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W♥M207: Britpop SXSW Extra Bonus

W♥M207: SXSW Extra Bonus (18 mins) Read More Flight of the Conchords Flight of Conchords are a duo from Wellington, New Zealand; Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie. They are, in their own words, "New Zealand's 4th most popular guitar-based digi-bongo …

Hi, this is a special Extra Bonus Podcast episode - basically most of the stuff I had to throw out from last week's recording.

Brody, Orlando, and Michael are our guests on W♥M Radio!

Some throwaway topics:

Laura Marling massages Brody.

Demand for Unofficial SXSW Showcases. Eagulls, not Eagles. Eagulls self-titled album released March 3rd on Partisan.

The Cribs and the infamous bridge collapse in 2007

The list keeps on coming: Oasis, Blur, James, Teenage Fanclub, Boo Radleys, Lemonheads, Soul Asylum, Ben Folds Five... but not Juliana Hatfield and Blake Babies. Vu hates God Bless the Blake Babies from 2001.

Luna/Dean Wareham/Galaxie 500

Select Magazine: The Music Bible

The great Suede debate for "The Drowners"

The beauty of the mixtape

Rodney Bingenheimer (Rodney on the 'Roq)

Jesus Jones

Song of the show is Flight of the Conchords' "Hurt Feelings".

Music For Listeners and the El Chile Group have announced their six straight unofficial SXSW day party. This year will be held at El Sapo on 1900 Manor Road. Details on musicforlisteners.com.

Dean Wareham Double Feature/Sonic Cathedral

Also, as previously announced on news.weheartmusic.com, Dean Wareham released his first ever solo album on Double Feature (US) and Sonic Cathedral (UK).

He'll be heading out on tour in support of the new record:

03/28-03/30 - Big Ears Festival, Knoxville, TN
04/01 - Atlanta, GA - the Earl
04/03 - Carrboro NC - Cat's Cradle
04/04 - Washington DC - U Street
04/05 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
04/06 - Philadelphia, PA - Boot & Saddle
04/09 - Toronto, ON - Horseshoe Tavern
04/10 - Ferndale ,MI - Magic Bag
04/11 - Chicago, IL - Old Town School of Music
04/12 - St Paul,MN - Turf Club

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Site Update (June 2012)

Today is going to be really busy for me. Just wanted to point out that I've updated a few things on the side-bar of W♥M, notably the new custom Twitter logo (yes, I know they have a new "upward" logo).

Anyway! Just got done with season two of "Flight of the Conchords" via borrowed DVD (yes, three years too late). It is a true shame that there won't be a season three, but reading about the duo's struggles to write season two I can understand why. Apparently the band used up most of their music comedy material in season one, so when it came to filming season two, they simply didn't have enough songs to carry season two.

I was so inspired by the duo that I put together this vu-art of Bret, Jemaine, and their stalker Mel.

BONUS: I'll be attending The Daredevil Christopher Wright this June 23rd. Here's some details on the band.

THE DAREDEVIL CHRISTOPHER WRIGHT
thedaredevilchristopherwright.com

I remember a few years ago, Brody was telling me about The Daredevil Christopher Wright and I thought they were superheroes from some pulp magazine. DCW is from Eau Claire, a city that has the benefit of being between Minneapolis and Milwaukee, and I have been told many times, has a huge music scene.

The trio has a new album called The Nature of Things, which is coming out June 26th. Starting next week, the band is doing a few dates between here (Minneapolis) and there (Milwaukee).

UPDATE:

THE DAREDEVIL CHRISTOPHER WRIGHT

06/22 Eau Claire, WI Grand Little Theater 06/23 Minneapolis, MN The Cedar Cultural Center 06/26 Eau Claire, WI Volume One (Free In-Store) 06/29 Madison, WI The Frequency 06/30 Sheboygan, WI Paradigm 07/01 Milwaukee, WI Cactus Club 07/17 Milwaukee, WI Paste Mag - Live at Aloft 07/28 Avoca, WI Shitty Barn Session: Field Trip 08/01 Chicago, IL Subterranean * 08/02 Iowa City, IA The Mill *

08/03 Cincinnati, OH MOTR Pub * 08/04 Lakewood, OH Mahall's 20 Lanes * 08/14 New York, NY TBA 08/15 Boston, MA Great Scott * 08/19 Shippensburg, PA The Thought Lot 08/23 Kalamazoo, MI Old Dog Tavern 09/13 Hayward, WI The Park Theater 11/02 Madison, WI UW-Madison 11/16 Minneapolis, MN United Methodist Church * = Via Audio

PS, maybe it's a local thing, but the cover artwork to The Nature of Things reminds me of Chino Latino.

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CD Releases (4/22/2008)

This is just a quick note because I wanted to mention some of the great CDs that's being released today, Tuesday, April 22nd. We've covered a few of these bands, so I've included links to our articles below. I'm quite curious about the Whitesnake album. Cristina, please review this one!

Story of the Year - Wake Up	El Perro del Mar - Somebody's Baby
Billy Bragg - The Johnny Carcinogenic Show	Flight of the Conchords - Hiphopopotamus Vs. Rhymenocerous

Story Of The Year

- The Black Swan

 

Elbow - Seldom Seen Kid

 

Whitesnake - Good To Be Bad

 

Blind Melon - For My Friends

 

Goldfinger - Hello Destiny

El Perro Del Mar

- From the Valley to the Stars

 

Billy Bragg - Mr. Love & Justice

Flight Of The Conchords

- Flight of the Conchords

The Young Knives

- Superabundance

Elvis Costello

- Momofuku (vinyl only)

Neil Hamburger

- Sings Country Winners

Apparently Elvis Costello got a whole lot of people talking about his latest album, Momofuku because he's releasing it vinyl-only. What people didn't know is that a CD version of the album will eventually be made available, two weeks after today.

I got a note last week about Billy Bragg's Mr Love & Justice (regular and deluxe version of his album) will be available today. The story behind this album is that they had finished recording the album with a full backing band (The Blokes), but for some reason, Bragg decided to go back into the studio with his electric guitar to re-record the whole album by himself.

You can see the videos for all 15 tracks on www.mrloveandjustice.net.

New Zealander's Flight of the Conchords is back with a self-titled album (their fourth!) on Sup Pop Records.

Also, be sure to get W♥M's favorite El Perro Del Mar today too.

 04/22/2008 11:19:42  vu my♥posts weheartmusic.com

Flight of the Conchords

 

Albi

Flight of the Conchords

Flight of Conchords are a duo from Wellington, New Zealand; Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie. They are, in their own words, "New Zealand's 4th most popular guitar-based digi-bongo acapella-rap-funk-comedy folk duo" or in simpler terms, "New Zealand's fourth most popular folk-parody duo". Most of their performances include acoustic guitars and humorous banter. They probably received the most recognition (in the US) from their appearance on HBO's comedy series One Night Stand in which they performed seven songs; the whole show can be viewed on Google Video. When I first saw them, I was wary of the whole comedians-with-musical-instruments routine, but these guys actually mix the instruments with their witty material really well. They recently signed a 12-episode deal with HBO for a self-titled series about them "trying to achieve success in New York City as a band" (Wiki).

 

Frodo

Flight of the Conchords

They released an album in 2002 of live material called Folk the World Tour featuring 2 studio-recorded tracks, "Something Special for the Ladies" and the Lord of the Rings inspired "Frodo". In 2005, they wrote a six-part, half-hour radio series for BBC Radio 2. "Presented in a 'mockumentary' style the series follows the duo's move to London and all the trials and tribulations they encounter along the way; from being shot by an arrow and dealing with stalker fans to the threat of the band breaking up. Interspersed throughout, are songs which seem to fit each situation" (SmokeCDs). In 2006, it was made available through Audible, Amazon (Canada) (UK), and SmokeCDs.

Issues / Think About It, Think Think About It

Flight of the Conchords

Aside from Flight of the Conchords, Jemaine and Bret have other side-projects:
Jemaine was part of The Humourbeasts with Taika Cohen (who is also credited as Taika Waititi). I don't know much about the project, but from this thread, I gather that it was a theatrical sketch-comedy duo. Jemaine is also a screenwriter/actor who co-wrote and co-starred in a movie called Tongan Ninja which is an english-dubbed english film done in the style of poorly dubbed martial arts movies about a ninja trying to save the woman he loves. Jemaine played the villain, Action Fighter/Marvin. And in 2006, he appeared in a couple of Outback Steakhouse commercials.

Pencils In the Wind

Flight of the Conchords

Bret is part of an 8-member band called The Black Seeds with a "reggae, dub, funk and soul" influence (site bio) and also has a solo project called The Video Kid which is more electronic, synth, folk sounding. He was an extra in The Fellowship of the Ring as an elf and nicknamed Figwit by fans which is an acronym for "Frodo is grea...who is THAT?!?" And thanks to some hardcore fans, Peter Jackson gave him a speaking part in The Return of the King. There's a fansite called Figwit Lives! dedicated to the elf and the man who played him.

Jemaine will star in a film called Eagle vs. Shark written and directed by his Humourbeasts pal Taika Cohen (Waititi). It's a "tale of two socially awkward misfits and the strange ways they try to find love; through revenge on high-school bullies, burgers, and video games" (IMDb). The film has received much praise including winning Best Screenplay at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival and being the Official Selection at both the Sundance Film Festival and SXSW Film Festival and is set to be released on June 15. Their HBO series will premiere two days later on June 17, but if that seems a bit too far, the full pilot episode can be viewed here. Much more info about Flight of the Conchords can be obtained from a great fansite called What the Folk!.

Eagle vs. Shark Official Trailer

Jason :: Official Site | What the Folk! (fansite)