Hello all, it’s been a while since we did a themecast, so I figured we’d do two to get it right. The first person to name the common theme in volume four to all three of the songs played will win $5 Amazon cash via email!
Hello all, it’s been a while since we did a themecast, so I figured we’d do two to get it right. The first one (volume three) should get us warmed up. The first person to name the common theme to all three of the songs played will win $5 Amazon cash via email!
Probably the most talked about record of the year, comes to us from former White Stripes, The Raconteurs and Dead Weather front man, Jack White. Only for our Canadian users, We’ve got two CDs and one vinyl copy of the album that we can send over to three lucky winners.
Back in the day, when this place was crawling with forums and chats about random acts of music, we used to poll ourselves to see which release by an artist not only set them atop of the industry but stapled them in as musical gods.
At the Drive-In is an influential post-hardcore band from El Paso, Texas, from 1993 until 2001 and now reunited in 2012 after 11 years. Influenced primarily by the likes of Fugazi and Drive Like Jehu as well as their native Texas hardcore scene, At The Drive-In craft epic, musically complex songs, each one laced with cryptic and strongly metaphorical lyrics. They played a few secret practice shows in Texas in April to prepare for their Coachella performances. They have also been announced to play at this year’s Lollapalooza in Chicago this summer, and also at Splendour in the Grass music festival happening in Australia. Unfortunately Omar Rodríguez-López has ruled out the possibility of recording new material, describing the reunion shows as purely a “nostalgia thing”.
Review and Photos by special guest correspondent Michel Dussack
Say whatever you want about AWOLNATION, the one thing that no one can deny about them is that they’re one of the hardest working bands in the business. Their debut album Megalithic Symphony, which brought us the hit single “Sail”, has been around for a bit over a year, and they’ve already hit up New York City on three separate tours. On May 19th, they brought their energetic live show to the legendary Webster Hall for the second time within half a year, and opted for a colorful backdrop and flags this time, rather than the array of lights they brought with them last time.
When creating our 4/20 podcast a few weeks ago, we were looking for a dubstep track to include. Random google searching landed me listening to a song by Cypress Hill and EDM artist Rusko. Not being able to find many details, I had no idea this was a new song. The two have teamed up for a new EP, with this being the first single. Check out the hip-hop and dubstep mash up ”Roll It, Light It”.
RACES have been steadily building a word-of-mouth following across the Mountain West and their native Southern California since the release of their debut “Big Broom” EP last fall and their debut LP Year of the Witch this March.
The LA sextet, who have been described as “Laurel Canyon’s answer to Broken Social Scene”, are now excited to share with you their brand new video for “Year Of The Witch/Year Of The Child”. The video, a hazy collage of Super-8 footage directed by A. Dola Baroni, recently premiered.
RACES are also happy to say they are coming East this May! In two weeks their tour kicks off in DC, then they will make their way North, being joined by Sean Bones, Right on Dynamite, Hundred Waters, North Highlands and Great Ceasar along the way. You can listen to our interview with them at SXSW here.
May 9 – New York, NY – Mercury Lounge w/ Hundred Waters, North Highlands May 10 – Philadelphia, PA – The Fire May 14 – Hamden, CT – The Space w/ Great Ceasar May 15 – Cambridge, MA – T.T. The Bear’s
RACES have been steadily building a word-of-mouth following across the Mountain West and their native Southern California since the release of their debut “Big Broom” EP last fall and their debut LP Year of the Witch this March. The LA sextet have been described as “Laurel Canyon’s answer to Broken Social Scene”. They just recently released a brand new video for “Year Of The Witch/Year Of The Child”.
Currently on a small tour of the East Coast, I was able to reach out to Wade Ryff, guitarist and vocalist of Races, by email. Here is some of his favorite music that he recommends:
Leonard Cohen- Death of Ladies Man
Leonard Cohen and Phil Spector. This says it all. “Iodine” has one of my all time favorite drum sounds.
Television- Marquee Moon
The interplay between the 2 guitars is something that really inspired Garth and I while we were working on our album.
The Shivers- Charades
It’s a strange but inspiring feeling when your friend is one of your favorite songwriters . “Beauty” and “L.I.E” are up there on my list of favorite songs ever written.
Sibylle Baier- Colour Green
Sibylle Baier is one of the best kept secrets. The story I’ve heard is that she recorded these songs between 1970-73 and never really did much with them. Years later, her son found the recordings and compiled them on a cd to give to family. Somehow it got around to J. Mascis and was officially released in 2006. True or not, I love that story.
Blake Mills- Break Mirrors
Everything about this album is wonderful. I remember the first time I heard “It’ll all Work Out”. It was at a small show he was playing in Hollywood somewhere. That song haunted me for months.
Bonnaroo and YouTube are excited to announce Bonnaroo365, (youtube.com/bonnaroo 365). Set to launch on May 7, 2012, Bonnaroo 365 will take the approach of the festival that Rolling Stone named as “one of the 50 moments that changed the history of rock and roll” and evolve it from an annual terrestrial event into a digital entertainment destination. Themed around the pursuit of “Good Stuff,” the literal meaning of Bonnaroo, the channel will feature talent-driven episodic originals, daily comedy and music programming as well as an archive of legendary festival performances. All of it curated and produced by the Bonnaroo producers.
“Bonnaroo has always been about much more than four days on the farm in Manchester, TN,” said festival co-founder Jonathan Mayers. ”Our fans are virtually together all year long. We not only want to give our core community a great entertainment destination, but we want to reach the audience out there that thinks like us, but perhaps can’t always make the trip each June.”
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