February 2010
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Sasquatch 2010 Lineup Announced
And the envy sets in…
Huh.
So you know how a lot of the recent articles on here have had to do with the 2010 Coachella Valley Music Festival and how FANTASTIC the lineup is for this year? Well, pretty much every good band that couldn’t make it to the amazing three-day SoCal fest has been snatched up for the 2010 lineup of the Sasquatch Festival in George, Washington, along...
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WatchVeedeo: “Splitting The Atom” by Massive Attack
And yea, the trippy, freaky videos continue to come into existence.
In promotion of their forthcoming album, Heligoland, trip-hop legends Massive Attack have released a music video for the single “Splitting The Atom” which features Horace Andy on vocals. Technically, this song was already released late last year on the...
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Review: A Chorus of Storytellers by The Album Leaf
A happy 10th, indeed.
4/5
If you have never heard of post-rock group The Album Leaf, it is not too much of a shock, but really, by all means you should have by now. The California-based group, led by singer/guitarist/everythingist Jimmy LaValle, is releasing this fifth album of theirs in honor of the ten years that The Album Leaf has been a musical entity, and these ten years have...
January 2010
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Early Review: Heligoland by Massive Attack
Smoother than a baby covered in butter.
4.5/5
Though it has been seven whole years since British trip-hop inventors Massive Attack released their last full-length studio album (the widely celebrated 100th Window), I can tell you now that, with the upcoming release of their fifth LP, titled Heligoland, it has been WELL worth the wait. The record has been rumored to be released for the...
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The FYI Returns to K-UTE
That’s right, WE’RE BACK!!!!
Hey everyone!
Wow, it’s been so long that many of you were probably not reading this blog when the original purpose of it was in full effect. If you were not aware, You! Listen! Now! was first created to go in tandem with a radio show of mine called The FYI which aired on the K-UTE radio station over at kuteradio.com. Very sadly, after...
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COACHELLA LINEUP ANNOUNCED
No, you are not having a stroke. This shit is real.
The moment you music lovers have been waiting for has finally arrived.
Jesus’s second coming is now. This time, he’s here in the form of a music festival named Coachella.
It’s a little tough reading my computer screen through the tears of joy, but here, in all its glory, is the Coachella 2010 lineup. The list is...
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Early Review: Odd Blood by Yeasayer
Prepare yourself to travel to alternate dimensions
3/5
Wow.
My reality has never felt more violated than after listening to this album. Brooklyn-based group Yeasayer has always abided by the strange “Psychadelic/Experimental Rock” genre that they are commonly placed under, but on their upcoming sophomore album Odd Blood, the guys kick the weird factor up to a whole new...
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Spoon and Deerhunter to Tour Together
2010 is about to have its winter socks righteously rocked.
Looks like there were some late Christmas presents that still had to be delivered in the Indie music family.
Blue/indie rockers Spoon will be releasing their highly anticipated seventh studio album, titled Transference, next week on January 19th, and they’ve just announced a tour in support of it— with none other...
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WatchVeedeo: Vampire Weekend on MTV Unplugged
Though new, rising artists hitting the popularity scene will commonly fall into the infamous “Second Album Suck”, when the band’s sophomore record just, well, sucks, New York college-rockers Vampire Weekend continue to prove this phenomenon wrong. As the Tuesday release of their second album, titled Contra, draws closer, VW have shown in...
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Coachella Lineup, Awesome Confirmations and...
The first of many giddy posts.
Every spring in California, something magical happens: The grass grows greener, the winds start a-blowin’, the sun shines a little brighter, and God pisses musical ecstasy into the little desert-town of Indio in Southern California. This said piss is commonly known as the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, the annual Woodstock of the new millennium.
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Top Ten Albums of the Year
Hey all! Hope your Christmahannukwanza vacations have been going swimmingly, mine have been pretty delightful to say the least, hence the lack of posts for the last little while. As 2009 is now officially over, however, I thought I’d stop by and put up what I believe to be the 10 best albums of the year, reviews and all. Agree with me? Think I made even poorer choices than the guys on...
December 2009
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John Frusciante Leaves Red Hot Chili Peppers,...
Hey everyone! So, for those of you who have been keeping up with this lil’ blog of mine for a while, you may have noticed the distinct lack of posts for a little while now, which I sincerely apologize for. I’ve just been going through finals for Fall semester, which have not allowed for very much sleep, let alone free time. But all’s said and done now, so let the blogging...
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Episode 12: Festival Updates
Festival Updates
We here at You! Listen! Now!, you may have noticed, have a thing for music. We’ve also got this hobby of going to these live shows to hear some amazing artists in their “real” form, and one of the best ways to experience these things is by going to what are called “festivals”, which will sometimes have hundreds of bands performing over the space of...
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“Boy Lilikoi” by Jónsi
Before...
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2010 Grammy Award Nominations Announced
Last night, December 2nd, the plight of a bunch of old dudes who sit around and listen to occasionally decent music every year finally came to fruition: The panelists for the Grammy Awards released the nominations for the 2010 Grammy Awards, which will be held January 31st, into the world.
This time around has some definitely obvious picks (What with Beyoncé and her 10 different...
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“The Motion Makes Me Last” by Eluvium
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Review: Blakroc
And behold, the best idea you’d never think of:
3.5/5
Back in the day, when You! Listen! Now! was on but its wee 4th episode, I talked about this odd little project being put together called Blakroc. The whole thing seemed very out of nowhere— at that point the only thing the project had to show was a video of blues rock duo The Black Keys laying down a track in the studio...
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Episode 11: NIN goes on ebay, Hear the New Spoon...
Nine Inch Nails sells touring instruments on Ebay
Anybody looking for a Banjitar?
Along with the celebration of the band’s 20th anniversary of their first album “Pretty Hate Machine”, industrial rock legend Nine Inch Nails was finally put to rest as a touring group by frontman Trent Reznor. Though there has been a great deal of talk about the work going on between...
November 2009
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Showtime!: Minus The Bear with As Tall As Lions
As Tall As Lions
Stop everything. What the hell are you doing reading this blog? You should, no, you NEED to be checking out As Tall As Lions at this link. Now.
For those of you who need a little more convincing, let me tell you that (as you may be able to tell) this was one of the greatest shows I’ve been to this year. I’d checked out a song or so from the group when...
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More Artists Added to SXSW Lineup, And Lots of...
And so the music orgy begins
Around five days ago, I posted a little note on You! Listen! Now! about the “first little pinch” of bands that had been announced for Austin, Texas’s massive South by Southwest festival, which, at that point, consisted of around six bands.
Well, long story short, that’s changed now. A lot. Like 200 more bands a lot.
As is the case...
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Watch“Heaven Can Wait” by Charlotte Gainsbourg and Beck
Even after producing ELEVEN whole freaking studio albums, singer/songwriter/scientologist Beck is still not yet done with music. His most recent endeavor (not counting his newly released song “Harry Partch”, written about the music producer and NOT the last British veteran from WW I, who seems to have created an all...
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Episode 10: The xx to Honestly Tour With jj, Hear...
Well dayam, it’s been a while since I’ve whipped a full-on episode out here. It’s been mostly a crazy time filled with show-goings as of late, so those have been dominating the blog for the past couple weeks. Feels good to go back to the news. Anyways—
The xx to Tour With jj
Yes, this isn’t a joke, it’s actually happening.
I’d been joking...
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SXSW Announces First Pinch Of Bands
6 down, 1994 more to go.
South by Southwest has just recently announced the first few bands to be accepted to what has become their legendary giant lineup, put together every year throughout various parts of Austin, Texas. In a post on the festival’s Daily Chord blog, six bands from six different countries have confirmed that they will be playing at SXSW when it takes place in March of...
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Showtime!: Cage The Elephant with The Shackletons,...
One thing I can say about the Cage the Elephant show on Wednesday, November 11th, at In The Venue is that my ears will forever be changed.
…this is mostly due to the fact that I don’t think I’ll ever be able to hear properly out of them from now on, but I guess it all still remains true.
The damage was worth it, however, without a doubt. I remember there was a guy...
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Them Crooked Vultures Release Full Album Online...
No, nobody slipped LSD in your coffee this morning, that title is real.
So it’s a couple days ago, and I’m opening up my e-mail and sifting through the clump of Facebook notification messages that I have yet to turn off. Just a normal, ol’ day.
After scrolling down, I notice that I’ve got a new one from the Them Crooked Vultures newsletter and I get all jumpy. The last...
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Showtime!: Dirty Projectors with Tune Yards
Ah, the joys of experimental rock.
The Dirty Projectors show at In The Venue last Friday, with opener Tune Yards, was most definitely filled with some strange sounds, but there was a very huge amount of talent shown on stage as well. As is the case with many groups of this kind, so long as you wait through occasionally weird/painful/confusing/batshit-crazy parts of songs, you can come across...
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Showtime!: Regina Spektor
Yes, even at the release of her fifth full-length album, “Far”, Regina Spektor is still freaking adorable. Her tour for the album has been on the road since September, and Friday, November 6th marked the date of her performance at In The Venue in Salt Lake City, and You! Listen! Now! was there to get a glimpse of the adorable-ness.
Ok, so as you can tell from the photo, it...
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Showtime!: The Sounds with Semi Precious Weapons,...
Hey everyone! I’d just like to sincerely apologize for how absent I’ve been this past week. I’ve been pretty subdued by bronchitis since Sunday, and having to take care of work along with exams all while being crazy sick has been tough enough. I’m making a pretty steady recovery, however, and am marking my return with this ol’ Showtime! post here :) Thanks for...
October 2009
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Episode 9: Artists Work To Close Guantanamo, Them...
R.E.M, Nine Inch Nails, Rage Against The Machine, & Others Campaign to Close Guantanamo Bay Prison
Here’s some help for ya, Obama
Two days after he became our brand-spankin’-new president, Barack Obama pledged to close the US torture prison in Guantanamo Bay within a year. Needless to say, this was with good reason considering all the terrible practices that occurred there,...
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Showtime!: Say Anything and Friends
Phew.
Well.
Let me preface by saying that this show was freaking gigantic.
Not only did Say Anything bring along three bands for the tour, consisting of Moving Mountains, Moneen, and Eisley (Whose singer Sherri DuPree is married to Max Bemis, singer for Say Anything…I know, adorable),
But the group also invited the popular rock band from New York called Bayside to play a short set with...
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Episode 8: Veedeos, Hear (Most of) The New Moon...
Veedeos: Dead Weather (x2!), Major Lazer
Jack White’s New Addiction: Music Videos
So, we all know that multi-intrumentalist and -band member Jack White is pretty much off his gnarly rocker, but for some reason, every time this is proven by what he does, I’m always taken aback. And happy about it. Most recently, the new supergroup he’s a part of, The Dead Weather (in...
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Showtime!: Speakeasy Tiger & Black Chariot
Murray Theater’s SHO room was filled with an energy unmatched by most shows that are played in the (annoyingly tiny) venue on Friday, October 16th. Though the show was originally scheduled to be played over in the much larger (and amazing) room for the actual Murray Theater, the electronic/indie band Speakeasy Tiger, along with hard-rock/metal-y band Black Chariot, played a set that still...
Episode 7: Animal Collective's New EP, Ghinzu
Even More New Things From Animal Collective
Though it’s only been around 10 months since strange/manic/electronic band Animal Collective released their widely celebrated album Merriweather Post Pavilion, the four members are not quite finished with 2009 yet. According to singer/guitarist/etc. Avey Tare, the digital release of an EP from the group titled Fall Be Kind should come in...
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Manchester Orchestra & Brand New: CANCELLED
Do you ever get the feeling that fate just hates you sometimes?
That’s how yesterday was when we found out someone from Brand New got sick, causing the tour to cancel both the Salt Lake City and the Denver shows.
The bands say that the shows will be rescheduled and to check back later on, but really, the only two times that the two bands could perform again and still uphold their tour...
Episode 6: G N' R in Copyright Fight Round Two,...
Music Battle Round Two: Guns N’ Roses vs. Ulrich Schnauss
Music industry lawyers never sleep these days. Though it seems like yesterday that Coldplay and Joe Satriani were fighting over similar chord progressions, the endless music copyright battle has moved onto legendary 80’s rocker/prick Axl Rose and German ambient techno artist Ulrich Schnauss. Though I could go on ranting...
Episode 5: New Vampire Weekend Song, ScarJo Makes...
Vampire Weekend Releases “Horchata” Single
It’s four months before their anxiously awaited new album, “Contra”, is released, but indie cute-sters Vampire Weekend are already putting out a tenth of the album for free.
The song “Horchata” was released on the band’s official website yesterday around 1pm as a free download, along with details about...
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Episode 4: Collaboration Chaos!!
As the holiday season approaches, that feeling of family and connection is becoming more and more common among people around the world…
And apparently it’s even stronger between musicians.
There have been pairings and matching-ups of a multitude of artists just in the past couple of months, and this episode of You! Listen! Now! highlights four of the most intriguing and all around...
Episode 3: Swine Flu Takes Over Music, The xx
Swine Flu Hits the Music Scene
It was really only a matter of time until swine flu got “hip”. The dreaded H1N1 virus has recently been spreading across the world even faster as of late, what with the cold rolling in and the immune systems dropping like flies, and with this recent popularity among the kids of today, it’s really no wonder that some of our beloved musicians...
September 2009
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Showtime!: Flogging Molly
Good. God. It’s really tough trying to even begin to describe the madness that was this show. If you’ve been keeping an eye on the concert scene in Salt Lake for a while, you know that it’s no big shock that Flogging Molly are back to play a show. After this show, they will have played a show once a year in Utah for the past four years in a row. You’d have to wonder...
A Somber Note: KUTE, Temporarily R.I.P
Well, it’s been only about a week that I’ve been running this blog, meant to be in-tandem with my radio show, The FYI on KUTE radio, but now, I’m here to make a much more troublesome post than the few that I have already created here. Basically, You! Listen! Now! and The FYI are on a break. Due to certain extenuating circumstances, the KUTE studio has been shut down by the...
Showtime!: The Arctic Monkeys & Airborne Toxic...
This past Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009, two of the better live bands out there right now, The Arctic Monkeys AND The Airborne Toxic Event, played a show together at In The Venue in Salt Lake City, UT…and this lil’ blogger was there to feel the magic! Here’s the scoop on the mad awesome that went down:
The Airborne Toxic Event
Airborne Toxic started their set off...
Episode 2: Thom Yorke, & The New Moon Soundtrack:...
This lil’ blog o’ mine is a part of The FYI, airing every Tuesday from 3-5 on www.kuteradio.com. Thanks for reading!
Three New Thom Yorke Songs Online
(4th Coming Soon)
As you may hopefully know, Thom Yorke, the crazy-assed-yet-extremely-creative frontman from Radiohead, has been doing work under his own name for a few years now, having released his solo debut “The...
Episode 1: Miniature Tigers, Them Crooked...
Hey Errbody! I’m starting this blog to go in tandem with my radio show on K-UTE radio (called the FYI, Tuesdays @ 3pm on kuteradio.com), which features my weekly rant and rave about certain songs, artists, and albums I’ve found that I think deserve a lot more credit than they get. And, without further ado, here goes!
1. Miniature Tigers’ album “Tell It To The...