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Big Black Delta @ The Satellite

September 19, 2011 Concrete Opinions Leave a comment

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.)

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[on the rise] The Reminding Ideas

September 19, 2011 Concrete Opinions Leave a comment

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 ♫

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[on the road] Feist

September 18, 2011 Concrete Opinions Leave a comment

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

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[watch] Y Luv//All Night

September 15, 2011 Concrete Opinions Leave a comment

You’ve heard of “going down the rabbit hole” à la Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland, but have you heard of “going down the panda hole”? The video for All Night is an evolution of the inspiration for the song and takes the this idea and runs with it.

“The song’s about trying to find something, but you’re not quite sure what,” says Y Luv’s frontman Freddy Janny. “Once we had the panda idea, it was perfect. We’ve gone down the panda hole.”

The video was filmed at Venice Beach, California, a spot known as much for its cinematic beaches as for its strange mix of characters. “What better location to bend reality in?” poses Janny. The scenes of the band playing were filmed on a rooftop near the band’s almuni campus, University of Southern California. The band wrote the video along with director Jane O’Neill and and Sanjiv Solanki contributed the cinematography. [source: planetary group]