Torrents Of The Day: DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist, Kid Koala, Battles, Arcade Fire, The Mars Volta

photo by Sleo

There are some some great shows floating around The Traders Den right now, so here you go. First, there's this Arcade Fire:

Arcade Fire 2008-01-30 The Forum, Melbourne, Australia (FLAC)

While we wait to see if that TMV Atlanta show actually happens, here's something to keep us busy. This is the first time The Mars Volta have ever done an FM broadcast of their show, so pick this essential one up:

THE MARS VOLTA FM BROADCAST - 1.30.2008, UC Irvine (en-dw remaster) (FLAC)

If you want to get a taste of what will be one the best shows at Bonnaroo, go get this:

Battles 2008-01-28 Big Day Out, Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia (FLAC)

If you missed the Cut Chemist, DJ Shadow, and Kid Koala show a few weeks ago, here's another recent show to jam:

Kid Koala 2008-02-04 First Avenue - Minneapolis, MN (16-bit) (FLAC)

DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist - The Hard Sell 2008-02-04 First Avenue - Minneapolis, MN (16-bit) (FLAC)

This video that Sleo got at the ATL show will explain what the DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist Hard Sell concept is:

Humpday Randomnimity

MF Doom will be at MJQ December 13th. Check it out:

This will be an event to remember; including video filming for upcoming release. FIRE eaters in the parking lot. A large ICE sculpture of the MF DOOM mask for fan photo ops. The upgraded sound system for this event is going to ensure the maximum METAL FACE EXPERIENCE! It is also rumored that there will be models painted to resemble METAL to facilitate fan appreciation giveaways.

Also performing will be MOBONIX and MR. K members of MF DOOM s METAL FACE AKADEMY crew. MOBONIX is gearing up for the release of his long -awaited full length record, THIRD WORLD AMERICA featuring production by Bean One, Danspeak, and MF DOOM.

Also performing will be Budah Tye ( Universal Vibe Squad) Local support acts to be announced. Deejays will be Atlanta's own Apple Jac and underground-wizard Steve Deniro. This event will be hosted by Dres the Beatnik.

Advance tickets are $25. Tickets will be $30.00 day of show.
The price of tickets at the door will be discounted by $5 with the donation of a canned good.

A bit pricey, but when I caught him a few years back at Coachella, he was really great live. Here's a vid:



The new Wu-Tang Clan album comes out December 11th and they are touring. They aren't coming to Atlanta so far, but they are playing 3 dates in Florida that I hope to catch at least one of:

01-24 Orlando, FL - Club Firestone
01-25 Miami Beach, FL - The Fillmore Miami Beach at Jackie Gleason Theater
01-26 St. Petersburg, FL - Jannus Landing

Wu-Tang Clan : 8 Diagrams : As My Heart Gently Weeps (featuring Erykah Badu, Dhani Harrison, John Frusciante)


Bat For Lashes has an itunes Ep available.

Check out some Mastodon tour video diary:



Creative Loafing did a look back piece on the old Echo Lounge that used to have shows in East Atlanta. I got to catch a handful there and it was a really cool venue.

This looks interesting:



My favourite radio station, Album 88, is doing WRASfest on December 14th at Eyedrum. Here is the initial "teaser" line-up:

Cadillac Jones
Chopper
Clandestined
kids with codenames

And Finally, I saw over at It Covers The Hillsides these sweet fan-made music videos for an Arcade Fire song and a new Radiohead song using footage from some old films and I had to post them here because they are super sweet. Watch them:

Monday Night Mash-Up

Smashing Pumpkins have announced more tour dates and will be in Athens, Ga November 7th.

Ghostface Killah is doing a college campus tour sponsored by Adult Swim and will be at Georgia Tech October 10th. ...And You Will Know Of From The Trail Of Dead will also be going on an Adult Swim sponsored tour with Dethklok of the series Metalocalypse. There are no dates for that yet and I'm not sure really how a band on a cartoon will play live shows.



Voodoo Festival, which we will be covering in New Orleans, LA at the end of October, has released a schedule.

Cable and Tweed have a review of the Black Lips, Selmanaires, and Coathangers show in Athens, Ga last week complete with live mp3s from the night. They also have a Do Make Say Think live show up.

Confessions Of A Music Addict have a great preview of the upcoming Atlantis Music Festival in Atlanta this week.

Band Of Horses will be at The Park Tavern in Piedmont Park October 14th.

Albums coming out tommorrow that I'm going to check out:







Get some nice PJ Harvey tracks here.

John Stewart will be hosting the 2008 Oscars.

Here's some videos:

M.I.A.:


Modest Mouse:


Arcade Fire:(ACL Fest 2007):

Torrent Of The Day: Arcade Fire (DVD)

ARCADE FIRE / LIVE IN PARIS / 20 MARCH 2007 / PAL DVD

Recorded: l' Olympia, Paris, France
First Broadcast: July 27, 2007

Source: C+ High Tech DVB > Topfield 5510 PVR > .ts
Edit: .ts > ProjectX >.m2v + .ac3 + .mp2
ProjectX log says: Error free


Setlist:

Neon Bible
Keep The Car Running
No Cars Go
Haïti
Black Mirror
Laika
Poupée De Cire, Poupée De Son
My Body Is A Cage
Ocean Of Noise
Tunnels
The Well & The Lighthouse
Crown Of Love
Intervention
Rebellion (Lies)

Friday Free-Style

We start today with a video of The Smashing Pumpkins comeback show:



I never covered the Pitchfork Fest additions of Mastodon, Junior Boys, Voxtrot, Cadence Weapon, Brightblack Morning Light, The Field, Cool Kids, and William Parker Quartet. Now with the combination of a night with legendary artists performing some of the best albums ever written and two days of the people making the very best albums of the last 2 years, I think musically this is by far the best festival of the year. On top of that, it is only 50 bucks for three days so it is also the greatest bargain of the year. I often have my quips with Pitchfork's opinions but they sure nailed this line-up. Here it is in case you forgot:

Friday, July 13:

Sonic Youth perform Daydream Nation
GZA/Genius performs Liquid Swords
Slint perform Spiderland

Saturday, July 14:

Yoko Ono
Cat Power and Dirty Delta Blues (w/ members of Dirty Three, the Delta 72, and Blues Explosion)
Clipse
Mastodon
Iron and Wine
Battles
Grizzly Bear
Voxtrot
Califone
The Twilight Sad
Girl Talk
Dan Deacon
Oxford Collapse
Professor Murder
Fujiya & Miyagi
Beach House
William Parker Quartet
Ken Vandermark's Powerhouse Sound

Sunday, July 15:

De La Soul
The New Pornographers
Of Montreal
Stephen Malkmus
Jamie Lidell
The Sea and Cake
Junior Boys
Menomena
The Ponys
Deerhunter
Klaxons
The Field
Cadence Weapon
The Cool Kids
Craig Taborn's Junk Magic
Nomo
Brightblack Morning Light
Fred Lonberg-Holm's Lightbox Orchestra

Anybody you don't recognize on that list, you should look into immediately. More info on Pitchfork Fest here. We will be there and you should too.

The hometown fest that is still the most fun of the decade, Bonnaroo, has announced its cinema tent schedule.

The New Pornographers have a new track floating around the internets: My Rights Versus Yours

Ween releases a new EP, The Friends EP, on June 8th.

...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead are looking for a drummer to sub-in for their European tour.

Creative Loafing did a cover story on Atlanta blogs this week and profiled our friends over at Cable And Tweed. Props for repping the B's in da A.

It's been a busy week for me and I don't have that much news for you, so I'll hit you with a bunch of vids:

Here's a Cat Power on Jolls Holland:



Here's a Califone video:



Here's an Iron And Wine video:



Ween live:



Here's the new Voxtrot video:



Here's Arcade Fire covering a Clinic song:



And I leave you with a De La Soul video that will get you through your day:

Torrent Of The Day: Arcade Fire (5-1-2007) Atlanta Civic Center

The Arcade Fire 2007-05-01 Atlanta Civic Center, Atlanta, GA (FLAC)

The Arcade Fire
May 1, 2007
Atlanta Civic Center
Atlanta, GA

Taped: SP CMC-4's > batt box > Nomad Jukebox 3
Location: Left side, rear of orchestra section
Conversion: JB3 > Gateway MT6451 > Cool Edit Pro 2 > CD Wave > .flac

01. religious lady rant >
Black Mirror
02. banter
03. No Cars Go
04. Neighborhood #2 (Laika)
05. Haiti
06. banter
07. Black Wave/Bad Vibrations
08. My Body is a Cage
09. banter
10. Windowsill
11. banter
12. The Well & The Lighthouse
13. Ocean of Noise
14. Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)
15. applause/banter
16. Neighborhood 3 (Power Out) >
17. Rebellion (Lies)
18. applause/banter
19. Keep the Car Running
20. applause/banter
- encore -
21. Intervention
22. applause
- encore 2 -
23. Wake Up

The National opened the show

Videos Of The Day: Arcade Fire at Coachella

Arcade Fire is in Atlanta tonight, so here's some videos of them last weekend at Coachella:

March Wrap-Up

A quarter of 2007 is over and it was a lot of fun. So far, 2007 is turning out to be a great year in music delivering stellar albums, great shows, and an unprecedented amount of good American music festivals shaping up. I've noticed some interesting trends. For instance, In 2005 it was looking like Arcade Fire and Bloc Party we're going to ascend to greatness and that Modest Mouse had lost everything good about it. One respective album from each band later, Arcade Fire and Bloc Party don't feel so much better than the rest of the pack(although that could easily change) and I can't think of a bigger, better, more important American band in the last 13 years than Modest Mouse.

Anyways, March was a busy month for Ohmpark. Ichuda reviewed the Mastodon show and the Red Sparrowes show. Biggie C got some good pics of the Grizzly Bear show and the Sparklehorse show:





I sat down with the boys from Passer By. Biggie C got some fantastic photos of The Slip and Gringo Star:





Sleo did a review of one of the moe. shows in Atlanta. I did a write-up on the Producer Battles at Apache Cafe's World Famous Mic Club. Biggie C got some shots at the Beach House and Birds Of Avalon show:



Me and Biggie C went to the Explosions In The Sky, The Paper Chase, and Eluvium show:



Biggie C caught the 404 Noise and Experimental Festival:



Biggie C dropped the first Ohmpark Mixtape and wrote a heart-felt letter to Joanna Newsom. Annereade reviewed the new Modest Mouse album. And Biggie C shot up the Kid Koala and Samadha show.

We hope you're enjoying Ohmpark and remember if you have any suggestions or comments or want to hip us to a band or some news or a show, hit us up at: info@ohmpark.com

Thanks for reading!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!!

As you're reading this, I've already emarked on my journey to uber-drunkeness in Savannah to celebrate one of my favourite holidays. You can watch my intoxicated phone logs of the weekend here. Since i won't have many sober posts until I get back monday night, I'm leaving you with an action-packed "Friday Free-Style" featuring tons of mp3s, videos, links, etc. Have a fun weekend:

The Paper Chase blew my ear drums out at the Explosions In The Sky show Tuesday night. Check them out:



Kid Rock smacked a woman because she realized his music sucks. Seriously.

Watch the new video from Arctic Monkeys here. They will be playing the Tabernacle May 19th.

Chis Cornell has a few solo tour dates and a solo album out called Carry On April 30th.

Busta Rhymes is too dangerous to be in new York City.

The Greyboy Allstars are releasing their first studio album nine years. It's called What Happened To TV? and it's out April 17th.

Here's a new Disco Biscuits Video:



Ratatat are working on a second hip-hop mixtape. Listen to some tracks from it:

• Biggie Smalls - "Party & Bullshit (Ratatat remix)"

• Memphis Bleek - Alright (Ratatat Remix)

Remember Ratatat will be at the Loft on April 10th so get your tickets now.

Music For Robots has posted a list of mp3s from bands playing at SXSW. You should really check it out and listen/download that shiznit.

Listen to a track off the new Wilco album Sky Blue Sky: Wilco - What Light

Listen to a track off the new Blonde Redhead album 23: 23

Everybody is going crazy about the new Arcade Fire album. After a few good listens, I like it, but I'm not willing to crown them yet. I think if you compare it to the best albums to come out this year, it just doesn't hold up. It's definetly worth checking out though. Here's a track in case you haven't heard it yet(doubtful): Intervention

For you hip-hop heads, here's a track from the forth coming Hieroglyphics crew Souls Of Mischief member A-Plus: Patna Please

Meshuggah have new album due out in September.

Rush have a new album coming out May 1st and you can listen to a song off it at their site.

Ansur are working on their seocnd album.

Lenlow has done a mash-up with a Peter Bjorn and John track: “Bjorn Slippy”

Here's a Deftones video:



Here's a video of Portishead's live performance last month:



Here's a Nine Inch Nails video for a track off the new album:



Creative Loafing has an article on rapper Busdriver, who will be opening up for RJD2 next Tuesday at the Variety Playhouse.


Some SXSW related mp3s:

• Sparklehorse- "Morning Hollow"
• My Brightest Diamond- Something of An End"
• Beirut- "Elephant Gun"
• The Rosebuds- "Bluebird"
• Illinois- "Alone Again"

The Band Of Horses show Wednesday night was great. Here's some photos i took with my phone:

Arizona:



Carey Ann Hearst and The Gun Street Girls:



Band Of Horses:

• “The Great Salt Lake” — Band of Horses

Here's some interviews for you:

• Andrew Bird
• Girl Talk
• Arcade Fire
• Panda Bear (Animal Collective)
• The Shins
• Bill Frisell
• Of Montreal

Here's a Simpsons clip to get you into the holiday spirit:

Torrents Of the Day: Arcade Fire (3-8-2007) and (3-9-2007)

Arcade Fire 2007-03-08 Manchester Apollo, UK (FLAC)

The Arcade Fire
Manchester Apollo, UK
Thursday 8th March, 2007


Lineage:

GreenMachine GM-Pro Mics -> GM Battery Box -> iRiver H120 (Rockbox v061206) -> SoundForge -> CDWave -> TLH (v1.0.0.72) -> FLAC (level 8, Sector boundary alignments, file testing)

Source: Audience Recording - centre of stage, halfway between soundboard and front row
Taper: PABBY
Duration: 1h 18m 39s
Size: 414MB


Setlist:

01. Intervention
02. (Antichrist Television Blues)
03. Keep The Car Running
04. Black Mirror
05. No Cars Go
06. Haiti
07. Black Wave/Bad Vibrations
08. My Body Is A Cage
09. The Well And The Lighthouse
10. Crown Of Love
11. Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)
12. Rebellion (Lies)
13. Encore break
14. Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)
15. Ocean Of Noise


Arcade Fire 2007-03-09 Manchester Apollo, UK (FLAC)

The Arcade Fire
Manchester Apollo, UK
Friday 9th March, 2007


Lineage:

GreenMachine GM-Pro Mics -> GM Battery Box -> iRiver H120 (Rockbox v061206) -> SoundForge -> CDWave -> TLH (v1.0.0.72) -> FLAC (level 8, Sector boundary alignments, file testing)

Source: Audience Recording - almost at the front, on right-hand side of the stage
Taper: PABBY
Duration: 1h 18m 39s
Size: 421MB


Track list:

01. No Cars Go
02. Black Mirror
03. Keep The Car Running
04. Neon Bible
05. Black Wave/Bad Vibrations
06. Haiti
07. Windowsill
08. The Well And The Lighthouse
09. Crown Of Love
10. Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)
11. Ocean Of Noise
12. Rebellion (Lies)
13. Intervention
14. 1st Encore Break
15. (Antichrist Television Blues)
16. 2nd Encore Break
17. Wake Up

What The Hell Am I Listening To?!?

Some really good stuff:

Menomena


This Portland 3-piece's Friend And Foe is quickly becoming one of my favourites of the year. Describing this band is difficult for me, a little Clouds Taste Metallic era Flaming Lips, maybe a touch of old school Modest Mouse, maybe a touch of Morphine. I don't know. Give these tracks a listen, and if you like, go get the album because every song on this thing is great.

• The Pelican
• Wet And Rusting

Buy Menomena : Friend And Foe


Explosions In The Sky


Their new album, All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone, is a great example of a band that just does their thing, and gets better and better. Many may think that this album sounds very much like most of their others, and that's somewhat true, but some bands just do what they do masterfully, and that's all they need to do. Sometimes a band just doesn't have to head off into another direction (Modest Mouse comes to mind). Give a listen to a great band in their prime:

• The Birth and Death Of The Day
  
• It's Natural to Be Afraid
  

Buy Explosions In The Sky : All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone


Do Make Say Think


Another great post-rock album i've been listening to is DMST's You, You're a History In Rust. Part of the Broken Social Scene extended family, these guys are really awesome. Where the new Explosions In The Sky record works to perfect an already "classic" style of post-rock, this album takes alot more liberties and avoids any derivative labels. Enjoy:

• The Universe!
  
• Herstory Of Glory
  

Buy Do Make Say Think : You, You're A History In Rust


Final Fantasy


I knew when I did my top 50 List of 2006, that i would miss some albums that deserved to be on it because I had only a limited amount of time and resources. He Poos Clouds is the first one. Final Fantasy (aka Owen Pallett) is a violinist/vocalist who played with Arcade Fire on tour and even did some of the string arrangements on their new album, Neon Bible. This second full album as Final Fantasy is just simply phenonemal. You really need to get this:

• This Lamb Sells Condos
  
• Song Song Song

Buy Final Fantasy : He Poos Clouds

Releases Of The Week

RJD2 : The Third Hand

Buy Album Here

Son Volt : The Search


Buy Album Here

Arcade Fire : Neon Bible

Buy Album Here

!!! : Myth Takes

Buy Album Here

Air : Pocket Symphony

Buy Album Here

Torrent Of The Day: Final Fantasy (2-23-2007)

I have been listening to He Poos Clouds alot lately so here's a very recent live show:



Final Fantasy / 02.23.07 / Tranzac, Toronto, Canada / Flac

Final Fantasy
Tranzac
Toronto, ON
February 23, 2007

Recorded and uploaded by Winter.
Recorded on a Sharp MD using a Sony digital microphone
Recorded from the front, stage centre-right

Transfered using Total Recorder
Normalised and balanced using Sound Forge
Tracks cut using CD Wave (24-bit but saved backwards compatible)
Converted to Flac, tested and fingerprinted using Flac Frontend.


Audio notes:
Levels slightly exceeded levels part way through, they were adjusted on the fly (sample shows this)
The clicks you hear is the artist's foot hitting his pedals.
The vocals are somewhat low in the mix, but that's how they were meant to be. The artists requested such during the show.
Tracks with question marks are new songs. Titles are based on a blurry setlist photo.

1) Blue Imelda?
2) Do You Love
3) Bass Hit?
4) Hey Dad
5) CN Tower Belongs to the Dead
6) Flare Gun?
7) It took 2 years to break your heart
8) Paris 1919
9) This Lamb Sells Condos
10) Song Song Song
11) Lewis Takes Off His Shirt 1
12) Lewis Takes OFf His Shirt 2
13) Arctic Circle
14) Theme from Castlevania
15) This is the Dream of Win and Regine

Videos Of The Day: Arcade Fire on SNL

The Arcade Fire mania continues(NBC keeps pulling these videos, but some more pop up):

Torrent Of The Day: The Arcade Fire 2-16-07

Droppin' dat 'Fire like bombs:


Neon Bible drops March 6th

Arcade Fire / 02.16.07 / judson memorial church, new york / FLAC

ARCADE FIRE
Judson Memorial Church
New York City
February 16, 2007

An absolutely superb recording from the warm-up tour! This is a MUST HAVE for any AF fan!!!!!!!!

MANY thanks to the original taper and seeder!

Here are the original notes:

Source: DPA 4021 > SD 722 (96k/24)
Peak Pro 5.2 (sample rate conversion; bit-rate reduction) > xACT

1. band takes stage/tunings
2. No Cars Go
3. Haiti
4. Black Mirror
5. Keep the Car Running
6. Antichrist TV Blues
7. Black Waves/Bad Vibrations
8. Poupee de Cire
9. Well and the Lighthouse
10. Ocean of Noise
11. Rebellion
12. Intervention
13. encore break
14. Neon Bible
15. Wake Up (in crowd)

Live Show : The Arcade Fire 2-13-07

The Arcade Fire played in New York Tuesday night and I've put up the first 8 songs they played here for you to listen to. Pitchfork took some great pictures of the show. The Arcade Fire will be in Atlanta on May 1st at the Civic Center.



Arcade Fire
February 13, 2007
Judson Memorial Church
New York City, NY

(Click to listen to track)

01. Keep the Car Running
02. (Antichrist Television Blues)
03. Black Mirror
04. Poupee de Cire, Poupee de Son [France Gall]
05. No Cars Go
06. Haiti
07. Black Wave/Bad Vibrations
08. My Body is a Cage
09. Neon Bible
10. Neighbourhood #3 (Power Out)
11. Rebellion (Lies)
12. Intervention
13. encore break
14. Windowsill
15. The Well and the Lighthouse

Click Here to Download Torrent of Show

Torrent of the Day

Arcade Fire 2005-01-17 Live On KCRW (FLAC)

The Arcade Fire
Aired 1-17-2005
KCRW Radio FM Broadcast
Santa Monica,California.
Source: Live FM Broadcast
MONO CAPTURE

**** NOT FOR SALE ****

Lineage: FM> Harman Kardon AVR30> Analog Out> Harman Kardon CDR2 Recorder>
Audio CDR.WAV> Pioneer DVR-RW DVD-108> EAC> CD WAVE-(Tracking)> Flac.level 8

The Arcade Fire, from the town of Montreal, sing about the arc of life,
from funerals to weddings, on Morning Becomes Eclectic

01.=Intro=
02.Wake Up
03.Neighborhood#4 (7 Kettles)
04.Vampire Forest Fire
05.=Interview=
06.Intervention
07.Born On A Train
08.In The Backseat
09.=Outro=

All songs preformed live in studio at time of broadcast