If you're a fan of summer, the beach, cats and California (not necessarily in that order), then Best Coast's forthcoming debut album is definitely for you. Now that the track list and album art have been revealed, the only thing missing is the music.
Crazy For You drops July 27th via Mexican Summer.
Track List:
Boyfriend
Crazy for You
The End
Goodbye
Summer Mood
Our Deal
I Want To
When the Sun Don't Shine
Bratty B
Honey
Happy
Each and Everyday
Producer and performer Daniel Lanois is in intensive care after a major motorcycle accident in Los Angeles. Details on the extent of his injuries as well as the severity of the accident have not been given, although he has cancelled "all upcoming tour dates and promotional activity with his Daniel Lanois Black Dub collective for the next 2 months," according to Jive Records.
The Quebec-born musician/producer has worked with Brian Eno, U2, and Bob Dylan and is best known for his work on U2's 1987 album "The Joshua Tree". Lanois is an avid motorcyclist who acquired his motorcycle license at the age of 16.
Foo Fighter Chris Shiflett draws from his country influences on the self-titled release, Chris Shiflett & The Dead Peasants. "Get Along" is the first listen from the album, which will be released on July 13th via Le Coq Napoleon/RCA. Says Shiflett, "I wrote 'Get Along' about moving out to NYC and having an old friendship fall apart. It made me want to run back to California (which I ultimately did). It's fitting that I name-check Jesse Malin's bar Niagara in it, and now we're out on tour with him."
Download the track and check out the west coast tour dates below.
Foo Fighter Chris Shiflett draws from his country influences on the self-titled release, Chris Shiflett & The Dead Peasants. "Get Along" is the first listen from the album, which will be released on July 13th via Le Coq Napoleon/RCA. Says Shiflett, "I wrote 'Get Along' about moving out to NYC and having an old friendship fall apart. It made me want to run back to California (which I ultimately did). It's fitting that I name-check Jesse Malin's bar Niagara in it, and now we're out on tour with him."
Download the track and check out the west coast tour dates below.
Ander sends us his creation, “Station,” a brilliant-looking MIDI controller built on the ucapps.de hardware platform. It could easily have qualified for the kinds of designs in the dreams competition – except he went ahead and made it. He filled it in with RGB LEDs, touch pads, and new SMD-based hardware.
The impact of the colored LEDs is something that provides some of the visual feedback of a touchscreen, but with real, tactile control and the satisfaction of using something physical. I challenge the iPad running TouchOSC (or Lemur, or anything else) to a smackdown with this gorgeous beast. Even as a fan of some of the advantages of touch, I suspect the iPad would lose rather spectacularly.
I asked Ander for more technical details:
have a look at MIDIbox of the Week: Station MIDI controller by Ander – MIDIbox Forum There is a diagram about the LEDs and knobs. For the touch pads I am using force sensors at the moment, but they are terribly expensive. I will be switching to FSRs
Some stats, if you want to know more just ask.
- based on the open hardware platform ucapps.de
- Aluminium casing, custom made
- Acrylic knobs, also custom made
- Modularized, can be made into any form
- Flexible PCB: can hold sensors, encoders and/or buttons
- Custom firmware on the microcontrollers
- Custom software interface on the host computer which interfaces via MIDI (in my case to Live)
- RGB LEDs, 24bit color depth (technically)
- USB interface (plus power, this thing needs a lot of power for all these LEDs)
- I have not counted the buttons :)
It’s an epic piece of work, a real testament to the efforts of its builder. We’ll need a new category of competition, for things other people already made that we dream about / covet anyway.
Nerd alert: Ander, the name “Station” is a reference to Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey, and “Do you want to know more?” in the YouTube description to Starship Troopers … right? (Actually, even if I’m wrong, I’ve just identified myself as a dork cinematic connoisseur.)
Chief Modern Rituals Domino
Release Date: August 17, 2010
Tracklist
1. The Minute I Saw It
2. Nothing’s Wrong
3. Wait For You
4. This Land
5. Breaking Walls
6. In The Valley
7. Stealing
8. You Tell Me
9. Summer’s Day
10. Irish Song
11. Night & Day
First Impressions
Come August 17, Domino Records release the album of up-and-coming Santa Monica indie rockers Chief, entitled Modern Rituals. This four-piece band consisting of brothers Danny and Michael Fujikawa (on vocals/guitar and drums respectively), Evan Koga (vocals/guitar) and Mike Moonves (bass) received the help from Grammy award-winning producer Emery Dobyns (Patti Smith, Antony and the Johnsons) to work his magic for their debut offering.
The album begins with the upbeat guitar-driven “The Minute I Saw It” and you’ll appreciate how the band’s vocal harmonies in the song’s chorus complement Koga’s rich raspy vocals before moving to “Nothing’s Wrong,” a feel-good guitar rock number that starts off laidback before getting more upbeat with consistent drum beats.
When fourth track “This Land” begins, you’ll notice the change in the band’s vocal position. Unlike Koga, Danny added that soothing, less-raspy baritone to this clean acoustic track, giving the album the variety it needs.
“Breaking Walls” is a beautiful melancholic number filled with a sunny-pop vibe, proving the band’s strong California roots, while “Irish Song” added the folky element to the album with beautiful slow-paced acoustics.
Final track “Night & Day” starts off with relentless percussion beats and the band crooning “oohhhs” before Koga sings the first line that explains what the song is all about ─romantic disappointment and the desperation to get out of a relationship: “I see see see you about every night but my heart don’t/It don’t feel right.”
Key Tracks
“Breaking Walls,” “Nothing’s Wrong,” and “Night & Day”
Predictions
Considering how they got signed to Domino Records without even having a full length album makes you think, “Hey, these guys must be good.” In Modern Rituals, they prove exactly that. By mixing solid folk-rock numbers with the signature sound of California rock, plus beautiful vocal harmonies that will be appreciated during shows and concerts (chances of sing-alongs are high), Modern Rituals is a hopeful album with breakthrough potential.
Chief Modern Rituals Domino
Release Date: August 17, 2010
Tracklist
1. The Minute I Saw It
2. Nothing’s Wrong
3. Wait For You
4. This Land
5. Breaking Walls
6. In The Valley
7. Stealing
8. You Tell Me
9. Summer’s Day
10. Irish Song
11. Night & Day
First Impressions
Come August 17, Domino Records release the album of up-and-coming Santa Monica indie rockers Chief, entitled Modern Rituals. This four-piece band consisting of brothers Danny and Michael Fujikawa (on vocals/guitar and drums respectively), Evan Koga (vocals/guitar) and Mike Moonves (bass) received the help from Grammy award-winning producer Emery Dobyns (Patti Smith, Antony and the Johnsons) to work his magic for their debut offering.
The album begins with the upbeat guitar-driven “The Minute I Saw It” and you’ll appreciate how the band’s vocal harmonies in the song’s chorus complement Danny’s rich raspy vocals before moving to “Nothing’s Wrong,” a feel-good guitar rock number that starts off laidback before getting more upbeat with consistent drum beats.
When fourth track “This Land” begins, you’ll notice the change in the band’s vocal position. Unlike Danny, Koga added that soothing, less-raspy baritone to this clean acoustic track, giving the album the variety it needs.
“Breaking Walls” is a beautiful melancholic number filled with a sunny-pop vibe, proving the band’s strong California roots, while “Irish Song” added the folky element to the album with beautiful slow-paced acoustics.
Final track “Night & Day” starts off with relentless percussion beats and the band crooning “oohhhs” before Danny sings the first line that explains what the song is all about ─romantic disappointment and the desperation to get out of a relationship: “I see see see you about every night but my heart don’t/It don’t feel right.”
Key Tracks
“Breaking Walls,” “Nothing’s Wrong,” and “Night & Day”
Predictions
Considering how got signed to Domino Records without even having a full length album makes you think, “Hey, these guys must be good.” In Modern Rituals, they prove exactly that. By mixing solid folk-rock numbers with the signature sound of California rock, plus beautiful vocal harmonies that will be appreciated during shows and concerts (chances of sing-alongs are high), Modern Rituals is a hopeful album with breakthrough potential.
Don't Forget to Go Home reaches out to Detroit's first ladies, K-Hand and DJ Minx, for interviews about what it takes to be a woman in today's music industry and the challenges they faced breaking into it.
When the sun goes down and darkness fills the open spaces, mischief and scheming usually finds a way to unveil itself. As thoughts become less pure and actions can be seen with less consequence, it's all fun and games...until it’s time to sleep.
Whether or not the darkness affects your ability to rest easy, check out how Los Angeles downtempo trio Pollyn react to their dark thoughtz.
Kele Okereke of Bloc Party has chosen to expand his first US tour in support of his upcoming solo debut, The Boxer. Spanning the whole US, Kele will be accompanied by a live band including a keyboardist, drummer, and a multi-instrumentalist, making The Boxer a whole new experience.
The album's first single, "Tenderoni", is available exclusively via Verizon's digital sales store and phones until June 14.
The Boxer will hit stores June 22 via Glassnote. Get tickets here!
Tour Dates:
July
23 Chicago, IL @ Subterranean
24 Minneapolis, MN @ Varsity Theatre
25 Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall
27 Detroit, MI @ Magic Stick
29 Toronto, ON @ Mod Club
30 Ottawa, ON @ Capitol Music Hall
31 Montreal, QC @ Osheaga Festival
August
2 Boston, MA @ Middle East
3 New York, NY @ Webster Hall
6 Philadelphia, PA @ Making Time at Voyeur
7 Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
9 San Francisco, CA @ Mezzanine
10 Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour
12 Portland, OR @ Doug Fir
13 Seattle, WA @ Chop Suey
Scottish indie rock band We Were Promised Jetpacks are set to swoon American hearts this June through July. The band will stick mainly to the east coast on this trek and will be supporting their latest release entitled The Last Place You’ll Look.
You can check out all the happenings as well as listen to the band at their Official Myspace Page. The Last Place You’ll Look came to us via Fat Cat Records.
Tour Dates:
June
29 – Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall Of Williamsburg
30 – New York, NY @ Govenor’s Island
July
1 Boston, MA @ Royale
2 Montreal, QC @ Il Motore
3 Toronto, ON @ Horseshoe Tavern
5 West Chester, PA @ The Note
6 Baltimore, MD @ Sonar
8 Millvale, PA @ Mr Smalls
9 Detroit, MI @ Magic Stick
10 Louisville, KY @ Forecastle Festival
11 Chicago, IL @ West Fest
12 Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle
Sony Creative Software announces
new versions of its consumer software product line. The new software lineup includes Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 10 video editing software, DVD Architect 5 DVD and Blu-ray Disc authoring software, Sound Forge Audio Studio 10 audio editing and production software and ACID Music Studio 8 music creation and mixing software. Along with the individual software applications, Sony has also introduced two specialized software bundles that provide comprehensive production tools, including the Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 10 Production Suite and the Imagination Studio Suite 2.
The Lollapalooza gods have finally announced the schedule for their massive 2010 lineup happening at Chicago's Grant Park August 6-8. Of course it wouldn't be a festival without having scheduling conflicts such as The New Pornographers against Devo, and Lady Gaga vs. The Strokes. Either way, all attendees will have plenty to choose from.
You can see the full schedule here as well as create your own schedule.
This handheld, easy-to-use, and affordable compact digital recorder provides crystal-clear audio quality, enhanced recording and editing features, and an extended battery life of more than 16 hours of recording time.
