Pop Montreal 2010: Day 2 Picks

Posted on | September 30, 2010 | 1 Comment

Don’t let this rainy day deter you from a great night of shows.

Keeping it local, here’s 3 bands that should razzle and perhaps dazzle
you aswell.

Karkwa @ Metropolis / 8:30pm [ myspace ]

Come hear why most local music critics have cited “Les Chemins
De verre” as this year’s best album La Belle Province unleashed
unto the world and why the were the recent recipient of the
2010 Polaris Prize, the first francophone band to receive said
honor.

Blue Hawaii @ Rialto / 10:00pm [ myspace ]

Local boy-girl duo who’s electro synth pop, will put a smile on your face and
warm the cockles of your heart with their Summer-y ditties.

Their debut “Blooming Summer” is out on cassette (yup, they still
make those) on Arbutus Records.

The Dears @ Mission Santa Cruz / 10:30pm [ ms ]

2nd night of a 3 night residency @ the Portuguese Santa Cruz Church, previewing their 5th studio album by performing it in it’s entirety.

Proceeds from every merch sale at these residency shows
will be donated to Montreal City Mission and War Child.

This yet-to-be-titled LP will be out February 2011
on Dangerbird Records.

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Pop Montreal 2010: Day 1 Picks

Posted on | September 29, 2010 | No Comments

And so it begins.

300+ artists playing in dozens of venues around the city from
now till Sunday night.

Big names and up-and-comers alike vying for your attention and your
hard earn money.

I’ll be sharing with you my personal picks, shows I shall be
attending. Sticking mostly to smaller venues and lesser
known artists.

Some you may enjoy.

Lost In The Trees @ Casa Del Popolo / 10pm [ ms ]

A sevensome lead by Ari Picker, Orchestral Folk-Pop from the backwoods
of North Carolina.

Their current release “All Alone In An Empty House” is out now on Anti.

Villagers @ Casa Del Popolo / 11pm [ myspace ]

Irish band fronted by singer/songwriter Conor J. O’Brien.

Dark, folk-pop songs their specialty.

Shortlisted for this year’s Mercury Prize (The XX won). In town minus
his band, doing an acoustic set of songs taken from their debut
“Becoming A Jackal” out now on Domino Records.

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The Posies “Blood/Candy” Album Out Today!

Posted on | September 28, 2010 | No Comments

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Tracklist:

01. Plastic Paperbacks
02. The Glitter Prize
03. Licenses To Hide
04. So Caroline
05. Take Care Of Yourself
06. Cleopatra Street
07. For The Ashes
08. Accidental Architecture
09. She’s Coming Down Again!
10. Notion 99
11. Holiday Hours
12. Enewetak

My other favorite band who happens to be from Seattle, releasing their own brand
spankin’ new album today.

Their 7th studio album in their illustrious 23-year career.

The Jon Auer / Ken Stringfellow tandem is has sharp as ever.

The one-two punch of “So Caroline” and “Take Care Of Yourself” is worth the
price of admission alone.

On this new galette of guitar pop, you will find the gorgeous harmonies/melodies they are known for but also switching gears and going on a more eclectic, experimental tip.

“This record has more of a ‘Science Fiction’ sound to it, if you will, more buzzes and
electronic bells and whistles percolating throughout,” says Auer. “We wanted to keep
everyone’s eardrums guessing with this, always on alert for the next left-of-center
waveform.”

Something else they haven’t done before for an album, welcoming guest musicians in the recording process.

Broken Social Scene’s Lisa Lobsinger appears on the first single, the Stringfellow penned “Licenses To Hide”. The Strangler’s Hugh Crownwell shows up on “Plastic Paperbacks” and Letters To Cleo’s Kay Hanley appears on “The Glitter Prize”.

“Blood/Candy” already cracked my top 3 album list for 2010. I would think most
of my fellow Power Pop lovers would place it has high on their lists aswell.

BUY IT NOW WHY DONTCHA!

On Amazon / iTunes / Official Online Store

The iTunes version will get you 3 songs in demo form from the LP
and an alternate version of “For The Ashes”.

Of course, with a new album comes the inevitable tour and it all begins
tonite in Spain where it so happens most of the album was put together.

European Tour:

Sept. 28 – Murcia, Spain @ Sala Stereo
Sept. 30 – Madrid, Spain @ Heineken
Oct. 01 – Valencia, Spain @ Wah Wah
Oct. 02 – Barcelona, Spain @ Apolo 2
Oct. 04 – Paris, France @ Divan du Monde
Oct. 05 – London, UK @ Garage
Oct. 06 – Antwerp, Belgium @ Trix
Oct. 07 – Brussels, Belgium @ Botanique Orangerie
Oct. 08 – Liege, Belgium @ Kazerne Fonck
Oct. 09 – Amsterdam, Holland @ Melkweg Sugar Factory
Oct. 10 – Groningen, Holland @ Vera
Oct. 12 – Utrecht, Holland @ Tivoli de Helling
Oct. 13 – Munster, Germany @ Gleis 22
Oct. 14 – Berlin, Germany @ Comet Club
Oct. 15 – Hamburg, Germany @ Silber Club
Oct. 17 – Malmo, Sweden @ Inkonst
Oct. 19 – Stockholm, Sweden @ Debaser Slussen
Oct. 20 – Gothenburg, Sweden @ Sticky Fingers
Oct. 21 – Oslo, Norway @ John Dee
Oct. 22 – Bergen, Norway @ Kvarteret
Oct. 23 – Trondheim, Norway @ Blaest
Oct. 25 – Helsinki, Finland @ Tavastia
Oct. 26 – Turku, Finland @ Klubi

North American Tour:

Nov. 05 – Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall Ballroom
Nov. 06 – Chicago, IL @ Bottom Lounge
Nov. 07 – Newport, KY @ Southgate House
Nov. 09 – Detroit, MI @ The Majestic Theatre
Nov. 10 – Columbus, OH @ Outland Live
Nov. 11 – Millvale, PA @ Mr. Small’s Theatre
Nov. 12 – Rochester, NY @ Water Street Music Hall
Nov. 13 – New York, NY @ The Highline Ballroom
Nov. 14 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Trocadero
Nov. 16 – Boston, MA @ Royale
Nov. 17 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
Nov. 18 – Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle
Nov. 19 – Nashville, TN @ Exit/In
Nov. 20 – Atlanta, GA @ The Loft
Nov. 21 – Memphis, TN @ Minglewood Hall
Nov. 24 – Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater
Nov. 26 – Austin, TX @ La Zona Rosa
Nov. 27 – Houston TX @ The Argentum
Dec. 01 – Englewood, CO @ Gothic Theatre
Dec. 03 – Los Angeles, CA @ Club Nokia @ LA Live
Dec. 04 – Petaluma CA @ McNear’s Mystic Theatre
Dec. 05 – San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
Dec. 07 – Eugene, OR @ WOW Hall
Dec. 08 – Portland, OR @ Aladdin Theater
Dec. 10 – Vancouver, BC @ The Venue
Dec. 11 – Seattle, WA @ Showbox at the Market

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Soundgarden Retrospective “Telephantasm” Out Tomorrow

Posted on | September 27, 2010 | No Comments

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Tracklists:

Disc 1

01. All Your Lies
02. Hunted Down
03. Fopp
04. Beyond The Wheel
05. Flower (BBC Session)
06. Hands All Over
07. Big Dumb Sex
08. Get On The Snake (Live)
09. Room A Thousand Years Wide (Single Version)
10. Rusty Cage
11. Outshined
12. Slaves & Bulldozers

Disc 2

01. Jesus Christ Pose (Live)
02. Birth Ritual
03. My Wave
04. Superunknown
05. Spoonman
06. Black Hole Sun
07. Fell On Black Days (Video Version)
08. Burden In My Hand
09. Dusty
10. Pretty Noose (Live on SNL)
11. Blow Up The Outside World (MTV Live ‘N’ Loud)
12. Black Rain

Disc 3 ( DVD / Music Videos )

01. Flower
02. Hands All Over
03. Loud Love
04. Jesus Christ Pose (Original Version)
05. Outshined
06. Rusty Cage
07. My Wave
08. Spoonman
09. The Day I Tried To Live (Uncensored)
10. Black Hole Sun
11. Fell On Black Days
12. Pretty Noose (Uncensored)
13. Burden In My Hand
14. Blow Up The Outside World (Uncensored)
15. Spoonman (Mash-up Version)
16. The Day I Tried To Live (European Version)
17. Superunknown
18. Pretty Noose (International Version)
19. Pretty Noose (Alternate Ending)
20. Blow Up The Outside World (Censored)

“The 12 year break is over & school is back in session.

Sign up now.

Knights of the Soundtable ride again!”

That’s how Chris Cornell let us knew on New Year’s Eve (via Twitter)
that Soundgarden had reformed.

No clue what it would actually entail.

New album? Nostalgia tour?

Not quite.

First live show in 13 years went down in their hometown of Seattle @ Showbox
at the Market under the name NudeDragons (an anagram of Soundgarden) last April to a sold out show (in mere minutes) packed with hardcore fans.

Spin Magazine has a write-up of that night.

Then, it was announced that they would headline Lollapalooza 2010.

In early August, details of the “Telephantasm” release was unveiled.

Included in this compilation were fan favorites, some of their hit singles,
live tracks and an unreleased song from their “Badmotorfinger” recording
sessions titled “Black Rain”. Cornell recorded new vocals that were mixed
into the original song.

There’s 3 versions of this release:

The single disc which will be bundled alongside 1 million copies of the
“Guitar Hero: Warriors Of Rock” video game coming out tomorrow for 1 week
only then on October 5th, it shall be sold separately in stores.

You can also purchase expanded versions with an extra CD containing 12 additional tracks and the version I’ll be buying which is the 3 disc set deluxe edition which includes a DVD with all of Soundgarden’s music video.

You can buy on Amazon the 3 disc set here and the MP3 version here or go directly through their official website and get your hands on any version your heart desires.

A pretty sweet animated video, directed by Brendon Small of Adult Swim’s Metalocalypse fame, for “Black Rain” was unveiled a few weeks back.

Very much inspired by Heavy Metal style animation, it’s the guys stepping into action,
saving the earth from a Monster invasion.

Soundgarden – “Black Rain”

There’s this month’s Spin Magazine cover story in which they talk about how and why they’ve reformed and will this go anywhere anytime soon besides the few shows and this new release.

Hopefully it will since I very much wanna hear how Soundgarden would sound today versus their last release, 1996’s “Down On The Upside”. Just don’t involve Timbaland in the mix.

They also happen to be #1 on my “bands I need to see live before I kick it” list.

I came this close back in 1996 for their Quebec Lollapalooza stop but sadly
it was not to be. I have managed to see Cornell live a few times over the years but
it’s not the same.

Soundgarden was THE band back in 1994 that turn my love of music to an obessive one that it is today.

Superunknown to me is as perfect an album there will ever be and to witness songs
from it being performed live, would most definitely melt the little bits of grey
matter I have left in that numbskull of mine.

I sure as hell hope they make it happen.

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MVs Collection #22

Posted on | September 26, 2010 | No Comments

The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart – “Say No To Love”

Directed By Mixtape Club.

This was a single released last June.

They’ll be back on the road Oct/Nov playing the CMJ Music Marathon
 October 21st @ Brooklyn’s Music Hall Of Williamsburg and then off to
Europe in November.

Converse – “All Summer”

Directed By Psyop.

Kid Cudi, Best Coast & Vampire Weekend’s Rostam Batmanglij hanging out in their
NYC apartment just f’ing around.

Great 2010 Summer jam I shall remember fondly as Fall is upon us. Also used
to promote a brand of sneakers that’s not Adidas or Nike.

Best Coast in town tomorrow playing @ La Sala Rossa. — > Tickets

Delta Spirit – “Bushwick Blues”

Directed By Banner Gwin.

Shot in the beautiful Rae’s Diner in Santa Monica.

First single off their new album “History From Below”.

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