Fab Moretti

“I tell you this, I don’t know what’s going to happen man, but I wanna have my kicks before the whole shithouse goes up in flames.” Jim Morrison on astrology

It’s a pretty good week for new releases. The debut album from Strokes’ drummer Fab Moretti’s side project Little Joy is the best of the bunch. Moretti is joined by Los Angeles native Binki Shapiro and Rodrigo Amarante (Los Hermanos). The band is playing December 7th @ The Troubadour. Tickets are still available (Buy Tix $15). I assume this show will sell out soon; hipsters paradise. That said, I just bought tickets.

Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan’s album Sunday At Devil Dirt is great.

Anathallo has created quite a buzz. Some bloggers are calling Canopy Glow one of the best albums of the year. I wouldn’t go that far. The musical arrangements are nice, but I still need to give it a few more listens.

I haven’t heard The Doors album, safe bet it’s good. Ditto with Belle & Sebastian.

Download:
Little Joy – Little Joy (iTunes)
Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan – Sunday At Devil Dirt (iTunes)
The Doors – Live At the Matrix, 1967(iTunes)
Anathallo – Canopy Glow (iTunes)
Belle & Sebastian – The BBC Sessions (iTunes)

Download
MP3: Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan – Black Mountain
MP3: Little Joy – Unattainable
MP3: Anathallo – Cafetorium

Photos Rollo & Grady

I have a pair tickets for TV on The Radio this Thursday @ The Wiltern. The band is being backed by members of the Antibalas horn section led by Stuart Bogie.

I will post the tickets on Monday (Los Angeles residents only).

Download:
TV On the Radio – Dear Science (iTunes)
Antibalas – Who Is This America? (iTunes)

David Cross – Phone Call From A Cranky Terrorist

Download:
David Cross – Shut Up, You Fucking Baby (iTunes)
Arrested Development Season 1 (NetFlix)

Rollo & Grady // David Cross – Doesn’t Like Atlanta (Click Here)

Dengue Fever – an acute infectious disease that is characterized by headache, severe joint pain, and a rash that is caused by a virus transmitted by mosquitoes.

I plan on catching Dengue Fever’s set while I’m in Austin for the Fun Fun Fun Fest. The six-member band from Los Angeles is led by charismatic Cambodian singer, Chhom Nimol. She is able to seamlessly mix two languages in their songs, similar to the style of Satomi Matsuzaki from Deerhoof. It’s quirky pop, but worth checking out.

Download:
Dengue Fever – Venus On Earth (iTunes)

I’m really digging Dead Confederate’s new album Wrecking Ball. The Georgia-based band’s dark and haunting music has elements of Grunge, Alt. Country, Punk and Psychedelic Rock. Lead-singer Hardy Morris’s raw, howling vocals on “Heavy Petting” are reminiscent of Kurt Cobain’s on “Scentless Apprentice“.

The band has generated well-deserved buzz. They opened up for REM at this year’s SXSW and were recently named one of “Fricke’s Picks” by Rolling Stone journalist David Fricke.

These guys have tremendous upside. You can catch them @ Spaceland 11/14 (More Info). I hear that they put on an amazing live show.

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MP3: Dead Confederate – Heavy Petting

Download:
Dead Confederate – Wrecking Ball (iTunes)
Dead Confederate – Dead Confederate – EP (iTunes)