wow, awesome. this is a really great fucking song. baltimore duo wye oak’s “the knot” lp is in stores now.
rating: 8.5
wow, awesome. this is a really great fucking song. baltimore duo wye oak’s “the knot” lp is in stores now.
rating: 8.5
Ricky Martin – “The Cup of Life”
World Cup 2010, hell yes! Caught the Inter Milan vs. Chelsea FC exhibition game yesterday at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. Chelsea FC owned it from the get-go, and took Inter Milan 2-0. A solid footie match none the less, you know – plenty of exaggerated injuries, not a lot of shooting and an abundance of the mexican wave. Not to forget Andy, the half-time entertainment, a full-on 9 piece band “performing” an uplifting latin number that actually had a musical fade-out ending. there’s no way i was the only one who caught that.
80,000+ drunken hooligans were in attendance and they stopped selling alchohol after half-time. yep. so, many left early to get a head start on their exit. the rose bowl’s parking situation is that you pay $20 to park on an unlit golf course behind the stadium. with zero direction and about 3 open gates on the entire golf course, many were jumping over or burrowing under fences, and basically driving through sand traps like they were pros. Ca border patrol, where you at? 6 am tee time dude was definitely pissed.
Chelsea scored their game clinching second goal on this penalty kick (below). ehha’ inter milan you need a spaghetti?!
ricky: do you really want it?
yeah! yeah!yeah!
Sarah Borges & the Broken Singles – “Symphony”
“symphony” is the closing track on sarah borges just released “the stars are out” lp on sugar hill. sarah’s influences range from mahalia jackson to x to merle haggard. we can dig that and we can dig sarah. when we hear “symphony, we hear a writer that truly loves what she does.
rating: 7.7
the deeper we dig into Fanfarlo’s debut album Reservoir, the better it gets. this UK based band simply make indie pop that does what it wants, and as contradicting of a statement as that should be, we all know what it means. they’ll be at the Troubadour in LA on September 15 and so will we.
rating: 8
Led Zepplin – “Going to California”
sounds exactly like something pj would rock nowadays. a catchy tune with a forced and fairly uncomplementary bridge. but there’s hints of improvement from their ’06 self titled release..
so is anybody surprised that their new record Backspacer will be released exclusively through target? no?? are we suprised that there will be promotional commercials directed by none other than Cameron Crowe? nope, but we’ll definitely watch. now, are we suprised that the first we heard this song was 30 seconds during a commercial during the All Star game? nada. BUT are we surprised that this anti-establishment band hates BP Amoco. yes. my guess is that they didn’t give PJ free gas for their world tour. bastards. still, regardless of how you feel about them, eddie vedder is clearly one of the best frontmen and rock vocalists of all time. watch his performance of The Who’s “Love Reign O’er Me” on VH1 rock honors, and tell me he’s not a natural. btw anybody know if page/plant got royalties for “given to fly”?
rating: 7.5
Ceu – “Vira Lata” (Feat. Luiz Melodia)
29 year-old sao paolo singer-songwriter céu collaborates with mpb artist luiz melodia on “vira lata”. dig the nice early 70’s sao paolo feel to this. “vira lata” is the sort of song that transports you… i’m thinking a beachfront on the litoral norte about 730pm-ish, a bit of a sea breeze, some good food, the company of close friends, probably a bit of music, etc and this guy. ceu’s sophomore LP “vagarosa” is out now on six degrees.
rating: 8.0
how the roots got over? putting out dope music like this.
rating: 7.3
Mystery Jets – “Two Doors Down (Duke Dumont Remix)”
if i go crazy, then will you still call me superman?? what? seriously though, if you haven’t heard it yet, this remix is the jam..
rating: 8.2
Sergeant, you should make at least one journey across the pond. please? it’s really not that bad here… promise. shit, we’ve got beckham back.. eh?
rating: 8
the way i look at it, all artists have a specific time in their career where they’re at their artistic peak. riding high off the massive success of The Joshua Tree, Rattle and Rum‘s film exudes the confidence that only a band who thinks, believes and acts like the best can make. a recommended watch for those haven’t seen it yet. see why below.
p.s. – it being the 80’s at the time, the female lead in Harlem’s New Voices of Freedom gospel choir totally schools bono. she should have been handed a record deal on a silver platter.
“lay your head where my heart used to be, hold the earth above me”, ….one of the most beautiful lines ever put to music. “green grass” is a song that swallows you up, envelops you, eases, rips, tears, comforts …”green grass” exposes (at those most self-selectively impossible times) that space that capacity to feel something….anything.
