The Mondays || February 19th, 2007
As Sam said, the SXSW schedule has been released. I can't wait to see Special Guest at La Zona Rosa. I am also really looking forward to Special Guests at Spiro's. Though SXSW has done it right in bringing Boris to their free Auditorium Shores showcase on Saturday, albeit at 5 in the afternoon.
Tonight should be interesting, to say the least, at the Gypsy. The Roots and Lupe Fiasco will be organically hip-hopping it up in the ballroom while American Idol rock and roller with a heart of gold (those aren't even his kids!) Chris Daughtry brings his band, um... DAUGHTRY, to the tea room side. Though I hardly ever condone actually reading the Observer anymore, Merritt Martin's preview of the sold out DAUGHTRY show is a must read. Is the show in the ballroom worth tossing down 30 bucks and missing Jack Bauer? I doubt it. But if you do go, get there early enough to see Fiasco, whose Food and Liquor was one of the best hip-hop records of 2006.
Finally, to keep this blog on a local-ish level, Pitchfork has missed the boat with their review of the new Explosions in the Sky record, All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone. Produced by John Congleton of the pAper chAse (see! local!), Everyone is as good as Explosions in the Sky has ever sounded. This record is not only better than the 6.0 rating p4k handed out, it is easily an early pick for album of the year. Explosions in the Sky play the Granada in a couple of weeks, so I will save my Bill Simmons-esque rant for later days...
Tonight should be interesting, to say the least, at the Gypsy. The Roots and Lupe Fiasco will be organically hip-hopping it up in the ballroom while American Idol rock and roller with a heart of gold (those aren't even his kids!) Chris Daughtry brings his band, um... DAUGHTRY, to the tea room side. Though I hardly ever condone actually reading the Observer anymore, Merritt Martin's preview of the sold out DAUGHTRY show is a must read. Is the show in the ballroom worth tossing down 30 bucks and missing Jack Bauer? I doubt it. But if you do go, get there early enough to see Fiasco, whose Food and Liquor was one of the best hip-hop records of 2006.
Finally, to keep this blog on a local-ish level, Pitchfork has missed the boat with their review of the new Explosions in the Sky record, All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone. Produced by John Congleton of the pAper chAse (see! local!), Everyone is as good as Explosions in the Sky has ever sounded. This record is not only better than the 6.0 rating p4k handed out, it is easily an early pick for album of the year. Explosions in the Sky play the Granada in a couple of weeks, so I will save my Bill Simmons-esque rant for later days...
7 Comments:
Please. with the exception of Trail of Dead's ST&C and Boris' Pink, when has pitchfork NOT missed the boat. theyre irrelevant hacks, and i dont even know why people still bring them up when something is badly reviewed.
Dude, c'mon...
They gave AYWKUBTTOD's ST&C a perfect 10!...
Um, no.
um, yes.
then i guess trail of dead's madonna is a 12.5
besides.
i wasn't really trying to say that p4k is the be all, end all...
But their #s and ability to make flavor shouldn't be blown off just because Annie was the #2 album of 05 (may not actually be the case, but you get the point...).
In the past, they have handed out ratings in the 7.5+ range for Explosions,and I found it odd that they were so far off on this album.
which in a roundabout way is also my point. the real reason you cant take p4k seriously, besides the fact that most of their reviews are as horribly written as a jonanna widner article, is their remarkable inconsistency.
Sure, this is isn't as fast as Pitchfork, but I wrote 512 kind words about the new Explosions in the Sky record for Punk Planet #79.
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