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Fri, 16 Sep 2011 11:58:55 -0400

Oh, what a sad day at the BRM. We all went to Target, pumped to pick up our favorite new Missoni pieces and, yup, all sold out. So not only does Target not sell beer (really? why no beer Target?), but now the frenzied sell-out of the Missoni stock. Yes, even the Missoni socks for men are sold out, and I REALLY wanted those.....So no beer, no Missoni, what else can one do except look at videos from BRM bands......So why don't we do that:

First up is NURSES "Fever Dreams" which has plenty of Missoni like colors (sigh):

Up next is Yellow Ostrich with "Whale"-- which, honestly, is how i could of looked with all of those Missoni stripes:

Have you ever seen a dog eat a slice of pizza? You will after you see the new amazing video by Beirut "Santa Fe":

Cut Copy "Blink And You Will Miss A Revolution," maybe Target could of called it "Blink and you'll miss the Missoni stock"....oofa:

On that note, "Medicine" by We Were Promised Jetpacks will definitely get our minds off of all things Target:

Enjoy!
Lyle

BRM BLOG: Orgys? Xmas?? Meh???

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 09:08:50 -0400

Lots going on this weekend, some sadness (oh, the start of the football season...it hasn't been the same since the Los Angels Dons folded!). We are here to keep your mind off of such things and focus on you know, the thrill of getting music placed, and some exciting new releases!

Yup, when I first got the request for Telekinesis and The Love Language to be in GOOD OLD FASHIONED ORGY I thought I had fulfilled that long licensing dream of placing a song in a good old fashioned porno. Alas, that dream still life on as GOFO as they like to call it (yes, they do), recently opened to some very good reviews, and like I mentioned, some BRM music so check out the Love Language song below from the film and of course, see the movie as well!

Premiering this week is the new Zooey D show, "New Girl." Besides that, She & Him have an Xmas album of covers coming out (why no "Dreidel" by Don Mclean????)! Sups, if you wanna hear your favorite new holiday standard replacing "Christmas Wrapping" by The Waitresses, write me directly. BTW-the show is called "New Girl" and, sure, Zooey recorded the theme song, but what about the Long Winters "New Girl?" Remember that jam? It is below. In the meantime, why don't you tweet John Roderick that all you want for Xmas is a new Long Winters album. You can hit him at @johnroderick and tell him BRM sent ya!

The Long Winters "New Girl":

Speaking of holiday dreams come true, the Christmas stocking filler for your younger brother is the new Cymbals Eat Guitars record "Lenses Alien." Produced by the handsome and uber talented John Agnello (ok one of those things is true), the record just got an 8.0 in Pitchfork and has to be heard to be believed! Here is "Definite Darkness":

All Lauren at Bank Robber wanted for Christmas was the new Wild Flag record and video. I personally couldn't be happier to see Mary Timony back on stage, let alone playing basketball in the new video for "Romance." Check that out here:

How about two videos featuring two piece bands? Poor bass players....so rarely not part of the two piece band (except for say Dos), but how about we start with Phantogram's "As Far As I Can See":

So now we wrap it up with everyone's favorite duo from Baltimore Wye Oak, who, judging from the ending of this video, might now be a one-piece?

Distracted enough? Hope so!

Enjoy!
lyle

BRM Shark Night Out.

Fri, 02 Sep 2011 12:53:26 -0400

Three day weekend! That means my first trip to the doctor in over 10 years… So I apologize in advance… I am about a pint and a half low today. Why do they need that much blood? Why haven't I watched this week's True Blood yet? Blood? The last time someone took blood from me it must have been a high school blood drive. That would have made that… wait for it… TEENAGE BLOOD! Hey, thats an Apex Manor song right? Why yes it is, dizzy guy typing… it is indeed. Matter of fact its a song in a wicked summer flick too! Dizzy guy… you should go see it this weekend. Me? See SHARK NIGHT 3D? I think I will… but with three days off I think I'll see three movies this weekend.

First and foremost will be Shark Night 3D… heck its got 2 BRM jams in it. The oh so appropriate "Teenage Blood" by Apex Manor:

…And "Back In The Saddle" by Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin.

Oh… and yeah… Here is the trailer.

Have fun vacationing after seeing this beauty. Do not tell the couple in the new Future Islands video about Shark Night 3D. It would totally ruin the end of the video.

What could possibly be part triple feature with Shark Night 3D? How about a crazy killer clown movie that takes place during the Spanish Civil War?

And how about finishing it off with a sorta' kung fu flick that apparently has a fight scene between a man and a deer? Yeah… I think I'll have to see Detective Dee as well.

What? You think I CAN'T? Well, you are wrong my friend. Not only do my friends and I already have our tickets, but CAN'T is actually the new solo project by Grizzly Bear member Chris Taylor… So there! It's good and I am looking forward to seeing CAN'T at MoogFest this year.

Now where is my cookie and glass of orange juice… I'm light headed.
Douglas

BRM - Evacuation for the Masses

Fri, 26 Aug 2011 12:16:19 -0400

So I ran into fellow Bank Robber Pete at the hardware store this morning before work. He assessed the situation well, "Its like Record Store Day for hardware stores". People were gabbing stuff out of boxes just opened not even knowing what it was, only knowing they needed it… or at least that then need to keep me from having it. I was sent there for a flashlight and by god I was gonna get one. Thankfully arthritis makes little old lady grips easy to brake.

Yes, yes… a hurricane is coming. Its been refreshing. For the past few days the panic over bedbugs has broken, only to be replaced with flood zone status panic. NYC is aflutter… I heard this on the subway ride over and over this morning "are you in a flood zone?" "oh you are near the canal are you in Flood Zone A or B?" "Is that guy licking his shoes?" Chances are you probably need a playlist to kill half an hour of time waiting to check out of the grocery store with your can of mystery beans, AAA Batteries (you'll totally make them work somehow), and bottle of grape drink. So here it is your BRM Hurricane Playlist.

Hurricane Waves - Bomb The Music Industry!

Hurricane Warning (Ignored) - Portastatic

Stormy High - Black Mountain

Hurricane - Parts & Labor

Swim Club - The Cave Singers

Eye of the Storm - Damon & Naomi

Stormy Weather - Nina Nastasia

Hurricane - Crooked Fingers

Irene - Caribou

Before The Storm - Meredith Bragg

Here we all sit at 44 Wall Street, the thick of the flood zone. Look around you… this will all be gone on monday. We can say we knew it when… Hell, so can you. Come on down Sunday at 10 AM. BRM will be giving swim lessons out in front of the building. We will have this playing on repeat.

But in our case the next land you will see will probably be Pete's place somewhere in Brooklyn.

Stay dry.
Douglas

PS. You all know we like had an earthquake too right? Next week's blog will surely feature the wildfires that will cut through NYC. This is all lead up to us mailing out the new Rapture record in the next couple weeks.

BRM Goes To Camp

Fri, 19 Aug 2011 10:44:46 -0400

How can the summer almost be over? Sent my girls off for the last day of camp and couldn't help but stop and think of all the things I didn't get to do this summer… I quickly put those thoughts away. Negative thinking? That's just not the Bank Robber way now is it? I did manage to have pizza and beer for lunch one day… oh, and dinner on the same Friday, so that was a major accomplishment. I am already writing a script for One Crazy Summer 2 based on my August alone. Bobcat Goldthwait is already attached. The scene with him cleaning out the storage space is rich! Anyone wanna buy a 26" kick drum by the way? The climax, where he re-alphabetizes my vinyl and sits down to watch all the episodes of Alphas I have on tape…let's just say I am clearing an Oscar sized spot on my desk (which is gonna take the rest of the summer). In the meantime, you can't finish up the summer without checking out these winners:

Nothing says end of summer more than acoustic guitar and crickets.....check out the uber talented Glen Jones performing "Of Its Own Kind":

You didn't miss the recent Okkervil River video did you?

Oh yeah, new Bon Iver video, its a beaut (and doesn't sound like Christopher
Cross):

So, how did the gray haired guy from Mad Men end up in the future driving a fancy car listening to "Devils" by Say Hi?

Horse racing + Ra Ra Riot's "Boy" = horse racing & Ra Ra Riot? The perfect way to end the summer:

Now go outside while you can (or not!),

lyle

BRM: Dancing To The Mailbox

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 10:03:21 -0400

Hey, I understand that BRM is a still a mail based company.....Supervisors have systems in place that are built around cds, and sure, all those mp3s on a computer desktop can be messy (just as messy as a real desk top filled with discs). I do hear complaints that sometimes cds don't show up, and well the mystery has been solved. Our local mail guy ALF has been putting our mail in the doggy poo box! Such a shame all those cds that didn't make it out to supervisors......If you feel your cds went into the dog poo box feel free to ask for replacement copies. In the meantime, it is time to fire Alf....maybe it is time he went digital?

Well in case you didn't receive any of the following, check out a few clips from the latest in BRM land:

Bass players? Solo records??? Well Ra Ra Riot's Mathieu Santos's solo jam "I Can Hear The Trains" could of come off of that "McCartney 2" re-issue. If this doesn't have you thinking of "Comin' Up" you don't know your Macca!

Did you happen to see the new Lia Ices video? Sounds like a bonus track from Carole King's "Tapestry" and that is a very good thing:

Or perhaps you saw Lia Ices "Grown Unknown" which based on the flower in the clip is about the super powers of Miracle-Gro (Grown Unknown indeed!):

So you think you can dance to Beirut? These people do and did! Check them out dancing to "Gulag Orkestar":

That's totally what I do whenever I hear Beirut. Have you heard the new Beirut single? It will make you dance for sure!

Wanna see more than YouTube links this weekend? How about checking out "30 Minutes Or Less"? You'll get to hear the Generationals "I Promise", no I mean, the song "I Promise" not that i will promise that it will be in the film, but actually i will!

Enjoy!

Lyle

Mo Money, Mo Bloglems (AN LB JOINT)

Fri, 05 Aug 2011 09:20:53 -0400

You guys. The debt ceiling! Aaaaaand thus concludes my topical blog post for the week. But seriously, since everyone’s got their mind on their money and their money on their mind, I thought I’d throw down some cash related musics for your listening pleasure.

Do you want to know what I spent my hard-earned dollars on this week? First of all, nooosseeeyy! Second of all, thanks for asking! Jack Cooper, from the great FatCat band, Mazes, made an offer I couldn’t refuse- £10 for a song on the topic of my choosing. Of course, I choose Sleater-Kinney breaking up (I’m still not over it!). A day later, I received my song and it is truly AWESOME! Talk about money well spent- I can’t stop listening to it! And now for its world premiere, here is "When Sleater-Kinney Died":

Want to hear more? You’re in luck 'cause they’ve got a record full of awesome- here’s one I love called "Go Betweens":

In other news, the WILD FLAG ALBUM IS ALMOST HERE! Check out the trailer for it (*SPOILER ALERT: it’s perfect):

Have you heard Wooden Shjips? Of course you have, you have excellent taste. But have you seen the video for “Black Smoke Rise” yet? Check it out below:

While you can’t see it in the video, in my heart of hearts, I know he succeeded in getting that bottle to the recycling center for the five cent refund. Good for the environment and money in the bank- win/win!

If you’re on Spotify, click this link to get a super special playlist I made just for you.

Have a great weekend!

Lauren

Summer Fridays!?

Fri, 29 Jul 2011 14:39:33 -0400

Oh yeah, I think this is officially what they call the dog days of summer. Summer Fridays? Never heard of them (at least not out here at BRM West -- down on Wall Street I think they crack open their Six Point tall boys at noon-thirty on summer Fridays), so here I am slaving away on your summer time blog.

Nothing more summer-y than catching a blockbuster...now, though you won't see Arcade Fire doing the score to Cowboys and Aliens, nor Bon Iver and Neutral Milk Hotel in the Smurfs movie (hey, would be great though, right?), while you're at your local multi-plex, keep your eyes out for a couple of BRM placements:

Say Hi "Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh" in Crazy Stupid Love:

And Zach Rogue with "This Too Shall Pass" in Friends With Benefits:

And we've got some new videos for you from our friends at Merge Records (thank goodness someone is still cranking out the new content for this lazy blogger):

New video from Eleanor Friedberger (and hey LA, if you missed her at the Satellite this week, she just announced a new show in Sept with The Kills -- get at me for tix!)

Also a new one from the Mountain Goats...

And Wye Oak killing on Fallon!

Also, I know you're still on a high from the Archers of Loaf reunion tour, so get excited for that new Crooked Fingers album!

Time for the beach!

Sarah

BRM BLOT (That is Blog + Hot)

Fri, 22 Jul 2011 13:02:40 -0400

Is it really too hot to blog?

Will I use any excuse to not blog? Sarah, out in LA, blogged during Carmageddon... it seems only fair that I blog during just plain old Heat Apocalypse?

Today I got supernatural end of the world zombie heat. Lots of it... How are we feeling? Well ask Buster Poindexter. Don't get that reference? Well fine then... Why don't you just click on this link below for the brand new season 2 promo of the awesome AMC show, The Walking Dead. Yup, you'll hear Wye Oak's "Civilian" about about the 2 minute mark.....now that is hot! Folks are sweating all through the trailer... People are coming back from the dead, but I guess once the AC dies... it's final.

What is the last thing you need today? How about a "Blanket?" How about that for a lead into the new Bachelorette video "Blanket":

If you forgot what season it is Mazes video for "Summer Hits" will totally validate that air conditioner you bought this morning like two Bank Robbers did (who waited for today? really??):

Looks like Vivian Girls are having some tempature control issues in the video for "I Heard You Say":

The only thing that has kept me cool today is East River Pipe's "Summer Boy":

What else can you do on a day like this? I'm gonna taste test the SixPoint beers in a can. I haven't decided yet, but Pete votes for The Crisp Pilsner.

Stay cool,
Mr. Poindexter

BRMageddon

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 11:33:01 -0400

Angelenos are no doubt sick to death of hashing and re-hashing the possible outcomes of the epic 10 mile closure of the 405 this weekend, but it wouldn't be a BRM blog if we didn't beat a dead meme, so here comes your Carmageddon blog!

Bill Callahan (aka Smog) - "America!" from the album Apocalypse (Car-pocalypse?):

Now, there are some options to keep you off the roads this weekend: MTA has increased and free service on certain trains and buses, $3 Amtrak rides from downtown to Burbank, and of course there's Jetblue's hilarious $4 one-way flights from Long Beach to Burbank.

Or you could always just hop a flight and get the hell out of town (I hear there's a good festival in Chicago happening this weekend). Some jams to soundtrack your getaway:

"Come Visit Me" - from Loud Planes Fly Low by The Rosebuds

"Flight" - Wooden Shjips

"Waiting on You" - Sun Airway

But if none of these options work for you, and you still just absolutely must drive from Venice to Culver City for your In-N-Out burger or whatever, here are some jams to help ease your road rage:

New music from Eleanor Friedberger's new Pitchfork-approved full length from Merge "My Mistakes"

Next week gives us the brand new Future Islands 7" from Thrill Jockey. Check out "Before the Bridge" (but don't jump!)

Great new video for "Israeli Caves" by Maps & Atlases:

California Commercial - Ty Segall

"Los Angeles" - Phosphorescent

And Mates of State cover Tom Waits' "Long Way Home" as you look for your alternate route around the freeways:

Safe Travels,

Sarah