fraud in the 80's
odds and ends and other random things:
I swear it's just coincidence that Matthew posted about the Paper Cranes and then I did (they're coming to town) and he just posted about Mates of State, and now I'm going to talk about them (they came to town last night).
You know that friend you have with the significant other who are totally irritating together? You know what I'm talking about: they're always sneaking smiley glances at each other, eyes full of love... it's so cute, it's kinda nauseating. Well, Kori Gardner and Jason Hammel would be those people, except they happened to have learned to play keys and drums (respectively), and have channeled their love into some very finely crafted pop songs, which doesn't so much make them annoying, as it makes them awesome. The sound was a little shoddy at the Plaza last night (is it always so echoey there?), but other than that, it was a splendid way to spend the first part of a Friday night.
The Ladyhawk cd release show will be at the Red Room on June 8th. The 'Hawk are also now slated as the openers for Magnolia Electric Co., not Pink Mountaintops and Two Gallants. I love Ladyhawk, but that lineup was pretty killer the way it was before.
While I'm noting corrections, I should note that Bright Eyes has been moved from the 5th of June to the 4th (same venue/lineup/tix still on sale next Friday). They'll be playing Victoria on the 5th.
I've seen a couple blogs talking up Jolie Holland's new one (Said the Gramophone being the most recent), and they all seem to fixate on "Springtime Can Kill You." It's a damn fine song, to be sure, but since hearing the album, I've been completely fixated on the album's opener, "Crush In The Ghetto." It's got the same sort of feel as the rest of the album, but I love how the lyrics are so very urban (it is afterall, as the title states, about a crush in the ghetto). There's this juxtiposition of the very traditional arrangements - more jazzy, but still tinged with that sound she's had going on since her days with the Be Good Tanyas - against lines like, "I feel like a queen, at the bus stop on the street/look what you've done to me."
download: Jolie Holland - Crush In The Ghetto
Pride Tiger are at Richard's on June 21st. Dudes are rad, but does this seem like a bit of a big room to anybody else?
Black Heart Procession are also at Dick's. They'll play on the 29th of June.
Music Pix are up at the Tyee. They changed the format a bit, so I talked about Julie Doiron again, this time in a bit more depth (and linked to a wack of mp3s). I have no idea why the writing is so disjointed, that's not the way I sent it in... in fact, there are two paragraphs in the beginning, that seemed to have disappeared.
Finally, thanks to I Guess I'm Floating (who is pretty friggin' great in his own right), for pointing us to I Am Fuel, You Are Friends, who has posted a whole slew of unreleased Ray Lamontagne tracks. Damn, "Can I Stay?" is a great tune.
now playing: Ray Lamontagne - Life is Long (live in Lyons)
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Cansei de Ser Sexy are playing Celebrities on August 4th according to their myspace. http://www.myspace.com/canseidesersexy
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1:45 p.m.
i swear... i talked about that and i guess i just didnt put it in the sidebar.. thanks for the reminder..
theyre opening for diplo
Dear Quinn
You seem to always be able to find things no one else can. I was wondering if you know, or would be able to confirm a date when the tickets for the Bright Eyes victoria show go on sale?
That would be awesome.
according to the promoters website, it's the 28th as well... dunno what time, or how much yet.
See Quinn, that's why I love you :)
Silver Mt. Zion!
Richards!
Aug 16!
First North American tour!
(not that I will be there)
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2:18 a.m.
about goddamn time.
thx sean.
Calexico w/ Eric Bachmann at the Commodore, same night as Jose G though...
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2:49 p.m.
i swear im destined to never see Calexico.
