Posted by dancehallhips on July 12, 2008
I’ve been slackin’ on here again, big time. So I thought I’d cram a bunch of artists I’ve taken a liking as I’ve sifted through the countless press releases and mp3s:
Who: Jumbling Towers
What: “Classy Entertainment”
Sounds Like: If Destroyer and Wolf Parade collaborated to make carnival music
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Posted by dancehallhips on May 21, 2008
I’m all done with school now…er…until next fall. I’ve got one hell of an inbox piled up AND a ton of CD’s waiting to be reviewed and promoted. I’m thinking of doing some revamping with Dance Hall Hips; a new facelift, maybe even a nifty logo. I’ll try and squeeze that in between that glorious period of time where I’m off school and before I have to get a job.
Thanks for your patience. I’ll try and get some posts up in the days to come!
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Posted by dancehallhips on May 8, 2008
Yes, I’m alive. But don’t get too excited. I’ve still got school on my hands. Just thought I’d share a track I stumbled across while screening/reviewing CD’s. It’s a Portland-based band, Canoe. They’re covering Neutral Milk Hotel’s “Holland, 1945″. The rest of the CD makes for a nice folky summer album in the vein of Sufjan Stevens, Joni Mitchell, Rosie Thomas, and Denison Witmer.
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Posted by dancehallhips on April 29, 2008
Daytrotter never fails to put out great live/in-studio sets. Death Cab’s is no exception. Finally, a non-acoustic version of “Cath” (which sounds like older Death Cab!) and a much better version of “Talking Bird” than what’s been floating around. There’s also some great takes on older stuff. Here goes the new ones:
Death Cab For Cutie - “Talking Bird (Live @ Daytrotter)” (alt)
Death Cab For Cutie - “Cath (Live @ Daytrotter)” (alt)
Go here for all of ‘em
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Posted by dancehallhips on April 25, 2008
It’s safe to say my school is not what you call a place hipsters and indie music enthusiasts like to flock. That aside, a friend and I have been involved with starting up an organization on campus geared towards bringing local and independant acts on campus. So far, as one could imagine, turnout hasn’t been anything to write home about.
That was until we got The Blow to play…
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Posted by dancehallhips on April 23, 2008
Apparently a new Turin Brakes album and EP were released last year, both of which slipped past my radar. A reader was kind enough to shoot me a video:
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Posted by dancehallhips on April 20, 2008
Still haven’t found any recent Death Cab bootlegs. I’m a little baffled none are up AND that a lot of the videos people have uploaded are just of older songs. Tsk Tsk. Here’s a live video of “Your New Twin Size Bed.” Sound quality’s lacking, but it’s certainly better than nothing. Are the verse’s structured a little like “Mmmbop” or is that just me?
Not that that’s a bad thing…
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Posted by dancehallhips on April 20, 2008
I’ve been diggin’ around the internet for a bootleg of the Bremerton Death Cab show that went down a few days ago, but no such luck. I did happen to find a few videos of it.
One thing I have realized about the band’s newest material: it’s sort of bridging the gap between their old stuff and Plans, and I’m able to enjoy Plans a little more because of it…
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Posted by dancehallhips on April 17, 2008
Some good news has entered the music-front. The new Wolf Parade is slowly but surely getting ready for its latest release, Kissing the Beehive (?) off Sub Pop on June 17th. Here’s the first surfaced track:
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