october 2. cedar cultural center. you would be remiss to not make it to this event.

http://www.thecedar.org/tortoise_2

“It’s hard to think of a name that carries as much weight in both hip-hop and avant-rock circles as Prefuse 73, who in the past year alone has been asked to remix TV On The Radio, Pelican, BLK JKS and Cornelius, not to mention his early collaborations with School of Seven Bells and Battles. These interactions have clearly helped to shape the evolving Prefuse 73 sonic aesthetic, which has expanded to include Herren’s twisted visions of prog-rock, “machine funk” and global psychedelia.”

La Nouvelle Femme

“The artist collective known as La Nouvelle Femme is preparing for its second annual event September 18 at the Varsity Theater. If last year’s event is any indication this year’s “Wanderlust” is sure to be a great success and will undoubtedly sell out. The evening will showcase artwork by Torey Bonar and Hilary Berg, live music by Hildur Victoria and Bella Koshka and a fashion show with clothing by Calpurnia Peach and Frances Zerr.”
From http://www.twincityscene.com/fashiondaily/372
For more information visit www.myspace.com/lanouvellefemme

My friends in Empires have hooked up with our friends over at the Northern Outpost to talk about music and also play some!

you should really head over to the site and give it a listen.

http://northern-outpost.blogspot.com/2009/07/episode-13-empires.html

good stuff.

-c

Record Club: Velvet Underground & Nico ‘Sunday Morning’ from Beck Hansen on Vimeo.

Its kind of an auspicious day and after pounding out my final thesis this week, starting back full time at work and graduating later today, I think its time to start rollin’ this blog out again. Without further adieu here’s what I’ve been listening to lately:

I have to toss some mad love to i guess i’m floating for the MAP project. Check it out here

My favorite track from the May edition is definitely this one from France
Walter – Le Dernier Bastion
This is definitely a great summer song. Its got a nice little groove and will probably be making its way onto a lot of my mixes for the next month or so.
I’ve been bumpin’ on repeat all the tracks I’ve been able to get my hands on by Chiddy Bang. They’ve got a real Cool Kids feel with a bit more melodic beats and some great samples. On top of that you can’t go wrong with some sick flow and good lyrics. Check out their MySpace
Here’s a little somethin’ to get your head noddin’.
Chiddy Bang – Kids (ft. MGMT)

The new Sparklehorse (AKA new Danger Mouse, because let’s face it no one cares who actually put out the album if DM is the producer) is awesome. Its terrible that due to label disputes this one isn’t going to get a real release. Check out the story and DM’s pretty legit response here
Here’s my two favorite tracks from the album, Just War has a bit of a Beatles feel to it and features Gruff Rhys from Super Furry Animals. Little Girls features Julian Casablancas, frontman for the Strokes.
Sparklehorse – Just War (feat. Gruff Rhys)
Sparklehorse – Little Girl (feat. Julian Casablancas)

I guess the last thing to do here is of course drop a Passion Pit remix, as it seems that’s what all the cool kids are doing. Manners dropped earlier this month and it seems like everybody and their mother has been gettin their remix on.
Passion Pit – The Reeling (Calvin Harris Remix)

-Jon

There is nothin’ better than free music, especially when its from a guy who has consistently put out great albums. Don’t let the recession get you down, just get down with Del instead. Pick up the new one here…For Free!!

So the Mission Creek Music Festival is going on in Iowa City as we speak.

I had the chance to make it to the GZA last night and it was a fun way to kick things off. 

I will be making it to a few more show including Beach House and Headlights this evening. 

I am anxiously awaiting the performance by No Age this saturday night…

Expect some show reviews from the festival later this weekend.

Here is a list of the artists for this years festival:

MUSIC:
GZA/GENIUS (of WU-TANG CLAN) performing LIQUID SWORDS
THE MOUNTAIN GOATS
BEACH HOUSE
NO AGE
JOHN VANDERSLICE
THE COOL KIDS
FRUIT BATS
BOWERBIRDS
GOLDEN BIRDS
HEADLIGHTS
THE TALLEST MAN ON EARTH
SIMON JOYNER
DANIEL HIGGS
CALEB ENGSTROM
THE WESTERN FRONT
PORNO GALACTICA
EL PASO HOT BUTTON
WET HAIR
BEAST WARS
PEAKING LIGHTS
CARTRIGHT
THE HOOD INTERNET
ESCAPE THE FLOODWATER JUG BAND
ROOMMATE
FOURTH OF JULY
NETHERFRIENDS
PIETA BROWN
THE BROWN NOTE
WOLVES IN THE ATTIC
BROKEN SPOKES
BIRTH RITES
DAVID ZOLLO AND THE BODY ELECTRIC
SCHOOL OF FLYENTOLOGY
JOE PUG
MANNIX!
ILL EASE
THE PACK A.D.
THE GGLITCH
BILL NACE
THESE UNITED STATES
SHAME TRAIN
PETIT MAL
BRIGHTON, MA
DEAD LARRY
YEA BIG AND KID STATIC
YAK BALLZ
ROEBUS ONE
KOSHA DILLZ
DERILL POUNDS
PACIFIC PROVING GROUND
LIGHT POLLUTION
MACON GREYSON
HAPPY CHROMOSOMES
GRAMPALL JOOKABOX
RED CORTEZ
CUTICLE 130
PRUSSIA
ANIMENTAL
MATTHEW GRIMM AND THE RED SMEAR
THE HATHAWAYS
POLITE SLEEPER
ZOLA JESUS
MORE TO COME? YEAH!

come down and check out if you are in the area, it should be worth it and tickets are not too bad!

Check out the schedule and more information here: http://missionfreak.com/

-Charlie

One of my all time favorite bands has a new record coming out soon and I thought that I might have to share that information with you seeing as I write for a music blog and all.

The band: Halloween Alaska

The new record:  Champagne Downtown

Release date: April 7th

I am so excited about this new record. They are an incredible electronic pop (for lack of a better genre title) band based out of minneapolis, featuring the percussion of Dave King (The Bad Plus, Love- Cars, Happy Apple, Gang Font just to name a few.) I celebrate their entire catalogue and I think that you will too if you haven’t already. 

A hometown CD release show has been announced for April 10 at First Avenue and I am pissed off that I won’t be able to make it to it. Hopefully one of you will be able to and will send me some photos!

New track from the new record:

Not the coolest video but a great song…

- Charlie