Klaxons: Two Recievers, Magick and 2 More Tracks (Live)
If there was some kind of an official award for the "Most Amusing Album Cover" given out each year, Klaxons' 2010 entry, "Surfing the Void", would make a strong contender. The cover isn't particularly funny, it's just that it's, well, amusing (more...)
Exene Cervenka and Kevin Seconds – New Orleans
Two of West Coast punk's most accomplished performers -- Exene Cervenka and Kevin Seconds -- were recently on tour together, and we caught them playing solo acoustic sets at One Eyed Jacks in New Orleans in March (more...)
The Monday Set: Joy Division – Leeds – 9/8/79
TSOI is finally back! And to correspond with Peter Hook's new release today we're posting a vintage Joy Division show to hopefully cleanse the palate. This audience recording was originally released as the bootleg "All God's Angels Beware" which combined this show with the July 27th, 1979 Blackpool gig (more...)
The Monday Set: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart – New Orleans – 4/7/11
I had been wanting to catch Brooklyn’s Pains of Being Pure at Heart ever since their debut album came out, but I missed them the one time they came through Louisiana a few years ago. Thanks to One Eyed Jacks’ regular ’80′s show being scheduled for Thursday night, POBPAH (if I can coin an acronym) had to play an early set (more...)
Young the Giant: Island/My Body (Live)
Drawn in by the infectious radio hit “My Body,” we decided to give Young the Giant a go, lining up at Chelsea’s with Baton Rouge’s hipster community late this past month. We were surprised by the band’s knowledgeable instrumentation, the clever use of vocal trickery, and the “haunting falsetto” of the singer, Sameer Gadhia (more...)
The Monday Set: Twin Shadow – New Orleans – 4/7/2011
Twin Shadow opened up for fellow Brooklyners Pains of Being Pure at Heart on their current national tour. I have to admit I didn’t know much about these guys, and what there is online tends to emphasize the role of singer-guitarist George Lewis, Jr. But the crowd was totally into them and were dancing up a storm (more...)
Killing Joke: Love Like Blood, Ghosts of Ladbroke Grove, Change (Live)
Normally, I hate when an old school band plays a show and subjects us to every track on their new (usually not so good) album. Strangely enough, the opposite was the case with this Killing Joke show. In 2010, Killing Joke released their first album by the original line-up since 1982′s Revelations (more...)
The Monday Set: Raphael Saadiq – Los Angeles – 3/23/11
I heard about a special Raphael Saadiq “American Express Card Holders Only” BS show that was going on at the Grammy Museum the day tickets were going on sale. Trying my luck, I busted out my corporate card (the only AmEx I have) and prayed to the Ticketmaster gods I would be one of the chose ones. As luck, and a $19 service fee would have it, I got through (More...)
OMD: History of Modern-Part 1, Talking Lound and Clear (Live)
OMD, the UK based new-wave pioneers and all around synth pop greats, debuted their first release way back in 1978 on Manchester’s renowned Factory Records. Their new album, The History of Modern – a slab of amped-up blood-rushing synth washes – is so good that it makes their storied back catalog obsolete (More...)
Kitten: Chinatown (Live)
Kitten is currently opening for Young the Giant's national tour. This track, from their Sunday School EP, was recorded at Chelsea's in Baton Rouge last Wednesday. I don't know terribly much about them, except they're from Los Angeles (More...)
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