Filed under: The Mix Fix | Tags: Cornell, Mr. Scribbles, remix, The Flaming Lips
In honor of this Sunday's The Flaming Lips show, here's a good mix.
PREVIEW THE DJ: Mr. Scribbles MySpace
LISTEN: “Yoshimi Battle The Pink Robots Pt.1 (Mr. Scribbles Remix)
This Sunday is Cornell’s famous Flaming Lips concert, and once again, it’s time to toss in a remix to pregame for the festivities ahead. Mr. Scribbles adds a little thump and bump to “Yoshimi Battle The Pink Robots,” and it’s a pleasant experience for what it is. You still get the mellow jive of the original song, but also some zesty electronic keys and bass notes. If you’re going to the show this Sunday, get ready for a blast.
–Jett Wells
Filed under: Releases of the Week | Tags: a sunny day in glasgow, ambient, ashes grammar, dream pop, Kevin Shields, march release, Nitetime Rainbows, shoegaze, The Flaming Lips, The Jesus & Mary Chain
A Sunny Day in Glasgow's latest EP is a shoegazer's dream
WE GIVE IT: 17/20 Watts
PREVIEW: VISIT A Sunny Day in Glasgow’s MySpace
In the wake of their successful 2009 release Ashes Grammar, Philadelphia-based dream pop band A Sunny Day in Glasgow have already compiled a lavish new EP for 2010. Nitetime Rainbows takes a step away from the band’s shoegaze roots, and begins to explore new territory. Songwriter Ben Daniels swaps Jesus and Mary Chain influences for Flaming Lips-esque tones on “Nitetime Rainbows.” Rather than the typical, ambient vocal mix, lead vocalists Annie Fredrickson and Jen Goma are mixed with neo-psychedelic overtones. A Sunny Day in Glasgow’s vocals always radiate beauty, but Nitetime Rainbows sounds even more lavish than the band’s previous work.
Harkening back to their shoegaze heritage, “Daytime Rainbows” is sweeping, explosive, and ever powerful. Genre pioneer Kevin Shields would be proud of the band’s mastery of composition and use of guitar effects. Tight drum rhythms and subdued synthesizers sound natural and effortless. Juxtaposed to this sonic orgasm, “So Bloody, So Tight” blissfully blends shoegaze and electronica. (more…)
Filed under: Editor Picks | Tags: Bonnaroo, Broken Social Scene, Coachella, Dead Prez, Free Press Summer Fest, Girl Talk, Houston, Kid Sister, Lymbyc Systym, of Montreal, Ra Ra Riot, stars, The Flaming Lips, Ultra
Eleanor Tinsley Park and the Houston skyline at 2009's Free Press Summer Fest
PREVIEW: VISIT Free Press Summer Fest 2010′ site
Ah, I love festival season. With Coachella in California, Bonnaroo in Tennessee and Ultra in Miami, there are almost too many epic road trip options. Luckily, Free Press Summer Fest decided to make its debut in my hometown, Houston, this past summer, surprising everyone with its huge headliners such as Of Montreal and Broken Social Scene. Considering it was the first music festival H-town has ever had, the number of attendees was highly unprecedented, leading to lines that were Woodstock-worthy. After the reveal of the 2010 lineup, it is pretty clear that Free Press was ready to blow away the festival crowds once again. The headliners: The Flaming Lips, Girl Talk, Stars and Ra Ra Riot. Other “lesser known” acts include Kid Sister, Lymbyc Systym, Dead Prez and 50 other local artists. Did I hesitate when purchasing my $22 2-day pass? HELL NO! Even though it will probably be a stifling 100 degrees June 5-6, it’s no match against good friends, good music and the Houston skyline.
–Elizabeth Vogt, Assistant Front of Book Editor
Filed under: 20 Watts Radio | Tags: a place to bury strangers, Bearplane, Daft Punk, Devendra Banhart, Dirty Projectors, Discovery, DJ Consequence, El Perro del Mar, Magnet ft Gemma Hayes, Matt and Kim, Neon Indian, Neutral Milk Hotel, Nouvelle Vague, Phoenix, Portugal. The Man, Ra Ra Riot, Radiohead, Rilo Kiley, School of Seven Bells, Starfucker, Stephen Babcock, The Album Leaf, The Flaming Lips, The Magnetic Fields, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, The Rural Alberta Advantage, The Temper Trap, Tiny Vipers, Vampire Weekend, Wilco
20 WATTS RADIO: THURSDAY Feb 18th ON AUDIOCANDY
Listen: Download the full show right here
Preview: Make sure you check out Audiocandyradio.com
It is Thursday night and 20 Watts Radio is on Audiocandy. Make sure you tune in and don’t miss out on our great selection of awesome tunes. We have some cool news happening at 20 Watts you simply cant miss. We are gonna give you a run down on some local shows that will be happening this weekend. Also, today most of the 20 Watts staff is sitting in on a massive production meeting, making our lovely blog impeccably ready for the transition to our forthcoming official web page. So to make their night of hard work a little more fun, we will be playing some of staff favorites on top of the best local music here in Cuse. Not to mention if you wanna request a song, all you need to do it tweet at you host here. So make sure to join 20 Watts on Auodiocandy 10 pm sharp. To tune in Click Here.
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: 3Oh!3, Bassnectar, Buffalo, Cobra Starship, Cold Cave, Cursive, Dan Deacon, deer tick, Free Energy, ithaca, Neon Indian, Passion Pit, Rochester, Sleigh Bells, Syracuse, The Flaming Lips, The Hold Steady
Neon Indian is just one of many great upcoming concerts scheduled for CNY
The Spring Central New York concert lineup is turning out to be pretty legendary. Don’t have a car? Carpool with some friends, because star-studded gigs like these don’t come every year when you’re stuck on the banks of the Erie Canal. The highlights are everywhere, whether it’s Neon Indian and Passion Pit in Buffalo, or Sleigh Bells in Syracuse or The Flaming Lips in Ithaca.
Buffalo
Cold Cave @ Mohawk Place (2/21)
Cursive @ Mowhawk Place (3/7)
Free Energy @ Big Orbit Soundlab Space (3/10)
YACHT w/ MNDR @ Big Orbit Soundlab Space (3/7)
Neon Indian @ Big Orbit Soundlab Space (3/12)
Passion Pit @ Town Ballroom (3/28)
Bassnectar @ The Tralf Music Hall (4/20)
Filed under: 20 Watts Radio | Tags: 20 Watts Radio, Aimee Mann, Bachelorette, Ben Folds, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Daft Punk, Dirty Projectors, Emiliana Torrini, Fanfarlo, Freelance Whales, Glasser, HEALTH, Mouth's Cradle, Popular Damage, Ra Ra Riot, Sarah Aument, Sean Bones, Sigur Ros, Spoon, sufjan stevens, Super Mash Bros., The Blood Brothers, The Cool Kids, The Dodos, the felice brothers, The Flaming Lips, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, The Tallest Man On Earth, The xx, Vivian Girls
20 WATTS RADIO: THURSDAY Jan 28th ON AUDIOCANDY
Preview: Make sure you check out Audiocandyradio.com
Finally it is Thursday night and 20 Watts Radio is on Audiocandy. Second week of school could not pass fast enough, but if you are one of the miserable slaves to educations with friday morning classes, 20 Watts has the best music to help you get two hours closer to the weekend. Make sure you tune in and don’t miss out on out great selection of awesome tunes. Not to mention we just may have a special guest making an appearance tonight. Show starts at 10pm sharp: OUR BRAND NEW AND AWESOME TIME SLOT ON AUDIOCANDY. To tune in Click Here.
Show Playlist Below:
1. Henney Buggy Band- Sufjan Stevens
2. Penn Station- The Felice Brothers
3. Delivery Man- The Cool Kids
4. The Way We Get By- Spoon
5. Red And Purple – The Dodos
6. Silver Trembling Hands- The Flaming Lips
7. Adler Girl Pt. II (I Can Change!)- Super Mash Bros.
8. I’m A Pilot- Fanfarlo
9. Everything with You- The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
10. Digital Love- Daft Punk
11. Where Do My Bluebird Fly- The Tallest Man On Earth
12. Exclusive- Popular Damage
13. Glad (Delorean Remix)- Glasser
14. Dancehall- Sean Bones
15. The National Grid- Bachelorette
16. Crystalized - The XX
17. When I’m Gone- Vivian Girls
18. Walking 10-22- Sarah Aument
19. Glósóli- Sigur Ros
20. Each Year – Ra Ra Riot
21. We Ride Skeletal Lightning- The Blood Brothers
22. You Don’t Know Me- Ben Folds
23. Dandelion- Charlotte Gainsbourg
24. Freeway- Aimee Mann
25. Knotty Pine (with David Byrne)- Dirty Projectors
26. Today Has Been OK- Emiliana Torrini
27. Broken Horse- Freelance Whales
28. Death + -Health
29. Vivienne (demo)- Mouth’s Cradle
–Irina Dvalidze
Filed under: Releases of the Week | Tags: ...but you've always been the caretaker, album reviews, David Bowie, deserter's songs, Embryonic, Justin russo, Mercury Rev, Pink Floyd, Releases of the Week, The Dark Side of the Moon, The Flaming Lips, the silent league, ziggy stardust
The Silent League drop a great new record
PREVIEW: VISIT The Silent League’s Website
WE GIVE IT: 17/20 Watts
With Deserter’s Songs, Mercury Rev almost unwittingly mastered the art behind chamber-grounded art rock over a decade ago. While The Silent League‘s third full-length isn’t quite as precious and not as eclectic as that seminal ’90s classic, as of January, 2010, it’s the closest analogue we have to it. Some of this has to do with the fact that Justin Russo and his brother Jason left Mercury Rev in 2001 to focus their attention on other projects (like The Silent League). More of it is the fact that …But You’ve Always Been the Caretaker might already be one of the year’s best albums.
The range of influences to be heard on this unassumingly pleasant little album stretch from space to the intimate corners of the bedroom. Between the album’s instrumental bookends “Egg Shaped” and “How and Why Our Dads Lost the War,” we hear varying degrees of synths and other assorted electronica, Justin Russo’s vocal croons and sterling instrumentation. (more…)
