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02/12 @ GREAT SCOTT

You Can Be a Wesley “Giants”

YCBaW plays The Pill tonight. This is from their Nightosphere EP, a focusing of all the excellence from their debut, Heard Like Us. Even without the $$$$$ music video, “Giants” still evokes a serious desire to gather all my friends in a room and party. I blame the soft/loud outro, which is just short enough for me to press play again. Let the record show for years to come they are the originators of the promwave genre.

Atlas Sound “Te Amo” This is from a Bowery Ballroom show that NYC Taper captured last month, part of a rad-but-brief tour to support Parallax with buds Carnivores and Frankie from Balkans opening. Listening to the whole set, it’s a shame Atlas Sound didn’t make it up to Boston. This rendition of “Te Amo” is pretty damn stunning, stretching past 11 minutes in order to build the necessary layers of arpeggiated everything. The command that Bradford Cox has on his pedals is next-level: he incorporates them into the songwriting, but never makes the pedal-pressing a gimmick.  photo by Melissa Neira

Atlas Sound “Te Amo”

This is from a Bowery Ballroom show that NYC Taper captured last month, part of a rad-but-brief tour to support Parallax with buds Carnivores and Frankie from Balkans opening. Listening to the whole set, it’s a shame Atlas Sound didn’t make it up to Boston. This rendition of “Te Amo” is pretty damn stunning, stretching past 11 minutes in order to build the necessary layers of arpeggiated everything. The command that Bradford Cox has on his pedals is next-level: he incorporates them into the songwriting, but never makes the pedal-pressing a gimmick. 

photo by Melissa Neira

Pterodactyl “The Hole Night”

Violitionist captured Pterodactyl doing this lovely rendition of a song from their recent full-length Spills Out. I had no idea Matt sang lead on this, or that he has such a killer voice.

"‘All I want is a pretty little hand that’s filled with pills and candy’ cantano gli Earthquake Party nella canzone che apre VS. Pizza, la loro cassetta di debutto. E nonostante il pezzo non superi i due minuti, il verso viene ripetuta allo sfinimento, ti si pianta in testa e non puoi farci più niente."
Polaroid Blog on “Pretty Little Hand” by Earthquake Party! on 1/22/02 | more

Bruce Springsteen “Dream Baby Dream”

Bruce Springsteen played this song to close many of his shows in 2005. But I mostly wanted to share this video for two reasons:

  1. from 4:47 on
  2. this YouTube comment: “1 of 2 tolerable Bruce songs that he performs. This is a cover by the pioneers of NYC, SUICIDE. Alan Vega is the real Boss”
I think this is an original pressing of Signals, Calls, and Marches. Mission of Burma plays Brighton Music Hall tonight.

I think this is an original pressing of Signals, Calls, and Marches.

Mission of Burma plays Brighton Music Hall tonight.

TLC “No Scrubs”

Please speak up if you know what this video is for. It’s described in the comments as “Music video by TLC performing No Scrubs” but this is definitely not the music video I remember from MTV. It’s lip-synched, shot horribly, and on a boring-as-fuck set. Seriously: what is this for.

Yale, Massachusetts “Danger City, Population: Me”

This music video was shot just last night… ridiculously quick turnaround by FunTimeAmericaCorp aka Daniel Danger/Tiny Media Empire. That’s my christmas tree somewhere near the end there; knew I held onto it for a reason.

SHOW ALERT: 02/12/2012 @ GREAT SCOTT

First show with all these guys in one room! Updates on throwback sounds seems to be the theme.
I’ll spin some records in between the following artists:

Happy Jawbone’s O.K. Midnight, You Win was one of my favorite albums of 2011.
Bozmo’s excellent debut Hosanna in the Highest is now on wax.
ZEBU! releases their newest and it’s called Chill Wave.
Trabants have a new live record appropriately titled An Evening With Trabants.

streamable/downloadable MP3s at sippycupeverything.com/120212greatscott
signups here, hug it out there

Ava Luna “Wrenning Day” That James Blake not-caring-about-his-dreams song did this cool thing where the vocal line stayed very similar while the chords underneath it shifted and morphed into a completely different progression. Brooklyn seven-piece Ava Luna can play this card too, except their version seems to be in a perpetual state of shifting and morphing. It’s an example of the next-level songwriting that is found all over their debut full-length Ice Level (hockey fans, guys?), which successfully forges the more abrasive sounds of 3rd Avenue Island with the soul leanings of Services. It’s an All Hands On Deck listen, one that I already know will be unfolding for months to come. “Wrenning Day” is a good way to get familiar with Ava Luna’s world; a single lyric serves as glue for the entire tune, connecting all the different keys and modes. Get acquainted, and catch the band this month while they tour with Twin Sister. Ice Level ain’t out til February 28th but you can pick up the single for “Wrenning Day” at the merch booth.

Ava Luna “Wrenning Day”

That James Blake not-caring-about-his-dreams song did this cool thing where the vocal line stayed very similar while the chords underneath it shifted and morphed into a completely different progression. Brooklyn seven-piece Ava Luna can play this card too, except their version seems to be in a perpetual state of shifting and morphing. It’s an example of the next-level songwriting that is found all over their debut full-length Ice Level (hockey fans, guys?), which successfully forges the more abrasive sounds of 3rd Avenue Island with the soul leanings of Services. It’s an All Hands On Deck listen, one that I already know will be unfolding for months to come. “Wrenning Day” is a good way to get familiar with Ava Luna’s world; a single lyric serves as glue for the entire tune, connecting all the different keys and modes. Get acquainted, and catch the band this month while they tour with Twin Sister. Ice Level ain’t out til February 28th but you can pick up the single for “Wrenning Day” at the merch booth.