Posts Tagged: Bishop Allen


12
Aug 09

Learnalilgivinanlovin’

Learnalilgivinanlovin listen
Gotye. I’ve been urged to blog about Wally De Backer’s music for a while now. Don’t you dare ask me why I haven’t. Maybe I thought you weren’t ready for this? Maybe I simply kept forgetting to?  Well whatever the reason, Gotye’s music has remained, for the most part, a nicely kept secret. Last year, this tune, “Learnalilgivinanlovin’” was released in various parts of the world, but garnered very little exposure for the young Australian artist.

Luckily, Backer will receive his very first US release with a 7″ single for “Learnalilgivinanlovin’.” It will be backed by a remixed by Passion Pit. Hopefully that will certainly entice people to go out and listen to Gotye. It will be released via Neon Gold on August 17th. It only costs $5. Buy it here.

Gotye – Learnalilgivinanlovin’
from Learnalilgivinanlovin’ 7″ (2009)

Bonus: Gotye – Heart’s A Mess
from Like Drawing Blood (2006)

and the rest of the songs (Au Revoir Simone, The Big Pink, et la) that kept me company on a lonely, scenic drive. Continue reading →


19
Apr 09

pmaCAST #11: Smile! It’s Longer (Your Mom Did)

pmaCAST #11: Smile! Its Longer (Your Mom Did) mp3

pmaCAST #11 The “Smile! It’s Longer (Your Mom Did)” Episode Tracklist
pmaCAST #11: Smile! Its Longer (Your Mom Did) mp3
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27
Mar 09

Bishop Allen – Grr… Album Review

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[rating:55/100]

I’ll admit that Bishop Allen’s sophomore LP, Grrr…, was my first exposure to their music. So this is a standalone review and I won’t be drawing any comparisons to their previous LP or countless EPs. For those who are not familiar with the band, it is comprised primarily of Justin Rice and Christian Rudder, but supported by a group of rotating members. They derived their name from Bishop Allen Drive in Cambridge Massachusetts, where the two lived after college.

I’m sure anyone who has fallen into the abyss that is “indie music” has at one point become rather jaded by it all. If you listen to as much music as I do, at some point you’re going to become a harsher critic simply as a means of filtration. You’ll go through band after band and wonder, “IS THERE NO ONE ELSE!?” As a result, I simply couldn’t get into this album because it didn’t add anything to music. It simply sounded like a cheap knock off of a bunch of other already existing bands. Continue reading →


16
Mar 09

GIVEAWAY: BISHOP ALLEN, MINIATURE TIGERS @ TROUBADOUR 3/23

Bishop Allen & the Miniature Tigers are playing the Troubadour on 3/23 @ 8PM

Want to attend with a guest?

Leave a comment w/ your name and your guest’s name and your email address (in the provided field, you don’t need to share your email address to the world).

Random Winner will be contacted on 3/23 at Noon. Check your email.

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4
Feb 08

Monday Morning Sonic Tonic 2: Vampire Weekend, Arcade Fire & Spoon

Monday Morning Sonic Tonic 2: Vampire Weekend, Arcade Fire & Spoon mp3

Don’t we all love your New Yorker Music Sluts? They have a little ol’ blog segment called MMM (Monday MP3 Madness), and its simply divine! I will do my best to mimic them, just kidding, but I will offer some amazing music every Monday morning to sober out you naughty weekend party-goers. Sounds like a pretty sweet deal to me, you party, mess yourselves up, I clean up the mess with my homemade sonic tonic.

Vampire Weekend – Exit Music (Radiohead Cover)

Bishop Allen – Click Click Click

Spoon – I Turn My Camera On


Arcade Fire – Une Année Sans Lumière


Yael Naim – Toxic (Britney Spears Cover)