Thomas Doyle has been doing amazing sculptures for a while now. His current show at LeBasse Projects is no exception. Check out the rest of the show here.
Get your grubby paws on the new indie mix here or hit the jump for some samples and the track list.
I like this Mountain Man video. So, the MTV music video awards were on the other day. Jesus, is there anything else that could make you feel really fucking old? I only saw a small portion, I saw Adele nervously sing, "Someone Like You" she even let out a big breath at the end like, "Whew glad that shit's over." Gaga admitted that she had a penis and made shit really awkward with a downtrodden ghost of Britney Spear's hotness. Chris Brown was doing fight scenes, thankfully with men, while horribly lip syncing to auto-tune, for a bemused Kanye and totally uninterested Jay-z. No idea why they kept showing them. Oh, congrats on the behbay Hov!!
In this little snippet I saw, when they gave awards for the actual videos, I had no fucking clue what the songs were. I could recognize the names, but I could not sing one line from one of the songs. *adjusts belt above waist, books flight to Florida* But I am not even upset about losing touch with that formerly mecca-like outpost of my youth. We have grown apart MTV, while you play your Katy Perry and Bieber videos I will be listening to Mountain Man on my phonograph and discussing the problems of the youth with Andy Rooney. Here are some more videos that were not given awards by the star of the remake of Teen Wolf, seriously?
Tv Girl is an awesome band from San Diego. They were on some Indie mix before, too lazy to research. They will also be on an upcoming one with this song.
Ring rang a dong holiday!! This song not only samples Cliff Richard's, "Summer Holiday" but Madonna's, "Holiday" as well. With my affinity for holiday music this just became an instant classic.
Cliff Richard's, "Summer Holiday" below. I believe I first heard this song on a Pringle's commercial. I have no idea who Cliff Richard's is or what this movie is, but I have had this song since the days of Napster.
I saw this on Distortion 2 Static the other day and immediately started googling dat ass. The beat, the flow, I was sold. Seriously, that beat...Although he could have used more lines like a ring a dang dong, overall I feel like it's a solid song. Rey Reurreccion and the DJ on the track, Cutso from the Bangerz, both hail from San Jose. You can actually download Rey's album for free from his site. Guaranteed that this cut will be on a hip hop mix though.
Ok Go's video for The Green Album. Featuring the Muppets on the theme song for the Muppet Show. I guess this song had to be done, but it doesn't really stand on it's own as a song you want to listen to. Theme songs that do- Three's Company, Gummi Bears, Blossom, Golden Girls...Snorks.
Some of the shows from this post are still valid.A small amount of new ones are listed below.
December
Sunday December 5th, the entire Hiero crew will be at the Oakland Metro Opera House. Tickets are $20 presale, and doors open at 8. I have never heard of the Oakland Metro Opera House, but I have heard of Hiero, might be worth checking out if you are in the East Bay.
January
The Budos Band is playing the Independent on Saturday, January 15th. Tickets are $20, grab them here. Doors open at 8:30. This should be a great show. These guys are solid and if you are a fan of the Dap Kings, that throwback, soul, retro awesomeness and horns, then I recommend that you go to this.
February
The Decemberists and Mountain Man will be at the Fox theater on Valentine's day. That date would be Monday, February 14th. Tickets are $37.50 and can be found here.I have yammered on about Mountain Manbefore, so I feel comfortable saying this will be a good show.
Beach House will be at the Fillmore on Friday, February 18th. Tickets are $32.25 including service charges and can be purchased here. The show starts at 9:00. Maybe this time I won't be as freaked out when I see that the singer is a female, I seriously thought it was an indie dude with a beard on lead vocals until I saw them the last time they came to town. I still don't really believe it. March
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. and Tapes N' Tapes are coming to the Bottom of The Hill on Friday March 11th. Tickets are $16 and available here. It's a later show with doors opening at 10:00 pm. I am really into these guys at the moment. Their Horsepower EP is four songs of greatness that I keep talking about, and I was actually just looking to see if they were coming to town the other day. My search came up with only a couple of stops in NY and DC, so it was a nice surprise to find this posting in my general venue search.
Spotlight on Wilson Pickett, now, spotlight on...Mountain Man?
Molly Erin Sarle, Alexandra Sauser-Monnig and Amelia Randall Meath are Mountain Man. They met in Bennington, Vermont. Two of them are still at notable liberal arts college Bennington, where they're studying Performance and Gender, and Theatre and Performance, while the third, Alex, graduated last year with a degree in Literature and Visual Arts and is now a nanny.
Their music is stripped down to the point of being acapella on some tracks. Minimal guitar strums and backing music hide behind the amazing harmonies of the three ladies on others. The group's sound is commonly compared to, the "Oh Brother Where Art thou" soundtrack, which to me is not necessarily a bad thing. They do seem to sing from a place in the past, back to the old Appalachian era, recalling back woods country tunes from long ago. I would much rather have underproduced than overproduced and their record, "Made The Harbor" definitely leans more towards being underproduced. I get that with those three voices you don't need anything to distract, but at the same time I think they could do some amazing things with more instrumentation on future albums.
Either way, as it stands, "Made The Harbor" is a great album. Perfect sounds to come from your record player while getting ready for fall.
Mountain Man will also be coming to the Fox theater on Tuesday, Oct. 19th. They will be opening for Jonsi, of Sigur Ros. Tickets are $35 and available here, or at the Fox Theater Box office.
