musicleech » Vampire Weekend http://musicleech.com Tue, 27 Jul 2010 03:38:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 The Origins of Band Names http://musicleech.com/2009/10/10/the-origins-of-band-names/ http://musicleech.com/2009/10/10/the-origins-of-band-names/#comments Sun, 11 Oct 2009 02:00:12 +0000 Mark Jackson http://musicleech.com/?p=2479 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> The user ByteMe on rateyourmusic.com has compiled a list of band name origins. It's far from comprehensive but it covers a wide spectrum of bands, new and old, so you're sure to find a bunch that you know. And hey, maybe you'll be turned on to some just based on how they got their name!

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]]> http://musicleech.com/2009/10/10/the-origins-of-band-names/feed/ 5 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 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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]]> http://musicleech.com/2008/12/19/pitchforks-top-50-albums-of-2008/feed/ 0 Barack the House http://musicleech.com/2008/10/06/barack-the-house/ http://musicleech.com/2008/10/06/barack-the-house/#comments Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:17:52 +0000 Rad Parker http://musicleech.com/?p=390 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> Seems as though the list of endorsements for Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama is never-ending. This is especially the case when it comes to musicians, who tend to be slightly more liberal, and even more the case for artists that might fall under the curtain of 'indie', who tend to be even more liberal.

New Obama benefit concerts are spawning out of nowhere almost every single day:

October 6 - Jay-Z (for free) in Miami, Florida (Last Chance for Change)
UPDATE (10/7 2:34pm): The show was cancelled moments before it was supposed to begin last night, leaving thousands of hip-hop fans utterly disappointed. The reason for the cancellation was Jay-Z's alleged sickness, which organizers said was due to a throat ailment. How lame.

October 7 - Andrew Bird, Les Savy Fav, and The Fiery Furnaces in Brooklyn, New York (Barack Rock)

October 8 - Jim James of My Morning Jacket in Chicago, IL (Obama Victory Fund Benefit)

October 12 - The Grateful Dead and The Allman Brothers Band at Penn State (Change Rocks)

October 16 - The National and The Breeders in Cincinnati, OH (Vote Early Rock Late)

Makes us wonder what kind of endorsements Republican Presidential Nominee John McCain is receiving. Oh yeah:

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]]> http://musicleech.com/2008/10/06/barack-the-house/feed/ 0 Austin City Limits from Your House http://musicleech.com/2008/09/25/austin-city-limits-from-your-house/ http://musicleech.com/2008/09/25/austin-city-limits-from-your-house/#comments Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:38:56 +0000 Rad Parker http://musicleech.com/?p=328 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> The Austin City Limits Music Festival begins September 26 at Zilker Park in Austin, TX. Continuing the trend of other festivals like Pitchfork, Coachella, Bonnaroo, and Lollapalooza, ACL has decided to show some of the concerts from the festival over a live and free webcast. More information and the actual webcast can be found here. Here's the line-up for the webcast:

Friday, September 26:

12:45 PM Dan Dyer
01:30 PM Rodney Crowell
02:30 PM What Made Milwaukee Famous
03:30 PM Jakob Dylan
04:30 PM Jamie Lidell
05:30 PM Gogol Bordello
06:30 PM Slightly Stoopid
07:30 PM Vampire Weekend
08:30 PM Hot Chip
09:30 PM G. Love and Special Sauce

Saturday, September 27

12:45 PM Yeasayer
01:30 PM Old 97’s
02:30 PM The Fratellis
03:30 PM Drive-By Truckers
04:30 PM Man Man
05:30 PM Robert Earl Keen
06:30 PM Spiritualized
07:30 PM Conor Oberst
08:30 PM José González

Sunday, September 28

12:45 PM Sybris
01:30 PM Nicole Atkins and the Sea
02:30 PM The Kills
03:30 PM Flyleaf
04:30 PM Against Me!
05:30 PM Neko Case
06:30 PM Okkervil River
07:30 PM The Raconteurs
08:45 PM Tegan and Sara

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]]> http://musicleech.com/2008/09/25/austin-city-limits-from-your-house/feed/ 0 M.I.A. Featured On New Song “Rain Dance” http://musicleech.com/2008/09/11/mia-featured-on-new-song-rain-dance/ http://musicleech.com/2008/09/11/mia-featured-on-new-song-rain-dance/#comments Fri, 12 Sep 2008 01:31:46 +0000 Mark Jackson http://musicleech.com/?p=291 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> Nobody has a clue what M.I.A.'s plans are anymore, but we can tell you her music career isn't over quiiiite yet. 

This leaked demo of "Rain Dance" comes from an upcoming collaboration between Esau Mwamwaya and Radioclit. Other guests on the record include Santogold, Vampire Weekend, the Ruby Suns, Marina from Bonde Do Role, BLK JKS, and others.

 

Stream: Esau & Radioclit's re-make of Vampire Weekend's "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa".

mp3: Radioclit, Diplo, Santogold, M.I.A. - "Get It Up" (On Diplo/Santogold's Top Ranking Mixtape released several weeks ago) 

[via Gorilla vs. Bear]

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