I went to see Silversun Pickups and a rock show broke out

Monday night was the Silversun Pickups (SSPU) and Sea Wolf show at the Ogden and both bands lived up to their hype quite well.

Sea Wolf started their set about a 1/2 hour late but when they came out they won much of the crowd over with two brand new songs and some very bashful thank yous fallowing each. The new stuff was a what I believed Sea Wolf could be all along: a deeply rhythmic folk band singing very engaging storeys about people who live far away.

It was interesting seeing them because they are still forming as a band and you can tell that while Alex is the number one guy, the others are still grasping for a way to put their mark on the band. Even with this tenativeness Alex kept his voice high and the rhythms low and confident, slowly drawing the crowd into his dark and foggy world.

They finished the set with their three best songs in quick succession going, "Garden that you Planted," "Your a Wolf" and "Black Feet" to close the 45 minuet adventure. Me and Sean were quite delighted with this close out and even more so when they said off hand that a new album from them would be out September 25th. While most of the crowd was just passing the time till SSPU, this small set and first ever stop for Sea Wolf in Colorado, heightened my love for them and really raised my hopes for what they could do on this new album.

Silversun came out to much applause and went right to it. I had not seen videos or heard tell of their stage presence so I was a little taken aback by the force they draw out of two guitars and a key board. Someone on youtube was saying that their sound patterns looked more like a block then a wave, and weather that is true or not, I can tell you that it was quite powerfull without being extremely loud. I really think it was something to do with the distortion that made it so intresting to the ear.

I was also moved by how great a show band they were. The lead singer prowled the stage and seemed to be loving every second of the show. For such a small man he packs quite a voice, Lord knows it cant be easy to sing that high at altitude but unlike Sea Wolf or the other bands I watched struggle he hit all his marks and still had time to rock out.

They played most everything you can imagine, but for the record, I would like to also note that SSPU played for over an hour and with very little breaking. Yes there was some jamming in there but for the most part it was a pretty straight set and encore. An astonishing feat when one considers that they mearly have one album and one E.P from which to draw.

Mostly the show was great, I am not usually ok with random jamming but the wicked guitar play and interesting habits of the band kept my attention quite handily. If I had to guess this band is only an album or two away from mild stardom. After all, their pedigree (straight out of the Silver Lake area of L.A) and unique noise will keep the mainstream media interested for a while.

Well Thought Out Twinkles.mp3--Silversun Pickups

I stole that picture from a very popular blog and im not really sorry about it at all

Im going to see Sea Wolf and The Silversun Pickups on Monday. Ill have a write up and some songs and pictures hopefully on Wednesday depending on how hard they want me to work at my internship.

Till then

Enjoy the classics

Sigh, no new album?!

I read an article in Spin that mentioned a new Postal Service album on Christmas day of this coming year.

I was elated! Finally some new stuff from my main man Ben and I didn't have long to wait for it in the grand scheme of things!

But today, I searched for more info and all I came up with was this little ditty from Pitchfork saying that there were no plans for such an album.

Sad days for JJ

I don't even know how to interpret this lack of material anymore, are we going to get a new death cab or postal soon or what? I mean the solo tour is great, but honestly Ben...I need you in my life. And if your not even going to stop by Denver, we are going to have to have a talk about your commitment to the Karma is Instant team.

That link has an Mp3 for Postal Service already so I feel no need posting a new one.

Thursdays are for finding old friends: Jarvis Cocker

Jarvis Cocker has always seemed to me to be one of the most uncaring and free spirited musicians in the world, which is odd when you consider how emotional his lyrics really are. On the one hand you want to help him, but on the other he is really not looking for help, just sort of singing to him self.

And while the rest of Brittans music scene was moving onward he was still back there channeling John Lennon and the long tradition of creating tunes to go with the poor rainy weather in those parts.

I recently saw this video and it instantly reminded me why I was attracted to him in the past. Take a listen if you like lo-fi brits singing about their lives.

I Will Kill Again.mp3
Heavy Weather.mp3

The Sun is a good source of vitamin C

But

It's so hot.

I cant even...breath

Songs that I want to dance to, but cant because you cant dance on the sun. Far to hot for that silly, plus there are no cold taps to run your burned feet under.

Balaclava.mp3- Arctic monkeys

Club Foot.mp3- Kasabian

Twist and Shout.mp3 - Tom Jones

still showin love for the 408 while im in the 303

Here are a few tracks I owed you for the Motion City post and a few because they are all over my play lists right now.

Enjoy

Broken Heart.mp3 -New MCS single

The Best in Me.mp3-New Sherwood

None Shall Pass.mp3- New Aesop Rock via Spin

Late Night TV.mp3- Brian Posehn (stand up comic from Just Shoot me)

White People for Peace.mp3-New from Against Me!

"Shut up Denver! We tell you what to do!...You dont tell us what to play! "

So Motion City Soundtrack rolled into town on saturday with Sherwood, The Higher and The Forcast in tow. I had seen them at warped tour a while ago so I wasnt all that intrested, but my friend was desperate to head go and I had been meaing to see Sherwood so we got the tickets and waited for the 14th.

The show sold out. Packed. Full to the brim

Not supriseing in that it is one of the smaller venues in all of Colorado. But the feeling in the room was crazy.

Yes, Sherwood killed (litteraly/figurativly/and all adround brilliantly). Yes The Higher were an intresting sight to many who had no idea who they were and The Forcast were fine.

But

These kids had gotten their tickets in may, had waited outside for hours and knew everyword of MCS's pattented rappid fire delivery. It was them they were there to see and there wasnt one person standing still when MCS hit that stage.

It all started with "Capital H" and wound through a few new songs and the better part of Commit this to Memmory. The crowed was begging for "Red Dress" after every single song, prompting Justin to tell the crowd "...shut up! Seriously Denver! its on the list" which is a funny comment since I saw the set list and it deffinitly was not on there. Anyways, they did it for the encore which was fine.

All in all it was a fantastic show, my only down side was the short Sherwood set but I have a feeling they are almost at the level where they can tour on their own and still bring some large crowds.

If there are tickets left I highly recomend this tour, because this is probably the last time MCS plays something this small. Ill hit you guys with some tracks later tonight if i think of it.

"And I’m off to save the world

silly me I left a message with no return number

for my boys in blue in case of an emergencyin case the shit goes down yea"

-Motion City Soundtrack

Thursdays are for finding old friends

When I was young my mother played a lot of Motown. Were talking a lot, like more then a white girl from California should.

Beacuse of this I developed a pretty fluid knowledge of the Detroit scene circa 1976, and still have a love of it to this day.

So for this Thursday's post I will point your attention to an often unheard tribute album that has some of Motown's biggest artists paying homage to the Beatles.

Some of the tributes are a bit odd, if not interesting on paper. Im sure that "The fool on the Hill" done by the Four Tops sounded like a great idea, but in action is becomes some sort of weird herky jerky event. Despite these semi-misses there are still some great tracks in here, like Marvin Gaye doing "Yesterday" and "Let it Be" done over by Gladys Night & the Pips. Really in the end its just and interesting thing to have on your hard drive.

All these tracks came from the now defunct Ape Shall Never Kill Ape and though he is taking a break from this whole thing I owe him much for all the rare old school stuff he passed me.

Let it Be.mp3-Gladys Night and the Pips

Yesterday.mp3- Marvin Gaye

A Hard Day's Night.mp3-The Supremes

Well isnt that just Prime?

Wait what? When did this horrible relationship start?

If Ashlee and Pete had a kid it would be like the worst musician and biggest attention whore the world had ever known.

I don't know whats scarier, the fact that a child of theirs my happen or the fact that this relationship some how makes her relevant again.

Least this gives me another excuse to watch her eat shit on TV

More pressing posts to come soon...

Thriller (live).mp3

Um...the title slot isnt working...um...yeah ill fix that later.

Anyways, about 60% of the traffic I get on this site comes from people looking for Say Anything pictures and music. Sweet! I'm happy to do more about them, as the are one of my favorite bands.

So because of high demand here are 3 songs that I like from them that are a bit harder to find and one chill cover of a Blink 182 song we all know.

Total Revenge.mp3

I Will Never Write An Obligatory Song About the Road.mp3

Slumming It With Johnny.mp3

Dammit.mp3


I hope that helps the nearly tens of you that visit this site daily. If anyone know how to fix the title of my blog, that would be great. Have a good Sunday!

TV on the Radio new material off Single "Province"

The boys at TVOR have put out a new single CD for the song Province and with it comes two unreleased tracks that are pretty fantastic. Both of them contain all of TVOR's dream inducing beats and they both come with some cool artwork that is not on google for some reason, so you will have to download the stuff to get a look at it.

You have to respect the work ethic these guys have. Seems like new material from them is coming up every day and they are slowly getting some attention from the main stream world with mentions on 4400 and John from Cincinnati.

If you are into them, you will dig these. If your new I would suggest the singles first from their
myspace. Start with wolf like me and slowly work out.

Dumb Animal.mp3

Wasted Weekend.mp3

ohhh....no...not cool

NOOOOOO!!!!!!!11!@

Happy fourth

This land is your land, this land is my land
From California to the New York Island
From the Redwood Forest to the Gulf Stream waters
This land is made for you and me.
As I go walking this ribbon of highway
I see above me the endless skyway
And all around me the wind keeps saying:
This land is made for you and me.
I roam and I ramble and I follow my footsteps
Till I come to the sands of her mineral desert
The mist is lifting and the voice is saying:
This land is made for you and me.
Where the wind is blowing I go a strolling
The wheat field waving and the dust a rolling
The fog is lifting and the wind is saying:
This land is made for you and me.
Nobody living can ever stop me
As I go walking my freedom highway
Nobody living can make me turn back
This land is made for you and me.
In the squares of the city, In the shadow of a steeple;
By the relief office, I'd seen my people.
As they stood there hungry, I stood there asking,
Is this land made for you and me?
As I went walking, I saw a sign there;
And on the sign there, it said, 'No Trespassing.'
But on the other side; it didn't say nothing!
That side was made for you and me.

D.A.N.C.E to Our Love to Admire

I am so addicted to Justice right now esspecially the single D.A.N.C.E which has had my toe tapping for the last few days and has racked up quite the play count on my last FM.

My first encounter with these guys was their video which comes down to some pretty teriffic eye candy. The song is really great, but when put with those odd moving T-shirt its nearly impossible to look away.

If you like Daft Punk and feel the need for a Michael Jackson tribute song, I suggest this.

D.A.N.C.E.mp3

In Other news, the new Interpol album is supurb. And I belive it is better then the new Stripes offering. Although it lacks a bit of originality, there are enough jewles to keep me entertained and I can live with non drastic changes right now. If you are a fan, buy it and see them. They still have it and are one of the best shows out there.

Pioneer to the Falls.mp3

Also, I am going to see Transformers this weekend so be on the look out for a post with that in mind. And the end of the month is going to bring an Axe that Choped The Cherrey Tree show as well as the Silversun Pickups with Sea Wolf so Ill try to get some reviews of that if I can.