I haven't seen any shows recently but I think I'm gonna check out Miike Snow at the Rhythm Room in early June. I've heard he's good. Also bought my tickets to see Roger Waters perform The Wall in November. Pretty excited. I saw him do Dark Side a couple years ago and it was fantastic. Even if you're not familiar with him, or Pink Floyd, he's still probably worth it. Anyway, this is what's currently out there, spinning for free on website near you.
Spinner
The Full Listening Party offers the much anticipated new album High Violet, from The National. I've listened to it a few times now and it's a grower, just like their other stuff. It's good. Not quite Boxer good, but good. Sage Francis also offers a new album. If you're not familiar with him give him a listen. I think the story goes he's really a slam poet. The man makes good music. British Steel is re-released by Judas Priest, and you gotta like that. Also up is Fela Kuti, and a bunch of other stuff I don't know, but maybe you do (Sweethead, Phosphorescent, Hoodoo Gurus, and Fan-tan).
AOL
AOL (also Full Listening Party, hmmm) gives you Zac Brown Band, Charice, Meat Loaf, American Idols (OMG!), Taproot, and the Crash Test Dummies.
NPR
NPR is giving folks the Black Keys (I must say, I don't have any of their stuff but that's gonna have to change), as well as the much hyped album Treats, by Sleigh Bells. Sleigh Bells is produced by M.I.A, who seems to be hotter than the surface of the Sun right now. Personally, to me, she seems to be one of those 'everywhere' music people right now - she's everywhere I seem to look. Calling someone out, making a controversial video, etc. Whatever. Anyway, I like the Sleigh Bells album. I said to someone it sounds like what I'd guess a war zone sounds like. Just an assault of sound.
MP3.com
Offers a cool, free download directory. I don't think you can stream albums, but you can download songs by She & Him, Shout Out Louds, Bloc Party (it's a remix), The Shins, Band of Horses, Blitzen Trapper, and Sia, among others.
MSN
The Listening Booth gives you the new Dead Weather album, Sea of Cowards. Definitely will listen to that at some point. I must say: they have a TON of stuff here. A list of albums you can stream, including: Iggy Pop's Raw Power, Jonsi's from Sigur Ros, new album, Go, Laura Marling, and Dr. Dog. They've got older albums, too: Mogwai, Arctic Monkeys, Mudhoney and The Eagles. It's pretty impressive.
More to come next week. Check out some of the above, or just enjoy whatever it is you're listening to (and let me know!).
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So I wonder if you'll ever see this being a couple years later? Only found it b/c of your HTC. I will say this, your blurb on Lost was insightful in that I watched it from time to time up in Kingman and maybe a couple times since (b4 it ended obviously). It was definitely a different show but a little too WTF for me. I'm glad I didn't stick it out to the end b/c, by your description, I would flown off the handle and probably broken something. So thanks for suffering through that for me.
ReplyDeleteNow, to the real reason I took the time to type this out on my spare Palm Treo Pro via WiFi is to potentially broaden your already expansive music vault. Dude goes by DubFX (if memory serves). I recommend finding his early street performances on YouTube first. It's kinda like how Bob Marley went out; arguably (sp) his best stuff was pre-studio and then kinda sold out to the 'Labels'. So this guy, Dub, is literally a one man band with a digital repeater thingy that allows him to loop short little sound FX and keep adding and adding, and so on. Might sound kinda cheeseball, but this dudes got it dialed in. He does have one one of his homies contribute on Sax now and again, but he really doesn't need to b/c he can make his own Sax. It's almost like an advanced form of beat boxing or whatever that crap was Felds was so into 2 decades ago. In fact, one of his videos he explains exactly what he's going to do and then does it. And then you just sit there and go "damn, that's cool". It might take a couple previews to find that one, but it should be one of the top 5 results if you YT search him. At least it was? The unfortunate thing, for me, is he's listed under Dub Step which is the new craze as even Korn incorporated some of it into their last album, but no other 'Dub Step' sounds like DubFX. As in, not even close (from what I've listened to anyway). So that's what I took the time to tell ya. Hope you like it. And remember, watch his videos first so you can get an appreciation for the making of the music. I'm not sure but it's probable, to me, that one might think there were musical instruments involved if one did not possess the knowledge I have passed on.
PS: This Be The MillDogg
The MillDogg!?!?! Man, I haven't posted here in a loooooong time. I'll check that out.
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile, see my newer blog where I post about the shows I see! http://twodudesconcertreviews.wordpress.com/