Andrew Bird and St. Vincent to Tour Together
Mark your calendar: indie couple date night is set.
If dreamy, melodic, indie pop is your bag (read: if you are a 20-something female with awkward bangs) you've got the show of the summer coming up soon. Andrew Bird and St. Vincent are bringing their tunes to stages across the country. Their month-long journey together is sure to incite thoughtful ponderings, obnoxious swaying, and could probably be billed simply as, "indie-cred-date-night."
But all jokes aside, this show will probably be great...
Posted by Mark Steffen on Jun 30, 2009 @ 10:00 am
Daniel Martin Moore Hits Up Daytrotter
Folk artist Daniel Martin Moore pays a visit to Daytrotter to deliver a gem.
Don’t feel bad if you’ve never heard of Daniel Martin Moore – because his own label had no idea who he was until he sent an unsolicited demo to them in early 2007. Eventually Sub Pop Records decided to take a listen and contacted Moore, who was working at a bed and breakfast in Costa Rica.
Moore now resides on Sub Pop and has one album under his belt, Stray Age, which is one of the most simple, mellow folk records you can find. Daniel Martin Moore was recently invited to Daytrotter, and this Eastern Kentucky native fit right in with the atmosphere. Take a listen over at Daytrotter.
Posted by Wes Soltis on Jun 30, 2009 @ 9:00 am
The Morning After Girls Hit The Road with Tour Dates
The Morning After Girls release tour dates, Alone. out July 7th
You can call The Morning After Girls shoegaze rock, and that would be a-okay with them. The Morning After Girls Australian recorded debut album Alone. is out July 7th, with a record release party scheduled for July 16th at the Mercury Lounge in New York. The rest of the tour dates are as follows...
Posted by Wes Soltis on Jun 29, 2009 @ 11:00 am
The Roundtable: Slow Dancing
You can slow dance to any song with any member of the same sex - so who is it?
This week we offer a pretty simple question to our HEAVE writers – if you could slow dance with a musician of the same sex to any song of your choice – who would it be and why? I, for one, would probably want to dance to “Celebration” by Kool and the Gang with Jay-Z.
Mark Steffen - If I had to slow dance with one musician of the same sex, the answer is obvious: Read On
Posted by Wes Soltis on Jun 29, 2009 @ 9:00 am
Muse Covers 'Can't Take My Eyes Off You'
We've Got You Covered digs into 2002 to grab a great Muse cover of Frankie Valli.
“Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You” is a wildly popular song. It’s one of those songs that you wish you could erase from time and then rewrite yourself. The Frankie Valli hit peaked at number two on the Billboard charts in 1967, and was recently used in that Planter’s Peanut commercial where that beautiful on the inside (ugly) girl used a peanut as perfume, causing guys all around her to swoon. It was also the song that Heath Ledger’s character sang in Ten Things I Hate About You to try and gain Julia Stiles’ attention.
This catchy, cute, seemingly harmless tune was turned on its head when Muse grabbed a hold of it sometime in 2002. The thing is, Muse doesn’t really do anything different with the song. They keep the same lyrics, and keep it rather slow (minus the chorus, but even that is pretty tame for the sometimes seizure inducing Muse) – but Muse makes naturally sexy music, so “Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You” turns into something naturally sexy. Frankie Valli couldn’t keep his eyes off this person because he wanted to take them to a soda shop and possibly hold hands. Matthew Bellamy’s staring problem stemmed from ideas that weren’t exactly expressed on “Leave It To Beaver.”
And yes, I know Damien Rice includes part of the chorus in “The Blower’s Daughter.” But we already covered him and “Creep” here.
Posted by Wes Soltis on Jun 26, 2009 @ 9:00 am