SecretCast

Just came back from seeing the Editors at Webster Hall with The Big Sleep as openers.

Big Sleep were rather good, very jam band music that I was very easily able to groove to. The vocals seemed superfluous to the music, as is evidenced by how they did most of their set without actually singing. I picked up their EP showcasing three tracks from their upcoming LP, “Son of the Tiger.” Listening to it now, may play a track on the next SecretCast. [looks like I’m the first to submit the EP into CDDB]

Editors were really great. Music dead on, although there was little deviation to what they pressed. The audience was weird, talking throughout. I moved a couple of times before I gave up and just dealt with the conversations. It took them a while (the audience) to get into the music. Lead singer Tom Smith seems to be either: suffering from epilepsy, a tweaker, or a devotee of St. Ian with his constant jerks and choppy hand gestures. Believe me, there’s nothing wrong with any of the above, just an observation I made while I was wondering if he’s ever admitted to having a death shrine to our Heavenly Mancunian… I suspect he does.

When introducing “Bullets,” Smith dedicated the tune to either Rolling Stone or The Rolling Stones and called them (or it) assholes. I suspect it’s the magazine based on this tepid review of their album Back Room (remember, it just came out here in the US). If anyone (read: Auz) knows what’s up, let me know.

The encore included two new tracks, but I didn’t think to note what they were. Hopefully Brooklyn Vegan made it to the show and will have some pics up and a list, or will link to a site that has that info.

Oh, I don’t want to forget this. I was a little late getting to the theatre, but so were the Editors, who had just pulled up front and were quickly putting their gear inside. Turns out that they had just finished filming tonight’s Late Night with Conan O’Brien show. I found out just as I was making my way home, so I was able to turn on the tv, flip it to channel 4, and watch the band I just saw live perform before I saw them.

Good live act. Americans are boring.

Order Back Room by the Editors

Auz just passed this my way. My favorite slightly illegal music seller supporting the Russian Mafia site allofmp3 has launched a very “hello, sue me” service called AllTunes.

Granted, I’ve not yet downloaded it yet and tried it out, but on the surface it looks like the Ruskies have simply relaunched their Explorer tool, where you could easily browse and download all in one convenient program (rather than dealing with pages and Web lag) under a new name with a new URL.

I’m just worried that the name of this “new” toy will attract unwanted attention, and my cheap way of sorta buying music legally in a very gray way will be lost to the lawyers.

(Via Brad Sucks.)

Hey, three cents is still three cents, Bradley!

The Pope in his interview with Uncut magazine.

(via Perez Hilton)

The official Vines site is now streaming a third track from their upcoming LP Vision Valley… “Any Sound,” which just so happens to be the lead track on the album.

Vision Valley drops next week.

Pitchfork just did an article about the boys, and had the tenacity to say that their second effort, Winning Days, sucked. I beg to differ, but then, I just have this shitty wee music blog.

Pre-Order Vision Valley

NME is reporting that Franz Ferdinand will be releasing a rares track, “Swallow Smile,” to members of their soon to be launched FFan club. Didn’t see a link or anything for it on their site, but then, according to front man Alex, it’s suppossed to be an old-school kind of fan club where everyone exchanges loose leaf pages filled with their favorite stickers or some such.

Auz just showed me this article/interview author Douglas Coupland did with the Pope recently. Still reading it, but has interesting tidbits (and it’s nice to see someone finally mentioning in the press how big Moz’s head is… it’s fucking HUGE)!

Pre-Order Ringleader of the Tormentors

Crap, I knew I’d forget this. 33 1/3 is a wee book series focusing on some of the most important albums ever released. Think biography of vinyl (or CD, or cassette, or mp3 if you will). Vinyl, of course, is the inspiration for the name of the series: I still have my 12 inch records, and 45s.

Anyways, they’ve just release a set of new books, and have released a snippet of the Stone Roses book (based on their premier album).

Their latest books are…

• There’s a Riot Goin’ On, by Miles Marshall Lewis
  
• Doolittle, by Ben Sisario
  
• Paul’s Boutique, by Dan LeRoy
  
• The Stone Roses, by Alex Green

You can get a complete list as well as a calender of when the next batches of books are out here.

Lullabyes has pushed out their audio recording of Bloc Party’s gig from last September. You can get/listen/ignore the tracks by pointing your browser here. There are other recorded concerts on the site, too. Just peruse the menu on the left yourself.

(Found via Brooklyn Vegan)

Only the second coming of Christ, man.

NME have revealed the tracklist for their upcoming EP…

1. “The View From The Afternoon”
   
2. “Cigarette Smoker Fiona”
   
3. “From Despair To The Departure Lounge”
   
4. “No Buses”
   
5. “Who The Fuck Are Arctic Monkeys?”
   

You know, my host Fuitadnet couldn’t seem to figure out how to keep their servers up and running, so I never got a chance to comment on when Morrissey decided to comment about how AM’s fame was coming on too sudden. When I first heard that, my first thought was “What… Smiths… chopped liver?” But then somehow Morrissey realized (for once) that he but his foot in his mouth and so Baby Jesus stopped throwing poo.

Oh, just saw this on the official AM site… a track will be played from the EP on the Zane Lowe show on Monday. FYI if you’re into the band.