The Slip done good
This is The Slip playing “Airplane Primitive” from Eisenhower, their debut record for Bar-None. It appears to have been made in a Rolling Stone studio of some sort. Dig the harmonica solo in the middle. And the fact that bass player Marc Friedman is actually playing guitar while he plays giant MIDI bass foot pedals.
The Slip are still touring strong (Eisenhower came out in November of last year), but this time around they’ve finally been getting some serious recognition. My Morning Jacket took them on tour, they played on Conan O’Brian, and had a song featured on an episode of Grey’s Anatomy. Considering we were seeing them in dive bars in Montreal a few years ago (Le Swimming, anyone?), it’s great to see more folks are catching into these dudes via baddass rockstars and the mass media. Enjoy.
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Menomena tonight in Boston
Tonight at Great Scott, the Pitchforkmedia.com hyped group from Portland, OR., Menomena, is gonna jam with Field Music (ah, their ok) and Land of Talk (got some hype at CMJ festi). Menomena play some weird indie rock melodies. They’ve got some unique way of recording vocal harmonies and piecing them together. But it’s basically three guys in a basement crafting together some songs that will be interesting to see played out on stage. I’m picturing a laptop on the side of the stage that gets fiddled with from time to time. Just a hunch as I’ve never seen pics of their shows or do I have any prior knowledge from friends that have gone.
MP3: “Weird”
Go to The Yellow Stereo to download track
Moving beyond tonight’s show, if you have interest to learn where they got their name, follow the links below. The one time I pick up the Metro I discover something really interesting and compelling that I just have to post about.
First, go to this wiki article to learn about the Swedish Sex movie, “Svezia Inferno e Paradiso” and the origin of the song “Mah Na Mah Na”:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahna_Mahna
Then watch this YouTube video of the Muppets rendition of the song:
