Before I inundate you with all of my best of 2007 stuff, I want to do a little addendum to my 2006 top 50 Albums list. Over the course of this year I discovered some albums that came out last year but wasn't aware of because I wasn't blogging and researching obsessively then. These albums here should all have deserved to be on my top 50 list because they are all amazing. Despite being released in '06, though, these albums will always make me think of this year because of all the great times I had with them as the soundtrack. Pick up these essentials:
Last Tuesday night I caught Midlake at The Earl and they were really awesome. Here's a couple bad pics ( I swear I'm getting my own real camera soon):
If you are unfamiliar with these guys, think Thom Yorke meets Fleetwood Mac. They just released a digital EP called Oak And Julian. Here's a cut and a bonus:
So, the Echo Project's 3rd round of artist auditions didn't all come out at once and I missed a few additions when I reported it last week. Here is the full Echo Project Line-Up:
The Killers Phil Lesh & Friends The Flaming Lips
Thievery Corporation moe. The Roots Spoon Cypress Hill Les Claypool Michael Franti & Spearhead Clap Your Hands Say Yeah Rodrigo Y Gabriela Umphrey's McGee The Disco Biscuits
Stephen Marley Rabbit in the Moon Gza (Genius) and Slick Rick featuring the Fyre Department The Bravery Medeski Martin & Wood MSTRKRFT Cat Power & Dirty Delta Blues Polyphonic Spree Butch Walker
JJ Grey & Mofro Secret Machines Son Volt Avett Brothers Perpetual Groove Brazilian Girls Man Man RJD2 Lyrics Born The Album Leaf The Benevento Russo Duo Tea Leaf Green ALO God Is An Astronaut Bassnectar Ryan Shaw Dirty Dozen Brass Band The Egg Toubab Krewe Wood Brothers Snowden Futureman and His Black Mozart Ensemble RAQ Dubconcious Spam Allstars Afromotive Greenskeepers Lazaro Casanova Marc Ford Col. Bruce Hampton & The Quark Alliance Telepath
Little Birdy Collective Efforts Boom Box Marchforth Marching Band Scissors For Lefty Dead Confederate Benzos Barrel House Mamas Strut Something Japanese Grimace Federation Spencer Durham Band Jamie McLean 3S Hostage Sam Thacker Lord Is My Shotgun Entropy Ployd Mike Zarin Sorted Munir Random Rabbit Sonar Soundwave Mayhem Habersham/Numinous Secret Live Brandon B Treasure Fingers Truform Chris Grass Eric ZBD
and more...
The two big additions i missed were Spoon and Rabbit In The Moon. Back in my short-lived raver days, Rabbit In The Moon was my favourite electronic artist. They are like taking Flaming Lips and GWAR to a rave; their live show is an incredible spectacle. DJ Monk is no longer part of the team, but with Confucius still producing the music and weird-ass frontman Bunny doing really trip stuff on stage, I can guarantee the spun out wooks are gonna love this show. If you are going to this fest, don't miss this show(and don't be sober for it):
Bunny was riding in a ball across the audience way before Wayne:
Mastodon's Brent Hinds is in the hopsital from a head injury that occurred at the MTV Video Music Awards. Some Mastodon related vids:
Featuring Queens Of The Stone Age's Josh Homme:
News report on Mastodon:
And here's an Eddie Vedder track featuring Sleater-Kinney's Corin Tucker:
Eddie Vedder : Into The Wild (movie soundtrack) : Hard Sun
Colin Mee, guitarist for Deerhunter, has parted ways with the band. Hear what he has to say about it here. The drama continues for these guys, but hopefully everyone involved continues making great music and the hype is justified.
Speaking of hype, Creative Loafing did a story on The Coathangers and the blowing up of said band. I'm reserving any real judgement about this band until I listen to the album and see them today at Criminal Records, but listening to their songs makes me laugh, and that's cool.
ISP Space is closing down. I have to say that this is a bummer to me because I really enjoyed the shows I saw there.
Here's some Black Lips news from their myspacing:
The Black Lips' newest opus, Good Bad Not Evil which you can stream in its entirety onMySpace this week, comes out September 11. For the momentous occasion, Black Lips are doing a special show at MJQ in Atlanta. How do you get into the show? Well, it's easy. Starting Tuesday, September 4, Good Bad Not Evil will be available for pre-order at ye olde Criminal Records. If you truck down early to pre-order the record, you not only get a spiff-tastic DVD of Black Lips Live in Israel which you can't get your paws on anywhere else, but you get the secret handshake invite to the show on September 11. Assuming the show doesn't sell out before release date, there will be CDs available as your ticket in at MJQ on the day of the show, but why would you risk it? Oh, and you only get the DVD if you pre-order or buy at Criminal on release date. So if you've got nothing to do on Tuesday during your lunch break besides sneak a couple of pints, head down to Criminal and pre-order that gem and get ready for the show.
Here's a video @ Radio Har-Hatzofim, JERUSALEM ISRAEL:
Okkervil Riverwill be at The 40 watt in Athens, Ga October 3rd.
Wondering what the chicks from Sleater-Kinney have been up to? Check this out
Burn To Shine, a cool film series where they have a bunch of bands from a city play a song in a house about to get demolished, is about to do one in Atlanta featuring Mastodon, Deerunter, Black Lips, Snowden, The Selmanaires, The Coathangers, and Shannon Wright.
The internets are exploding with rumours that My Bloody Valentine will be reuniting and playing Coachella next year. Let the 2008 festival line-up speculation madness begin!
You can stream the great new Minus The Bear album here.
Remember that Midlake is at The Earl tonight. Don't miss it:
I finally listened to The Trials Of Van Occupanther thanks to Lern. You can file it in the large stack of great 2006 albums I missed. Luckily they will be at The Earl September 4th.
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