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Kyle’s Six Pix - Vol. 84

May 9, 2009 Beastie Boys, Bell Orchestre, Bill Withers, The Horrors, The Pains of Being Pure At Heart, Torche Leave a comment

A Fine Line Between Stupid And Clever

6. Bill Withers – “Harlem”, This is a perfect summer song. Typically, I listen to Mr. Withers while I’m washing dishes or crying on my boobs. I’m hoping to be able to play this while barbequing very, very soon.

5. Beastie Boys – “Lee Majors Come Again”, This track is a fun mix of the old Beasties hardcore sound and their early rap attempts. When I was a little kid I loved the show The Fall Guy. Lee Majors as a bounty hunter / stunt man, how friggin cool is that? He even sang his own theme song…

4. The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart – “Young Adult Friction”, These guys list Teenage Fanclub and My Bloody Valentine as their influences and those were the two bands I thought of when I first heard this. They have awesome song titles like “Kurt Cobain’s Cardigan”, “This Love Is Fucking Right!” and “Doing All The Things That Wouldn’t Make Your Parents Proud”.

3. Bell Orchestre – “Throw It On A Fire”, Just like The Flaming Lips, these guys are friends/family of Arcade Fire. They even recorded in the same studio that “Funeral” was done in. Big thanks to A.A. Pascoe (not to be confused with A.A. Milne, cause he’s dead) for the heads up on this one.

2. Torche – “Across The Shields”, These guys are on Mogwai’s record label and have toured with them. That’s two reasons right there to check them out. They have a pretty full sound for being a three piece and they wear their influences on their guitar straps. Lee’s Palace – July 23! Hopefully they’ll show up in costume.

1. The Horrors – “Sea Within A Sea”, The new album is called “Primary Colours” and the video reflects just that. I love everything I hear by these guys, hope you enjoy this…

Rating 3.00 out of 5

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Kyle’s Six Pix - Vol. 83

Apr 30, 2009 DJ Dylan, Eels, Justice for the Unicorns, King Khan and the Shrines, Serena Ryder, Wreckless Eric 3 Comments

Persuasive Rhetoric Edition

6. DJ Dylan – “The Littlest Mashup”, I hardly ever post mashups, but this one is near and dear to my heart. The Drew Mac has been waxing intellectual about Snoop all week and I am a huge fan of the Hobe. Many nights when I should have been sleeping or studying, I would be up at 2 am watching the goodness that is The Littlest Hobo…

5. Wreckless Eric – “Whole Wide World”, I apologize for the quality of this video, but I’ve had this song stuck in my head all week. The guest stars on this version are pretty cool and (yes) this is the song that Will Ferrell’s character sings in Stranger Than Fiction.

4. Justice For The Unicorns – “The Dragon’s Claw”, This band is made up of members from Tigers And Monkeys, another cool NY band. These guys like to sing about the movies Labyrinth and Krull. They remind me of The Flaming Lips and acoustic Beck.

3. King Khan And The Shrines – “Land Of The Freak”, Vice records scores again! This has such a great psychedelic garage rock feel to it…Khan also plays with an outfit called the BBQ Show. Hannaford has tried to get me to come out and see them live; I won’t be able to refuse next time. This rocks hard!

2. Eels – “Fresh Blood”, I recently found out that these guys contributed music to the newest (and I’m assuming awful) Jim Carrey comedy. I’ve always thought Eels would make good soundtrack music, but you’ve got to check out how many movies they’ve been used in, in the last thirteen years… http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1925053/

1. Serena Ryder – “The Funeral”, This is a beautiful Band Of Horses cover from a gig in Edmonton last March. Who says nothing good ever comes out of Edmonton? If you are ever in Toronto and would like to see her play for free after a couple of drinks, she often drops by the Dakota Tavern and jams. She is also quite well known for her Leonard Cohen covers, but I think this one is my new favourite…