Chendizzle

In his article yesterday, Bill Simmons proposed this trade, with Lakers also getting the Bulls #9 pick. Some sort of trade like this would give the Celts a nucleus of Al Jefferson, Ben Gordon, Ty Thomas, Gerald Green and hopefully Corey Brewer with the 5th pick, and then Theo Ratliffe's expiring contract. But who am I kidding, Ainge won't do anything successful with this draft.

Anyone else going to the show at the Middle East tomorrow?

Damn, I wish I was going to this show. Maybe JAM'N 94.5 is giving away tix.

Actually Kiss 108 is.

Mimmo's in Noho would be a chill spot to get some eats beforehand. Giant slices of pizza for $2.50 that require 2 paper plates to hold. I know that's where I'll be getting food before I head up to Look Park.

I'm Slowly Turning Into You doesn't seem to get a lot of love, but I really like it.

Earlimart - Mentor Tormentor

On my first listen at least, this is exactly how I feel. The songs simply seem underwritten, though his voice sounds great. I, too, find it surprising that this is getting strong reviews and CR got mixed ones.

I like that this record is concise, the songs seem a little short but not a second is wasted in any of them. Great all-around songwriting.

Kevin Drew - Tbtf

first mp3 from Spirit If...

regarding WP, I think Dan said something about a December/January release possibly. It's definitely on the way and I bet it will arrive early spring 08 at latest.

Buy XO or Either/Or next, both 10/10 albums, won't be disappointed.

DO YOU SEE THEM CHARGING ABSURD AMOUNTS FOR TICKETS? NO!

I paid like $45+ for one ticket (not even through ticketmaster) for an upcoming show. Beginning to drop out of my price range...

wrens

probably wishful thinking...

i absolutely love modest mouse, but i would hate seeing them live, with tons of kids yelling PLAY FLOAT ON or DASHBOARD...theyre earlier stuff is much better in my opinion.

and ive already seen BoH. really good live, they owned funeral.

I didn't hear any Float On or Dashboard requests at the show I saw, but when they broke into the first chords of Trailer Trash and I went nuts, the kids next to me asked what song it was.

According to Dead Air Space, they've started mixing the new record as of March.

Wed, 13 June

a word from the studio

Yes I know its been a while ..... but we've been working on this album for a while ...... BUT WE ARE NEARLY THERE .....

 

Ed

Besides LP7, give me:

Okkervil River

Wolf Parade

Sunset Rubdown

Kevin Drew/BSS

Built to Spill

Band of Horses

The Go! Team

Interpol

Islands

Malkmus

Tapes n Tapes

Common

Earlimart

M.I.A.

Where/when is this Download Festival of which you speak?

That lineup I mentioned is for the Tweeter Center in Mansfield, Mass. The Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Guster will also be there.

Other lineups:

Washington state, The Gorge - MM, The Thermals, Incubus, President of the USA, Nada Surf, Arthur & Yu, The Heavenly States, Back Door Slam.

Chicago, Alpine Valley - The Shins, Brand New, Wolf Parade, Band of Horses, Honeycut

San Francisco, Shoreline - The Cure, A.F.I., Kings of Leon, Metric, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, She Wants Revenge, 65 Days of Static

Better hurry, presale tix are on sale now I think, the password is "nation". Regular tix go on sale tomorrow at 10 I believe. Check out downloadfestival.com.

Both of these videos are awesome, especially the second one, it made my day.

I love Two, Sheryl is pretty inconsequential to the whole song, could be anyone singing the harmonies.

I love the fractured in the fall line.

After I saw MM in May I really loved it, but doubted I'd ever see them again due to the crowd's suckage and their venue choices (i was able to see them at a general admission place but I doubt they will play many more of those). But now, I have tickets to see them with Band of Horses, Neko Case and Wolf Parade at this Download Festival thingy, which is pretty cool.

LAL is criminally underrated, but when they opened for MM I didn't hear as many songs from Laughter's Fifth as I would have liked.

So, the leak is a webrip?

Yeah, ripped from the stream that Matador gave to people who pre-ordered.

Stream is a funny word.

has anyone listened to the oink version? if so, how's the quality? it has stayed up all day, but i'm still scared.

stolen from oink/atease forums:

If you are running windows, there is a easy way to fix it, for now,

go to C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc, there is a file there called hosts, open it in notepad, then add:

85.17.40.69 tracker.oink.me.uk

85.17.40.71 oink.me.uk

you might then have to type in 85.17.40.71 instead of oink.me.uk in your browser.

I remember from reading a post by RA on his website of all the slang him and the Cards use, as I recall, a Halloween Head is a pretty happenin dude. I'll see if I can dig it up.

edit:

1. HalloweenHead.

A fan of The Cardinals music. stoner. outcast. someone who doesn't know what kind of mood they are in. Not sponsored by Bud Lite or collecting girls or guys numbers during a quiet breakdown. usually are laid back and engage in mellow conversation with band members when seen in arcades or getting food. Don't ask for shit when people are eating. not gravity challenged but reality challenged. also known as Bed-Heads, or Chandler Bings.

Woohooo! New BBS-ish material by the end of summer! This made my day yesterday A fall tour as well! I'm pumped

I'm a little let down they aren't doing a full-fledged BSS album, but hey, I'll take some Kevin "solo" work.

At last, some rock solid news from the notoriously slippery Broken Social Scene camp!

 

Central Scene figure Kevin Drew will release a solo album of sorts on September 18 via Arts & Crafts. Technically titled Broken Social Scene Presents Kevin Drew, "Spirit If...", the LP was produced by Drew, along with fellow BSSers Ohad Benchetrit and Charles Spearin (both also of Do Make Say Think). It collects Drew-penned tunes recorded at Benchetrit's place intermittently over the past two years.

 

The disc will feature a bunch of the soundtrack-scoring Broken Social Scene regulars, and a few outsiders as well, which makes it an awful lot like a BSS disc, but not. The tracklist has not yet been finalized. According to the A&C press release, "The record unfolds like an emotional comic book. It's Drew's song-writing and all his favourite topics are addressed: fucking, fighting, fearing and hope. FFFH."

 

FFFH is just the beginning, however. Spirit If..., as it turns out, is but the first in a planned series of Broken Social Scene Presents releases. Fellow Scene captain Brendan Canning is presently recording the second volume, which should see release in early 2008. Knowing these guys, that probably translates to late 2011.

 

What's more, Drew, Canning, Justin Peroff, and some new Scene initiates will embark on a "Broken Social Scene Presents" tour this fall to showcase new material from this series. No concrete dates yet, but Stars-struck Scene-ster Amy Millan does have some of her own gigs lined up, as does Apostle of Hustle.

Not too sure about this yet. A friend recommended it to me but...I mean, it's ok and all but hardly indispensible.

I haven't heard a note of that album other than Lazy Eye, but damn does that song rock.

I'm one of the fans who's not been floored by SBS. I'm continuing to listen to it quite a bit, and there are individual tracks/moments that definitely strike me as genius, but the whole of it has yet to really connect. I don't agree with those who critique it as "safe" or, as I think Pitchfork put it, "dad rock," though I think I can see where that perception comes from -- SBS is plenty experimental structurally, but fairly straightforward sonically. That is, songs like "You Are My Face" and "Impossible Germany" have tons of Wilco idiosycracies, but it's all in the chord progressions, countermelodies, rhythms, etc. We're used to hearing this experimentation more in the arrangement and production, I'd say -- "Misunderstood" and "Via Chicago" being two examples that jump immediately to mind, both being fairly straightforward as far as songwriting but offering mindblowingly unexpected and thrilling takes in how those songs are delivered. What makes YHF such a deeply affecting album for me isn't just the quality of Jeff's songwriting but the unique and moving way that the three chords of "IATTBYH" are constructed to expand and wander and build...

 

Anyway, SBS seems to do almost exactly the opposite. The band has put as much detail and effort into the tracks as ever, but now that's all focused within the songs themselves, and the delivery of those songs is what I think strikes some people as Eagle-esque, or whatever. I think personally I am still trying to get my brain around this new Wilco sound, but that doesn't mean SBS won't grow on me, and I certainly give Tweedy and company credit for continuing to play in new territory record after record.

I agree with others that you've provided some great insight here, in fact it pretty much summarizes a lot of my feelings towards the record as well. Still an enjoyable record, but I'm hoping for better next time round. Here's to hoping the songs really take to the live setting.