Marching in Place

I'm on my way out the door to attend a meeting, but I wanted to you leave you with this quickie... It's the new video for the song "No One Does It Like You" by Department of Eagles. For those not familiar, DoE is the side project of sorts of Daniel Rossen of the band Grizzly Bear. This is one my favorite cuts of the group's 2008 effort In Ear Park; a plodding number complete with ethereal vocals and catchy- as- fuck melodies. If only all wars / music vids included dancing ghosts, anarchists, and revolutionary war era soldiers....

Department of Eagles - No One Does It Like You

how can abrasive and smutty be so catchy?

I Collect vinyl records and Ive been going kinda hay wire on ebay lately. One rare out of print LP I picked up was Arab on radars "Rough day at the Orifice." (this sloping economy is making rare records a steal). I had heard of this band a few times and finally checked out their myspace page a few weeks ago. I was rather amused by the unique sound while at the same time feeling uncomfortable at the same time. I dont think there are many bands that sound liek this nor have such a bizarre subject matter. In all honesty I havent taken it off my turntable in the last 3 weeks. Its an abrasive sound yet itstill keeps you interested.


This bands use of effects and slide guitar use reminds me very much of the no wave scene. The harsh pedals, strange tuning and slide guitar give a almost metal scraping metal sound very much like Teenage Jesus and the Jerks. The First song to pop in my head in relations to Arabs sound was Teenage jesus's "Red alert." The difference from the No wave is that fact that the subject matter is very smutty while delivered in a almost creepy yelping style. The drums are spastic yet keeping the guitars in check. After reading about this band, I found out their first album had a bassist so Im curious as to what it sounded like.

I recently downloaded and bunch of their discography, Im interested checking out the rest of their catalog. I found the song #5 on youtube and loved it. This band live looked nothing but interesting and entertaining. The singer flails around like as does the rest of the band. While performing their uniform consisted of matching dickie pants and work shirts (hurray for team unity). There is jsut something very uncomfortable about this band while at the same very interesting. Check them out,

Enjoy the video
Tom

YEah Yeah YEah's...... No Dice

I recently downloaded a leaked copy of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs third proper release "It's Blitz." Ive been a huge fan of this band for a long time and was rather disappointed by this release. The last two albums were manic guitar and drum soak songs with lyrics that either grabbed you close or smacked you in the face. Its not too often a band rocks hard with a girl singer.

With "Its Blitz" the band moves towards being a more dancey elctro type band. Nick Zinner drops the guitar and replaces it with synthesizers. Most of the songs are very catchy and enjoyable but at times I found myself looking around wondering when the song will go nuts. It seems liek the songs lack a sense of danger the last two releases had.

As band members they had a history of being volatile which I always found intriguing becasue it seemed very parelleled to their sound. This album they seem to be way too comfortable and happy with one another.

To me this album is soft. Its not a bad album, its jsut not what I visioned where the band would go to next (I hoped they would get harder and more unpolished). There seems to be enough indie synth pop bands around now a days, I jsut dont get why they want to be part of the masses.

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Get Some Spring in Yr Step

Springtime... is there really any better time of the year for some nice love-makin? I mean it's the season of boot-knockin ya'll.. everyone from Emu's to Armadillo's are bangin it out right now, so why aren't you?! Anyhow here's a few releases that I think will provide the proverbial "lotion" for yr motion *cue bass heavy porno grooves*

Well it appears as though Mr. Oberst will be gettin' down with something a bit more freaky than Digital Ash... now just replace Bright with Brown and you get the picture. On a more serious note, the singer/songwriter's new album, Outer South, will be dropping May 5 (the soundtrack for Cinco de Mayo '09 perhaps?) courtesy of Merge Records. Similar to Oberst's previous effort, 2008's Conor Oberst, the Mystic Valley Band will tag along to provide you with more neo-country rock and BDSM gang-bangs... LOLZ!

Conor Oberst - I Don't Wanna Die (In the Hospital)





Beat makin', record scratchin, and jet-setting madman DJ A-Trak will be dropping his long awaited mix CD, Infinity +1, and based on previous efforts this will be anything but serene. March will have been a busy month for the Quebecois rhythm connoisseur as he will be releasing the mix March 31, mere days after having rocked the house at SXSW in Austin. If that's not enough, he'll be headed down to Miami (BIG WILLY STYLE!) to rock several beach side parties from the 26th thru 28th. So if you find yrself trippin face on some Molly or whatever the kids take these days, A-Trak is sure to provide you with fuel for the dance floor or wherever else yr horny ass ends up!

A-Trak - Infinity +1 Preview




I'm quite the city-slicker, but deep down I enjoy the great outdoors... I really do! So when I sit down and listen to a band like the Felice Brothers, I can't help but invoke images of rural-ness, like say hiking or drinking some whiskey and shootin' Coke cans with a BB gun. This four-piece from New York City, by way of the Catskill Mountains up state, are amongst a new generation of Americana that has rightfully followed in the footsteps of the Dylans and the Youngs. While clearly drawing influence from the former, the bands vibe falls somewhere between the sing-a-long excitement of Old Crow Medicine Show and the freewheeling melodies of My Morning Jacket, the Bros (Yes they are related!) will be releasing their fourth album, Yonder Is The Clock, on April 7 via Team Love Records. So if you want some earthy eargasms on the trail, be sure to check out the Felice Brothers... it'll make yr offers of a date to rural and secluded area seem much less creepy, I promise!

Felice Brothers - Frankie's Gun






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