July 2, 2009
EFC
EDP DJs, including myself, will be spinning hot summer tunes tomorrow night to bring in the Independence holiday at the Yoasis Freedom Carnival. Come enjoy the cool summer air at Provo’s biggest outdoor dance party. Admission is FREE. The party begins at 8pm.
July 2, 2009
E-603
….mmm PBR
This guy has been catching some heat on the web lately. Seeing as how popular Abelton is these days I figured it was only a matter of time till more and more artists followed the path of Girl Talk. Of course the album is free because it is composed entirely out of samples (the sheer number of music royalties that would have to be paid in order to sell something like this is mind boggling!). Overall I like his stuff, it is a little more stable and listenable than Girl Talk. Download both of his albums for free and check it out, maybe throw it on at your next party.
June 8, 2009
Drink and Be (Relatively) Merry
Check out this hilarious article by Kegans DuBois over at SLUG Magazine. DuBois is spot on with his descriptions of libation consumption in the lovely scenic hometown USA of Provo. My current employer is Yellow Cab Taxi of Provo. I’d say about 90 percent of my fares are alcohol related so I’ve become quite familiar with the local watering holes and more importantly our shared scum of the earth clientele. Defiantly worth the read if you are familiar with Provo. Follow the LINK.
…and just so this post is still music related I’m posting my inspiration and anthem to cabbies everywhere.
May 29, 2009
Hard Times
Patrick Wolf sure likes the David Bowiesque theatrics! Hard Times is the second single off of Patrick Wolf’s forthcoming double album entitled The Bachelor and The Conqueror. The Bachelor is scheduled for release on June 1st, 2009.
May 23, 2009
Twilight!
Fuck emo vampires its the 2009 Concert Series!!
Get stoked!
Proof that Utah has at least one redeemable quality. This year’s line-up is absolutely incredible, not a single mediocre date! The Twilight Concert Series is held at the Gallivan Center in downtown Salt Lake City every Thursday. The outdoor concerts are free and open to the public. Twilight square opens at 5pm and shows begin at 7pm.
Heres the line-up (via slcgov.com)
July 9 Bon Iver / Jenny Lewis
July 16 Black Keys / Human Highway
July 23 M. Ward / Land of Talk
July 30 Sonic Youth / Awesome Color
August 6 Q-Tip / B.o.B.
August 13 Toots and the Maytals / N.A.S.A.
August 20 Iron and Wine / Okkervil River
August 27 Robert Randolph and the Family Band / Black Joe Lewis
May 14, 2009
Baby Baby Baby
Make the Girl Dance, a new Parisian electro rock duo, just released the video to their first single “Baby Baby Baby.” The entire video was shot in one take on the streets of Paris. Yes its real, they are naked. Cool song, even cooler video! Gotta love the French for their overt sexuality!
May 6, 2009
Outer South
Last year Conor Oberst shed his long time pseudonym of Bright Eyes with the eponymous release of Conor Oberst, which was recorded with a new group of musicians dubbed the Mystic Valley Band. His first solo album in over a decade ironically felt more like a collaborative effort. That ensemble sound takes full shape in the official debut of Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band, Outer South. Seven of the sixteen tracks on the record are either sung or written by members of the Mystic Valley Band rather than Oberst. Musically, Outer South is raw americana rock, full of pealing organs and wailing guitars. There are tracks on this record that you have to listen to with the volume cranked all the way up (i.e. To All the Lights in the Windows, Nikorette, Roosevelt Room, I Got the Reason #2). Oberst’s ravish lyricism breaks through on much of the record with despairing and furious vocals reminiscent of earlier Bright Eyes records. The songs featuring the other Mystic Valley Band members are more mellow but catchy and will definitely grow on you after a few listens. My favorite track on the album is Roosevelt Room, which is clearly homage to the great Latin American poet Ruben Darío who wrote “A Roosevelt,” a prophetic and scathing indictment of the United States. I threw the poem into this post because it is very much worth reading. While not as memorable as the late Bright Eyes albums, Outer South is a really strong and energetic record. The songs on this album will be a lot of fun to hear live. Check out Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley band this summer at the Utah Arts Festival in downtown Salt Lake City on June 20th. Get the details here.
TO ROOSEVELT
It is with the voice of the Bible, or the verse of Walt Whitman,
that I should come to you, Hunter,
primitive and modern, simple and complicated,
with something of Washington and more of Nimrod.
You are the United States,
you are the future invader
of the naive America that has Indian blood,
that still prays to Jesus Christ and still speaks Spanish.
You are the proud and strong exemplar of your race;
you are cultured, you are skillful; you oppose Tolstoy.
And breaking horses, or murdering tigers,
you are an Alexander-Nebuchadnezzar.
(You are a professor of Energy
as today’s madmen say.)
You think that life is fire, t
hat progress is eruption,
that wherever you shoot
you hit the future.
No.
The United States is potent and great.
When you shake there is a deep tremblor
that passes through the enormous vertebrae of the Andes.
If you clamor, it is heard like the roaring of a lion.
Hugo already said it to Grant: The stars are yours.
(The Argentine sun, ascending, barely shines,
and the Chilean star rises…) You are rich.
You join the cult of Hercules to the cult of Mammon,
and illuminating the road of easy conquest,
Liberty raises its torch in New York.
But our America, that has had poets
since the ancient times of Netzahualcoyotl,
that has walked in the footprints of great Bacchus
who learned Pan’s alphabet at once;
that consulted the stars, that knew Atlantis
whose resounding name comes to us from Plato,
that since the remote times of its life
has lived on light, on fire, on perfume, on love,
America of the great Montezuma, of the Inca,
the fragrant America of Christopher Columbus,
Catholic America, Spanish America,
the America in which noble Cuahtemoc said:
“I’m not in a bed of roses”; that America
that trembles in hurricanes and lives on love,
it lives, you men of Saxon eyes and barbarous soul.
And it dreams. And it loves, and it vibrates, and it is the daughter of the Sun.
Be careful. Viva Spanish America!
There are a thousand cubs loosed from the Spanish lion.
Roosevelt, one would have to be, through God himself,
the-fearful Rifleman and strong Hunter,
to manage to grab us in your iron claws.
And, although you count on everything, you lack one thing: God
Rubén Darío, 1904
Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band – Outer South
May 3, 2009
Together Through Life
Bob Dylan’s 33rd studio album really seemed to come out of the blue. I guess there was very little promotion and hype for it but then again Bob Dylan has never needed hype to sell music. Regardless, Together Through Life was a pleasant surprise. The album contains ten original new songs by Dylan. It is a catchy collection of gritty blues and lusty love songs. Bob Dylan’s venerable voice blends perfectly with the shadowy but rhythmic instrumental music. Each toe tapping track has the familiarity of folk and the restlessness of blues that combines to make a very listenable album. I am a huge Bob Dylan fan so of course I recommend this record. Even if you aren’t a Dylan acolyte it is hard to deny that his 33rd studio album at the age of 68 is further proof of his vitality, longevity, and prolific musical genius.
Bob Dylan – Together Through Life (pretty album cover too)
