Archive for July, 2007
Not to detract from the efforts of Nobel Prize winner Luis Federico Leloir, heralded footballer Diego Armando Maradona or even the tango, but Martin, Agustin and Emilio Jorge are quite possibly the best thing to ever come from the beloved country of Argentina. In an interview I did with Los Gauchos earlier this year [...]
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Monday July 30
The Bravery on The Late Show with David Letterman
Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Nellie McKay on the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Marc Broussard on Late Night with Conan O’Brien
James Morrison on Last Call with Carson Daly (R)
Velvet Revolver on Jimmy Kimmel Live (R)
Tuesday July 31
Gogol Bordello [...]
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The title of this post may not be entirely true; Rhino Records is in fact releasing a four disc box set topically set on metal, however it will only cover the years 1968-1991. Yes, that means no KoЯn, no Limp Bizkit, no Orgy, Rammstein or even P.O.D. Billboard reports, “Arranged chronologically from 1968 [...]
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With recent performances by indie rock fan favorites Spoon and The National on The Late Show with David Letterman one could ask not merely which band had the better performance, but which has the best album (of the year?)? I’d have to give Spoon’s “The Underdog” a bit of an upper hand, but in [...]
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Steve Engelmayer recalls Sunday’s Travis show, “They entered from the back of the audience, walking through the whole crowd in boxer warm-up outfits with the theme from Rocky. They then proceeded to the stage with James Brown’s ‘Living in America.’ Their first (opening) tune was ‘Selfish Jean.’ Perhaps the greatest entrance of a band I’ve [...]
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Thursday, July 26th, 2007
Yesterday the internet was abuzz surrounding a video which was featured on Kanye West’s website featuring Zach Galifianakis and Will Oldham. Billboard reports: “In the low-budget clip, which was filmed at Galifianakis’ North Carolina farm, the two men ride around on tractors, wade through crops and interact with a dance troupe of teenage girls. [...]
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Thursday, July 26th, 2007
Miss St. Vincent Tuesday at the 7th Street Entry? Not to worry, Annie Clark will be returning to town in support of The National in September. (Pitchfork)
Annie Clark also stopped by MPR to perform an in studio session before her performance. (The Current)
While Jason Isbell hits town this Saturday his former band mates the [...]
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Wednesday, July 25th, 2007
While performing in Orlando this past Tuesday, as a part of her Beyoncé Experience Tour, Beyoncé Knowles took a serious tumble, falling down a small set of stairs. As a sign of hope for all humanity however, she refused to let the mistake get in her way and she continued to belt out hit [...]
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Wednesday, July 25th, 2007
The Chemical Brothers‘ latest album attempts to build momentum and create its own unique atmosphere, like so much of the duo’s back catalogue has done, but We Are The Night ultimately suffers the same fate as its title track: delivering tons of possibility with little result. “We Are The Night” sounds similar to “Star [...]
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Wednesday, July 25th, 2007
I have no idea what’s going on in this video. There are spaceships, strange smoke clouds, hairless men, laser shooting Mastodon busts, miniature dinosaurs…and not a single sleeping giant to be found anywhere. What gives?
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The Con’s first video, “Back in Your Head,” was debuted on Spinner this morning and with it comes a mixed up tale of the odd person out in a world of complacency. Either that or the video doesn’t really represent anything and is simply a means for getting a hundred people to wear ski [...]
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Everlast recently tracked the theme song to TNT’s upcoming series Saving Grace. After checking out the trailer for the show I’m fairly certain that it’s a TNT original series however (aka: not entirely worth watching) but that being said I must admit that Everlast’s track, also called “Saving Grace,” sounds pretty good. Call [...]
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Before breaking into an uncharacteristic slap bass beat “Super Power” recites begins with what has long since been a staple in the KMFDM diet, a self-glorifying gas “What can KMFDM do for you? Now for one low price KMFDM can blow your mind, rock your face off and jump start your heart. Come see [...]
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Pelican are set to return to the Triple Rock Social Club on August 23. (Brooklyn Vegan)
Tori Amos will be returning to Minneapolis November 7. (Spinner)
“The album’s cameo appearances by Wendy & Lisa and Sheila E. are overt signals that this is supposed to be a new manifestation of the prodigal Prince, the one who had [...]
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Chamillionaire returns with his latest mix tape, Mix Tape Messiah 3. In typical mix tape fashion he delivers over twenty tracks with some hits, some misses and some unnecessary skits. One of the main points of interest comes from Chamillionaire’s heavy use of Chicago-based beats in the mix combined with words distancing himself [...]
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