Hope you can check out tonight’s Moheak Radio Music Meeting, where we rate and debate important new indie releases. Special guest will be Jeremy Dawson of Shiny Toy Guns. I’ll also be joined by Moheak’s Mo Herms and Larry G. We’ll be on webcam, so you’ll be able to listen and watch. 8-10p Pacific, 11-1a EDT, 4-6a GMT. There will be an updated post , which will mention the tracks that got the best reactions. http://www.moheak.com. Chick listen live.
Late night update: All songs well received, with new Dum Dum Girls, The Features, Ursula 1000, Sleeper Agent, Raveonettes, Friends, and Teddybears doing the best.
Here are links and the playlist from yesterday’s Go Deep show on Moheak Radio. It airs every Friday from 1-3p Pacific, 4-6p EDT, 9-11p GMT. Hourly links at 128 are available for downloading or streaming ,just below. Here are the guests for Sunday night’s Moheak Radio Music Meeting. Shiny Toy Guns‘ co-founder and synth player Jeremy Dawson, along with Moheak Radio DJ’s Mo Herms andLarry G. Listen and watch 8-10p Pacific, 11-1p EDT, 4-6a GMT. Thanks to The Features for their epic live performance at our Moheak studios a few hours after my Go Deep show!
Kasabian – Let’s Roll Just Like We Used To (That gong is the perfect way to start an album) Little Dragon – Ritual Union (Touring in Australia) The Subways – It’s A Party (UK dates now) The Features – Kids (They’ll play live at Moheak 6p Pacific ) TV on the Radio – Repetition (Hollywood Bowl this Sunday) Theophilus London – I Stand Alone (Born in Trinidad, raised in Brooklyn) Wilco – Born Alone (Album out on Tuesday) Arctic Monkeys – She’s Thunderstorms (Same Hollywood Bowl show this Sunday) The Raveonettes – Oh Stranger (Will be on new Batman soundtrack) The Rapture – Never Die Again (LA gig October 8) TeddyBears – Rocket Scientist (No dates listed as of now) Sleeper Agent – Shuga Cane (West Coast dates now, LA Tuesday) Girls – Saying I Love You (Pretty track from a pretty soft album) Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – Same Mistake (Album out this week) Dum Dum Girls – Bedroom Eyes (Album out next Tuesday, streaming at nme.com) Deer Tick – Miss K. (October 25 album release) The Airborne Toxic Event – It Doesn’t Mean A Thing (Set at ACL looked great online) Mariachi El Bronx – 48 Roses (ACL set also looked great) Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks – Senator (These lyrics need to be heard) The War on Drugs – Baby Missles (Philadelphia band) The Drums – Days (Second LA Echoplex show added) Ursula 1000 – Mondo Beyondo (Thanks to Moheak’s Paul V. for this tip) Justice – Civilization (Lots of requests for this one) Primus – Eternal Consumption Engine (First album in 11 years) St. Vincent – Cruel (New album just out) The Kooks – Pumped Up Kicks (cover) (Nice version of this worldwide hit) All Mankind – Can You Hear Me (Aussies touring UK and Germany) Neon Indian – Polish Girl (New track gaining national traction) The Features – Big Mama Gonna Whip Us Good (3 hours until they play live on Moheak) Jim Jones Revue – High Horse (European dates coming)
The Horrors came to America, fresh off of their triumphant Reading & Leeds festival appearances in England. NMEMagazine ranked their sets as top three among non-headlining bands. Feeding positively off of their most accessible album to date, the band sold out the El Rey and treated us to a tight, powerful set that brought visions of live Interpol and Simple Minds. Their “Still Life” single closed the set and was the highlight. Kudos to their lighting person, who delivered the darker but warmer colors.
Teddybears played at the Echoplex the same night. Their Devil’s Music is one of my fave albums of 2011, and their live shows are a party. As always, they were adorned by their famous Teddybear masks (see above). Must have been real hot for them, especially with suits on. The event was an energetic dance fest as expected. A disappointment was that the songs were remixed versions rather than sounding like the originals.
While in New York, I hit the Mercury Lounge for Hunx & His Punx. This camp band is a hoot, with a fun 60’s vibe and a theatrical stage show. Singer/leader Seth Bogart told us how drunk he was. The dude was playing in New York so why not enjoy himself, right? The band and backing vocals were pretty much all over the place so my guess is that they’d been drinking right along with him. Let’s just say that I saw Hunx and His Drunx. I probably didn’t see them at their best, but they were fun.
Here are links and the playlist from yesterday’s Go Deep show on Moheak Radio. It airs every Friday from 1-3p Pacific, 4-6p EDT, 9-11p GMT. You can download or stream at 128 by the hour. The Moheak Radio Music Meeting, where guests and I “rate and debate” important new releases, will return next Sunday evening (9.25) from 8-10p Pacific.
Kasabian – Velociraptor (Title track from album out next week) The Drums – Book of Revelation (Opening track from brand new release) Cults – Make Time (Touring with Foster the People) Noel Gallagher – AKA…What A Life (Harder than first two songs we’ve heard) Handsome Furs – Repatriated (Good reports on their LA show) TeddyBears – Get Mama A House (Last night’s live show all remix versions) Girls – Honey Bunny (Nailed this song on Fallon) The Horrors – I Can See Through You (Great show last night at the El Rey in LA) Jim Jones Revue – Big Len (Check out their Letterman gig) Ladytron – Mirage (Album came out this week) Butch Walker & the Black Widows – Synthesizers (Lots of October dates in US) The Features – How It Starts (Band will play live here, next Friday 6p Pacific) Kasabian – Let’s Roll Just Like We Used To (Opening track on new album) The Subways – We Don’t Need Money to Have A Good Time (Stream album at nme.com) Elbow – Lippy Kids (New single for their US tour) PJ Harvey – The Words That Maketh Murder (Album is winner of 2011 Mercury Prize) Grafitti6 – Annie You Save Me (More Southern Cali dates coming) Florence & the Machine – Shake It Out (Better than new album’s first single) Justice – Audio, Video, Disco (More techno than the “Civilization” track) The Rapture – Can You Find A Way (Sept/Oct US dates, then Europe) Surfer Blood – Miranda (From upcoming EP) Sleeper Agent – Shuga Cane (Physical album out later this month) Wavves – I Wanna Meet Dave Grohl (From upcoming EP) Kasabian – La Fee Verte (My Rave’s Fave of the Week) Drawn From Bees – Of Walls and Teeth (Talking about February dates in US) Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks – Tigers (Beck produced this album) Lana Del Ray – Video Games (Huge buzz on this sweet-voiced woman)
Here are links and the playlist from yesterday’s Go Deep show on Moheak Radio. It airs every Friday from 1-3p Pacific, 4-6p EDT, 9-11p GMT. Hourly links at 128 are available for downloading or streaming, just below.
Jim Jones Revue – High Horse (Just finished West Coast, now back East) Ursula 1000 – Mondo Beyondo (Rave’s Fave of the Week) TeddyBears f/ Eve – Rocket Scientist (Echoplex in LA next Thursday) The Wombats – Techno Fan (New US single) Ladytron – White Elephant (Album drops next Tuesday) Dear Tick – Miss K. (Album coming October 25) She Wants Revenge – Not Just A Girl (Adam from band says it’s a very personal song for him) The Rapture – Never Die Again (Played Berlin Festival today) Justice – Civilization (Led Zeppelin influence will be more pronounced on this album) Cults – Go Outside (Single starting to take hold for them) The Naked and Famous – Punching in A Dream (Playing Berlin festival tomorrow) Dum Dum Girls – Bedroom Eyes (Album out Sept 26) Wu Lyf – Spitting Blood (World Unite Lucifer Youth Foundation) tUnE-yArDs – Gangsta (Asked for response and got positives) TV on the Radio – Repetition (Hollywood Bowl gig coming up) Erasure – When I Start To (Break It All Down) (Album out in UK this fall) Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – Same Mistake (Late September release) The Californian – The Man With the Goodnight Gun (Local band getting good reaction) The Motels – Who Could Resist That Face (Think this could have been a hit in the 80’s?) Anna Calvi – Surrender (Song goes nicely with The Motels track) Pajama Club – Tell Me What You Want (Neil Finn will tour as Pajama Club) The Horrors – Still Life (El Rey here in LA next Thursday) The Kills – You Don’t Own the Road (Probably my most played 2011 band ) Kasabian – Switchblade Smile (Album a week and a half away) Eleanor Friedberger – My Mistakes (Born in Oak Park, IL, where I went to high school) The Airborne Toxic Event – All I Ever Wanted (Taking off as album’s second single) Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks – Tigers (Tour starts 9.20 in Detroit) Ida Maria – I Eat Boys Like You For Breakfast (Her Moheak visit now on Bruce Rave YouTube channel) The Vaccines – Wolf Pack (Fall dates cancelled due to Justin’s throat problems) The Ettes – My Heart (Known to be a fun live band)
Here are links and the playlist from yesterday’s Go Deep show on Moheak Radio. It airs every Friday from 1-3p Pacific, 4-6p EDT, 9-11p GMT. You can download or stream at 128 by the hour.
The Airborne Toxic Event – Welcome to Your Wedding Day (or “Welcome to Your Labor Day”) Florence & the Machine – Not Fade Away (Longest-lasting track from Buddy Holly album) Motopony – King of Diamonds (Great response on Moheak Music Meeting) The Subways – It’s A Party (Like this better than their single, which is also good ) The Features – Big Mama Gonna Whip Us Good (Fave track from their new one) The Horrors – You Said (West Coast tour starts Wed in Vancouver) Dum Dum Girls – Bedroom Eyes (New track from late Sept. album) The Kooks – Junk Of the Heart (US dates November and December) Calvin Harris – Feel So Close (Best early crowd at Pacific Festival) Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks – Semator (“Blow job” replaced by “corn dog” for radio play) TeddyBears – Get Mama A House (Philly, NY, LA after Virgin Freefest) Handsome Furs – Repatriated (LA gig tonight) The Rapture – Can You Find A Way (Superb album album drops Tuesday) Friendly Fires – Hawaiian Air (Turning out to be albums most popular) Archers of Loaf – Web In Front (Band from Chapel Hill, NC) Deadmau5 – Professional Griefers (4 crowded nights at LA’s Palladium) Beirut – Santa Fe (A leading track from new album ) TV on the Radio – Second Song (Detroit, Brooklyn, Philly in next week) Mariachi El Bronx – 48 Roses (Austin City Limits this month) Wavves – I Wanna Meet Dave Grohl (Agree with leader Nathan on massive Grohl respect) The Kills – Future Starts Slow (West Coast this coming week) The Vaccines – Norgaard (Tour dates cancelled due to throat problems) Butch Walker & the Black Widows – Synthesizers (From new album out last Tuesday) M83 – Midnight City (Double album comes Oct. 18) Grafitti6 – Annie You Save Me (Nice buzz on this UK band) Sleeper Agent – Shuga Cane (Another killin’ track from them) Viva Brother – Darling Buds of May (Song blowing up on US alternative radio) VHS or Beta – Breaking Bones (Brand new from Louisville band’s latest) The Rapture – In the Grace Of Your Love (Title track) The Dear Hunter – Misplaced Devotion (Boston band not to be confused with Atlanta’s Deerhunter) Cults – Bumper (Happy Labor Day to all)
