Events

Meet Mike Judge

Isaac Lekach :: Monday, August 31st, 2009 6:16 pm

If you live in NYC and still quote Office Space and/or Beavis and Butt-Head, you might want to cruise over to the Apple Store on Prince Street in SOHO on Wednesday September 2 at 7:00 pm because Mike Judge will be there. He’ll be hosting a Q&A to promote his new film Extract.

Free Download: Clare And The Reasons “Ooh You Hurt Me So”

Isaac Lekach :: Monday, August 31st, 2009 10:53 am

Can’t think of a better way to welcome the week than with a free download. Click here to access “Ooh You Hurt Me So” by Clare And The Reasons. “Ooh” is a lovely song complete with a whistle solo. Arrow is the name of the forthcoming record, which will be released on October 20th. Also, a tour with The Vic Chesnutt band will follow the release-click here for the dates.

Chairlift NYC In Store

Isaac Lekach :: Friday, August 28th, 2009 5:15 pm

Chairlift will be doing in store performance tomorrow at Saks Fifth Avenue from 4-5 pm. If you don’t feel like shopping and listening to music, check the band out next Saturday September 5th at the Bowery Ballroom with Here We Go Magic. For more info on the in store click here and for complete tour dates click here.

Teaser: Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson Break Up

Isaac Lekach :: Friday, August 28th, 2009 2:49 pm

Peep this trailer for the forthcoming album from Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson. Our very own Max Goldblatt put it together. Yorn, evidently inspired by the songs Serge Gainsbourg did with Brigitte Bardot, cold-called Johansson who agreed on the spot. Break Up is the result and will be released on September 15th. Enjoy the teaser and stream the single “Relator” here.

Music Video: Hockey “Song Away”

Isaac Lekach :: Friday, August 28th, 2009 1:55 pm

Charlyne Yi (Paper Hearts, Knocked Up, this music video for Man Man) and Paul Rust (I Love You, Beth Cooper, Inglourious Basterds) star in this eighties inspired music video for the band Hockey. Mind Chaos, their debut album, will be released on October 6th courtesy of Capitol Records.

Trailer: Adventures Of Power

Isaac Lekach :: Thursday, August 27th, 2009 4:17 pm

By now everyone knows Jeremy Piven’s character on Entourage, Ari Gold, is based on super agent (and White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel’s brother) Ari Emanuel. A lesser known fact is that the character was named after star Adrian Grenier’s best friend. Yup, it’s true. And now with Adventures Of Power, the real Ari Gold, is hoping to make a name for himself. Gold wrote, directed and starred in this movie. Looks like someone was inspired by Napoleon Dynamite.

Music Video: Grizzly Bear “Two Weeks” (unofficial)

Isaac Lekach :: Thursday, August 27th, 2009 1:01 pm

Here’s an unofficial video for “Two Weeks” by Grizzly Bear. Click here to watch the official video, which was directed by Patrick Daughters. Both videos are pretty stellar. The band is scheduled to play the Williamsburg Waterfront with Beach House on Sunday. Click here for more information.

F@#K Monday! D+T Party with Das Racist

SXB :: Thursday, August 27th, 2009 12:50 pm

Print Join us this Sunday at Public Assembly in Brooklyn. Das Racist will perform. Cerebral Ballzy will as well. The Ohio Party will DJ. And we’ll all be drinking Colt 45s. Holler!

Best CD We Got In The Mail Today: James Husband A Parallax I

Isaac Lekach :: Tuesday, August 25th, 2009 4:17 pm

02255_James_Husband_Album_Art_copy James Husband has been a member of of Montreal for some time now. He was also a part of the Athens-based collective Elephant Six, playing with Great Lakes, Essex Green, Ladybug Transistor, and Marshmallow Coast. A Parallax I is his debut album. Polyvinyl will release it on October 27th, but we’ve been listening to it all day. The collection of songs sound a bit like the bands he’s been associated with mixed with sixties bands like the Kinks and the Zombies. In fact, “Waiting on Rayne” sounds like a lost Zombies track. Parallax was recorded between 2003 and 2007 in of Montreal’s Athens-based home recording studio and Stockholm’s Up & Running and Truckland Studios. If you remember the Elephant Six bands and are nostalgic for their heyday, head over to Husband’s myspace page and preview some songs. Click here to listen.

Free Download: Dawes “Love Is All I Am”

SXB :: Monday, August 24th, 2009 5:19 pm

dawes Here’s another free download. “Love Is All I Am” comes courtesy of ATO Records and RCRD LBL. It’s off Dawes’ debut North Hills, which will be released on September 29th. Three of the members were in a band called Simon Dawes who put out an exceptional record entitled Carnivore three years ago on the now-defunct label Record Collection. Fans of Simon Dawes will certainly appreciate North Hills. Click here to download “Love Is All I Am” and decide for yourself!

Music Video: Free Energy “Free Energy”

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

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

Chevy Chase’s Return

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

NBC has a new show premiering on September 17th at 9:30. It’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 you’re probably looking forward to the show. Though the promo above made me chuckle, it is incredibly bizarre. Here’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 Orlando’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 haven’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 we’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