- Part 14

K442384N

About K442384N

Here are my most recent posts

Warpaint: Video of the Week This Week

Video of the Week This Week No Responses »

Nov 222010

warpaint_video-of-the-week-this-week_kisses-and-noise Ok, Ok so I’m loving Warpaint. Although their name may be better suited for a hardcore metal act, they are an all-girl alternative rock band from L.A. Comprised of actresses, musicians in other L.A groups, and a former Chili Pepper for a brief time they flew quietly under my rock radar until this song, “Undertow” worked its way into my subconscious. Songs like “Elephants” from their debut EP, Exquisite Corpse, rock with heavy, hazy, psychedelic guitar fuzz and usually are the type to grab my attention first, but it is the sweet nouveau-Fleetwood Mac sound of “Undertow” that I can’t get out of my head.

My Morning Jacket’s Version of “Tyrone” is TCSE!RN

Coolest Song Ever! ... Right Now No Responses »

Nov 162010

My-morning-jacket_chapter2_kissesandnoise As I anxiously await the next golden nug from the boys in My Morning Jacket I find myself digging deeper into their old stuff. “Tyrone” is originally an Erykah Badu number, I think, but Jim James adds his haunting take on the vocals while the band builds a stripped down (for MMJ) and straightforward rock nuance that breathes new life into it. The song appears on Chapter 2: Learning: Early Recordings with some raw demos and other oddball, but fantastic covers like Hank Williams’ “Why Don’t You Love Me,” Berlin’s “Take My Breath Away,” and the Pet Shop Boys’ “West End Girls.”

[media id=56]

Check out My Morning Jacket’s exclusive concert for the David Letterman audience at the Ed Sullivan Theater from October 12th

“What the Hell is Goin’ On Around Here?!” – Suicidal Tendencies Tonight

Concert Previews 1 Response »

Nov 092010

Su-i-cidal! Su-i-cidal!

Oh man. I haven’t thought about these guys in a while. The SoCal punk with a weird angst-y gang influence, turned thrash, then prog-metal, then funk-metal band is certain to shred Firestone with energy and volume. Although Mike Muir (the badass with the low-slung blue bandanna) is really the only original member, I’m sure the band he’s assembled can carry the load minus the insanely shreddy Rocky George (and his Pittsburgh Pirates hat) and now-Metallica bassist, Robert Trujillo (this guy is such a better fit for ST than Metallica).

I had this t-shirt!

“All I wanted was a Pepsi!” “I went to your schools / I went to your churches / I went to your institutional learning facilities” – As a middle-schooler ST’s “Institutionalized” is probably one of the most quotable songs I ever heard next to the Beastie Boy’s “Paul Revere.” The song captured the disillusionment, disenfranchisement, and overall alienation of the “tween” so perfectly, then turned everything on its ass by meshing punk sentiment with hardcore metal. Suicidal Tendencies are true punk / thrash / funk pioneers and definitely worth your Tuesday evening. With Head PE tonight @ 8PM.

Fucking great song. How do you NOT want to punch someone in the face after hearing this? This video marked a period of my youth where I wore Vans, white socks, blue jeans, and half shirts. Wow.

The Radio Dept. – “David”

Coolest Song Ever! ... Right Now No Responses »

Nov 082010

radiodept-kisses-and-noise_the-coolest-song-ever-right-now Swedish shoegazers, The Radio Department, released an album a few months back. Clinging to a Scheme is their third full-length release and features a spacey, relaxed, low-fi feel something like Wilco meets Saint Etienne at a chill wave concert. “Heaven’s on Fire” – not to be confused with the awesome single from KISS‘ 1984 album Animalize – is the second single, but I like “David.” It’s the first single and The Coolest Song Ever! … Right Now.

[media id=55]

Thievery Corporation and Massive Attack from the Hard Rock 10.27.10

Concert Reviews, Concert Video No Responses »

Nov 032010

Thievery Corporation opened up the double headlining show and powered through a more uptempo set than usual. They were heavy on the reggae and the percussion, pumping up the large crowd for one of the most anticipated electronica shows I’ve seen. Thievery dug into tunes from Radio Retaliation like “Sound the Alarm,” “Radio Retaliation,” and “The Numbers Game” and peppered in classics like “Lebanese Blonde” and “Richest Man in Babylon.”

Massive lights up Hard Rock

Massive Attack brought a dazzling light show with lasers and a large multi-panel LED display than ran the span of the stage and was slatted like horizontal blinds. It displayed everything from subliminal worldwide brand logos to shapes and colors or real-time staggering statistics about how terrible the world is. I walked away feeling awful being a westerner – but whatevs!! It was a great show. They maintained their dark, brood-y sounding electronica and sometimes pushed to outright industrial rock.

I thought MA was great, but the consensus outside seemed to be in favor of TC’s eclectic, high energy show.

Phoenix from the House of Blues, Orlando 10.26.2010

Concert Reviews No Responses »

Oct 272010

Phoenix-the-band_orlando_live_kisses-and-noise Phoenix put on a hell of a penultimate show in Orlando the other night. Although they did not stray far from setlists I viewed, they were able to really amp up their sentimental indie rock for the live setting. The performance was loud and bright with a pulsing light show. The band was tight and displayed some jam prowess by extending some songs, adding nifty build-ups or interludes to others, while others got grandiose intros or reworked altogether (See “If I Ever Feel Better” metal version). There is a lot of music these days, but not many bands take the time to really expand on themes and play with their songs (especially indie) in concert. I’m not talking endless noodling, but having the chops and originality to give you something extra in person.

Singer, Thomas Mars, among the great unwashed

The guys were charming and fun and brought along a powerful drummer to step it up a notch. I’ve noticed several bands this month realize the impact of a good drummer by bringing in true ringers to lay down the backbone. The guy appeared to be middle eastern which is cool to see a guy like that rocking out instead of bashing a school girl with a rock. OOOOooooooh damn! Snap! That’s awful. Seriously though, French band, middle eastern (Maybe Indian – I should do my homework) powerhouse on the drums, and an American audience in the palm of their hands; Who needs the UN when you have rock n’ roll?

Grandaddy’s of Electronica: Thievery Corp & Massive Attack Tonight!

Concert Previews, Coolest Song Ever! ... Right Now No Responses »

Oct 272010

Thievery on stage in Houston 2008

Massive Attack is back with a lush and powerful new album in Heigoland and Thievery Corporation is on the heels of their first retrospective release, It Takes a Thief, and debut of the Eric Hilton produced, conspiracy tinged, attack-on-the-establishment film, Babylon Central. My guess is Massive is headlining, but Thievery is sure to steal the show at Hard Rock. TC “brings it” live with a touring entourage of musicians, dancers, singers and rappers. TC’s Outernational sound is fleshed out with live instrument arrangements as they assemble the necessary talent for each song in their eclectic catalog. Let’s not kid each other fellas, this sort of music – the chill, down tempo electronica – brings out the the laaaaaay-deeeez! What, what?!

I love this song – “Sweet Tides” – from Thievery’s Radio Retaliation. A step back from Outernational and into pure pop electronica. It has a cinematic quality, sad and beautiful, and reminds me a bit of Massive Attack.

[media id=52]

“Lebanese Blonde” from HoB, Orlando 2009:

thievery-corporation_live_houston_kissesandnoise1

A little help with the reggae

Backstage in Houston

Eric and Rob

The Lovely Natalia Clavier

thievery-corporation_live_houston_kissesandnoise

International sound with Brazilian, Princess Karina

thievery-corporation_live_houston_kissesandnoise_belly

Belly Dancer!

Rob Garza

Karina and Lou Lou

Lou Lou & Rob

Loulou Ghelichkhani in Houston 2008

See more video from Thievery Corporation’s last visit to Orlando

MGMT @ Hard Rock Tonight

Concert Previews No Responses »

Oct 252010

mgmt_live_orlando-music-blog_kisses-and-noise I absolutely adored “Time to Pretend” off their first album, but as other songs from Oracular Spectacular were released MGMT came off sort of flat to me. That, coupled with reports of their live performances being somewhat lacking or flat made me lose interest as well. Apparently they have juiced up the live show and added some key musicians to help the duo expand on their sound. Their latest album, Congratulations, is more complete and seems to have drawn a lot of inspiration from The Elevator Drops (The best band you never heard) or at least The Drops’ influences. This show at Hard Rock is definitely one of the more anticipated shows this month.

“Let’s make some money, make some music, find some models for wives / I’ll move to Paris, shoot some heroin and fuck with the stars” – I love that.

Caribou from BackBooth, Orlando 10.18.10

Concert Reviews, Concert Video No Responses »

Oct 202010

Shitty pic of Caribou blowin' up BackBooth

Caribou was fucking brilliant. The one-man, moody, atmospheric trip pop, elegant and beautiful in its own right, was kicked in the balls with a stout dose of rock. Lead Caribou, Daniel Snaith, moved from drum kit to synthesizer and sampler assisting a full-time drummer (that had some serious chops), bass player, and guitarist. The show was rhythm heavy with the drummers pounding out trance-like beats together and sometimes dueling – adding power to the recognized studio versions of “Found Out” and “Sun” to name a few. The music was expansive and loud weaving through extended interludes and jams, bleeding most songs from one into the other seamlessly. The brooding and hypnotic music was infused with ear-splitting power by the live band and augmented by a simple, yet engaging and epilepsy inducing light show. Bra-fuckin-vo!

Edward Sharpe & The Magenetic Zeroes from The Ritz, Ybor City 10.16.10

Concert Reviews, Concert Video No Responses »

Oct 182010

All Praise the Magnetic Zeroes!

Are guys that look like “Jesus” charismatic or are they charismatic because they look like Jesus? Lead singer, Alex Ebert, played the gregarious front man (cult leader), engaging the crowd, dancing, leading sing-alongs, and talking to fans. The band wasted no time, kicking off the night with “40 Day Dream” and the ubiquitous “Janglin’.”

They extended some songs and added sweet interludes to others while nearly all tunes got a sort of custom intro. The 10-piece moved through most of their debut album with trippy, glowing, morphing projection panels as a backdrop. The Tampa crowd was lively and eager, singing nearly every word and giving the opener, He’s my Brother, She’s my Sister a warm reception. Good vibes prevailed.

My wife really likes the part in the middle when Alex and Jade have the cute little dialog about the her falling out of the window and them falling in love. They omitted this part to exchange pleasantries with Jade’s family who were in attendance at The Ritz.

Older Entries Newer Entries