For those of you who enjoyed dining with Sigur Ros and strolling with Bon Iver, we bring you another grand Take Away Show featuring Arcade Fire. (Video below.)
Discovery Channel
Recent finds worth checking out...
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz
Karen O & Co. change direction, get all electro on us and still kick everyone's ass. (Be sure to get the deluxe digipack for some acoustic cuts.)
Elvis is back with more bedroom folk and gypsy-tavern tunes.
Bob Dylan & The Band - The Basement Tapes
We've been waiting years for the remaster of these legendary sessions. Well worth it!
Comment to let us know what you've been rockin' on your turntable.
Kill Some Time...
...with this new video from everyone's favorite Biola grads, Cold War Kids. And when we say video, that's really a bit of an understatement. This one is more of an interactive experience with the band. Control each of the Kids to create your own mix of the song. Not gettin' it? That's OK, it took us a couple of minutes to figure it out also. Just click around on the colors and see what happens. Go ahead, kill some time. You'll be glad you did.
Back At It
FYI, Radiohead are back in the studio working on their followup to 2007's In Rainbows. All we know so far is that the band will be working with longtime producer Nigel Godrich and that it's going to be awesome! Oh, and Colin says "It's good to be back in the studio."
More Stimulus
Sounds like we're not the only ones kicking down some free music in hopes of providing you with your fair share of stimulus. Airbag fave, Del The Funky Homosapien is also joining in the efforts to rescue our failing economy. The Oak-town rapper has got a new album titled Funk Man (The Stimulus Package) and it's yours to enjoy here at no cost. We haven't made it through the whole thing yet, but so far, so good. We particulary dig the opening track, "Get It Right Now!" Classic Del! For those not familiar with The Funky Homosapien, be ready for some quirky west coast funk with equal parts humor and bravado.
If you like what you hear, be sure to check out Deltron 3030. Back in the early millennium, Del teamed up with ace producer, Dan The Automator and whiz turntablist Kid Koala to create this now classic concept album set in a far-out dystopian future. Computer viruses have never sounded so ill.
Quote To Remember
"A lot of bands have something to say, we have something to ask."
- Dave Sitek, TV On The Radio
Quote To Remember
"I have something to admit... I like Arcade Fire."
- Monica (Longtime President of the I Hate Arcade Fire Club)
DWNLD TH!S:
Wilco have a new album coming out June 30th titled Wilco (The Album). They also have a free download available here. This one's a timely cover of Woody Guthrie's "The Jolly Banker." Enjoy!
"Dark Was The Night" Kicks It Live
So the brains behind, Dark Was The Night (pretty much the best compilation album ever), got together to put on what sounds like the best charity benefit concert ever (Bon Iver and Feist on the same stage? At the same time? What!?!). Unfortunately, we weren't at Radio City Music Hall last night, but our friends over at stereogum made it and have the details here. Check out the video below to catch the indie rock all star jam of Pete Seeger's "This Land Is Your Land." (Pete turned 90 yesterday.)
Be sure to watch the whole vid to catch Sharon Jones stealing the show. Stellar!
Top Five:
With Coachella 2009 under our belt, the concert season is officially upon us. With that in mind, we thought we'd take a little stroll down memory lane and bring you the Top Five Concert Experiences of our musical lifetime. Here they are in no particular order:
Sigur Ros at The Greek Theatre (God, Himself, reached down to give us a glimpse of heaven here on earth.)
Radiohead at The Greek Theatre (Favorite band, favorite venue, need we say more.)
Feist at The Greek Theatre (Dark Horse of the pack, heavenly voice, beautiful artistry.)
M.I.A. at Coachella (Absolute mayhem, a moment in time never to be forgotten, still can't believe we were there.)
Rage Against The Machine at Coachella (First show back. We waited 7 years for this, it was everything and more.)
The Roots at Empire (Tightest band ever, period. No one loves music more than these cats.)
The Black Keys at The Fillmore (Drums + Guitar x Loud = WOW!)
We want to hear from you. What's the best concert experience of your life? If you're feeling up to it give us a list of five. And for those keeping score, yes, we did list more than five in our Top Five.
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