New Flaming Lips?

I havn't been inspired to write anything lately, but after watching this, i became overtly excited for the Flaming Lips' new album because it sounds as if it will be absolutely stupendous, if the rest of it sounds like this cover of some Madonna song.

Shummertime Crothes

how did nobody ever show me this?

I'm watching this "Kids" video on the Wedge right now, and i have never seen nor heard of this version of it, and its unreal. Its so good. MONSTERS!

hole e fuck

This looks stupendiously incredulous

Two Weeks Video + Big Eyeballs

holy christ i did not expect this. Weird big eyes and trippy lives. sparklefaces. sparklefeces.

Two Weeks

A Beautiful Thing

I shouldn't have to tell you why this band is great(i couldn't embed the video)

holy shit new wilco is streaming right now.

http://beta.wilcoworld.net/records/thealbum/index.php

Wilco (the Album)

So, new Wilco soon. Im fucking excited. Are you?

01 "Wilco (The Song)"
02 "Deeper Down"
03 "One Wing"
04 "Bull Black Nova"
05 "You And I"
06 "You Never Know"
07 "Country Disappeared"
08 "Solitaire"
09 "I'll Fight"
10 "Sonny Feeling"
11 "Everlasting Everything"

IT'S COMING!
JUNE 30!
YEAH!
YEAH!
YUP!
YEAH!




a little bonus: wilco and fleet foxes

psych

New Black Moth Super Rainbow

Born On A Day The Sun Didn't Rise

Sweet Ass Old Christmas Old School TOD

This is awesome.

Nites30: Trail of Dead from 'Nites ATX on Vimeo.

success?

We played our first show last night opening for Bon Jackwood and the Wife Dies under the moniker "the Asper School of Business". 5 song set, which we had 4 days to practice for, when we had previously not practiced for about half a year. I think it went pretty well. It ended in a big drum fest. That was fantastic. At least we probably left a pretty memorable impression.

the List

ok, Here are our options. Someone please commit to coming to one of these with me.

Bonnaroo (Manchester, Tenessee) - June 11-14

Lollapalooza (Chicago, Illinoise) - August 7-9

Pitchfork Festival - see the last post

and Another

Pitchfork Music Festival

its in Chicago July 17-19.
only 75 bucks for the three day pass

Tortoise
Grizzly Bear
Flaming Lips

Here's another one to consider

All Points West

Beirutibearzzly

Zach Condon singing Grizzly Bear

4 J9

Smells a bit like poopie poopie.

Song Art.

From now on, in extended periods of boredom/procrastination, MS paint will be used to create artwork for songs.

Many Ghosts.

Akron/Family, I love you.

AC tour bus woopee

UN-FOLK FEST

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRxgDAC-4kI
I know zac posted this on the dab, but it's one reason why it is quite unfortunate that Beirut isn't playing at Folk Fest.

FOLK FEST '09

Despite the fact that Akron/Family or Beirut aren't playing, this line up is rediculous. Heres the stuff that we know probably matters without listening to everybody:
(click the linked bands. i linked them because i havn't heard them, then listened to them, and thought they were pretty awesome)

Bell Orchestre
Neko Case
the Deep Dark Woods
Great Lake Swimmers
IRON & WINE
King Sunny Ade & His African Beats
Kobo Town
K.D. Lang
Okkervil River
Xavier Rudd
Oumou Sangare;'
Patrick Watson
Jah Youssouf

This only reminds me of folk fest

No. 7: Akron/Family "They Will Appear, Behold" from Retread Sessions on Vimeo.

and how much i want to be making music like that, and playing at folk fest on the camp ground.

2009 Album Releases, get into it

Great job, 2009! Have a good 'ol listen to some of these great things:

March 17:
Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Beware! (i just started listening to Lay Down in the Light, and now i love Will Oldham)
MSTRKRFT - Fist of God

March 24:
Dan Deacon - Bromst (cover is stolen from the Department of Eagles)
Mastodon - Crack the Skye
the Decemberists - Hazards of Love

March 31:
Great Lake Swimmers - Lost Channels (i still don't think they're that great, but what can ya do)
Peter Bjorn and John - Living Thing

April 7:
Crystal Antlers - Tentacles

May 5:
AKRON/FAMILY - SET 'EM WILD, SET 'EM FREE (fuck yeah)
Conor Oberst - Outer South (wonder if Bright Eyes is dead)

May 19:
Iron & Wine - Around the Well

May 26:
Black Moth Super Rainbow - Eating Us
GRIZZLY BEAR - VECKATIMEST

June 9:
Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
Sonic Youth - the Eternal

2009 Album Releases, get into it

Trail of Dead's new album, Century of Self, is up on this site for an online listening party. A real big party. Skeptics be warned. I'm not sure what i think of it yet. I'm only on the second song. The middle parts are all classic trail so far, but the melodies are weird and off and poppy and idunno. I think its going to take a while to digest

I Want to make Music like this: Crystal Antlers

i found some BEAUTIFUL news.
happy birthday Daria.

15 steppies

My mom came down the stairs to tell me there was some radiohead band on grammys with a marching band and it looked cool. It was definitely the best if not the only worthwhile moment of the grammys. Fuck, is Thom Yorke is awesome. What a swell song.

songidysongs

Check out this song me an mike made last week. It's only in two parts so far, and is intended to have overlapping harmonies added, as well as words, more parts, other instruments, etc. We recorded it live and mike switched between guitar and keyboard on it. pretty proud of how its sounding, albeit there isn't much there.

Mykonos from Grandchildren on Vimeo.

Wing sings the beatles

Finally, I looked up that Roky Erickson documentary

This is the documentary stef keeps talking about, where the lead singer of the 13th floor elevators goes crazy and lives in a shack for the rest of his life. reall intersting.