The Heartbreaks “Liar, My Dear” is probably the closest thing to a Smiths single I’ve heard in years. This band potentially has IT. I’m just waiting for the follow up.(This song was debuted a few episodes back and featured at SPLIT) ~Jake
PLAYLIST:
Badly Drawn Boy “Too Many Miracles”
Danzig “On A Wicked Night” (radio edit)
The Charlatans “Love Is Ending” (exclusive edit)
Tarja Turunen “Until My Last Breath” (exclusive edit)
Audio Bullys “Only Man”
Juliette Lewis “Uh Huh”
The Candles “Here Or Gone”
Sweethead “P.I.G.”
Creature With The Atom Brain “Lonely Light” (featuring Mark Lanegan)
Dirty Little Rabbits “You Say”
The Lemonheads “Dirty Robot”(featuring Kate Moss)
Oomph! “Burning Desire” (featuring Sharon den Adel)
Tub Ring “Cryonic Love Song”
Juliette and The Licks “Sticky Honey”
Super 8 Bit Brothers “Brawl”
The Charlatans “The Man Who Saved The Day” (exclusive bonus)
Kurt and Erin of Overcasters join us for Episode 76 and to give the world it’s first taste of their new Rick Parker produced album, The Whole Sea Is Raging.
Also, we’ve got an interview Mike Kirschmann, Eric Lowe, Nick White and Jimmy Image of The Christines and (somewhat) of Hot Robots to fill us in with what’s new with their bands.
L to R:Eric Lowe, Nick White, Jimmy Image and Mike Kirschmann
How cool is Mike Kirschmann? Well, just check out his shirt:
PLAYLIST:
brakesbrakesbrakes – Two Shocks
Magic Magic – Sleepy Lion
Best Coast – Goodbye
Standard Fare – Philadelphia Blood Red Shoes – Light It Up
Overcasters – Vertigo <- World Premier
Irata – Drunken Dwarf
Pavement – No Life Singed Her
Wolfhounds – Anti Midas Touch
Zeus – Kindergarten
Hot Robots – Travel
The Christines – Cursing The Graverobbers Working For A Nuclear Free City – Silent Times
Super Furry Animals – Pam V
Kaiser Chiefs – You Can Have It All Darker My Love – Dear Author
I really do like BRS and I dig the chorus to their new song, Light It Up, which you can download by clicking on the link above. Is it necessary for me to dig into them about their inclinations towards hipsterism that is becoming apparent? Or am I judging them too harshly because of the absolute shit that is their video for this track? Can we choose another point of reference than Lord of the fucking Flies? Hipsters – the dirt you have on your face is not due to hard work, you have dirt on your face because you accidentally wiped your cheek after using an ATM that was dirty. Also, what island are you on where eye liner is available?
BRS – You guys started off really solidly and sounded like your own thing. You were aggressive and that’s what the indie world needs right now. Don’t back off of that. You could go either way right now, stay on target.
Blood Red Shoes are coming around North America in October. Tour dates (which do not include Colorado) are:
October 12 – Vancouver, BC – Media Club
October 13 – Seattle, WA – Sunset Tavern
October 15 – San Francisco, CA – Rickshaw Stop
October 16 – Santa Barbara, CA – Muddy Waters
October 18 – Los Angeles, CA – Bootleg Theatre
October 19 – San Diego, CA – Casbah
October 20 – New York, NY – CMJ
October 21 – New York, NY – CMJ
October 22 – Washington, DC – Red Palace
October 24 – Boston, MA – Great Scott
October 26 – Montreal, QC – Casa Del Popolo
October 27 – Toronto, ON – Horseshoe Tavern
October 28 – Cleveland, OH – Grog Shop
October 29 – Chicago, IL – Subterranean
While Domino records didn’t go irreparably off track, but where they once were the pinacle of cool indie, they started getting a little wanky with the electro dance bands a few years back. I guess you can’t fault them for correctly judging which way the wind blows – they are a business after all. On the other hand, when you’ve forged your place as one of the reliable sources of good music and then you change… well…. what can be said about that? It looks like they are trying to correct their path recently though – which has the full endorsement of Tyler Danger Jacobson.
Anyway, enough ranting as Amazon is offering a Domino records compilation as a free download and I’d recommend picking it up. I haven’t given all of these bands a listen yet, but it’s got a new single from the Archie Bronson Outfit (which is really great, as is the entire new album), Wild Beasts (played on Danger Radio by our guest Matthew Brown), Steve Mason of the Beta Band (you judge if I’m being too hard on him), and my beloved The Fall all make appearances. Plus the price is right.
Track listing is:
Chief – Night & Day
Archie Bronson Outfit – Hoola
Wild Beasts – We Still Got The Taste Dancin’ On Our Tongues
Villagers – Becoming A Jackal
Owen Pallett – Lewis Takes Off His Shirt
Steve Mason – All Come Down
Malachai – Snowflake
These New Puritans – Attack Music
The Fall – Bury Pts. 1 + 3
Dirty Projectors – No Intention
To Rococo Rot – Horses
Drew Grow and the Pastors’ Wives make their home in Portland, and meld together a scuzzy, squally blend of rebellious gospel/folk that at times possesses the radiant buoyancy of Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes, and in quieter moments the seeping warmth of M Ward or intelligent, lovely meanderings of Elvis Perkins. It’s wild […]
There are two Scottish indiepop festivals lined up for October and December. Between Friday October 22nd and Sunday the 24th Edinburgh hosts it’s inaugural (I think) pop fest. Bands appearing over the three days include Ballboy, Pocketbooks, Bearsuit, Red Shoe Diaries, Darren Hayman, Suburban Kids With Biblical names amongst others. You can view the full [.. […]
It was a 3OH!3 show at the Fox Theatre in Boulder two years ago when Kamtin Mohager stood alone on the stage with an iPod and his bass guitar as The Chain Gang of 1974. In 2010, things are quite different for the songwriter. Kamtin’s lone line up has grown from two, to three, to four people on stage and a ton more instruments in the mix. The new album, White […]
Modern Glossy’s Maria Giannakakis interviews Vassilios Kostetsos during fashion week in New York. Watch the exclusive video interview backstage and the runway show below. Designer Vassilios Kostetsos frequently turns to his heritage for inspiration, as he did for Fall/Winter 2010. With his muse being the greek drama Antigone, Vassilios brought forth a sexual […]
Toronto – Ruby Coast has always been one of those bands I’ve heard about, but have never heard. However, that streaked stopped recently when I listened to the Aurora, Ontario band’s recently released free EP – Whatever This Is/Creep Me Out which is free with a tweet or a facebook post. Get used to social […]
Thai soap sensation Hugo was a guest on my show tonight. He shares a practice space with Your Vegas and Mat told me good things about Hugo's music. The EVR guys set it up so he would perform a song live in the booth, and it was his cool cover version of Jay Z's 99 Problems. His version includes a banjo. We talked about his acting skills, the song h […]
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