NOTES FROM VIVACE’S AUGUST PLAYLIST…
Matahari: “Praha je láska i svině”
Chinese Man: “I’ve Got That Tune”
Jolly Joker: “Tanec Sv. Vita”
Magma Hotel: “The Ring”
Static of the Gods: “Peluche”
Peluche: the Music Video from Static of the Gods on Vimeo.
Idyllists: “Great Love Story”
Shanghai River: “Black Friday”
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EZ Tiger: “The Kill”
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Boxcar Drifters: “Promises Sweet”
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The Cigarette Bums: “Jailbird”
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Bonus Track
The Dollyrots: “California Beach Boy”
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Matahari, Chinese Man, Jolly Joker and Magma Hotel . . . hopefully, you’ve all enjoyed my Prague series. I saw Static of the Gods at the Silverlake Lounge. The lead singer has a voice from the heavens. I’m not sure there is a Myspace or Facebook page for Boxcar Drifters, but since the lead singer used to front Present Tense I figured I’d note one of the songs from that former band. The Cigarette Bums took over the Blue Star, totally great set. And the Dollyrots recently had their CD release party. SO MUCH FUN.
I just started up a twitter account. Feel free to add me at www.twitter.com/notesfromvivace.
NOTES FROM VIVACE’S JULY PLAYLIST…
The Like – “Narcissus in a Red Dress”
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The Mormons: “Red Steel Dawn”
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Non Ultra Joy: “Pushing the Brand”
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Big Whup: “Yaaaah”
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My Pet Saddle: “Alaskan Sun”
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SIRIA’S JULY PLAYLIST…
Another month has come and gone and somehow we are now in August. This last month was a blur for me between balancing out my semi-creative professional life with my semi-professional creative life as two creative projects came to fruition. The first being the Rock n’ Roll Camp for Girls Los Angeles which brought together many hard-working creative rockin’ chicks from all over LA (and even neighboring states and cities) to help teach little girls the right way to rock your face off, all the while building self-esteem and self-empowerment over the course of a super inspiring week. The second was the launch (currently in test mode) of TRAffIK Radio, which brought (and will continue to bring) together many talented individuals involved in various areas of the LA Arts scene. You can currently listen to the live stream at www.intraffikradio.com as well as check out the schedule for the dj hosted shows, which will begin/resume as early as this Saturday August 7th at noon. Once we go live, we’ll introduce all of those djs and shows to you.
Music is always a big part of my life, and from those fore-mentioned two projects and since July almost felt like two months put together (at least for me), I’m sure you can guess that this past month I once again listened to much more than my fair share of music to get an idea just add several thousand more songs on to this July playlist (no not kidding, seriously). On with my July Playlist:
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros – “Home”
I’m currently somewhere between still loving this song (I can still listen to and enjoy the whole album) and starting to get over it. It seems like it’s been playing in every single place I go, by every single person I know. It’s been over a year since this was released right? You’d think it just got put out last month. I am glad that Alex Ebert (formerly of Ima Robot) brought us this project, though and that he’s continuing to make music, especially such good music. This is one of my only real motivations to make it to Sunset Junction this year after having skipped the past couple of festival installments, as it’s always fun to watch them live.
Altered Images – “Dead Pop Stars”
There are many, many, many bands I wish I could’ve seen at all or back when they were first starting out. This band is one of those. I would’ve loved to see them play with somebody like Suburban Lawns (no idea if they ever shared a bill). So long as I’m wishful thinking, maybe we could add Talking Heads to that same line-up.
Non Ultra Joy - “Another Day”
I got this track and “Pushing the Brand” hot off the press…err uhm fresh from mastering, just in time to include in our test run live stream of www.intraffikradio.com (thank you John Girgus), this is a very new local LA band full of super nice talented guys that you should check out live. I also just saw that Notes from Vivace also has them on his playlist! So they made it on both of ours with only two songs released thus far. (more…)
WHAT I’M LISTENING TO: DELTRON 3030′S JULY SOUNDTRACK
DELTRON 3030′S July “WHAT I’M LISTENING TO” SOUNDTRACK to ease you back into the work week after the long holiday weekend!
SIRIA: WHAT I LISTENED TO IN JUNE
Alright, this month I listened to an overwhelming amount of music. I was less discriminating than ever. My motto seemed to be if it’s music, throw it at me. Alternative, Country, Dance/Electro, Grunge, New Wave, Power Pop, Punk, Rap/Hip Hop, Soul, etc. Genre? Didn’t matter. Obscure or well known? Didn’t matter. If it was music I wanted to hear it. I didn’t end up in a fetal position with the sweats and shakes, but I might’ve overloaded on it just a bit as by the end of the month all I wanted to hear was Alex Chilton. Unfortunately, I can’t list everything I listened to so you’re getting a list of songs that got stuck in my head. However, soon enough you’ll all know the reason why I subjected myself to the music of hundreds and hundreds of music artists this month.
Marvelous Toy – “The City is a Washing Machine”
I love this song by local artist Marvelous Toy (yet another music discovery from a few years back, who I can thank Jon Hershfield for. You can check Marvelous Toy out on IsGoodMusic.com). The lyrics make me think of so many of my musician/artist friends, some of which my old roommate and I used to poke fun of mainly because of the reasons expressed by these lyrics in particular
“I know how my life began and I know how it will end I will be searching for a word that rhymes with dying as I lay dying”
“I’m always writing songs sometimes you think I’m listening, but I haven’t heard a word you’ve said. I’m silently building chords and melodies.”
Cloud Control – “Ghost Story”
The Shakers – “Villain”
I’m so proud of local band The Shakers and how far they’ve come as a band when it comes to their live performances in such a short time. This is their first music video which they recently debuted:
NOTES FROM VIVACE: WHAT I LISTENED TO IN JUNE
Twilight Sleep - “Don’t Fire Your Guns”
Chasing Kings – “The Current State of Our Future”
Joe Greene and the Heavy Steppers - “Garden”
Whispertown 2000 – “Restless” (more…)