Hot damn, I like the way 2010 is shaping up. The news that one of my favorite bands is finally making their way to the West Coast in January has literally made my week. And there’s nothing that would make me more happy than to usher in a new decade with a scorching live set from the NY (by way of London) group. If you haven’t checked out their debut LP, Broken Side of Time, do so. It’s one of my favorite albums of 2009.
A new BJM album is set for release on 1/1/2010. The tracklisting for Who Killed Sgt. Pepper? was posted and streaming on their MySpace blog, but then retracted. The band just released a teaser, One EP, in the interim. Here’s the full LP track listing.
1. Tempo 116.7 (Reaching For Dangerous Levels Of Sobriety)
2. The Heavy Knife
3. Lets Go Fucking Mental (Melodica Mix)
4. White Music
5. This Is The First Of Your Last Warnings (Icelandic Version)
6. This Is The One Thing We Did Not Want To Have Happen
7. The One
8. Someplace Else Unknown
9. Detka! Detka! Detka!
10. Super Fucked
11. Our Time
12. Feel It (Of Course We Fucking Do)
13. Felt Tipped-Pen Pictures Of UFOs
I’ve been on an electronica kick ever since I got off the beach in Mexico. Something about sand and ambient grooves seems to go really well together. That and I’ve been immersed in my Best Electro Pop 2009 Mixtape (coming soon). Which leads me to a tune I’ve been digging from San Francisco’s very own electronica duo, Silver Swans. Channeling eerie soundscapes reminiscent of The Knife, vocalist Ann Yu and producer and musician, Jon Waters have recently released their dreamy, electro pop single ‘Realize The Ghost’ that will soon flourished into a full length debut on Tricycle Records in January 2010. Pay attention!
If you’re like me, you’ve probably listening to the new and much hyped Blakroc album that came out this weekend. For those not in the know (gasp!), Blakroc is a new collaboration between The Black Keys and a variety of notable hip hop artists, including Mos Def, Q-Tip and RZA to name a few. The album has already reached #1 on the hip hop charts on iTunes. While my soul is not stirred by this album, there are a couple of irresistible tracks firmly stuck in my head – like “Ain’t Nothing Like You”. I love the raw, gritty beats thrown down by The Black Keys throughout the album. The lyrics just seem to lose me, however. Guess I’m just not a hip-hop kinda girl. Regardless, I still firmly maintain that Mr. Auerbach is my own personal Jesus. ‘Cuz: “There’s nothing like you/You’re super cool.”
A few days of that and you get this – my Sayulita Mixtape. Yup, this suits my state of mind right now. Just add surf, sand and cerveza and hit play. Enjoy.
1. Washed Out – “Feel It All Around”
2. Here We Go Magic – “Tunnelvision”
3. Atlas Sound – “Quick Canal”
4. The Ruby Suns – “There Are Birds”
5. Radiohead – “These Are My Twisted Words”
6. LCD Soundsystem – “Someone Great”
7. Flaming Lips – “Sagittarius Silver Announcement”
8. Built To Spill – “Done”
9. The XX – “Shelter”
10. Speck Mountain – “Angela”
11. The Shortwave Set – “Harmonia”
By way of West Palm Beach, FL comes the latest super-hyped band enamored with that West Coast surf sound, Surfer Blood. Their forthcoming debut, Astro Coast, will be released on Kanine January 19. They’re currently touring with Japandroids and will hit San Francisco’s The Rickshaw Stop tonight. Catch a wave! I think I’ll do the same myself.
The West Coast is definitely the Best Coast. No doubt about it. And Best Coast founding member Bethany Cosentino knows it too. The former Pocahaunted member launched the project after relocating to Los Angeles from New York and has fully embraced the West coast fuzzed out, surf pop sound. “When I’m With You” is the A-side off her latest 7″, Black Iris. Now if I can only find a vintage replica of that blue and white bikini…
Wow. I’m not a typically not moved by folk music, but when I heard this song I had to stop what I was doing and give it my full attention. Beautiful in all of it’s essence – her voice, the story, the music. Daisy is a San Francisco native who moved to LA in pursuit of acting, found her calling in music and has since then dedicated her creative passions to this pursuit. Her debut EP, “The Rodeo Grounds”, is out now on Aeronaut Records.
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