The Golden Sunset Avows The Approaching Uprising.

Subway Soundtrack of the day: Daedelus' new album "Righteous Fist Of Harmony".
I have to say that while the new album is similar to other efforts, at times, it has a slight melancholic and darker edge to it.
Really digging it.

Plus, I'm going to see Beach House at Webster Hall tonight.
Washed Out is opening up.
Good times.
http://daedelusmusic.com/

Let the sun shine in, face it with a grin, smilers never lose and frowners never win.

Two new things keeping the cold, rainy NYC day feeling sunny:
my new Solitary Arts (i.e. Geoff McFetridge + Yong-Ki Chang) Pocket Horn skateboard
and the latest Love Is All album.
Plus, I got to see my old W+K friends, Leah & Rachel (Hello Artists), today.
Sunshine comes in all sorts of forms.
Dig.

http://loveisallright.blogspot.com/
http://www.polyvinylrecords.com/artists/index.php?id=647
http://www.solitaryarts.com/

http://www.helloartists.com/

She is restless, needs attention, loses patience, seeks affection.

Though it's, by far, my least favorite New York City venue, Hot Chip still absolutely killed it at Terminal 5 last night.
Dance party, U.S.A.
They're back there tonight too.
And the album just keeps growing on me.
Makes for a heck of a good soundtrack subway commuting.

http://hotchip.co.uk/

Do the afro shuffle.

Been all about Afrobeat all day today.
Started off with reading Wax Poetics #39 at breakfast (http://www.waxpoetics.com/2010/01/wax-poetics-issue-39-africa-issue/)
and now I'm listening to the Nigeria Afrobeat Special album again (http://www.soundwayrecords.com/catalogue/nigeria-afrobeat-special.html).
Just feeling right, yo.

Also, who's going to see this?
I'm having mixed feelings about it.

http://www.banksyfilm.com/

Et tu, Congo?

I know so very little about this musician except that the EP is awesome.
Be sure to check it out.
Here's a track from it:

Also, be sure to check out the Ecstatic Peace art show/shop at Partners & Spade.
Happening there now.

http://www.myspace.com/jankanabay
http://www.matadorrecords.com/store/index.php?catalog_id=474
http://www.ecstaticpeace.com/
http://partnersandspade.com/

Good feelings, won't you stay with me just a little longer?

Met these guys down in Austin in an alley behind the venue where the Carpark showcase was taking place.
Unfortunately I didn't get to see them play that night, which is a bummer, not only because I have a soft-spot for fellow midwesterners (they're from Chicago, me, Milwaukee) but because the more I listen to the promo of this album, I wished I would've seen them then before they get too big, which could be a likely scenario, given the quality of this release.
Look for it out on Carpark in June.
Also to note, I wanted to post the second song (Oh, Ivory!) but after doing some nosing around on the web, I saw that it hadn't been posted/leaked yet and so I didn't feel right letting that one out yet, in respect of the band and label.
So in the meantime, give a gander to this track, the first song on the record and one I also dig.

Also, don't forget to go out and support your local independent record stores on Saturday.
It's Record Store Day!
Lots of rad exclusives and in-store performances.
Check local listings.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/apr/16/independent-music-stores-musician...

http://www.myspace.com/lightpollution

Oh, to see it with my own eyes.

Listening to the Local Natives album again right now.
Overall, I have to say that it's a solid record.
Lots of similarities to Fleet Foxes, Band Of Horses and Grizzly Bear, for sure, but they're on their own trip too.
The only sore spot for me is their cover of the Talking Heads "Warning Sign".
That's a tough one to take on, in my opinion.
And then it kind of ends breaking up the album in a weird way.
That said, it's a good as a whole and I really love this song.

http://www.thelocalnatives.com/
http://frenchkissrecords.com/bands/profile/local_natives/