Posts Tagged ‘Yeasayer’
Music Video Log 4/6/10
April 6th, 2010 • Video
Tags: Losers, seabear, Yeasayer
Here are some more new music videos that have entertained me recently.
Losers feat. Riz MC & Envy - Flush
This is a really cool video featuring the artwork of Dan Hiller. It has shades of Monty Python animation.
Yeasayer – O.N.E.
A really cool song with a music video that starts of narrative and then explodes with a typically chaotic yeasayer performance scene.
Seabear – I’ll Build You a Fire
A really innovative artistic and etherial music video. Let’s be honest, I couldn’t resist.
She and Him – In the Sun
A cute little pop song with a music video that borrows elements from classic 1960s musical films. Read more »
Upcoming Album Release Dates of Note
January 1st, 2010 • News, Release Calendar
Tags: album release, beach house, calendar, dr. dre, eels, erykah badu, field music, final fantasy, groove armada, hot chip, jonsi, Lil Wayne, lupe fiasco, ok go, seabear, Spoon, the whigs, the white stripes, three 6 mafia, vampire weekend, wyclef jean, xiu xiu, Yeasayer
It takes a few weeks following the holiday season for album releases to really pick up, but by the time we have all reconvened in Lewiston, Maine and throughout the up coming weeks and months there are a few releases to look out for. Here is a list of some that I am particularly excited about.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Owen Pallett (Final Fantasy) — Heartland
OK Go — Of The Blue Colour Of The Sky
Vampire Weekend — Contra
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Eels — End Times
Spoon — Transference
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Beach House — Teen Dream
Los Campesinos! — Romance is Boring
Three 6 Mafia — Laws of Power Read more »
Concert Calendar: Winter Semester and Short Term 2010
December 28th, 2009 • Boston, Concert Calendar, Maine, News
Tags: air, ani difranco, anna ternheim, asobi seksu, concerts, dar williams, david gray, efterklang, el perro del mar, Freelance Whales, keller williams, suzanne vega, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, tegan and sara, the new deal, wild beasts, Yeasayer
Several interesting bands will be performing within a reasonable driving distance of Bates between Winter Semester and Short Term 2010. Here are some selections, and, as more concerts are announced, this list will continue to be populated. For a complete listing of concerts, please visit our Concert Calendar page.
January 19: Freelance Whales – Great Scott, Boston, Ma.
January 20: The New Deal – Port City Music Hall, Portland, Me.
January 23: Suzanne Vega – Olin Arts Center at Bates College, Lewiston, Me.
January 28: Ani DiFranco – The Strand Theater, Rockland, Me.
January 30: Asobi Seksu – Club 939, Boston, Ma.
February 12: Dar Williams – One Longfellow Square, Portland, Me.
February 13: Tegan and Sara – Orpheum Theater, Boston, Ma.
February 19: El Perro del Mar & Anna Ternheim – Cambridge YMCA, Cambridge, Ma.
February 24: Wild Beasts – Great Scott, Boston, Ma.
Editor’s Picks: 30 Best Albums of the Decade
December 24th, 2009 • 1 comment Commentary, Electronic, Folk, Hip Hop, Op-Ed, Rock
Tags: Amadou & Mariam, Animal Collective, Bjork, Bon Iver, Brian Wilson, Bruce Springsteen, David Sanford & The Pittsburgh Collective, DJ Danger Mouse, Fleet Foxes, Gregory and the Hawk, Gui Boratto, Jens Lekman, Jonsi and Alex, Lil Wayne, M83, Noah and the Whale, Phoenix, Radiohead, Ryan Adams, seabear, Sigur Ros, Sin Fang Bous, Spoon, Sufjan Stevens, The Arcade Fire, The Hold Steady, The Shins, TV on the Radio, Yeasayer, Yelle
With the impending end of the first decade of the century looming in the distance, all one can do is take a look back at the last 10 years in music and create another list, this one ranking the best 30 albums of the last decade (With a sentence of explanation for each).
1. The Arcade Fire – Funeral
This album made baroque pop cool again, something that seemed unachievable after the Beach Boys fell apart.
2. Ryan Adams – Gold
Gold is alternative country at its very best, chocked full of sublime instrumentation and sentimental lyrics.
3. Bruce Springsteen – We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions
The Boss sings Pete Seeger and brilliance results; there is something fantastic about the combination of Springsteen’s voice and Seeger’s lyrics.
4. Yeasayer – All Hours Cymbals
All Hours Cymbals is an album for the decade lyrically, thematically, and instrumentally.
5. Jonsi and Alex – Riceboy Sleeps
Jonsi and Alex’s post-rock/ambient masterpiece is an album to listen to all the way through (8+ times) to really catch it’s flavor. Read more »