vulture 7" is out tomorrow!!!

Patrick Wolf was a guest on Tim Jonze’s Guardian Music Weekly this week for an exclusive interview podcast... at the end of the show, Patrick played a beautiful acoustic version of The Bachelor. Check out the song below!

Patrick Wolf: The Bachelor (Acoustic Version) [wicked cool song]
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Thank you Daniel for ripping and sending me the song!

see below

HAPPY RECORD STORE DAY!!!!!!!!!!

record store day is almost here!

Record Store Day is less than 24hrs away! If you are in the downtown Toronto area, make sure you stop by Criminal Records (493 Queen St West) for non-stop celebration. The good folks there are giving away tones of wicked-cool stuff starting at 11am! There is even a free in-store by Great Bloomers and Rock Plaza Central at 6pm!

Also, they just got tons of new concert posters from SXSW/Flatstock... the Todd Slater’s Modest Mouse one is by far my favourite!

the thermals: now we can see

The Thermals’ fourth album, Now We Can See is full of cheerful and catchy melodies; however, if one really paid attention to the lyrics, they reveal something that is quite the opposite. The opener, "When I Died", is a song about someone who is sick of life and everything around him; thus, he decides to drown himself in the sea. Lines like “Nature sure took her sweet time/I was already losing my spine” and “I was sick with horror/When my curtain fell/It’s the end of the story/I was certain to tell...” are chilling! "We Were Sick" is another ultra catchy tone polished with negativities—“Fed on the dirt/Laid on the land/Never gave a day away/Never gave a damn...”—it is an attack on mankind's carelessness and selfishness.

On the contrary, there is a slight sense of optimism in the anthem like title track. This is a song about evolution and the hope for progress in the wake of false promises and mistakes. Similarly, "When We Were Alive" celebrates our pasts in that somewhat optimist tone as well... and it is the loudest and fastest song on the album as well!

For me, "When I Was Afraid" and "Liquid In, Liquid Out" are somewhat interconnected. The former is about missed opportunities as a result of constantly holding back and being too cautionary (“Falling away/Out into space/Losing all my breath when I was afraid”) while the latter speaks about the repetition and dullness of life (Liquid in, liquid out/It’s what my life was all about/It’s what my life was all about/It was all about.”)

Certainly, there are plenty of gloomy lyrics in Now We Can See; however, it is also full of joyous and exceedingly poppy melodies that surely drown out the negativities surrounding the album. Until I heard the new Horrors album about two weeks ago, The Thermals’ Now We Can See was my favourite album of the year... I mean, how can you go wrong with an album that sounds like the best of Guided By Voices!

Ps, Now We Can See sounds sick on vinyl!

When I Died [wicked-cool song]
Now We Can See [wicked-cool song]
Liquid In, Liquid Out [wicked-cool song]

visit The Thermals' MySpace here
buy Now We Can See here

find yourself a new boy

The Whip and Late Of The Pier — April 10, 2009 @ Kool Haus

The Whip




Late Of The Pier




see more photos at my flickr page

it doesn't evaporate in the light anymore

I just found out yesterday that The Whip and Late Of The Pier are playing in Toronto tomorrow night at the Kool Haus... man, where have I been!

The Whip:

Divebomb [wicked-cool song]

Divebomb (Crystal Castles Mix)

Late Of The Pier:
Focker [super-wicked-cool song]
Focker (Rolmops Remix) [wicked-cool song]
Broken (Fairylights Remix)
The Bears Are Coming (Beyond The Wizards Sleeve Remix)
Space And The Woods (Switch Remix) [wicked-cool song]
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visit The Whip's MySpace here
visit Late Of The Pier's MySpace here

new horrors is absolutely brilliant!!!

Watch The Horror's new video for "Sea Within A Sea":


"Sea Within A Sea" is the last track from my favourite record of the year so far, Primary Colours, out on May 4th.

The Horrors: Sea Within A Sea [super-wicked-cool song]
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i found a home in your eyes

Watch the making of the video for Bat For Lashes' "Daniel":

new york i love you but you're bringing me down/lucky new yorkers/people who can afford to go to new york

Patrick Wolf is travel ling to New York on May 6th for a one-off acoustic performance at Le Poisson Rouge. Bandstockers can buy pre-sale right now while the general sale starts on Monday, April 6th.

happy april fools' day

Björk joins Led Zeppelin!