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Interview with Phil & the Osophers
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Phil & the Osophers are a 3-piece band from Brooklyn. Their sixth full length album, Parellelo, came out this summer. They have played with the likes of Art Brut, Passion Pit, Les Savy Fav, and the Dodos and they played SXSW and the Northside Festival earlier this year. Now they’re playing a CMJ show (gotten through thir sonicbids account), on Saturday at Bruar Falls at 245 Grand Street in Brooklyn at the La Société Expéditionnaire showcase, along… More »
TOP 15 ALBUMS OF 2008
I know you have all been waiting with bated breath, so I will keep you waiting no longer. Forthwith are my Top 15 Albums of 2008.
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Lykke Li, Youth Novels
14.
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Clark, Turning Dragon
13.
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Gnarls Barkley, The Odd Couple
12.
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Jamie Lidell, Jim
11.
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Shearwater, Rook
10.
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The Dodos, Visiter
9.
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Fleet Foxes, Fleet Foxes
8.
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Girl Talk, Feed the Animals
7.
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Thao Nguyen, We Brave Bee Stings And All
6.
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Hot Chip, Made in the Dark
5.
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Magnetic Fields, Distortion
4.
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Cut Copy, In Ghost Colors
3.
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M83, Saturdays=Youth
2.
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Tickets On Sale
These tickets are on sale now:
Vampire Weekend and Crosby & Nash Obama Benefit on Sunday October 12 @ St. Ralph’s Cathedral. They have an “economic stimulus package” of two tickets for $55. Click here for more.
Gov’t Mule on December 30 @ Hammerstein Ballroom
Noah and the Whale on December 4 @ Bowery Ballroom
Boris on November 9 @ Maxwell’s
Walkmen and the Dodos on December 14 @ Brooklyn Masonic Temple (Presented by New York Magazine)
Vampire Weekend on December 6 @ Terminal 5
Adventure, Beach… More »
This Weekend
While I am in Chicago this weekend for the Pitchfork Music Festival I’ll be missing plenty great shows in NYC:
Friday
Mary Weiss of the Shangri-Las @ South Street Seaport (free)
Matmos @ (le) Poisson Rouge
Deerhoof @ Prospect Park Bandshell (free)
Dizzee Rascal @ Highline Ballroom
Chris Garneau @ Joe’s Pub
Saturday
Village Voice Siren Music Festival with Broken Social Scene, the Dodos, Stephen Malkamus and the Jicks, Islands, Beach House, and more @ Coney Island (free)
Warm-Up Party with Au Revoir Simone @ P.S. 1
Enter the Dragon… More »
Soundtrack of My Day
Some people might be wondering what I listen to on any given day…well probably not, but just in case here’s a sampling of what I listened to this weekend:
1. “Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes” -Paul Simon
2. “Sunrise” -Yeasayer
3. “Blind” -Hercules and Love Affair
4. “Shove It” -Santogold
5. “That’s My DJ” -Girl Talk
6. “Engwish Bwudd” -Man Man
7. “Are You Ready for the Floor?” -Hot Chip
8. “Crap Kraft Dinner” -Hot Chip
9. “Cover Me” -El Guincho (cover of Bjork)
10. “Eyelids” -Dodos… More »