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Jason Hackenwerth’s balloon installation/sculptures are going to be decorating the Halloween night Making Time party with Simian Mobile Disco at 2424 Studios. Hell yes. I don’t think it needs saying that it’s gonna be off the hook.
(hat tip, Philebs)
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Paul Sprangers of Free Energy at the Webster Hall Stereogum and The Believer CMJ show Tuesday night.
Photo by Will Deitz.
(via Pitchfork)
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Halloween mixtapes, FTW!
Appropriate time of year to bring out this excellent Kitsune noir mixtape again.
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Corto Maltese is an Austin band that writes songs with big hints of Bowie and liberal dashes of Beruit. Check out their song Providence on their MySpaces.
They’re playing a gig at CMJ tomorrow night and then trekking down to Philly for a show at the Danger Danger Gallery on Friday. Check it.
(photo by Amanda Miller)
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Listening to San Francisco’s Young Prisms who’s new s/t LP is out now on Mexican Summer. Check ‘em out on the Tumblrs, too!
I think their bio on MS puts it well when they say this record “strands its listeners in the solitude of a beach fireworks display with nothing but lights for the tongue and acid for the ears—arresting, colors everywhere.”
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Filmmaker, Guillaume Delaperriere, sat down with indie pop band, Phoenix, to listen to their record collection and talk about their musical influences. The entire short film/interview is available for viewing here.
It’s very interesting…
The Playlist:
01-Blue monday people / Curtis Mayfield
02-Can’t let go / Evie Sands
03-Sell your love / Iggy pop & James Williamson
04-Flash forward / Serge Gainsbourg
05-I’m glad you’re mine / Al Green
06-Don’t turn the light on, leave me alone / CAN
07-Mesopotamia / The B-52’s
08-Ruby don’t take your love to town / Kenny Rogers
09-Slow night, slow long / Kings of Leon
10-Leur plaisir sans moi / Jane Birkin
11-In and out of the shadows / Dion
12-Victory garden / The Red Krayola
13-Escape from New-York main title / John Carpenter
14-We almost lost Detroit / Gil Scott Heron & Brian Jackson
15-Darlin’ / The Beach Boys
16-Peace like a river / Paul Simon
17-A song for you / Gram Parsons
18-The fairest of the seasons / Nico
19-Who was that masked man / Van Morrison
20-La smortina / Coro della SAT
21-City lights / Phoenix(Via. Kid Robot)
(via 3stacks)
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The StereoactiveNYC Official CMJ Showcase!
(Spreadin’ the Tumblr blogfriend love. Looks like a great lineup!)
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Nathaniel Rateliff & The Wheel - My Hanging Surrender
jenrobinson:I caught the last few songs performed by Nathaniel Rateliff & The Wheel at the Brooklyn Vegan showcase last night. I’d never heard of them and had to ask someone the band name. They were amazing. Nathanial Rateliff looks and sounds a little like Scott Hutchison of Frightened Rabbit. His vocals are deep and clear. The band’s instrumentation is detailed, and with a piano/organ, hollow body & acoustic guitars, drums, and stand-up bass, their sound is huge and rich.
One of my favorite music experiences is stumbling on something I love instantly. This was a great way to kick off CMJ.
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elt:
Two girls dancing during a Rolling Stones concert, Hyde Park, 1969. John Minihan.
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Espers - The Pear
New Espers record, III, is out today. It’s great, typical slinky sound but also different than earlier records, there is more space in the songs, more room for the band to breath, the production and sound are amazing, Greg Weeks’ guitar tone is remarkable - I need to ask him sometime how he gets that. In all, wonderful package.
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Jim Schoenfeld - Before
Great song from a guy I’d never heard of before, but who has just about my same last name! Sweet.
Arthur sez: “Here’s the opening track off the new Wayfaring Strangers: Lonesome Heroes compilation, put together by the friendly cats at America’s most consistently high-quality ‘lost music’ record label, Numero Group of Chicago.”
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Wend Blog sez: “What do Portlanders love more than bicycling? Bicycling naked. That’s why the Flaming Lips came to Portland to shoot their new music video for “Watching the Planets.” So where do naked bikers come in? Lead singer Wayne Coyne said the inspiration stems from the comes from a musical called Hair.”
This should be interesting.
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