out this week

The best records of the year are out this week...

Good Shoes: Think Before You Speak
An excellent debut by this very young band from Morden, London. Think Before You Speak is full of power-pop-rock songs from start to finish! Oh... I really need to give this record its own post...

Nazanin [wicked-cool song]
All In My Head [super-wicked-cool song]
Never Meant To Hurt You [wicked-cool song]
Things To Make And Do [wicked-cool song]

buy Think Before You Speak here


Great Lake Swimmers: Ongiara
Yet another astonishing record by Great Lake Swimmers... really, is Tony Dekker capable of writing a bad song?

Backstage with the Modern Dancers [wicked-cool song]
There Is a Light [wicked-cool song]
Put There by the Land [wicked-cool song]

buy Ongiara here


Klaxons: Myths of the Near Future
One of the most important records of the year is finally out in North America... now you don't have to pay $30+ for an import!!! (or in my case, $50 for a vinyl import)

Golden Skans [super-wicked-cool song]
Magick [super-wicked-cool song]

buy Myths of the Near Future here

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classic song of the moment

This is the song I listen to whenever I feel sick... and I feel sick right now.

Bob Dylan - Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again from Blonde On Blonde, 1966 [super-wicked-cool song]
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sea lion woman webisode

Feist's new webisode, "Sea Lion Woman" is up, check it out below.



Sea Lion Woman [wicked-cool song]

...and since both Liam and I like the Park West version more...
Sea Lion Woman live at Park West in Chicago, January 27, 2006 [wicked-cool song]
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The Reminder coms out on May 1 in the US and Canada (April 23rd, rest of the world).

you are ready for new silverchair??

You can listen to the new Silverchair album, Young Modern, in its entirety on their MySpace page.

i heart shiny things

I cannot stop listening to a song called "Atlas" by Battles. After playing the song about 8 billion times today, a friend of mine finally asked, “what genre would you categorize that song?” ...and I randomly and ridiculously relied, “sci-fi experimental rock...?” I don’t even know what that means! Nevertheless, I stand by my comment... "Atlas" really sounds like a sci-fi-techno-experimental-rock song to me. I think that “genre” popped in my head because of their video for the track. It is so totally a hi-tech sci-fi video… and it is very shinny!



Regretless of the genre, "Atlas" is my new favourite song and the video is absolutely amazing... plus, Mirrored, Battles’ new disc, is a damn fine record!!!

Atlas [super-wicked-cool song]
Ddiamondd
Leyendecker [wicked-cool song]
Rainbow
Snare Hanger
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Mirrored comes out on May 15

can you tell me if this person's a girl or guy

This is the Dora skit from SNL I mentioned earlier, enjoy!

the wind was our violin

Great Lake Swimmers has a new home.

from Hands In Dirty Ground [EP]
Song for the Angels (Miracle Version) [super-wicked-cool song]
Hands In Dirty Ground [wicked-cool song]
I Saw You In the Wild (Live, recorded at Knust, Hamburg) [wicked-cool song]

from Ongiara
Your Rocky Spine [super-wicked-cool song]
Changing Colours [super-wicked-cool song]

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Ongiara hits stores in two days! ...and don't forget, the band will be touring in Canada, the U.S. and Europe this spring, see dates below.

Mar. 15 Montreal QC @ Casa Del Popolo
Mar. 16 Wakefield QC @ Blacksheep Inn
Mar. 17 Kingston ON @ The Grad Club
Mar. 23 Hamilton ON @ Pepper Jack's
Mar. 24 Brantford ON @ The Ford Plant
Mar. 25 Sault Ste Marie ON @ Loplops Gallery Lounge
Mar. 27 Winnipeg MB @ West End Cultural Centre
Mar. 28 Saskatoon SK @ Amigo's
Mar. 29 Edmonton AB @ Starlite Room
Mar. 30 Calgary AB @ Liberty Lounge
Mar. 31 Canmore AB @ Canmore Hotel
Apr. 5 Vancouver BC @ Richard's on Richards
Apr. 6 Victoria BC @ Lucky Bar
Apr. 12 London ON @ Aeolian Hall
Apr. 14 Toronto ON @ Church of the Redeemer (two shows, at 6:00 and 9:00 pm)
Apr. 19 Diksmuide, Belgium @ 4AD (with Krakow)
Apr. 20 Liège, Belgium @ Soundstation
Apr. 21 Evreux, France @ Labordage
Apr. 22 Brighton, UK @ The Hope
Apr. 23 Newcastle, UK @ Cumberland Arms
Apr. 24 Hull, UK @ The Adelphi Club
Apr. 25 Newport, UK @ Le Pub
Apr. 26 Bristol, UK @ St. Bonaventures
Apr. 27 Manchester, UK @ Kro Bar
Apr. 28 Exeter, UK @ Cavern Club
Apr. 29 London, UK @ The Luminaire
May 2 Münster, Germany @ Gleiss 22 (with Mark Gardener)
May 3 Leuven, Belgium @ STUK - (with Whip)
May 4 Nijmegen, Netherlands @ Merleyn
May 5 Hasselt, Belgium @ Playfestival (with Krakow)
May 6 Utrecht, Netherlands @ Ekko (with Krakow)
May 7 Brussel, Belgium @ AB-Box (with Magnolia Electric Co.)
May 8 Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Paradiso
May 9 Hamburg, Germany @ Knust
May 10 Malmo, Sweden @ Inkonst
May 11 Oslo, Norway @ Rockefeller (with Built to Spill)
May 12 Stockholm, Sweden @ The Last Waltz / Berns
May 13 Gothenburg, Sweden @ Woody West / Pusterviksbaren
May 14 Berlin, Germany @ West Germany
May 15 Koln, Germany @ Tsunami Club
May 17 Groningen, Netherlands @ Vera

it needs to be upload onto youtube right now!

I just saw one of the funniest skits on SNL ever about an hour ago... it was their TV Funhouse version of Dora the Explorer… my body was in pain from laughing. If anyone taped the show or knows a link to the video, put leave a note in the comment section... I will immediately fall in love with you!

i can't believe i lent my hand to help destroy a helpless man

I have been longing for some good rock music for the last 48 hours or so. There are three albums that are kind of fulfilling this obsession at the moment: Manchester Orchestra’s I'm Like A Virgin Losing A Child, Senses Fail’s Still Searching, and Menomena’s Friend and Foe. I have praised about the first two records last year; however, I have yet to write a review for Friend and Foe. Menomena is relatively a new band to me... actually, I have never heard of the band till the new album. Friend and Foe features a very mellow, rhythm driven style. The record has this mixture of experimental rock with jazz/blues... kind of like The Mars Volta… but not as abstract and pretentious!! I have listened to over 40 albums so far in 2007, and Menomena’s Friend and Foe definitely stands out among the already very impressive list of records.

The Pelican [wicked-cool song]
Wet and Rusting [wicked-cool song]
Wierd [wicked-cool song]
My My [super-wicked-cool song]
Boyscount'n [super-wicked-cool song]
Ghostship [wicked-cool song]
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buy Friend and Foe here

out this week

Andrew Bird: Armchair Apocrypha
Andrew Bird is once again responsibled for another musically brilliant album.

Fiery Crash [wicked-cool song]
Imitosis [wicked-cool song]
Dark Matter [wicked-cool song]
Spare-Ohs

buy Armchair Apocrypha here


LCD Soundsystem: Sound Of Silver

North American Scum [wicked-cool song]
Watch The Tapes
New York, I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down [wicked-cool song]

buy Sound Of Silver here


Modest Mouse: We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank

Dashboard [wicked-cool song]
Education
Little Motel

buy We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank here



The Stooges: The Weirdness
I am beyond disappointed with The Weirdness!!! The lyrics are so horrible that I couldn’t even listen to the entire album even once.


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