Friday, June 4, 2010
CALA: Class Actress, Los Angeles
Hey LA, go see my girl Elizabeth Harper and Class Actress tonight at the Echoplex. Send my love. xo.
New adidas Star Wars commercial
Holy shit this is the coolest thing I've ever seen. Daft Punk, Ian Brown & Noel Gallagher, a light-saber wielding Snoop Dogg and Greedo trying to get David Beckham to play for Jabba's team -- all in the Cantina's World Cup viewing party. Holy fuck.
Props to: @emmawelles RT @rubicantekid: Adidas Originals' Star Wars cantina scene. Totally awesome. http://bit.ly/cUAXnc (thanks @ianfitzpatrick) 5 minutes ago via TweetDeck
Props to: @emmawelles RT @rubicantekid: Adidas Originals' Star Wars cantina scene. Totally awesome. http://bit.ly/cUAXnc (thanks @ianfitzpatrick) 5 minutes ago via TweetDeck
Phoenix MP3 of the Week: Endless Wave
The always-on-the-money Boston Phoenix has posted Endless Wave's "Ocean Drive" as their MP3 of the Week, a nice bit of promo for Wednesday's EP release party at Great Scott. Cheers to the On The Download team, and hear Endless Wave in the studio Sunday night at 10 p.m. on FNX Radio's New England Product.
Download the "Ocean Drive" mp3 here
Download the "Ocean Drive" mp3 here
Download the "Ocean Drive" mp3 here
Download the "Ocean Drive" mp3 here
Download the "Ocean Drive" mp3 here
Download the "Ocean Drive" mp3 here
Download the "Ocean Drive" mp3 here
Tonight: wet hot modern indie dance party
Oh hey look, another wet hot modern indie dance party tonight at the pill, taking on the new Summer of Britpop a decade and a half after the original and sprinkling it in glitter across the Allston Dance City. I love this time of year.
As we approach the 15th anniversary of the Summer of Britpop, the pill not only rides high on the modern indie dance party shuffle through springtime in Allston Dance City, but also recalls the period in typical drunken celebratory fashion.
After all, we got our running start just two years and a season later over at the Upstairs Lounge on Causeway Street, the only real attraction in North Station as the winter sports teams were gobbling up lottery picks like we were swallowing ecstasy. A decade and a half later the sentiment remains, and though Britpop is just a fraction of the pill’s extended “Beyond” dance floor play list in the 2k10, it remains the foundation that built the party into what it is today.
This week, we carry the Boston dance night torch into summer, with the second of three all night dance parties before San Francisco’s Veil Veil Vanish darken up the neon strobe on June 18. The summer will be heavy on the dance party tip, letting resident good mixers DJ Ken and Michael V roll the shitshow from the booth, but we also have some excellent live performances lined up, including Brooklyn sky-gazers the Depreciation Guild on June 25, Worcester glow-pop heroes DOM on July 9 and the Postelles on July 30.
But before all that shines bright on our Abott Square corner, dance it up this week at to ace new tunes by Reporter, Penguin Prison, Two Door Cinema Club, the Postelles, Courteeners, Hustle Club, Designer Drugs, Sleigh Bells, The Heavy, Crystal Castles, Wolf Parade, Yacht, the Drums, Best Coast, Marina & the Diamonds, Delphic, Scissor Sisters, the Like and more.
See you Friday at the pill. Look sharp. xo
friday june 4:
dance party united
Fifteen years after the Summer of Britpop
dance party united
Fifteen years after the Summer of Britpop
As we approach the 15th anniversary of the Summer of Britpop, the pill not only rides high on the modern indie dance party shuffle through springtime in Allston Dance City, but also recalls the period in typical drunken celebratory fashion.
After all, we got our running start just two years and a season later over at the Upstairs Lounge on Causeway Street, the only real attraction in North Station as the winter sports teams were gobbling up lottery picks like we were swallowing ecstasy. A decade and a half later the sentiment remains, and though Britpop is just a fraction of the pill’s extended “Beyond” dance floor play list in the 2k10, it remains the foundation that built the party into what it is today.This week, we carry the Boston dance night torch into summer, with the second of three all night dance parties before San Francisco’s Veil Veil Vanish darken up the neon strobe on June 18. The summer will be heavy on the dance party tip, letting resident good mixers DJ Ken and Michael V roll the shitshow from the booth, but we also have some excellent live performances lined up, including Brooklyn sky-gazers the Depreciation Guild on June 25, Worcester glow-pop heroes DOM on July 9 and the Postelles on July 30.
But before all that shines bright on our Abott Square corner, dance it up this week at to ace new tunes by Reporter, Penguin Prison, Two Door Cinema Club, the Postelles, Courteeners, Hustle Club, Designer Drugs, Sleigh Bells, The Heavy, Crystal Castles, Wolf Parade, Yacht, the Drums, Best Coast, Marina & the Diamonds, Delphic, Scissor Sisters, the Like and more.
See you Friday at the pill. Look sharp. xo
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Hotline: Weekend Flyer Roundup (the end?!?!)
While I'm not re-posting my Cheap Thrills column in today's Herald -- cuz it kinda sucks; can you say "checked out"? -- I will re-post the possibly last Hotline Weekend Flyer Roundup, or at least the best bits of it. Dropped a nice Brett Anderson reference right up there at the top, as well. This day is shaping up!
N.B.S. with the Boston Celtics battlecry
I don't like hip-hop, and I don't like basketball. But you know what I love?
BOSTON
So today before the NBA Finals get started, I'm feeling this jam from Cambridge crew N.B.S., the official Celtics anthem "Who Are We."
Go green. Celtics in 6. Beat LA. (And props to Ball Don't Lie for the look.)
BOSTON
So today before the NBA Finals get started, I'm feeling this jam from Cambridge crew N.B.S., the official Celtics anthem "Who Are We."
Go green. Celtics in 6. Beat LA. (And props to Ball Don't Lie for the look.)
Endless Wave EP takes flight
Last night under a haze of izm smoke and way too much vodka, the Endless Wave "City Walls" EP was mailed out to unsuspecting media, bloggers and tastemakers. The release party is Wednesday at Great Scott. Get there before 11 p.m. to snag a free CD.
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Die Antwoord & Sleigh Bells in Boston 7/22
Summer just got a bit more interesting with today's news that Die Anterwoord and Sleigh Bells are playing Royale on July 22. While the NYC glitch-pop cheerleadercide duo might be kinda played out by the time the show hits, the South African MONSTER that is Die Antwoord will be as fresh, hip and crisp as ever.
I can't believe we get to experience this shit live. It's bigger than KISS coming to town in the '70s, and I'm totally gonna throw 100% game at Yo-Landi Visser. Imma be yo' protection, doll.
I can't believe we get to experience this shit live. It's bigger than KISS coming to town in the '70s, and I'm totally gonna throw 100% game at Yo-Landi Visser. Imma be yo' protection, doll.
IMH: Delorean's Cold Cave 'Life Magazine' remix
Today's hot hump day jam comes from Fader, which just premiered the new Delorean sunrise-party remix of Cold Cave's otherwise distant "Life Magazine."
Says da 'Fade: Delorean lifted the vocal and buried and echoed it underneath their seashore synthesizer melodies before the ending jack-attack, air horns and acid house yelps. This will go over great anywhere people like to dance with their hands in the air, your dorm or Ibiza, whatever. Indeed. Pop bottles.
Premiere: Cold Cave, “Life Magazine (Delorean Remix)” MP3
Says da 'Fade: Delorean lifted the vocal and buried and echoed it underneath their seashore synthesizer melodies before the ending jack-attack, air horns and acid house yelps. This will go over great anywhere people like to dance with their hands in the air, your dorm or Ibiza, whatever. Indeed. Pop bottles.
Premiere: Cold Cave, “Life Magazine (Delorean Remix)” MP3
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