Wednesday, July 11, 2007

listening this week....

the ladybug transistor - can't wait another day

radiohead - kid 17 (the phenomenon of starting two different kid a discs 17 seconds apart creates crazy harmonies and echoing.

animal collective - strawberry jam

thurston moore - trees outside the academy

reviewers:

the val papadins - no one wants to move the piano

cary brothers - who you are

ilad - national flags

upcoming shows:

the high street lowlifes

mermaid skeletons

hackensaw boys

ilad & the great white jenkins OR ralph stanley

the hotdamns

FloydFest!

the hotdamns, red clay river





i went to see the ever-awesome the hotdamns friday night. each time i see them they get better and better. they debuted a new song at their last show (at gallery 5 with o'circus), one that has yet to be titled. i say they should call it "saturday night hooligans" but they dont like that as much as i. here is a snippet of the song that they deleted from their comments when i posted it. fuck that!


one of their opening bands was red clay river, whom i've seen before. dan bivin's grisly voice and backwoods riffs really hits home somehow. there was even a girl (presumably his wife/gf) stomping along to the beat with some radical boots. he has a slab of wood on the floor which he uses with his foot to keep time. check them out asap.