levek//shift (a capella cover of grizzly bear)

This entry was written by rellis, posted on June 1, 2010 at 5:48 pm, filed under Uncategorized and tagged Grizzly Bear, levek. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.

wtd blog radio// indie-verse

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(photo via google image search)

Smoothly skating into our 5th episode of WTD radio (courtesy of the rad fellows at Indie-Verse) I put together a quick list of everything that I’ve been listening to for the past week. New tracks from Wild Harem and Harlem (both out of Austin, I might add), Wetdog, and Americans in France. For good measure I’ve peppered in some classic favorites of mine. I know you’re probably missing the silky smooth linguistics of Ryan, but he will be back next week. I promise. To get thrown into our regular rotation send all tracks to weeklytapedeck@gmail.com and we’ll give it a listen. Click HERE to listen. Hit the jump for mp3s and tracklist.

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This entry was written by nate, posted on November 30, 2009 at 11:15 am, filed under radio and tagged americans in france, dum dum girls, eddio bo, fergus and geronimo, franco, Grizzly Bear, harlem, indie-verse, lil daggers, musuem of bellas artes, navajo bixby, neon indian, the cookies, the spooks, toro y moi, washed out, wetdog, wild harem. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.

upcoming in june//unfulfilled obligations

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This is Part 1 in a 27 part series called Unfulfilled Obligations. If there are any readers out there who care, I apologize that I completely fell off after week one of our June shows piece. I am a busy man, and I still haven’t really learned how to do a damned thing on this website. The few times I have posted, Nate had to put it up for me. He has compassion for his little helmeted friend. He will show me the light, and I will try to become more of a contributor to this little blog of ours. (update: Jordan made his first post on his own.) Lord knows they need me. I mean, top 25 songs of the year, and no Dirty Projectors?! Really Nate? Really? No Fever Ray? For shame, sir. For shame. Jokes. But for real. Ok, so that’s the best apology you’ll get. Let’s talk about music.

For those of you who missed the Grizzly Bear show on Monday night, you should probably cry. You should also blame me, because I didn’t tell you about it. Of course, you’d still be an idiot. Everyone knew about that show. Sold out. Second time to see Grizzly Bear. This time, better in every way. Too bad Nic wasn’t there with his camera, or you’d be able to see what you missed. My show picks for the rest of the week:

Wednesday, June 17

The Wooden Birds @ House of Blues Dallas

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Balmorhea / Tiny Vipers @ Hailey’s

Two great shows each with a band from Austin. Choose the closest venue, I guess. If location doesn’t matter, Hailey’s is the better venue by far, and a perfect setting the two lovely bands playing there.

Thursday, June 18

St. Vincent / Pattern Is Movement @ Granada Theater

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Santigold / Amanda Blank @ House Of Blues Dallas

This decision is all about what mood you’re in. I can vouch that St. Vincent puts on a fucking killer live show. She’s also amazing to look at for two hours. But, I’m sure Santigold fucking brings it, so that’s definitely an option. Kind of weird pairing St. Vincent with Pattern Is Movement. They definitely have a lot in common musically, but I don’t think that fans of one are necessarily fans of the other. I could be wrong. Maybe I underestimate the complexity of taste in the average concertgoer.

Friday, June 19

Camera Obscura @ The Loft

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Meat Puppets @ House Of Blues Dallas

I’ve seen Meat Puppets, and you will so not be disappointed if you go to that show. But, Camera Obscura at The Loft is too good to pass up. Never seen them, they probably don’t make it down from Glasgow very often, and The Loft is a great venue.

Saturday, June 20

Telepathe / Lemonade / Fight Bite @ Hailey’s

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Holy shit! Go to this show! If you’re already in Denton, then you really better be there. Fun shall be had. Indie kids will dance. Or, at least nod semi-rhythmically. Go.

This entry was written by nate, posted on June 16, 2009 at 4:33 pm, filed under Uncategorized and tagged Amanda Blank, Balmorhea, Camera Obscura, Fight Bite, Grizzly Bear, Lemonade, Meat Puppets, Pattern Is Movement, Santigold, St. Vincent, Telepathe, The Wooden Birds, Tiny Vipers. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.