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).

"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.

Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks

Acoustic, raw and beautiful...

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.

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
  

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
  

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

"MoneyGrabber" - Fitz & the Tantrums

This is some catchy shit right here...



Fitz & the Tantrums' website

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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

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
  

Four-peat

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
  

"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!

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

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

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
  

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
  

Be thankful for free music!

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