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Screenings: Goldfrapp, Swedish House Mafia, and Snowpiercer

Poster Read More Goldfrapp We love Goldfrapp. The discoey band announce a UK tour for March and April 2014. Get your tickets now, they have previously sold out major European cities …

GOLDFRAPP
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Can't afford to fly over to the UK to catch Goldfrapp live? The next best thing is to catch their 30-minute Film Event & Live Performance of Tales of Us is available in theaters as a special two encore performances on March 25th & 27th. Please see listing of these films in your city below:

8 PM Showings:
3/25 & 3/27 AMC Empire on 42nd Street-NYC
3/25 & 3/27 AMC Burbank on North 1st Street-Burbank, CA
3/25 & 3/27 AMC Van Ness 14 IMAX San Francisco, CA
3/25 & 3/27 AMC Eden Prarie Mall Roseville, MN
3/25 & 3/27 AMC Barrington 30 Chicago, IL
3/25 & 3/27 AMC Cherry Creek on E. 1st Ave Denver,CO
3/25 & 3/27 AMC Franklin Mills Philadelphia, PA
3/25 & 3/27 AMC Pacific Palace on Pine Street Seattle, WA
3/25 & 3/27 AMC Sunset Place on Sunset Drive Miami, FL
3/25 & 3/27 AMC Owings Mills Owings Mills, MD
3/25 & 3/27 AMC Barton Creek on S Capitol Austin, TX
3/25 & 3/27 AMC Studio 30 Houston, TX
3/25 & 3/27 AMC Livonia on Haggerty Road Livonia, MI
3/25 & 3/27 AMC Center 24 on N 3rd Street-Phoenix, AZ
3/25 & 3/27 AMC Showplace 16 on Meridian Indianapolis, IN
3/25 & 3/27 AMC Elmwood Elmwood, LA
3/25 & 3/27 AMC Parkway Atlanta, GA
3/25 & 3/27 FilmBar Phoenix, AZ

7:30 PM Showings:
3/25 Cedar Lee Theatre Cleveland Heights, OH
3/25 Southside Works Cinema Pittsburg, PA
3/25 The Plaza Theatre Atlanta, GA
3/25 The Rialto Theatre Montreal, QUE

7 PM Showings:
3/25 Sie Filmcenter Denver, CO
3/25 & 3/27 Indie Screen Brooklyn, NY
3/27 The Texas Theatre Oak Cliff, TX

8 PM Showing:
3/25 The Trocadero Philadelphia, PA

9 PM Showings:
3/25 Rio Theatre Vancouver, BC
3/25, 3/26, 3/27 The Art Theatre Long Beach, CA

9:30 PM Showing:
3/26 Bloor Hot Docs Cinema Toronto, ONT

Poster Read More Swedish House Mafia Swedish House Mafia is a Swedish electronic dance music trio of three producers/DJs, Axwell, Steve Angello, and Sebastian Ingrosso. This week, Swedish House Mafia released their much-anticipated album, Until Now …

SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA
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Leave the World Behind is the documentary about the final moments as they complete their final "One Last Tour" of the global music sensation Swedish House Mafia. The film will be released in cinemas across the U.S. beginning March 27, 2014 for a special one-night presentation.

With over 1.7 million albums sold worldwide with their biggest selling single, "Don't You Worry Child," receiving over 160 million views on VEVO/YouTube and selling nearly 6 million singles worldwide reaching the #1 iTunes spot in 45 countries across the world including the UK, it's hard to believe that the group decided to call it quit while they are on top of the world.

Screening dates:

March 27th (One Day Only)
Regal South Beach Stadium 18 - Miami Beach, FL

April 1st (One Day Only)
Arclight Hollywood - Hollywood, CA
Filmbar - Phoenix, AZ
Marina Theatre - San Francisco, CA
Music Box Theatre - Chicago, IL
Studio Movie Grill Holcomb Bridge - Atlanta, GA
Trocadero Theatre - Philadelphia, PA

April 2nd (One Day Only)
Angelika Film Center & Café At Mosaic - Washington, DC
Reading Manville 12 Plex - Manville, NJ
Reading Cinemas Gaslamp 15 - San Diego, CA
Studio Movie Grill City Centre - Houston, TX
Studio Movie Grill Spring Valley - Dallas, TX
Tower Theatre - Sacramento, CA
Consolidated Theatres Ward Stadium 16 - Honolulu, HI

April 3rd (One Day Only)
Arclight Hollywood - Hollywood, CA
Filmbar - Phoenix, AZ
Studio Movie Grill City Centre - Houston, TX
Studio Movie Grill Spring Valley - Dallas, TX

April 4th (One Day Only)
Westwood Crest Theatre - Los Angeles, CA

Poster Read More movies.weheartmusic.com The beautiful Ingrid Pitt (The Wicker Man, Where Eagles Dare) stars as Elisabeth Nádasdy, an aging Hungarian Countess who discovers she can reverse her aging by bathing in the blood of young women. …

SNOWPIERCER
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Sounds like a heavy metal band doesn't it? Well I just saw the uncut version of Snowpiercer film. I think it's good, and I'm compelled to write about it.

I didn't know it was based on a French comic book (Le Transperceneige), but you don't really need to know the source material to enjoy this rather strange little film. Although this is a Korean production, based on the various UK and US actors, the majority of the dialogue is in English. I would say 90% of it is in English, and whatever isn't in English (Korean, Japanese, French), I think it is okay for you to not know what they are saying (because the main character, played by Chris Evans, also doesn't understand).

You find out through the pacing of the movie that the film is about a whole civilization living on a train. The people in the back tail of the train is rebelling, so they take the fight from train car to car. I don't want to over analyze the film, but basically I believe each car sort of represent a different social class. As our heroes make their way to the train's engine, you're given more back story.

Like I said, it's a strange movie. Sort of like the Matrix, sort of like Brazil, sort of like City of Lost Children, and a bit of BioShock (game). The whole film has a very British feel to it, not at all what you'd think of a Korean picture.

Harvey Weinstein wants to re-edit/re-cut Snowpiercer for pacing reasons, reducing the film by twenty minutes. I wonder if that 20 minutes is basically all the non-English parts? That made sense for the U.S. audiences, but I believe they should release the film intact.... Snowpiercer is coming out June 2014.

PS, the U.S. remake of Oldboy gets a thumbs up from me as well. I love the Korean Oldboy, and I believe the U.S. version is just as good. But I'll talk about that at another time.

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Going for Gold XVII

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Goldfrapp: Tales Of Us Read More Goldfrapp Goldfrapp is back! The UK dance band just announced their new album Tales Of Us will be coming out September 10th, 2013, via Mute Records. .…

GOLDFRAPP
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We love Goldfrapp. The discoey band announce a UK tour for March and April 2014.

Get your tickets now, they have previously sold out major European cities, including their show at the Hammersmith Odeon in London (which The Guardian hailing the band’s performance as “majestic”.)

Goldfrapp's latest album is called Tales Of Us. The album came in two flavors: a standard edition and a deluxe edition, which includes a hardcover 40-page book, a bonus CD containing a selection of remixes and live performances of album tracks, plus a DVD with Tales Of Us in 5.1 surround sound, a documentary of the making of Tales Of Us and the breathtaking short films for Drew and Annabel.

Goldfrapp UK Tour dates:

03/26/14 Birmingham Symphony Hall
03/27/14 Manchester The Lowry
03/29/14 Brighton Dome
03/30/14 Portsmouth Guildhall
04/01/14 Bristol Colston Hall
04/02/14 Reading Hexagon
04/04/14 Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
04/05/14 York Barbican
04/07/14 Gateshead Sage

Hiss Golden Messenger: Bad Debt Read More Hiss Golden Messenger Elephant Micah and Hiss Golden Messenger have teamed up to record a 7" split. The split is coming out September 4th. For a limited time, the 7" will come bundle with HGM's .…

HISS GOLDEN MESSENGER
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Hiss Golden Messenger's reissue of Bad Debt as an Expanded Edition on January 14th by Paradise of Bachelors Records; the album was previously released in 2010. The Expanded Edition restores the album's originally intended full song sequence, plus unreleased tracks.

Hiss Golden Messenger is North Carolina-based songwriter M.C. Taylor and multi-instrumentalist and recordist Scott Hirsch (who currently lives in Brooklyn). The dou has been making music together for twenty years in various incarnations, including six records with the San Francisco's Court and Spark.

Bad Debt Expanded Edition track listing:

1. Balthazar's Song
2. No Lord Is Free
3. Bad Debt
4. O Little Light
5. Straw Man Red Sun River Gold
6. Far Bright Star
7. The Serpent Is Kind (Compared To Man)
8. Call Him Daylight
9. Jesus Shot Me In The Head
10. Super Blue (Two Days Clean)
11. Roll River Roll
12. Drum

Alex Ebert: All Is Lost Read More Edward Sharpe On the evening of June 25th, even the temperamental Minnesota weather smiled upon the outdoor stage at Cabooze, where Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros performed their .…

ALEX EBERT
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Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros' frontman Alex Ebert was nominated for a Golden Globe for "Best Score" for the "All Is Lost" Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. The album came out October 1st via Community Music and featured ten original compositions and one new song all written, composed, and produced by Ebert.

"All Is Lost" is a film about one man's battle for survival against the elements after his sailboat is destroyed at sea. Starring Robert Redford, written and directed by J.C. Chandor.

The 71st Golden Globe Awards will be broadcasting live from Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California on January 12, 2014, by NBC. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler were announced as the co-hosts for the second time in a row.

Other nominees in the "Best Score" category are listed below, although I thought the winner may be the Mandela soundtrack due to his recent passing?

Alex Ebert - Best Score

Alex Heffes – Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom

Steven Price – Gravity

John Williams – The Book Thief

Hans Zimmer – 12 Years a Slave

Champs: Down Like Gold Read More The Jezabels After catching the very end of The Jezabels (who were on unusually early on in the line-up… in my opinion), Darwin Deez was the first act on our list of must-sees.…

CHAMPS
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Champs (aka brothers Michael and David Champion from the Isle of Wight) is back with a new single called "Savannah", taken from their debut album Down Like Gold, which will be released on February 24th 2014 on Play It Again Sam (PIAS).

The band will be out on tour with the Jezabels in 2014.

Brink The Jezabels

Speaking of which, Australia's The Jezabels will be back with a new album on February 18, 2014, called The Brink (PIAS).

Singer Hayley Mary of The Jezabels commented on the "pop music" on their album, "To me, pop is the darkest music of all. If you look not at what pop artists are consciously doing but at what they’re reflecting about the world, pop is the most twisted, weird and scary stuff. If you wanted to study the Earth from an alien perspective, listen to pop music."

The Jezabels and Champs tour dates:

02/24/14 Nottingham Rescue Room
02/25/14 Manchester Gorilla
02/26/14 Glasgow Oran Mor
02/28/14 Belfast Limelight 2
03/01/14 Dublin Button Factory
03/02/14 Dublin Button Factory
03/04/14 Bristol The Fleece
03/05/14 London Shepherds Bush Empire
03/06/14 Brighton Concorde 2

Read More Sharon Van Etten Sharon Van Etten is as easy on the eyes as she was on the ears. She started off "All I Can," and the band played on without any issues. Even when tuning her guitar, Van Etten is a pro .…

DOUG KEITH
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Doug Keith will be releasing Pony album on The Village Label. He premiered his song "Pure Gold In the 70's" on SPIN magazine. The song featured one J. Mascis (Dinosaur Jr), thanks to a dare from singer Sharon Van Etten.

To Keith's surprise, J. Mascis agreed to lend his talen. Keith responded, "I know, right? Mindblowing. Mind blown. He played the most amazing solo that captures exactly what that song is about."

Pony will be released February 11th on The Village Label.

Track listing:

1. Harvest Home
2. I Will Burn For You
3. Long Shot
4. Pure Gold In The 70's
5. The Apostles
6. You Can't Stand To Be Alone
7. Black Metal Black
8. The Weather's F*** Awful
9. The Bone In Your Hand

Ian McGlynn: Now We're Golden Read More Ian McGlynn Ian McGlynn has a new album called Now We're Golden, which just came out earlier this month, June 5th via Bailey Park Records. The album was recorded all over the place, including Paris.…

IAN MCGLYNN
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Now We're Golden is the third album from Ian McGlynn. It is said that the entire album was written on a tiny Casiotone MT-220 keyboard (which he kept with him at all times in case inspiration struck or his schedule suddenly aligned with his songwriting partner Chris Newkirk.)

We've briefly mentioned the album earlier in July, but wanted to mention that at the time of release, it was featured on iTunes New and Noteworthy section and spent two months in the CMJ top 30.

North Pole Vault

Also, worth noting, is that Ian McGlynn has a brand new Christmas-inspired EP called North Pole Vault, which came out December 3rd on iTunes. The EP is a six-song collection of holiday songs, "written in a bourbon haze".

Track Listing:

1 Christmas Morning
2 Our Favorite Christmas Movie
3 Christmas Sleep
4 Meet Me Where The Lights Shine Bright
5 North Pole Vault
6 Meet Me Where The Lights Shine Bright (Reprise)

MUTUAL BENEFIT
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Mutual Benefit, the latest Jordan Lee project, has a debut album called Love's Crushing Diamond. The album came out on CD on December 3rd (January 13th in the UK/Europe), and on vinyl on January 7th.

You can listen to his song "Golden Wake" on soundcloud.com.

Mutual Benefit will be heading out on tour in support of Love's Crushing Diamond:

01/13/14 - Boston, MA @ Great Scott
01/14/14 - Montreal, QC @ Il Motore
01/15/14 - Toronto, ON @ Drake Underground
01/18/14 - Minneapolis, MN @ Turf Club
01/22/14 - Seattle, WA @ Barboza
01/25/14 - San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop
01/28/14 - Los Angeles, CA @ Centre for the Arts
01/29/14 - Phoenix, AZ @ Rhythm Room
02/01/14 - Houston, TX @ Fitzgeralds
02/03/14 - Atlanta, GA @ The Earl
02/04/14 - Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506
02/06/14 - Philadelphia, PA @ Boot & Saddle
02/07/14 - New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge
02/08/14 - Brooklyn, NY @ Rough Trade

Whales in Cubicles: Golden Metal

WHALES IN CUBICLES
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Whales in Cubicles are a London-based trio with a brand new song called "Golden Metal", taken from their forthcoming debut album (to be released on January 27th 2014) via CLUB.THE.MAMMOTH records. The album was recorded at Monnow Valley Studio with producer Nick Mailing and mixed by Simon Barnicott . You can download "Golden Metal" for free on Bandcamp.

Tour dates:

01/28/14 – Newcastle – Digital
01/29/14 – Edinburgh – Sneaky Pete’s
01/30/14 – Glasgow – Nice N Sleazy
01/31/14 – Leeds – A Nation Of Shopkeepers
02/01/14 – Manchester – Night & Day Café
02/05/14 – Leicester – The Cookie Jar
02/06/14 – Bath – Moles Club
02/07/14 – Brighton – Prince Albert
02/13/14 – London – Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen
02/14/14 – Bournemouth – 60 Million Postcards
02/15/14 – Bristol – Start The Bus
02/22/14 – Reading – Oakford Social Club

THE DIVIDENDS
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The Dividends is singer Sarah Jaffe and producer Symbolyc One (or short, S1), with a forthcoming EP called Far From Away scheduled for release in 2014.

They've released a track from the EP called "Fool's Gold", featuring Raekwon.

The Body Wins Sarah Jaffe

We've previously written about Sarah Jaffe's album The Body Wins, which I previously said that "it's actually very good. Reminds me a bit of Florence + The Machine, but electronica, with Jaffe's beautiful voice."

S1 talked about Jaffe: "Sarah Jaffe is amazing, I truly believe we have something really special when we're working together. The first three songs we ever collaborated on were picked by major artists—including Eminem's 'Bad Guy'—so it was only right that we proceed and present our ideas through what we know now as The Dividends."

Angel Haze: Dirty Gold

ANGEL HAZE
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Dirty Gold is the new album from Angel Haze (aka Raykeea Wilson), it is coming out March 3rd, 2014, on Island Records (UK)/Universal Republic (US).

Haze is a rapper who released a free EP called Reservation last year, and quickly was noticed by major label Universal Republic. A few months ago, she released her first single "Echelon (It's My Way)", taken from Dirty Gold.

Track Listing:

01 Sing About Me
02 Echelon (It’s My Way)
03 A Tribe Called Red
04 Deep Sea Diver
05 Synagogue
06 Angel + Airwaves
07 April’s Fools
08 White Lillies / White Lies
09 Battle Cry
10 Black Dahlia
11 Planes Fly
12 Dirty Gold

The Slowdown: Digital Gold

THE SLOWDOWN
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The Slowdown is a 6-piece indie rock band (Brothers Sam Hoskins on lead vocals/guitars/other instruments and Joe Hoskins on keys, Josh Johnson on guitar, Jordan Smith on bass, Austin Turney on guitar, and Drew Little on drums) from Kansas City.

The band have a forthcoming album Digital Gold, pending release in early 2014 via Celebrity Narrators.

The album's first single and title track, "Digital Gold", which DIY Magazine calls "the poppiest and the most electronic", is available now.

You can hear the song now on soundcloud.com.

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Going for Gold XVIII

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Read More Goldfrapp I've gone on record in the past, saying that I am a fan of Goldfrapp. I love them, even though I don't have their new album, I did pick up Seventh Tree.…

GOLDFRAPP
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Goldfrapp is back! The UK dance band just announced their new album Tales Of Us will be coming out September 10th, 2013, via Mute Records.

The album is described as Goldfrapp's most narrative, cinematic and intimate recording to date. Does this mean a new direction (away from dance music?)

Be on the lookout for Goldfrapp to play some shows in the summer, including a special double date at the Manchester International Festival on July 17th and 18th. They've arranged for the Royal Northern College of Music string orchestra to playTales Of Us live for the first time. Of course, tickets are already sold out!

Their European headlining tour will take place in October and November. U.S. dates to be announced soon. Personally, I cannot wait!

06/23/13 Trinity Centre Bristol, UK
07/17/13 Manchester International Festival
07/18/13 Manchester International Festival
07/20/13 Somerset House Summer Series
07/21/13 Lovebox - Victoria Park
10/21/13 Paradiso, Amsterdam
10/22/13 Ancienne Belgique, Brussels
10/23/13 Heimathafen Neukölln, Berlin
10/25/13 Le Trianon Hall, Paris
10/26/13 Kaufleuten, Zurich
11/01/13 Hammersmith Apollo, London

BONDAX
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UK duo Bondax (Adam Kaye and George Townsend) is coming back to North America for a 2013 tour. They are in the middle of writing a new album, as Kaye mentioned, "We're only just writing our album now, but we're going to have songs, but songs treated differently so the structures aren't what you expect. It's got to keep the interest and not just be trying to do what's current."

Check out their new song, "Gold".

07/10 - Ottawa, ON - Ottawa Blues Festival
07/11 - Toronto, ON - Wrong Bar
07/12 - Mariaville, NY - Camp Bisco
07/13 - New York, NY - MoMA PS1 Warm Up
08/01 - Phoenix, AZ - Monarch Theatre
08/02 - San Francisco, CA - 1015 Folsom
08/03 - Los Angeles, CA - Hard Summer
08/30 - New York, NY - Electric Zoo
08/31 - Chicago, IL - North Coast Music Festival

SIR SLY
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Los Angeles' Sir Sly recently just signed to Cherrytree/Interscope Records, and their first release is the Gold EP (available now).

Hear the title track, "Gold", on soundcloud.com:



Tracklisting below:

1. Where I'm Going
2. Gold
3. Found You Out
4. Ghost

BRIEFLY BROOKLYN:

GOLD LAKE goldlakeband.com Gold Lake is Brooklyn's latest band, although two of the members are Carlos and Lua from Madrid. The two originally was playing music as the band We Are Balboa (distributed by PIAS), before relocating in New York as Gold Lake. Anyway, Gold Lake's We Already Exist is coming out this week, June 18th, 2013. Expect to hear some of those songs at their upcoming show at the Glasslands with Isadora on July 23rd.

BLUE & GOLD blueandgoldband.com Speaking of Brooklyn, Blue & Gold's debut single, "Ghost Man", taken from their debut self-titled EP, will be out at the end of June. The band will be performing their first show at Pianos in NYC on July 17th, 2013. Hear "Ghost Man" song now, and see if you can hear Alabama Shakes and White Stripes influences:

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Going for Gold 8

YES, Going for Gold is in its eighth installment.

Read More Goldfrapp I also picked up a few new CDs, including Goldfrapp's Seventh Tree, primarily for a decently priced ($17) deluxe package (includes extra DVD, handwritten lyric books, poster, postcards, etc).

GOLDFRAPP
www.goldfrapp.com

I've gone on record in the past, saying that I am a fan of Goldfrapp. I love them, even though I don't have their new album, I did pick up Seventh Tree.

So, their new release, The Singles, which comes out February 7th, 2012, via Astralwerks Records, is perfect for me - it collects all their big hits throughout the years. For hardcore fans, you'll want to pick this up because it also comes with two new songs, especially written and meant for this collection: "Yellow Halo" and "Melancholy Sky". The video for the former is available now on youtube.com. Tip: their videos have always been amazing, so do yourself a favor and watch it.

Anyway, watch out for the greatest hits/singles album to be out in February, below is the track listing:

1. Ooh La La
2. Number 1
3. Strict Machine (Single Mix)
4. Lovely Head
5. Utopia (Genetically Enriched)
6. A&E
7. Happiness (Single Version)
8. Train
9. Ride A White Horse (Single Version)
10. Rocket
11. Believer
12. Black Cherry
13. Yellow Halo
14. Melancholy Sky

GOLDEN CALVES
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Originally released in 1996, Golden Calves' Money Band LP and Century Band 12" are being re-issued on January 31st, 2012, as double LP from Woodsist Records. The record is limited to 1,000 copies, the digital version is infinite!

I've never heard of Golden Calves (or Wooden Wand and the Vanishing Voice), so I can't really understand the minimalist album cover approach. As a fan of cover artwork, I have to say, I don't like the white boring album artwork. Before you mention The Beatles' "White Album", I don't like that either - despite owning two different versions of that album.

I'll leave it to songwriter, James Jackson Toth, to explain his album (and his 'naïve art'):

"It was really all about The Godz, Jandek, The Shadow Ring, Strapping Fieldhands, Swell Maps and Tower Recordings. Beyond these, I had only heard the 'classic' and most available free jazz, krautrock and noise albums. I was a long way from, say, the second Comus album or Charles Gayle. But this music changed my life. It was a record store owner named Eric McCarthy and a man who needs no introduction to anyone reading these notes, Matt Valentine, who taught me that there was a world beyond Dischord, Vermiform and Ebullition. I went to college, met hip people, and got a job at both the local record store and the college radio station. I was taking drugs. I bought a four track and began emulating my heroes. I called the project Golden Calves. I was eighteen years old....

In hindsight, I like to think that the noise scene liked us and responded so positively to us because, in our own naïve way, we were subverting a very rigid paradigm. Touring with noise bands and moving in experimental circles but playing proper 'songs' is what made us weird. It was an exciting, unforgettable time.

These are not perfect records. Perhaps worse than so-called 'naïve art' is 'only-marginally-informed art' and that's what this is. I should have let my talents marinate for a while before rushing out records that now sound to me like thinly-veiled love letters to Siltbreeze. But f**k it, man. I was hopelessly arrogant then and remain so today. Why else would I greenlight this f**king thing?"

DIGGS DUKE
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Diggs Duke tells me that his new release, Black Gold is available now via Bandcamp at any price (this means you can put in $0.00 and it will still let you download the EP).

There is a disclaimer on the website, which I'll change to lowercase, because it felt like he's screaming at you with the ALL CAPS.

*** When you purchase this EP, you aren't paying for the artist to buy a yacht. You really arn't even paying for the music herein. What you're doing is making a donation to support this artist's future musical endeavors. So, be assured that whever you donate is helping to revive quality music. If you want to hear more, give more.

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A Perfect Day

 

 

Lou Reed - Perfect Day

Lou Reed

I think I've just had one of the best day. Ever.

First of all, my tax return came early (and I know that I'm also getting that stimulus check anytime now...) so I've been pretty fit as far as having some extra cash on hand.

With that in mind, I decided to splash out a little and dine out whenever I felt like it. So, sure, let's do breakfast drive-through at McDonald's. When I pulled up to the pay window, I was told to put away my money!

The man behind the window gave me this letter instead:

 

KTIS

 

Apparently, this was a promotional thing for KTIS Radio, which, as it turns out, is a Christian radio station.

Speaking of letter, I got another letter in the mail when I got home. The letter was from Best Buy, sending me a $50 gift card for my poor choice in the high definition war by buying a HD Player addon for the Xbox 360.

I ended up using that money to buy some standard DVD :) (take that, expensive Bluray!)

 

 

Goldfrapp - Happiness

Goldfrapp

I also picked up a few new CDs, including Goldfrapp's Seventh Tree, primarily for a decently priced ($17) deluxe package (includes extra DVD, handwritten lyric books, poster, postcards, etc). I am really impressed with the lyric book, it's not only handwritten, but there's random artwork by Alison. Who knew she's such a good artist?

The DVD is kind of disappointing, containing only a short documentary/interview and a video for A&E. Although, I have to say that Goldfrapp's always seem to really have an eye for good videos, and this one is no exception.

 

 

 

�04/12/2008 09:54:06� vu my♥posts www.weheartmusic.com

Baccara - Yes Sir, I Can Boogie

 

Baccara - Yes Sir I Can Boogie

Baccara

Baccara are María Mendiola and Mayte Mateos and they had a massive hit with their debut single, "Yes Sir, I Can Boogie" in 1978. Fueled by Eurovision (representing Luxembourg), this song became the staple of Eurodisco for years to come.

Their subsequent releases never really capture the popularity of their boogie song and by 1983, the duo broke up to pursue solo careers.

Mayte Mateos went back to the Baccara name, this time, teaming up with Marisa Pérez. Although I don't think they released any albums from this team-up, some of their songs would later appear on their Our Very Best (1994).

This is where it starts to get weird, Pérez (who wasn't originally part of the duo) wound with the other original girl, María Mendiola, to form New Baccara! The "New" part was quickly dropped and they were soon known as regular Baccara. This team-up was a little more successful and had a few minor hits, including "Call Me Up" and "Fantasy Boy".

Since the song was so influencial, there's been a few cover songs of course.

 

 

Goldfrapp - Yes Sir

Goldfrapp recorded "Yes Sir" (note the absent of the dated word "Boogie") on their single "Twist". The b-side made it on as a bonus disc for their Black Cherry (2003) album.

I found out that they are releasing a 4th album, Seventh Tree for February 25, 2008, according to Deer's official myspace blog. The post was published yesterday, November 9th, and contains all the track listing.

 

 

Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Yes Sir, I Can Boogie

Sophie Ellis-Bextor also covered "Yes Sir I Can Boogie", a b-side off I Can't Change You. This version is a little more faithful, but lack the charm of an Spanish accent.

She started her career as an actress, but then joined Theaudience^[W♥M] in 1997. The band quickly split after only staying together for a year.

By 2000, Ellis-Bextor lent her vocals on Groovejet (If This Ain't Love) and topped the UK charts. She decided to put her novel-writing career on the backburner to concentrate on her music - and by 2001 she's released her debut album Read My Lips.

Incidentally, she was recently in the news when someone posted that she was murdered last month. You would've easily spotted the prank when you read the punchline: "[she was] murder on [Zinadine] Zidane's floor".

 11/10/2007 15:27:39  vu my♥posts [email protected] www.baccara-web.de