Monthly Archives: July 2007

31 Jul

Rock the Bells | Randall’s Island 7.29.07

Backstage and onstage at Rock the Bells. It was pretty surreal to be on the same stage with Wu-Tang in front of 35,000 people. More on flickr and BV.

[MP3]: Wu-Tang  ”Better Tomorrow”

Wu-Tang Clan

Rage Against the Machine

Flavor Flav

Tha Wu!

Rakim

30 Jul

Trackback | Sway’s The Millia Pink and Green EP

I completely missed shoegaze, ten going on eleven at the time when the genre was at its height and I had more important things to do and listen to. Growing up in middle of nowhere Pennsylvania and like most kids my age, grunge had the largest musical impact on me, thanks in large part […]

26 Jul

The Darjeeling Limited Trailer

The trailer for Wes Anderson’s The Darjeeling Limited came out this week. The trifecta cast of Wilson, Schwartzman, and Brody portray three brothers re-forging family bonds by taking them on a train trip around India. Anderson has a way of making things funny and at the same time pulling on your heartstrings. […]

25 Jul

video of the week — the teeth “yellow”

When we last checked in with The Teeth, they were busy touring the U.S. and still are today. The band won’t be back on the East Coast until early next month, where they’ll continue to play live dates.

While the band has been on the road, the acclaim has been building up for The Teeth’s […]

25 Jul

Blank Blue | “All the Shallow Deep”

I don’t know how it came up in conversation but I was told by someone to check out a collection of songs from Los Angeles’ finest artists titled From L.A. with Love. The album was curated by LA promotion group and party organizer ArtDontSleep (aka Andrew Lojero) to help get the LA music scene […]

23 Jul

2007 Siren Music Festival | Coney Island, NYC

The experience I had at this year’s Siren Music Festival was completely different from the experience I had one week earlier at the Pitchfork fest. Most of the 9 odd hours or so of the event were spent at the foot of one of the two stages. As I was kind of working […]

19 Jul

pic of the week — swing, swing, swing!

Above pic by .natalie

I’m not exactly sure what made me choose the above photograph for this post. Maybe because it’s summer and this picture beautifully captures the essence of the season. And maybe because I’m excited about heading out to Coney Island on Saturday. I’m not sure, but it seems like it’s […]

18 Jul

2007 Pitchfork Music Festival | Union Park, Chicago

Yeah, I know, I know, three days late on this and in the blog world, three days might as well be three weeks. I actually just got back this morning around 3am and didn’t really have a chance to think about and reflect on what made this year’s Pitchfork Music Festival so much fun […]

17 Jul

video of the week — yeah right!

yeah right! video - magic board. also upcoming spike jonze movie, where the wild things are.

16 Jul

Pitchfork Music Festival | Dan Deacon

Plenty of highlights already in at YouTube from this past weekend’s Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago. KEXP has a nice summary. I’m sure we’ll being hearing more from Justin when he gets back. This little treat is from Dan Deacon’s set. Crappy sound quality aside, it’s pure entertainment with Dan singing […]

13 Jul

It’s Friday! Get Hype!!!

pic from jac-o

It’s Friday the 13th! GET HYPE!!! Yeehaw! Ride it! This pic is for the ladies. It looks gayer than a box of puppies. No one was physically hurt in the taking of this picture, just their dignity. It’s a study on what happens when one stays up until […]

13 Jul

Celebrate Bastille Day with Nouvelle Vague

If you’re not in Chicago over the weekend for this year’s Pitchfork Music Festival and happen to be in New York City or Philadelphia tomorrow (July 14th), take a couple hours out of your day to celebrate Bastille Day by soaking up some classic French film.

Film Forum in NYC is screening the father of French […]

12 Jul

pic of the week — double exposure

[MP3]: Mobbing  ”Open Legs (Original Mix)”

Above pic by vivahate at last Friday’s Making Time with Simian Mobile Disco

11 Jul

Gudrun Gut | I Put A Record On

Gudrun Gut has been an innovating figure of the underground German music scene since the late ‘70s. After playing in an early incarnation of Einstürzende Neubauten and founding Mania D, Gut formed the seminal German new wave band Malaria! in 1981 with Bettina Köster, who was also a member of Mania D (for more […]