Trocadero/friday december 4th/doors 8pm-show 8:30pm
$19 adv-$21 dos

ive been waiting for these guys since last year…

after many many shows, i scored my first ever setlist! there are lots of mixed opinions about the sufjan show. i loved the show, but know a few cats that really did not enjoy it too much. sufjan played lots of new tunes.  the first four songs of the set were new ones and that portion of the show lasted over 40 mins. i am totally diggin the new tunes. for some reason i am comparing sufjan’s new stuff to this. on some free jazz shit. cannot wait to hear the new album.

speaking of which.  could adz be our clue to the state of the next album??? perhaps…….virginia, oregon, washington?

red riders – drown in colour
sunset rubdown – dragonslayer
mark knopfler – get lucky
swimming with dolphins – ambient blue
troels aabrahamsen – wht
monokino – human error
noah and the whale – the first days of spring
ramona falls – intuit
deadmau5 – for lack of a better name
why? – eskimo snow
portugal. the man – the satanic satanist
engineers – three fact fader
the smiths – the very best of
paolo nutini – sunny side up

shortlist of new albums currently in rotation… more scrutiny to follow. 

who’s listening to what?  new albums worth noting?  lets get some life back into \gfom\

(1/3) menomena, brent knopf has released his new project named “ramona falls“.  “intuit” comes in at just under 45min. with 11 solid tracks.  the album has guest appearances on just about every song which adds to the diversity of the tracks.  i suggest all check it out, its a true runner for A.O.T.Y thus far…  for an in-depth review far greater than my literary – and musical - comprehension go to citizen.dick.

ramona falls will be playing Kung Fu Necktie on sat., sept. 19th… think about it.

                                                                                                                                                                            [side note], when is menomena gonna get back to work…?

so my buddy rob tipped my off to this one… free music festival down at merriweather post in md hosted by virgin mobile.  the show has been condensed this year to one day august 30th.  the line-ups a bit smaller but still pretty decent for a free afternoon of goodtimes (parking is free also).  so check it out [here]

pre-sale starts tomorrow june 25th… first come first serve.  dont sleep!!!

not sure where i found this ish. but i cannot stop listening to it. micachu is a young lady from the u.k., she plays instruments with two others (the shapes). do check out their new album called “jewlary”. nice, nice stuff!

shit ton of new shows. who’s coming with me.

sunset rubdown – saturday, june 13th @ johnny brendas

handsome furs – thursday, july 9th @ johnny brendas

yaaay!!!

weekends can take it out of ya; mondays can be the most dreaded day of the week… 

the usual all ages show packed with hipsters and new age emos alike trying just a little to hard - if i had my camera you would understand.

billed as co-headliners, ladytron hit the stage first and mixed it up including tracks from their ‘05 witching hour and ‘08 velocifero albums mainly.  the crowd showed about as much energy as the band did from the door.  the girls did turn it up as the set progressed finishing with “destroy everything you touch”.  energy was up, the smell of all el’natural hipsters and hairspray was building and looking forward to the faint…

-insert thought, “ladytron finished up about 9:15, the set change was way to fuk’n long, and the faint didn’t hit the stage until almost 10.”

…so we left.  though if it was anything like their show at the bowery this past saturday. i’m sure to be kicking myself in the ass for not being patient and waiting.  check out the post here from brooklynvegan who was patient.

like i said mondays suck and electro-dance/punk/pop should not be playing at the troc, get it together… 

moving on, lets all get hyped for of montreal next wednesday.

damn. killing my dreams.