WOODHANDS absolutely KILL IT at Hillside Festival '09
Rock Plaza Central, Winter Gloves and Woodhands all played the Hillside Music Festival this past weekend and we all fantastic! We're trying to secure more footage, but hears some great video of Woodhands ripping it up on the tracks 'I Wasn't Made for Fighting' and 'Dancer' - be sure to watch the whole thing! Dan Werb crowd surfs and the audience was wild! Enjoy!
I Wasn't Made For Fighting
Dancer
FEATURED: Iran Record Release Party In Brooklyn This Sunday (02/15)
Almost ten days ago we posted some sounds from Iran's new album Dissolver (Narnack) in the form of "I Can See The Future." That future now holds the occasion of playing a great Brooklyn DIY space with some good friends to celebrate the release of the record, which occurred digitally this week and will soon at physical outlets this coming Tuesday. The party is this Sunday, February 15th, at Death By Audio in Brooklyn, where Iran will be joined by Fakers, Pure Horsehair, and Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson opting to be billed only by his first two names. Doors are at 8PM. Full flyer after the jump.
EXCLUSIVE NEW DOWNLOAD: Growing - Live At The Ottobar In Baltimore, MD (12-04-2008)
The gassy marshes of noise you wade through with Growing are some of the gnarliest out there. It's like they listened to Suicide on acid with wet towels wrapped around their heads and then tried to recreate the sound, eventually finding something hovering between doom and ecstasy. A Tiny Mix Tapes headline regarding their slot as openers on Hot Chip's recent fall tour read, "Growing To Scare Hot Chip Fans This Fall." They likely did a lot of that.
All The Way, their most recent album for The Social Registry, is a expansive piece of corrugated noise and sampler stomach pains, an album perfect for anyone that ever thought Animal Collective were a bunch of softies but had something cool going with the whole "noise band makes dope beats" thing. The Registry dudes and the band were kind enough to hook us up with a full recording of a recent gig in Baltimore, excellently captured to tape by Jeff Mewbourn from Baltimore Taper. Dive into that below and hit the break for a Q+A with Growing's Joe DeNardo about his thoughts on the show and touring life in general. And if you are actually still coherent in the waning seconds of "Innit" when everything sounds like platinum rainshowers, you can thanks us in the comments.
Sounds like: Fuck Buttons, Blues Control, Animal Collective
FEATURED: My Best Fiend At The Mercury Lounge Tonight w/ Morning After Girls
Tonight at the Mercury Lounge in New York, your hotly-debated Morning After Girls and Black Swan Green top a three-band bill with RCRD LBL band My Best Fiend. Tickets are ten bucks and doors are at 8PM, with the Fiend due onstage soon thereafter. We're guessing you'll want earplugs for this.
The Morning After Girls - Run For Our Lives
The Morning After Girls - Hi-Skies
The Morning After Girls - Straight Through You
The Morning After Girls - Shadows Evolve
Black Swan Green's RCRD LB Page
The Morning After Girls' RCRD LBL Page
LIVE: Santos D'Amour Toy Drive Tonight w/ The Rapture, Gang Gang Dance, Andrew W.K. and More!
Tonight at Santos in New York City a pretty stellar line-up of heads will be gathering for a party/toy drive to benefit Toys For Tots in New York City. Making appearances in the DJ booth will be Throne Of Blood bosses The Rapture, Gang Gang Dance, Devlin & XXXChange, Eamon Harkin, and Santos' co-owners Andrew W.K. and Spencer Sweeney; a killer line-up to benefit a very worthy cause. Doors at are 9PM and entrance is free when you donate a new, unwrapped toy. As always, music from affiliated artists below, and full flyer after the jump.
Santogold - L.E.S. Artistes (XXXChange Remix)
Gang Gang Dance - House Jam (XXXChange Remix)
Gang Gang Dance - Princes (feat. Tinchy Stryder)
Dances With White Girls - I Wanna Dance (feat. Ariel)
LIVE: Mark Ronson & Aaron LaCrate Play Webster Hall This Saturday, 12/20
This Saturday two major selectors will be invading New York's Webster Hall for what is sure to be another top-notch Holiday Party. Mark Ronson, who recently put together a little anniversary playlist for us, will link up with Milkcrate boss Aaron LaCrate for a bash that promises "special guests and four floors of music." I would expect a good amount of old-school hip-hop and impeccable style all around. Full flyer after the jump.
Aaron LaCrate - Know How (Theme)
Aaron LaCrate - Jeep Ass Gutter (Vocal)
Aaron LaCrate - Know How (Gutter Remix)
Aaron LaCrate - Jeep Ass Gutter (Instrumental)
Mark Ronson - Just (The Loving Hand Remix)
Aaron LaCrate's RCRD LBL Page
Mark Ronson's RCRD LBL Page
LIVE: Abigail Warchild Playing NYC Benefit w/ Neckbeard Telecaster, Project Jenny, Project Jan, and More On 12/19
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With all the hoilday party options this week, it's important to support the people and organizations that are giving away more than fun, music, and merriment. This Friday at Brooklyn's Music Hall Of Williamsburg, Abigail Warchild will be linking up with fellow New Yorkers Neckbeard Telecaster (feat. members of the soon-disbanding Dirty On Purpose ), Project Jenny, Project Jan, Lowry, Wakey! Wakey!, Elizabeth Harper & The Matinee, and J.A.C.K. for Jezebel Music's Third Annual Show for Common Ground, an organization that uses innovative housing development and outreach to end homelessness. Tickets are fifteen bones, available here, with proceeds go to the Common Ground Green Initiative. View the full flyer right here and tunes from some of the bands playing below.
DOWNLOAD: The Black Keys - I Got Mine (Live)
They sound nothing like The Black Kids, a bit like The Black Angels, but no worries, you'll remember The Black Keys more for their fuzzed-out shock rock than their 'blacklisted' name. Though their album Attack and Release was clutch, it had the help of Danger Mouse's midas touch, and was birthed deep in their home state of Ohio’s heartland. So it's live that they prove the gutteral power of their gritty blues-soaked rock, sans production fine-tuning and the comfort of a comfort zone. This track off their new live CD, "The Black Keys Live at the Crystal Ballroom," (recorded during a sold-out Portland show) reveals the unfiltered ferocity of The Black Keys's greasy rock and roll.
Sounds Like: The White Stripes, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The Black Angels
Download: The Black Keys - I Got Mine (Live)
Stream: The Black Keys - Same Old Thing
