Honestly, what’s there to say? The Self-Titled album is a great collection of songs, but they failed to add the two best songs from the show: Bret You’ve Got It Goin On and Cheer Up Murray. In fact the only reason I am talking about this CD is to have an excuse to post the videos of those two particular songs. Still worth the purchase, funny, feel-good wit over some groovy music. Read the full story
Got an itch for some good old antsy indie-pop? Look no further than Walk It Off, the sophomore release from Tapes ‘N Tapes. Following up on their critically acclaimed The Loon, the boys from Minnesota have pushed their sound forward. The group falls under indie-rock, see: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, but this genre is amorphous and TNT are doing a lot with a little in the world of lo-fi, hi-quality pop. Their unique blend of visceral pinging guitars and semi-electronic musical ether is definitely worth checking out.
Highlights include, “Le Ruse“, “Blunt”, “Conquest”, and the power track “Hang Them All”.
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Upcoming Tour Dates:
4/30/08: Birmingham, AL
5/02/08: Autin, TX
5/03/08: Denton, TX
5/04/08: Dallas, TX
5/06/08: Tuscon, AZ
JP is a music contributor for 21st Century Spectacle. His blog, Audio Sweet Tooth can be found here.
Born of the same acoustic backed lo-fi pop as Ruby Suns and Adem, San Francisco based duo, The Dodo’s, latest release Visiter (3/18/08) uses smokey voices backed by a rockin 6-string and a focus on deep driving drums rather than splashy cymbals, to create an original hardcore sound. The best way to describe the follow up to “Beware of Maniacs” is to imagine Death From Above 1979 loving their parents and writing an album with an acoustic guitar rather than a overly distorted bass. The duo seems to hone their skills, and although not much musically has changed in their latest release, it seems to be a good thing.
Highlights Include, “Jodi“, “Walking”, “Paint the Rust”, and the mind numbingly catchy, “Fools”
Reviewed Reviews:
Pitchfork
Pre-Fix
MetaCritic
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Home Page
MySpace
Last.fm
Upcoming Dates:
5/02/08: Los Angeles, CA
5/14/08: San Francisco, CA
5/19/08: San Francisco, CA
6/24/08: Portland, OR
6/25/08: Seattle WA
JP is a music contributor for 21st Century Spectacle. His blog, Audio Sweet Tooth can be found here.
A great and up-and-coming band will be playing some great songs courtesy of http://tempe3rdthursdays.com
When: April 17, 2008 7pm – 10pm
Location: Tempe Marketplace, a mile West of the Loop 101 and a 1/2 mile South of the Loop 202 at McClintock and Rio Salado.
Price: FREE
Age: 18+
Who’s Going?
Grade school is back with a vengeance! This is going to be one rad party. Bring your friends.
DJ Calypso of Shake will be providing the chicken dance.
Open Invite, so just show up. But it would be polite to say hi to the old man…
http://royce.hottahotta.com
Nostalgic 8th grade attire suggested. As a general rule of thumb, if its made of stonewashed denim, its good.
