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Ozzy and a Few New Guitar Hero: World Tour Confirmations

Tha Square — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 01:19:06 +0000

World Tour is edging closer to release and some new artists and tracks have been confirmed to be in the game. From Bob Seger to Survivor, the list of big time rockers and bands is growing and growing. the newly confirmed songs include:

Airbourne – "Too Much Too young..."
At the Drive-in – "One Armed Scissor"
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – "Weapon of Choice"
Bob Seger – "Hollywood Nights"
Dinosaur Jr. – "Feel the pain"
Silversun Pickups – "Lazy Eye"
Survivor – "Eye of the Tiger"

If those name drops aren't enough for you, then maybe Ozzy can win you over. Ozzy Osbourne has been confirmed as a playable character and a few of his songs are on board as well. "Mr. Crowley" and "Crazy Train" will be yours for the rocking and OZZFest will be an exclusive venue in Guitar Hero: World Tour. Oh yes, bound to rock we all are come this Fall.

Source: IGN.com

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Ozzy and a Few New Guitar Hero: World Tour Confirmations

Tha Square — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 01:17:22 +0000

Airbourne – "Too Much Too young..."
At the Drive-in – "One Armed Scissor"
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – "Weapon of Choice"
Bob Seger – "Hollywood Nights"
Dinosaur Jr. – "Feel the pain"
Silversun Pickups – "Lazy Eye"
Survivor – "Eye of the Tiger"

Source: IGN.com

Related Entries: Guitar Hero

The Hardest Working Band in Rock N' Roll

Simone — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 05:37:33 +0000

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club!

They just played an amazing -- and I do fucking mean amazing -- two hour and fifteen minute set at Irving Plaza tonight. They really speak to the people (no, they don't talk much, but you know what I mean). God, a man with soul is all I'm looking for. He can be missing teeth, penniless and own only one pair of jeans. Just give me a man with soul, and it can't hurt if he loves those rhythm and blues. Soul is backbone strengthening, passion igniting, conviction rumbling in your bowels, all wrapped up in a brown paper package of ease and cool. Sure, addiction might be close in tow, but we'll cross that bridge when we get there!

They played a fantastic set of the old, the new(er), the frequent, the infrequent, b-sides, and a cover of Chelsea Hotel in New York City!

God bless Black Rebel Motorcycle Club! Than you for being unique, generous, uncompromising and sexy. There are good men out there!

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club @ l'Élysée-Montmartre, Paris from DPC313's flickr

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Acoustic for KEXP (2003)

danilocorci — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 19:50:46 +0000

1. Promise
2. Restless Sinner
3. Complicated Situation
4. US Government
5. Shuffle Your Feet
6. Shuffle Your Feet (ONE MORE TIME! with the crowd clapping along as Rob was joking about that idea! lovely)
7. Love Burns
8. Lonesome Death
9. Fault Line
10. Mercy
11. Ain't No Easy Way
12. Devil's Waitin'
13. Feel It Now

O BRMC é uma das minhas bandas favoritas ever. Principalmente porque na era 'roquinho indie', eles lá atrás já faziam o bom e velho roquenrou e não embarcaram na brechó music. Enfim, isso pouco importa porque esse disco acústico feito pra KEXP, uma rádio estadunidense, é sensacional. Mais do que ficar de blatz blatz aqui, aproveita pra:

Ouvir "Ain't no easy way out"

[audio http://www.fileqube.com/hl/BITms74935/11 Ain't No Easy Way.wma]

Ou ir até o ANACUSIC para ouvir todo o disco.

[9] Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, ‘Whatever Happened To My Rock 'N' Roll (Punk Song)’

jukeboxjunior — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 13:56:11 +0000

Good start, cool name. Terrific single too (their third, or thereabouts), that suggested a searing balls-out rock pedigree, all full-throttle rhythm and piled-on guitars. I first heard about them when Charlatan Tim Burgess was bigging up this record on some radio show, and it could almost pass for one of his own – with Rob Levon Been’s sub-Jagger sneer a ringer for Burgess’s Manc-turned-Yank lip-curl – albeit a little more cranked-up than your standard Charlatans blues-pop.

It flattered to deceive. ‘Spread Your Love’, their next foray into the UK Top 30, sounded like ‘Spirit In The Sky’ and tepid albums gave way to a grasp at serious cred with third long-player Howl, an nth-generation tilt at rootsy blues. Who needs it?

The tidal wave of gee-tar prompted Junior to sling on the plastic Strat and rumble along with BRMC. Finding the jarring piano button on her axe, she was then moved to delve into the toy box for the pink keyboard, and the ensuing cacophony had Junior 2 looking aghast. Pure-spun rock’n’roll. It sounded like some godawful mash-up – appropriate in 2001, when the world and his wife were at it.

Reminds me - I must be the only man alive who doesn’t own 2 Many DJs’ As Heard On Radio Soulwax. Or, entirely unrelated, Röyksopp’s Melody A.M. Or Damien Rice’s O. Or Nevermind.

The Blakes - The Blakes (album review)

Nick — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:24:23 +0000

Rating: 2/5

It's easy to get an idea of what to expect from The Blakes by citing their apparent influences: early Strokes in the playful kick of 'Modern Man', 'Country Girl'-mode Primal Scream in the bluesy 'Magoo', and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club in the loose, grungy sway of upcoming single 'Don't Want That Now'. And the problem with that is that none of the above are doing anything remotely exciting these days, and neither are The Blakes. The Seattle trio sound like they've been kept in storage since 2001, and now arrive blinking in the glare of an indie scene that's taken a few more interesting turns than they're capable of. Interest is piqued by the darker, detuned guitars of 'Vampire', or the wall-of-sound effect in 'Streets', but a combination of weak songwriting, uninspiring musicianship and generic production values equates to a debut that's already behind the times.

The Blakes is out on 4 Aug via Strange Addiction.

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Weapon of Choice

Griseo Mitran — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:00:43 +0000

The Black Angels Prove Black Is Beautiful

johnbuckley100 — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:46:27 +0000

I wasn't much of a fan of Black Oak Arkansas, I enjoy but don't need the Black Keys, and the Black Crowes leave me cold. Black Sabbath? Please. Still, I'm ready for a show in basic black. How 'bout a triple bill of The Black Angels, Black Mountain, and BRMC? The Black Angels would probably have to go first to warm up the crowd, since they're less well known than Black Mountain or the Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. Plus, they'd set the proper mood, which is to say, trance.

Austinites, they do not come from the same musical neighborhood as Flaco Jimenez. It's nice to know that after Roky Erickson, the words "Texas" and "psychedelia" don't automatically lead to discussions about Tex Watson. I think what really got me about these guys was "Bloodhounds on My Trail," which is mesmerizing. Think of "Hellhound On My Trail" done by a supergroup starring Lydia Lunch, John Fogerty, and Peter Green.

I'm not just trying to be clever about the links to Black Mountain and BRMC -- these guys are jacked into the same amps both those disparate, not necessarily kindred, but nonetheless spiritually linked bands play. Their debut album "Passover" brought comparisons to the Velvet Underground, Galaxy 500, the Gun Club, and Led Zep. Can't go wrong with those references thrown in the blender. Their second album, "Directions To See A Ghost," adds the Fall's descending guitar lines to the BRMC dynamic, and cops song structures from "Astronomy Domine"-era Floyd. Alex Maas has this weirdly androgynous voice, and when the levee breaks, he slightly drowns in Robert Plant's lower registers.

Missed them at the Rock and Roll Hotel, where I think they opened for the Warlocks -- more kindred spirits. When John Cale wrote "The Black Angel's Death Song," who knew that someday these guys would catch its wind?

Obscurity and influence

DrSlammy — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 16:20:24 +0000

Who are the most influential bands and artists in the history of rock? Well, start with The Beatles and Elvis, I guess, and for good reason. Chuck Berry, Little Richard, The Stones, of course, The Who and David Bowie. The big names. All of them signed their names on our culture with a fat permanent marker, and in doing so insured that just about all future artists would have to navigate their legacies in one way or another.

The funny thing, though, is just how influential some far, far lesser known artists became. Many people have heard of Velvet Underground, although comparatively few have actually listened to them, but if you factor VU's overwhelming influence out of our collective cultural history would we have had Bauhaus, Echo & the Bunnymen, Lenny Kravitz, Sonic Youth, Jesus & Mary Chain (and subsequently Black Rebel Motorcycle Club), Galaxie 500 (and the army of bands that followed their lead) and REM?

How about Big Star? I'd wager that not many contemporary listeners have even heard the name, but their influence on a generation of guitar pop musicians is just about impossible to calculate. Put it this way - if you hopped in a time machine, went back to Memphis in the early '50s and erased Alex Chilton from the ranks of the living, when you got back to 2008 almost nothing would sound the way it did before you left.

Influence is a funny thing. Huge artists can leave almost no footprint for future acts to follow and relatively obscure bands can change the audial landscape forever. Which leads me to another band that a lot of people these days don't know: Joy Division. Sure, everybody's heard New Order, which in 1987 released Substance, arguably the greatest dance album ever. But before New Order was Joy Division, which featured the guys in New Order plus their creative leader, Ian Curtis. JD was interested in expanding the sound of punk, and it embraced a range of dark, melancholy tones that served to comment on the bleakness of European industrial life in the '70s.

In May of 1980 Curtis committed suicide. There's no way of knowing how big Joy Division might have been commercially, and until the last couple of years I couldn't have imagined how great their artistic influence would be. But all of a sudden, over 25 years later, there's been an explosion of new acts that are clearly beholden to Curtis' brooding legacy of despair. Interpol and The Killers are easily the best of the lot (The Killers cover "Shadowplay" live and on their recent B-Sides collection), and if they were the only examples we could dismiss the Joy Division Effect easily enough. But the truth is that we're seeing a significant movement within "indie" rock that simply wouldn't exist without the influence of band that barely lived long enough to get off the ground and that died before Reagan was elected.

So today, in our inaugural TunesDay, we pay tribute to all those bands out there - the JDs, the VUs, and the Big Stars - whose vision exerted an impact on the world of music that far exceeded their individual commercial successes. Here's Joy Division with their video for "Love Will Tear Us Apart."

Here Interpol performs "Slow Hands."

The Killers' reverence for JD is evident in this homage.

She Wants Revenge is a lot of fun, but at times they're almost a tribute band.

Then there's Editors, whose An End Has A Start was one of my Gold Award CDs for last year.

And The Mary Onettes...

And finally, "1981" by The Flaws.

We'll conclude with a Rock 101 exam question: Enduring artistic influence is better than commerical success or critical acclaim. Discuss.

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club/ Berlin

flavia — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:22:42 +0000

Titolo: Berlin
Autore: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Album: Baby 81 (2007)

All'inizio erano The Elements. Poi, scoperta l'omonimia con un altro gruppo, sono diventati i Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, in omaggio alla banda di motociclisti di un vecchio film con Marlon Brando. Era il 1998. E per due anni gli americani BRMC si sono allenati per creare un distillato di puro rock, prima di esordire con il disco eponimo nel 2000. Da lì a capolavori come Generation (nel successivo LP Take them on, On your Own), il passo è stato breve.

La canzone che vi propongo fa parte invece dell'album uscito lo scorso anno. Baby 81 è sia un ritorno al garage del passato, con costruzioni melodiche vigorose che non a caso fanno pensare a moto che sfrecciano lungo la Route 66, sia una summa ben riuscita di tutto il lavoro musicale precedente. Non resta che chiedersi, complice la carica iniziale di Berlin, What happened to the revolution?

Peccato che, nel cono d'ombra generato da altri gruppi 'coetanei' e più mediatici come Strokes e White Stripes, i BRMC non siano arrivati alle orecchie di tutti.

LINK: sito ufficiale; pagina MySpace

BRMC - Vive Latino mp3

rockandrollstar — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:05:11 +0000

Hace algunos días había puesto cinco de las nueve canciones que formaron parte del set de Black Rebel Motorcycle Club en la pasada edición del Vive Latino. Como les había comentado, era posible que consiguiera toda la presentación y aquí la tienen. Si bajaron el otro audio creo que sería mejor que lo borren y bajen este ya que al mi parecer suena un poco mejor, y además está en su totalidad. El setlist lo dejo en los comentarios.

BRMC - Vive Latino 2008
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Foto: Toni François

HURRICANE FESTIVAL - 20.-22.06.2008, Scheeßel -

drewson — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:00:42 +0000

Der Kilo Meter zeigt 146,8kg.
Keine besonderen Vorkommnisse!

... aber aus gegebenem Anlass ziehe ich mal den Punkt M von untenstehendem Artikel vor... . ;-))

K
Kalorien, die:
a) Scheinbar die neue Ersatzdroge von Dave Wyndorf. Auch wenn der Gute jetzt einen deutlich größeren Schatten wirft, war es schade, dass der Auftritt seiner Band Monster Magnet nur ein Schatten ihrer selbst war. Übrigens war Wyndorfs Leibesfülle letztlich auch Gesprächsthema Nr. 1 am Freitag. O-Ton: „Boah, ist Dave Wyndorf fett geworden.“
b) Führten sich die tapferen Camper vornehmlich durch Ravioli, Grillgut und Dosenbier zu.

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Konzertbericht: HURRICANE FESTIVAL - 20.-22.06.2008, Scheeßel -

Das Festival-Highlight von A-Z ....

A
Alkohol, der: Gehört in Maßen durchaus zu einem gelungenen Festival dazu. Leider schien er für manche aber auch der einzige Beweggrund für den Hurricane-Besuch gewesen zu sein.

„Anyone Can Play Guitar“: Alter Radiohead-Gassenhauer, der am Festival-Wochenenden von ein paar Trunkenbolden, aber auch der ein oder anderen Band bestätigt wurde.

Ausverkauft: War das Festival in diesem Jahr. Bei näherer Betrachtung des Line-Ups auch wenig verwunderlich.

B
Beste Band der Welt, die: Auch wenn sich die Ärzte so nennen, halten viele Musikfans Radiohead für eben diese. Der Auftritt beim Hurricane sollte diesen Musikfans in die argumentativen Karten spielen. Viel Spektakel auf der Bühne und ein hervorragend aufgelegter Thom Yorke. Ein wahrlich würdiger Festival-Headliner.

Briten-Indie: The Enemy, The Wombats, The Subways, The Pigeon Detectives, The Kooks und äääähm die Kaiser Chiefs. Vornehmlich auf der blauen Bühne anzuschauen.

C
Chaos, das: Wurde perfekt, als manche Leute wegen Platzmangels auf den Wegen zelteten. Aber es gab ja noch einige markante Flaggen zur Orientierung.

D
Drummer, der: englisch für Schlagzeuger. Der bekannteste Drummer des Festivals trat jedoch mit Gitarre auf, denn Dave Grohl rockte mit seinen Foo Fighters als einer der Headliner.
Zwischen „The Pretender“ und „Best Of You“ fast nur Hits und ein schmaleres Akustikset als bei einem regulären Gig der Foos. Da der Auftritt an einem Samstag stattfand, nahm sich Dave Grohl dann auch mal das Recht heraus a la Gottschalk zu überziehen. So macht man das.

E
Einlass, der: Nur ohne Flaschen und andere gefährliche Gegenstände kam man aufs Festivalgelände. Selbstverständlichkeit.

Flunkyball: Beliebteste Kombination aus Sport und Trinkspiel auf dem Campingplatz. Wird bestimmt bald olympisch. >>> weiterlesen!!!!

Remember this Show? BRMC Live Photos

mjmama — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:47:58 +0000

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and openers The Duke Spirit rocked a packed house at the High Noon this May. Check out what the show was like or re-live the experience..

The Duke Spirit

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

Click HERE for more photos of these and other bands by concert photographer Bryan Gladding (In the Muck Photos)

Email IntheMuck (at) gmail.com for permission to use photos or for booking information.

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Paradiso... LEGENDARY

gorchazz — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:22:25 +0000

Yesterday, I went to see the Black Rebel Motorcycle Club at Paradiso, Amsterdam. It was the first time I'd ever been at a concert, and I felt a bit out of place at first. I had no clue what to expect. The people seemed nice enough, a bit of a hipster crowd, as I expected. No goths, thank god (no offence). The venue wasn't as big as I expected, it was very cozy. The Brothers Movement opened the show. They sounded a lot like BRMC and they were gone after half an hour or so. Didn't get much of an impression. After that, the floor started filling up and it was starting to get crowded, but not uncomfortably crowded by any means. When Peter and Robert showed up on stage, it suddenly got very, very REAL. I was actually SEEING them, not indirectly on tv or computer, but they were just THERE, being as real as can be. And that's when I really started to enjoy myself there. They played for two-and-half hours in total, and their level of commitment to the crowd was aweinspiring. I've heard that they played another eight songs after the show. Wish I could've been there, but it was getting very late for a schoolnight. They played a handful of acoustic songs during the show, and it was enough to make me happy. I'm more into their Howl/acoustic stuff than anything else. All in all, it was an amazing (first) concert experience and I'm thankful to my sister for pushing me to get those tickets. The only thing I regret is having to face the morning after, which I delayed as long as I could. My memories of the show resemble a dream more than anything. I know that I was there, but it feels so far away already. I've never been a huge BRMC fan, just a casual one. Last night definitly sparked something up for me and I love Rob and Pete a lot more than I had before. That's all I have to say =).

Also, some people seem to think Black Rebel Motorcycle club is an embarassing name for a band. I couldn't disagree more. I would never feel any shame in saying **I love BRMC <3<3**.

Bellavista - s/t

xdevx — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:54:20 +0000

Da ich mir bisher bei CD-Reviews vorzugsweise die rhetorische Pampe aus dem gonzo-journalistischen Buchstabensack gehobelt habe, dabei etwas provokativ und polemisch agiert habe und deshalb von einigen Spatzenhirnen (zu recht?) kritisiert wurde [gibt es hier nachzulesen (Review & Comments)], versuche ich mich nun mal an einer etwas "ernsteren" Herangehensweise, welche die öffentliche Meinungsmacherpresse und PR-Opfer à la Visions, Intro und Co. heutzutage leider als Status Quo deklariert hat. Während ich mich aufgrund dieser Ansicht im Kreuzfeuer der Kritik befinde, erscheint Bellavista's Debüt derweil auf KNTRST Records, einem bis dato jungfräulichen Hamburger Indie-Label. Vielleicht kennt noch jemand die Band Vue, die ihrer Zeit Alben auf Sub Pop, GSL und RCA veröffentlichten und dabei für Bands wie Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, ...Trail of Dead und The Rolling Stones eröffneten. Bellavista ist eben aus diesen Vue entstanden und paddeln nun im fuzzigen Fahrwasser von Jesus and Mary Chain, Spacemen 3 und Gun Club. Da ich nun die fettgedruckten Wörter des Pressetextes abgeschrieben habe, habe ich laut einigen Musikfaschisten, die Artikel 5 Absatz 1 des Grundgesetztes ignorieren, meine Pflicht erfüllt. Schade nur, dass die Musik und was sie eigentlich ausmacht, was sie subjektiv in einem hervorruft dabei komplett außen vor bleibt. Das kann's doch auch nicht sein!?

Bellavista - River of Lust

(mehr zum Bewertungssystem findet Ihr in der Score-Legende)

BRMC - Vive Latino 2008 mp3

rockandrollstar — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:12:43 +0000

Aquí tienen la presentación, incompleta, de Black Rebel Motorcycle Club en el Vive Latino. El audio es tomado de la transmisión del festival por parte de Telehit, sin embargo la calidad no es perfecta ya que se escucha un poco bajo; ese es el único detalle, de ahí en fuera todo está bien. Con un poco de suerte se van a poder conseguir las 4 canciones restantes que no están incluidas en el archivo.

Weapon Of Choice
Berlin
Stop
Ain't No Easy Way
Whatever Happened To My Rock 'N' Roll

BRMC - Vive Latino 2008
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Black Rebel Motorcycle Club se queda sin baterista

rockandrollstar — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 21:27:09 +0000

El anuncio lo hizo Nick Jago, baterista de la banda, por medio de su sitio oficial así como por MySpace. No es la primera vez que queda fuera del grupo; la primera ocasión fue por ahí del 2005 debido a problemas que tuvo con las drogas y por ende algunas visitas a centros de rehabilitación. Las causas por las que deja a Black Rebel Motorcycle Club se han aclarado, y básicamente se debe a que Nick Jago en estos momentos se encuentra más concentrado en su proyecto como solista, dejando un poco de lado su trabajo con BRMC.

Pueden escuchar una canción de lo que está haciendo en su sitio. Esto no parece algo definitivo por lo que probablemente en algunos años vuelva a formar parte de la alineación.

Foto: Toni François

Este fue su mensaje:

Hey everybody that reads this,
I just had dinner with Rob and Pete and, well, I'm not in the band anymore. They are going into rehearsals tomorrow with Leah, she just finished touring with The Raveonettes and is super nice and cool. They presented it to me like they need a break, I took it as I am fired again and to be honest with you I respect their decision. I don't make it easy for them, I hope to be able to play with them again in the future as a reunion as there is really no bad feeling other than we all wanna be happy and right now we are not. Maybe playing drums for BRMC all the time is not my calling and there is something else I'm supposed to do. We will see. I’m sorry to all the fans and know that the drums are in good hands with Leah. Find her at http://www.myspace.com/deadcombosound

My best
hope to see you soon.

Nick

BRMC en el Vive Latino

rockandrollstar — Sun, 25 May 2008 07:25:23 +0000

Esta entrada la iba a hacer hasta el domingo en la tarde pensando que el material comenzaría a salir más o menos a esa altura. Por el momento sólo van a ser fotos y una pequeña entrevista. Las fotos las pueden ver aquí, fueron tomadas por Toni así que si se las piratean no sean ratas y denle su crédito.

Foto: Toni François

Y acá va la entrevista con Nick Jago, la calidad del video no es muy buena pero luego subirán una mejor. Un amigo tiene lo que pasaron en Telehit así es que haré todo lo posible por subirlo aunque siempre se me complica un poco subir en ese formato ya que por lo general son gigas y toma mucho tiempo.

Tocaron American X lo cual creo que no fue muy acertado por ser festival y porque tenían muy poco tiempo para tocar. Este fue el setlist de la noche:

Love Burns
Weapon Of Choice
Berlin
Stop
Ain't No Easy Way
Spread Your Love
American X
Six Barrel Shotgun
Whatever Happened To My Rock 'N' Roll

Esta es una foto de su visita a Teotihuacan, la tomé del myspace de uno de los de su staff.

A hydrofield cuts through my neighborhood, somehow that always just made me feel good

mt330404 — Sun, 25 May 2008 04:57:04 +0000

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Howl
[audio http://clduchemin.free.fr/Black%20Rebel%20Motorcycle%20Club%20-%20Howl/02%20-%20Black%20Rebel%20Motorcycle%20Club%20-%20Howl.mp3]

Barenaked Ladies - Light Up My Room
[audio http://h1.ripway.com/publix/BarenakedLadies-LightUpMyRoom.mp3]

Soul Coughing - True Dreams of Wichita
[audio http://www.hotlinkfiles.com/files/1212566_lpjon/Coughing-TrueDreamsofWichita.mp3]

John Coltrane - My One and Only Love
[audio http://chordmelody.org/mp3/myoneandonlylove.mp3]

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club en México

rockandrollstar — Fri, 23 May 2008 21:16:47 +0000

Por el momento no les dejo mucho, solamente una entrevista con Robert Levon Been que salió hoy en el Reforma; por ahí habla un poco de lo que aquí mencioné con respecto a buscar un lugar pequeño en donde pudieran presentarse con un show propio.

Por cierto, como es costumbre para algunos bandas, Robert Levon Been junto con su staff no dejaron pasar la oportunidad de estar en el país y no visitar las Pirámides de Teotihuacan, seguramente en la semana habrán imágenes de eso.

Los que conocen a la banda sabrán que son demasiado accesibles con sus fans y en gran parte de las ocasiones, si no es que en todas, suelen hacer un set post-concierto, ya sea en el bar del lugar, fuera del hotel o donde sea que se preste la situación...pues bien, esta vez no fue tan diferente ya que a pesar de que aun no se presentan en el país, un número muy reducido de fans tuvieron la suerte de que Robert Levon Been fuera a la habitación por su guitarra para deleitarlos con unas cuantas canciones. El improvisado set se conformó por Mercy, Weight Of The World, Sympathetic Noose, entre algunas otras.

Ahora sí, aquí está el scan. Para ver la nota den click sobre la imagen de abajo

Es todo por el momento, hay más detalles pero los dejaré para la siguiente ocasión en la que vuelva a escribir algo sobre la banda. Si no van a asistir el Vive Latino de todos modos podrán verlo a través de Telehit, con suerte transmitirán el set de BRMC y se tendrá un buen bootleg de su presentación.

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

cosmopolitician — Thu, 22 May 2008 13:48:20 +0000

BRMC, originally uploaded by CosmoPolitician.

Tuesday night, thanks to the always ear-to-the-scene Brent Davis, we checked out Black Rebel Motorcycle Club at a free show at Warehouse Live.

I've seen these guys many times over the last 2 years, and have to say they have become one of my favorite live acts. Those lights, that bass line, and Robert. :-)

In attendance was Brentabousko, David Cobb, Matthew, Mark Austin (aka MCA Photo), Rob, and even ran into MagsMac and the Barstool crew.

Good times, good times. I sure love me some BRMC.

These pics were all taken with my friggin' iPhone. Can't get over how great that camera is for shows.

p.s. promising to post more. life has been nutzo.

Random Rules, PGE Edition

Matt — Tue, 20 May 2008 09:00:47 +0000

(This idea was totally stolen from my good buddy Jarrett over at the Dude Weekend blog, which he in turn had pilfered from The Onion's A/V Club website.)

From Jarrett: "For those not familiar with it, The Onion A/V Club has a feature called "Random Rules" where they get a musician or celebrity to set their mp3 players on random, play a bunch of tracks, and comment on whatever pops up. It's an interesting insight into their artistry, so in an attempt to feign both insight and artistry I propose we all do the same."

Duly noted.

1. The Radio Dept.-Deliverance

Clearly a holdover from the Pet Grief sessions, this cut appeared on last year's This Past Week e.p. There's something so utterly simplistic, effortless and derivative yet engaging about The Radio Dept.'s aesthetic. They're Swedish, and are on Labrador Records, featuring, pound for pound, one of the strongest label rosters in indie music. They're like the Rays this season; doing lots of little things right, playing small ball with the best of them, and occasionally juicing one out of the park.

2. Pulp-This Is Hardcore

File under "Sleaziest Songs Ever Written". Without doubt the most Scott Walker-indebted song Jarvis ever wrote. I have to be in a certain frame of mind to sit through the whole song, but when I do, all I can think about is how critics always bad-mouthed Jarvis's singing. He never utilized much range before this song, because most of Pulp's tunes didn't require it. But his vocals on This Is Hardcore are easily some of the most impassioned and expressive ever laid down on tape/hard disk during the Britpop era.

3. Mixtapes & Cellmates-Something Less Than Last Time

I don't recall how I found out about these guys. Popmatters, maybe? Anyway, my first exposure to them was their song 'Quiet', which has a weird Bright Eyes-meets-Dntel/Postal Service vibe. While unfortunately none of their albums have made it onto American record store racks, eMusic does have them available for download, and I highly recommend everything you can get your grubby little digital paws on.

4. The Charlatans (UK)-I Can't Even Be Bothered

Before they became fixtures of Cool Britannia-era Britpop known for epic keyboard-led jams, these guys were all about early-90s dance-rock. My abiding memory of this song in particular was how I let my friend Tom borrow a mix-tape of Charlatans tracks one Summer while we were in college, and how utterly sick he got of them as a result of only having that one tape in his car. Oh well. He can just consider it preemptive payback for making me eat at CiCi's pizza buffet over his bachelor party weekend.

5. Division of Laura Lee-The Truth Is Fucked

I'm not sure exactly what DOLL's politics are. My memory of this song and its parent album is sort of lost in the haze of that stretch back in the early 2000s when it seemed like everyone I knew (and myself) were in the thrall of garage-rock. I'm glad I held onto this one, though. While the vitriol of those bands is pretty much an interchangeable affectation, DOLL sort of presaged the mid-2000s trend of new new wave by infusing their garage-y inclinations with a darker, sinister post-punk edge. 'The Truth Is Fucked' has a killer groove that wouldn't sound out of place on the first Black Rebel Motorcycle Club album.

6. The Cardigans-Rise & Shine

There's not much to say about this one. Catchy pop tune sung by a frostily beautiful Swede? Sign me up. I will say this, though: I would not mind being lost in a strange country and running into Nina Persson, even if she sang to me instead of providing good directions.

7. Wye Oak-Regret

I just found out about this great duo from right here in Baltimore a couple months ago. Sort of a sunnier version of Giant Drag without all the grunge-y mid-90s-isms. 'Regret' is actually a gentle little folk ditty sung by drummer/keyboardist Andy Stack on Wye Oak's debut, If Children. The whole album is sort of a cross-section of all the best parts of indie-rock from the last 20 years. Pick it up!