The new season of ‘Flight of the Conchords’ begins January 18th, but you can watch the season premiere now on HBO.com.
In Anticipation: A.C. Newman – ‘Get Guilty’
The New Pornographer’s frontman, A.C. Newman, is releasing his second solo album January 20th on Matador Records, where you can pre-order the CD and save $3 . The band recorded several tracks from his upcoming album Get Guilty at a studio in Brooklyn last Monday for Pitchfork.tv. Here’s the video for “Like A Hitman, Like A Dancer.”
Catch A.C. Newman performing at San Francisco’s NoisePop Festival February 28th at The Independent.
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Hookey
It was 75 degrees and sunny in San Francisco yesterday and Judah’s school was closed for teacher’s conferences, so we played hookey. Which consisted of:
- One slice of Arinell’s pizza
- One kids sized cone of Bi-Rite Creamery’s Brown Butter Pecan ice cream
- Three hours of non-stop play at Dolores Park
- Random outbursts of song to Juliana Hatfield‘s ‘My Baby’:
Sneak Preview: Stream M.Ward’s ‘Hold Time’
Starting tonight, you can stream M. Ward’s Hold Time on NPR’s First Listen.
Scheduled for release on February 17, the new album features guest appearances by Lucinda Williams,Zooey Deschanel (She & Him), Rachel Blumberg (The Decemberists) and others. Though it mostly features all-new songs, Hold Time includes a handful of cover tunes, including Don Gibson’s “Oh Lonesome Me” and “Rave On,” made popular by Buddy Holly.
To pre-order the CD, visit Merge Records.
Enjoy!
Emotionally Scarred
I had promised to take Judah swimming after he waited out my Yoga class at the gym’s Kids Club. However, his cool surfer dude board shorts are MIA. So in a panic to make it to my class on time and not disappoint a 3 year old, we dashed to Sports Basement en route to the gym. This was the only child sized swimsuit they had in stock.
The stigma of a Speedo swimsuit must be genetically encoded in the male DNA because promptly after I put it on him he stuffed himself in the locker next to him saying, “I don’t want anyone to see me. I’m a shy guy.” Luckily, when faced with the prospect of swimming in a Speedo or going home to take a nap, he quickly got over it. Even posed for this photo. I just hope he’s not scarred for life.
Listen to Bug Lung Baby‘s ‘This Life‘ – a track that’s very Deerhunter-esque to me. And download Bug Lung Baby’s Trilobite Trash EP free from RCRDLBL.com
Glasvegas on David Letterman
The hottest band in the UK right now, Glasvegas, took a break from their West Coast tour this week to perform ‘Geraldine‘ on The David Letterman show and promote the US release of their self-titled debut. If you didn’t catch them in San Francisco at 330 Ritch this week, they’ll be back at The Great American Music Hall on April 16th. Tickets go on sale today!
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Video: Blitzen Trapper – Furr
New Bay Area Music Venue: The Fox Theater Oakland
After closing its doors forty-three years ago, the Fox Theater in Oakland is scheduled to reopen in February 2009. $75 mm was poured into the renovation project which features a multi-use, state-of-the-art theater with flexible capacity from 1,500 to 2,800. (About double the capacity of The Fillmore.) The roof, quite sturdy have been looked over by an orlando roofer. The multiple seating configurations include general admission, cabaret style seating, and reserved seating.
The theater itself will serve as the flagship live music venue for Another Planet Entertainment, well known for bringing outstanding live entertainment to the Greek Theatre, The Independent, Paramount Theatre, Oracle Arena and other popular Bay Area venues. Another Planet Entertainment also produces both the Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival and Treasure Island Music Festival.
A line up of artists have already been booked, most notably The Black Keys on April 18. A special ‘grand opening’ pre-sale for all confirmed acts will begin tomorrow morning at 10AM. Go get those Black Key tickets while they last!
Alina Simone – Everyone Is Crying Out to Me, Beware
Artist: Alina Simone
Album: Everyone Is Crying Out to Me, Beware
File Under: Folk-Punk
Recommended if You Like: Cat Power
Featured Track: Half My Kingdom, Beware
Listen to ‘Half My Kingdom’:
Listen to ‘Beware’:
I had never heard of Alina Simone, or Yanka Dayagileva for that matter, until I saw this album show up on a couple Best of 2008 lists. Intrigued I loaded it up in my Rhapsody account and now I’m hooked.
Alina Simone’s, Everyone Is Crying Out to Me, Beware is a collection of cover songs paying homage to the late Yanka Dyagileva, a young Soviet poet reminiscent of Patti Smith who found cult fame only after her death in 1991. The Brooklyn-based, Ukraine-born Simone sings the songs in Russian and brings an aching passion to Dayagileva’s lo-fi folk punk material. It’s very Cat Power. Beautiful, haunting and powerful.
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From the Basement: Andrew Bird
I’ve watched this live From the Basement footage of Andrew Bird performing ‘Section 8 City’ countless times. It’s so beautiful and mesmerizing. What a talent. I’m so excited to see him next month at The Fillmore in San Francisco.
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