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Upcoming Get Ready to Stunt Rock

Posted by Dave Segal on Wed, May 23, 2012 at 4:44 PM

John Felthous and Andy Reichel* (aka Gel-Sol) will be launching a new DJ night at the Living Room June 20 called Stunt Rock. What the blazing hell is Stunt Rock? From what I can gather, it's rock that makes you want to perform dangerous stunts, lose your inhibitions, wear bellbottoms, get shit-faced and/or stoned, and grow mutton chops. Mr. Felthous can elaborate further.

Every third Wednesday at The Living Room in Seattle, curators Gel-Sol and John F. spin the sounds of 70 rock. Favorites you're not sick of yet, and stuff you've never heard that will blow. your. mind, including: AC/DC, Angel, Aerosmith, Allman Brothers, April Wine, Alice Cooper, Atomic Rooster, Bad Company, Badfinger, Blackhorse, Budgie, Buzzcocks, Black Sabbath, Bachman Turner Overdrive, Boston, Blue Cheer, Blue Oyster Cult, David Bowie, Captain Beefheart, Cargo, The Cars, Cheap Trick, Crazy Horse, Deep Purple, The Doors, ELO, ELP, Estus, Foghat, Foreigner, Funkadelic, Rory Gallagher, Genesis, Grateful Dead, The Guess Who, Golden Earring, Hawkwind, Head East, Heart, Jimi Hendrix, Highway Robbery, Humble Pie, Hydra, Iron Butterfly, Jefferson Starship, Jethro Tull, Journey, Judas Priest, Ki...ng Crimson, The Knack, Led Zeppelin, Legend, Little Feat, Lynyrd Skynyrd, MC5, Mahogany Rush, Steve Miller, Moby Dick, Motorhead, Mott the Hoople, Moody Blues, Montrose, Moxy, Nazareth, New York Dolls, Outlaws, The Partridge Family, Patti Smith, Pink Floyd, Procol Harum, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Rainbow, Ramones, The Runaways, Rolling Stones, Todd Rundgren, Rush, Santana, Savage Grace, Scorpions, Sly and the Family Stone, Steel Mill, Steppenwolf, Stray Dog, Three Man Army, Stooges, Supertramp, Styx, T. Rex, Ted Nugent, Ten Years After, Three Dog Night, Toad, Robin Trower, UFO, Ultra, Uria Heap, Van Halen, Joe Walsh, White Witch, The Who, Wings, Wishbone Ash, Y&T, Yes, ZZ Top, Frank Zappa.

More info on Stunt Rock here.

* I co-host a DJ bimonthly called Prog! with Reichel at the Living Room.

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Art / News / Bumbershoot Bumbershoot to Skip Flatstock This Year

Posted by Grant Brissey on Wed, May 23, 2012 at 3:55 PM

A tip last week suggested that Bumbershoot organizers One Reel may not be including American Poster Institute's Flatstock at this year's festival. I sent out an e-mail last Wednesday, and One Real Associate Director Aubbie Beal responded to my e-mail late yesterday with this statement: "It's true that Flatstock is taking a break from Bumbershoot this year due to current space constraints. However, we are hopeful that we will find a mutually agreeable, suitable location for them next year, when new spaces become available after the Next 50 Celebration has ended."

And a request to reply with any further questions. With such a vague, PR-speak answer, of course I had further questions. This morning I replied with three:

Do you have concrete plans to reincorporate Flatstock in 2013, or is it still open to negotiation?

Were there other factors influencing this decision?

Why wasn't room elsewhere in the festival made for Flatstock?

Beal has yet to respond to the questions, but I will update this post as soon as she does. I also have an unanswered e-mail into American Poster Institute.

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History / Film Go See Hole Drummer, Patty Schemel, And Her Q&A

Posted by Kelly O on Wed, May 23, 2012 at 1:30 PM

Unlike some sure-to-be-terrible films about musicians—this new documentary looks A+ interesting. Charles Mudede suggests it. Patty Schemel will be in addendance during the Friday the 25th and Saturday the 26th screenings, at Northwest Film Forum.

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Death Paul Constant and Dominic Holden Think[s] Rock and Roll Is Dead

Posted by Grant Brissey on Wed, May 23, 2012 at 12:33 PM

But ~~Dominic thinks that new wave is the genre's most recent development~~ [This is a blatant lie that I made up and now feel terrible about], so we'll not even get started on him today. Paul, however, has debatably been paying attention and, in this week's music lead, entitled The Caretaker: Only Jack White Can S(t)ave Rock and Roll from Obscurity, writes:

Rock and roll made that shift from an active idea into a passive idea a decade or two ago; this is what most people mean when they say that rock and roll is dead. You can smush rock together with some other regional sound for an explosion of novelty—remember Vampire Weekend?—but every major idea behind rock and roll has been dissected and examined to death. When you're dealing with white guys playing electric guitar, all you can do is maneuver around the different parts of the ceremony to make aspects feel slightly fresher, but it's all ultimately a tribute to some idea that's been leached clean of nutrients by previous generations.

What say you readership? Weigh in here.

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Fashion / Film What Do You Think Of Tom Cruise's "Rockin' New Look?"

Posted by Kelly O on Wed, May 23, 2012 at 11:55 AM

W Magazine —"Who, What, Where, When, And Why In the World Of Style"—has a music issue this month and is on newsstands now. The feature fashion spread is called "Fashion Groupies: Tom Cruise Rocks A New Look." That certainly *is* a new look for Tommy—a coke spoon necklace, manliner, rings, duct tape, black nail polish, and holy-wowzers, a skull-gun-pointing-right-at-penis tattoo, AND a new nipple tattoo. SERIOUSLY, WOULD YA LOOK AT THAT NIPPLE TAT?

It's all for Broadway-play-turned-feature-film Rock Of Ages. Cruise plays a '80s "rocker" named Stacee Jaxx. From the short W Magazine interview:

There are a lot of sexy scenes in this movie: At one point you're climbing a stripper pole; in another scene, you're grinding up against a Rolling Stone reporter played by Malin Akerman.
CRUISE: I knew we had to push the sexuality because of the nature of the character and the songs...

What do you think of his new look, his pushed sexuality, on this cover? And is the image of Tom Cruise climbing a stripper pole sexy? Let's discuss.

W Magazine, June 2012

W Magazine, June 2012

Trailer for Rock of Ages, plus a bonus "rocker" photo after the jump!

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Teh Internets The Most Soothing Music Website on the WHOLE INTERNET

Posted by Megan Seling on Wed, May 23, 2012 at 11:47 AM

Sonosterra.com offers up sounds of nature (rain, the ocean, the jungle, a stream, a storm) and pairs them with songs recommended by their Facebook fans.

Today's recommended couple is rain and "The Winner Is" from the Little Miss Sunshine soundtrack.

I must say, it really is soothing.

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Song "Black Roses" by Bigg Jus: Which Beat Is Best?

Posted by Grant Brissey on Wed, May 23, 2012 at 11:09 AM

I've been listening to this single almost nonstop for the last week. (That's why my descriptions of everything else have been so off, guys!) The apocalypse-dawn lyrics kill:

Night of the long knives
Where life is cheaper than a dollar store sale at half price
Fukushima rap
Thyroid need potassium iodine

Or:

Just because you lead a just life and been thoroughly Romanized
Through a false sense of reasoning developed a sense of morality out of a lie
You've been tricked
Like a frontside heel flip to nose grind

Thing is, the download came with three mixes, and just when I was starting to think that remixes are total bullshit vanity/PR projects (many are), I can't get off the two for this song.

Bigg Jus - Black Roses (Bigg Jus & El-P's Brooklyn Heatwave Mix)

Bigg Jus - Black Roses (Thavius Beck's Los Angeles Beautiful Weather Mix)

To me, the album cut (embedded above) is the least good, although overall Machines that Make Civilization Fun basically smokes. That said, I usually go straight for the Bigg Jus & El-P's Brooklyn Heatwave Mix or Thavius Beck's Los Angeles Beautiful Weather Mix. The former's got that hooky descending bass line that tumbles right down into the beat, but the latter got that sinister synth grind that compliments those sinister-event horizon lyrics so well. Listen to all three and vote below.

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Two-Block Radius / Street Have You Seen This Bass?

Posted by Dave Segal on Wed, May 23, 2012 at 11:01 AM

Dave Segal/The Stranger

Some asshole stole this poor college student's bass guitar and he needs to get it back posthaste in order to fulfill his course work. Keep an eye out, if you could.

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The Stranger Suggests

MUSIC

In the Country

If you do one thing today, DO THIS.

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Video / 206 New Witch Gardens Video!

Posted by Bree McKenna on Wed, May 23, 2012 at 10:00 AM

I love the new Witch Gardens video for "Aunt Shae/Mean Colleen"...it kind of reminds me of the Supergrass intro to Clueless, except the local punk foursome indulges in occult activities that wouldn't have made the cut for Cher and Dionne's Noxzema commercial. Trading So-Cal's mall culture for Washington's hills and craggy beaches, the song sets a Henry's Dress/Heavenly-esque twee soundtrack to an adventure short that finds them magically frolicking and picking up members of their urban coven along the way (feat. cameos by members of M Women and Stephanie!) The video was directed by Bobby McHugh and the song is from their record R-I-P, which came out 4/20 on Waterwing Records.

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Decibel Decibel Fest Lineup Announcement Moved to 8 am Thursday

Posted by Dave Segal on Wed, May 23, 2012 at 8:39 AM

This post was supposed to inform you of Decibel Festival's 2012 lineup. But due to circumstances beyond the control of the folks running the world-renowned electronic-music/digital-arts event, this info drop instead will occur on Thursday at 8 am via the powerful signal of KEXP 90.3FM/ http://kexp.org. The suspense is bruising us...

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Tonight Tonight in Music: Julia Holter, Jib Kidder, Narrows, Retox, Great Falls, Brokaw, Choklate, Opus

Posted by Grant Brissey on Wed, May 23, 2012 at 8:27 AM

Julia Holter, Jib Kidder

(Barboza) See Data Breaker and preview.

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Breaking News Hey! Do You Know What Today Is?

Posted by Kelly O on Tue, May 22, 2012 at 3:15 PM

Um...

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Classic Somewhere in the Solar System, Sun Ra Turned 98 Today

Posted by Dave Segal on Tue, May 22, 2012 at 2:53 PM

Heliocentric jazz avant-gardist Sun Ra was born on this day in 1914. Hallelujah!

You could spend this life and your next one trying to absorb all of Sun Ra’s mercurial music and not succeed—but what an exhilarating challenge you’ll feel in the effort. One day I hope to have the vast amounts of time and money needed to dive headlong into Sun Ra’s catalog and make some sort of sense of it all. I guess one could navigate his huge, labyrinthine canon on YouTube, but experiencing the twisted majesty of Ra’s work on computer speakers is far from optimal. But it’ll have to do for this post.

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Love D'Angelo's Return

Posted by Larry Mizell, Jr. on Tue, May 22, 2012 at 2:35 PM

In the new GQ you'll the first real interview in years given by Michael Eugene Archer, the last true master of soul to appear in our lifetimes (I think Brown Sugar and Voodoo do all the talking). Never tawdry or mundane, like some so-called R&B singer rapping weakly about club life, no, D is the real thing, a soul man, haunted by addiction and the devil.

His connection to Marvin (thank god for this story—I've long been looking for an old interview where D first revealed his last dream about Gaye) is something that resonates mightily with me; Marvin's death (and my mother's subsequent visions of him) will always stand out in my memory, even if I didn't yet realize who that man was. I pray that D'Angelo beats the odds that so often seem to come with black genius, that he be long in life and prolific. Chuch.

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Comedy Today in Funny: Hannibal Buress and Aziz Ansari

Posted by Grant Brissey on Tue, May 22, 2012 at 1:28 PM

Hannibal Buress's Animal Furnace is out today. After knowing nothing about this dude, I threw in the promo copy and laughed my ass off. Then I gave it to my brother and sister-in-law to watch after they put the kids to bed. My sister-in-law said she fell asleep "but that was nice," and my brother said "That dude's hilarious." What does that mean to you? It means WATCH THIS CLIP.

Buress and Ansari clips posted after the jump because they slow down load time for the blog and our web department is too busy playing World of Warcraft to do anything about it.

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I'm Still a Virgin I'm Hungover...So, What Does THAT Sound Like?

Posted by Mike Nipper on Tue, May 22, 2012 at 12:21 PM

The other day our pal Trent asked "What Songs Go With What Drinks?"...well, what songs go with the next day's HANGOVER?

Last night I drank a bit too much, in too short of a time, so today...uh, yeah, hangover. It was worth it, I had fun and didn't drink so much that coffee and a healthy dose of ibuprofen can't dull the bite, but still I'm faded. With that in mind I think Pink Floyd's "Careful With That Axe, Eugene" seems to be the most proper hymn for how I'm feelin' today.

I'd be worried, and have been, when my hangover feels like "Take Up Thy Stethoscope And Walk" sounds.

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News Music News for May 22, 2012 feat. Bjork Lessons for the Kids, Another Supergroup Formation, Hip Hop Hall of Fame Announcement, & Pantera Ruling

Posted by Casey Nolan on Tue, May 22, 2012 at 11:45 AM

Bjork in the Classroom!: The New York Public Library and the Children's Museum of Manhattan will host both elementary and middle school students to explore the relations of art, science, nature, and technology through Bjork's app of her album Biophilia.

Say It Ain't So: Weezer's drummer Patrick Wilson was just interviewed about his solo project Special Goodness as well as his upcoming album Natural. He also mentioned how great it was to play on a cruise ship, and how he is willing to do it again.

Super Group, Activate: Britt Daniel from Spoon + Dan Boeckner of Wolf Parade + Sam Brown of New Bomb Turks = Divine Fits. The first record should be released later this year on Merge Records.

What Else Is There to Spend Money On: Pharrell Williams starts a clothing line called "i am OTHER." The clothing line was built to be a "cultural movement dedicated to Thinkers, Innovators and Outcasts." Clever, no really.

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Has Nothing on This: While the exact location for the Hip Hop Hall of Fame in New York has yet to be announced, you can look forward to the place including a restaurant, arcade, concert lounge, television studios, marquee, community and corporate rooms, and a gift shop.
I wanna go.

Pantera: Rules. It's been twenty years since the release of "Walk." In an interview, former drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott was asked who would replace Dimebag Darrell Abbott if the group were to ever reform. He responded with the name of Zakk Wylde.

Finally, sometimes you just want to see a dog in a swing, and that's okay...

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Album Fly Moon Royalty - Dimensions EP

Posted by Dave Segal on Tue, May 22, 2012 at 11:25 AM

Seattle electro/R&B duo Fly Moon Royalty today release a new EP, Dimensions, available for free downloading. Vocalist AdraBoo's robust diva emoting glides over producer/MC Action Jackson's crisp, immaculate funk and soul tableaux. The whole enterprise reflects traditional, melodically deft songwriterly values, and it oozes class. Based on this evidence and previous releases, the prolific Fly Moon Royalty sound poised to open the next Gossip tour.

Press release after the cut.

<a href="http://flymoonroyalty.bandcamp.com/album/dimensions-e-p">Dimensions (E.P.) by Fly Moon Royalty</a>

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