Never heard of this band until last week when Blind Melon’s guitarist Christopher Thorn posted on Facebook that he’ll be spending the summer on the road as a member of Awolnation. Turns out that the music isn’t at all something I’d expect Thorn to be involved with. Techno-soul is maybe the best way to describe it though Megalithic Symphony is a pretty diverse – and danceable – affair. Fans of MGMT (“People”, “Jump on My Shoulders”), The Loyal Divide (“Guilty Filthy Soul”) and TV on the Radio (“Burn it Down”, “Sail”) will most likely find a few songs to their liking and, for some reason, most of the tracks remind me of The New Radicals, who you might remember from their sole hit, “You Get What You Give”.
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I miss The New Frontiers
These guys broke up 3 years ago after releasing just one full length (my favorite release of 2008). A Google search for lead singer Nathan Pettijohn leads to a link that shows what appears to be a CD cover (a Pettijohn solo release?) but I can’t find anything else that indicates that this CD either exists or is even being made.
Tell me this song doesn’t inspire goosebumps.
Amazon’s got lots of affordable used copies of Mending in case you’re interested.
New R.E.M. video – “Every Day Is Yours to Win”
Didn’t the Foo Fighters do something like this for their new CD? R.E.M. asked artists and filmmakers to create videos (short films) for each of the songs on the band’s latest CD, Collapse Into Now.
The video for “Every Day is Yours to Win” was directed by Jim McKay, Chris Moukarbel and Valerie Veatch.
Tour: The Cars
I think I was too young to see The Cars touring during their heyday so this is definitely something I’d love to check out (BOO … no Ohio dates … yet). In support of their brand new studio album, Move Like This, coming out on May 10, The Cars will hit the road in May to test the touring waters. If this thing doesn’t sell out every date, I’ll be shocked.
Tour dates:
5/10 in Seattle, WA @ Showbox @SODO
5/12 in Los Angeles, CA @ The Hollywood Palladium
5/13 in Oakland, CA @ Fox Theatre
5/15 in Denver, CO @ The Fillmore
5/17 in Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
5/18 in Chicago, IL @ The Riviera Theatre
5/20 in Toronto, ON @ The Sound Academy
5/23 in Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
5/25 in New York City, NY @ Roseland
5/26 in Boston, MA @ The House of Blues
Interview: Kyle Krone
You should know that I have a man crush on Kyle Krone … not in THAT way … but when I think of somebody that I want to grow up to be (and, yes, I realize that I’m considerably older than Kyle), you should look no further than the (former?) singer of The Shys. He’s got a classic movie star look, the charisma of Mick Jagger, the swagger of Greg Dulli and the songwriting chops of Julian Casablancas (for my money, I’d much rather hear something Kyle has written than something Julian has written).
In the past couple of weeks, Kyle’s been releasing individual tracks from his upcoming debut solo album, For Those Who Think Young – “Hiding in Plain Sight” (Amazon / iTunes) in early February and “1963” (Amazon / iTunes) in early March.
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