Slog (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
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Line Out (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Tuesday night at the Fremont Abbey the Seattle Rock Orchestra, now well over 50 musicians strong, celebrated the Arcade Fire's beloved debut album Funeral by playing it start to finish to a sold out crowd. Their performance was so fantastic, so full of love, that I now want every show ever to be exactly like that one. EXACTLY like that one. I want dozens of violin, cello, and viola players to be crowded...
Spinner.com (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Filed under: News , Electronic , You Oughta Know , Canada Marcus Paquin, mastermind behind CMJ -breakout act Silver Starling , is an emo kid at heart. It's not that he's into black eyeliner and skinny jeans, but in that he isn't afraid to express his emotions. "I've never been able to help myself. When I listen to a record that moves me, I'm the guy who's covering his face because he's bawling...
prefixmag (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
The fine folks over at A.V. Club have posted their best-of-the-decade music list today, and at number one they've got the White Stripes' White Blood Cells. That pick is sure to start some rabble-rabble below, but it's a solid pick, backing away from the easy gimme of putting Kid A on top. Though I do take umbrage with calling White Blood Cells "true," since most of the songs are far from...
kingblind (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Truth be told, I’ve been hunting for news like this for weeks now, scouring the Interwebs for new signs of life from Interpol—aside from Paul Banks’ slightly underwhelming pseudo solo album and Carlos D’s film career, of course. And just when the most that I could hope for was a speculative “?” post (Arcade Fire one was a hit, right'), drummer Sam Fogarino dropped...
Spinner.com (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Filed under: Music Appreciation Rod Stewart admittedly doesn't listen to much new music, but, thanks to his kids, he's been hipped to Arcade Fire . He even made it out of the house to see the Montreal septet at the Hollywood Bowl. "They are extraordinary," he tells Spinner. "I haven't been that excited since I saw Free back in the '70s ..." Well, Arcade Fire are great, but Stewart...
Punknews.org (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
It's November and the end of the decade, so the "Best of a Decade" lists are starting to come in. The first comes from the hype-masters at NME who have named The Strokes ' Is This It? The Libertines ' Up the Bracket and Primal Scream's XTRMNTR as the first, second and third best of the decade. The list was chosen by bands such as Radiohead and Arctic Monkeys, plus record producers and label...
I ♥ MUSIQUE (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
It was The YOI's most successful night at 93 Feet East last week and I got lucky and happened to be behind the decks for some of it. I'd chosen to go down the indie/rock route and it seemed to go down well, suiting the kind of club that 93 Feet East is. Here's what I played, in a slightly random order (and it was a two and a half hour set so it's quite a big list)... Passion Pit - Sleepyhead The Virgins...
Notes From the Muck (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
In line with Ben's proposed review of recent music, here is NPR's list of the "most important recordings" of the decade. I, for one, can't help but notice two things: 1) the noughties were an excellent time for music (perhaps superior to the 90s'), and 2) NFTM has been all over most of this shit. 01. John Adams: On The Transmigration Of Souls 02. Animal Collective: Merriweather Post Pavilion...
Slog (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
A NSFW video (boys and girls), news of New Faces breaking up , the disappointing sales of DJ Hero , a goodbye to local musician Jared Sletager , Megan Seling's interview with Seattle Rock Orchestra about covering Arcade Fire's Funeral , Caffe Vita's charitable new compilation featuring lots of great music , a poll about how drunk Mark E. Smith is, Christopher DeLaurenti on British prog rock , and...
Pedestrian.tv (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Music brag NME has crowned The Strokes’ debut album ‘This is It’ as the best album of the decade. If that isn't enough encouragement for the boys to get cracking with their next album release then I don't know what is. As the naughties come to a close NME (and a long list of music experts) voted for what they thought are the best 100 albums of the decade. With the concluding list...
Line Out (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Tonight the Seattle Rock Orchestra and a plethora of local musicians from bands like Exohxo, Hey Marseilles, With Friends Like These, and more will play the Arcade Fire's debut full-length record Funeral in it's entirety. As a 70+ piece orchestra. With brass and woodwinds and strings and everything. Holy shit, it's going to be epic. Exohxo open the show, and in this week's Underage I spoke with the...
CBC Radio 3 (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Dan Mangan speaks out in favour of file sharing. Read his interview in the Telegraph . The Arcade Fire make NME's 50 Greatest Albums of the 00s twice. Stereogum King Khan & BBQ Show issue statement about arrest. Exclaim Hot Chip to play Toronto April 20, 2010. NME The Magnetic Fields to play first-ever Montreal show and Toronto . Exclaim The Cribs to play Toronto & Vancouver. Exclaim [Photo:...
Alter The Press! (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
The Strokes' 2001 debut album 'Is This It' has been called 'Album of the Decade' by NME. The top 50 can be seen by clicking read more. Check back soon to Alter The Press! where will be giving our Top 25 albums of the decade. 1. The Strokes – 'Is This It' 2. The Libertines – 'Up The Bracket' 3. Primal Scream – 'XTRMNTR' 4. Arctic Monkeys – 'Whatever People Say I Am, That's What...
prefixmag (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Pitchfork may have usurped everyone with their best-of-the-decade list, but the floodgates are open now and many other publications are printing their nominations. Today (Nov. 17), the NME has produced a list of the albums they consider to be the best of the decade, and there are very few surprises. The paper was one of the earliest champions of the Strokes when they emerged at the beginning of the...
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