Coachella Day #2

Today's line-up for us:

Fountains of Wayne
Regina Spektor
The New Pornographers
Kings of Leon
Arcade Fire
Girl Talk
LCD Soundsystem
The Rapture

OH MY GOD...so many good bands. Coachella is amazing. Yesterday's pics coming soon.

Coachella Day #1: Trains, Planes, and Automobiles

Hey Y'all we left for Coachella yesterday around 1:30 PM from Newark. We rolled up to the Palm Springs airport and then headed straight to the Filter Coachella party. Super busy right now and will write about it all when we get back to NYC. For now, enjoy our pics...

3 days left...

fuck yeah!!!!

too bad this scheduling pits all the bands i want to see against each other.

OY.

The Living Room

Richard Julian if three-quarters through a month-long residency at The Living Room. He played and will continue to play every Tuesday night (at 10 PM) of this month. I know, late on the heads up! My bad. I kept meaning to go and post about it and kept forgetting. His album Slow New York was one of my favorite releases last year and I'd love to see him live.


The Rosewood Thieves are an awesome act that my friend Sheryl turned me on to at CMJ last year. They are playing a free set at The Living Room this Friday (9:30 PM). Highly recommended. They're about to explode. Sheryl just tipped me off that their single "Los Angeles" will be featured on Grey's Anatomy and Entourage. They will also open for Jesse Malin's show at Mercury Lounge this Saturday. Should be hot.

Download "Los Angeles" here.

Memphis

Memphis is the duo of Chris Dumont and Torquil Campbell (Stars). They met in NYC prior to the formation of Stars and hung out with Campbell's old friends like Chris Seligman, James Shaw, and Adam Marvy. Together they played a bunch of gigs around the city but disbanded once Campell and Seligman founded Stars and Shaw became part of Metric. A few summers later, Campbell invited Dumont to Canada and Memphis was born.

This record has been around for a while, but I didn't really take note of it until I heard the strains of "Incredibly Drunk on Whiskey" on the radio one day. Really amazing track.

Fortunately for me, they gearing up for the road and headed for NYC:

Apr 29 - Chop Suey, Seattle, Washington *
Apr 30 - Doug Fir Lounge, Portland, Oregon *
May 2 - Cafe Du Nord, San Francisco, California *
May 3 - Troubadour, Los Angeles, California *
May 6 - Red Room Vancouver, British Columbia
May 8 - The Lucky Bar Victoria, British Columbia
May 9 - Habitat Kelowna, British Columbia
May 10 - Velvet Underground Edmonton, Alberta
May 11 - Canmore Hotel Canmore, Alberta
May 12 - The Hi Fi Club Calgary, Alberta
May 13 - Amigo's Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
May 14 - The Exchange Regina, Saskatchewan
May 15 - Collective Cabaret Winnipeg, Manitoba
May 30 - Joe's Pub New York, New York
May 31 - Union Hall Brooklyn, New York

* w/ Postmarks

I only wish Postmarks were supporting their NYC shows, that would be such a dream line-up!

You can download part of the Memphis album here, but I highly recommend you buy the album and support an excellent band.

vapid musicians and their love affairs.

Check out this hilarious clip from SNL:

Internet radio is in trouble...

Yesterday the Copyright Royalty Board announced its decision that Internet Radio stations must now pay royalties for each song it plays per person that listens to it. For instance, if KEXP plays Phoenix's "Lost & Found" once and there are 450 people listening, then WOXY must pay the royalty fee times 450. This is a huge change from the past in which royalties were based on a percentage of the station's income.

According to the Broadcast Law Blog, the new rates are as follows:

2006 - $.0008 per performance

2007 - $.0011 per performance

2008 - $.0014 per performance

2009 - $.0018 per performance

2010 - $.0019 per performance

I think I'm definitely going to become a member of KCRW, WOXY, and KEXP. I'm guessing these organizations will need all the help they can get. What a bullshit ruling.