Tonight Baltimore’s Talking Head has FFHH, E. Joseph, Red This Ever, and David Daniel. In DC the Velvet Lounge has Relay, Timberwolf Division, and Girl Loves Distortion. Up north in PA, the Fillmore at the TLA hosts Sonic Youth and The Hold Steady, Cafe M has The Swims and Perkasie, while the Wachovia center has NIN and Does It Offend You, Yeah?.
mp3: Sonic Youth - Sugar Kane
mp3: Relay - Context
mp3: FFHH - The Body
mp3: Does It Offend You, Yeah? - Epic Last Song
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Are you ever in a mood where you just need to franticly dance with nor rhyme or reason for it (or to it)? I’m in no way a dancer (trust me…I’m not…well… I can bust the cabbage patch or the running man if provoked), but listening to Does It Offend You, Yeah? makes me want to violently dance every ounce of energy out of myself. They combine that hardcore club electronic sound (that the Faint make so well) with computer thumping disco (like Daft Punk and Justice). The energy that forms when these two meet is phenomenal and dangerous. On the case of their debut LP, You Have No Idea What You’re Getting Yourself Into, it should have a warning:
Do not play while operating heavy machinery of any kind.
mp3: Does It Offend You, Yeah? - We Are Rockstars
mp3: Does It Offend You, Yeah? - Epic Last Song
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The lady responsible for turning my run-on and fragmented sentences into a cohesive enough thought to be placed on the internets for y’all to read, Marci Richter, is gonna be doing a recurring piece on ninebullets with regards to this years Lollapalooza line-up. Today we’re featuring the first 4 parts.
Enjoy
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PART 1: The Intro:
The Raconteurs are making me going to Lollapalooza. No, I don’t know Brendan, Patrick, or either of the Jack’s. Rather, I was just bummed when I found out that they aren’t going to be coming to Florida on this tour, so I started looking at good places to go see them. I saw that they’d be at Lollapalooza, and then I saw that a ton of other artists I love will be there, too, like Bloc Party, Girl Talk, Radiohead, Santogold, and The Black Keys to name just a few. I also have family and friends in the area that I can stay with, so the trip planning started.I’ve been to festivals before where I wasn’t familiar with all the bands, and then later I hear something from one of them and realize I probably missed a great set. I decided that I’d try and avoid that happening again and have planned to try to listen to every artist that will be there beforehand. After listening to the music on their websites or their MySpace sites, I have weeded out 34 artists that I have no interest in seeing and am still left with 73 that are possibilities. This festival is over the course of just 3 days (August 1-3), so since I’m sure some performances I’m interested in will conflict with each other, I’ve decided to rate my interest in seeing them, to make it easier to schedule my weekend once the schedule is released.I have definitely discovered some great music (and some mediocre music) this way, so I figured I’d share what I found, along with my ratings in case anyone wants to try and change my mind about whether this is a set I should see or skip.Lollapalooza Website
PART 2: The Black Keys:
Yeah, I know they’re not new to many of you, and you probably already know that they’re brilliant, but I have to make sure that you specifically understand that the song “Lies”, off of the album Attack and Release, is black silk, hair pulling, and a warm drunk in musical form.That is all.The Black Keys on MySpace
PART 3: Dr. Dog
Dr. Dog is one of the biggest surprises of my little project so far. I honestly thought this was going to be a hip hop act. I guess my subconscious paired Dr. Dre with Snoop Dog, and since Kanye West and Kid Sister are on the lineup, I figured this was another act along those lines.
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כמעט שעתיים מחיינו העברנו, בלישה ואני, בחיפוש אחר מסעדת הפתיליות המסתורית שבה נתקלתי בביקורי הקודם בשוק מחנה יהודה. עברנו בין מחוזות הכורדים לדוכני העיראקים, ושבנו אל פינותיהם של הקישואים הננסיים, ולא מצאנו אף לא פתיליה אחת. טוב, נו, בסוף הן הונחו לפנינו, אך בלישה אינו חובב מקומות אותנטיים וריחניים. בין בסטה לבסטה, במקום לזלול חלבה, אכלתי את עצמי על כך שכבר למעלה משבוע לא כתבתי כאן על נפלאות הרמונִיות כאלה ואחרות. ובכן, די לשריפת הזמן - המלאכה מרובה.
לפני שבועיים, בבוקרו של יום השואה כמדומני, פסעתי עם עיניי בין קולקציות איכותיות במיוחד של תצלומים מפסטיבל קואצ'לה האחרון שהתקיים בקליפורניה. את קנאתי באמריקנים ברי-מזל אלה אסכם כאן, אך לא היא שעומדת במרכז דבריי. בין שלל התמונות שהופיעו באתר ההוא, שאת מקומו שכחתי, נגלה גם פרצופו של האיש שלעיל והחולצה המצועצעת הזו שזועקת באותיות מארקר צהוב זוהר: "אני ניו-רייב אני". בירור קצר העלה כי מדובר בסולן המדופלם של Does It Offend You, Yeah? הבריטים, שאיכשהו תמיד נמנעתי מצליליהם. ובכן, חבל שעשיתי כן. האלבום הראשון שלהם, שיצא כבר לפני כמה חודשים נראה לי, לא מפתיע במיוחד, אבל הוא אוחז בכמה להיטי תקופה מעודכנים וחזקים בעליל. לצד כמה רגעים ילדותיים מעט, לטעמי (חלאס עם הווקודר, למשל), יש פה כמה פזמוני ניו-רייב לתחילת סמסטר. להלן המיטב:
Does It Offend You, Yeah? :: Dawn of the Dead
Does It Offend You, Yeah? :: Being Bad Feels Pretty Good
Does It Offend You, Yeah? :: Epic Last Song
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::: Does it Offend You, Yeah?
::: Bluebird Theater
::: 05.10.08
My friend Castro was able to go in my place to cover this show, and it looks like he danced his ass off.
For a band who was not even featured as the headliner Does It Offend You? Yeah sure made like the nights main event with their rock/electro unique sound. They played a short energetic set that had the crowd dancing to every
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Yes it Still Offends Me!
Does it Offend You, Yeah! still kind of pisses me off with their ridiculous name, but their album speaks for itself. They're a hybrid post-rock / electronic act that has angular guitars and high school type lyrics that are infectious. They will be supporting Yo! Majesty coming here pretty soon.
Does It Offend You, Yeah!-Epic Last Song [mp3]
4/26
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