New project Lost Lander is from Ramona Falls member Matt Sheehy and produced by Brent Knopf. Watch the video “Cold Feet” from their upcoming album DRRT (Dirt) that will be released January 17th (pre-order starts today on Bandcamp with a kEwl limited edition mini planetarium!) and don’t miss their show February 10th in der rath!!
If you read about my shame spiral earlier in the week, shame spiral no more my friends. However, I did spend another sleepless night writing a TV criticism paper. This also happens to be the week I discovered I picked the wrong major.
Anyway, despite the sleeplessness and some other somber events this week, I’m grateful it’s Friday and I’m here to enjoy it and wanted to share some happiness with you too.
A couple of weeks ago Ra Ra Riot stopped by Jimmy Fallon to play “Shadowcasting” from their album The Orchard. Watch the video through photobucket and check them out at Union South November 19th!!
*Photo Credit RaRaRiot.com
NPR Music All Songs Considered: First Watch featured Milagres‘ Halfway video today. There’s a lot going on in the vid including a massive cat; check it out via vimeo and see Milagres when they return to campus October 14th with Peter Wolf Crier.
Milagres – Halfway from VALIANT EFFORT on Vimeo.
Excited to see Sharon Van Etten in der Rathskeller on April 8?
Get a taste of the show by checking out a few songs from her final SXSW set at the Red Ryder showcase at Central Presbyterian Church.
Our friend and official videographer Spencer Wells got some great footage of Horse Feathers on Saturday night.
It was a full house and a great show. Check it:
The song “Helen” is from their second album, House with No Home. If you were there, you’ll appreciate reliving the moment – if you weren’t there, you’ll feel like you were.
or at least not yet. danger mouse has a long list of accomplishments. danger mouse’s first project that gained the attention of the music industry, the grey album, just earned the #58 spot on rolling stone’s top 100 albums of the last decade. his collaboration with cee-lo green, also known as gnarls barkley, came out with two kick ass albums. st. elsewhere, the first of the two, was on the list of top 100 albums of the decade too (#87 to be exact). he also produced my favorite beck album modern guilt. danger mouse has definitely left his mark on music in the last decade.
but then again this is only my opinion. i’m sure there’s someone out there way more well-versed in music who will disagree with me.
anyways, pitchfork broke the news on september 29th that danger mouse would be collaborating with james mercer of the shins. the duo, named broken bells, will be releasing their album in 2010. today, ads have started appearing with urls that lead to websites displaying an image of what is supposedly mercer and danger mouse (shown below). the websites also have short instrumental segments of songs. i’m assuming these are previews of what’s to come on the album. you check these websites out here, here, and here.
and for those of you who would prefer an entire song instead of a several-second component, here are some videos of danger mouse’s work.
rock on folks,
margaret kaye
don’t you hate when that happens? i’m studying abroad next semester. the local natives are playing in the city i’m staying in a day before i get there. i can’t even get their album yet. it’s not being released here until february (it’s already been released in england). here’s a video of their most popular song on myspace.
they’re good. this is just my luck. i wonder how much it would be to switch my arrival date. it would probably be pretty expensive, but a concert seems like the perfect way to combat jet lag.
rock on folks,
margaret kaye
of 2009. which means plenty of “best of” lists. pitchfork just posted their best music videos of 2009. below are a few of my favorites from their list.
rock on folks,
margaret kaye
i hope everyone enjoyed their thanksgiving breaks. just three and a half weeks until this semester is over. anyone else excited? anyone else having a hard time concentrating? well to get you back into the groove of things here’s a video from groovitational pull.
groovitational pull also has a few songs up on myspace. this is definitely a band to watch.
rock on folks,
margaret kaye
