March 20th - New Releases
Starting from my number one pick for this week and working my way down…
1. Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha (Buy) - “Heretics” -
2. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver (Buy) - Listen on Myspace
3. Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank (Buy) - Listen on Myspace
4. Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - Living with the Living (Buy) -
“Bomb.Repeat.Bomb.1954″
5. Panda Bear - Person Pitch (Buy) - “Bros”
6. Ponys - Turn the Lights Out (Buy) - “Double Vision”
7. Low - Drums and Guns (Buy) - “Breaker”
8. Depeche Mode - Black Celebration (CD / DVD) (Buy) - “A Question of Lust”
9. Foreign Islands - Restart Now! (Buy) - “Fine Dining With the Future”
10. I’m From Barcelona - Let Me Introduce My Friends (Buy) - Listen on Myspace
“Party Dream” - DVD Clip
Gil and Donny are going to be releasing a live DVD soon. They’ve released a clip in to the YouTube world and with out further ado…
For more Gil and Donny video’s, go to http://www.youtube.com/analogmonkeyvideo
News - Free Ratatat Show at Tufts
The show is being held at Oxfam Cafe, which is located at the basement of Miller Hall at Tufts University Somerville, Massachusetts 02155 - Google Maps. This is a free show. I’ve heard the room is very small so get there early.
If you don’t know these “wildcats”, head over to their myspace page for a quick listen. Find some MP3’s from the machine.
P.S. If you can’t make it tonight, don’t worry, they are playing a show (not free) tomorrow night at Paradise Rock Club.
Mazarin - Unsigned in Philly
If you go to Mazarin’s homepage you will immediately learn they are officially retired as a band. The short story: To avoid litigation with another band of the same name, Quentin Stoltzfus, who has been using Mazarin as a vehicle to showcase his songwriting genius (with the help of Producer and friend Brian McTear) since the release of Watch it Happen in 2000, hung it up. Sort of.
After half a dozen or so releases on various labels since Watch it Happen under the name Mazarin, last year Stolzfus found himself in the regrettable position of having to retire the band name in order to avoid a lawsuit from a cheesy rock band of the same name from Long Island (the other Mazarin had apparently enjoyed some success in the late 1970’s with a song called “The Slaves to Rock n Roll”. Their myspace page notes they are ‘listed’ in the prestigious L.I. Hall of Fame. Yes, this was painful.)
Stoltzfus has rightfully earned the respect of many listeners and musicians for his unique vision of all things sonic. It’s widely assumed that whatever he does next will be as inspired as his work with Mazarin. At this moment Quentin Stoltzfus is riding around the country with Boston psychedelic rockers Apollo Sunshine, making guest appearances on stage during their set every night. Their mutual connection to Brian McTear landed them in a Philly studio last summer where they recorded the Bloodfeathers song “Your Advice” together with McTear. Apollo Sunshine’s contribution to the track is remarkably cool. Cooler still, the song was made available for free download on the (now retired) Mazarin’s myspace page as ‘consolation’ for their abrupt retirement. Goodbye Mazarin. Hello Quentin Stoltzfus.
Band Sites & MP3:
Official Website: www.mazarinband.com
Myspace: www.myspace.com/mazarinband
“Your Adivce”
This post was brought to us by Fred “Tweez” Torphy - myspace.com/fredtorphymusic
