The latest video from one of my favorite bands of 2009, Band of Skulls. If you have the chance to see them live, do so.
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The OCMD: Best Albums of 2009
Alberta Cross – Broken Side of Time
“Rise from the Shadows”
Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest
“Ready Able”
Tape Deck Mountain – Ghost
“Scantron”
Atlas Sound – Logos
“Quick Canal”
Flaming Lips – Embryonic
“The Ego’s Last Stand”
Woods – Songs of Shame
“Rain On”
Bear In Heaven – Beast Rest Forth Mouth
“You Do You “
Amazing Baby – Rewild
“The Narwhal”
Band of Skulls – Baby Darlin Doll Face Honey
“Death by Diamonds and Pearls”
Cymbals Eat Guitars – Why There Are Mountains
“And The Hazy Sea”
The XX – The XX
“Crystalised”
She Keeps Bees – Nests
“Gimme”
Girls – Album
“Lust for Life”
Dan Auerbach – Keep It Hid
“The Prowl”
Fever Ray – Fever Ray
“If I Had A Heart”
Foreign Born – Person to Person
“Vacationing People”
J. Tillman – Vacilando Territory Blues
“First Born”
Leopold and His Fiction – Ain’t No Surprise
“Broke”
Papercuts – You Can Have What You Want
“Future Primitive”
Speck Mountain – Some Sweet Relief
“I Feel Eternal”
Shadows on a River – Shadows on a River
“In Business”
The Veils – Sun Gangs
“The Letter”
The Big Pink – A Brief History of Love
“Velvet”
Jeff the Brotherhood – Heavy Days
“U Got The Look”
Electric Tickle Machine – Blew It Again
“Blew It Again”
Best of 2009: Larry, FutureSounds
Who: Larry
Blog: FutureSounds
Location: LA
Twitter: @futuresounds
The OCMD Best of 2009 Questionnaire
- Best Album: Band Of Skulls – Baby Darling Doll Face Honey
- Most Overlooked Album: Portugal. The Man – The Satanic Satanists
- Best Song: “Lock & Key” Lilofee
- Best Live Show: The Rumble: Los Angeles in March – Fitz & The Tantrums, Avi Buffalo & Here Here
- Band/Artist I am most happy to have discovered: Apes of Wrath
- Band/Artist I kick myself for missing: Van Morrison doing Astral Weeks at the Hollywood Bowl
- Band/Artist everyone seems to love but I just can’t get behind: The Vivian Girls
- Favorite SF Band:Lilofee
- One to Watch in 2010: Man/Miracle
Band of Skulls @ Bimbos
Third time is a charm so they say. And the Band of Skulls show last week at Bimbos was definitely that. They’ve been hitting the States hard promoting their debut album, Baby Darling DollFace Honey, and it is one of my favorite albums of 2009. This was the third performance I caught of theirs this year. It’s been fun to see them climb the venue ladder of success. First Harlot, then Cafe du Nord. Now Bimbos. What’s next? We’ll wait and see.
Band of Skulls – “Fires” (Acoustic)
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One of my favorite new bands this year, Band of Skulls, performing an acoustic version of “Fires”. Thanks Dodge!
Best Albums of 2009 – So Far
Whew, I’ve been wanting to get this post up for about 3 weeks now, but you know how it goes – life prevails and hobbies sometimes take a back seat. Well, here it is. My mid-year Best Albums of 2009…so far. Out of all the music I’ve sorted through thus far this year, these are the albums that bubbled to the top, the ones I happily came back to again and again. They may not all be Pitchfork approved (or even rated for that matter), but they worked for me.
I’m not going to go through the diligence of ranking them, so I’ve listed them in alphabetical order. I’ll save the ranking exercise for the end of year round up. Until then, I hope you find some new music to enjoy!
Band of Skulls
Baby Darlin Doll Face Honey
“Death by Diamonds and Pearls”
Cymbals Eat Guitars
Why There Are Mountains
“And The Hazy Sea”
Dan Auerbach
Keep It Hid
“The Prowl”
Fever Ray
Fever Ray
“If I Had A Heart”
Foreign Born
Person to Person
“Vacationing People”
Grizzly Bear
Veckatimest
“Ready Able”
J. Tillman
Vacilando Territory Blues
“First Born”
Leopold and His Fiction
Ain’t No Surprise
“Broke”
Papercuts
You Can Have What You Want
“Future Primitive”
Speck Mountain
Some Sweet Relief
“I Feel Eternal”
Shadows on a River
Shadows on a River
“In Business”
The Veils
Sun Gangs
“The Letter”
White Rabbits
It’s Frightening
“The Salesman”
Concert Picks ‘O The Week: Girls, Band of Skulls
San Francisco’s Girls are paired up this week with New York’s Pains of Being Pure at Heart tonight for a great night of music at The Rickshaw Stop. Bonus prize, Girls are offering up their 10″ for free download. Get ’em.
“Solitude”
Band of Skulls, “Death by Diamonds and Pearls”
Then this Sunday, July 26 features a repeat performance of one of my favorite bands this year, Band of Skulls. The hot UK trio will be rockin’ it at Cafe du Nord. Be there.
Video: Band of Skulls – “I Know What I Am”
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The obsession continues for me and Band of Skulls. I love their debut album, Baby Darling Dollface Honey. Here’s the first video for the single, “I Know What I Am.” Does bassist Emma look like Chrissie Hynde here or what? Download the free MP3 for ‘Blood‘.
“Blood“:
Band of Skulls Rock Harlot
I’ve never seen so many photogs at a Rumbe event prior to Wednesday night’s performance by Band of Skulls at The Harlot in San Francisco. And if there’s any correlation between the number of photographers/camera crew in attendance and a band’s success, then these guys will not be under the radar for very much longer. With their session tomorrow on KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic, that’s bound to become a certainty.
The hot London trio definitely delivered too. Standing in front of bassist, Emma Richardson, I couldn’t help muse how much she looked like a young Chrissie Hynde, haircut and all. Their gritty, rock and roll swagger is very soul satisfying and have had their debut album, “Baby Darling Doll Face Honey,” on repeat since I got it. You should too. Go download it from iTunes. It’s only $5.99!
Leopold and His Fiction at The Independent
Wednesday night was a very OCMD satisfying evening of music with a double header of shows – Leopold and His Fiction + Little Joy at The Independent then Band of Skulls at Harlot. It was so nice to finally see Leopold in a proper venue, with proper sound. They rocked it! And I’m always mesmerized by drummer Jon Sortland’s ability to play keyboards and drum at the same time.
I have to say Little Joy wasn’t doing it for me. It felt a little milquetoast in comparison and left early. And I felt kind of bad for the audience too that they didn’t get their chance to get up close and personal to Fab (Fabrizio Moretti) himself. I mean, he is the marquis member of the band right? Yet he was in New York recording what I assume is another Strokes album. Did anyone else feel duped by that?
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