WHITE LIGHT/WHITE HEAT: Hot Chip, Starlight Ballroom + Barbary, Last Night [photos by JUSTIN ROMAN & TIFFANY YOON] CLICK TO ENLARGE
SUMSITA SEN: Dilbar Dilbar (aka The Nipple Song)
So juvenile and yet undeniably hilarious. [h/t WAYNE HAMILTON]
CONTEST: We Have A Winner!
Phawker reader Brian Wilkinson and his best PLUS ONE is going to see Spoon at the Electric Factory tonight! WIKIPEDIA: “The Agony Of Laffitte” single from indie rock band Spoon. It was released in 2000. The two tracks were later added to their 1998 album A Series of Sneaks when Merge Records reissued it in 2002. Seeing the potential to sell records with an up-and-coming indie rock band, Elektra Records, along with A&R man Ron Laffitte, signed Spoon to their first major record deal, which produced their second LP, A Series of Sneaks. Unfortunately, after four months of low sales, […]
CONTEST: The Beast And The Dragon, Adored
The first person to correctly answer this question — Who was the inspiration for “The Agony Of Laffitte”? — wins two tickets to see Spoon tomorrow night at the way-sold-out Electric Factory. Send your answer to FEED@PHAWKER.COM. Good luck and godspeed.
NO WAY OUT: The Blight At The End Of Tunnel
NEW YORK TIMES: The senior commander of multinational forces in Iraq warned Congress Tuesday against removing “too many troops too quickly” and refused under stiff questioning to offer even an estimate of American force levels by the end of this year. Those comments from Gen. David H. Petraeus were met by sharp criticism from a senior Democrat, Senator Carl Levin of Michigan, that the Bush administration had adopted “a war plan with no exit strategy.” General Petraeus said that security progress has been “significant but uneven.” Under questioning, he declined to estimate American troop levels beyond the withdrawal by July […]
CONTEST: The Beast And Dragon, Adored
You could win two tix to see Spoon Thur. at the sold-out E-factory! Stay tuned for details… MP3: “Cherry Bomb Country” [Hat tip to ALLAN SMITHEE]
NO. LAWRENCE MIDNIGHT SINGERS: 100% Mobile
Directed by Scott Colan. Featuring ex-Cordalene frontman and Cantina Los Caballitos server extraordinaire Jamie Olson! Catch them Saturday at Fergies.
HEARY YE: Matmos Supreme Balloon
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THIS JUST IN: Radiohead Announces Philly Date
Dates and venues have been confirmed for the second leg of Radiohead’s upcoming North American tour. They are: August 1 – Lollapalooza – Chicago, IL August 3 – Verizon Wireless Music Center – Indianapolis, IN August 4 – Blossom Music Center – Cleveland, OH August 6 – Parc Jean Drapeau – Montreal, QC August 8 – All Points West Music & Arts Festival/Liberty State Park – Jersey City, NJ August 9 – All Points West Music & Arts Festival/Liberty State Park – Jersey City, NJ August 12 – Susquehanna Bank Center – Camden, NJ August 13 – Tweeter Center For […]
We Know It’s Only Rock N’ Roll But We Like It
WELL-RESPECTED MAN: Ray Davies, Tower Theater, Saturday [by TIFFANY YOON] BY JONATHAN VALANIA FOR THE INQUIRER For anyone under 30, the best way to hear the music of the Kinks is by watching the films of Wes Anderson — pretty much any one will do, as they are all generously larded with choice Kinks cuts indelibly wedded to strikingly precious visual tableaux. Anyone over 30 should have gone to the Tower Theatre Saturday night to see Ray Davies, the man who wrote, strummed and sang all those classic, quintessentially English pop songs. Anderson’s films lend the Kinks’ music the kind […]
We Know It’s Only Rock N’ Roll But We Like It
I AM OMEGA MAN: Les Savy Fav, The Fillmore, Last Night First-a-fuckin-all, The Dodos, French Kiss labelmates of Les Savy Fav, put on a killer opening set — in no way were they intimidated by the indie-rock juggernaut they were setting the stage for. Though they only played to a fraction of the crowd LSF would draw, The Dodos banged out every song of their short set as though they were the headliners. Smoke a pack less this week and buy their latest, Visiter, instead. Both your ears and your lungs will thank you. After opening with the filthy garage-esque […]