Boatride of the Day

Today was the launch of mystical clock-wheel-water barge at the Gowanus Canal. Local artist Philip Simmons teamed up with 2 artists from Denmark, Hartmut Stockter and Katja Bjorn Jokobsen, to create a collaborative floating sculpture and video installation.



The ride went something like this once the sun went down:

Thems the Brakes

Yeah, totally missed these guys on Monday at the Mercury Lounge. What a shame. Going under the name Brakes Brakes Brakes here in the US, this UK band - Brakes - released Touchdown on FatCat records April 20th, 2009. Check it.



That song's okay, but here is the link to the song Crush On You from the aforementioned album. I like it better.

Brakes Brakes Brakes is made up of ex-members of British Sea Power and Electric Soft Parade.

This is good music

Okay, I totally love this band. The Helio Sequence is a duo out of Portland, Oregon. This is from their fourth album Keep Your Eyes Ahead, released Jan. 2008 on SubPop. The keyboardist/drummer is Benjamin Weikel, formerly of Modest Mouse. You should listen to this...



This song sounds like a score to an awesome video game:



They have a free show in Seattle tomorrow nite if you are in the area. It's only free if you have a drink, so have one for me.

Eels of the Day

This is from the June 5th release, Hombre Lobo.

Paul and the Patients

The Brooklyn based P and the P have an EP release on Friday night at Cake Shop. It's free, at 10pm and they're playing with Hooray For Earth.




They (PandtheP) have drawn comparisons to the Longpigs, britpopers of the 1990s... and here's a ditty:

Pete Yorn at Apple Store Soho... Free!

So as noted, Pete's playing free at 7pm tonite in Soho. Here's a song about a burrito. I think he's metaphorically connecting a bite of a burrito to the love he has to offer. How sweet.

Pete is also known for writing the score to Me, Myself and Irene. While not knowing it at the time, thinking back it was a soothing score of a flick. And with that narration by this guy, it worked well. And was funny as shit.

Band of the day

The Low Anthem play tonite at Bowery Ballroom.

Sooo much music this weekend...

Check out the Northside Music Festival in BK this weekend. Looks like it's everywhere and everyone will be there. It started on Wednesday and wraps on Sunday. Now get out there.

RIght Now of the Day

The Decemberists are playing live on Soundcheck in about twenty minutes. Check it.

The best song of the Day

Husker of the Day

Covered.

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Covered, A Revolution In Sound came out in March, 2009 via Warner Bros. Here's the entire playlist. Weird:

01 Flaming Lips with Stardeath and White Dwarfs - "Borderline" (Madonna)
02 The Black Keys - "Her Eyes Are a Blue Million Miles" (Captain Beefheart)
03 Michelle Branch - "A Case of You" (Joni Mitchell)
04 Against Me! - "Here Comes a Regular" (the Replacements)
05 Missy Higgins - "More Than This" (Roxy Music)
06 James Otto - "Into the Mystic (Van Morrison)
07 Adam Sandler - "Like a Hurricane" (Neil Young)
08 Taking Back Sunday - "You Wreck Me" (Tom Petty)
09 Mastodon with Billy Gibbons - "Just Got Paid" (ZZ Top)
10 The Used - "Burning Down The House" (Talking Heads)
11 Disturbed - "Midlife Crisis" (Faith No More)

Galactic of the day

Galactic - "Hustle Up" from Adam Johnson on Vimeo.

Billy stands alone.

I think it's been about twenty years since Billy Corgan has had hair. Actually, it's really hard to picture him with hair. Even in the picture here, I can't see the hair. It just doesn't belong and it's confusing.


This video illustrates it best. It's like a halo, hazing about his person. Making you distrust it's very existence.




Following the Smashing Pumkins demise in 2000, Billy formed the short lived Zwan with original Pumkin's drummer Jimmy Chamberlin. The duo reformed the Pumkins in 2006. However, Chamberlin left the band in March 2009, leaving Corgan the only original member. But I bet the hair has got an eye on him from above.

Iggy Fucking Pop

Iggy just put out a new to you, new to him, new to everyone album. I'm not sure if all that's true, so you take a listen and report back. Hell, he could have been gearing up his whole career to this. Or he's just been hanging out with Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen and Serge Gainsbourg a whole hell of a lot.


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And yes, I know Serge's been dead for nearly twenty years. But Iggy's pulling from beyond. This song may not best exemplify the Serge, and his solo prowessness, but it's one of my favorites.

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