GREAT NEW MUSIC: Canon Blue "Colonies"

Big thanks to IGIF for the heads up on this! I am on a "good music finding" roll this week, first with We Are Wolves then Black Kids, and now Canon Blue. This Nashville native has crafted some damn fine dreamy, electronic/folk pop all by his lonesome. No band, just him. "Colonies" is one album I plan on spending some time with. I suggest you do the same. Head over to his Myspace for a couple of more tracks. For fans of Grizzly Bear, Caribou, or Animal Collective.

[MP3] Canon Blue - Pilguin Pop from "Colonies" (via Box.net)
[MP3] Canon Blue - Odds and Ends from "Colonies" (via Box.net)
[MP3] Canon Blue - Rum Diary from "Colonies" (via Box.net)

TOUR DATES:
Sep 27 - House Show - Nashville, TN
Sep 28 - St. Johns Center - Louisville, KY
Sep 30 - Ronny's - Chicago, IL
Oct 02 - House Show - Ann Arbor, MI
Oct 03 - The Drake - Toronto, Ontario
Oct 05 - POP Montreal - Montreal, Quebec
Oct 07 - Pianos - NYC, NY
Oct 08 - Union Hall - NYC, NY
Oct 90 - Circle Thrift - Philadelphia, PA

Canon Blue - Myspace

GREAT NEW MUSIC: Black Kids "Wizard of Ahhhs"

A friend of mine who actually made it to this year's Athens Popfest, told me about this band, but for some reason I've just now gotten around to hearing their stuff. It happens, especially when you're deluged with new music everyday. Oh well, better late than never. Black Kids' demo EP, Wizard of Ahhhs, is currently available to download for free from their Myspace page. And I suggest that you do, it's rough but the songs are undeniably amazing. I really wish I had caught their live set at Athens Popfest, because I'm sure it was equally amazing. Both of these tracks off the EP are standouts, and both are highly recommended. Hell, the whole EP is highly recommended!

[MP3] Black Kids - I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You from "Wizard of Ahhhs - EP" (via Box.net)
[MP3] Black Kids - I've Underestimated My Charm (Again) from "Wizard of Ahhhs - EP" (via Box.net)

EDIT: They're are coming to Atlanta/Athens!!
Thu. 11/15/07 - Black Kids, Lolligags, Judi Chicago @ Star Bar
Fri. 11/16/07 - Black Kids, Lolligags @ Flicker Bar, in Athens, GA

Black Kids - Myspace

VIDEO: Pinback "From Nothing To Nowhere (Breakfast Club version)"

So this isn't an officially sanctioned video, but damn if it isn't cool as hell. Maybe that's my 11-year old self talking, and probably because this is one of my most watched movies ever (I had the biggest crush on Ally Sheedy). Whoever edited this deserves a pat on the back, this ACTUALLY COULD HAVE BEEN the song that played in this scene.

GREAT NEW MUSIC: We Are Wolves "Total Magique"

I am in one really weird mood. I am liking this album by We Are Wolves a lot. Which is not the weird part.

I wanna bounce off the walls, and hit things with a stick. And this is good music for this mood.

I like weird moods sometimes, because they can be fun. Here are two MP3s off of their new album, "Total Magique". Yes, some of it is in French. That is not weird either, because they are Canadian. It reminds me of Les Savy Fav being molested by The Blood Brothers with electronics.

[MP3] We Are Wolves - Magique from "Total Magique" (via Box.net)
[MP3] We Are Wolves - Vietnam from "Total Magique" (via Box.net)

We Are Wolves - website | Myspace

Criminal Records In-store: Boris, 10/22 @ 4pm

The great guys and gals over at Criminal Records in Atlanta are bringing you yet another wonderful FREE in-store event, BORIS!!! These doom/fuzz/heavy/psyche bad-asses will make their in-store appearance on Monday, 10/22 @ 4pm. They will be playing a show with Michio Kurihara at The Earl later on that night. Fuckin' Boris, yeah!!

Criminal Records - website

NEW Radiohead Album "In Rainbows" out Oct. 10th!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I didn't even have to use my AK....today is a good day.

So no more speculation about the new Radiohead album, it's called "In Rainbows" and it's available to pre-order now. It'll be available to download Oct. 10th, but the physical album won't be available until "on or before" Dec. 3rd, (right now it's only available as a "Discbox" which includes the following: "THE NEW ALBUM, IN RAINBOWS, ON CD AND ON 2 X 12 INCH HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL RECORDS. A SECOND, ENHANCED CD CONTAINS MORE NEW SONGS, ALONG WITH DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHS AND ARTWORK. THE DISCBOX ALSO INCLUDES ARTWORK AND LYRIC BOOKLETS. ALL ARE ENCASED IN A HARDBACK BOOK AND SLIPCASE. THE ALBUM DOWNLOAD AUTOMATICALLY COMES WITH THIS PACK.") All of this for £40.00 ($81.64) which is a tad expensive for my meager budget, but the "download only" is available for......whatever you want to pay for it! That's right, name your own price for it. I paid $6 for it. The new Radiohead album for $6......today really IS a good day. October 10th will be a great day.


"In Rainbows" tracklist
CD one and vinyl:

01 15 STEP
02 BODYSNATCHERS
03 NUDE
04 WEIRD FISHES/ARPEGGI
05 ALL I NEED
06 FAUST ARP
07 RECKONER
08 HOUSE OF CARDS
09 JIGSAW FALLING INTO PLACE
10 VIDEOTAPE

CD two and vinyl:

01 MK 1
02 DOWN IS THE NEW UP
03 GO SLOWLY
04 MK 2
05 LAST FLOWERS
06 UP ON THE LADDER
07 BANGERS AND MASH
08 4 MINUTE WARNING

(Thanks to P'fork for tha' heads up!! Oh and, um, YEEAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!)