Kyle’s Six Pix Vol. 43
Aug 3, 2008 Black Angels, Grinderman, Mogwai, New Young Pony Club, Patrick Watson, Peeping Tom
Originally posted on Cuzoogle on June 5, 2008
Stop Apologizing Edition
6. Mogwai – “the single from the new album”, Mogwai are on tour right now, kicking ass and taking names. Yours truly is going to see them on June 30. The new album is rumoured to be called “The Howling of a Hawk” and this is supposed to be the first single. Listening to this makes me wish time would speed up because with hockey over, this is what I’m looking forward to.
5. The Black Angels – “Sniper at the Gates of Heaven”, These guys get compared to Spiritualized and The Doors a lot; they are my current favourite stoner rock band. They have appropriated a picture of Nico as their band logo, some people think it’s wrong to steal from Andy Warhol, I don’t and neither do the good people at Campbell’s.
4. Peeping Tom – “Getaway”, This is a collaboration created by Mike Patton of Faith No More fame and Dan the Automator. I’ve always liked Mike Patton, when I was in high school I had a big poster of Faith No More in their underwear on my wall. My mother did not care for this poster and used to throw laundry at it, in hopes that it would tear and fall down. The poster survived all her attempts.
3. New Young Pony Club – “The Bomb”, I’ve been listening to this band for a year or two now and somehow this single got past me. It’s probably a year old now, but new to me. Apparently the band name stems from the fact that the lead singer didn’t join any clubs in high school, so they formed this one.
2. Grinderman – “Honey Bee (Let’s Fly to Mars)”, This is an awesome Nick Cave side project, his solo stuff has the same energy as this, but the choice of backing instruments is just a bit more interesting here. Cave’s music under his own name is much more introspective and passionate, Grinderman seem to be about lust and grit.
1. Patrick Watson – “The Storm”, The Lansdowne crew love these guys and I have to admit I resisted for a while. I don’t care about buzz bands, hipsters or scenesters…I don’t really feel the need to apologize for what I like, even if it is really popular. These guys are good, case closed.
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Kyle’s Six Pix Vol. 34
Aug 2, 2008 Black Angels, Fleet Foxes, M83, The Acorn, The Helio Sequence, Yo La Tengo
Originally posted on Cuzoogle on April 10, 2008
Feeling the Burn and Noticing the Difference Edition
6. Yo La Tengo, I just saw these guys earlier this week for the first time in about ten years. They performed a mostly acoustic set of their “greatest hits”. So in honour of that here’s a song that was acoustic on the album, but played differently live.
5. M83, I guess I’m still stuck on my little 80’s movie trip from last week’s Pix. I’m really loving the “John Hughes teen angst” lately; maybe I miss my youth and cute, introverted girls a little.
4. The Acorn, These guys are CBC 3 darlings and the video was created at Durham College. I’m finding a lot of bands lately that are obviously influenced by the Talking Heads. Good stuff, great video.
3. Fleet Foxes, I saw these guys open for Blitzen Trapper last week and they had amazing energy. The quality of this video isn’t stellar, but it does them some justice. The band seemed genuinely surprised at how much the crowd liked them. That’s always a nice treat.
2. Black Angels, Another recent live discovery of mine. I should be slightly embarrassed with how much dark, stoner rock I like, but I’m not. They get their name from an awesome Velvet Underground song and this is a fan video made from the movie “Death Sentence”. There’s something oddly cool about watching Mr. Footloose go all “Travis Bickle”.
1. The Helio Sequence, I’ve liked these guys for a while now, but recently friends from different circles have been asking me about them and forwarding links. So at the risk of pandering to my audience, I’m throwing the song I’ve listened to the most this week up for grabs. Thanks to the Squid’s parental unit for all the inspiration this week. Forever Again!
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