Coachella Day 2 Recap

Ugh I'm almost dead right now, but last night was amazing. I could watch Arcade Fire every single night for the rest of my life and never get bored.

I was actually pretty true to my sched yesterday:

Regina Spektor - Flawless set. She played all the hits, including "Fidelity," "On The Radio," "Us," "Poor Little Rich Boy," "Samson," and "That Time." At first I thought she was just solo, but she did bring her band out for part of the set. She was such a great artist to see in the daytime in the hot sun.
New Pornographers - They played all the hits too! Nothing from the new album, which was ok by me. They sounded great, playing songs like "Jessica Numbers," "Sing Me Spanish Techno," "Use It," and "Bones of an Idol." Excellent.
Kings of Leon - They sound so f'ing rocking. I'm not as familiar with their song names, but they played equal amounts of Aha Shake Heartbreak and Because of the Times.
Arcade Fire - Oh Arcade Fire. What can I say? They were definitely the highlight of my night last night. Nothing could have compared to them. They closed their set with "Neighborhood #3," then "Rebellion (Lies)" and finally "No Cars Go." So much fun. "My Body Is A Cage" breaks my heart every time they play it.
Girl Talk - He kept flashing the audience with weird messages on the screen. He's really great, but I wasn't in the mood for him at that point. Not after seeing AF.
LCD Soundsystem and The Rapture both had pretty solid sets. Very fun to dance to. Yay.
[Some RHCP in between]
Day 2 = Amazing.

New Porns

The atmosphere

Kings of Leon

Arcade Fire

Girl Talk

And I'm off. Day 3 here we come.

Preface to Coachella Day 2 Recap

Just got back from Coachella Day 2. Such a long day! But it was amazing.

I just wanted to post a few quick pics of some of what I saw today:

Kings of Leon

Regina Spektor

New Pornographers (No Neko)

Pics via Wire Image.

More to come after I get some sleep.

Coachella Day 1 Recap

Day 1 of Coachella is overrrrr! :(

Here's what I caught:

Of Montreal - Sounded great. Pretty much the same set I saw two weeks ago at Indie Rock Karaoke. So left early to catch SSPU.
Silversun Pickups - They're great live! The Brian Aubert is a good frontman and the band was just fun the watch overall.
Arctic Monkeys - Fun set. Saw them from far away, but they sound a lot better live than I thought they would.
Rufus Wainwright - Impeccable voice as always. Loved his outfit. See pictures below!
The Jesus & Mary Chain - Crowd was amazing during their set, which was rockin'. But you could tell that they hadn't been playing a lot (obvs, it was their reunion show). However, it was amazing just to be there.
Interpol - Solid set. Saw this from far away also.
Bjork - AMAZING. No words to describe this. Head to BrooklynVegan for set list, pics, etc...

Silversun Pickups

Silversun Pickups

Silversun Pickups

Coachella Main Stage

Rufus Wainwright

View from inside tent

Jesus & Mary Chain

Today, my schedule looks a little like this: Fountains of Wayne, Regina Spektor, New Porns, Kings of Leon, Arcade Fire, Girl Talk, LCD Soundsystem, and The Rapture. Sweet. Hopefully I survive the night for Day 3 tomorrow!

Head to Coachella 2007 for more tales of my adventures here in the desert!

Finally! Someone Said It!

Do you really like the Arctic Monkeys? Do you like them enough to be able to articulate WHY you actually like their music? Personally, I don't understand the fascination with the Sheffield quartet. I got to the point where I even became self-conscious about my musical tastes... was there something wrong with me? Why am I the only one who does not like the Monkeys?

But finally, somebody said it... publicly! I felt vindicated after reading the Village Voice editorial entitled, "Nickelback U.K." by Garrett Kamps. Basically, the article said that the Arctic Monkeys, specifically their latest album "Favourite Worst Nightmare," are a good band, but they are definitely not the "band of ages" the UK has made them out to be.

It just turns out, that everyone was afraid to talk shit on the band. You'd swear it was 1984 or something! Every time I listen to their music, I'm left feeling like I've been gypped... almost like watching the 2nd season of Lost. The UK has hypped their (dare I say it!) mediocre band so much that you'd think it was the second coming of Jesus!

So everyone.... you can come out hiding now.

P.S. This second record is blah.

The Long Winters: Making Beautiful Noise

On May 3rd, The Long Winters will be in Toronto recording for the Beautiful Noise series. And you can watch, for free!

Here are the details:

The show's producers have about 200 free tickets to this performance.
The Berkeley Church, 315 Queen Street East
(One block west of Parliament at the corner of Berkeley and Queen.)
Doors open at 7:30 pm and seats are first-come, first-served. Beer and water will be for sale at the bar.
For tickets, send an email with your name to audience100@gmail.com. The subject line of the email must say THE LONG WINTERS

Regular venue filming rules apply [no logos/brands, no cameras, no small children, bliggity blah].

More on Beautiful Noise:
Like 'Sessions on West 54th', BEAUTIFUL NOISE aims to be the music series people will be collecting years from now.

These are some of the artists they have previously recorded:
FEIST
COWBOY JUNKIES
NEKO CASE
JEFF HEALEY
RON SEXSMITH
SARAH HARMER
KATHLEEN EDWARDS
NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALLSTARS
STEFY
THE STILLS
PILOT SPEED
KEVIN BREIT BAND
THE SAM ROBERTS BAND

Head to Cargo Film to watch a great video of Feist's Beautiful Noise session.

O Canada! White Stripes Stand On Guard For Thee

More on the White Stripes' North American tour was just announced, including many dates in the 'Great White North] (Canada!).

“Having never done a full tour of Canada, Meg and I thought it was high time to go whole hog. We want to take this tour to the far reaches of the Canadian landscape. From the ocean to the permafrost. The best way for us to do that is ensure that we perform in every province and territory in the country, from the Yukon to Prince Edward Island. Another special moment of this tour is the show which will occur in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia on July 14th, The White Stripes’ Tenth Anniversary”

That Jack White is so poetic.

Here are the dates we know so far:

24 Jun 2007 - Burnaby, BC Canada
25 Jun 2007 - Whitehorse, YU Canada
26 Jun 2007 - Yellowknife, NT Canada
27 Jun 2007 - Iqaluit, NU Canada
29 Jun 2007 - Calgary, AB Canada
30 Jun 2007 - Edmonton, AB Canada
1 Jul 2007 - Saskatoon, SK Canada
2 Jul 2007 - Winnipeg, MB Canada
3 Jul 2007 - Thunder Bay, ON Canada
5 Jul 2007 - Toronto, ON Canada
6 Jul 2007 - Montreal, QC Canada
7 Jul 2007 - London, ON Canada
8 Jul 2007 - Ottawa, ON Canada
10 Jul 2007 - Moncton, NB Canada
11 Jul 2007 - Charlottetown, PE Canada
13 Jul 2007 - Halifax, NS Canada
14 Jul 2007 - Glace Bay, NS Canada
16 Jul 2007 - St. John's, NF Canada
22 Jul 2007 - Portland, Maine
23 Jul 2007 - Boston, Massachusetts
24 Jul 2007 - New York City, New York
25 Jul 2007 - Wallingford, Connecticut
27 Jul 2007 - Wilmington, Delaware
28 Jul 2007 - Fairfax, Virginia
29 Jul 2007 - North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
30 Jul 2007 - Birmingham, Alabama
31 Jul 2007 - Southaven, Mississippi

Also, you probably already read this, but "Icky Thump" is out on iTunes tonight [April 26th] (even though it's already leaked on various blogs). You can start downloading the new single at 12:01am tonight!

Free Albert Hammond, Jr. Show @ Hiro Ballroom

Those folks at GBH are really on fire, aren't they?

They are presenting yet another free show at Hiro Ballroom, this time with Albert Hammond, Jr..

RSVP here. No +1's though! But you can just email the link to all your friends and they can RSVP themselves. Make sure you say you're on the Cheeky Bastard guest list at the door though. I heard that people who went to the Patrick Wolf show didn't remember to say they were on the guest list, so they ended up paying. So don't forget!

Indie Cookbook! Bands Share Their Recipies!

Move over Rachael Ray (and stop smiling for God's sake!)! Over a 100 bands like Voxtrot, Tilly and the Wall, Belle & Sebastian, Ben Kweller, Death Cab for Cutie, Devendra Banhart, The Hold Steady, The Violent Femmes, and Interpol have all contributed their favorite recipes in "I Like Food, Food Tastes Good", a cookbook compiled by brooklyn-based journalist, Kara Zuaro.

It features recipes like Franz Ferdinand's Lemon Ginger Flapjacks, Camera Obscura's Vegetarian Paella, Battles's Roasted Bone Marrow, Patrick Phelan's Swanky Mac N Cheese w/ lobster and white truffles (high roller!), Interpol's Cacao Rosso, and Death Cab for Cuties Veggie Sausage and Peanut Butter Sandwich (hrmm... I think Ben Gibbard forgot to mention that he can't cook for shit).

According to Pitchfork, there will be a happy hour on the 25th at Hi Fi (Galen Polivka from The Hold Steady will be bartending! And they have a rad jukebox!), a release party at Union Pool on May 5, and an in-store performance at "the Brooklyn Barnes & Noble." Like Brooklyn has only ONE B&N... We have TWO, biatch! It's going to be at the Park Slope location on 7th Ave on May 17th... at which Kara will be doing a signing.

Stereogum also covered this in February, but the book hit the shelves today for $14 on Amazon (free super-saver shipping on orders over $25!). Pssst.. Maureen.. I want this for christmas.

Sheryl Crow = Toilet Paper Nazi

Sheryl Crow.. she's known for her radio-friendly tunes, her romance with Lance Armstrong, her nine Grammys, her ridiculously retarded Revlon commercial, and to add to that list, she will be forever known as The Toilet Paper Nazi.

According to Starpulse:

Singer Sheryl Crow wants global restrictions on using toilet paper in an attempt to save the environment. Crow, who is touring American colleges to raise awareness about global warming, as told students to only use "one square per restroom visit."

She says, "I propose a limitation be put on on how many squares of toilet paper can be used in any one sitting."

Hrm.. I guess you're SOL (I'll be here all night, folks) if you have explosive diarrhea.

Personally, I think America should start using bidets. I wonder if toilet paper companies will start commissioning scare campaigns if such a thing were to happen. What would their slogan be?

UPDATE: Ms. Crow was joking. Botched joke, if you asked me. That's the last time I relied on Starpulse!

Scheduchella: Coachella 2007 Schedule

And here we have it, this year's Coachella schedule:


The big decision for me will definitely be on Saturday. Umm Kings of Leon vs. The Decemberists vs. !!! vs. Andrew Bird? Why must it come to this?

Reunion Union

Another Sunday, another NY Times article. This time, music critic Ben Ratliff takes on the subject of this year's reunion-itis, citing reunion tours by The Police, Genesis, Rage Against the Machine, Smashing Pumpkins and Squeeze. He talks about how one problem with these reunions is that they can never capture the true experience of seeing these bands the first time around. The atmosphere, feelings and memories garnered from those experiences cannot be recreated, no matter how hard we try.

Or maybe something about these events feels broadly, even comically, illegitimate. Aren’t we supposed to form a community of taste around living culture, not afterlife culture? Isn’t a great band supposed to be more than just a band, but an embodiment of a particular age, a state of mind, a place? How do you identify, then, with an aging act whose members are well past their original states of mind, have mostly relocated to sunnier places, and whose prime motivation would appear to be making money through entertainment consortiums like AEG Live, which controls Goldenvoice, the concert promoter behind the Coachella Valley Music and Arts festival in California, and the pathbreaker in the marketing of recent-past reunions? And aren’t, say, 15 years of inactivity required before a reunion can be considered desirable?

As he goes on to explore the more human aspect of bands, Ratliff also delves into the observation that fans need these reunions to remind them of a more fruitful period in music history.

It seems now that the audience position for rock is coming closer to that of jazz around the mid-1970s. Most of the forefathers are still with us; increasingly, they seem to have something important to teach us. And we are developing strange hungers for music of the not-so-distant past that might be bigger and deeper than the hunger we originally had. That feeling people talked about during the Pixies shows a few years ago — the word “eerie” was used a great deal — seems similar to descriptions of the feeling generated in the Village Vanguard when Dexter Gordon played his comeback shows there in 1976, after living abroad. Since then, jazz has advanced into a culture of incessant re-experience, endless tributes. Actual reunions are barely noticed: a huge percentage of the music refers to great moments of the past. Yet that doesn’t mean that jazz can’t still be fantastic, even transformative. It is, all the time.

I'm not sure how much of this article I agree with, mostly because I am admittedly too young to have seen most of the aforementioned bands at their prime and therefore cannot relate to this nostalgic feeling. But it makes me wonder if, in 15-20 years, I will be feeling the same nostalgia for the bands that I currently love. Ratliff cites this as well, using Arcade Fire as an example. "He is not sure whether new bands — Arcade Fire, say — are striking deeply enough into the soul of the culture to necessitate their own reunions down the road. I think context will determine it."

Do you think that bands that are currently popular will stand the test of time? Maybe not physically, but certainly in our minds. Sure, there will always be bands that we like now but that we'll forget about, just like there's that song that occasionally plays on the radio that you know every word to but you can't for the life of you remember who sings it. But bands like Radiohead or Wilco or yes, Arcade Fire, represent something bigger, don't you think? And I'll be damned if I miss that Arcade Fire reunion in 20 years.

Bjork on SNL

Last night [April 21st], Bjork performed her new single "Earth Intruders," as well as the song "Wanderlust" from Volta.

"Earth Intruders:"


"Wanderlust:"

Volta is out in stores on May 8th. Pre-order it Insound.

Catch Bjork on tour:

April 27th - Coachella Festival - India, CA
May 2nd - Radio City Music Hall - New York, NY
May 5th - United Palace Theater - New York, NY
May 8th - Apollo Theater - New York, NY
May 12th - Auditorium Theatre - Chicago, IL
May 15th - Red Rock Amphitheatre - Denver, CO
May 19th - Shoreline Amphitheatre - San Francisco, CA

"Spiderman" the Musical

Looks like another superhero is coming to Broadway. In addition to Yoshimi, the Flaming Lips-created warrior tasked with fighting the evil-natured pink robots we reported last month, Spiderman will also be taking the stage, but with U2's Bono and Edge writing the music and lyrics for the show.

So calling all musical theater geeks, who know nothing about comics... start reading up! Auditions are taking place this summer. (via Broadwayworld.com)

"Producers are casting for the title role of teen superhero Peter Parker, as well as his sweetheart Mary Jane, the powerful spider-woman Arachne, scientist Norman Osborn (whose villainous alter ego is the Green Goblin), Daily Bugle publisher J. Jonah Jameson and a Geek Chorus, comprised of three teenage boys and one girl "who meet to ritualistically retell the greatest Spider-Man stories."

Sigur Ros: In A Frozen Sea

Attention Sigur Ros fans! A new collector's item is coming your way. Jeff Anderson, of Artist in Residence (a+r), put together a+r's first book, In A Frozen Sea: A Year With Sigur Ros. He followed them around during the 2006 Takk, and offers viewpoints from "both the fan in the crowd and the fan backstage," presenting "a unique insight into the artist by way of exclusive interviews and observations."

being the music lovers that they are, the creators of a+r understand the excitement and value surrounding a collector's item – and for sigur ros fans, in a frozen sea: a year with sigur ros is absolutely it. the 32-page publication comes encased in a 12" vinyl jacket, and features photography of both the band and the vast icelandic landscape, setting a beautiful context for the band's music. during sigur ros' gratis tour of iceland, the band found themselves playing everywhere from the nation's capitol of reykjavik to small towns in the icelandic countryside, setting up stages wherever they went (with full brass and string ensemble, of course). the publication's images give sigur ros' songs a visual backdrop like no other – from behind the stage and beyond the crowd, you see vast mountains, glacier tips, coniferous trees reaching skyward, all blending in with the bend of an azure sky. a+r captures all the details, from information about iceland's most famous musical church (and the stunning photo of sigur ros playing in front of it) to the faces of fans enraptured with the band's live show, to a shot capturing singer/guitarist jonsi in a shoe-less moment on stage, curling his socked toes under as he performs. artist appreciation, indeed.

You will be able to order In A Frozen Sea from the a+r website starting June 1st.

There will also be a limited edition vinyl package available, complete with three 12" LPs. Get 'em quick!

Peaches Gets Scatological.

Peaches carries on the torch with "My Dumps," a follow up to Alanis's parody of Fergie's "My Humps," which we reported earlier.



Poo-poo-poo-poo-poo-poo-pee-pee juice!

I wonder who will take the torch next...

Beirut To Release Sophomore Album

Beirut is almost set to release a follow up to the fantastic Balkan inspired album, Gulag Orkestar. The yet-to-be-titled 12-track album is tentatively due in September.

This album will be a departure from Gulag. In the Billboard.com article, Condon said, "The influences are coming from a different place; it's not heavily a Balkan aesthetic. I was listening to a lot of old French songs, but I'm taking it in my direction."

Following the release of Gulag, Condon released two EPs, Lon Gisland and Pompeii. The latter was released on eMusic. Also, his May 6-8 shows in NYC are sold out according to Billboard.

Brit Double Whammy

The Brits are bringing out the big guns, with Patrick Wolf now slated to join Amy Winehouse on some of her future tour dates.

They'll be hitting up the following cities:

May 2nd - Minneapolis, MN Varsity Theatre
May 3rd - Chicago, IL Vic Theatre May 5th - Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory
May 7th - Boston, MA Avalon Ballroom
May 9th - New York, NY Highline Ballroom
May 12th, 13th - Toronto, Ontario Mod Club

Also, New Yorkers will be able to catch Patrick Wolf at the Union Square Virgin Records Megastore on April 30th.

Via NME.

DOWNLOAD: Patrick Wolf - "The Magic Position" (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Amy Winehouse - "You Know I'm No Good" [feat. Ghostface Killah] (MP3)

[Pic credit: Gered Mankowitz]

Amazon's Trying To Give Us Indie Cred

I was looking around on Amazon this morning, and saw this:

Aw, thanks, Amazon! How thoughtful of you.

If you can't see that well, it says "Fed up with the same old pop pap? There's only one thing to do. Go indie, with 150 groundbreaking CDs to choose from, just $9.99 each." So I did a little research, and here's what I came up with.

Amazon.com today announced that it has teamed up with more than 30 indie labels, such as Sub Pop and Barsuk, to launch Go Indie, a new section in its music store featuring hand-picked selections of nearly 700 independent titles, 150 of which will carry a reduced price of $9.99. This limited-time offering is aimed to help the labels have prominent space on larger retailers, a problem found prevalent when battling against major label releases.

"In this day and age, it's rare that a retailer carries the full range of our releases, so thank God for Amazon.com," said Andy Kotowicz, vice president of sales and marketing at Sub Pop, via press release. "They are the perfect partner to help us showcase the scope and breadth of Sub Pop's current artists and diverse catalogue." Via CMJ.

I can't decide how I feel about this. It's cool, I guess. Except for the fact that Amazon is now marketing itself as the new, hip retailer for music. Personally, I wouldn't trust Amazon to recommend the new hottness to me, because their What's Hot in Music section always sucks on my homepage. But they did choose cool labels to partner with, including Domino, Rykodisc, Matador, Mute and Yep Roc. And this will definitely help indie artists get in to the mainstream a little more.

They also got some artists for their Music You Should Hear feature:

Mates of State
Ben Lee
Stephen Malkmus

What do you guys think of this new Go Indie Amazon feature?

Otters Are The New Pengiuns

I couldn't not post this:



Music by Box Codax (aka Nick McCarthy from Franz Ferdinand).
Original video posted by CynthiaHolmes.
Via Stereogum.

There's always this sort of "it" animal. You know what I'm talking about, don't lie. Last year, it was penguins. Which obviously started with March of the Penguins, which then led to two animated movies about penguins. This year I'm betting that it's otters. Even The OC got in with the craze last Fall, with Seth's animal spirit being an otter. Don't ask me why I know that.

Let's Get Digital

Insound has teamed up with Spin to release their first free compilation, appropriately titled Let's Get Digital 1.

The compilation features really great artists, including: DNTEL, Page France, Au Revoir Simone, Dinosaur Jr., Bright Eyes, The Sea and Cake and New Violators.

Complete tracklisting below:




1. Page France "Hat and Rabbit"
2. Battles "Atlas"
3. The Twilight Sad "Cold Days From The Birdhouse"
4. Au Revoir Simone "Fallen Snow"
5. Dinosaur Jr. "Almost Ready"
6. Bright Eyes "Four Winds"
7. The Sea and Cake "Crossing Line"
8. New Violators "Unconditional Love (Demo)"
9. Dungen "Gör Det Nu"
10. Fatal Flying Guilloteens "Reveal the Rats"
11. DNTEL "Dumb Luck"
12. Pela "Lost to the Lonesome"
13. Maserati "The World Outside"
14. Alex Delivery "Komad"
15. Mystery Jets "The Boy Who Ran Away"

Head to Insound to download the album.

News From Helsinki

New Polyvinyl signees Architecture In Helsinki have been quite busy in the studio lately.

Their new single, "Heart It Races," will be released on CD, 12" and digital formats on June 5th.

The single will contain remixes of "Heart It Races" by DJ/Rupture, Hey Willpower!, YACHT and Dr. Dog.

They also announced news on their their full-length release, Places Like This, due out on August 7th.



Tracklisting below:

1. "Red Turned White"
2. "Heart It Races"
3. "Hold Music"
4. "Feather in a Baseball Cap"
5. "Underwater"
6. "Like It Or Not"
7. "Debbie"
8. "Lazy (Lazy)"
9. "Nothing's Wrong"
10. "Same Old Innocence"

Catch them out on tour this summer:

06/07/07 Cambridge, MA - Middle East
06/08/07 New York, NY - Irving Plaza
06/09/07 Philadelphia PA - Starlight
06/10/07 Washington, D.C. - 9:30 Club
06/11/07 Chicago, IL - Logan Square Auditorium
06/13/07 Seattle, WA, - Neumo’s #
06/14/07 Vancouver, BC - Richards on Richards #
06/15/07 Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom #
06/16/07 San Francisco, CA - Bimbo’s 365 Club #
06/18/07 Pomona, CA - Glasshouse #
06/19/07 Los Angeles, CA - Henry Fonda Theatre *

* = w/ Gang Gang Dance, Ariel Pink
# = w/ YACHT

Shout Out Louds Enjoy Life On The High Seas!

No, the swedish rock band has not signed up for a season of The Deadliest Catch. I don't know how new this is, but the Shout Out Louds are burning up (to a 100 degrees to be exact) with a video for their latest single, "Tonight I Have To Leave It."


Shout Out Louds has also signed to North Carolina's Merge Records (home to Arcade Fire, M.Ward, etc). Their last album, Howl Howl Gaff Gaff was released on Capitol Records in 2004.

According to Pitchfork, their next album is to be titled, Our Ill Wills, which is produced by Bjorn Yttling of whistle-crazy Peter, Bjorn & John The album debuts in Sweden on April 25 (get those bittorrents up and running!) while us Americans will have to wait until September 11.

They are currently working on making a few US tour appearances in July.

Cross-Pollination In New York

New York-based label Family Records released their second record yesterday, Cross-Pollination: The Mixtape Vol. 1.

Cross-Pollination is a free weekly concert series that takes place in the Lower East Side at Pianos. On most Tuesday evenings, you can find two artists playing, each doing their own solo set. Then the artists combine and perform a few songs together.

Via CMJ:

"We decided to release the mixtape for free because it's a way for us to give back to the audience who has supported us for the past 3 years, and also to hopefully reach new people looking for great independent music to discover," says Cross-Pollination co-creator Wes Verhoeve, who also is a member of the Undisputed Heavyweights. "We started Cross-Pollination because we felt the local music scene was so fragmented and thought the collaborative aspect of the series was our contribution to fostering more of a community feel. It's great to see how artists we've brought together sometimes end up forming bands, or going on tour together."

Download the entire compilation + booklet at the Liberated Matter website, or click below for individual MP3s.

CROSS-POLLINATION: THE MIXTAPE Vol. 1

01. MY BRIGHTEST DIAMOND - "Hi, Remember Me?" (MP3)

02. KEVIN DEVINE - "You'll Only End Up Joining Them" (Acoustic) (MP3)

03. WAKEY!WAKEY! - "Falling Apart" (MP3)

04. THE UNDISPUTED HEAVYWEIGHTS - "Roll Your Windows Down" (MP3)

05. THE BLOODSUGARS - "Purpose Was Again" (MP3)

06. MATT SINGER - "Stacy J." (MP3)

07. DEREK JAMES - "Love Me, Love Me" (MP3)

08. CLOUD CULT - "Pretty Voice" (MP3)

09. CASEY SHEA - "Quinzy Howzin" (MP3)

10. JEFFREY LEWIS - "Tell It To Your Heart" (Loud Reed Cover) (MP3)

11. THE LLOYDS - "Halfway" (MP3)

12. JAY MANKIND - "Western States" (Demo) (MP3)

13. IAN THOMAS - "SBB" (MP3)

14. DAVE DEPORIS - "Be Strong" (MP3)

Hey Everybody! Of Montreal Did Karaoke Part 2

Let's see. Where did I leave off? Oh yeah, Paul Rudd and David Wain sang "More Than A Feeling." Well, before that wondrous performance, Michael Showalter did INXS's "Need You Tonight." Here's a clip I got of it:

Shortly after that was "Dancing Queen," where a bunch of the previous singers got on stage, Kevin Barnes slid over to the keys and chaos ensued.



And here is the winner for best costume and most outlandish performance of the night: Aqua Man. He sang David Bowie's "Moonage Daydream" and he was INTO IT. He even had a trident.


Later, Michael Showalter came back on stage for the last song, "Hot Blooded."
And then the sound guy stole the mic from him. Kind of an anti-climatic finales, but still fun nonetheless.Afterwards, Flosstradamus got right on the 1s and 2s. His set was flowing with the best dance songs we haven't heard in 10 years, including "Motownphilly" by Boyz II Men and "100% Pure Love" by Crystal Waters. Amazing.