Nice, I’ve been holding off sharing any footage of the DriveLike Jehu reunion show that took place this holiday weekend at Balboa Park until
quality film popped up. Chances are you’ve seen some videos in the last 48
hours but even Pitchfork’s shared footage was from a lousy angle and cut off Mark
Trombino which as you know is a major sacrilege . Well I’m here to let you know that if you are
a fan and couldn't make it out to California for the gig some quality footage
is now available to enjoy, but first things first. If you are not familiar with Drive Like Jehu
then please leave this website right now and go and spend some time discovering
their music. I appreciate your interest and loyalty but they are much more
important source of inspiration than any of the ramblings one can find here. If
you are here because I’m usually the person who provides said information, here
is a very brief rundown…
Drive Like Jehu were/are an American post-hardcore
band from San Diego California active from 1990 to 1995. Formed by rhythm
guitarist and vocalist Rick Froberg and lead guitarist John
Reis following the breakup of their band Pitchfork, the band's lineup
also included bassist Mike Kennedy and drummer Mark Trombino.
Their music was characterized by multisectioned compositions, interlocking
guitar patterns, orchestrated builds and releases, and elliptical melodies that
produced a distinctive sound amongst other post-hardcore acts and impacted the
evolution of hardcore punk into emo.
Rick and John have both been pretty active since Drive Like
Jehu ended and can be publicly seen performing on the regular with their
various projects including but not limited to Rocket From The Crypt, Hot Snakes, Obits, Night Marchers and more. Mark has
made his impact from behind the scenes and is heavily responsible for not just
some of the most important and influential post punk/emo albums of the era but
really helped define the entire scene’s sound as a whole. As for Mike? It would
seem that education was Mr. Kennedy’s priority as he went back to school to study
chemistry.
The band has said this will absolutely be a one off show,
but I find absolutes for these types of things to often be temporary. Rumor has
it the reasoning behind the show was that it was a rare opportunity to be able
to use the park’s organ which Dr. Carol Williams lends her talents to for the
performance.
So with little further delay sit back and enjoy Drive Like
Jehu and Dr.Carol Williams at the Spreckels Organ Pavilion in Balboa Park.
Sunday August 31st, 2014 at 6:45pm
1. Do You Compute
2. Super Unison
3. Sinews
4. If It Kills You
5. Luau
Performance supported by the Spreckels Organ Society (http://spreckelsorgan.org/), a
volunteer-driven 501-C-3 non-profit (Tax ID 33-0299072) incorporated in 1988 to
preserve, program, and promote the Spreckels Organ as a world treasure for all
people.
Clams Casino has
partnered up with HP computers to create a song via a live Youtube streaming
event using his HP Split X2 laptop of course. The two day event started mid-day
yesterday and will wrap up sometimes today. Helping Clams is Vic Mensa
alongside several other session musicians and a live painter who is rendering
various quotes from viewers who live tweet their suggestions for the track.
I watched about an hour and a half of the stream yesterday
while it was occurring live and thought some of the suggested ideas worked well.
Mensa can come off as a little annoying from time to time but it’s still an
interesting concept that gives fans a peak into how clams works. Egyptian Cotton
Y’all!
It’s been a while since we posted a new Throwback Thursday
so we were about due for one to say the least. I always try to balance things out on the blog
with what types of music content we post, in theory multiple contributors
should help in this department as we all have different tastes, but this has
been a solo effort for the last several months as my fellow bloggers keep busy
with their day to day lives. The end result is that I have to try and police
myself somewhat to make sure you, the viewer, aren't being bombarded with 99%
hip hop/electronic oriented content. In
all honesty I think the mix tape culture that is hip hop in 2013 just provides
way more content on a day to day basis than rock can keep up with.
Whatever the case my roots
have always been in punk rock and this week’s Throwback Thursday focuses on one
of the most influential in the genre.
What we have below is a Chicago’s Big Black performance from
July 13, 1986 at CBGB’s in New York, filmed by Greg Fasolino. Black's abrasive sound was characterized by
distinctively trebley guitars and the use of a drum
machine, elements which precursored industrial
rock. Albini's lyrics openly dealt with loaded topics including murder, rape, child sexual abuse, arson, racism, and misogyny, so
you know, the classics! The 45 minute set list is broken down below…
1. Clear Out!
2. Fists of Love
3. Big Money
4. Passing Complexion
5. Cables
6. Pigeon Kill
7. The Ugly American
8. Kerosene (stopped)
9. Kerosene (with Mission of Burma/Volcano Suns’ Peter Prescott on drums)
10 Rema-Rema (with Peter Prescott)
Purity Ring's Corin Roddick stopped by Montreal’s Boiler Room on May 5th to take over the decks with his brand of party music. The forty-two minute set showcases
tunes that fit nicely into the Purity Ring aesthetic with a dream like vibe
setting the tone for most of the evening although he does mix things up now and again with some more “chaotic
tunes.’ Of course some Purity Ring tracks make an appearance as well and the
crowed seems to be well into it, check it out below...
What we got below is a full length HD performance of DeathGrips live at Ray-Ban x Boiler Room's SXSW warehouse showcase that took place on
the 16th of March 2013. The performance
clocks in at 34 minutes and shows a different point of view than that seen
recently in the video for “Lock Your Doors,” which you may recall used footage from cameras the band had
attached to their heads. As always the showis pretty raw and intense.
Stones Throw head honcho Peanut Butter Wolf visited the
Boiler Room to put on ridiculously long 12-hour DJ set that coincidentally will
accommodate all you folks throwing Super Bowl party’s today with a play list.
You know you can expect to hear a variety of musical genera’s on this one with
some exclusives peppered in throughout. Stream the whole thing, which is cut up into
three sections, below via Soundcloud or even watch part 1 and 3 via youtube if
you prefer and check out a track listing to get an idea of what’s what for the
first ten hours.
Hour 1
1. Richard Dimples Fields – “If It Ain’t One Thing It’s
Another
2. Brian Auger – “Beginning Again”
3. Heath Brothers – “Smiling Billy Suite”
4. Rick Wakeman – “March Of Gladiators”
5. Jeremy & The Satrys – “In The Glass Teardrops”
6. Bruce Haack – “Incantation”
7. Michael Adam Pollack – “Evening Visitors”
8. Polar Yet Tropical – “We Will Fall”
9. Billy Cobham & George Duke – “Almustafa The Beloved”
10. Lutz Rahn – “Dracula’s Kuss”
11. Barrabas – “Lady Love”
12. Omega – “With Magic Stone”
Hour 2
13. SBB – “Strategia Pulsu”
14. Reinhard Lakomy – “Das Geheime Leben”
15. Human League – “WXJL”
16. Jimmy Hendrix – “Have You Ever Been”
17. Aqua Fragile – “Cosmic Mind Affair”
18. Touch – “Waterdream”
19. Dwele – “Dime For Your Thoughts”
20. Touch – “Gethsemane 1”
21. Stereolab – “Spinal Column”
22. Sly & The Family Stone – “If It Were Left Up To Me”
23. Sly & The Family Stone – “Babies Makin’ Babies”
24. Quasimoto – “B.S.”
25. Marvin Gaye – “Heavy Love Affair”
26. Gil-Scott-Heron/Brian Jackson – “Back Home”
27. James Brown – “Bring It Up”
28. Mobb Deep – “Burn”
29. Phat Kat – “Destiny” Money Folder (Instrumental)”
Hour 3
30. Yesterday’s New Quintet – “Funshine”
31. Madvillain – “Money Folder (Instrumental)”
32. Medaphor – “Now U Know (Instrumental)”
33. Peanut Butter Wolf feat. Encore – “Undercover”
34. Guilty Simpson – “Coroners music”
35. Herman Kelly & Life – “A Refreshing Love”
36. Ohio Players – “Sleep Talk”
37. Brand Nubian – “Allah & Justice”
38. Great Pride – “She’s A Lady”
39. The Beatles – “I’m So Tired”
40. Snoop Dog – “Dog Food and Drank”
41. The Moments – “Theme”
42. Wu Tang Clan – “Shaolin Brew”
43. Booty’s Rubber Band – “I’d Rather Be With You”
44. Bobby Nunn – “She’s Just A Groupie”
45. Electric Light Orchestra – “Fire on High”
46. Sister Nancy – “One, Two”
47. Scientist – “Night of the Living Dead
Hour 4
48. TCQ – “Start it Up (Instrumental)”
49. Stevie Wonder – “Don’t Drive Drunk” Inst.
50. James Pants – “Tape Rolls”
51. Kinfunk – “Morris the Cat”
52. Irv Ski – “One Man Only”
53. Race – “Split Personality”
54. Funkadelic – “Super Stupid”
55. Ohio Players – “Love Slips Through My Fingers”
56. War – “Smile Happy”
57. Electro-Graphics – “Sloog”
58. Clint Eastwood – “Brotherman”
59. Grandmaster Flash – “Scorpio”
60. Ana Roseli – “Velhos Tempos”
61. Landscape – “From The Tea Rooms Of Mars”
62. Lord Finesse – “A Little Something For The Homiez”
63. Jungle Brothers – “Because I Got It Like That”
64. Steve Hackett – “The Toast”
65. The Click – “Tangi”
66. 14 Karat Soul – “Lover’s Fantasy”
67. Art Of Noise – “The Army Now”
68. Larry T. & The Family – “I’m Moving On”
69. Isley Brothers & Jimi Hendrix – “Testify”
70. Project Blowed – “Strength of ATU”
71. Trouble Funk – “Sping – Time”
72. Will Powers – “Smile (Dub)”
73. Throbbing Gristle – “What A Day”
74. Bobby G – “Lollipop Girl”
75. Just Tony – “You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine”
76. Extra T’s – “E.T. Boogie Inst”
77. The Residents – “Woman’s Weapon”
78. Ariel Pink – “She’s My Girl”
79. Cody Chesnutt – “The World Is Coming”
Hour 5
80. Family Fodder And Friends – “Sunday Girl #1”
81. Rick James – “Cold Blooded”
82. Prince – “Paisley Park”
83. Que Dee – Cash Flow
84. Homeliss Derelix – Cash Money
85. TCQ – “Bound To Wreck Your Body”
86. Paul McCartney – “Temporary Secretary”
87. Andy Bey – “Celestial Blues”
88. Sammy A – “Try Me Out”
89. Hiko featuring the Great Peso – “She’s Wild”
90. Charlie – “Spacer Woman”
91. Rated X – “Be Cool To Your Girl”
92. Konstruktiaits – “Kalm”
93. Bo Hansson – “The City”
94. The Wire – “Two People In The Room”
95. Big Kwam – “I Don’t Give A Fuck” PB Wolf Remix
96. Giorgio Moroder – “Theme From Midnight Express”
Hour 6
97. Nice N Smooth – “Sometimes I Rhyme Slow” Remix
98. Carly Simon – “Why”
99. Star Wars Christmas – “A Christmas Sighting”
100. Too Short – “Freaky Tales”
101. Schooly D – “Saturday Night”
102. Goblin – “Black Forest”
103. Grauzone “Film 2”
104. Chappell Electronic “Marathon Man”
105. Cybotron – “Techno City”
106. Pink Industry – “Is This The End”
107. Ingram – “That’s All”
108. Jonathan Brown – “Def Defiance”
Hour 7
109. Curtis Mayfield – “No Thing On Me”
110. The Turtles – “I’m Chief Kawannamannalaya”
111. Riuichi Sakamoto – “Participation Mystique”
112. Cosmic Overdose – “Oktoberfragment”
113. Neuronium – “Invisible Views”
114. Unit Band – “You Fool”
115. 415 – “Mr. Groove Is Home”
116. Al Hudson – “Spread Love”
117. Mystic Journeyman – “Depths Of Survival”
118. Ange – “Biafra 80 Introduction”
119. Dickey – “Acid House”
120. The Gadgets – “Kyleaking”
121. Todd Rundgren – “Johnee Jingo”
122. John Renbourn – “Bransle Gay”
123. YMO – “Behind The Mask”
124. Mac Dre – “California Livin”
125. 94 East – “If You Feel Like Dancin’” Feat Prince
126. Burundi Black – “Burundi Black”
127. Madvillain- “Curls”
128. Dorothy Ashby – “Soul Vibrations”
129. Roy Ayers – “DC City”
130. Robotiks – “Electromagnetic Seduction”
131. Slave – “The World’s On Hard”
132. Diva – “Glow Worm”
133. Spinners – “Games People Play”
134. Future – “Progressions”
135. Was Not Was – “Wheel Me Out”
136. Ideal – “Ride Me”
137. Cabaret Voltaire – “Three Mantras”
138. Egyptian Lover – “Egypt, Egypt”
Hour 8
139. Dam-Funk – “Galactic Funk”
140. Fast Eddie – “Most Wanted”
141. Duane & Co. – “JB On The One”
142. Todd Terry – “It’s Just In House”
143. Lootpack – ” Long Awaited” Inst.
144. Lootpack – “Crate Diggin’”
145. Peaking Lights – “Beautiful Dub”
146. Bruce Haack – “EIO”
147. Homeboy Sandman – “The Carpenter”
148. Impulse – “Girl Over There”
149. Blaine L. Reininger – “Nural Haj”
150. Can – “A Spectacle”
151. New Musik – “The Planet Doesn’t Mind”
152. Human League – “Hard Times” Inst
153. Nas – “New York State Of Mind”
154. Guilty Simpson – “Clap Your Hands”
155. Charizma PB Wolf – “My World Premier” Inst.
Hour 9
156. East Flatbush Project – “Tried By 12”
157. Jeru The Damaja – “Come Clean”
158. Public Enemy – “Shut Em Down” (Pete Rock Remix)
159. KMD – “Nitty Gritty”
160. Tristan Palma – “Good Bye Baby”
161. King Island Errison – “We Must Say Goodbye”
162. Wayne Jarrett – “Brimstone & Fire”
163. Gary Wilson – “6.4”
164. Z – Climax One
165. Coventry – “Nightklub”
166. Slave – “Snap Shot”
167. Non PL – “Picks Me Up”
168. Ricky Clark – “Flam”
169. The SNAP Band – “Can You Feel My Love”
170. Hurbert Laws – “Family”
Hour 10
171. Stairsteps – “Throwin’ Stones Atcha”
172. New Order – “Ceremony”
173. Todd Runagren – “In & Out Of Chakras We Go”
174. Lover II – “I’m Still Hurt”
175. Marley Marl – “Get Get Get It Now”
176. Madlib – “Steppin’ Again”
177. PB Wolf – “Casio Beats’
178. Love Joy – “Long Lost Lover”
179. The Second Coming – “New World A Coming”
180. Dam-Funk – “Don’t Go Swag” Live
181. Lonnie Liston Smith – “Expansions”
182. Ray, Goodman, & Brown – “Another Day”
183. Steve Miller – “Steve Miller’s Midnight Tango”
184. New Birth – “Pretty Busy”
185. James Taylor – “Automatic Reverse”
186. Sergio Mendes – “The Real Thing”
187. Pharoah Sanders – “Love Is Everywhere”
It’s been a while since we have heard anything new from the Yeah YeahYeahs but luck would have it that the trio are set to release a
new album in the spring and this week performed some new material from the new
record for a lucky crowed in Pomona, California. Reportedly, the first of the
two videos below is titled "Suck Young Blood".
DJ Benji B teamed up with writer and composer Grant Windsor for an hour long BBC Radio 1 special in which a 16-piece string ensemble play along side a variety of electronic and hip-hop tracks. Benji B handles the decks while a string section provides new layers to some of 2012′s biggest tunes and more. Check out the full tracklist and video below, let’s hoping an audio rip of this gets released.
Tracklist:
Dwele – A.N.G.E.L Flying Lotus – Do The Astral Plane
Ossie – Love Crazy
D-Malice – Gabryelle Refix
Bok Bok – Silo Pass
Wiley – Highs n Lows
S-X – Bricks
Timbaland – Ayo Technology (Instrumental)
Africa HiTech – Out in the Street (Snippet)
TNGHT – Higher Ground Kanye West, Jay-Z & Big Sean – Clique Drake – Headlines
Jeremih – All The Time
Raphael Saadiq – Skyy Can You Feel Me James Blake – Love What Happened Here Radiohead – Everything in its Right Place
BONUS: HERE is another similar performance from a year ago.
Been a long while since we posted a Sunday Matinée so I
figured we were about due for one, or in this case two since we’ve been dropping
the ball. First up isBritish group ∆(pronounced Alt-J) who have been gaining a lot of
steam since their début album, An Awesome Wave, came out in the summer, a short
and sweet affair packed with many memorable moments of catchy pop, hip-hopbeats
and a trip-hop atmosphere.
The band just won Britain’s coveted Mercury Prize this week so I thought why
not post this full performance on Seattle’s KEXP from September.
Second up is Swedish band Goat, a collective who hail from a
small and very remote village called Korpolombolo and play a crazy mix of psychedelic
funk, tribal rhythms, kraut rock, prog-rock, and folk they describe as world
music because it draws from so many places( as apposed to the usual, limited
(Afrocentric) definition of the term.) Like many of the bands that hail from
the cold north Goat applies a lot of theatrics and satanic imagery, hence the
name of some of the tracks including Goatman, Goathead and
Goatlord but unlike a lot of those bands Goat are in no way a metal band. Check
em' out doing their thing live at
Truckstop Alaska, in Gothenburg from 2012-10-27.
Folk songstress Alela Diane, who is gearing up to rerecord and release
her next LP after recently being dropped from label Rough Trade, performs a
twenty-four minute set live on KEXP from Seattle’s Bumbershoot Music Lounge on September
1, 2012.
Host: Troy Nelson
Audio Engineers: Julian Martlew & Kevin Suggs
Cameras: Scott Holpainen, Shelly Corbett, Jim Beckmann
Bon Iverappear
on the Austin City Limitsstage playing an hour set composed of songs primarily
from their 2011 self titled LP. Watch the show, which aired over the weekend on
PBS, below while you can as these usually have a limited life span …
The cut-out visuals for Fishing’s “Choy Lin” are quite
spectacular. For those not familiar the duo hail from that deep green inland
sea just 38 nautical miles west of Sydney, known as The Blue Mountains. They
produce deep, beat driven ocean-scapes that sweep you far away while keeping
your feet firmly tapping something catchy.
“Choy Lin” is Fishing’s newest single taken from a 7” vinyl
due for release in October on Waaga Records. Which will be followed by the
B-side “White Sheet Beach.” For now this is only the appetizer, the main course
will be coming early next year in the form of an album. Directed by the band with a little help from
SPOD.
BONUS:
Here is some footage of Russ and Doug doing their thing live on Row Boat while floating down the River Thames in England
Last night Claire Boucher, aka Grimes, stopped by Late Night With Jimmy Fallon for her U.S. TV debut. The Canadian songstress performed "Genesis" from 2012’s Visions, accompanied by two backing dancers, check it out below…..
Toronto, post-bop, instrumental hip hop jazz trio, BADBADNOTGOOD,
spent their weekend at home playing MadDecent Block Party, during their set, the band performed an absolutely fantastic cover of TNGHT‘s recently released single, "Bugg’n" which you can check out below….
Hot off the release of TNGHT, Lunice recently stopped by the
Boiler Room for a 45 minute mix filled with bass heavy twisted hip hop and electronic music,
lucky for us the whole thing is being shared for those that couldn’t make it
there in person. Check out the video footage below or just hit play on the Soundcloud
player for straight up audio.
The xx are pretty much going to be everywhere from here on
out until the release of their sophomore LP Coexist on September 11th. We shared the first studio cut last week called “Angles” and now we can share a
live version of the single from the bands appearance last night on "Conan."
Last night, the recently reformed Refused
played "LateNight With Jimmy Fallon" after having to postpone their originally
scheduled appearance some months back. The band performed "New Noise" and "The Shape of
Punk to Come" (as a web exclusive) from 1998's The Shape of Punk to Come. Enjoy both videos below….
Faith No Morealways
lay out some unique covers and they more often than not do them very well. The
band recently took on Jay-Z and Kanye West’s “Niggas in Paris”, and you can add
this one to the list of success’cause that shit cray, Watch fan footage below….
Odd Future's resident crooner Frank Ocean dropped his highly anticipated official debut, Channel Orange, on iTunes a week early. The release coincided with his performance of standout track “Bad Religion” on last night’s episode of Late Night With Jimmy Fallon. You can stream Channel Orange it in its entirety below and enjoy his debut national television performance as well...
