Mevio Music

San Francisco acrobatic-folk troupe The Dodos have charted a busy course for themselves this summer, announcing plans to tour almost non-stop in support of last year’s layered and lacquered LP, Time To Die, while teasing new tunes from their as-yet-untitled Frenchkiss Records follow-up. While their docket is full into the Fall, the band will first join their Great White Northern neighbors The New Pornographers for a June/July run, beginning only a few short days after the band’s appearance at Bonnaroo.

To celebrate the dates – and in the time-honored Dodos’ spirit of sharing – the band is offering up a free live album, The Dodos Live From Akropolis, Prague, on their website. The 10-track, hour-long performance comes as an instant download when fans enter to win tickets to any date on the upcoming tour. Doubly generous, huh?! The recording was put to tape in November 2008, and is available courtesy of Radio 1 Prague, Czech Republic. Quick note: all fans need to do to win tickets is submit their email address, and as the band’s website claims, “the power of the internet will sort [their] location out.”

Finally, the band has slashed prices on their catalog and is offering up an immediate digital download of the Phil Ek-produced Time To Die, its breakthrough predecessor Visiter, along with a 10-track Frenchkiss Records sampler, and a high-quality version of the live recording – all for $14.99.

Download The Free Live Album, Win Tickets To The Tour, And More:
http://www.dodosmusic.com

DODOS Tour Dates: Read the rest of this entry →

My Education is about to embark on a tour that takes them through the Midwest, Pac-NW and West Coast of the U.S. in support of their new album Sunrise, out now on Strange Attractors Audio House in CD and also as of today, beautiful vinyl!  If you are in one of the cities where you can catch the band’s live score w/the silent film “Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans”, I highly suggest so. It’s is possibly the best thing you’ll ever witness.

TOUR DATES
June 4 – The Doublewide – Dallas,TX
June 5 – The Conservatory – Oklahoma City, OK
June 6 – Fishtank Theater – Kansas City, MO
June 7 – The Mayan Theatre – Denver,CO “sunrise live score & movie”
tickets @ http://bit.ly/june7th – scroll to June 7th up top of page
June 8 – Tower Theatre – Salt Lake City,UT “sunrise live score & movie” – tickets avail via http://saltlakefilmsociety.org/
June 9 – Kilby Court – Salt Lake City,UT
June 11 – Sunset Tavern – Seattle,WA
June 12 – The Wail – Portland,OR
June 13 – The Hemlock Tavern – San Francisco,CA w/Rademacher & Fake Your Own Death
June 15 – The Bootleg Theatre – Los Angeles,CA “sunrise live score & movie”
tickets @ http://bit.ly/LAshow
June 16 – Jensen’s Guitar (Main Stage) – Santa Barbara,CA
June 17 – The Soda Bar – San Diego,CA w/The Radar Bros.
June 18 – Mia’s Lounge – Flagstaff,AZ
June 19 – Atomic Cantina – Albuquerque, NM

A Man Alone Music Video

RJD2 Announces Inversions of The Colossus Due June 22nd

RJD2 took to his blog yesterday to officially announce a forthcoming project – Inversions of the Colossus. The album, which is a follow up to January’s The Colossus is due to hit stores on June 22nd. Read the full letter from RJ below:

hey hey hey folks, so i got a few questions on twitter today along the lines of “what’s this INVERSIONS record all about?”, so let me give you the official briefing on the NEXT release on rj’s electrical connections:

in the past, i have done everything i can to release instrumental versions of records i’ve made that have vocals on them. both Soul Position records, Magnificent City, The Third Hand, In Rare Form-the list goes on-are all records that were intended to be non-vocal versions of their “counterpart albums”, so to speak. this is a holdover from when i was a young sprout of a dj that would fiend for instrumentals on wax, and have tried to keep that tradition alive.

so, what do you do with an album like “The Colossus” that is already half instrumental in the first place? pair it down to the 7 vocal songs, do instrumental versions, and release an instrumental EP? or ditch the whole thing? the answer wasn’t so clear. but, being the studio rat that i am, i realized that i had enough songs that i was happy with to REPLACE those 7 instrumental songs that were originally on “The Colossus”. then, things started to come into focus-release a companion piece to “The Colossus” that encompasses the vocal songs-sans vocals-and 7 new songs(almost all of them being instrumental). but what to call it? it wasn’t a new album, but it wasn’t just instrumental versions of pre-released songs? “inversions Of The Colossus” was the title i arrived at, as it seemed to be the most accurate. so i tied the artwork in to the original version, did a nice clean digipak cd layout as well as double LP, and that is the next release! so on june 22, grab a copy, and enjoy.

Letter posted here.
European Tour Dates
May 11 – Aeronef Club – Lille
May 12 – Laiterie – Strasbourg
May 13 – Trabendo – Paris
May 14 – Les Nuits Botanique – Brussels
May 15 – Fiddlers – Bristol
May 16 – Scala – London
May 18 – Luna Club – Kiel
May 19 – Cassiopeia – Berlin
May 20 – Erste Liga – Munich
May 21 – Bonsoir – Bern
May 22 – Kaserne – Basel
May 23 – Stall 6 – Zurich

For More Information
http://www.rjselectricalconnections.com
http://www.facebook.com/rjd2
http://www.twitter.com/rjd2

photo: Dániel Perlaky

RESOURCES:

Myspace: http:// www.myspace.com/themorasband

Band Website: http://www.morakestra.com

Founders and key creative minds David and Will Mora are twin brothers
who were proudly born and raised in the West Texas border city, El
Paso, Texas. Fellow El Pasoan Jim Ward contributed to the rebirth of
Morakestra via production and recording of the band’s latest album, Witness to Connection, out June 2nd, 2009 on indie label Stratking Records. Read the rest of this entry →

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2010 is going to rock. I can feel it (I’m pretty sure I’m psychic). Lot of positive change to be had, plus tons of awesome new music releases!!! So, don your noise-cancelling headphones and listen up to this week’s end of the year Top 10 (+5 more because I love you) Music Countdown: Most Anticipated Albums of 2010!!! (IMHO, NATCH.)

10. Cat Power
Title: TBD

9. Yeasayer
“Odd Blood”

8. Vampire Weekend
“Contra”

7. LCD Soundsystem
Title: TBD

6. Arcade Fire
Title: TBD

5. Rjd2
“The Colossus”
**Release date: January 19, 2010

4. Massive Attack
“Heligoland”
**Release date: February 9, 2010

3. Hot Chip
“One Life Stand”
**Release date: February 9, 2010

2. MGMT
“Congratulations”
**Release date: Early January

1. Interpol
“LP4″
**Release date: Early 2010

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It’s that time of year. The time of the Best Of list. In this week’s Top 5 Music Countdown, we’re revealing the best albums of 2009, IHHO (In Heather’s Humble Opinion), NATCH.

5. Miike Snow
“Miike Snow”

Swedish + existential & metaphysical lyrics. Gotta have my synths!

4. Fever Ray
“Fever Ray”

Creepy vocals + dense electronica = just like I like it.

3. The Dead Weather
“Horehound”

Electric rock and funky backbeats. No bias here. This album/collaboration is one of the best from this year.

2. The xx
“xx”

Minimal and sexy. Pretty much how I live, nutshelled.

1. Florence + the Machine
“Lungs”

Gothic vocals + gorgeous instrumentation. Florence (speaking about her music) says: “I want my music to sound like throwing yourself out of a tree, or off a tall building, or as if you’re being sucked down into the ocean and you can’t breathe.”

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Top 5 Music Countdown: Best Music Videos of 2009! Based on technique, creativity and entertainment value.

5.   “Daniel“
[dir. Johan Renck]

-Bat for Lashes

Natasha Khan always scores big pointage for creativity. And who doesn’t love a creepy chase video?

4.  “When I Grow Up”
[dir. Martin de Thurrah]

-Fever Ray

Karin Dreijer Andersson (The Knife) hardly lacks imagination – a harlequin dancing on a diving board over a dirty pool? She somehow pulls off weird without pretension.

3. “Two Weeks”
[dir. Patrick Daughters]

-Grizzly Bear

Exploding heads are cool! P. Daughters is unquestionably following in Michel Gondry’s quirky footsteps!

2.  “The Reeling”
[dir. Hydra (John Hobbs, Ariel Danziger, Sam Stephens)]

-Passion Pit

A bit too “disco” for me at times, but dig that ripped magazine effect.

1.  “Lessons Learned”
[dir. Taylor Cohen and Otto Arsenault]
-Matt & Kim

This video is my #1 because it involves two of my favorite things: New York City and nudity! (It just sounds good, OK?)

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Top 5 Music Countdown: Rock ‘N’ Roll Baby Daddies!

5. Anthony Kiedis

Have you seen this guy play a guitar with his shirt off? I have, and I haven’t been the same since.

4. Jason Schwartzman

Totally adorbs. He’s got that double threat thing going for him = CUTE AND SEXY.

3. Wolfmother

And here we’re talking, not one particular member, but the ENTIRE BAND (with the exception of the drummer).

2. Justin Timberlake

I’ve always had a thing for JT. A guy who can dance should know this truth: I’m putty in your hands.

1. Jack White

BIG SHOCK. He’s one talented, SEXY BITCH. Love everything he touches.

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Now, Thanksgiving is just around the corner. And when it comes down do it, for me? It’s all about gratitude, family, friendship, love and of course, food. So, this week’s Top 5 Music Countdown is dedicated to this joyous holiday. And if your family happens to have a karaoke machine, this awesome list doubles as a Thanksgiving-themed karaoke playlist — so you can belt out and bond with your perfectly dysfunctional family. Fun, right?

5.  “Sweet Potatoe Pie“
-DominoDo you remember this guy? Popular in the 90s – early 2000s. Shamed for sharking Snoop Doggy Dogg’s rapping style.

4.  “November Rain”
-Guns N’ RosesDelightful symphonic rock ballad about the month of November. One of GNR’s longest songs and one of the most expensive music videos to make (at that time).

3.  “Eat It”
-Weird Al YankovicFood is good to eat.

2.  “Umbrella“
-Rihanna (feat. Jay-Z)Umbrellas symbolize protection, friendship and in some cultures, love.

1.  “Livin’ On a Prayer“
-Bon JoviQuintessential anthem rock about hard work, love and holding onto what we’ve got!

Post your top 5 songs of thanks! Go to Heather’s blog — GirlLovesMusic.wordpress.com — or post your list below. She could really use some gratitude… and love.