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Tonight:
Explosions in the Sky, Central Park Summerstage
Thursday:
The Feelies, Maxwell’s, Hoboken (also Friday,Saturday)
Maria Taylor, Union Hall, Park Slope (Taylor will soon be touring again with Azure Ray, for the first time in years!)
Friday:
Sonic Youth, United Palace, Uptown
Zs, Death by Audio, Williamsburg
Friday and Saturday:
Woods
Woodsist/Captured Tracks Festival, Tons of Bands, Food, in the Brooklyn Backyard, Bushwick
Saturday:
Japanther, Ninjasonik, Lit Fuse Bike Shop Benefit, Bed Stuy, 1 pm
Conor Oberst & the Mystic Valley Band, Jenny Lewis, Battery Park, Free, 3:30
New video! Crazyyyy cool. I think Amber is singing some different stuff in there towards the end?
UPDATE: Video was shot at Mount Equinox, Vermont and features a dozen siberian Huskies and several rare llamas. What makes them rare??
It was directed by Matthew Lessner and produced by Justin Lundstrum.
more about “New Dirty Projectors Video – “Stillne…“, posted with vodpod
Check out this amazing video of Neil Young playing just a few days ago. The man is so old and yet, so agile! Sir Paul comes out to sing with him. What do you think about the differences between the two of them? There are so many of such great contrast it’s not even funny. To make a list would be too much. Paul’s dance moves are very uninspired. But Neil? Holy shit!
In keeping with the trend of bands reuniting and playing their seminal albums, the Pixies will tour behind their 1989 classic, “Doolittle,” marking the album’s 20th Anniversary. So far only European dates have been announced, but i’m guessing the band will take the show stateside.
In related news, the Breeders are playing shows, including two at the Bowery Ballroom on August 18 and 19. All dates here.
BONUS: Kim’s other killer band, The Amps…..here’s a track off 1995′s “Pacer.”
The Amps: “Pacer”
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The Amps: “Pacer”
Pic by Megan Ellis
Carlos Giffoni is a well-known leader in the experimental, noise and avant-garde electronic music “scenes” in New York City and around the world. He is the founder and curator of the No Fun Fest, an annual music festival in it’s 6th year. He took some time to discuss No Fun in Sweden, the appeal of noise and popular mainstream music.
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Q. What are you currently working on?
As far as my own music I just finished a split LP of electronic music with Keith Fullerton Whitman on No Fun Productions, and a CD for Hospital Productions titled ‘Severance.’ Both things should come out in a few months. I am also working on a series of 45′s I can’t talk much about yet, except that it will be different from anything I’ve done so far. There is a few other solo projects I am working on for next year, and also should be working on duo recordings with cellist Okkyung Lee very soon.
Q. You’re from…Venezuela? How did you get to NYC? Do you live in Brooklyn? What do you think of the “scene”?
Yes the city of Barquisimeto to be exact. I moved to Miami when I was 18 with part of my family. Moved to New York in the year 2000 to work more directly on music and because of the energy in the city. Yes I live in Brooklyn. What Scene? There are many and none at the same time! But yeah right now in Brooklyn for me is exciting because there are a lot of new young bands that are starting to come up and there is a young audience that seems very open minded.
Q. Why did you decide to do the No Fun Fest? What kind of help did you have and who else helped? How did No Fun Productions come about?
Because I felt it was needed, after seeing many bands I liked on tour and setting up some shows in New York it seemed to be that there was something brewing that made sense across underground music that could work well as a fest. There was never an attempt to make this a ‘noise’ festival per say, and I think there might be some reason to its success in there… it’s always been a festival of bands / musicians that are AMAZING but that are obviously not trying at all to become part of any mainstream activities, they are in this out of passion and the drive to create something unique, interesting and sometimes even beautiful. The fest has always reflected my current musical interest, other stuff is secondary.
This is the life my friends! But be careful, you could have an on-stage meltdown.
Puffing joints, chugging Smirnoff, smoking cigarettes, moving through city-scapes randomly in chucks, falling onto beds and making faces: the rock and roll lifestyle. At least- for 20 year olds without a care. FUNNNNN.
Rolling Stone has the exclusive video….for “No Hope Kids.”
at Studio 54 via Gothamist
I grieve for him; but I also grieve for the culture that created and destroyed him.
Read the rest here….
Evan Dando is a complicated man. What are his motives? I’m not sure. Does he enjoy playing nearly 20-year-old songs year after year? I can’t tell. The only thing I know for sure is that his fans love him.
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BONUS
The Lemonheads: “I Just Can’t Take It Anymore”
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The Lemonheads: “I Just Can’t Take It Anymore”
