Category Archives: music

[watch] Sleeping in the Aviary//Infatuation

This video for Sleeping in the Aviary’s “Infatuation” gives you a sense of what the band is about. Bubbles, sombreros, sunglasses made out of American flag guitars, and a whole lotta sunshine captures the essence of “Infatuation” as well as the band’s upcoming full-length album You and Me, Ghost. Front man Elliot Kozel offers a few analogies to understand the record…

“Dion and the Belmonts with hangover trying to figure out how to use a Big Muff pedal”

“Bobby Vinton half drunk and yelling at you from the window of a passing car”

“The first time Ricky Nelson bled on his guitar”

“Del Shannon drunkenly climbing into a tree at 3 a.m. to drink cheap champagne with a beautiful girl”

“The Everly Brothers beating up some kid in the bathroom of a high-school gymnasium and then feeling bad about it later”

You and Me, Ghost is out September 6th on Science of Sound Records. As with each album Sleeping in the Aviary makes, the new album is a total departure from their previous three. What to expect from the band’s fourth full-length? “It’s got a fuzzed-out doo-wop feeling, and all the songs are about girls!”
[source: planetary group]

♫ Sleeping in the Aviary – Talking Out of Turn ♫

Vacation Hiatus

I’m hitting the open road for the next couple of weeks and i’ll do my best to keep you all musically informed, but my posts will be sparse at best.

In the meantime, here’s a little ditty that’s been on constant repeat for the last week or so.  The track is the oh so good Miike Snow remix of Amadou and Mariam’s Sabali (big thanks to 85decicibels and the layover mixtape for bringing this track to my attention).

♫ Amadou and Mariam – Sabali (Miike Snow Remix) ♫

Y Luv Play Silverlake Lounge Tonight

Los Angeles indie rockers Y Luv are bringing their infectious tunes to the Silverlake Lounge tonight (7/21).

The quartet will be joining Oakland psych-pop band Metal Mother and Riverside’s synth rock group The New Division.  The show is only $8, so you really have no excuses not to be there.

Y Luv goes on at 11pm.  Be there.

♫ Y Luv – All Night ♫


[on the road] Girls

San Francisco indie rock outfit, Girls, are hitting the road this fall in support of their newest album—Father, Sun, Holy Ghost.

SEPTEMBER
03 –  FYF Fest, L.A.
14 – Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse
15 – Asheville, NC – The Orange Peel
16 – Nashville, TN – Mercy Lounge
17 – Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle
19 – Washington, D.C. – 9:30 Club
20 – Philadelphia, PA – Theatre of Living Arts
22 – New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
23 – New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
24 – Boston, MA – Paramount Center
25 – Montreal, QC Canada – Corona Theatre
27 – Toronto, ON Canada – The Mod Club
29 – Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall
30 – Madison, Wi – Majestic Theatre

OCTOBER
1 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
4 – Vancouver, BC Canada – Biltmore Cabaret
5 – Seattle, WA – Neptune
6 – Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom
8 – San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall
9 – San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall

NOVEMBER 2011 tickets for all these shows available from HERE
08th – The Globe, Cardiff, UK
09th – Electric Ballroom, London, UK
10th – Venue TBC, Manchester, UK
11th – Glasgow, Stereo, UK
12th – Rescue Rooms, Nottingham, UK
14th – Molotow, Hamburg, Germany
15th – Trix, Antwerp, Belgium
16th – OT301, Amsterdam, Netherlands
17th – Werkstatt, Cologne, Germany
18th – Laiterie Club, Strasbourg, France
19th – Maroquinerie, Paris, France
21st – Wuk, Vienna, Austria
22nd – Mascotte, Zurich, Switzerland
23rd – Plastic, Milan, Italy
24th – Midi Festival, Hyeres, France
25th – 27th – Primavera Club ’11, Spain
29th – Lux Club, Lisbon, Portugal
30th – Casa Da Musica, Porto, Portugal

Father, Sun, Holy Ghost is due out September 13th (pre-order here), but in the meantime you can get a taste of what’s to come with the brand new track, Vomit, HERE.

[hot off the press] The Rapture

The Rapture (the NY dance-punkers, not the Harold Camping mumbo jumbo) just dropped the first track off their upcoming LP, In The Grace Of Your Love.

The new track, How Deep Is Your Love? has quickly proven itself to be quite the feel-good jam of the Summer, and lucky for us, the band is making it available to their fans via free download today and for purchase digitally on July 26th.

In The Grace Of Your Love is set for release September 6th (here in the States), but in the meantime, be sure to download the free track while you still can.  And if that’s not enough Rapture for you, there is also a remix by Emperor Machine, which was released this week as part of the Adult Swim Singles Club.
[source: girlie action]