I’m off to Virginia Beach for the holiday weekend to enjoy some beach sunshine, good food, drinks, and friends, and probably sitting in tons of traffic haha. More great new stuff this week, so here we go:
- fun.
Approachability: Very High
Megs actually found this band (she’s a sucker for piano and singing…), and then through RP3 it was blasting in our living room. They’re a new band, formed in the winter of 2008 in NYC. Their debut album comes out on August 25th, and hopefully it’s as good as some of the stuff on their space – especially what’s likely their first single, At Least I’m Not As Sad As I Used To Be.Enjoy:
http://www.myspace.com/fun
(Note that you can listen to 6 of their songs live via youtube, and 1 song via the myspace music player) - Miike Snow
Approachability: Medium
I had previously heard his song Burial and I liked it a lot. His new self titled album is out now via all the usual outlets. This is definitely a little more electronic than some of the stuff I’ve been posting recently, but I think it’s still quite fun to listen to. You can hear what I’m guessing is the first single, Animal, on his space, as well as Burial and Song For No One. I think they’re all pretty awesome, but Animal is def. the standout. - MJ
As everyone is now immensely aware, Michael Jackson died last week. I have been pretty much obsessed with the Discovery album ever since I got it a couple of weeks ago, and I find it almost eerie that they included such an awesome cover of the Jackson 5 song I Want You Back on their first LP.As my own little tribute to MJ, here’s that cover:
Discovery – I Want You Back - Ra Ra Riot @ 930 Club
Ra Ra Riot tickets for October 1st at the 930 Club in DC are now available on Tickets.com. Go buy yours before they sell out!
- Virgin Mobile’s FreeFest
So this year in DC, the usual Virgin Fest has moved venues, and tickets are free. Yes, totally free. They apparently went very quickly, as they’re now “free’d out,” but you can still get tickets via volunteering somehow. I’m sure they’ll be on StubHub too for, umm, not free. Apparently all 35,000 tickets were snatched up in minutes. Thank you Richard Branson!This is one of those events that I got tickets for totally on a whim, and am looking forward to seeing all the supporting acts (Girl Talk, Franz Ferdinand, The National, The Bravery, The Hold Steady) but pretty much couldn’t give a shit about the headliners (Blink 182 and Weezer). Maybe that means we can get out of there before the traffic really starts? haha
More info here:
http://www.virginmobilefestival.com/ - Concerts
There are some pretty good concerts coming up, so here’s a little synopsis. I probably will miss more of them than I would like, but hopefully you can make some of these:Paolo Nutini @ 930 Club, Thurs, July 23
Los Campesinos! @ 930 Club, Wed, Aug 5
Hackensaw Boys @ State Theater, Fri, Aug 14
Bat for Lashes @ 930 Club, Sat, Aug 15
Jimmy Buffett @ Nissan Pavilion, Thurs, Sept 3
Matt and Kim @ Black Cat, Wed, Sept 16
Passion Pit and Phoenix @ Rumsey Playfield (NYC!), Sat, Sept 26
Ra Ra Riot @ 930 Club, Thurs, Oct 1
Dirty Projectors @ Black Cat (I think in Oct/Nov?…don’t remember the date unfortunately) - Stillness Is The Move Video
RP3 showed me this video posted on Stereogum earlier this week. Pretty funny video for a really awesome song. Enjoy the llamas and synchronized dancing!
http://stereogum.com/archives/video/new-dirty-projectors-video—stillness-is-the-move_076732.html
Have a great long weekend everyone! Hope you get to enjoy some good music with your fireworks and drinks!
-WJ
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