It’s an exciting time for Robert Kelly. His child porn trial is set for September 17 (that only took 5 years) and he could face up to 15 years in the slammer. Also, here’s about a 5 second preview (at the end) for the new hip-hopera.
Year: 2007
Music News Highlights
Rolling Stone: David Cross vs. J Mascis on Guitar Hero (with link to video). Cross said he only put 98% into it because he’s saving the remaining 2% for later tonight when he makes love.
Yahoo News: Queensryche are working on a new album in Seattle. This one is called: Operation: “theme record based on modern American life, sort of a social commentary”.
Matablog: Mark Ibold is now a touring member of Sonic Youth.
Billboard.com: I think the easiest or most attainable request for people currently in the Make A Wish Foundation to make would be for The Eagles to get back together. Because it’s happening…with new album and tour.
The Mohawk Lodge – Wear Em Out
The Lodge spend a few days in the Canadian wilderness burying a few dead bodies in tall foliage
Vancouver, BC 5-piece, Mohawk Lodge like to rock out woodsman-style. Their second album, Wildfires, was released yesterday and features cameos by Dan Boeckner (Wold Parade) and Paul Bunyon.
Wear ‘Em Out [mp3]
Volcano, I’m Still Excited!! – In Green Video
Volcano, I’m Still Excited!! sing unconventional, catchy pop songs and perform high-energy live shows with sweatbands and aerobic work-outs. Check out their vid for “In Green”.
Music News Highlights
The Hello Experiment: A group of blindfolded sculptors attempt to form Lionel Richie’s sweet head out of clay. Just like the Hello music vid only f’ed up.
Rolling Stone: McDonald’s and Burger King are trying to enter the music industry. Burger King to offer DRM-free tracks of Robbie Williams, Corinne Bailey Rae and Iron Maiden (?). Apparently that freaky King with the giant head also likes to wake up to an eclectic taste in music.
Elvis Perkins on Letterman
Elvis Perkins is an amazing live performer, and this live vid is no exception.
Mimesis Art Imitating Life [Psy-Harmonics]
Rating: 8.5
A few months back this curious CD quietly came out on Psy-Harmonics, an Australian music label that primarily releases electronic and ambient music. The group, Mimesis, is the seed of Melbourne based producer Simon Polinski who is responsible for the core of the music, which is synthesizers and programming. He enlists a few other musicians for further accompaniment and The Church’s Steve Kilbey provides all of the vocals with his unique voice that catapults this album and seals the recording with a shaman’s touch. Art Imitating Life, in short, is a well nigh eighty minute, six song collection of dark and turbulent electronic ecstasy. The release is not electronic in any kind of traditional sense though as the songs also feature a fair amount of organic instruments and live instrumentation that are skillfully scattered all over the place among the tracks.