Electro Metal Punk? Seriously? How can I explain my surprise when I walk into the Drunken Unicorn and set eyes upon this crazy mix drink band of all mix drink bands? Will I continue making every sentence in the rest of this post a question? Is there a better way for me to relate how confusingly good this is? Perhaps could I at least stay on topic and make references about the music rather than rambling and trying to be cute?

Pony pants will you be my Valentine? Whats that? I would have to be the Valentine of three dudes as well as Emily the electro punk torch bearer of 2008 ? Two who play Metal guitars brought to earth by Gibson SGs and a third dude who alternates between a bass and a third snarling guitar? Maybe I should just stick to blogging?

Why is this Post so late? Could it be because I was listening to the Fives ep I picked up at the concert? Could I I’m still in shock that Genghis Tron remix of Baby got Backwards hasn’t been in my musical vocabulary for ages? Do you think they would mind if I posted that remix along with another barn burner for you?

Pony Pants - Baby Got Backwards (Genghis Tron Remix)

Pony Pants - The Woodlands

Ok so it’s been well documented by now how much Radiohead like their fans. They do things all the time to say thank you and as expected we adore them for it. So this Amplive cat said I’m going to remix all these songs and release them. Radiohead said hold it buddy but not why you would have expected, just so they could make sure that dude didn’t take a bunch of the lyrics and put anti Romanian propaganda or something silly like that. So it seems like they heard and approved so we get.

Amplive - Rainydayz Remixes (full album on zip file)

So i’ve been listening to Ratatat’s second album “Classics” for a while now and really have enjoyed it, so when I started to read that there was another remix record I was moderately excited. Then I read that it was free and I knew I had to share it with you

Ratatat - Remixes Volume 2

How cool is that.

You guys remember Noise Rock? Yeah it was a really cool period in music, and it was an ethic just like Punk was originally. Like Punk, Noise Rock was always more interested in what you were thinking than what you were wearing, and an even debate can be had how long this lesser talked about genre has been around. I like the willingness to show how human they are, But were the guys from Die! Die! Die! 10 years too late to bloom with the bandwagon likes of Unwound, Polvo, and Shellac? Maybe not. Remember that this is the 21st Century and we don’t do as much “out with the old and in with the new” as much as we just make a little more room in our hearts for some different sounds.

Promises Promises is a really cool record and was recorded in The Walkmen’s Studio in New York called Marcata. And I’m surprised that this record makes regaining that late 90s noise rock sound such second nature. I haven’t heard a record like this since Houston Based The Kants.

Die! Die! Die! - Blue Skies

Die! Die! Die! - Sideways Here We Come

 

 Standard Podcast: Play Now | Play in Popup

Adam and Bradley talk about Hot Chip and Nada Surf, reccomend more records, and discuss old formats vs New Formats

Songs played during the show:

• Ready for the Floor - Hot Chip
• You Said Something - PJ Harvey
• See These Bones - Nada Surf
• Madonna - CocoRosie
• Angeline - The Howlies

We want to get better about letting our listeners know what we’re reviewing on our upcoming podcasts. We always do two albums that came out the week of the show. This week we’ll be reviewing:

Hot Chip - Made in the Dark
(preview the whole album on their myspace) [buy it]
Nada Surf - Lucky [buy it]

If you’ve just been reading the blog, take the time to check out our podcast. We’re a high quality discussion, debate, and critique audio show covering music news from the week, two new release reviews, and recommendations from any time. We release a new show every Monday.

The massive music festival from Austin, TX South By Southwest (affectionately typed SXSW) has just announced its full lineup of bands. My bets are that this festival will blow Coachella out of the water. The list is huge. Here’s a few of the highlights:

Apes (Washington DC)
A Place To Bury Strangers (Brooklyn NY)
Asobi Seksu (New York NY)
Atlas Sound (Atlanta GA)
Todd Barry (New York NY)
Biirdie (Glendale CA) (yes, our infamous Biirdie will be there)
The Black Keys (Akron OH)
Black Moth Super Rainbow (Pittsburgh PA)
Black Mountain (Vancouver BC)
The Bloody Beetroots (Bassano del Grappa ITALY)
Bon Iver (Eau Claire WI)
Bowerbirds (Raleigh NC)
Billy Bragg (London UK)
British Sea Power (Brighton UK)
Care Bears on Fire (Brooklyn NY)
The Concretes (Stockholm SWEDEN)
Cut Copy (Melbourne AUSTRALIA)
Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip (London UK)
Destroyer (Vancouver BC)
DeVotchKa (Denver CO)
Die! Die! Die! (Dunedin NEW ZEALAND)
Diplo (Philadelphia PA)
The Donnas (Palo Alto CA)
Dr. Dog (Philadelphia PA)
Earlimart (Los Angeles CA)
Elf Power (Athens GA)
El-P (Brooklyn NY)
The Ettes (Los Angeles CA)
Fishboy (Denton TX)
Flosstradamus (Chicago IL)
Freezepop (Boston MA) (of Guitar Hero fame)
Ghosthustler (Denton TX)
Hanson (Tulsa OK) (really? still?)
Holy Fuck (Toronto ON)
The Hood Internet (Chicago IL) (yes, a website is performing at a music festival)
Horrorpops (Los Angeles CA)
Jens Lekman (Gothenburg SWEDEN)
Le Loup (Washington DC)
The Lemonheads (New York NY)
Lykke Li (Stockholm SWEDEN)
Megafaun (Raleigh NC)
MGMT (Brooklyn NY)
Moby (New York NY) (bring him strange tea)
Thurston Moore (Northampton MA) (the profit himself)
MSTRKRFT (Toronto ON)
Nada Surf (Brooklyn NY)
The 1900s (Chicago IL)
Okkervil River (Austin TX) (makes sense)
Dolly Parton (Sevierville TN) (awesome)
R.E.M. (Athens GA)
Simian Mobile Disco (London UK)
The Stills (Montreal QC)
Wild Sweet Orange (Birmingham AL)
Yo La Tengo (Hoboken NJ)

Oh wow… this is just… oh wow. When can we see a tour?

See the thing is that Swedes make everyone feel unhip. The old people know the difference between Jungle and Trance. The Children don’t watch Sesame street they get taught by Debbie Harry. USA loses to Sweden every year…

Lykke Li - Little Bit

Now that Pitchfork has stopped constantly filating Atlanta band Deerhunter due to their extended hiatus we’re all looking towards Bradford Cox’s solo incarnation Atlas Sound to bring us our daily dose of psychedelic “ambient punk.”

Yesterday Bradford released Atlas Sound’s newest EP entitled Orange Ohms Glow through Deerhunter’s myspace blog. As with a lot of solo projects Bradford isn’t inhibited or pulled into check by the other sonic influences of his band mates. It doesn’t make for a lot of structure, but the aural palette here is even wider than on Cryptograms

This EP precedes the band’s eventual debut tentatively titled Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See but Cannot Feel. I can only hope that the stand out track Activation is included on that LP.

Atlas Sound - Activation

Ok so this isn’t a joke, fabrication, embellishment or altered falsehood. I went out to have a couple drinks with my good friend last night and we sit down with a couple guys I didn’t know. I introduced myself and they told me that they were in a band called Howlies. I listened to the explanation of their sound explained in turn the blog and podcast here, we exchanged information. No Biggie.

Then I wake up this morning and see that they’ve already e-mailed me and invited me out to a show. Understand that just last night I had to defend my critic status to Adam who thought that I may be becoming too rooted in unique music to recognize good music. So I click on the link and start listening and I just can’t stop. I can’t believe that I didn’t hear this before! I can’t believe that EVERYONE isn’t talking about this! I CAN’T BELIEVE THAT THESE DUDES ARE MY FRIENDS OMGHSGLHUALUBGALUHLAGLUH4LHALCUH4LTHLHSL4UH4LCSH49AH93PATAHBGK.

If you have a good bone of taste in your body you will Download (or stream by clicking on) these songs. Importance - Essential. It’s as if The Black Lips made a soundtrack for Quentin Tarantino.

Howlies - Sea Level

Howlies - Smoke

Howlies - Angeline