Beirut's new album, The Rip Tide, is slated to be released on Aug 30 on Pompeii Records. Luckily for us, they've decided to release the digital version on August 2. That's THIS Tuesday!
Checkout the amazing Alexei Perry of the Handsome Furs at the 2011 Capitol Hill Block Party. We don't have the words yet to explain how awesome this weekend was, but here is a link to the flickr photostream so you can see for yourself. If you've never been to this event, mark your calendar for next year. Seriously. Do it.
We had such a good time this week at TV on the Radio, Les Savy Fav and Handsome Furs that we're heading down to the Capitol Hill Block Party to see them again. See you Monday!
The Georgia Straight loves TV On the Radio and so do we. As they put it, "if you haven’t seen the band’s all-out hypnotic live show, it’s not too late to clamber aboard the bandwagon. "
The Capital Hill Block Party hits Seattle this weekend! Don't know what to wear? Here's some inspiration from The Pitchfork Music Festival care of Refinery 29. Pitchfork Music Festival is wrapping up what we can only assume was an amazing weekend (great music and hot weather, yes please!), so we thought we'd put up a post about one of the many artists we're looking forward to seeing this fall. A Chicago Sun-Times article about the festival refers to James Blake as a dead ringer for Aaron Neville. We think he's a dead ringer for awesome. Checkout his North American television debut on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.
Here's a summer playlist care of Chromeo. Check them out live August 2nd at The Commodore Ballroom. And be sure to wear something you can move in, because you'll be dancing all night long.
If you've seen them, you already know that Les Savy Fav are probably one of the best live bands to come out of the past decade. Tim Harrington is known for his wild antics, but when reigned in by the constraints of live radio it's easy to see that this band has a lot more going for it than crowd surfing in garbage cans and literally swinging from the rafters (though it does make for an unforgettable night).
We all wish were were going to see Friendly Fires at Glastonbury this year, but one zone bus fare is far more economical than a plane ticket
