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May
9
Shannon Wright & The Sea and Cake
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Quite a few new releases this week…I don’t even know where to start…
Singer/Songwriter Shannon Wright releases her sixth solo album on Quarterstick Records entitled, Let In The Light. Her music is a delicate mix of emotionally charged ballads and simple bare bone beats, proving that she is one of indie-rock’s finest.
mp3: Idle Hands – Shannon Wright
mp3: St.Pete – Shannon Wright
Let In The Light 2007 – Get It
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The Sea and Cake are an indie bubble rock band from Chicago, Illinois, band line up: Sam Prekop (guitar and vocals), Archer Prewitt (guitar), John McEntire (drums) and Erik Claridge (bass). They just released their first full length album after a four year hiatus on Thrill Jockey Records entitled, Everybody. A ten track album filled with effortless dream-pop that is just lovely in every way, leaves me feeling all warm and fuzzy.
mp3: Middlenight – The Sea and Cake
mp3: Exact To Me – The Sea and Cake
Everybody 2007 – Get It
That’s all I’m giving up for now…More tomorrow, hope everyone has a wonderful Wednesday. And to all my fellow Californians try to stay cool.
May
6
Sunday Mini Mix
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I have a few random tracks I’ve been digging taken from some recent releases and some not so recent…A little indie-pop to brighten your Sunday along with some dreamy indie-rock to sweep you to far away lands.
mp3: Say What You Will – The Lea Shores
Guillotine 2007 – Get It
mp3: Your Fridge And I, The Insomniac – The Camaromance
Different Paths 2006 – Get It
mp3: Thursday – Asobi Seksu
Friendly Fire Recordings Sampler 2007 – Get It
mp3: Faster Peach – The Harvey Girls
Declinate 2007 – Get It
On another note, I’ve seen a few great films in the past couple of weeks that deserve a mention and a couple out on DVD as well:
“The TV Set”
Written and Directed by Jake Kasdan
Quite a funny flick (Mentok, I highly recommend)
“The Namesake”
Screenplay by Sooni Taraporevala, Directed by Mira Nair
My mom wanted to see this film so we went for her birthday, I’ve been raving about it ever since.
“Waitress”
Written and Directed by Adrienne Shelly
This was a good film, I enjoyed it but there were a couple of things that just didn’t work for me. If you see it, chime in and we can discuss.
On DVD
“Little Children”
Written and Directed by Todd Field
“Volver”
Written and Directed by Pedro Almodóvar
May
5
Sisters Bianca and Sierra Casady are behind the funky Avant-garde trip-hop goodness you hear. Pitchfork hated it but I think it deserves a listen. Even if it is just to hear the seductive dream pop of Promise. Just the way I like to kick off my weekend indeed. Similar artists: Joanna Newsom, Portishead and Bjork
mp3: Rainbowarriors – CocoRosie
The Adventures of Ghosthorse and Stillborn (Touch and Go, 2007) – Get It
May
1
Frog Eyes, Tears of the Valedictorian
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Melanie Campbell, Spencer Krug, Carey Mercer, Michael Rak and McCloud Zicmuse are the main members of Frog Eyes and Absolutely Kosher just released their new album Tears of the Valedictorian.
And I think we all agree that Mr. Krug can do no wrong, this album is no exception.
mp3: Idle Songs – Frog Eyes
mp3: …Eagle Energy – Frog Eyes
Tears of the Valedictorian 2007 – GET IT
Apr
29
Beirut ‘Elephant Gun’ Video
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Did I ever mention how much I love Beirut? I think I have…
;-)
Beirut, Elephant Gun Video
Apr
26
Midnight Movies
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I wasn’t going to update because I am so sick of looking at this screen but I had to give a little update on Untitled 2.0 I have finally made some progress and after trying every possible option available and even options that weren’t possible…It all boiled down to going with WordPress…Which is grand, it just means twice as much work for me! Weeeeee!
Anyways you all may not be so excited because you probably feel like I am never going to finish this re-vamp, and that’s fine, I could understand that…But hey, this shit isn’t just cut and paste, this is like edit, copy, paste and print! So bring it! ;-)
Midnight Movies a kick ass band from LA, their new album Lion the Girl has been getting quite the buzz. They are taking their psychedelic indie-rock on the road for the next couple months; they just finished some dates with Blonde Redhead, there next set of dates will be with Autolux and The Raveonettes.
Tune in on May 8th at 11:00am Midnight Movies will perform live on Morning Becomes Eclectic – KCRW 89.9FM
Also on May 8th Midnight Movies will do a live in-store at Amoeba Music in Hollywood, CA – 7:00pm
mp3: Bell Tower – Midnight Movies
mp3: Coral Den – Midnight Movies
Lion the Girl 2007 – GET IT
Apr
24
Young Galaxy
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This blog has been giving me many heartaches the last few days, but whatever…It’s not about the blog URL or how many stats I have it’s about the music.
Young Galaxy just released their debut album today, this band that hails from Canada can make some fantastic indie pop-rock indeed. I love everything they do, I really don’t think they can do wrong.
mp3: Outside the City – Young Galaxy
mp3: Searchlight – Young Galaxy
Young Galaxy 2007 – GET IT
Apr
20
Road Blocks and Dust Bunnies
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I ran into some road blocks the last few days…It’s been good fun. While trying to point my blog*spot URL to my custom domain I got an unfriendly error message that might as well have said, “Go to Jail. Move directly to Jail. Do not pass “Go” Do not collect $200″. Actually the real message says something like, “There is another blog hosted at this address” or something around those lines, the thing is there is nothing else at that address and I told Blogger that but Blogger didn’t care so Mr. Pip came to the rescue and is trying to troubleshoot the issue with Dreamhost so hopefully this weekend I will no longer have the yucky http://lttlamb.blogspot.com address but instead have www.untitledrecords.com
Then last night I left my laptop for awhile and returned to find a PC Error Message, this message was even more unfriendly than the previous message and was far more serious…Basically my laptop was over-heating and needed to shut down immediately otherwise it would self destruct…Of course I almost self destructed thinking about all that I would lose…But after a little sleep and a little research I read other people have had the same error message and they opened up their laptop and cleaned it out and it worked like new again…YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!Mr.Pip helped me do that too and after a few fights with some nasty dust bunnies my laptop can finally breathe again. YEAH!!!!!!!!!!
So that is what I have been dealing with the last couple of days…A little mini-mix to share what I’ve been listening to…
mp3: Shankill Butchers – The Decemberists
The Crane Wife 2006 – GET IT
mp3: Whirling Dervish – Student Film
Sleeping Giant 2007 – GET IT
mp3: Emmawood – Buildings Breeding
Building Breeding 2006 – GET IT
And Death Cab for Cutie’s, Something About Airplanes is now on vinyl!
mp3: Bend to Squares – Death Cab for Cutie
Something About Airplanes LP 2007 – GET IT
Apr
18
Cloud Cult, The Meaning of 8
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Scott West and Connie Minowa paint on stage during Cloud Cult’s live shows
You know what scares me? Psychic Readers…It’s not the phenomena that scares me, it’s that people actually believe they have the ability to predict the future and read people’s minds…And then people actually believe it! That’s scary.
Cloud Cult released The Meaning of 8 on April 10th and I must applaud this Eco friendly band from Minneapolis. 18 tracks of spectacular experimental indie-rock popping goodness…There is not a bad song on this album and it has shot right up into my 2007 top ten fav albums list! For the next 2 months they hit the road, check their show page to see when they play near you.
mp3: Pretty Voice – Cloud Cult
mp3: Thanks – Cloud Cult
The Meaning of 8 – 2007 – GET IT
Apr
15
Mix of 5
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Mix of 5
Sorry it has been a little quiet around here…I have been trying to figure out what to do with the bloggy blog. It took a great deal of time to figure out which platform I was going to run with…I settled on Serendipity and at first I was really quite excited but then when I went to customize the template I ran into quite a few road blocks and then began to reevaluate the entire situation…I don’t know what I was thinking, it takes me forever and a day just to decide on what I want for dinner let alone what blog platform I want to use…
It was also my mom’s b-day so we went and saw The Namesake, which was actually really well done, the director, Mira Nair also directed Monsoon Wedding, which I also recommend.
Anyways, I thought I would post a little mix of what I have been listening to while I work on Untitled 2.0 (it’s coming, slowly but surely)
mp3: Snow Lion – Feist | Readymade FC
Open Season 2006
mp3: Between The Bars – Elliott Smith
Either /Or 1997
mp3: My Body Is a Cage – Arcade Fire
Neon Bible 2007
mp3: Home (Acoustic) – The Cinematics
A Strange Education 2007
mp3: Jason Believes Me, You Can’t Trust Your Dreams – Sunset Rubdown
Sunset Rubdown EP 2006
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