ALESSANDRO ZUEL SIMONETTI PHOTOGRAPHY
New York City based photographer Alessandro Zuek Simonetti was born in Italy and grew up parallel to the urban street cultures of the early 90’s. Developing his own distinct photographic language reflects his deep interest in young niche cultures. Quite often each project stretches beyond the photographic medium which serves as a sign of his maturing expression as an artist. After his graduation from the Accademy of Fine Arts of Venice in 2001 he became a professor of Photography at The Institute of Arts in Padova, Italy. His works have been published in important national and international magazines such as Rolling Stone, GQ, Warp Magazine Japan, Tema Celeste, Vice and Theme. He has also collaborated with brands such as Carhartt, Zoo York, 55dsl, Lee, Bijules, Still Life NYC, Redbull, Evisu, Sartoria comunication and Slam Jam. (http://www.zuekphotography.com/?q=bio)
RALPH LAUREN ART STARS SHOWCASE: FEATURING PAM GLEW
Polo Jeans Co. is presenting a showcase of work from 50 of Europe’s most recognized up and coming contemporary artists called ART STARS. Inspired by the iconic American Star Spangled Banner and synonymous with the Polo Jeans Co. brand, the artists will create 3D pieces on stars made from the finest American denim. These will be displayed in select Polo Jeans Co. stores in key cities across Europe, before coming together in a public exhibition in London in late 2010. We were really excited to learn that Discosalt artist Pam Glew was selected as one of the featured artists! We love Pam’s work which you can check out more of right HERE or browse the last of her spray paint on horror fiction prints available in the Discosalt MERCH section. These move fast, so grab it!
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Watch the Pam Glew spotlight below:
REAL ESTATE, FAMILY PORTRAIT: LIVE AT MONSTER ISLAND BASEMENT
Last time I saw real Estate they were opening for Woods at Market Hotel. I liked them well enough then to catch them at another Todd P show this weekend, featuring a total of 4 bands, although we only saw 3 of them.
Liam the Younger was on stage when we got there, and they were going at it. They weren’t bad, but they did need some help in the vocals department. Both of the singers were a little bit weak. Neither projected enough and there wasn’t any balance, you could barely hear the poor kids. I am going to chalk it up to a little bit of inexperience and a little bit of nerves.
Family Portrait was up next, and in my opinion, they stole the show. Their music has a lot of variety and a lot of energy. Styles swing from 60’s surfer songs to Nirvana inspired rock songs. Despite the range of influences, it was still a consistent sound, and enjoyable the whole way through. I look forward to hearing more from these boys (guys? we were guessing at their ages, and the results were inconclusive). Whatever they are doing, I hope playing Todd P basement shows is the springboard for a real record. Stay tuned, I’ll be following up on them.
Real Estate headlined the show. Here’s the thing about them: they are extremely consistent in their sound. They all sort of blend together a little bit. They put on a good show technically, despite a crowd of adoring fans, people weren’t getting into it. On another note, they had some er…supporters there who were sort of shouting in between songs and it was rather unprofessional. I don’t want to be that uptight person at a show…but I feel like these guys are probably going to do very well for themselves in the next couple of years and the time to establish themselves as professionals is now. As far as their musical performance was concerned they played like top notch gentleman, I think they just need to get their friends under control a little bit.
A few words about Monster Island Basement: I miss Market Hotel. It had such character (i think that character was old nicotine) and it was a good shape so that you were never in a bad sopt. MIB has lots of suppor beams, and a weird corner stage that makes it easy to be in a blind zone or stuck right next to a speaker. I’ll take it over nothing for sure, but I amholding out hope that Todd P can get proper licensing in place for MH so that it will come back to life. Without the nicotine.
<3 The Elephant
THE NATIONAL: HIGH VIOLET
You can now Stream the The National’s highly-anticipated new album High Violet in its entirety on the New York Times website. The stream, courtesy of the Brooklyn indie rockers, will only be available until April 27th, but the album officially drops May 11th. You can also check out Discosalt’s most recent review of the band in New York right HERE.
THE MORNING BENDERS, HOLIDAY SHORES: LIVE AT MUSIC HALL OF WILLIAMSBURG
Saturday (4/24) night’s line-up at Music Hall of Williamsburg was a sunny pop-rock theme adventure. Featured headliners The Morning Benders are from lovely San Francisco and their music certainly reflects it. As much of today’s west coast rock, they are breezy and infectious–ladies seem to be most susceptible to the beguiling charms of lead singer Chris Chu’s charms. Big Echo has received tons of critical acclaim (a great 8.2 from LTH) throughout the blogosphere since day 1, so it was no surprise that they were able to completely sell out 2 shows here in New York. Their particular brand of 50’s surf inspired indie pop is nice because it blends contemporary indie rock with obvious throwbacks and lots of charisma.
<3 The Elephant
(Photos courtesy: Jeremy Bold)
MINUS THE BEAR: OMNI
Seattle rockers, Minus The Bear, are now streaming their forthcoming record, OMNI, in its entirety on KCRW.COM. Click HERE to listen! The guys are also kicking off their latest US tour tonight in their homestate of Washington!
OMNI drops May 4th courtesy of Dangerbird Records. Pre-order the record and play OMNI Says The Game HERE
Tour Dates:
April
19 Spokane, WA – Knitting Factory
20 Billings, MT – The Rainyard
22 Omaha, NE – Slowdown
23 Bonner Springs, KS – Sandstone Amphitheatre
25 Detroit, MI – St. Andrew’s Hall
26 Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall
28 Covington, KY – Madison Theater
29 Buffalo, NY – Town Ballroom
30 Hartford, CT – Webster Theater
May
2 East Rutherford, NJ – Bamboozle Festival
5 Boston, MA – Wilbur Theater
6 Philadelphia, PA – Trocadero
7 Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
8 Richmond, VA – The National
9 Charlotte, NC – The Fillmore
10 Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse
11 Ft. Lauderdale, FL – Revolution
12 Tampa, FL – The Ritz
14 Houston, TX – House of Blues
15 Dallas, TX – Granada
16 Austin, TX – La Zona Rosa
18 Albuquerque, MN – Sunshine Theatre
19 Las Vegas, NV – House of Blues
20 Los Angeles, CA – Mayan Theatre
21 Pomona, CA – Glass House
22 San Diego, CA – SOMA
23 Tempe, AZ – Marquee Theater
26 San Francisco, CA – Regency Ballroom
27 Reno, NV – Knitting Factory
28 Portland, OR – Roseland Theatre
29 George, WA – Sasquatch Music Festival
GIRL IN A COMA: AS THE WORLD FALLS DOWN (DAVID BOWIE COVER)
Today, Girl In A Coma released Volume II of their Adventures In Coverland series, which includes covers of Joy Division’s “Transmission” and David Bowie’s “As The World Falls Down.” Adventures In Coverland is a 3 part series of vinyl and digital releases that pays homage to the band’s musical heroes. When the cover art from each release is pieced together, it forms a board game. Below is the track listing and details on how to play the game. The third and last single drops Tuesday April 27th!
PURCHASE VOL I//VOL II//VINYL
At a recent show in San Antonio, the girls played some of the new songs including David Bowie’s “As The World Falls Down”– out today on Adventures In Coverland Volume II. Check out a video of the performance below…
TOUR DATES
(bolded are new)
April 20, 2010 – The Biltmore Cabaret – Vancouver, BC *
April 21, 2010 – The Crocodile Cafe – Seattle, WA *
April 22, 2010 – Doug Fir – Portland, OR *
April 25, 2010 – Vic Theatre – Chicago, IL #
April 26, 2010 – St.Andrews Hall – Detroit, MI #
April 30, 2010 – Club Soda – Montreal, QC#
May 1, 2010 – House Of Blues – Boston, MA #
May 2, 2010 – Theatre of the Living Arts – Philadelphia, PA #
May 4, 2010 – 9:30 Club – Washington, DC #
May 6, 2010 – Terminal 5 – New York, NY #
May 7, 2010 – The National – Richmond, VA
May 15, 2010 – Fitzgerald’s – Houston, TX
May 22, 2010 – Pachanga Fest – Austin, TX
May 28, 2010 – Josabi’s – San Antonio, TX
* w/ The Wedding Present
# w/ Sia
BLUR: FOOLS DAY
*MP3: Blur – “Fool’s Day”
It’s been seven years since Blur released a single, but they finally broke the dry spell with “Fools Day”. Released last Saturday on only 1,000 copies of 7″ vinyl in the UK exclusively for Record Store Day. Damon Albarn told The Sun, ”We want independent record stores to continue — they’re an important part of our musical culture.” Since none of this wax made it across the great pond, the band has posted the track for free on their website. Have a listen above and download your copy here.
FILM REVIEW: EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP
By the end of the film you’ll be scratching your head trying to separate “Art” from well… everything else. Exit Through The Gift Shop is an insightful commentary on street art, and how easily it can go from countercultural movement to a social status symbol sold to the highest bidder.
The film centers on LA vintage boutique owner and confused francophone Thierry Guetta, an overweight man in his mid 40’s, with a face full of hair and a shaky command of the English language (often to comic effect). Guetta is obsessed with recording his every waking moment, which he accomplishes with the aid of a handheld camera. Guetta’s obsession with filming combined with an enthusiastic but ultimately delusional sense of the world takes him on a journey from amateur cameraman, to bogus graffiti documentarian, to self-proclaimed street artist and overnight sensation.
As the first to turn a camera on the world of illicit street art, Guetta was in a unique position to document a majority of the world’s greatest street artists. Influenced by his relationships with Banksy, Shepard Fairey and others, Guetta eventually finds himself motivated to create his own art. Putting the camera down at the suggestion of his role model/friend, Banksy, Guetta takes to the LA streets, reflecting back the style of the artists he so assiduously documented. Like a happy little puppy having just been tossed a new bone, Guetta begins plastering Los Angeles with building-sized stencil portraits of his newfound persona “Mr. Brainwash”.
Inspired to create an event around his art, Guetta’s prolific plastering was ultimately outshone by his self-sponsored solo exhibit of over 200 pieces. The pieces are, in some cases, massively derivative and, some might say, knockoffs and caricatures of his friends’ and mentors’ work. Instead of developing his body of work over time, Mr. Brainwash mass produces his pieces on a factory-style assembly line, staffed by several unfortunate “assistants”. When Mr. Brainwash’s solo show grosses over a million dollars in sales, it leaves the art world in a wake of questions and confusion. Was what just happened art, commerce, self-promotion? Or something far more insidious? And what implications does Mr. Brainwash’s success have for the art world?
Exit Through The Gift Shop is amazing, humorous and insightful; much credit is due to the director, artist and long time social prankster, Banksy. In the end, Guetta may have us all brainwashed.
-David Jackowski
BON IVER: COME TALK TO ME (PETER GABRIEL COVER)
*MP3: Bon Iver – “Come Talk To Me” (Peter Gabriel Cover)
Bon Iver and Peter Gabriel released a crossed-cover split 7” Vinyl disc for Record Store Day over the weekend, in which they recorded renditions of one song from the other’s catalog. Both pretty cool interpretations of each others songs. The 7” is now available via Jagjaguwar and you can listen to the track above. The Gabe has also put out an open-ended invitation/challenge to the artists whose work he covered on his recent Scratch My Back album, which include songs from Radiohead, Neil Young, David Bowie, Bon Iver, Arcade Fire, Randy Newman, Elbow, Magnetic Fields, The kinks, Lou Reed, Talking Heads and Paul Simon. The goal is to release an eclectic album of Peter Gabriel covers called I’ll Scratch Yours. Whether or not anyone has an itch to scratch anything remains to be seen.
I NEED THAT RECORD: THE DEATH (OR POSSIBLE SURVIVAL) OF THE INDEPENDENT RECORD STORE
Guerilla filmaker Brendan Toller, along side Fugazi/Minor Threat’s Ian MacKaye, Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore, activist Noam Chomsk, Patti Smith’s guitarist Lenny Kaye, Chris Frantz of the Talking Heads, Pat Carney of the Black Keys, Rock Photographer Bob Gruen, BP Helium guitarist from Of Montreal and some other assorted artists and musicians have made a documentary that examines the vanishing subculture of the indie record store and why over 3000 stores have closed in the US over the past decade. I need that Record: The Death (or possible survival) of the Independent Record Store, first hit indie record store shelves on Saturday, but will be offered exclusively via indie record stores for the next 90 days, so go pick up a copy. You can check out a preview below:
WHAT DID YOU PICK UP ON RECORD STORE DAY?
Record Store Day might be more fun than Christmas. Whether you managed to get your paws on some limited-edition vinyl or had a chance to check out an in-store performance or DJ set this Saturday, hopefully, you got off the couch to show/get some love from your local record shop. Now in its third year, with support from Dylan, Elvis Costello, Neil Young, Leonard Cohen, The Smiths and tons of other great bands and musicians, Record Store Day is becoming a serious holiday for music nerds, vinyl junkies and anyone interested in their record shop community. While itunes and internet shopping may have eclipsed the record shop, there is something way more exciting about hitting up these cultural hubs, bonding with fellow music lovers and strolling the aisles looking for hidden treasure.
In honor of the holiday, record stores all over the country commemorate the day by selling limited-edition vinyl LPs, Eps and singles produced specifically for the day, along with dinosaur disc CD’s and other merchandise by participating artists. There are also live in-store performances to make record browsing even more memorable. Other Music in the East Village, New York hosted one of the best Record Store Day parties in the country with a stellar lineup of awesome live music from The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, The Drums and a DJ set from Scott from The National.
On Saturday morning, I set out in search of some limited edition wax in the West village, hitting up New Yorks old school indie record shop staple and one of my favorites, Rebel Rebel, Bleeker Street Records, moving east towards Kims and Other Music. Some of the exclusives I was trying to snag like: Beck/Sonic Youth split 7″, and the Rolling Stones 7″ “Plundered My Soul ” single featuring unreleased track from Exile on Main St sessions, seemed to have disappeared everywhere, but there were more than 170 special releases to choose from so I still managed to pick up some treats. So, what did Discosalt snag:
Beach House: Zebra, with 2 new tracks and 2 alternate from album “Teen Dream” (12″ vinyl)
Black Keys: Tighten Up/Howlin’ For You, 12″ vinyl contains two new songs (12″ vinyl)
Julian Casablancas: 11th Dimension (WXRP live recording) b/w “Long Island Blues” (previously unreleased) Strokes founder’s exclusive RSD 7″ ( 7″ vinyl)
MGMT: “Siberian Breaks”, single-sided disc with 12 minute track and etched side (12″ vinyl)
Modest Mouse: The Moon and Antarctica, Tenth Anniversary Vinyl Edition reissue, Double LP 180 Gram vinyl (12″ Vinyl)Monsters of Folk: Monsters of Folk, double LP set on clear blue vinyl (12″ Vinyl)
The National: Sad Songs for Dirty lovers, (12″ Vinyl)
Phoenix: Fences, Pink vinyl 12″ single with album track plus remix; first vinyl issue (12″ PINK vinyl)
Sonic Youth: Hits Are For Squares, 15 tracks selected by other artists with exclusive new SY track “Slow Revolution”; individually numbered, Double LP (12″ Vinyl)
Sound Garden: Hunted Down”/”Nothing To Say”, reiusse of translucent vinyl (7″ vinyl)
Surfer Blood/Holiday Shores: “Take It Easy (live”)/”Your Motion Says”, Surfer Blood track features Marnie Stern, Holiday Shores track is an Arthur Russell cover (split 7″ vinyl)
Them Crooked Vultures: “Mind Eraser, No Chaser”/”Hwy 1” (Live from Sydney–exclusive track) B side “Vulture Speak” interview with the band, 10″ Picture Disc includes unreleased track “Highway One” each one is numbered (10″ vinyl)
Washed out: Life of Leisure, (12″ Vinyl)
What did you pick up? We want to build a music lovers community here, so let us know about your Record Store Day experience or post up any pictures from the day below.
Thanks again to Other Music and all the participating record shops in the village for making this such a great day. Can’t wait until next year.
BROKEN BELLS: THE HIGH ROAD (LIVE)
The band is on tour this spring:
Morning Benders to support
Tue-May-18-10 San Diego – Humphrey’s Concerts by the Bay
Wed-May-19-10 Los Angeles – Henry Fonda Theatre
Fri-May-21-10 San Francisco – Regency Ballroom
Mon-May-24-10 Portland – Wonder Ballroom
Tue-May-25-10 Seattle – Showbox at the Market
Wed-May-26-10 Vancouver – Commodore Ballroom
Sat-May-29-10 Denver – Gothic Theatre
Mon-May-31-10 Chicago – Vic Theater
Tue-Jun-01-10 Detroit – St. Andrews Hall
Wed-Jun-02-10 Toronto – Queen Elizabeth Theatre
Fri-Jun-04-10 Boston – Royale NightClub
Sat-Jun-05-10 NY – The Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza
Sun-Jun-06-10 Philadelphia – Electric Factory
Mon-Jun-07-10 Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
Thu-Jun-10-10 Atlanta – Center Stage
Fri-Jun-11-10 Athens – 40 Watt Club
BRAD ELTERMAN: LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY
So many photo portfolios to get excited about this week. The latest is Brad Elterman’s photo career which started way back in 1974, when the 16 year old Brad borrowed a friends camera and snapped a shot of Dylan performing on stage. Since then, he’s been riding the gravy train on cheese wheels; one sex, drugs, and rock and roll infused photo feast, where Brad has had the amazing opportunity to photograph just about every rock/ punk/ pop legend to grace the stage and my highschool bedroom walls. From The Faces with our man Rod, David Bowie, Bob Dylan, The Sex Pistols, Devo, Talking Heads, The Runaways, Joan Jett, Kiss, Blondie, the Ramones, The Who, even Sean’s favorite band Abba…the list goes on and on. This guy has serious cred. Dipping his beak into just about every rowdy Hollywood party, Brad has made stellar contributions to magazines like Rolling Stone, Creem, Circus, etc. He was eventually hired to do official publicity photos by major record labels before forming one of the first Los Angeles-based photo agencies, California Features International, Inc. which specialized in providing celebrity coverage to magazines and newspapers worldwide.
Brad’s photos provide a rare, often raunchy glimse into rock and roll history where it seems Brad is always at the right place at the right time, camera ready. There is even a photo of Dylan posing with a young Deniro at The Roxy in 1976! and Brad, by some alignment of the planets, was some kid with a camera. There might be a better chance of quadruplet albinos being born under a solar eclipse, than a cosmic opportunity like that happening again in a young photographers career.
You can go back to where it all began… Like it was yesterday, and browse through the past few decades in music on Brads website or check out some of our favorites below:
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LIARS: LIVE AT BOWERY BALLROOM
Upon initial listen, Liars sound rather hardcore and angry, and you know me, I shy away from hardcore. Lately though I’ve been signing a different tune, I have started to get into lo-fi, which has led me closer to noise rock and hardcore.
So with a little nudging from the deeply trusted Nana, and some other music friends, I decided to go see them at Bowery Ballroom on 4/15/10. If I don’t like them at Bowery, then they just aren’t for me. I really gave their 2007 ST album a few good listens before the show. At Jeremy’s recommendation I started with the last track, Protection. It’s the softest and most melodic track, and really demonstrates the depth of what Liars are doing. Before the show I was still not 100% on board, but hey, I love shows, so nothing to lose.
We got there just in time for Liars. To me they seem to be a great paradox: the sound doesn’t match the act of the band. This can be either a good thing or a bad thing, in this case it’s a wonderful thing. They clearly work really hard to build the sound they create, and do it with fervor and enthusiasm. Front man and lead singer Angus Andrew has incredibly long forearms, and when he dances he looks a bit like a transvestite orangoutang, very feminine and little awkward. I loved his dancing, it really defined the paradox: post punk meets Brittany Spears? Also, Andrew is totally raging on stage, and sweats like crazy. He would be still for a moment and then start head banging, and it was like a backlit shower. In the meantime, while Andrew is on stage rocking out, the crowd was essentially moshing in the front. Their music does have some violent undertones (“Blood, Blood, Blood” from the track “Broken Witch”) but also some sweet moments. Part of me wonders if it is intended as sarcasm and humor, validating the fact that upon first listen they are merely a hardcore band, but in reality they have a serious musical background and strong theme.
They were having fun onstage, and being badass rocker pirates has nothing to do with the image, and everything to do with the music. They were incredible onstage, created such energy that I am considering seeing them again at Music Hall of Williamsburg on Sunday. They make me want to run out and see Fuck Buttons and No Age and every other angry band that I previously thought I didn’t want to see.
Have a nice weekend Lovies!
(all photos courtesy of Ryan Muir)
<3 The Elephant
SHORT FILM: MINI BIKE WINTER 2010
Mini Bike Winter is a annual 2 day bicycling event full of F.U.N., activities, partying, and some of the most ridiculous displays of hipster biking you will ever see, brought to you by Zoobomb in Portland, OR. The event is the staple of crazy bicycling entertainment which keeps everyone warm with laughter and…well, beer… a lot of it. It’s also an open invite event and free to all with events like the Ben Hur chariot war, bike bowling and the mysterious “cupcake challenge”. Grade A bike culture, with less emphasis on “culture” and well, again, more on beer… a lot of it. Because nothing says I love biking, like whiffle bat beating your friend into a bloody pulp while strapped to a mini bike chariot dressed as a post apocalyptic bike enthusiast. Curious to see what this is all about?, photographer Richie Tomaseen has shot and cut (using mostly a Canon 7d) some of the events highlights in a mini film about Mini Bike Winter. You will be laughing by the cupcake challenge, I promise. All photos courtesty of BikePortland.org’s photostream. You can check out the film and Soundtrack below:
“Shock” – Nero Remix
“Gecko” – Datsik
“Swagga” – Datsik & Excision
“Peacebone” – Animal Collective
“Fuse” – Hudson Mohawke
LCD SOUNDSYSTEM: LIVE AT WEBSTER HALL
LCD Soundsystem returned to the stage this week with warm-up performances at Music Hall of Williamsburg last Thursday and another performance at Webster Hall on Monday, April 12th. We last caught LCD Soundsystem in 2007 in support of their sophomore album Sound of Silver which was the last proper tour they’ve played. The time away from the stage resulted in a focused effort on the upcoming though already leaked “This is Happening.” While the album had been leaking out track by track, first with Drunk Girls, then Pow Pow the full album hit the Internet last night and you couldn’t help but get the impression that James was keenly aware of this as he literally got down on his knees and begged the crowd not to fileshare the album. Knowing that filesharing has become a fact of the business he went so far as to say, if you’re going to steal it and share it, fine…just please wait until we release it so we can do it the way we want to. A great point considering James has indicated that This is Happening is to be the final release of the band under this moniker.
Following the hilariously enjoyable set by Fall on your Sword, LCD took the the stage and Murphy’s ill-preparation was hardly recognizable. Looking a bit as though he had only just arisen from a week on the couch and as he admitted, a bit too much on the booze, Murphy started into “Pow Pow,” what will hopefully prove to be the first single from the upcoming album. The energy you come to expect with an LCD Soundsystem show was delivered with the first note. Perhaps he’d forgotten just how incredible LCD Soundsystem comes off live because he continued to thank the crowd over and over for our energy and the way we were dancing. By the time Us vs. Them hit bodies were slamming everywhere and that this was among their warm-up shows had long been forgotten. Unfortunately, such absence was never more obvious than when Murphy started into one of the old classics and one of my personal favorites, “Losing My Edge” when Murphy stumbled drunk through the lines and while the song has always been something of a mockery, Murphy seemed to be mocking his fans in the way he performed this one. While a lyric guy and one who loves Murphy’s off kilter vocals, the best moment for me came when Murphy’s mic broke midway through “Yeah” and he along with the rest of the band launched into the loudest, most violent rendition of the song that I’ve ever heard.
Closing the set with the song that he almost has no option but to close with when performing in New York was of course “New York I Love You” and it seemed to show that Murphy is either completely ready and didn’t need the warm-ups or he’s got a way to go before being completely ready because he was acting goofy and asking himself rhetorical questions throughout the set.
All in all, the music speaks for itself and anytime you have LCD Soundsystem playing LCD Soundsystem’s music, it’s going to be a great time, and while I loved that Murphy was playful with the crowd, I would rather hear him take his own music a little more seriously. I look forward to hearing the rest of This is Happening and having those songs soaked up on the dance floor the way Someone Great and others have over the last few years because once Murphy starts playing all of these songs like he did in those moments of “Us vs Them” and “Yeah” last night, he’s going to murdering kids on the dance floor.
See more photos below:
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Setlist:
Pow Pow
Yr City’s a Sucker
Us V. Them
Drunk Girls
Losing My Edge
All My Friends
I Can Change
Tribulations
Movement
Yeah
Encore:
Someone Great
Daft Punk Is Playing At My House
New York I Love You
LCD Soundsystem @ Webster Hall (4/12/10) from Jaime’s Weekly Concert Alert on Vimeo.
LCD Soundsystem @ Webster Hall (4/12/10) from Jaime’s Weekly Concert Alert on Vimeo.
EVERYTHING CAN BE BROKEN DOWN INTO SIMPLE GEOMETRIC SHAPES
After attending Art Center College of Design in LA, photographer Nicholas Alan Cope has worked for a number of commercial and editorial clients as well as some personal projects. His most recent work focuses on abstraction and viewer perception. “The Cope’s” images, emphasized by stellar composition and all shot in black and white, play upon the idea that everything in the world can be broken down into simple geometric shapes. Great images here. Some more goodies for you all below:
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PASSION PIT: MANNERS (DELUXE VERSION)
If you saw Passion Pit on tour this year, you may have caught them doing a really sweet cover of The Cranberries “Dreams”. If you missed it, just go to NPR to hear “Dreams” which is also featured on the Deluxe Version of Passion Pit’s Manners , out Today! This deluxe edition features new artwork and exclusive bonus tracks. The band has also added an extra date in New York at Prospect park this June.
Check out Discosalt’s review of Passion Pit live at New York’s Terminal 5 and some really great photo coverage HERE
Packing further landmarks into a year that has already included three sold out nights at New York’s Terminal 5 and a triumphant UK tour, Passion Pit has confirmed an April 13 release date for the deluxe reissue of its highly acclaimed debut album, Manners (frenchkiss/Columbia). The expanded edition of the record that landed the band on the Best of 2009 lists of NPR, Pitchfork, Time Out New York, The New York Post, Stereogum and more, will feature brand new artwork and three bonus tracks: vivid, bare bones “Stripped Down” versions of the original album’s “Sleepyhead” and “Moth’s Wings,” and the cover of the Cranberries’ “Dreams” that’s become a highlight of recent Passion Pit live shows. The unstoppable force that is the Passion Pit live experience returns to North America at the end of March, for a spring/summer tour that has already sold out shows in New York, Chicago, Cleveland, Columbus, Vancouver and more, necessitating additional shows and moves to larger venues in multiple markets. Following on the instantaneous sell-out of all 6200 tickets for its June 29 show at Brooklyn’s Prospect Park, Passion Pit has just announced the addition of a second New York show to the current tour. The additional show will take place June 30 at Governor’s Island and will feature special guests Tokyo Police Club. For further information on tickets and directions to the inaugural music event for this 7000-capacity site, please go HERE
PASSION PIT ON TOUR 2010
4/14 Davis, CA Freeborn Hall
4/15 San Francisco, CA The Warfield Theatre
4/16 Indio, CA Coachella
4/22 Chicago, IL Congress
4/30 Knoxville, TN U of Tennessee
5/31 George, WA Sasquatch
6/18 Austin, TX Stubb’s
6/19 Austin, TX Stubb’s
6/29 Brooklyn, NY Prospect Park – SOLD OUT
6/30 New York, NY Governor’s Island
8/21 Chelmsford, UK V Festival
8/22 Stafford, UK V Festival
