500 Days of Summer

zooey in 500 days of summer from Boris Bugayev on Vimeo.

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WWDC

Live coverage of the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference! < click link
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Heima

Metavari live at Beaver Falls Coffee & Tea Company

If you've ever seen the documentary, Heima ... picture that (only 1/100 as brilliant since we're talking about us rather than Sigur Rós) in a small town in the hills of Pennsylvania. Clean air, spring in full bloom, canyons and hills just beyond every string of houses, small shops and businesses on every corner, and an old home whose first floor is dedicated to the town's finest coffees and teas. Wood floors, tall ceilings, an old piano, a black lab named "Abraham" who sits at the landing of the flight of stairs up to the second floor ... and us ... setting up for our performance in the BFC&T living room. Just in front of the piano. By the time we were ready, the room was filled with who would later be all our friends in Beaver Falls. The live visuals were projected onto a far wall, one PA speaker on top of a bookshelf, the other on top of the piano. We were all inches away from one another. Intimate and, like in Heima, seemed to be just another performance among the local music lovers of Beaver Falls. After the show, we left everything in the living room and moved to the front yard. A fire pit kept our faces illuminated into the night while we laughed and talked until we couldn't keep our eyes open.

The evening was too perfect for any of us to remember to take any photos or video. You'll have to watch Heima ... and then watch Home Alone. It was probably somewhere in between those two.

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I'm not going to walk today

Grizzly Bear on Late Show with David Letterman

Okay last night Grizzly Bear was supposed to play on Late Show with David Letterman which is really cool because I love Grizzly Bear ... I set my DVR so I didn't have to stay up that late, but I found myself up that late anyway so I decided to watch it ... Good thing because the show went over ... So now I'm waiting for Grizzly Bear to come on, but no all I see is David Letterman at the end of the commercial break saying goodnight and that they don't have enough time for Grizzly Bear and they're going to have to reschedule them ... WHAT! WHY!? You're going to have to reschedule them some other time! Ugh it just really ticked me off that they couldn't just go over a little bit, just for the band ... I'm sure they could have took some air time off an infomercial instead of telling Grizzly Bear sorry you're going to have to come back another time ... I really hope they did apologize for the inconvenience ... Because I know I would have been furious ... Yeah I'm sure that Grizzly Bear has nothing better to do than to keep flying back to Letterman, and hope that the show doesn't go over again ... This isn't the first time either something like this has happened, when I set my DVR to record his show when Manchester Orchestra was on, the showing went over too! I was sooo freaking mad I didn't get to see the entire performance! Oh well nothing I can do about it now, thought I would rant.

Where andrewbravener happens.

Yay! another video from the always wonderful youtuber Andrew Bravener

Watch this video first so the one below makes more sense for ya ; )



and now the NEW video!!

Beatles releasing remastered albums

The Beatles later this year, will be releasing remastered editions of their studio albums ... These albums will feature the same tracks and artwork as the originals, but will also have additional artwork, photos, and short documentaries ... The remastered CDs will be sold individually, as well as packages(DvD's, Booklets) ... The release date is to be Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Yeah Yeah Yeahs playing on SNL

This Saturday, April 11th, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs will be preforming as Saturday Night Live live musical guest with Zac Efron(High School Musical star) being the shows host

Franz Ferdinand Covers "Womanizer"

Franz Ferdinand jumping on board with the likes as Lily Allen, All-American Rejects, Fall Out Boy, Ladyhawke with the cover of Britney Spears song "Womanizer"... Recorded from BBC's Live Lounge which sounds like a crappy garage band version, but still it's Franz Ferdinand ...

La Blogotheque - Sigur Ros

Found this on La Blogotheque which is french blog who has famous indie bands come to Paris to sing and play where ever on the street, in a hotel, or even in a restaurant ... Like in this video who has Sigur Rós who are an Icelandic(Iceland) post-rock band with melodic, classical, and minimalist elements


Sigur Ros - Við spilum endalaust - A Take Away Show from La Blogotheque on Vimeo.

Daytrotter: Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele

This happy go lucky song writer, Dent May, is featured today on Daytrotter ... Based out of Taylor, Mississippi Dent May's album The Good Feeling Music of Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele was released February 3rd, 2009 on Paw Tracks records ... His music is perfect for when you're down in the dumps and you need a little pick me up, also you'll probably find yourself tapping your foot to the catchy beat(my favorite is Meet Me In The Garden)

www.daytrotter.com/DentMay&HisMagnificentUkulele

Amazon's 100 Greatest Indie Rock Albums Of All Time

100 Dangerous Magical Noise - The Dirtbombs
99 Passover - The Black Angels
98 To Survive - Joan As Police Woman
97 Ultimate Alternative Wavers - Built To Spill
96 Trans Am - Trans Am
95 The Discovery Of A World Inside... - The Apples In Stereo
94 Waiter: 'You Vultures!' - Portugal The Man
93 Alligator - The National
92 Horses In The Sky - Silver Mt. Zion
91 Gallowsbird's Bark - The Fiery Furnaces
90 Louden Up Now - (!!! Chk Chik Chick)
89 The Milk-Eyed Mender - Joanna Newsom
88 The Power Out - Electrelane
87 Cure For Pain - Morphine
86 Worn Copy - Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti
85 Vivian Girls - Vivian Girls
84 Hearts Of Oak - Ted Leo/Pharmacists
83 Save Yourself - Make Up
82 The Last Match - The Aislers Set
81 The Sea and the Bells - Rachel's
80 The Ugly Organ - Cursive
79 De Stijl - The White Stripes
78 Nothing Feels Good - The Promise Ring
77 The Smell Of Our Own - The Hidden Cameras
76 Jane From Occupied Europe - Swell Maps
75 Furnace Room Lullaby - Neko Case
74 The Curtain Hits The Cast - Low
73 The R&B Of Membership - The Delta 72
72 II & III - Camper Van Beethoven
71 Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating... - Spiritualized
70 The Fawn - The Sea And Cake
69 Feast of Wire - Calexico
68 Oh, Inverted World - The Shins
67 Will You Find Me - Ida
66 Milk Man - Deerhoof
65 Coquelicot Asleep In The Poppies... - Of Montreal
64 Rejoicing in The Hands - Devendra Banhart
63 Destroyer's Rubies - Destroyer
62 TNT - Tortoise
61 Neon Golden - The Notwist
60 Daddy's Highway - The Bats
59 Set Yourself On Fire - Stars
58 Fabulous Muscles - Xiu Xiu
57 Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes - TV On The Radio
56 The Decline And Fall Of Heavenly - Heavenly
55 The Mysterious Production of Eggs - Andrew Bird
54 Pussy-Whipped - Bikini Kill
53 Sing No Evil - Half Japanese
52 Liberty Belle And The Black Diamond Express - The Go Betweens
51 Emperor Tomato Ketchup - Stereolab
50 And Don't The Kids Just Love It - Television Personalities
49 Wild Love - Smog
48 Agaetis Byrjun - Sigur Ros
47 Red House Painters I - Red House Painters
46 Advisory Committee - Mirah
45 How Memory Works - Joan Of Arc
44 On Fire - Galaxie 500
43 On - Imperial Teen
42 Mass Romantic [Remastered] - The New Pornographers
41 Gulag Orkestar - Beirut
40 This Nation's Saving Grace - The Fall
39 You Forgot It In People - Broken Social Scene
38 I Am A Bird Now - Antony & The Johnsons
37 When Your Heartstrings Break - Beulah
36 Our Endless Numbered Days - Iron & Wine
35 Person Pitch - Panda Bear
34 Let's Get Out of This Country - Camera Obscura
33 Merriweather Post Pavilion - Animal Collective
32 Let It Be [Expanded Edition] - The Replacements
31 Repeater + 3 Songs - Fugazi
30 Zen Arcade - Hüsker Dü
29 24 Hour Revenge Therapy - Jawbreaker
28 Lift Your Skinny Fists... - godspeed you black emperor!
27 Yellow House - Grizzly Bear
26 The Glow Pt. 2 - The Microphones
25 Black Candy - Beat Happening
24 Funeral - Arcade Fire
23 Moon Pix - Cat Power
22 Diary - Sunny Day Real Estate
21 Lifted Or The Story Is In The Soil... - Bright Eyes
20 I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One - Yo La Tengo
19 Kill the Moonlight - Spoon
18 Give Up - The Postal Service
17 Dig Me Out - Sleater-Kinney
16 No Pocky for Kitty - Superchunk
15 I See A Darkness - Bonnie "Prince" Billy
14 We Have The Facts and We're Voting Yes - Death Cab For Cutie
13 Michigan - Sufjan Stevens
12 Daydream Nation - Sonic Youth
11 69 Love Songs Volume 1 - The Magnetic Fields
10 Bakesale - Sebadoh
09 Either/Or - Elliott Smith
08 Surfer Rosa - Pixies
07 If You're Feeling Sinister - Belle & Sebastian
06 Slanted & Enchanted - Pavement
05 Imperial f.f.r.r. (Deluxe Edition) - Unrest
04 Exile In Guyville - Liz Phair
03 Spiderland - Slint
02 In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel
01 Bee Thousand - Guided by Voices

Austin City Limits - Arcade Fire

Photo by Scott Newton

Arcade Fire an unbelievable band from Montreal/Quebec, Canada is one of my favorites ... I still remember the first time I listened to them ... I was driving my brothers car and he left Arcade Fire - Neon Bible in the car's CD player and I instantly fall in love ... their words, harmony, and rhythm sounded so perfect ...
A Friend of mine found this video on pbs.org from Austin City Limits ... It shows how great they are live, also how down to earth they are in a interview

video:
Arcade Fire - Keep the Cars Running
Arcade Fire - Interview

Radiohead - Nude (Three Leaves & A Head Remix)

Wow ... Probably one of the best remixes of Radiohead's Nude ... it's just so peaceful and flows so smoothly ... Thank you Three Leaves & A Head for this wonderful remix ... Enjoy

mp3:
Radiohead - Nude (Three Leaves & A Head remix)

Empire of the Sun - We Are The People (remix)

Tits and Clits have taken one of my most enjoyable songs that I repeat over and over again on Sirius XM U and have turned it into a even more enjoyable version which I love ... Enjoy


mp3:
Empire of the Sun - We Are the People (Tits and Clits remix)

Daytrotter

If you haven't heard of this site before shame on you ... It's a website that brings live studio recordings of independent artist to you for FREE (downloadable too) ... Bringing to you well know artist such as Fleet Foxes, Andrew Bird, Bell x1, Vampire Weekend, Tokyo Police Club and many more ... Did I mention that you're able to download this music for free which also includes memorable album art as well ... So the best explanation that I can give of this site is it's a endless supply of goodness which never stops, and I hope it won't stop either ...

The Submarines

Photo by Jon Bergman

You probably know this band better for it's iPhone commercial song "You, Me and the Bourgeoisie" than anything else, but don't be surprise when this two member band brings more lovable hit's our way.

mp3:
The Submarines - Peace & Hate

The Submarines - Brighter Dicontent

First Aid Kit

Johanna and Klara Söderberg

This awesome Swedish duet I came upon one day by searching youtube for "fleet foxes". Their wonderful melodies caught my ears and I found myself mesmerized by their harmony.

www.myspace.com/thisisfirstaidkit
www.youtube.com/jagadambarecords

where andrewbravener happens.

my favorite youtuber has uploaded a new video

www.youtube.com/user/AndrewBravener

Where The Wild Things Are

Enjoy


One of my favorite children books of all time is finally
being put on the silver screen, "Where the Wild Things Are."
Now all we have to do is wait till October 16 when it's released in theaters.