Here’s a nice holiday treat for you all - Two great bands, one great club, and nothing to do but sign up. Shock Hound is putting on a series of free shows (which are all selling out so act quick!), and on Dec 2nd No Age and Titus Andronicus will be packing in The Troubadour. Both these bands are great live, so don’t miss out on this opportunity. Follow the link below and sign up to get your name on the guest list. This will sell out so move fast.
So it turns out that Kanye didn’t quite love his mastering of “Love Lockdown” and “Heartless.” This being 2008, Kanye goes back into the studio, reworks the songs and then gives them away for free on his (frequently updates and quite awesome) blog. He then posted another song with Jeezy called “Amazing” - again free to download. Finally two more songs surfaced on the same hosting service he uses, so I’m assuming they are from him. Links to all below.
The landscape of the music industry has changed tremendously over the last 10 years, and the smartest artists are learning to adapt. Artists and labels have come to realize that consumers want constant contact and content from the artists they follow, and if they get bored they’ll look elsewhere for that fulfillment.
Kayne West understands this new system and is doing everything he can to continue his reign on top. On the heels of a incredibly successful latest album and equally impressive concert tour, Kayne is already completing a new record that he will be releasing practically the day it’s finished (sometime in November). He is also an obsessive blogger and keeps a great connection to his fans that way. To keep the experience interactive, Kanye has released the stem tracks to “Love Lockdown” for everyone to remix and rework. When you finish post it online and link it through the comment section. We want to hear your creation!
A lot of people loved them and a lot of people got tired of them. Come this September, the Cold War Kids are going to try and strengthen the testimony of their followers or convert the nonbelievers with their sophomore release Loyalty to Loyalty. Though the Cold War Kids were one of my favorite local, LA-based acts of 2006, I find myself in need of some convincing that their new album will be “something of a masterpiece…brimming with the poignant, intimate narratives and brooding atmospherics”, as their press release states. I am hopeful though after I heard this little snippet from the upcoming album:
Loyalty to Loyalty tracklisting:1. Against Privacy
2. Mexican Dogs
3. Every Valley Is Not A Lake
4. Something Is Not Right With Me
5. Welcome To The Occupation
6. Golden Gate Jumpers
7. Avalanche in B
8. I’ve Seen Enough
9. Every Man I Fall For
10. Dreams Old Men Dream
11. On The Night My Love Broke Through
12. Relief
13. CryptomnesiaDates in Full:
08/22/08 Outside Lands Festival, San Francisco, CA
08/23/08 Sunset Junction Festival, Los Angeles, CA
08/24/08 Les Schwab Amp, Bend, OR
09/20/08 Street Scene, San Diego, CA
09/27/08 Wonder Ballroom, Portland, OR
09/28/08 Richards on Richards, Vancouver, Canada
09/29/08 The Showbox at the Market, Seattle, WA
10/01/08 The Neurolux, Boise, ID
10/02/08 In The Venue, Salt Lake City, UT
10/03/08 Boulder Theatre, Boulder, CO
10/10/08 Fine Line Music Café, Minneapolis, MN
10/11/08 Vic Theatre, Chicago, IL
10/14/08 Paradise Rock Club, Boston, MA
10/15/08 Webster Hall, NYC
10/16/08 Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
10/17/08 Theatre of the Living Arts, Philadelphia, PA
10/18/08 Nightclub 9:30, Washington, D.C.
10/20/08 Cat’s Cradle, Carrboro, NC
10/21/08 Mercy Lounge, Nashville, TN
10/23/08 Lola’s, Ft. Worth, TX
10/24/08 Emo’s Alt. Lounge-Outside, Austin, TX
10/25/08 Warehouse Live, Houston, TX
10/26/08 Voodoo Music Experience, New Orleans, LA
So it looks like Seth Rogen got his wish for Huey Lewis to take on the role of penning the theme song for the sure stoner hit of the summer Pineapple Express. This new tune from Huey and the News is sure to be one heck of a nostalgia trip for anyone able to reminisce on the role of the soundtrack sensation “Back In Time” from Back to the Future. Pineapple Express director, David Gordon Green, gives us the rundown on the origins of the film’s theme song (via Movieweb):
“Huey Lewis just finished our theme song for us. It is called “Pineapple Express”, cleverly. Our only input was, we told him we wanted it to sound like his 80s work that we loved so much. And we wanted to have the plot in it. And we wanted to have him say the title as many times as he could. There is a lot of alto sax. It is kind of like that “other” “Back to the Future” Huey Lewis song. Not “Power of Love” but “Back in Time”. Yeah.”
Now put that in your pipe and smoke it. The Pineapple Express soundtrack drops on August 5th with the film hitting theaters August 8th. Check the tracklisting and red band trailer below. Stream the full song over at Myspace.
Everyone is going to tell you Free Blood’s the side project turned full time project of former !!! drummer, John Pugh, and his friend, fashion designer Madeleine Davy. They’ll say they’re loud, and funky disco punk, and that they‘re from Brooklyn. I’m going to tell you, that if you like Out Hud or LCD Soundsystem, then Free Blood might be the best thing to happen to you all year.
If you’ve had a hole you couldn’t fill since DFA 1979 retired, Free Blood might be your new favorite. It’s noisy and there’s lots of screaming and I wanted to hurt myself dancing from the tension of it first listen. The Getty was thick through with fog for the last of their “Fridays Off The 405” of the year. Lots of people were out and it was very beautiful. I imagine the Gettys a bit more cavernous than the basements and bars Free Blood’s been playing. That being said, judge for yourself. They’re not shy.
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