musicleech » Fleet Foxes http://musicleech.com Tue, 27 Jul 2010 03:38:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Fleet Foxes New Song and Video from Glastonbury 2009 http://musicleech.com/2009/06/28/fleet-foxes-new-song-and-video-from-glastonbury-2009/ http://musicleech.com/2009/06/28/fleet-foxes-new-song-and-video-from-glastonbury-2009/#comments Sun, 28 Jun 2009 21:52:44 +0000 Rad Parker http://musicleech.com/?p=1913 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> fleet-foxes-live-at-glastonbury

Fleet Foxes played the Pyramid stage at Glastonbury 2009 on Friday. BBC has the entire concert streaming at their website, but for some reason it is "not available in my area". Anyone stuck with this error can check out a shortened set (White Winter Hymnal, Ragged Wood, Mykonos, and Blue Ridge Mountains) below.

Earlier last week, lead singer Robin Pecknold played a solo acoustic set for BBC's 6 Music. He debuted a version of a new Fleet Foxes song called "Blue Spotted Tail". Here is the free download from Pitchfork :
Fleet Foxes: "Blue Spotted Tail" (Live on BBC 6 Music)

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]]> http://musicleech.com/2009/06/28/fleet-foxes-new-song-and-video-from-glastonbury-2009/feed/ 2 Lineup: 2009 All Points West Festival http://musicleech.com/2009/03/30/lineup-2009-all-points-west-festival/ http://musicleech.com/2009/03/30/lineup-2009-all-points-west-festival/#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:38:45 +0000 Mark Jackson http://musicleech.com/?p=1722 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> A bunch of big names are slated to play the second All Points West Music & Arts Festival in New Jersey the last weekend in July. Lineup is below.

Tickets go on sale this Friday (4/4) at noon via Ticketmaster. They are $89 for a single day ticket and $199 for a three-day pass.

A new addition this year is the option of rail and boat transportation in addition to the popular ferry service that arrives at Liberty State Park from lower Manhattan. More travel info here.

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Girl Talk at All Points West 2008

Friday, July 31 : Beastie Boys, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Vampire Weekend, The National, Fleet Foxes, MSTRKRFT, Q-Tip, The Pharcyde, Organized Konfusion, The Knux, Ra Ra Riot, Seasick Steve, Telepathe, Shearwater, Heartless Bastards, Flying Lotus, College Humor Live, Arj Barker, Eugene Mirman and Bo Burnham.

Saturday, August 1 : Tool, My Bloody Valentine, Gogol Bordello, Arctic Monkeys, Neko Case, The Ting Tings, Yelle, Crystal Castles, St. Vincent, Tokyo Police Club, The Cool Kids, Kool Keith, Cage the Elephant, Chairlift, White Rabbits, Electric Touch, The Postelles, Black Gold, College Humor Live, Tim & Eric, Judah Friedlander and Jim Jeffries.

Sunday, August 2 : Coldplay, Echo & The Bunnymen, MGMT, The Black Keys, Elbow, Silversun Pickups, Mogwai, We Are Scientists, Ghostland Observatory, The Gaslight Anthem, Etienne De Crecy, Lykke Li, Akron/Family, Steel Train, Kitty, Daisy & Lewis, College Humor Live, Janeane Garofalo, Michael Showalter and Todd Barry.

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]]> http://musicleech.com/2009/03/30/lineup-2009-all-points-west-festival/feed/ 0 Sasquatch > Bonnaroo? http://musicleech.com/2009/02/24/sasquatch-or-bonnaroo/ http://musicleech.com/2009/02/24/sasquatch-or-bonnaroo/#comments Wed, 25 Feb 2009 03:59:56 +0000 Mark Jackson http://musicleech.com/?p=1437 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> sasquatch-lineup09-pic_210x

I can guarantee one thing: Sasquatch will not pull a Langerado.

A handful of big names overlap with Bonnaroo, but that's not a bad thing considering how far apart they are from each other: Sasquatch is in Washington state and Bonnaroo (lineup) is in Tennessee. Both still have more artists to add, but already it seems like both are upgraded from last year. I don't think Bonnaroo can be called a jam band festival anymore, but it's a wee bit more chill than its intensely indie counterpart. West Coast, start rounding up the troops.

Sasquatch! 2009 lineup
Jane's Addiction (feat. all four original members)
Kings of Leon
Nine Inch Nails
Ben Harper & Relentless7
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Erykah Badu
The Decemberists
Fleet Foxes
TV On The Radio
Animal Collective
Silversun Pickups
Bon Iver
Santigold
Of Montreal
Explosions In The Sky
Devotchka
Peter Bjorn & John
Gogol Bordello
M. Ward
The Avett Brothers
Doves
Calexico
Grizzly Bear
M83
Girl Talk
The Gaslight Anthem
The Walkmen
Chromeo (dj set)
Deadmau5
Mugison
Sun Kil Moon
Airborne Toxic Event
Blitzen Trapper
Shearwater
BLK JKS
The Wrens
Tobacco
Monotonix
King Khan & The Shrines
St. Vincent
Passion Pit
John Vanderslice
Bishop Allen
Blind Pilot
AA Bondy
Black Moth Super Rainbow
The Knux
Ra Ra Riot
The Dodos
Beach House
Arthur & Yu
The Submarines
Owl City
Viva Voce
James Pants
Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band
The Builders & The Butchers
The Dutchess & The Duke
Natalie Portman's Shaved Head
Dent May & His Magnificent Ukelele
Fences
School of Seven Bells
Death Vessel
Horse Feathers
Hockey
Point Juncture, WA
The Pica Beats
Loch Lomond
Vince Mira
Comedians:
Zach Galifiankas
Demetri Martin
Tim & Eric Awesome Show Great Job
Todd Barry
Jon Benjamin
God's Pottery
People's Republic of Komedy

Bands playing at both festivals:
Nine Inch Nails
of Montreal
Animal Collective
Santogold (now Santigold)
TV on the Radio
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Bon Iver
Grizzly Bear
Girl Talk
Ben Harper & Relentless7

Tickets for Sasquatch! go on sale this Saturday (2/28) at 10am at for $154.40/$56.50 (three-day pass/single-day pass) if you buy them over the weekend. Once Monday hits prices will be bumped up to $199.50/$66.50. Buy them here.

Oh, and this could be the last Nine Inch Nails tour ever, so take your pick: Sasquatch or Bonnaroo?

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]]> http://musicleech.com/2009/02/24/sasquatch-or-bonnaroo/feed/ 0 Coachella 2009 Line-up http://musicleech.com/2009/01/31/coachella-2009-line-up/ http://musicleech.com/2009/01/31/coachella-2009-line-up/#comments Sun, 01 Feb 2009 03:05:49 +0000 Mark Jackson http://musicleech.com/?p=1331 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> After some delay, the lineup for the huge spring Cali festival is up.

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Tickets are on sale at coachella.com: 3-day passes are $270, 1-day passes are $100.

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]]> http://musicleech.com/2009/01/31/coachella-2009-line-up/feed/ 0 Pitchfork’s Top 50 Albums of 2008 http://musicleech.com/2008/12/19/pitchforks-top-50-albums-of-2008/ http://musicleech.com/2008/12/19/pitchforks-top-50-albums-of-2008/#comments Fri, 19 Dec 2008 21:59:49 +0000 Mark Jackson http://musicleech.com/?p=1080 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> None of these picks are mind-blowing if you've been keeping up with their record reviews over the past year, so as far as consistency goes, and as a whole, they do a decent job. But a handful of picks seem kinda crazy to me: New Age at #3 (it's good but not that good), Cut Copy at #4 (same deal), and most obviously Kanye at #21 (completely undeserved... it's his worst record to date and even the explanation is weak).

Honorable Mention (blurbs):
Abe Vigoda - Skeleton
Calexico - Carried To Dust
Department of Eagles - In Ear Park
The Dodos - Visiter
The Dutchess and the Duke - She's the Dutchess, He's the Duke
Harvey Milk - Life... The Best Game in Town
Hauschka - Ferndorf
Philip Jeck - Sand
Nico Muhly - Mothertongue
Nomo - Ghost Rock
Osborne - Osborne
Quiet Village - Silent Movie
Jay Reatard - Matador Singles '08
Santogold/Diplo - Top Ranking
Snowman - The Horse, the Rat, and the Swan
Sun Kil Moon - April
Torche - Meanderthal
Ricardo Vallalobos - Vasco EP
Why? - Alopecia
Women - Women

50 Ponytail - Ice Cream Spiritual
49 Crystal Stilts - Alight Of Night
48 High Places - High Places
47 The Tallest Man on Earth - Shallow Grave
46 Beach House - Devotion
45 Lykke Li - Youth Novels
44 Marnie Stern - This Is It and I Am It and You Are It and So Is That and He Is It and She Is It and It Is It and That Is That
43 Shearwater - Rook
42 Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Lie Down in the Light
41 David Byrne and Brian Eno - Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
40 The Very Best - Esau Mwamwaya & Radioclit are the Very Best
39 Times New Viking - Rip It Off
38 The Bug - London Zoo
37 Grouper - Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill
36 Wale - The Mixtape About Nothing
35 Girl Talk - Feed the Animals
34 Arthur Russell - Love Is Overtaking Me
33 Frightened Rabbit - Midnight Organ Fight
32 Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!
31 Fennesz - Black Sea
30 Los Campesinos! - Hold on Now, Youngster...
29 The Hold Steady - Stay Positive
28 Flying Lotus - Los Angeles
27 Max Tundra - Parallax Error Beheads You
26 Atlas Sound - Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel
25 Titus Andronicus - The Airing of Grievances
24 Gang Gang Dance - Saint Dymphna
23 Hot Chip - Made in the Dark
22 Santogold - Santogold
21 Kanye West - 808s and Heartbreak
20 Fuck Buttons - Street Horrrsing
19 The Walkmen - You & Me
18 The Mae Shi - HLLLYH
17 Fucked Up - The Chemistry of Common Life
16 Vivian Girls - Vivian Girls
15 Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles
14 Air France - No Way Down
13 Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part One (4th World War)
12 Lindstrøm - Where You Go I Go Too
11 Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III
10 DJ/rupture - Uproot
09 Hercules and Love Affair - Hercules and Love Affair
08 M83 - Saturdays=Youth
07 Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
06 TV On The Radio - Dear Science
05 Deerhunter - Microcastle / Weird Era Cont.
04 Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours
03 No Age - Nouns
02 Portishead - Third
01 Fleet Foxes - Sun Giant EP/Fleet Foxes

Read the accompanying blurbs here.

Fleet Foxes didn't surprise me at #1 but I don't think you can say they made the best record of year; rather, they came from the middle of nowhere, delivered a collection of excellent songs, and had the best year out of any bands on this list.

Make sure to check back the first few days of January when we post our end-of-year top albums list.

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Imagery is what the band seems to be aiming highest for, composing music that could easily be used as inspiration for a landscape painter. Beautiful and resounding vocal harmonies shine through the bright lead guitar, and the drums contribute subtly to the soothing musical experience. The lyrics to me are kind of a letdown, but hey, nothing's perfect. Take it for what it is:


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]]> http://musicleech.com/2008/12/03/video-fleet-foxes-blue-ridge-mountains-live-from-the-basement/feed/ 1 Video: Fleet Foxes – “Silver City” (New Song, Live in NY) http://musicleech.com/2008/10/06/video-fleet-foxes-silver-city-new-song-live-in-ny/ http://musicleech.com/2008/10/06/video-fleet-foxes-silver-city-new-song-live-in-ny/#comments Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:25:39 +0000 Mark Jackson http://musicleech.com/?p=404 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> "Silver City" has been a nice addition to the band's set list as of late, and if you haven't made it to their show, we have the next best thing. Filmed at Webster Hall in NY (with good enough sound quality), Fleet Foxes deliver another beauty.

Here are the band's tour dates (taken from their MySpace):

Oct 8 2008 8:00P
WEXNER CENTER COLUMBUS, OH
Oct 9 2008 8:00P
LADIES LITERARY CLUB GRAND RAPIDS, MI
Oct 10 2008 8:00P
PABST THEATER * SOLD OUT * MILWAUKEE, WI
Oct 11 2008 4:00P
CEDAR CULTURAL PLACE * 2ND SHOW ADDED * Same place
Oct 11 2008 8:00P
CEDAR CULTURAL CENTRE * SOLD OUT * MINNEAPOLIS, MN
Oct 12 2008 8:00P
THE METRO CHICAGO, IL
Oct 13 2008 8:00P
FOX THEATER ST LOUIS, MO
Oct 15 2008 8:00P
ORIENTAL THEATER DENVER, CO
Oct 16 2008 8:00P
IN THE VENUE SLC, UT
Oct 18 2008 8:00P
WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY BELLINGHAM, WA
Oct 19 2008 8:00P
MOORE THEATER (SCARED) SEATTLE, WA
Oct 28 2008 8:00P
THE WATERFRONT W/ J TILLMAN NORWICH, UK
Oct 29 2008 8:00P
UNION W/ J TILLMAN SHEFFIELD, UK
Oct 30 2008 8:00P
UNIVERSITY ANSON ROOMS W/ J TILLMAN BRISTOL, UK
Oct 31 2008 8:00P
SPACE TWO W/ J TILLMAN BIRMINGHAM, UK
Nov 2 2008 8:00P
TRENT UNI W/ J TILLMAN NOTTINGHAM UK
Nov 5 2008 8:00P
SHEPHERD’S BUSH EMPIRE W/ J TILLMAN * SOLD OUT * LONDON, UK
Nov 7 2008 8:00P
VICAR STREET W/ J TILLMAN * SOLD OUT * DUBLIN, IRELAND
Nov 8 2008 8:00P
ABC W/ J TILLMAN GLASGOW, SCOTS
Nov 9 2008 8:00P
THEE ACADEMY W/ J TILLMAN * SOLD OUT * MANCHESTER, UK
Nov 10 2008 8:00P
SHEPHERD’S BUSH EMPIRE W/ J TILLMAN * SOLD OUT * LONDONTOWN, UK
Nov 11 2008 8:00P
JUNCTION W/ J TILLMAN CAMBRIDGE, UK
Nov 12 2008 8:00P
FESTIVAL LES INROCKS PARIS, FR
Nov 15 2008 8:00P
MAGAZZINI GENERAL W/ TILLS MILAN, IT
Nov 16 2008 8:00P
ARENA W/ J TILLMAN VIENNA, AUSTRIA
Nov 17 2008 8:00P
ABART W/ J TILLMAN ZURICH, SWITZ
Nov 18 2008 8:00P
AMPERE W/ J TILLMAN MUNICH, GERMANY
Nov 20 2008 8:00P
AB BOX W/ J TILLMAN BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
Nov 21 2008 8:00P
CROSSING BORDER DEN HAGUE, HOLLAND
Nov 22 2008 8:00P
ROCKPALAST FEST ESSEN, GERMANY
Nov 24 2008 8:00P
COLUMBIA CLUB W/ J TILLMAN BERLIN, GERMANY
Nov 26 2008 8:00P
Here we begin work on the next LP for release in early fall 09. Still some touring. SILVER CITY, WA
Dec 28 2008 8:00P
FALLS FEST OZ
Dec 29 2008 8:00P
AUSTRALIA! OZ
Dec 29 2008 8:00P
FALLS FEST OZ
Jan 7 2009 8:00P
SAN FRANCISCO BATH-HOUSE WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND
Jan 8 2009 8:00P
BRUCE MASON CENTRE AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND

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]]> http://musicleech.com/2008/10/06/video-fleet-foxes-silver-city-new-song-live-in-ny/feed/ 0 Wilco Seeking to Inspire the Vote http://musicleech.com/2008/09/26/wilco-seeking-to-inspire-the-vote/ http://musicleech.com/2008/09/26/wilco-seeking-to-inspire-the-vote/#comments Fri, 26 Sep 2008 20:06:42 +0000 Rad Parker http://musicleech.com/?p=330 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> The sweet Wilco/Fleet Foxes cover of Dylan's "I Shall be Released", as reported earlier this month here, is being being released for free download. All you have to do is pledge to vote in the upcoming U.S. election. We aren't sure how our international friends are supposed to get a hold of the track, though. If you are planning on voting, Just head on over to Wilco World.

In other Wilco news, the band is planning to head into the studio in October to start work on a new album. They still have dates scheduled on their current tour through December 16.

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]]> http://musicleech.com/2008/09/26/wilco-seeking-to-inspire-the-vote/feed/ 0 Wilco/Fleet Foxes Cover Dylan http://musicleech.com/2008/09/04/wilcofleet-foxes-cover-dylan/ http://musicleech.com/2008/09/04/wilcofleet-foxes-cover-dylan/#comments Fri, 05 Sep 2008 01:30:22 +0000 Rad Parker http://musicleech.com/?p=250 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> During a recent tour stop in Spokane, Washington, Wilco and Fleet Foxes collaborated on a cover of Bob Dylan's "I Shall Be Released".

With both bands huddled around mics for the chorus, Nels Cline strumming away, and Jeff Tweedy belting out his best Dylan, we couldn't help but notice Wilco's fascination with the 'troubadour of consciousness'. The October 2007 release of the I"m Not There OST contained a track list of all Dylan covers from some of the most credible names in the music industry, for example: Eddie Vedder, Sonic Youth, Jim James, Calexico, Stephen Malkmus, Cat Power, Yo La Tengo, Iron & Wine, Karen O, Mason Jennings, Willie Nelson, Sufjan Stevens, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Jack Johnson, The Black Keys, and The Band, to name a few. Other contributions to the album were "All Along the Watchtower" and "Ballad of a Thin Man" from Wilco lead guitarist Nels Cline, featured with the Million Dollar Bashers (a backing supergroup also featuring Sonic Youth stars Lee Ranaldo and Steve Shelley, Television guitarist Tom Verlaine, Dylan bassist Tony Garnier, guitarist Smokey Hormel and keyboardist John Medeski), and an excellent cover of "A Simple Twist of Fate" by Wilco lead singer Jeff Tweedy.

Dylan is currently working on a project that sets some of Hank Williams's "lost" lyrics to music, similar to the one undertaken by Billy Bragg and Wilco with Woody Guthrie's unaccompanied lyrics on Mermaid Avenue.

Dylan currently has a few scheduled dates left in his tour:
09-04 Temecula, CA
09-06 San Diego, CA
09-07 Santa Barbara, CA

Wilco (All Dates with Neil Young):
11-29 Halifax, NS
12-01 Montreal, PQ
12-02 Ottawa, ON
12-04 Toronto, ON
12-07 Detroit, MI
12-12 Philadelphia, PA
12-15 New York, NY

Jeff Tweedy Solo Dates:
09-04 Altea, Spain
09-06 Murcia, Spain

Fleet Foxes also have some dates lined-up:
09-16 Vancouver, Canada (Richards on Richards)
09-17 Vancouver, Canada (Element)
09-19 San Francisco, CA (Independent)
09-21 San Francisco, CA (Treasure Island Music Festival)
09-22 Los Angeles, CA (El Rey Theater)
09-23 Los Angeles, CA (El Rey Theater)
09-26 Austin, TX (Austin City Limits)
09-27 New Orleans, LA
09-28 Birmingham, AL
09-30 Athens, GA
10-02 Philadelphia, PA
10-03 Washington, D.C.
10-04 New York, NY (Manhattan Center Grand Ballroom)
10-05 New York, NY (Webster Hall)
10-06 Somerville, MA
10-08 Columbus, OH
10-09 Grand Rapids, MI
10-10 Milwaukee, WI
10-11 Minneapolis, MN
10-12 Chicago, IL
10-13 St. Louis, MO
10-15 Denver, CO
10-16 Salt Lake City, UT
10-18 Bellingham, WA
10-19 Seattle, WA

via You Ain't No Picasso and Pitchfork

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