SUNDAY CLEANING

I'm updating the site today, so if it looks weird for a little while, I apologize.

Vampire Forest Fire

The first thing is The Neon Boys, who were basicially Television before they got Richard Lloyd. Their sound is quite different, however: kind of like a cross between Television and The Band. As far as I can tell, only five songs were recorded. I'll try to post one of them as soon as I can.

I've also finally discovered The Arcade Fire's first (and only) EP, which up until now I've been unable to take very seriously. It's actually quite good, it's just less epic and a bit more straightforward. Again, I'll try to post a song ASAP.

The Knife is a Swedish duo that I feel I'm also a little late on getting into. They create atmospheric, minimalist electronic music that is, for no obvious reason, terribly disturbing. Their new record, Silent Shout, is great.

It turns out that even though I can't post music, I can still put up videos from YouTube. Here's one of TV on the Radio performing the song "Wolf Like Me". I think this is an amazing performance.

The Killers THIS Friday at Webster Hall

The Killers are playing a "secret show" this Friday at Webster Hall. The presale starts at 3:00pm eastern time, while the public on-sale is on the 20th. The username on the presale is "thekillers" and the password is "tickets". Extremely clever.

I'm currently debating whether or not I should go to this show, and I have about two hours to make the decision. If do end up going, I promise to post pictures and a review. (Thanks BrooklynVegan by way of Sara)

UPDATE: The tickets sold out in 12 seconds. Luckily, they go back on sale tomorrow. In the meantime, check out some streams from Sam's Town. Maybe they will help you decide if you hate them or not. That's why I'm hoping for anyway.

A temporary shift...

I've got bad news: I've temporarily lost my ability to post mp3s... and I'm actually not sure how I'm going to get it back. As a result, I haven't posted anything in a little while.

The fact is, pretty much the only thing I've been listening to is a mix given to me by my friend Peter. While I get my technical difficulties worked out, head over to his blog: But For Now We Are Young.

I'll be back soon... I promise.

Two more weeks of WOXY

Well, this sucks. Internet radio pioneers WOXY are shutting down due to financial reasons. Read the full scoop here. In other radio news, NPR announced today that they're joining the infranet in 2007 with the launch of NPR Music Online. Oh, and the VMAs are tonight.

Daily Supertreat: Arcade Fire goes Magnetic

Who else is eager for any news about the forthcoming Arcade Fire release? No word yet on a release date, although the band announced about a month ago that they were going to produce it themselves. In the meantime, we'll have to tide ourselves over with goodies like today's supertreat. It's a cover done by The Arcade Fire of a great Magnetic Fields song. Enjoy! (Thanks Goldenfiddle).

- The Arcade Fire - Born on a Train (Magnetic Fields cover)

I'll bookmark your blog if it gets good

Alright, now that I've got a few minutes I think I should introduce myself.

My name is Patrick, and I live in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

I created this blog so that I could share some of the music I like, as well as talk about any other random music related stuff. This is essentially just another music blog from just another guy living in Brooklyn.

This blog is named after a song by the once-great punk band Against Me!, who have in recent years devolved into a pretty shitty commerial pop-punk band. Back in the day, however, they were fuckin' great. The song in question is called "8 Full Hours of Sleep", and rather than explain why I chose to pay homage to this particular song, I think I'll just post the mp3 and be done with it.

- Against Me! - 8 Full Hours of Sleep
Here's another Against Me! song from their classic album Reinventing Axl Rose:
- Against Me! - We Laugh at Danger and Break all the Rules

Voxtrot

After sort of forgetting about them for a little while, I'm really getting back into Voxtrot. If you like The Smiths, Belle and Sebastian or even The Talking Heads, you'll probably like these guys. Now thay they've signed to Playlouder, we should see a full-length release sometime in the next year. Here's a track from one of the two EPs they've released so far:

- Voxtrot - Wrecking Force

Also, while we're on the subject of bands I've almost forgotten about, I'll be posting a review of the forthcoming Mars Volta album. Here's a quick preview: it's not very good!

Links:

- Voxtrot on Myspace
- The Mars Volta's rediculous website.
- Who wants to come with me to This?