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Coachella 2014: 77Bands In 77 Days

Surfer Blood

14/02/18 at 7.36pm   /   by present-tense   /   0 Comment

Surfer BloodPresent-Tense here giving daver a bit of a break. He’s currently wrapping his sharpies in protective coating (CENSORED) to prepare for April’s festivities.  I’m helping daver to dig deep into the 2014 Coachella Music Festival lineup, featuring one band per day. The purpose of this piece is to assist in difficult decisions that inevitably you’ll need to make, as well as, serve as a fun countdown to Coachella Week. Note: All bands appear in a completely random order… Enjoy, and let the countdown continue.

Surfer Blood are an alt-rock quartet representing West Palm Beach, Florida. While you may think their band name is stupid, their first stab wasn’t much better (Jabroni Sandwich). At least the Surfer Blood name is probably better at selling more t-shirts. Surfer Blood play some catchy surf inspired alt rock which would have felt right at home on your FM radio dial back in the 90’s when KROQ and the like would actually play some decent music and break some decent bands. I think Surfer Blood would have been bigger than Marcy Playground back in the day.

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Indie On TV Alert For The Week Of 2/17/14

14/02/17 at 10.48pm   /   by deepster19   /   0 Comment

vhsHere’s your Indie on TV alert for the Week of 2/17/2014. Remember you can watch previous week’s performances in the Indie on TV page.

Leno out, Fallon in.

Here’s the schedule:
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Monday = Silversun Pickups
Tuesday = Phantogram

Fallon
Monday = U2
Thursday = Arcade Fire

Letterman
Wednesday = Little Dragon

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Coachella 2014: 77 Bands In 77 Days

Capital Cities

14/02/17 at 10.41pm   /   by deepster19   /   0 Comment

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Over the next 11 weeks I’ll dig deep into the 2014 Coachella Music Festival lineup, featuring one band per day. The purpose of this piece is to assist in difficult decisions that inevitably you’ll need to make, as well as, serve as a fun countdown to Coachella Week. Note: All bands appear in a completely random order… Enjoy, and let the countdown continue!

Check out previous days here.

Day 29 = Capital Cities
Performing = Saturday

Capital Cities are the electro-alt-pop duo of Ryan Merchant and Sebu Simonian. The two are based out of Los Angeles and formed the project back in 2010. The former jingle writers met where jingle writers go to meet, Craigslist.

The pair recently released their debut LP, In A Tidal Wave Of Mystery. The June 2013 release combines 5 previously released songs from the 2011 self-titled EP, the 2012 single “Kangaroo Court,” and 6 new tracks. Whallah! there you have it, a debut full-length that reeks of Passion Pit on a quick first listen…IMO.

The act has enjoyed some commercial success with the single “Safe and Sound.” The track shot up the Ryan Seacrest charts and peaked at #8, while also being nominated for a Grammy for Best Music Video. Their album also includes the track “Farah Fawcett Hair” (fun title), that features Andre 3000 from Outkast.

Don’t forget to pack your Capital Cities eyewear this year.

Visit the Capital Cities website here:
http://capitalcitiesmusic.com/

Recommended listening:
“Safe and Sound”

“Kangaroo Court”

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Top Albums For The Week Of February 11, 2014

14/02/17 at 10.36pm   /   by deepster19   /   0 Comment

ddg-540x360Here’s the weekly Top 20 College Radio Albums from the Radio 200 list published by CMJ (College Media Journal). The reputable rag surveys up to 600 college radio stations of a weekly basis to compute the list.

In addition, here’s my Spicy Six Albums of the week. These are the six albums that can’t find their way out of my six disc changer. The list consists of my Top 5 Albums of the week, and one Heritage Album that’s worth dusting off and giving a listen.

Here’s the lists:
Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings three week run at the top of the charts is over, as the latest beautiful new album from Dum Dum Girls (pictured) “Too True” takes over the top spot. Five new albums break into the Top 20, including the LA based garage band Together Pangea that jumps up 16 spots to #16, while the Santa Barbara, California indie band Gardens and Villa comes in at #11.

Broken Bells hold down the top spot on Spicy Radio for a second week, while the debut full-length from Temples is inserted into the changer as Sky is ejected.

Radio 200 Top 20 College Radio Album for the week of February 11, 2014:

1. DUM DUM GIRLS Too True
2. SHARON JONES AND THE DAP-KINGS Give The People What They Want
3. DAMIEN JURADO Brothers And Sisters Of The Eternal Son
4. MOGWAI Rave Tapes
5. PAINTED PALMS Forever
6. STEPHEN MALKMUS AND THE JICKS Wig Out At Jagbags
7. HOSPITALITY Trouble
8. NICK WATERHOUSE Holly
9. WARPAINT Warpaint
10. BLOOD ORANGE Cupid Deluxe
11. GARDENS AND VILLA Dunes
12. DROWNERS Drowners
13. HABIBI Habibi
14. TOY Join The Dots
15. QUILT Held In Splendor
16. TOGETHER PANGEA Badillac
17. ARCADE FIRE Reflektor
18. CIBO MATTO Hotel Valentine
19. AGAINST ME! Transgender Dysphoria Blues
20. YOUNG THE GIANT Mind Over Matter

The DJ DEEp Spicy Six:
1. Broken Bells “After The Disco”
2. Dum Dum Girls “Too True”
3. Painted Palms “Forever”
4. Temples “Sun Structures”
5. Drowners “Drowners”
Heritage Album Of The Week
6. The Cult “Love”

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Coachella 2014: 77 Bands In 77 Days

Little Dragon

14/02/15 at 10.18pm   /   by deepster19   /   0 Comment

littledragon2Over the next 11 weeks I’ll dig deep into the 2014 Coachella Music Festival lineup, featuring one band per day. The purpose of this piece is to assist in difficult decisions that inevitably you’ll need to make, as well as, serve as a fun countdown to Coachella Week. Note: All bands appear in a completely random order… Enjoy, and let the countdown continue!

Check out previous days here.

Day 28 = Little Dragon
Performing = Sunday

Little Dragon are an indie electronic band from Gothenburg, Sweden that formed in 2006. The band is fronted by Swedish-Japanese singer Yukimi Nagano who got her start by singing on a few Swell Session records in the early zero’s. Ms. Nagano’s temper tantrums that she’s known to throw at times in the recording studio, is said to be the origin of the Little Dragon name.

The quartet has released three studio albums, and just announced this week that their fourth album Nabuma Rubberband will drop on May 13. Two days ago the band released the lead single “Klapp Klapp,” and are scheduled to appear on David Letterman this coming Wednesday (Feb 19).

Studio albums:
Little Dragon (2007)
Machine Dreams (2009)
Ritual Union (2011)

If trip-hop electronic beats are your thing, similar to the ones Saint Etienne made popular, then this one is definitely for you.

Visit the Little Dragon website here:
http://www.nabumarubberband.com/

Recommended listening:
“Klapp Klapp”

“Sunshine”

“Twice”

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Coachella 2014: 77 Bands In 77 Days

Cage The Elephant

14/02/15 at 9.41pm   /   by deepster19   /   1 Comment

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Over the next 11 weeks I’ll dig deep into the 2014 Coachella Music Festival lineup, featuring one band per day. The purpose of this piece is to assist in difficult decisions that inevitably you’ll need to make, as well as, serve as a fun countdown to Coachella Week. Note: All bands appear in a completely random order… Enjoy, and let the countdown begin!

Check out previous days here.

Day 27 = Cage The Elephant
Performing = Saturday

Cage The Elephant are an alternative rock band that formed back in 2006 in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The band has released three unique albums over their eight year career. The first was a self-titled release in 2008 that fuses classic, funk, and blues rock. The album would have fit very nicely if it was released in say…1997. You remember, those god-awful bands on the radio back then like Sublime, Everlast, Smashmouth, and dare I say the Red Hot Chili Peppers. The tune “Ain’t No Rest For The Wicked” was somehow well-received, and wound up putting the band’s career in motion.

The quartet’s second release Thank You Happy Birthday dropped in 2011 and was geared with more brash punk influences. I actually find it offensive that the band cites the Pixies as influential in the making of this album. Below I included the track “Aberdeen,” you can decide for yourself.

The band has toned it down on their latest 2013 release Melophobia, claiming they been listening to a lot of MGMT. Maybe they can collaborate with them out in the desert, how fun would that be! Speaking of collaborating, the track “It’s Just Forever” features Alison Mosshart (The Kills, Dead Weather). The lead single from the album “Come A Little Closer” is their first attempt at being accepted on grown-up radio. The image I’ve provided is the band’s first step in looking all KOL…

The band has toured relentlessly over the last five plus years. I’ve actually crossed paths with them three times, amazingly, and have never been impressed. I saw them twice at festival appearances, including 2011’s Pottychella. The third was when they opened for one of my top guilty pleasures… Stone Temple Pilots.

Mark, sorry I made you wait almost a month for this one.

Visit the Cage The Elephant website here:
http://www.cagetheelephant.com/

Recommended listening:
“Come A Little Closer”

“Aberdeen”

“Back Against The Wall”

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Coachella 2014: 77 Bands In 77 Days

Washed Out

14/02/14 at 9.36pm   /   by deepster19   /   0 Comment

WashedOut1Over the next 11 weeks I’ll dig deep into the 2014 Coachella Music Festival lineup, featuring one band per day. The purpose of this piece is to assist in difficult decisions that inevitably you’ll need to make, as well as, serve as a fun countdown to Coachella Week. Note: All bands appear in a completely random order… Enjoy, and let the countdown begin!

Special thanks to Present-Tense for his contributions to this huge project. PT has more bands ready to go for future days… stay tuned!

Check out previous days here.

Day 26 = Washed Out
Performing = Saturday

Washed Out is the moniker used by chillwave extraordinaire Ernest Greene. Mr. Greene started this project back in 2009 in the cozy-comfort of his own bedroom. He had recently moved back in with his parents after he couldn’t find a job as a Librarian, post-graduation from the University of Georgia with a degree in Library Science.

Greene is a founding father in what is known as the chillwave movement, or what others refer to as glo-fi. We can get into… What is chillwave? Is chillwave still relevant? Did chillwave die in 2011? and of course the most important, Did Carles from the blog Hipster Runoff invented the term chillwave? However, those are all great debates for another day.

Band’s that share in the chillwave spotlight with Washed Out include: Neon Indian, Small Black, Memory Tapes, Toro Y Moi, and to a certain extent Ariel Pink and Youth Lagoon. Acts that are cited as influential to chillwave are Animal Collective, more specifically Panda Bear, and Boards Of Canada.

Ernest has released two brilliant albums, 2011’s Within and Without, and 2013’s Paracosm. There are three EP’s to his credit, most notably 2010’s Life Of Leisure, good luck getting your paws on the other two. In 2009 he released High Times on cassette and only produced 200 of them, and the other untitled offering was only available during his 2010 tour. Google “cassette” if you’re unsure what I’m talking about.

Greene’s track “Feel It All Around” is used in the opening sequence of the hipster TV show Portlandia. The song “All I Know” was named the #2 track, that’s right #2, on my best of 2013 list. Check it out.

Washed Out has been on my perfect poster list the last five years (check the spreadsheet for proof), nice to see him on the official poster, finally! Where Ernest lands in my Top 40 remains to be seen.

Chillwave is still relevant in my world.

Visit the Washed Out website here:
http://washedout.net/

Recommended listening:
“Eyes Be Closed”

“Amor Fati”

“Feel It All Around”

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U2’s The Edge Discusses Becoming A Heritage Act

14/02/13 at 11.17pm   /   by deepster19   /   1 Comment

edgeWhile U2 are putting the finishing touches on their 13th studio album, guitarist The Edge discussed the thought of becoming “A Heritage Act” with U.K. magazine NME. With what is slowly becoming a bitter pill to swallow, Mr. Edge had this to say about the band’s inevitable future:

“We don’t want to ever be a heritage act,” The Edge said. “It might happen, but we’ll go kicking and screaming into that mode. We feel the place for us to be is part of the conversation of contemporary culture and music and film and everything else, and we don’t see the reason why we can’t, because it’s been possible for various artists in different forms. Frank Lloyd Wright, to the day he died, was designing the most incredible things – we want to be part of that rather than grow old gracefully.”

This news comes almost 11 months to the day that FOALS frontman Yannis Philippakis stirred up the debate of Heritage Vs. Non-Heritage Acts, a debate this blog embraced. Let’s revisit Mr. Philippakis’ comments once again for shits and giggles, shall we…

yannis“The small group of bands who repeatedly headline festivals in the UK is a big problem,” continuing: “There’s a big problem with old bands who always occupy the top slots at festivals. More Heritage names reform every year, which only makes it worse. It really limits bands of our generation. We don’t get a fair chance to headline, because the slots are reserved for the same old names.”

Philippakis went on to say: “You get people in their late 30s going to festivals, in their dungarees with a couple of kids, wanting to relive their adolescence, pretending they’re baggy again by watching The Stone Roses. They aren’t in touch with what’s going on now. I’m bored of seeing some dude from the ’90s headline, it means nothing to me.”

Too bad Yannis will never know how in touch that dude in his mid-forties standing there in his dungarees really is.

U2, the soon-to-be Heritage Act, are planning a summer release date for their forthcoming album, currently untitled. The album’s production was slowed a tad while they worked on the song “Ordinary Love” for the movie Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom. In addition, The Edge and Co. released the song “Invisble,” to help raise money to fight AIDS, during the Super Bowl. Future events include performing at the 86th Academy Awards next month… you know, things that Heritage Acts do.

Watch the video for “Invisible” here:

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New Music Tuesday February 11, 2014

14/02/13 at 11.08pm   /   by deepster19   /   0 Comment

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The following albums dropped today and are available in your local trendy record stores or on digital download.

Cheatahs “Cheatahs”

Blending the sounds of Dinosaur Jr. and Elliott Smith, this London based quartet are releasing their debut LP. Frontman Nathan Hewitt named the band Cheatahs, because he felt he was cheating on his former band to work on this project. Reminds me of some early Teenage Fanclub.

Check out the tune “The Swan” here:

Download “Cheatahs” here:

Fanfarlo “Let’s Go Extinct”

London based indie-folk hipsters Fanfarlo are releasing their third studio album. This is the follow-up to the 2012 LP Rooms Filled With Light. The band kicks off the North American leg of their 2014 tour at the House Of Blues in San Diego on March 24.

Watch the video for “Landlocked” here:

Download “Let’s Go Extinct” here:

Temples “Sun Structures”

After teasing the planet for over a year, the debut full-length from Temples has finally arrived. The British psychedelic rockers have already shared four singles from this much-anticipated album.

Watch the video for “Colours To Life” here:

Download “Sun Structures” here:

††† (Crosses)

Read the Present-Tense piece on Crosses in 77 Bands In 77 Days

Notable EP Release:

Speedy Ortiz “Real Hair”

After the well-received debut album Major Arcana, the Massachusetts indie quartet release 4 more tunes.

Listen to the single “American Horror” via Entertainment Weekly here:
http://music-mix.ew.com/2014/01/08/speedy-ortiz-american-horror/

Download “Real Hair” here”

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Coachella 2014: 77Bands In 77 Days

Grouplove

14/02/13 at 5.56am   /   by present-tense   /   9 Comments

GROUPLOVE

Present-Tense here giving daver yet another break. I guess he’s packing for Coachella or something.  I’m helping to dig deep into the 2014 Coachella Music Festival lineup, featuring one band per day. The purpose of this piece is to assist in difficult decisions that inevitably you’ll need to make, as well as, serve as a fun countdown to Coachella Week. Note: All bands appear in a completely random order… Enjoy, and let the countdown begin!

Grouplove (or GROUPLOVE) is a US-based indie pop band that was formed in 2009 by Hannah Hooper (vocals, keys), Christian Zucconi (vocals, guitar), Sean Gadd (bass, vocals), Andrew Wessen (guitar, vocals),and Ryan Rabin (drums).  You’ve probably heard some of their tracks in iTunes commercials or some other hip product. My 3.5 year-old indie hipster daughter was into that song Tongue Tied when it aired on VH-1.  Secret Fun Fact about Ryan Rabin’s lineage is in italics below.

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Coachella 2014: 77Bands In 77 Days

Wye Oak

14/02/12 at 5.46am   /   by present-tense   /   0 Comment

Wye Oak

Present-Tense here giving daver another break. I’m helping to dig deep into the 2014 Coachella Music Festival lineup, featuring one band per day. The purpose of this piece is to assist in difficult decisions that inevitably you’ll need to make, as well as, serve as a fun countdown to Coachella Week. Note: All bands appear in a completely random order… Enjoy, and let the countdown begin!

Check out previous days here.

The Indie folk duo Wye Oak is comprised of Jenn Wassner and Andy Stack has been at it since 2006 (formerly known as Monarch) and hail from Baltimore, Maryland. Their music has been described by Pitchfork as “earnest folk-influenced indie rock with touches of noise and dream pop”. I really love their album Civilian and feel it was one of 2011’s best albums.

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Indie On TV Alert For The Week Of 2/10/14

14/02/10 at 11.02pm   /   by deepster19   /   0 Comment

vhsHere’s your Indie on TV alert for the Week of 2/10/2014. Remember you can watch previous week’s performances in the Indie on TV page.

Not much happening on late night TV this week; as NBC prepares for Jimmy
Fallon’s debut as host of The Tonight Show next Monday February 17. It was
recently announced that Fallon will have U2 as his musical guest next Monday,
and Arcade Fire next Thursday.

Watch The Muppets and Fallon say goodbye to Late Night here:

Seth Meyers replaces Jimmy Fallon on Late Night.

Special thanks to Jay Leno for all that he’s done to promote indie music over
the last 22 years.

Here’s the schedule:
Kimmel
Tuesday = Crosses

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Coachella 2014: 77Bands In 77 Days

††† (Crosses)

14/02/10 at 9.45pm   /   by present-tense   /   2 Comments

Crosses' Chino Moreno and Shaun Lopez

Present-Tense here giving daver a bit of a break. I’m helping to dig deep into the 2014 Coachella Music Festival lineup, featuring one band per day. The purpose of this piece is to assist in difficult decisions that inevitably you’ll need to make, as well as, serve as a fun countdown to Coachella Week. Note: All bands appear in a completely random order… Enjoy, and let the countdown begin!

Check out previous days here.

Day 23 = ††† (Crosses)

Performing = Friday

It’s hard to keep up with all of the side projects of Chino Moreno, lead singer of Deftones, Palms and various other side projects. Hell, the Deftones and Palms just released albums in the last year (Koi No Yokan and Palms respectively).

Chino’s recent effort is with Shaun Lopez from the late 90s band Far and is worth a listen. Crosses’ music can be categorized a number of ways: Electronic, Alt-Rock, Post Rock, Witch House (WTF??) etc… Whatever you categorize it as it’s your business. If you like the Deftones, Far, Palms etc…you’ll probably like Crosses…oops †††.

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Coachella 2014: 77 Bands In 77 Days

Foxygen

14/02/09 at 11.04pm   /   by deepster19   /   0 Comment

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Over the next 11 weeks I’ll dig deep into the 2014 Coachella Music Festival lineup, featuring one band per day. The purpose of this piece is to assist in difficult decisions that inevitably you’ll need to make, as well as, serve as a fun countdown to Coachella Week. Note: All bands appear in a completely random order… Enjoy, and let the countdown begin!

Check out previous days here.

Day 22 = Foxygen
Performing = Saturday

Foxygen are the indie rock duo of Sam France and Jonathan Rado. The two formed the band while in junior high school in Westlake Village, California in 2005.

The duo were inspired by Anton Newcombe, frontman of The Brian Jonestown Massacre, and his ability to play 75 different instruments (allegedly), as illustrated in the brilliant film Dig! After watching the film, the two set out on an experimental pop thrill ride that included recording the 36-song debut full-length Jurrassic Exxplosion Phillipic at the tender age of 15. Coming in at just under 59 minutes, the album was self-produced and initially only available on free download. Last April the album was finally made available in physical form for the paying customer.

Throughout high school the two released numerous EP’s, most of which are no longer available. In 2012 the two reunited after spending time away at separate colleges, and released the mini LP Take The Kids Off Broadway. In early 2013 they released the critically acclaimed album We Are The 21st Century Ambassadors Of Peace And Magic. This blog named the album the 17th best of 2013, and track “Shuggie” had a nice showing, coming in at #42.

The two are known for acting like imbeciles on stage, their maniac behavior led to Mr. France falling off the stage and breaking his leg last summer, putting a quick end to 2013 tour. The pair also enjoy collecting musical instruments, somewhere Anton must be so proud.

Visit the Foxygen website here:
http://www.foxygentheband.com/

Recommended listening:
“No Destruction”

“We Are The 21st Century Ambassadors Of Peace And Magic”

“Make It Known”

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Coachella 2014: 77 Bands In 77 Days

ZZ Ward

14/02/09 at 10.53pm   /   by deepster19   /   0 Comment

zz wardOver the next 11 weeks I’ll dig deep into the 2014 Coachella Music Festival lineup, featuring one band per day. The purpose of this piece is to assist in difficult decisions that inevitably you’ll need to make, as well as, serve as a fun countdown to Coachella Week. Note: All bands appear in a completely random order… Enjoy, and let the countdown begin!

Check out previous days here.

Day 21 = ZZ Ward
Performing = Friday

Zsuzsanna Eva Ward is a singer-songwriter that was born in Abington, Pennsylvania, and now originates her work from Roseburg, Oregon. The multi-instrumentalist (guitar, piano, and harmonica) grew up listening to her father’s blues collection, and her brother’s hip hop records, and then found a way to blend the two. Under the stage name ZZ Ward, her unique blend of music includes R&B, rock, neo-soul, and hip hop.

Her debut full-length Til The Casket Drops was released in October 2012, and includes
the 4-tracks that were on the EP Criminal, released earlier that year. Zsuzsanna’s music has received a positive reaction in the Cool Dad community, her single “Put The Gun Down” spent an extended stay on the Adult Alternative Chart. She has made her way around the late night TV circuit, as well as making an appearance on Good Morning America.

Ms. Ward’s has struggled early in her career with a case of the mistaking identity; she is commonly confused with fellow Oregon singer-songwriter M. Ward (She and Him), and the Houston, Texas based blues-rock band ZZ Top…

Visit the ZZ Ward website here:
http://www.zzward.com/

Recommended listening:
“Put The Gun Down”

“365 Days (The Summer’s Over)”

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