Extra bright, I want y'all to see this.

Song of the day from album of the week, likely of the year.

Hoping I get to make it out to the secret show at the Bowery Ballroom tonight.
Let's have a toast for the douchebags, who also happen to be geniuses.

http://kanyewest.com/

Maybe I thought that you and I could run away alongside.

Sitting in my office in midtown Manhattan just thinking about the terrible devastation that the people of Haiti are now facing, hoping I can help in my little way by my modest contribution to Mercy Corps.
Needed some music to try and make it a little better, so I wanted to share this great song I came across by the young band, Avi Buffalo.
They've got some music coming out on Sub Pop and I'll be seeing them live this Monday at the Bowery Ballroom.
Enjoy.

http://avibuffalomusic.com/

And if you would like to contribute to helping out the people of Haiti, here's an organization that I admire and trust:
http://www.mercycorps.org/

My heart, slow down. Won't you beat a little slower? But don't stop. Never end your hunting. You'll see I'm lost without your rhythm.

As far as I know, "The Snake" from Wildbirds & Peacedrums has actually been out for sometime now,
but it seems to have gotten some kind of reissue/re-release lately,
which I'm all for, as it was a really tough one to find there for a while.
They're playing a number of times in NYC over the next few weeks,
including a show tomorrow night at Le Poisson Rouge with Deerhoof and next week with Fanfarlo.
"My Heart" is a song of theirs that I completely obsessed on when I working in London last summer.
I used to play it really loudly late at night at my desk
in the Wieden + Kennedy offices when everyone was already gone for the evening.
Oftentimes, it was after I had been out already with all my work mates for a few rounds of pints.
I'd be a little tipsy, turn it up and sing to myself and wonder where my life was headed.

Apocalypse Now (or quite soon)

http://www.wildbirdsandpeacedrums.com/
http://www.myspace.com/wildbirdsandpeacedrums
http://www.theleaflabel.com/en/artists/view/44/Wildbirds%20%26amp%3B%20Peaced...

A little bit of me inside you, gathering what you've lost.

Got to see a special acoustic performance from Kings Of Convenience yesterday
at EMI/Capitol Records in NYC that ended up with them playing in the stairwell.
It was a lovely short set featuring new tracks from their upcoming album, including this one:

Also, they're still in town, playing a sold-out show at the Bowery Ballroom tonight.
http://www.boweryballroom.com/event/3519
http://www.kingsofconvenience.com/

When upon their arrival they say, in a dispirited and comely way.

So much amazing live music going on lately that it's getting a little overwhelming.
Tonight I'll be heading to see Amanda Blank play a party in Brooklyn 
before heading over to try and catch Jarvis Cocker performing at Terminal 5, 
as well as Destroyer at the Bowery Ballroom, whose City Of Daughters and Thief 
just got reissued on limited-edition double-vinyl (!!!) on Nominal Records.
If none of those float your boat, I'm sure Grace Jones will be knocking 'em dead 
at the Hammerstein Ballroom.
Dude.

I wonder, wonder I do.

Going to see an awesome show at the Bowery Ballroom tonight.
The War On Drugs are opening up for Rodriguez.
And if it stays warm this evening, I'll be riding my bike to it.
Summer is getting closer every day.

http://www.lightintheattic.net/releases/rodriguez/
http://www.thewarondrugs.net/