Best Coast / No Joy / Friendship Cove / April 12th

Posted on | April 7, 2010 | No Comments

Best Coast

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L.A. girl Bethany Cosentino, indulging in sweet lo-fi, fuzzed out beach pop.

Think Vivian Girls (or other great defunct L.A. lo-fi band Katie The Pest)
if there was an Asian guy on bass instead of luscious redhead Kickball Katy
(VG’s drummer Ali Koehler is behind the kit for this tour).

They’ve got a few 7″ out and an EP titled “Something In The Way”
was released back in February.

Their first untitled/label-less album should see the light of day in September.

( MP3 ) Best Coast – “Something In The Way”

Pitchfork posted a video interview/performance conducted at a San Francisco
record store.

No Joy

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What’s seriously lacking in the Montreal music scene right now is an awesome
Shoegaze band. I do believe I have found a viable candidate
in No Joy.

They haven’t recorded much. Only these demos available here:

nojoy.bandcamp.com

But I hear mucho potential for greatness.

Friendship Cove ( 215A Murray Street )
8:30pm
$10

Tickets : web.blueskiesturnblack.com/ticket.php?id=892
Facebook: www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=110086735682535

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Videos: The Depreciation Guild @ Il Motore (04. 03. 2010)

Posted on | April 4, 2010 | No Comments

The Depreciation Guild were back in town last nite, playing once again @
Il Motore, opening for Norwegian shoegazers Serena-Maneesh and to promote
their sophomore album “Spirit Youth” which comes out May 18th on Kanine
Records.

Here’s 2 videos I shot of them performing songs from said new album.

The Depreciation Guild – “Crucify You”

The Depreciation Guild – “Dream About Me”

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SXSW 2010: The Pictures

Posted on | April 1, 2010 | No Comments

( Flickr ) South By Southwest / Austin, Texas / March 15-22, 2010 ( Flickr )

Took me a little bit longer than I would’ve liked but I finally went trough
all the pix I took at SXSW and here’s what I believe to be the best
ones in the bunch.

The list of artists/bands I was fortunate enough to catch
@ South By 2 weeks ago:

A Sunny Day In Glasgow
Nicole Atkins & Future Clouds & Radar
Basia Bulat
Bear In Heaven
Bleu
Butterfly Explosion
Carsick Cars
Dawes
Dignan
John Doe
Eisley
Everything Everything
Fangs
Futurebirds
Jimmy Gnecco
Kashmir
Zoe Keating
J Mascis
Minipop
Moxine
Phantogram
Rival Schools
Roman Numerals
Silver Starling
Small Black
Soko
St Deluxe
The Constellations
The Henry Clay People
The Hush Now
The Invisible
The Whigs
Toro Y Moi
True Widow
Uffie
Yukon Blonde
Vivian Girls
Warpaint
We Were Promised Jetpacks

( Flickr ) South By Southwest / Austin, Texas / March 15-22, 2010 ( Flickr )

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Beach House “10 Mile Stereo” Live @ La Sala Rossa

Posted on | March 30, 2010 | 1 Comment

One of my favorite albums of the year so far (and on many other people’s
lists aswell) is Beach House‘s “Teen Dream”.

They were in town last night, performing most of said new album to a very
attentive crowd @ La Sala Rossa.

Even tough they played in almost complete darkness, they managed
to re-create their sweet dream pop-ish sound effortlessly onstage.

We’ll get a chance to see them live once again (this time in glorious
daylight) @ this year’s Osheaga Music Festival.

I brought with me to this gig my newly purchased pocket sized HD Vidcam
and it is a thing of beauty.

Obviously, the picture is dark due to the lack of lighting of any kind
on stage but the sound it recorded just blew my mind. I’ve never recorded
something this clear sounding and non-distorted before.

You be the judge:

Beach House – “10 Mile Stereo”

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Beck’s Record Club: 4th Album Unveiled

Posted on | March 26, 2010 | No Comments

INXS’s 1987 album “Kick”.

It is their best-selling album, which sold more than 10 million copies in
the U.S. alone and spawned four top 10 singles.

Here’s what Beck had to say about this choice for their 4th entry in the club:

Joining in this time we had three of my favorite bands — Liars, Annie Clark
and Daniel Hart from St. Vincent, Sergio Dias from the legendary Brazilian
band Os Mutantes, as well as RC veteran Brian Lebarton, just back from the
Charlotte Gainsbourg tour. The record covered this time was 1987 blockbuster
‘Kick’ by INXS. The record was chosen by fellow Aussie, Angus from the Liars.

It was recorded in a little over 12 hours on March 3rd, 2010. It was an intense,
hilarious, daunting and completely fun undertaking. Thanks to everybody for
being there and putting so much into it. Many classic moments, inspired
performances and occasional anarchy. We’ll post the songs consecutively in
the album’s original sequence.

First track off the album “Guns In The Sky” was posted this week.

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