May 2, 2008
Short and sweet: the new Cloudland Canyon album–Lie in Light–is fantastic. Drones, tones, bones, scones.
Look, here’s an album cover!
Anyway, recommended for those like outer space and Middle Earth. Err, highly recommended. Download these (for sampling purposes only, wink wink) if you aren’t too baked to find your mouse.
Ohhhhh looky, they have a MySpace page!
September 19, 2006
Hey what do you know? The Cold War Kids played San Francisco…again. I swear, these guys are in this city more than me. Anymeow, I certainly am not going to complain as these guys are an absolute blast live.
The show was at the cozy Cafe Du Nord, and a buddy was having an after party with the band, but I went to eat. Unless they had statues made out of cocaine and three-tittied strippers, I think I made the right choice. It’s Tops pancakes are THAT good.
This was their first headlining gig in the Bay Area (the other two being opening for Apollo Sunshine and Tapes ’n’ Tapes), but the crowd was definitely thicker than one would have expected from four kids who just signed a deal with a record company. Much taller, too. I guess indie buzz comes with a healthy dose of height. Because taller people clearly are more Internet savvy. Short people are too busy looking for shoes that make them look taller, they don’t have time for Web browsing.
Setlist
We Used to Vacation
New*
Rubidoux
Red Wine, Success
New*
Saint John
Robbers
Hospital Beds
Hair Down
New*
Hang Me Up to Dry
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Quiet Please
*New means either God Make Up Your Mind, Pass the Hat, or unidentified future hit. Listen to them below. I forgot when they played which one where…
Cold War Kids – God Make Up Your Mind (Daytrotter Session)
Cold War Kids – Pass the Hat (Daytrotter Session)
August 29, 2006
Yeah – it’s not exactly music, but I’m letting it slide for a couple reasons. First, the show was at The Fillmore. Second, he plays the piano. Third, he was fucking hilarious.
The man can tell jokes… and make the silence between jokes be just as funny. He closed the set with his usual written jokes on a gigantic pad of paper (which were handed out at the end of the show by roadies to adoring fans) while wearing a Little Orphan Annie outfit. It looked good on him, too.
Set list:
Masturbating onto his headshot
BET Canada
The honor of sharing the same stage as The Spin Doctors
Improv of him telling people they are losers
Armenian babies
Chinese roommate
I’m not saying he’s as funny as David Cross, but I sure am trying to imply it. Think Steven Wright and Carol Kane’s illegitimate bastard son.
May 24, 2006
April 12, 2006
Got an e-mail from the kids at Track 50 yesterday announcing that they’ve expanded their site to track shows in five new cities: Austin, Chicago, L.A., New York and Seattle.
If you haven’t heard of the site before, it’s rad. You tell it what bands you want to see live, they e-mail you when those bands come to your town. It started out serving S.F. only, so this is a huge deal for them.
If you want to know more, check out a more lengthy description my human wrote for her super awesome Interweb site. Or just go tinker with the site yourself, you lazy bastard.
March 23, 2006
So on Tuesday night, I ended up seeing a band called the Pillars. Too bad. Belle & Sebastian and the New Pornographers would’ve been way cooler.
March 9, 2006
For my birthday, my human made me a mix tape. So I would always think of her when I listened to it, all the songs have her name in them. Having such a common girl’s name, it seems, is both a blessing and a curse when you look at the songs out there. Some of these are incredible. Others: ouch. Glad it’s not me.
Rock and Roll: Velvet Underground
Jenifa Taught Me (Derwin’s Revenge): De La Soul
Jenny, you’re barely alive: Rilo Kiley
Jenny was a friend of mine: the Killers
Jennifer Juniper: Donovan
Jenny and the Ess-Dog: Steve Malkmus
Jennifer: Brian Jonestown Massacre
Make me lose control: Eric Carmen
Jenny (867-5309): Tommy Tutone
Jenny from the block: J.Lo
March 2, 2006
Sorry, you guys. I don’t usually send around e-mail forwards, but I just got this one from my friend Jethro, who’s friends with the second cousin of one of the cats in this video, so I know it’s true. This is a video of a guy commiting heinous acts against our feline brethren. I can’t do the video justice; you have to see it to believe it. But, instead of protecting them and showering them with adoration, this bastard brags about harrassing his pets, shrieking at them and calling them names while they’re innocently trying to nap. What a motherfucker!
I’m putting out a call for help. If any of you know this guy (maybe you recognize the shitty ceramic nativity scene or the ugly-ass grandma doily on the table?), call the cops. I know what you’re thinking. I’ve hated the cops ever since I got popped at that show at CBGB’s a few years back. (p.s. That was total bullshit!) But this is serious. From the sound of his accent, this a-hole is probably living in Canada or Wisconsin or some shit.
Anyway, watch the video here. Forward this to all your friends. And be safe, cats.
February 16, 2006
Yo kit kats and meow mats, I’m totally bummed about not posting sooner. It’s just that, work, like, totally sucks and shit. I mean, you can’t even sprig up catnip there otherwise people will be all like, yo dude, where’s my latte? And I’ll just be zoning out to some song that’s in my head, which is more often than not something by Steely Dan. But anyway, I got some pictures and a review of Akron/Family coming soon. It’s totally… crap… what’s the word? Yeah, Rad. It’s rad.
Peace and keep your paws clean,
Sunshine. xo xo.
February 2, 2006
Stumbled upon this from some other site and blatantly stole it. The chap’s name is Jose Gonzales. He’s of South American descent (somewhere down there, I don’t know) but was raised and possibly born and maybe even with just a little bit of luck schooled in Sweden or Switzerland or some other cold country in Europe. At least that’s what I heard.
You may not know the man, but you’ll know the tune. Unless of course you were home-schooled. Or are deaf. In which case this site is pretty useless, no offense. I mean, it’s not like anything funny is happening.
