Category Archives: music

[anticipation] Childish Gambino//Camp

Mr. Donald Glover, aka Childish Gambino, is gearing up for the release of his latest LP, Camp, and just yesterday, he dropped the LP’s leadoff track, Bonfire.  [the track is on iTunes today, buy it here]

If you’ve been following this hear blog since it’s humble beginnings, you already know how big of a Childish Gambino fan I am.  Bonfire is yet another fantastic offering and I can’t wait to hear more.  Rumor has it that Camp will be released November 15th, but this has yet to be confirmed.  In the meantime, head on over to iamdonald.com and listen to Bonfire and be sure to check out the upcoming tour dates below.

5-Oct – Memphis, TN – New Daisy Theatre – HERE

6-Oct – Nashville, TN – Cannery Ballroom – HERE

7-Oct – Athens, GA – Georgia Theatre – HERE

8-Oct – Orlando, FL – The Plaza ‘LIVE’ – HERE

30-Oct – Asheville, NC – “Moogfest” – HERE

1-Nov – Silver Springs, MD – The Fillmore – HERE

2-Nov – Boston, MA – House of Blues – HERE

3-Nov – New York, NY – Terminal 5 – HERE

4-Nov – Atlantic City, NJ – House of Blues – HERE

5-Nov – Austin, TX – “Fun Fun Fun Festival” – HERE

12-Nov – Los Angeles, CA – Club Nokia – HERE

 

[new music roundup] 9.20.11

some of my favorite new releases this week…

 

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – Hysterical

For fans of: Fanfarlo, Alec Ounsworth, The Spinto Band, Handsome Furs, Architecture In Helsinki
Key tracks: Same Mistake, Maniac, Hysterical, Misspent Youth

 

Lisa Hannigan – Passenger


For fans of: Damien Rice, The Cake Sale, The Swell Season, Gemma Hayes
Key tracks: A Sail, Home, O Sleep, Paper House

 

Nurses – Dracula


For fans of: Le Loup, Foreign Born, Here We Go Magic, The Ruby Suns, Megafaun
Key tracks: Fever Dreams, Extra Fast, Trying To Reach You, New Feelings

 

Weekend – Red EP

For fans of: No Joy, Young Prisms, Minks, Tamaryn, The Soft Moon
Key tracks: Hazel, The One You Want, Sweet Sixteen

 

Joseph Gordon-Levitt – hitRECord RECollection Vol. 1

This is a very unique and interesting release…and too difficult for me to sum it up. Visit hitRECord.org for details and more.

Big Black Delta @ The Satellite

 

If you live in LA and you’re at least 21 years old, go check out Big Black Delta at The Satellite tonight (9/19, along with War Widow, Kristeen Young, & The M.I.D.S).  The show’s free, so no excuses.  Be there.

Set times:
9 p.m. – War Widow
10 p.m. – Kristeen Young
11 p.m. – Big Black Delta
12 a.m. – The M.I.D.S.

If you need a bit more reassurance, the video below gives you an idea of what’s in store.

♫ Big Black Delta – Capsize ♫

(For those of you with legitimate excuses for missing tonight’s show, you have one more chance next Monday.  More about that here.)

[on the rise] The Reminding Ideas

LA locals, The Reminding Ideas, are gearing up for the release of their debut, House of Weather.

The Reminding Ideas started as a solution to a problem. The plaguing idea of writing songs to please others, whether it be labels, bookers, critics, or whoever else, became a barrier of creativity for Soule and Mangum. Pushing those pressures aside, the two started The Reminding Ideas to make music that both satisfied themselves and pushed their own boundaries creatively, musically, and production-wise. They incorporate electronic and classical elements, adding reverb, playing through pedals, mixing programmed and live drums, and orchestrating.

The band’s debut album House of Weather was recorded in Soule’s home studio PeopleMover Sound. Most of the songs were written spur of the moment. They then morphed, changed, shrank, layered.


“We built them up, destroyed them, then built them again. We were learning as we went and flying by the seat of our pants. It was very liberating to have our imagination be our limit. Why not write longer songs? Why not have no chorus? Why not have one line of verse? This is how we worked,” explains Soule.

House of Weather means different things to creators Soule and Magnum. They intended it to mean something personal and different to each listener.

Soule describes, “Ultimately it’s about the Universe, and emotions in the universe. What those emotions are is up to you. It’s up to what you hear and how you interpret that. There are parts of the album where it may seem that we think that nothing is going to go well. Rest assured, everything is going to be all right.” [source: planetary group]

I was lucky enough to get an early listen to House of Weather and I was pleasantly surprised.  They have quite a unique sound, which makes if a bit difficult to pin down.  One way I can describe it is if Thom Yorke sang lead vocals for The National, along with some of the minimalist elements found in Sigur Rós songs, thrown in for good measure.

House of Weather is due out Oct. 18th, via Orangehand.

♫ The Reminding Ideas – Vegetables ♫

[on the road] Feist

Canadian songstress, Feist, is hitting the road this Fall and Winter in support of her latest release.  She’ll be kickin’ the tour off with the some shows in Canada and Europe, eventually making her way to the US, including a stop at the Wiltern on November 12th.

Feist’s latest, Metals, is set to be released Oct. 4th, via Polydor Records (pre-order).

♫ Feist – Mushaboom (Postal Service Mix) ♫

OCTOBER
08 – Toronto, Ontario – Glenn Gould Studio
15 – Amsterdam, Holland – Carre Theatre
17 – London, England – Palladium
19 – Brussels, Belgium – Cirque Royale
20 – Paris, France – Olympia
22 –  Berlin, Germany – Tempodrom
29 –  Philadelphia, PA -World Café 20th Anniversary

NOVEMBER
02 – Brooklyn, NY – Howard Gilman Opera House
04 – Chicago, IL – Riviera Theatre
06 – Atlanta, GA – Tabernacle
08 – Dallas, TX – Majestic Theatre
12 – Los Angeles, CA – Wiltern Theatre
14 – San Francisco, CA – Warfield Theatre
16 – Portland, OR – Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
17 – Seattle, WA – Moore Theatre
18 – Vancouver, British Columbia – Performing Arts Centre
20 – Edmonton, Alberta – Northern Alberta Jubilee
21 – Calgary, Alberta – Jack Singer Concert Hall

DECEMBER
01 – Toronto, Ontario – Massey Hall
03 – Montreal, Quebec – Metropolis
05 – Ottawa, Ontario – National Arts Centre
06 –  Quebec City, Quebec – Grand Theatre du Quebec