Posts Tagged: Beirut

Listen / Music / Videos / YouTube / YouTube Tidbits — 8 Comments
11
Mar 09

Old People Hate Animal Collective, Beirut, Indie Rock In General

These videos have circulated the net over the past couple of days, and they are truly hilarious. Three elderly folks sit in a diner every Sunday and check out 2-3 tracks, typically of the Indie Rock or Rap genre. They’ve now infamously bashed “My Girls,” “My Night With The Prostitute From Marseille,” “In The New Year,” and other great songs. Watching their facial reactions, their groaning about the build-ups and repetition, and their slightly off-color remarks makes for a great viewing experience. Check out one of the videos below, the one with “My Girls” (and a Young Jeezy listen as well). Then check out the other videos at this website. Enjoy.

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Listen / Music / New Releases / You Oughtta Know — 12 Comments
28
Feb 09

You Oughtta Know: Fanfarlo

You Oughtta Know: Fanfarlo listen

As I Guess I’m Floating says, you’ve heard this a million times: “there’s this new great band with the perfect mixture of Arcade Fire, Beirut, and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!” And also a million times, you’ve been disappointed that this band doesn’t live up to the hype.

While Fanfarlo’s stuff does not yet match the emotional power of Arcade Fire’s or Beirut’s, it comes MUCH closer than all of the other wannabe anthemic, orchestral songs we hear all the time. This is because THESE Arcade Fire similarities aren’t forced, but true to the band’s music. It’s epic, fantastic instrumentals, with a Zach Condon-esque voice at the top to bring it all together.

The London-based band has just released their first full-length, Reservoir, and it is excellent. Filled with building bridges and anthemic moments, it’s just the right medicine for what could possibly be an Arcade Fire-less 2009. Check out two of the band’s best songs, “I’m A Pilot” and “Fire Escape,” below. Thanks to Music For Kids Who Can’t Read Good (an awesome blog) for introducing me to the band. They think that “I’m A Pilot” has a “Crown Of Love” feel, but I get more of a “Well And The Lighthouse” vibe- the song kind of flows along like slowed-down part that goes “Resurrected, living in a lighthouse.” Listen below. What do you guys think of Fanfarlo? Continue reading →

Gigs / Live Music / MP3 / Music — No Comments
2
Feb 09

What’s Going On?

In NYC:  The best bet of the week may just be tonight’s Frightened Rabbit acoustic, all-request show at le Poisson Rouge. Otherwise, Lykke Li is playing tonight (Webster Hall) and Tuesday (Music Hall of Williamsburg- which will from now on be abbreviated as MHoW). Up-and-comers Passion Pit are playing the Bowery on Wednesday night, while Beirut, promoting their new, promising double-album, will be playing the MHoW. But don’t worry if you miss Zach Condon and friends there, they’ll be at the BAM Opera House on Friday night.

But Beirut is far from your only Friday night option. Little Boots will be bopping heads at Studio B, and The Black Keys will rock out Terminal 5- although probably not as heavily as The Boss rocked it in his halftime show rehersal (speaking of which, if you haven’t bought your Bruce tickets yet, they’re probably all gone. But have no fear- more shows will likely be announced very soon). The Black Keys will be at the Terminal again on Saturday.

And don’t worry about missing Beirut for either Boots or the Keys on Friday either, because they’ll be playing the BAM again on Saturday. A busy week for them.

In LA: If you’re feeling left out of the Beirut party in Los Angeles, don’t worry- Continue reading →

Listen / MP3 / Music / Music Videos / Videos — 6 Comments
15
Jan 09

New Beirut – La Llorona

“La Llorona” will be the first single from Beirut’s new EP March Of The Zapotec. Stereogum premiered the video yesterday:

A while ago we mentioned that Zach Condon headed to Oaxaca, Mexico — the weaver village of Teotitlan del Valle to be exact — and hooked up with the 19-piece Jimenez Band band, who helped him get the sounds he needed for his March Of The Zapotec EP. Condon plans to release some short films documenting the experience, but in the Owen Cook-animated video for standout “La Llorna” he stayed home and wrote a narrative about a little dog, a mourner, the band, a Mexican graveyard, and a puddle of tears (or, well, rain). It helps to know that “La Llorona”’s “the weeping woman” in Spanish and relates to a legend about a woman who killed her children then herself after she was rejected by a man. She spends her time as a weeping ghost, wandering in search of the kids.

But now, we have the mp3 on on our hands. Catch the MP3 and the EP Tracklist after the jump. Continue reading →