good bands from london with odd names (part one in a sporatic series)

tunng (pronounced: turonga...honestly i have no idea) is super rad. so rad, you could say they were supre rad. here's how they describe it (this is the lazy way to write):

"tunng play a mesmerizing mix of folky acoustics and busy electronica, overlaying electronic crackles, gorgeous harmonies, bewitching mantras and synthetic beats that are reminiscent of early beta band, 'the wicker man' soundtrack and four tet."

sounds good to me because i don't really know how to describe them. maybe tim could. i bet he could. also, i didn't really discover them, asher did. he's sort of our silent partner on all this. maybe watching this video would help you see what they sound like. or maybe you already know and i'm the last man to find out (which is how i feel usually).



this video, coincidentally is exactly what we do at the cafe after all the bands and fans have gone home. rip off i think.

and another thing: why do i use parenthesis so much?

just like in grade school

April 6th is a long ways away, I realize that. However, you're going to want to flip the pages on your calender, make a couple clicks on your icalender, or just burn the date in your memory. April 6th is the day that Dirty Projectors strolls on in to good old Salt Lake City to play at the lovely Kilby Court.

Dirty Projectors are the type of band that I love, one with a large amount of revolving members, playing all kinds of instruments, at various points of time, to ultimately create something awesome. Check out their music, it's sort of European alt-country (if that even exists), and you know how we love Europeans on this crazy boat. Since I love to make it easy for you guys, here is a video for you to check out, those girls can sing. Warning, it may make you quiet :)

I'm not quite sure... yet

Do you like Neutral Milk Hotel? Of course you do.

Do you like Beirut? Of course you do.

Do you like Devotchka? Of course you do.

Then you know you'll like Sgt. Dunbar and the Hobo Banned. I really can't figure out what their deal is. They're good, and have similarities to the above bands. Maybe a little more time with them and I'll be able to get a hold on what they're all about, for now, I'm just going to enjoy the zillions of songs on their website.

ain't no "C" in Korea, or is there?

Correatown is Angela Correa, it even says so on her myspace. I came across her music a little while ago, I'm not really sure I remember how, anyway I like it.

Let me start over, I'm not so good at this whole review thing, I'm sure you all know that by now. She's good, kind of like Rachel Yamagata, and a little like something else that I can't really place right now.

She's coming to Salt Lake in a few weeks, we tried to book her, but she doesn't like us ;) she'll be playing at Area 51, and I'm sure it will definitely be enjoyable. Check it out.

tim and eric awesome, listener awesomer?

check this out...



catch listener with his band on friday, january 18th at the cafe. get online tickets here. olé bravo, the lionelle and swans of never are also on the bill.

lucky charms

so i snagged radiohead's in/rainbows for free last year when they did the realease online thing. and even though i feel good about my free download, i bought the cd on wednesday from graywhale cd (even though it was really much cheaper at a chain store).

anyway, i would really recommend the purchase. the album art is amazing (as expected) and the cd quality is...cd quality.

and if you're going to go buy it. support something that's not a chain. slowtrain would be a good idea. graywhale is good even though it's a semi-chain (at least the employees are friendly).

new video from number one gun

i was going to write a nice article on number one gun and how their new album comes out on january 15th and how they're playing the cafe with brighten on saturday, january 19th...

but instead i'll just post this video that is the first single off the north pole project (tooth & nail)...enjoy.