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Flight of the Conchords - Ladies of the World

Dedicated to all the ladies out there.  Video for "Ladies of the World" by Flight of the Conchords, from their latest self-titled release (2008).  This one courtesy of Sub Pop.

Tue Jul 8 2008 · Posted in Music Videos

Tonight at Red 7:  Burning Brides

It must have been last October sometime when a reunited Helmet made a stop at Austin’s Red 7. To say Page Hamilton and Co. blew me away would be an understatement. To say supporting act Burning Brides was every bit as impressive would be a stretch but, for the most part, still accurate.

The band’s sound is somewhere between the hazy grooves of Queens of the Stone Age, feedback-laden, Mastodon-esque metal, and Foo Fighters at their most agro – a sonic diversity that has offered the band the opportunity to support bands ranging from The White Stripes, A Perfect Circle, and My Morning Jacket on recent tours.
 
The Brides - consisting of Dimitri Coats (vocals/guitars), wife Melanie Coats (bass), and Pete Beeman (drums) - are currently touring in support of their self-released fourth album, Anhedonia (buy it here) (the band was at one point signed to Richard Branson’s Virgin Records follow-up, V2 Records, putting out two albums before the label, essentially, folded in 2007). Visit the band’s Myspace profile to check out 6 songs from Anhedonia (that’s like, half the album). The record was recorded live, allowing for a no frills, no bullshit sound.
 
One last note: Burning Brides tour in a biodiesel-fueled van. Having once been the proud owner of a waste-vegetable oil-powered van, I can attest to the hard work that goes into making this possible. Kudos Brides, kudos.

Show info & tickets here.

By blog contributor James Taylor.

Tue Jul 8 2008 · Posted in Daily

Bloc Party - Mercury

Directed by Ace Norton

Video for Bloc Party's new single Mercury (Atlantic)

Tue Jul 8 2008 · Posted in Music Videos on littleradio.com

The Three O’Clock - Jet Fighter

Classic video for "Jet Fighter"from The Three O'Clock's 1983 LP Sixteen Tambourines.

Tue Jul 8 2008 · Posted in Music Videos on littleradio.com

I See Hawks In L.A.

"Their songs are rife with mournful social commentary, environmental tragedy, wily humor, outsider guile, and political undercurrent. Seldom has there been an album with such joyous music-making, such corrosive, acid-etched lyrics."

- WM Smith, No Depression

Today on the Aquarium Drunkard show our guests were Rob and Paul from L.A.'s own I See Hawks In L.A.  The band, having just released their 4th LP, Hallowed Ground, continue to mine traditional tried and true Country & Western staples while infusing their own left coast brand of Americana into the mix. 

During our interview, the guys discussed the current state of "country" music - note the quotes - and how, in today's mainstream country radio market, artists as seminal as Dwight Yoakam can hardly get airplay, not to mention Willie Nelson who has since had to resort to duets with the likes of Toby Keith to remain viable in a market he practically helped invent.  Listen to the podcast of the entire show here.

I See Hawks carry the torch for a genre that - while it continues to thrive -  has been pushed to the underground. There is no "alt" in their country - this is music that would seem as natural in 1968 as 2008.  Oh, and if you were wondering, yes, these are tunes that go especially well with an ice cold tall boy in the July summer heat.

LISTEN: I See Hawks in LA : Raised by Hippies

www.iseehawks.com  ++ http://www.myspace.com/iseehawksinla

Mon Jul 7 2008 · Posted in on littleradio.com