Funny thing that just yesterday I was revisiting The Killers' debut album Hot Fuss, and today I see NME reporting that The Killers are apparently back from their 2009 hiatus (sans feathers, hopefully) and signed on to play Lollapalooza in Chile. Good thing, too, as I did not much dig Brandon Flowers's solo effort Flamingo. It had several good tracks– "Crossfire," "Was it Something I Said" and "Swallow It," but on the whole it was lackluster for me. Anywho, I'm hoping they'll be getting back to the studio to turn out some more post-ironic, sleazy, synth-drenched pop tunes. I refuse to admit the iTunes play count for "Spaceman."
There's something about Noah and the Whale's sound that's wonderfully sentimental and wistful without being even remotely sappy. I meant to post the news a couple days ago that the British indie folk band has got a new album slated for March 15 called Last Night on Earth. Paste magazine is streaming their single "Wild Thing" (which has nothing to do with The Troggs) on their website via cool cassette tape-shaped media player. As usual, give the song a few seconds and then start asking yourself whether you've fallen in love. You probably have.
On a related note, above is the official music video for another song off the new album called "L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N." It's surprisingly upbeat compared to their usual fare. TMI is definitely looking forward to March.
I never considered myself remotely musical or particularly funny, so the fact that I've had the chance to mess around with both of those things over the past year and half is nothing short of awesome, in my opinion. The most recent evidence? The Week at Belmont crew, with the help of friends, wrote, recorded and shot yet another parody video for the show. Last Spring we tackled "Tik Tok." This time around we turned our attention to "Fireflies" by Owl City. I'm proud of it, and definitely happy that I've got such great creative partners. They are badasses, the lot of them. Also, we're operating under the name Slander and Libel Records. Take a look!
Credits: Written by Erin Carson and Cassidy Hodges
Camera/Editing Erin Carson
Directed by Cassidy Hodges
Produced and Engineered by Aaron Dethrage
Musicians Cassidy Hodges - Vocals Phil Feurtado - Drums Ben Jones - Bass Aaron Dethrage - Electric Guitar/Synth Programming Lindsey Thompson - Piano/Harmony Vocals Erin Carson - Harmony Vocals
Special Thanks Kevin Heim Phil Feurtado Dustin Stout Aaron Sievers Brian Wilson
Also: The Pembro’s Chris LePore Cody Muller Nate Martson Max Shenfield Jeff Arnold Jens Jacobson Logan Stoltzfus Mike Lucarelli Mike Quintana Mitchell Jackson Chris Zimmer Dave Warnick Joey Doyscher
There seems to be a fair amount of illness going around Nashvegas this week. I spent most of the weekend sick in bed, watching TV. So, you can imagine when I saw a video with a redheaded girl twisting off her hand to pay an intergalactic toll road, I figured it might be the fever talking.
Check out this trip-y music video for "The Ghost Inside" by Broken Bells. Also, it will teach you a valuable lesson to never leave home without your Visa card, otherwise travel will cost you an arm and a leg, (ba dum chhh!) literally.