VBS.TV: MIA tells Spike Jonze about how her hairdresser was on horse tranquilizers during her last cut; Must wear wig now. Also, MIA’s new album, Kala received an 8.9 rating on Pitchfork today.
Galang a lang a lang lang!
Justpressplay.net: Photos of the six actors playing Dylan in the upcoming movie I’m Not There.
Tour of the Century: The Hold Steady with Art Brut! The Hold Steady also have a comic book now.
Photo by Angelo Cricchi
Beginning her set with two songs from the legendary Horses album, “Kimberly” and “Redondo Beach,” it was clear that sixty-one year old Patti Smith had not lost a thing along the way, least of all her voice. It’s incredible in fact how much her voice has not aged or altered over the course of her thirty plus year career. From the moment that she commandingly took the stage, she had the audience dancing along, singing along, and most of all, completely spellbound by her unique form of rock music that boils down to nothing short of poetry backed by some of the most apt and talented musicians of the past several decades. Lenny Kaye, Jay Dee Daugherty and others have, over the years, unearthed a truly sensational ability to soundtrack the brilliance of Patti Smith’s written words.
David D feels kind of down after dumping a few dead bodies in Greenfield Lake
Wilmington, NC man David Dondero is not your average singer/songwriter. He has a magi-like gift for intertwining great storytelling with super catchy melodies that are not bo-ring. The following songs make me think Mark Oliver Everett (E) or Will Sheff. New album, Simple Love is out today on Team Love.
Yahoo: Uncle Kracker arrested for sex crime; could Drift Away into the slammer for an ass pounding.
NME: Speaking of slammers, Dirty Pretty Things and The Enemy will be playing a prison gig next week.
Aversion.com: New Beck song, “Time Bomb” will be available on iTunes tomorrow.
Rolling Stone is real into lists these days. The latest is “Songs that make you want to commit violent acts and/or blow your brains out”.
New Farrelly Bros./Ben Stiller movie looks more promising than Night at the Museum. The soundtrack features new Flaming Lips and old David Bowie.
Rating: 6.9
We Are The Night, the sixth studio album from English electronica giants, The Chemical Brothers, begins with a one-minute track that sounds like a terrestrial whale sniffing for a buried bone. The disc shows the duo loosening up, painting wide brushstrokes of sound over a soundscape that has plenty of room for bizarre creatures and wild tributaries. Electronica music is built on layering. Essentially, architects Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons are trying to build something living and breathing out of hundreds of individual sampling components. The question becomes, will the product be a beautiful butterfly out of the chrysalis, or something with nineteen legs, no eyes, and genitals for wings?
The members of Octoberman hold a secret meeting after burying a few dead bodies in Stanley Park
Vancouver’s Octoberman (Marc Morrissette) will release their second album, Run From Safety, tomorrow the 21st of Augustman. Recommended if you like melodramatic popular song. Check it:
HBO have resigned Conchords for another season!