UK artist covers kate bush (for real this time). just awesome.
rating: 8.1
UK artist covers kate bush (for real this time). just awesome.
rating: 8.1
Thom Yorke – “All for the Best”
frontperson for the world’s biggest band takes on miracle legion’s “all for the best” off the “ciao my shining star: the songs of mark mulcahy” compilation. we love it! “thom yorke told us we could smoke weed!”
rating: 8.4
Citizen Cope – “Let the Drummer Kick”
Citizen Cope is the pseudonym of Clarence Greenwood. off his self-titled debut LP in 2002, “Let the Drummer Kick” is a good example of how solid music will remain relevant. synched on So You Think You Can Dance, an Acura commercial and many others 6+ years after it was released, Greenwood is clearly an early proponent of the licensing that so many today seek. is that a bad thing? as Iggy Pop puts it, “If people want to use my songs to sell sausages, that’s fine because they weren’t made for sausages.” will this song be used for sausages? only time will tell.. but the good news is “you don’t even have to wait”
rating; 7.7
“hh’i’ll tell you hhwhat,” i can’t find the rest of this episode anywhere..
James Brown – “It’s A Man’s, Man’s, Man’s World”
“Sixteen” is the first single off The Heavy’s new album The House That Dirt Built due this october. these uk cats play a pretty mean soul on “sixteen”.. makin’ the Grandfather proud – ughh hit me!
rating: 8.8
stereophonics cover growl and co from bbc’s live lounge programme. the ‘phonics are a long-time fav here at b3sci. but aside from all that, its time to free growl, go:
rating: 7.8
Florence and the Machine – “My Boy Builds Coffins”
a few weeks back we incorrectly assumed uk artist florence and the machine was a side project of the incomparable kate bush. we’ve since learned that assumption was a mistake. our regards to ms. bush and to ms. machine.
rating: 7.4
Yourself And The Air – So You’ve Come to Mingle (exclusive download!)
Yourself and The Air – Sick Days (Daytrotter Session) (download here or at Daytrotter.com!)
Yourself and The Air – Stardust Motel (exclusive download!)
Youself and The Air – Lost and Found (exclusive download!)
hot off the heels off their Daytrotter Session, and amidst the preparation of their upcoming tour with Thing One, and Pomegranates, blahblahblahscience caught up with frontman Erick Crosby of Yourself And The Air to talk music, inspiration, el trains and pastry..
b3sci: Erick – as a young band finding their way through the masses, what obstacles have YATA overcome and what have come to be your general feelings about the music industry?
Erick: well. when we first started out, everybody in the whole world was like ‘yeah right, the music industry is one of the most difficult to be successful in, so make sure you have a back up plan’ and i was like what the fuck is this, back up plan? that’s just like telling yourself that you’re gonna loose. we came in with that mentality, swinging pretty hard… and after a lot of really hard work, here we are today with a great team of people… i also really like the uphill battle of the music industry, it makes every time that you actually accomplish something that much better.
b3sci: what’s at the top of the hill?
Erick: building a long steady career and having the ability to travel and play… then living would be pretty solid.
b3sci: let’s talk glockenspiel. how did it become part of your sound?
Erick: we found it on craigslist. i’ve always been a very huge fan of the glock. we had made this plan that every month we would buy a new instrument and bring it into the band. that was the first, and believe or not, i think it was the last? the glock is its own mystery.
b3sci: you seem enchanted with the glock?
Erick: yeah it sits in my room, i write on it.. even eat on it too. it’s become an interesting part of my life.
b3sci: nice. so what influences you in your life? it doesn’t necessarily have to be music, really anything that influences you to do what you love?
Erick: nature. living. hearing stories about people doing extra ordinary things. not being on your death and wishing that you could’ve done this or that. just everything man, there are always down times, but then you can just see something, anything, and that can change your life.
b3sci: right, think about how many people live their lives wishing they could’ve done this or that? think of all the “greats” and how they lived their lives..
Erick: yeah and even when they (the “greats”) are doing it, they are just human beings. they are no different then you or me. ANYBODY can do something, they just made up their mind and decided to do it… it’s about doing stuff. doing what you want to do and going through it.
b3sci: what other than music must you do during your life?
Erick: i want to ride my bike, from here to all over the continent. and i’d like hitchhike across the country too. haha i’m gonna videotape it and then sell it to the travel channel. i have it all made up too.. it’s called “the fat of the land”.
b3sci: haha hell yes! you will inspire sooo many hitchhikers.
Erick: haha. man, they’ve inspired me!
b3sci: dig it. so Chicago’s in the house. which el train wins in a race? blue, orange, brown??
Erick: i think, would the brown? i dunno, i think. honestly i never take the el. i’m like bicycle man.
b3sci: when people hear Yourself and The Air for the first time, what do you guys want them to walk away thinking?
Erick: hmm, i’d want them to walk away thinking ‘wow, i didn’t expect that’. i don’t want them to walk away thinking ‘oh these guys sound like them‘ which is hard because that’s why we know music, because of what’s been done before. but to be surprised and have someone appreciate it, even if they don’t like the music, if they can appreciate it still, that’s always the best.
b3sci: what makes a great song?
Erick: movement man. it’s gotta give you the chills. you know, those songs. songs that can make you forget where you are. they take you on their ride, be in their world for that moment in time.
b3sci: what songs do you come back to that have that effect?
Erick: “Thru the Eyes of Ruby” Smashing Pumpkins. being from Chicago I have so much love for them, what they used to be and what they’ve done. “Space Oddity” is my all time favorite song of forever. and all The Beatles, it’s all like that you know?.
b3sci: what’s your fav numetal group
Erick: what is that?
b3sci: haha you know, like your linkin parks, limp bizkets, blahblah late mid-nineties radio. that’s all i got, I was hoping you’d know…
Erick: umm shit man, i have no.. i don’t know.. i don’t rock that way dude. ask my bassist and you’ll get a legitimate answer.
b3sci: what’s your favorite italian pastry
Erick: hmm, i only know the one, it’s the one that i eat. its got a cream in it..
b3sci: is it a cannoli??
Erick: yeah that the one. that’s pretty good. i dig that. i feel bad, i don’t know any italian pastries..
b3sci:it’s cool man, you, me, Major Tom – we’ll grab a beer sometime and talk italian pastries. i’ve got the book on it.
Erick: oohhhoooo, it’s on! i need the education.
b3sci: so Daytrotter = new music?
Erick: yeah it was a great experience, i’m a big fan of the site. we decided to track a few of the new songs that we’ll be recording for our new album in November.
b3sci: they sound great man! we’ll be looking forward to the record. bowie and pumpkins going out to YATA. keep it real.
Erick: peace!
The Smashing Pumpkins – “Thru the Eyes of Ruby”
Micke from Sweden – “Waiting for the end”
do you feel miserable? if not, then you probably will by the end of this song. if you already do, then dammit you seriously just hit jackpot. no time for excitement though, just wallow in the beautiful bitterness, pseudo hope and soul wrenching emptiness Micke from Sweden so graciously emits in “Waiting for the end”. from his latest, Micke – you totally made our day..
rating: 9
trent announced on friday that NIN would be going on an “indefinite hiatus” after a string of dates late august and early september in NY, Chicago and ending in LA at the Echoplex. suppose indefinite is better definite?
* w/ the Horrors
^ w/ Mew
8/22 – NY, NY @ Bowery Ballroom *
8/23 – NY, NY @ Webster Hall *
8/25 – NY, NY @ Terminal 5 *
8/26 – NY, NY @ Terminal 5
8/28 – Chicago, IL @ Aragon Ballroom ^
8/29 – Chicago, IL @ Aragon Ballroom
09/2 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium ^
09/3 – Los Angeles, CA @ Henry Fonda Theatre ^
09/5 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern
09/6 – Los Angeles, CA @ Echoplex *
abbey sings ellington. off 1959’s “abbey is blue” LP. an all-time favorite vocal. that moment when she lifts out into the song’s title words… just stunning.
