Heaven and Hell - Live in Europe, on a massive Dio binge today for some reason.

Saw the Low Anthem last night at the Allen Room in the Time Warner building. If you have never seen a show in that space, you must, it's incredible. The scene of the above being sung in front of a three-story high glass window overlooking Columbus Circle and Central Park South was surreally beautiful.

The Low Anthem's new material sounded great - similar in tone and style to their last two efforts, in some cases more sparse, as hard as it may seem. Smart Flesh comes out Feb. 22nd.

Also saw Amy Correia earlier this week at the Rockwood Music Hall on Allen Street. Really cool little venue. By "little", I mean about 100 people or so, spread out amongst bar tables and a small balcony. Smaller than Joe's Pub, as a reference point. It was really great to be able to interact with the musicians so closely, but it was also annoying in the sense that the bar noise was really audible and got distracting at points.

Been listening to Broadcast today. Their singer, Trish Keenan, died today of pneumonia at the age of 42. The album they did with The Focus Group is phenomenal.

Album by album summaries in Twitter bite size

http://twitter.com/#!/discographies

A few favorites...

Green Day: 1-2 "Retro-punk 4ever, dude! We'll never sell out or slow down or write rock operas!" 3 Sell out. 4-6 Slowdown. 7-8 Rock operas.
11:38 AM Dec 23rd, 2010 via web

The Beatles: 1st-4th) recorded in black & white; 5th-8th) the drugs kick in; 9th/10th/12th) entropy; 11th) invents ELO & Oasis by accident.
3:55 AM Jul 6th, 2010 via web

Bob Dylan: 1 Woody; 2, 3 ambition; 4 pot; 5-7 speed; 8-9 pot; 10-11 AJ Weberman; 12-16 booze; 17-19 Jesus; 20-27 pot; 28 death; 29-32 pot.
11:53 AM Jul 19th, 2010 via web

The Rolling Stones: 1-4 arousal; 4-6 tumescence ; 7-10 full engorgement; 11-14 satyriasis; 15-19 midlife crisis; 20-22 erectile dysfunction.

Black Sabbath: 1-5 dark matter explodes, destroys galaxy; 6-8 diffusion of heat; 9-10 cessation of motion; 11-18 exhaustion of all energy.
Fri Jul 30 2010 13:55:19 (Eastern Daylight Time) via web

Red Hot Chili Peppers:1-4 Seinfeld theme prototypes; 5 why somebody had to invent AutoTune; 6 "sorry, Dave"; 7-9 somebody invented AutoTune. Fri Jul 30 2010 04:13:22 (Eastern Daylight Time) via web

Ramones: 1-2-3-4! Perfection, Mike Love style: "Don't fuck with the formula!" 5-9 ...But then they fucked with the formula. 10-14 Sedated.
Fri Aug 06 2010 04:29:18 (Eastern Daylight Time) via web

Kiss: 1-6 successful product introduction; 7-10 overexposure kills brand; 11-17 relaunch w/"edgy" imaging; 18-19 "the old package is back!"
Sat Sep 11 2010 12:59:15 (Eastern Daylight Time) via web

Metallica: 1-4 "Run! Run! A monstrous juggernaut is coming to kill us all!" 5 "It stopped! Why?" 6-9 "Choked to death on its own fumes."
Wed Sep 08 2010 14:02:09 (Eastern Daylight Time) via web

You can mute it because it's Taylor Swift (even though she's adorable). I just posted it because the park scenes were shot at the elementary school down the street from my house in Binghamton. I've run that track that the moody douche is walking on. On the downside, they shot that video in June. It's cold and miserable up here.

Peter Frampton apparently recorded a cover of While My Guitar Gently Weeps and it's pretty great:

We are Augustines put another song on their website today! Too bad it isn't a free download yet.

This jumped into my head today - one of the worst songs to ever get heavy rotation on NY radio in the early 90s.

Anyone else have too much green day on thier iPod

I have arond 180 songs by them(if you count thier work as the network and foxboro hot tubs)

HHHHhahahahaha.

I have no recollection of this song whatsoever, but I was cracking up before I even clicked play.

Don't know why but I've been on a Fugees/Lauryn Hill kick lately. Just picked up The Miseducation, don't know why I didn't have it to begin with, and obviously the new Decemberists album (thanks bug and Mike) today.

As Ice Cube would say, today is a good day.

Funny - they were just talking about her on Stern. Apparently, she showed up for a performance 4-and-a-half hours late and right off the bat got belligerent with the audience.

Didn't she say once that she'd rather her kids die before a white person bought her album? I seem to remember hearing something to that accord. Although, I could be grossly mistaken.

I have no idea why but this popped into my head when I woke up this morning:



That chick was so fucking hot.

Who are these old guys, and what did they do with Devo?




Seriously, though, it's a catchy tune, and "vintage" Devo.

You mean these guys?

I don't care, she's awesome.



Unfortunately I doubt she'll ever release another album.

http://www.snopes.com/quotes/lauryn.asp

The Smartest Man in the World podcast - Greg Proops

Erudite, occasionally filthy, and frequently hilarious.

Has anyone watched these NPR Tiny Desk concerts? They're really great. I may have posted one before.

This is funny, and I'm glad you posted it, but the NSFW warning for language would've been helpful.

This is off the EP, Sometimes The Blues Are a Passing Bird, which is every bit as good as The Wild Hunt.

I really need to give these two albums some listens. "King of Spain" is an amazing song.

Saw Citizen Cope solo acoustic in Tarrytown last night, and he was great. I think I mentioned earlier in the thread that I previously found some of his music monotonous and boring, so I was worried that feeling would be exaggerated by watching him sing those songs in that format. Quite the opposite - it stripped away a lot of the effects that I didn't like, and the sparseness and percussive sound of the guitar made a great compliment to his voice. Songs like "Bullet and a Target" and "Son's Gonna Rise" sounded great. Overall, seems like that album, the Clarence Greenwood Recordings, is his best:





This is "Lifeline", off his last EP, which I also really liked live:

Wow, I only recently discovered these Tiny Desk concerts, but they're fucking amazing:

I'm not sure where to put this, so I'm putting it here. Have any of you been to the beacon theatre and do you know if sitting in the front row (center) for an acoustic concert there is a good idea or if its too close? I don't go to concerts very often so I have no clue about this.

I've been there for a few different shows (concerts and stand-up), and front-row center was great when I was there.

This is a picture I took from the mezzanine level of the Hold Steady show at the Beacon I went to in October:

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Not the clearest, but it gives you some idea of where the front row is. The stage is slightly elevated, and there is a lip in front of where those people are standing. I don't have the option for front row seats too often, but yeah, they can be a little difficult sometimes.

Looks like my view when my wife took me to the the Allman Bros. in 98 or 99. Front and center in the mezzanine. Great seats.

Lots and lots of Deadmau5.

Also, is anyone else on last.fm?

If so go ahead and friend me. The username is sangreec

Last.fm is a pretty awesome site. It links to your itunes and logs all the music you listen to. It then creates radio stations etc. Then it has some social networking aspects you can friend people with similar music tastes to get introduced to new artists.

Heh I used to be on last.fm. I think it was around 2008, when most people who were on it were from England (its based in London). I wiped my stats about 6 months ago and haven't downloaded the software to get back into it. Maybe I will eventually. Glad to know its really taken off.

Heaven and Hell - Live at Radio City Music Hall.

I'm starting to think Andy might be right that the Dio-era Sabbath is better. Not at all a knock on Ozzy but goddamn.

Yeah I downloaded it junior year of high school, and with the exception of a brief hiatus senior year have been digging it since. I have a bunch of friends who are on it, and it's cool to check out their music habits.

Ravenous was on IFC the other night and the movie was every bit as good as I remembred it but what I'd forgotten was how excellent the score is. Really unusual and quirky but totally unique. I'm shocked I'd forgotten it. So, I made it a point to go out and get it and it's excellent. It's by Damon Albarn & Michael Nyman and it's available on Amazon. Here are two of the more memorable pieces:

Indeed - criminally underrated all around.

Wow. That second Ravenous track is very cool.

One more great track from this album!

All I can say is haunting. And not like most dubstep remixes I've heard.

Tapes 'n Tapes new album, Outside, is pretty good. On tour now.

Decemberists last night at the Beacon - set list:



Amazing. I am so, so happy that I got to see the Crane Wife trilogy live. Really liked the new material as well, especially June Hymn to close. The sound was great, no one part drowned out any other, and it didn't feel distant or tinny, like some shows I've seen at similar venues like Radio City. One strange aspect of the show was that they almost seemed too polished at times, with the way they kind of knocked out a few songs. It wasn't until they cut loose on Mariner's Revenge that I was reminded of when I first saw them circa 2003-04 in New Orleans, and was totally thrown by how unique they were. Overall a great show though.

Wow -- What an amazing set list. I am once again jealous of you.

There are so, so many great shows in New York recently. I fully appreciate that this may be one of the few times in my life that I have the time and means to take advantage of that, so I try to go as often as I can.

Here's Red Right Ankle from last night:

Jealous.

I'm not trying to make anyone jealous, hope that's clear. I was just dying to talk to someone about the show, since I went by myself.

Enjoy it brother!

There's nothing wrong with making people jealous. Sorry you went alone - I would've liked to go and almost bought tickets myself, but NYC on a weekday night just isn't feasible.

Isn't that one of the points of this thread? To share one's experience about shows?

Wish I could see them again for this tour but I'm busy the night they're in town.

Jeff Mangum (of Neutral Milk Hotel) is performing live again. Tickets for an October show in Asbury Park go on sale tomorrow:

AV Club article

Right. I forgot to mention this here. Portishead is playing. In my neighborhood. What?