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Feist (and friends) on Letterman 8/27/07

Paul — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 03:29:49 +0000

Feist was on Letterman on Monday night with an all-star indie rock chorus backing her up. Members of the chorus include AC Newman of New Pornographers fame and members of Mates of State, The National, Grizzly Bear and Broken Social Scene!

Music Links – 07/16/2007

Paul — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 04:45:29 +0000

Brooklyn Vegan: fire marshall shuts down DAN DEACON & GIRL TALK @ the 2007 Pitchfork Music Festival
The Pitchfork Music Festival was this weekend in Chicago’s Union Park. We were there. It was fun. My brief review:

The weather was awesome — absolutely zero complaints
The non-music components of P4K are VERY well done – water (and Fuze!) were only $1 a bottle, and that was for the mega 25 oz bottle of H2O. Beers were $4, and it wasn’t your typical watered down Light beer either, it was one of three varieties of Goose Island. Giveaways were plentiful, the merchandise tents actually had merchandise that you know, you might actually buy. (If you like to collect vinyl versions of today’s best Indie Rock, you could probably find it here.
The people were friendly
There were some great performances – New Pornographers, Of Montreal, and Cat Power (even though she kept apologizing) were the most memorable
Union Park is super easy to get to and from

We were on the other side of a fence for the start of the Dan Deacon show, and as the link above explains, it was a little crowded (we left when we couldn’t see and the crowd started to get annoying).

The only downside of the entire fest experience? The two d-bags who forced their way into the crowd and acted like idiots during the New Porno show. I hope their hangovers were massive, causing them to get fired from their jobs today…

Pitchfork: Overlooked Records of 2007
Looking for some less-hyped music than say, Feist, The National, St Vincent, etc? Well, look here!

The New Pornographers are coming to Milwaukee, with the FULL band (including Neko and Dan!!!) — I couldn’t be more excited!
- Tickets go on sale this Friday

Music Links: Conchords and Pornographers

Paul — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 13:59:12 +0000

I’ve only watched the first two episodes thus far, but I’m enjoying Flight of the Conchords on HBO. Here’s a fun music video clip:

Go here for more videos from the show

An Aquarium Drunkard – The New Pornographers – Myriad Harbor
- Links to two of the new songs off of the New Porno’s upcoming album. I’ve already pre-purchased the album from the Buy Early Get Now site and I’d encourage you to do the same. Plus, I’m seeing them live this Sunday night!

Music Links – Monday, 6/11/07

Paul — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 14:53:38 +0000

A bunch of music links from this fine Monday morning:

Pitchfork: New Pornographers Trick Out LP, Announce Fall Tour
Ok, so the “executive box set” is only $5 more? Count me in. These guys are the main reason I’m psyched about the p4k festival!

// PRODUCT SHOP NYC: Bumbershoot – The Shins, Wu-Tang, Kings of Leon, Etc
This Seattle-based music festival has a decent lineup for a $75 three-day outing.

My Old Kentucky Blog: Yeasayer : Be careful of my hollow bones.
Yeasayer has been getting all kinds of blog love

gorilla vs. bear: alright!: new M.I.A. video: “Boyz”
I don’t know why exactly, since I’m not a huge dance or rap music fan, but I like some of M.I.A.’s stuff

brooklynvegan: BFD 2007, BLOC PARTY, MP3′s, pics, tour dates
A bunch of Bloc Party MP3 links, plus tour dates (which will be most applicable if you live in Europe)

brooklynvegan: SPOON add more shows (CMJ) — presale, Tour Dates, MP3s
Spoon will be at Lollapalooza (me, I’ll be in Ireland)