Media – MusicGeek.org http://www.musicgeek.org/wp Tue, 08 Feb 2011 04:55:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7.12 Music Video: The New Pornographers – “Moves” http://www.musicgeek.org/wp/2011/02/08/music-video-new-pornographers-moves http://www.musicgeek.org/wp/2011/02/08/music-video-new-pornographers-moves#respond Tue, 08 Feb 2011 19:00:02 +0000 http://www.musicgeek.org/wp/?p=1623 This is a great video — it’s “Moves” by The New Pornographers, and it features a veritable cornucopia of comedy gold. Contributions from fellow Matadorian Jon Wurster and a slew of Daily Show members make this really enjoyable, and the “story” is just brilliant. From such humble (-seeming?) folks, this is a great video!

Written And Directed By Tom Scharpling
Producers: Robert Hatch-Miller & Puloma Basu

Cast: Jon Wurster, Julie Klausner, Kevin Corrigan, Wyatt Cenac, Horatio Sanz, Ted Leo, John Hodgman, Bill Hader, Paul Rudd, Todd Barry, Donald Glover, Esther Crowe, Michael Lisk, Gabe Delahaye, Max Silvestri, Jay Norton, David Rosenblatt, Terre T., Anna Copacabana, Rob Cuthill, Brian Turner, Alex Scordelis, Jonathan Fernandez, Therese Mahler, Candace Mills, Christina Stanley, Christine Tadler, Owinema Biu, Chris Spooner, Jacob Wolk

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Music Video: Dreamend – Magnesium Light http://www.musicgeek.org/wp/2011/02/07/music-video-dreamend-magnesium-light http://www.musicgeek.org/wp/2011/02/07/music-video-dreamend-magnesium-light#respond Mon, 07 Feb 2011 20:00:32 +0000 http://www.musicgeek.org/wp/?p=1620 Check out this video for Dreamend’s “Magnesium Light” from So I Ate Myself, Bite By Bite. It’s a bit on the bizarre side but nothing terribly out of sorts.

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Released This Week: Esben and the Witch – Violet Cries http://www.musicgeek.org/wp/2011/02/03/released-this-week-esben-and-the-witch-violet-cries http://www.musicgeek.org/wp/2011/02/03/released-this-week-esben-and-the-witch-violet-cries#respond Fri, 04 Feb 2011 00:47:43 +0000 http://www.musicgeek.org/wp/?p=1601

Esben and the Witch - Violet Cries

Violet Cries is the full-length debut from Esben and the Witch, and it’s been launched on the ever-effervescent Matador Records. It’s a brooding, self-reflective release and it’s hard to catch the vision sometimes. Those difficulties are quelled throughout, but lingering doubts harm the effectiveness of this record.

Esben and the Witch – “Warpath” (download)
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Throughout Violet Cries, I’m never sure whether something more exciting is going to come into play — and that’s after several listens. When the pace gets frenzied, I almost expect something bombastic and vibrant, but instead, Esben and the Witch stay the course.

It’s hard not to be impressed by this debut, but it’s also hard to fully enjoy it during the first few listens. I can’t complain about the result, and while it was a hard one to dig into, but I’ve since gained a real appreciation of it.

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Rural Alberta Advantage issues anticipatory track http://www.musicgeek.org/wp/2010/12/15/rural-alberta-advantage-issues-anticipatory-track http://www.musicgeek.org/wp/2010/12/15/rural-alberta-advantage-issues-anticipatory-track#respond Wed, 15 Dec 2010 21:06:07 +0000 http://www.musicgeek.org/wp/?p=1559

The Rural Alberta Advantage - Departed

My love for The Rural Alberta Advantage is not really a secret. Their full-length, Hometowns, held a very special place in my record player, and it was easily one of my most-listened albums of 2009, when it was reissued. When Departed was announced, I became, well, a little giddy. I don’t think this should come as too much of a surprise — I get giddy at the merest mention of new things from bands I enjoy, and when it’s a band I have an unabashed affection toward, make no mistakes: I’m like a little school girl. Well, I mean, I’m like a little school girl in some respects, not all.

At any rate, I snagged an e-mail this morning from Paper Bag Records advertising a track from the upcoming Departed, which is due out March 1. I jumped from the couch I’d fallen asleep on, grabbed my laptop, and the listening took off.

The track is “Stamp,” and it takes The Rural Alberta Advantage forward on the same path they’d been forging with their excellent 2008-2009 outing. “Stamp” is brash effort in the vein you’d expect from the group, but there’s something fresh here. There’s an apparent cynicism that belies the innocence of Hometowns; the tone is brazenly sardonic. Instrumentally, this is essentially par for the course, though there are some new elements that really help the track succeed. We’ve still got the little bits of silence you’ve come to expect,

Snag the track on Paper Bag Records or via Saddle Creek Records above.

Tour dates

December 15 – Hamilton, ON – The Casbah
December 16 – Toronto, ON – Lee’s Palace
December 17 – Montreal, PQ – Il Motore
December 18 – Ottawa, ON – Ritual Nightclub
January 12  – New York, NY – Mercury Lounge (sold out)
March 9 – Cambridge, MA – Middle East Cafe
March 10 – New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
March 11 – Philadelphia, PA – First Unitarian Church
March 12 – Brooklyn, NY – Knitting Factory
March 13 – Washington, DC – Rock ‘n Roll Hotel
March 14 – Chapel Hill, NC – Local 506
March 15 – Atlanta, GA – The Earl
March 17-19 – Austin, TX TBA SXSW
March 20 – Dallas, TX The Loft
March 22 – Ames, IA – Maintenance Shop at Iowa State University
March 23 – Milwaukee, WI – Mad Planet
March 24 – Madison, WI – High Noon Saloon
March 25 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
March 26 – Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall

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Quick Track: Keith Canisius – “The Beach House” http://www.musicgeek.org/wp/2010/11/18/quick-track-keith-canisius-the-beach-house http://www.musicgeek.org/wp/2010/11/18/quick-track-keith-canisius-the-beach-house#respond Thu, 18 Nov 2010 07:33:17 +0000 http://www.musicgeek.org/wp/?p=1482

Keith Canisius - This Time It's Our High

Here’s a bit of fun, engaging shoegazey stuff for you. It’s Keith Canisius, dream pop craftsman, with something from his second release, This Time It’s Our High. Check it out; it comes highly recommended.

Keith Canisius — “The Beach House” from This Time It’s Our High | download
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Jack Dishel, Moldy Peaches alum, strikes out on his own http://www.musicgeek.org/wp/2010/11/14/jack-dishel-moldy-peaches-alum-strikes-out-on-his-own http://www.musicgeek.org/wp/2010/11/14/jack-dishel-moldy-peaches-alum-strikes-out-on-his-own#respond Sun, 14 Nov 2010 22:02:59 +0000 http://www.musicgeek.org/wp/?p=1469

Photo by Martin Hausler, courtesy of Sneak Attack Media

Jack Dishel (or, if you will, Yevgeny Leondovich Dishel) — best known as the former Moldy Peaches guitarist, is off to those indie rock races again, this time on his own under the name Only Son, and this time with a new album. As a preview for his forthcoming Searchlight, to be released Jan. 18, 2011, check out “Magic.” If the rest of the album continues with this pop nous, there will be something very good here, no doubt. For a video of the track, read after the jump, or just check out this mp3.

Only Son — “Magic” from Searchlight | download
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Video Friday: Yo La Tengo’s “Sugarcube” http://www.musicgeek.org/wp/2010/11/12/video-friday-yo-la-tengos-sugarcube http://www.musicgeek.org/wp/2010/11/12/video-friday-yo-la-tengos-sugarcube#respond Fri, 12 Nov 2010 18:06:21 +0000 http://www.musicgeek.org/wp/?p=1464 Here’s a quick Video Friday for you: Yo La Tengo’s absolutely adorable video for “Sugarcube” is exactly what a good music video should be: fun, enduring, and evocative. Yo La Tengo hits the apex of this on all accounts.

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PHOTOS: Trevor Green at Groovacious http://www.musicgeek.org/wp/2010/10/18/photos-trevor-green-at-groovacious http://www.musicgeek.org/wp/2010/10/18/photos-trevor-green-at-groovacious#respond Mon, 18 Oct 2010 18:33:31 +0000 http://www.musicgeek.org/wp/?p=1430

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PHOTOS: Matador at 21: Yo La Tengo http://www.musicgeek.org/wp/2010/10/09/photos-matador-at-21-yo-la-tengo http://www.musicgeek.org/wp/2010/10/09/photos-matador-at-21-yo-la-tengo#respond Sat, 09 Oct 2010 23:43:52 +0000 http://www.musicgeek.org/wp/?p=1426 This was my third time seeing Yo La Tengo this year — and overall — and I’ve got to say, this was up there with the first time I saw them. Of course, I’d have loved a long set, but you can’t have everything. It was only marred by the antics of Guided By Voices guitarist Mitch Mitchell, who found it necessary to run across the stage, leading Yo La Tengo’s tech-hand to get a bit aggressive with the guy. Can’t blame him.

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PHOTOS: Matador at 21: Belle and Sebastian http://www.musicgeek.org/wp/2010/10/07/matador-at-21-belle-and-sebastian http://www.musicgeek.org/wp/2010/10/07/matador-at-21-belle-and-sebastian#respond Fri, 08 Oct 2010 00:17:41 +0000 http://www.musicgeek.org/wp/?p=1421 Having returned from the city of, well, a bunch of things I don’t really enjoy — to see and experience a bunch of things I do enjoy — I thought it may be prudent to post some photos from my experience. Here are some shots of Belle and Sebastian, and I have to say: What a set! The group opened with “I Didn’t See it Coming,” and you know? It was masterful. The first track from their new album made for a great live opener.

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