Monday, March 19, 2012

Kassini - Immune

Lots of slow burners in the latest from Kassini. These guys are pretty damn good at capturing your attention with complex, almost trippy crescendos, and then breaking it down with driving rhythms and sweet-A melodies. Come to think of it, really the only track that they kick it from top to bottom is "Just Like Me," which, by the way, has a nice little mini-jam session about half way through it. All in all, Immune is a solid album and I'd be curious to see/hear how they layer all of their sound. Here's to hoping they swing through the DC area when they get out on the road.

And hats off to Kassini for thinking old-school... offering Immune up concept-style for free (buying it broken up by track will cost you $10).


Tuesday, March 1, 2011

"Dustbowl Dance"

This is my favorite cut from Sigh No More, Mumford & Sons' breakout album from last year. I'm kicking myself because even after hearing all of the buzz these Brits and their album were getting, I still I put off giving them a listen until the end of the year and missed the opportunity to catch them when they rolled through DC. If you watched the Grammys a few weeks ago, you may have seen them lead the back-to-back-to-back set with the Avett Brothers and Bob Dylan (I thought M&S blew the others away). Here's to hoping they schedule some more dates over here when they do the festival circuit this summer.

Sunday, February 20, 2011

Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks

Acoustic, raw and beautiful...

Monday, February 7, 2011

This week's late night tv lineup

Leno
  • Thurs - Nicki Minaj
  • Fri - The Black Keys
Daly
  • Mon - Interpol
  • Wed - Mini Mansions
  • Thurs - Alberta Cross
Letterman
  • Tues - Gang of Four
  • Wed - Elton John and Leon Russell
  • Fri - The Dears
Conan
  • Wed - Ray LaMontagne

New music

Stream PJ Harvey's Let England Shake and Bright Eyes' The People's Key (among a few other albums) before their Feb 15th release over at NPR.

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

This week's late night tv lineup

Leno
  • Tues - One Eskimo
  • Thurs - Bobby Long
Daly
  • Tues - Interpol
  • Wed - Screaming Females
  • Thurs - Off!
  • Fri - A Perfect Circle
Letterman
  • Tues - The National
  • Wed - Boxer Rebellion
Kimmel
  • Fri - Cold War Kids
Conan
  • Tues - Peter, Bjorn and John
  • Thurs - Interpol
Lopez
  • Tues - The Thermals

Monday, January 24, 2011

This week's late night tv lineup

SNL - Nicki Minaj

Letterman
  • Mon - The Walkmen
  • Wed - Cage the Elephant
  • Fri - Gregg Allman
Leno
  • Tues - White Lies
  • Wed - Amos Lee
Daly
  • Mon - Menomena
  • Tues - Broken Bells
  • Wed - Two Door Cinema Club
  • Thurs - Fitz and the Tantrums
  • Fri - Tift Merritt
Kimmel
  • Wed - Cold War Kids
  • Thurs - Cage the Elephant
Conan
  • Mon - Iron and Wine
Lopez
  • Mon - Grace Potter and the Nocturnals

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

This week's late night tv lineup

Leno
  • Wed -Grace Potter & The Nocturnals
  • Thurs - The Decemberists
Daly
  • Tues -Interpol
  • Wed - Alberta Cross
  • Fri - Janelle Monae
Conan
  • Thurs - Aloe Blacc

Thursday, January 13, 2011

"MoneyGrabber" - Fitz & the Tantrums

This is some catchy shit right here...



Fitz & the Tantrums' website

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

The official fruit of Minnesota is delicious

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Best apples I've ever had. They're a bit pricey, but well worth it. Give them a whirl - you won't be disappointed. Mmmm, Honeycrisp apples....

This week's late night tv lineup

SNL - The Black Keys

Letterman
  • Thurs - The Walkmen
  • Fri - No Age
Leno
  • Thurs - Los Lobos
Fallon
  • Fri - Iron and Wine
Conan
  • Tues - Neon Trees
  • Wed - Deerhunter

Monday, December 27, 2010

This week's late night tv lineup

Leno
  • Wed - Robyn
Letterman
  • Wed - Florence + the Machine
  • Fri - Rihanna
Kimmel
  • Mon - The Temper Trap
  • Thurs - Crystal Castles
Conan
  • Thurs - The 88
Lopez
  • Thurs - KT Tunstall

Thursday, December 23, 2010

Monday, December 20, 2010

This week's late night tv lineup

Leno
  • Tues - Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings
Daly
  • Tues - Alberta Cross
  • Wed - The Walkmen
Letterman
  • Wed - Grace Potter & the Nocturnals
Lopez
  • Thurs - Filter
Conan
  • Mon - Beach House
  • Thurs - Reggie Watts

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

"Holiday Road"

Okay, so this isn't in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, but it makes me think of the National Lampoon's series (the good ones, at least) and Christmas Vacation is one of two my go-to movies during the time of year. And apparently it is for the Walkmen too, since they decided to cover it as part of A.V. Club's Holiday Undercover Series.


The Walkmen cover "Holiday Road"

Wondering what the other movie is? The Ref with Denis Leary. "Do you know what this family needs? A mute." Classic!

Monday, December 13, 2010

This week's late night tv lineup

SNL - Eminem and Lil Wayne

Daly
  • Mon - Two Door Cinema Club
  • Tues - A Perfect Circle
  • Wed - Interpol
  • Thurs - School of Seven Bells
  • Fri - Fitz & the Tantrums
Letterman
  • Thurs - Florence and the Machine
Conan
  • Tues - Broken Bells
  • Wed - Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
  • Thurs - Jenny and Johnny

Monday, December 6, 2010

This week's late night tv lineup

SNL - Paul McCartney

Lopez
  • Mon - Nicki Minaj
  • Thurs - The 88
Daly
  • Mon - Fanfarlo
  • Wed - Florence and The Machine
  • Thurs - Two Door Cinema Club
  • Fri - Delta Spirit
Letterman
  • Thurs - Phosphorescent

Saturday, December 4, 2010

New music

Let's kick this off with a cool video for the alternate version of "Terrible Love." I dig the way it's shot and edited and think the end does a pretty good job of capturing the energy of The National in concert (without actually being there, of course).



  • The National, "Wake Up Your Saints," High Violet expanded editions (out now), Troubled Souls Unite
  • The Low Anthem, "Ghost Woman Blues," Smart Flesh (Feb 22nd), TwentyFourBit
  • PJ Harvey, "Written on the Forehead," Let England Shake (Feb 14th), The Sky Report
  • Noah and the Whale, "Wild Thing," Last Night on Earth (March 2011), TwentyFourBit
  • The Dears, "Blood," Degeneration Street (Feb 15th), Quick Before It Melts

Monday, November 29, 2010

This week's late night tv lineup

Fallon
  • Wed - Bruce Stringteen
Daly
  • Mon - Kate Nash
  • Tues - Broken Bells
  • Thurs - School of Seven Bells
  • Fri - Built to Spill
Kimmel
  • Mon - Nicki Minaj
  • Fri - Metric
Letterman
  • Wed - Nicki Minaj
Ferguson
  • Thurs - Norah Jones

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Be thankful for free music!

Get in the holiday spirit by clicking on Turkey for a coupon code that gets you a $3 Amazon.com MP3 credit from LogicBUY (through Nov 29th). Thanks to Jude for the K.