box set)
Monkees: Head (reissue) [vinyl]
Mr. Gnome: Madness in Miniature
Of Montreal: Cassette Box Set (10-cassette box set with mp3s)
Ozric Tentacles: Paper Monkeys
Pearl Jam Twenty [dvd]
Peggy Sue: Acrobats
Peter Gabriel: New Blood - Live in London [dvd]
Phantogram: Nightlife EP
Raleigh Moncrief: Watered Lawn
Russian Circles: Empros
The Smiths: The Smiths Complete (8-LP box set) [vinyl]
Spectrals: Bad Penny
The Spits: The Spits V
The Strange Boys: Live Music
Surfer Blood: Tarot Classics
Thomas Dolby: A Map of the Floating City
Tom Waits: Bad as Me
Two Gallants: Two Gallants (reissue) [vinyl]
Two Gallants: What the Toll Tells (reissue) [vinyl]
Various Artists: Lost Highway 10th Anniversary [vinyl]
Wet Illustrated: 1x1x1
Wolves in the Throneroom: Celestial Lineage [vinyl]
Wolvhammer: The Obsidian Plains
Woodsman: Mystic Places
Wye Oak: The Knot (reissue) [vinyl]

Surfer Blood! Live N' Stuff

Watch the full video at Baeblemusic.com

I am a pretty big fan of Surfer Blood. They are going to rank pretty high on my end of year list that will be out very soon. I wish I could go back to high school and start a sweet band. Ahhh the regrets of an old bearded man.

Surfer Blood & The Drums Coming To The Clubhouse On Sept 27th

This isn't SUPER new since Stateside already announced it yesterday but it's still really awesome. Surfer Blood and The Drums have seen fit to play the small hamlet of Tempe right before the Fall Harvest on Sept 27th.

The fall/winter season was already going to be awesome for music in Phx but new announcements keep rolling out everyday. Even though this might not bring us up Tucson levels of awesome, our scrappy upstart of a city is doing it's best ;-)

Best of 2010... So Far

Not that lists are anything new, and mid year reviews are no exception. But once again we have been meaning to put together a list for few weeks now but we were beaten to it thus forcing our hand to actually make one. So here is MY list of MY favorite albums of the year so far. Check back tomorrow for Mike's. It will have a couple cross overs but maybe not. Especially not Sleigh Bells I can assure you of that.

Top 10 of 2010... So Far... after the break...

Video: Surfer Blood "Swim" "Catholic Pagans" "Floating Vibes"

Look what I got for you guys! Three videos from the best new band of the last 6 months Surfer Blood. I guess I kind of just stole them from P4K but fuck them, they are running a racket over there where they blackmail bands for exclusive first run content. And plus they are really popular so really just.... fucka them!

Video: Surfer Blood "Swim"

ElectricMustache is in danger of becoming a Surfer Blood "fanzine" if I don't watch it... Ahhh I don't care... I post'em as I see'em. Um... I gotta go find me a pair of those "tighty whities" BRB!

Surfer Blood Coming To Phoenix (Trunk Space)

This is very exciting news day for me. First I learn that YACHT and Washed Out are coming to town, together no less... THEN I learn that my hands down favorite of the year so far Surfer Blood are coming back to town on March 24th... Wha wha wha Wait a minute! That's the same day as YACHT and Washed Out!!!! ARRRRRRRGH!!!! What the hell am I going to do now? I guess I have a little under 2 months to perfect cloning. I bet I will get all carried away just like Michael Keaton in Multiplicity... "I like pizza"


via Phoenix New Times

January's 5 Best Albums

This is a new thing I think I am going to do every month, my top 5 albums or so. But only from the month that we are in at any given time. Since this is January I guess this is a "best of the year" list as well. But that is just stupid and you are better than that. I have to admit I have not had a whole lot of time to listen to a whole lot of stuff. But the one album I seam to gravitate towards whenever I have a chance to listen is Astro Coast I can't seam to stop listening. It's just that freaking good. When I can pry myself away I either listen to Teen Dream or Transference. It's pretty amazing that we are just wrapping up January and there is already this much great stuff. I have high hopes for 2k10. See list after break...

New Music Tuesday: Spoon, Surfer Blood, RJD2, Tape Deck Mt.

Today is the first day of the rest of your lives, it's ALSO the day that a bunch of new stuff comes out so... win win right? You got your Spoon, your RJD2, your EELS but whats my favorite is Surfer Blood's Astro Coast. But all that other stuff is pretty good too so buy all that shit ok?

Surfer Blood: Astro Coast
Spoon: Transference $3.99
Dinowalrus: %
Aziz Ansari: Intimate Moments For A Sensual Evening $3.99
Editors: In this Light and On This Evening
Eels: End Times
The Hot Rats: Turn Ons
Tape Deck Mountain: Ghost
Josephine Foster: Graphic as a Star
Barton Carroll: Together You & I
Lindstrøm & Christabelle: Real Life Is No Cool
Major Stars: Return to Form
Red Krayola with Art & Language: Five American Portraits
RJD2: The Colossus
Scout Niblett: The Calcination of Scout Niblett
Susu: R and R and R
Wetdog: Frauhaus!
The Coal Porters: Durango
Richard Skelton: Landings
Miles Davis: The Complete Columbia Album Collection (71-disc box set)
Cold War Kids: Behave Yourself EP
Fang Island: Daisy