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Exclusive Clip From Califoneâ€™s Film

SXB :: Thursday, September 17th, 2009 7:52 pm

Califoneâ€™s forthcoming album is called All My Friends Are Funeral Singers, as is the film theyâ€™re in the process of completing. While plans for the filmâ€™s release are still being sorted, weâ€™ve got a sneak peakâ€”peep it after the jump! ALFAFS (the album) will be released on October 6th via Dead Oceans.

Music Video: Free Energy “Free Energy”

SXB :: Monday, August 24th, 2009 2:06 pm

Check out the video for DFAâ€™s Free Energy directed by Scott Thrift of the M ss ng P eces collective. Seventies guitar rock at itâ€™s finest. Keep an eye out for the drummerâ€™s mustache. Weâ€™re particularly fond of it. Free Energy is currently on tour. Click here for tour dates. -IL

Chevy Chaseâ€™s Return

SXB :: Monday, August 24th, 2009 12:38 pm

NBC has a new show premiering on September 17th at 9:30. Itâ€™s called Community and it stars Chevy Chase and Joel McHale. The Russo Brothers (Arrested Development) and Dan Harmon (The Sarah Silverman Program) are responsible. If you grew up in the eighties and/or have ever seen The Soup youâ€™re probably looking forward to the show. Though the promo above made me chuckle, it is incredibly bizarre. Hereâ€™s hoping the show is both good AND bizarre. Right? Also, check out a Q&A with Chase and McHale here. -IL

Free Download: The Postmarks “My Lucky Charm”

SXB :: Monday, August 24th, 2009 12:09 pm

2-extralarge_1245769172605 If you like Burt Bacharach and lush pop music click here to download “My Lucky Charm” by the Postmarks. The South Florida band will play Orlandoâ€™s The Social on September 3rd. Memoirs At The End Of The World, their second full length of original material, will be released tomorrow. -IL

New Karen O. Single

SXB :: Monday, August 24th, 2009 11:56 am

pastedGraphic Stream the Karen O. single “All Is Love” here. The song, which will be released tomorrow, is off the Where The Wild Things soundtrack. The film opens October 16th. If you havenâ€™t seen the preview, check it out here. -IL

Tonight At The Guggenheim

SXB :: Friday, August 14th, 2009 2:19 pm

The Guggenheim has decided to get all cool this summer as part of its 50th anniversary celebration extravaganza.

Tomorrow kicks off the first in a series called It Came From Brooklyn, which features Brooklyn faves High Places and veterans The Walkmen (who incidentally live on the Upper West side not Brooklyn, but whatever weâ€™re letting it slide).

The event will also feature celebrated Sag Harbor author Colson Whitehead reading selections from Walt Whitman poems, and will be hosted by comedian Leo Allen.

Tickets are pricey, but the novelty alone of seeing High Places rock the Guggenheim would make this well worth it, and the rest of the night sounds pretty great, too.

Click here for tickets.-AM

Music Video: Helado Negro "Playas"

SXB :: Tuesday, August 11th, 2009 3:27 pm

Peep the latest from Helado Negro below — itâ€™s for the song “Playas” and comes courtesy of Stereogum. Heladoâ€™s debut Awe Owe is out now. Tour dates have also been posted as well. Click here for all the info. And weâ€™ve translated Sufjan Stevensâ€™s cryptic praise over the record, which he released last week. The translated note can be found after the jump! -IL

Helado Negro makes me want to dance groovy.
It is like communicating with space(universe) by waving flag.
His sounds infatuate me more than the taste of sweet and sour sauce.
If you listen to his music thoroughly, you too will probably find your own groove like communicating with space(universe).
Dance Groovy!

Inherent Vice review by D.J. Pangburn

SXB :: Friday, August 7th, 2009 12:20 pm

Pynchonâ€™s latest Inherent Vice is sunshine noir injected full of psychotropic drugs (banana dust included), spun through an endless summer of hash fumes, and exhaled it into the glowing daylight smog and Technicolor night-lights of the Los Angeles aether. What majesty! What peculiar rhythms! Nobody writes Los Angeles quite like Thomas Ruggles. He understands the post-human landscape of this collective dream that is El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles del Rio de Porciuncula. Pynchon is the Bard of the Southland, the titan of this cosmically-touched megalopolis that is a magnetic pole for all that is strange and terrible in America. A land of cults, acid casualties, nuclear sunsets, Hunter S. Thompson, shifting tectonics, absorbed municipalities, marijuana dispensaries (1 per 6,000 citizens), corrupt cops, vanished orange groves, swirling vortices of gossip and water shortages. A place where the Jet Propulsion Laboratory founders co-mingled bodily fluids with other eccentrics at Aleister Crowleyâ€™s dark magic incantations in elaborate orgies; the birthplace of ARPANET, the precursor of the internet; home of Brian Wilson and the wild buffalo on Catalina Island, helicopters buzzing overhead all day long, and (to borrow Pynchonâ€™s phrase from the book), “so forth.” California is the edge of the world in many ways — the last stop in the westward march of immigrants and emigrants. When those first generations of deranged searchers saw the edge, saw for themselves the Earth was round, they probably thought, Well, this is just as nice a place as any to settle. They settled on a fault! — maybe this accounts for the strange psychogeographical qualities of the city. We have an observatory here named after a man who attempted to shoot his wife, but she survived thanks to cat-like reflexes, albeit disfigured. And, of course, we have Scientology for our endless amusement. If you canâ€™t appreciate the strange Pynchonian world of Inherent Vice, then you simply cannot appreciate L.A.. The man nails the city and its inhabitants. Pynchonâ€™s nearest antecedent is Terry Southern (screenwriter of Dr. Strangelove) whose book Flash & Filigree also mirrored the sun-crazed ecstasy of Los Angeles. And if you, dear reader, canâ€™t appreciate Pynchon, then you must flush Terry Southern down the drain with him. And the literary world is a very boring place without these madmen. MORE »

Brooklyn Electronic Music Fest Is Tomorrow!!

SXB :: Friday, August 7th, 2009 12:07 pm

The Brooklyn Electronic Music Festival is tomorrow!

Get pumped up with this mini mix that VDRK made special for the BEMF. You can also find mini mixes from Free Magic and The American Dream Team courtesy of Nicky Digital.

Thereâ€™s till time to get reduced price pre-sale tickets here. (Or you can pay dearly for your procrastination and get regular tickets at the door.)

The BEMF extravaganza is at The Old American Can Factory 232 Third St. Brooklyn, NY 11215.-AM

APW: A Slightly Late Recap

SXB :: Thursday, August 6th, 2009 8:26 am

All Points West. Boy was it off to a terrible start. To being with, there was MCAâ€™s cancer scare. In case youâ€™ve been living under a rock, the Beastie Boys had to drop off the bill because Adam Yauch found a cancerous tumor in his parotid gland-evidently heâ€™s well on the road to recovery now. Jay-Z performed in their stead. Many have called him the greatest rapper of all times (no offense Kanye) …and while his performance was definitely a highlight, Iâ€™d be lying if I said it wasnâ€™t bitter sweet. Then again, maybe I just have a soft spot for Jewish rappers. And no, Iâ€™m not referring to 2 Live Jews. Then there was the weather to contend with. Mud. My least favorite surface. Friday was …well, wet. And I didnâ€™t need a refund, but the fine folks at APW offered a free pass to day two for those that couldnâ€™t brave the rain on day one. But enough complaining …Vampire Weekend. Word has it their follow up to their self-titled debut is nearing completion. I didnâ€™t catch the names of the new songs they performed, but it whet my appetite for whatâ€™s to come. Click here to watch a video of them performing “Mansard Roof” in the rain. I also really enjoyed the Yeah Yeah Yeahs set. Itâ€™s Blitz-record of the year? Too soon? I guess itâ€™s just a pleasure to find a band making their best record well into their career. Check out some photos after the jump. -ML

Music Video: Jay Reatard "It Ain't Gonna Save Me"

SXB :: Tuesday, August 4th, 2009 11:03 am

Jay Reatard has a new record coming soon from Matador. Itâ€™s called Watch Me Fall and it will be released on August 18th. “It Ainâ€™t Gonna Save Me” is the first single. Check out the video below! -IL

Music Video: Division Day "Surrender"

SXB :: Sunday, August 2nd, 2009 12:04 pm

I donâ€™t think this is the official music video, but someone with access to Division Dayâ€™s new album cut together footage from a movie called Hausu to complement the track “Surrender.” Itâ€™s amazing. Check it out below. Visitation will be released on September 18th via Dangerbird Records. -IL

Passion Pit on Myspace Transmissions

SXB :: Friday, July 31st, 2009 12:49 pm

Passion Pit stopped by Myspace Transmissions and taped a performance and interview. Follow this link to check it out. The groups latest (and first full length) album Manners is available now. -IL

The Fantastic Mr. Fox TRAILER!

SXB :: Thursday, July 30th, 2009 3:15 pm

Holy shit. Forgive the cursing, Iâ€™m just really excited about this. -IL

Noah & The Whale Make Album AND Film!

SXB :: Wednesday, July 29th, 2009 9:40 am

Noah & The Whaleâ€™s forthcoming second album The First Days Of Spring couldnâ€™t be more of a departure from their jubilant debut Peaceful, The World Lay Me Down. It is grander in scope, slower in tempo, and certainly moodier. Though PTWLMD spawned several cutesy music videos, TFDOS has a forty-five minute film accompanying it! Click here for more details. See the trailer, which is set to the first single “Blue Skies” below. TFDOS will be released on August 31. -IL