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 The Heavy + Yo Gabba Gabba + Kia = Best Super Bowl Ad tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c024b53ef0120a8793427970b 2010-02-08T23:17:29-05:00 2010-02-09T04:18:22Z 2010-02-09T04:17:29Z My favorite ad from last night's Super Bowl was hands down the Kia ad. If the awesomeness of seeing the various characters like Muno from Yo Gabba Gabba and the always classic Sock Monkey (among others) out on a joyride... gmanship Bands Music Video Sports <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>My favorite ad from last night's Super Bowl was hands down the Kia ad.&nbsp; If the awesomeness of seeing the various characters like Muno from <a href="http://yogabbagabba.com/#" target="_blank">Yo Gabba Gabba</a> and the always <a href="http://www.sockmonkey.com/" target="_blank">classic Sock Monkey</a> (among <a href="http://blablakids.blogspot.com/2010/02/blog-post.html">others</a>) out on a joyride around places like Las Vegas wasn't enough, the spot also featured a great musical track.</p> <p>The always trusty <a href="http://www.shazam.com/" target="_blank">Shazam</a> told me the song in question is called "How You Like Me Now?" by <a href="http://www.myspace.com/theheavy73" target="_blank">The Heavy</a>.&nbsp; You can hear it on their most recent album (released last October) called <em>The House That Dirt Built</em>.&nbsp; I can safely say that while I may not be in the market for a new car at the moment, I'm definitely in the market for this album now.</p> <p>Check out the ad and the video for "How You Like Me Now?" below.&nbsp; You'd should also check out their appearance on David Letterman from last month <a href="http://www.cbs.com/late_night/late_show/video/?pid=PMZn0ZshOfdkqPhyLc_5uASnrFZKAgkd&play=true&vs=Default" target="_blank">here</a>.&nbsp; You'll notice always stellar <a href="http://www.myspace.com/sharonjonesandthedapkings" target="_blank">Dap-Kings</a> horn section helping out.&nbsp; Dave liked it so much he asked them to do it again.</p> <center><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/UJqs3D2vv4I&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/UJqs3D2vv4I&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="344" width="425"></object></center> <br> <center><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/sVzvRsl4rEM&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/sVzvRsl4rEM&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="344" width="425"></object></center></div> http://www.grantmanship.com/2010/02/the-heavy-yo-gabba-gabba-kia-best-super-bowl-ad.html St. Vincent - Laughing With A Mouth Of Blood tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c024b53ef012877646355970c 2010-02-04T16:21:29-05:00 2010-02-04T21:23:37Z 2010-02-04T21:21:29Z Check out the video for MusicNow 2010 participant St. Vincent's track "Laughing With A Mouth Of Blood" below featuring Fred Armisen in drag. You've got to love that part colonial, part Robert Plant wig he's sporting. gmanship Music Video
Check out the video for MusicNow 2010 participant St. Vincent's track "Laughing With A Mouth Of Blood" below featuring Fred Armisen in drag.  You've got to love that part colonial, part Robert Plant wig he's sporting.

http://www.grantmanship.com/2010/02/st-vincent-laughing-with-a-mouth-of-blood.html Beach House Stops By Daytrotter tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c024b53ef0120a8467a98970b 2010-02-01T22:58:28-05:00 2010-02-02T03:58:28Z 2010-02-02T03:58:28Z Make sure to swing over to Daytrotter and check out today's session which features Beach House. gmanship Daytrotter Sessions
Make sure to swing over to Daytrotter and check out today's session which features Beach House.
 http://www.grantmanship.com/2010/02/beach-house-stops-by-daytrotter.html Broken Bells - The High Road tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c024b53ef0128771d2008970c 2010-01-27T18:54:30-05:00 2010-01-27T23:54:30Z 2010-01-27T23:54:30Z gmanship Music Video
http://www.grantmanship.com/2010/01/broken-bells-the-high-road.html Preview A Track From Joanna Newsom's Have One On Me tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c024b53ef0120a8157f8d970b 2010-01-27T00:42:01-05:00 2010-01-27T05:42:01Z 2010-01-27T05:42:01Z While you're patiently waiting for Joanna's new album and her show at this year's MusicNow Festival, have a listen to a song called "'81" off the aforementioned new album Have One On Me here. And in case you didn't know,... gmanship Artists
While you're patiently waiting for Joanna's new album and her show at this year's MusicNow Festival, have a listen to a song called "'81" off the aforementioned new album Have One On Me here.  And in case you didn't know, the new album is going to be a triple album.  Yes, three times the fun!
 http://www.grantmanship.com/2010/01/preview-a-track-from-joanna-newsoms-have-one-on-me.html Beach House - Silver Soul tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c024b53ef0128770eb22e970c 2010-01-25T12:46:53-05:00 2010-01-25T17:46:53Z 2010-01-25T17:46:53Z (via Gorilla vs. Bear) gmanship Music Video <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><center><object width="425" height="344"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=8749893&server=www.vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=8749893&server=www.vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="425" height="344"></object></center><br><center>(via <a target="new" href="http://gorillavsbear.blogspot.com/2010/01/video-premiere-beach-house-silver-soul.html">Gorilla vs. Bear</a>)</center></div> http://www.grantmanship.com/2010/01/beach-house-silver-soul.html Indie Asia: On Tour with Handsome Furs tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c024b53ef0120a7f98ab8970b 2010-01-21T16:51:08-05:00 2010-01-21T21:51:08Z 2010-01-21T21:51:08Z I was scanning the headlines on CNN.com today and was suprised when I saw "Come along on tour with Handsome Furs" on the front page. After clicking the link, I was taken to a page for a documentary series called... gmanship Bands News

I was scanning the headlines on CNN.com today and was suprised when I saw "Come along on tour with Handsome Furs" on the front page.  After clicking the link, I was taken to a page for a documentary series called Indie Asia: On Tour with Handsome Furs.  The series is made up of episodes filmed by the band on Flip cams as they tour Asia.  Mashable.com has a story talking about the partnership between CNN and Sub Pop that lead to this series (CNN has also partnered up with Vice to bring a bit of Vice's interesting brand of journalism to the masses).

It's cool to see a band like the Handsome Furs get exposure like this.  They put on one of my favorite shows of last year at the Southgate House and deserve any credit or exposure thrown their way.  Check out the online series here.

 http://www.grantmanship.com/2010/01/indie-asia-on-tour-with-handsome-furs.html 2010 MusicNow Festival Lineup Announced tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c024b53ef0120a7f2c894970b 2010-01-20T12:36:37-05:00 2010-01-20T17:37:14Z 2010-01-20T17:36:37Z Yet once again, it looks like this year's MusicNow Festival (Mar. 30th - Apr. 1st) is going to be an absolutely stellar event. Joanna Newsom will kick things off on Tuesday. Having never seen Joanna perform, I'm extremely excited about... gmanship

Yet once again, it looks like this year's MusicNow Festival (Mar. 30th - Apr. 1st) is going to be an absolutely stellar event.  Joanna Newsom will kick things off on Tuesday.  Having never seen Joanna perform, I'm extremely excited about her performance.  St. Vincent is slated for Wednesday.  Annie will be performing works, both new and old, and will also have a piece she wrote (which was commissioned by the festival) performed by yMusic.   Justin Vernon (aka Bon Iver) will close out the fest on Thursday night with a rare solo concert.

If you haven't already read it, our friend Joe at eachnotesecure has a great write-up looking at 5 great years of MusicNow.  Also, you might as well get your tickets now because you know you don't want to miss this.

 http://www.grantmanship.com/2010/01/2010-musicnow-festival-lineup-announced.html Toro Y Moi - Blessa tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c024b53ef012876ec9776970c 2010-01-18T18:04:59-05:00 2010-01-18T23:05:16Z 2010-01-18T23:04:59Z gmanship Music Video
http://www.grantmanship.com/2010/01/toro-y-moi-blessa.html Wyclef Jean's Statement Regarding The Haiti Earthquake tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c024b53ef0120a7cff2d0970b 2010-01-13T18:56:04-05:00 2010-01-13T23:56:04Z 2010-01-13T23:56:04Z Haitian-born artist Wyclef Jean issued the following statement in regards to the earthquake that struck the island nation yesterday. If you're able to, make a donation via the methods mentioned below. Haiti yesterday faced a natural disaster of unprecedented proportion,... gmanship Artists Current Affairs

Haitian-born artist Wyclef Jean issued the following statement in regards to the earthquake that struck the island nation yesterday.  If you're able to, make a donation via the methods mentioned below.

Haiti yesterday faced a natural disaster of unprecedented proportion, an earthquake unlike anything the country has ever experienced.

The magnitude 7.0 earthquake – and several very strong aftershocks – struck only 10 miles from Port-au-Prince.

I cannot stress enough what a human disaster this is, and idle hands will only make this tragedy worse. The over 2 million people in Port-au-Prince tonight face catastrophe alone. We must act now.

President Obama has already said that the U.S. stands ‘ready to assist’ the Haitian people. The U.S. Military is the only group trained and prepared to offer that assistance immediately. They must do so as soon as possible. The international community must also rise to the occasion and help the Haitian people in every way possible.”

Many people have already reached out to see what they can do right now. We are asking those interested to please do one of two things: Either you can use your cell phone to text “Yele” to 501501, which will automatically donate $5 to the Yele Haiti Earthquake Fund (it will be charged to your cell phone bill), or you can visit www.yele.org and click on DONATE.

 http://www.grantmanship.com/2010/01/wyclef-jeans-statement-regarding-the-haiti-earthquake.html New MP3 from Clogs tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c024b53ef012876d1905a970c 2010-01-13T16:31:02-05:00 2010-01-13T21:31:02Z 2010-01-13T21:31:02Z Check out a track from the new Clogs record, The Creatures In The Garden of Lady Walton, due out March 2nd on Brassland. The Clogs are comprised of Bryce Dessner, Rachael Elliott, Thomas Kozumplik and Padma Newsome. The track below... gmanship Bands MP3

Check out a track from the new Clogs record, The Creatures In The Garden of Lady Walton, due out March 2nd on Brassland. The Clogs are comprised of Bryce Dessner, Rachael Elliott, Thomas Kozumplik and Padma Newsome. The track below also showcases the talent of Shara Worden (My Brightest Diamond) on vocals.  In addition to Shara's multiple contributions, Sufjan Stevens makes an appearance on a track called "We Were Here".  You can listen to that song here.

  • Clogs - "On The Edge" from The Creatures In The Garden of Lady Walton
 http://www.grantmanship.com/2010/01/new-mp3-from-clogs.html Animal Collective - Brothersport tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c024b53ef0120a7b7d722970b 2010-01-08T16:54:41-05:00 2010-01-08T21:54:41Z 2010-01-08T21:54:41Z gmanship Music Video
http://www.grantmanship.com/2010/01/animal-collective-brothersport.html Islands - No You Don't tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c024b53ef012876b1048a970c 2010-01-06T18:00:09-05:00 2010-01-06T23:00:09Z 2010-01-06T23:00:09Z gmanship Music Video
http://www.grantmanship.com/2010/01/islands-no-you-dont.html Ken Katkin's Best of 2009 tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c024b53ef0120a79c8072970b 2010-01-03T01:01:00-05:00 2010-01-03T06:20:39Z 2010-01-03T06:01:00Z The always popular "Best of" list from everyone's favorite Rock and Roll law professor Ken Katkin has arrived. You can see it in all its glory below. Top Ten New Albums of 2009 (in order): 1. VA - Stroke: Songs... gmanship Katkin's Korner

The always popular "Best of" list from everyone's favorite Rock and Roll law professor Ken Katkin has arrived.  You can see it in all its glory below.

Top Ten New Albums of 2009 (in order):

1. VA - Stroke: Songs for Chris Knox 2CD (A Major Label) (New Zealand)
2. Jeffrey Lewis & The Junkyard - 'Em Are I LP/CD (Rough Trade)
3. VA - Score! 20 Years of Merge Records: The Covers! CD (Merge)
4. Scarpling & Wurster - A Vampire Or A Dogman CD (Merge)
5. Wussy - s/t CD (Shake It)
6. Pajo - Scream With Me LP/CD (Black Tent Press)
7. VA - Not Given Lightly: A Tribute To The Giant Golden Book Of New Zealand's Alternative Music Scene 3LP/2CD (Morr Music) (Germany)
8. Bonny Billy and The Picket Line - Funtown Comedown LP (Sea Note)
9. Jay Reatard - Watch Me Fall LP/CD (Matador)
10. Home Blitz - Out Of Phase CD (Richie)

Top Twelve New Singles/EPs of 2009 (in order):

1. Cotton Candy - Fantastic and Spectacular 7"EP (Teenbeat)
2. Jeffrey Novak - Home Sweet Home 7"45 (Shattered)
3. Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Chijimi (Ultraload) 10" EP (Drag City)
4. Concerto Caledonia & Lisa Milne/Future Pilot AKA & Kim Fowley - "Boredom"/"Walking the Cow"/"Devil Town" Split 7"EP (Aufgeladen Und Bereit)
5. Wussy/The Fervor - "Green Belt" split 7"45 (Karate Body)
6. Pajo (featuring Bonnie Parker) - "Francie's Song" MP3 (Blazebirth)
7. Spectrum - War Sucks CDEP (Mind Expansions)
8. The Bats - Don't You Rise 7"EP (Slumberland)
9. Edie Sedgwick / Aran Epochal split 7"45 (Silver Rocket)
10. America Hearts - Fond Regards MP3-EP (Bandcamp)
11. Julie Doiron/Calm Down, It's Monday - IPU CXX Split 7" (K Records)
12. Soulsavers - "Sunrise"/"You Will Miss Me When I Burn" 7"45 (Columbia)

Reissues of Special Note (alphabetical order):

• Amiri Baraka & The Spirit House Movers - Black & Beautiful, Soul & Madness CD (Sonboy) (1968)
• Bobby Beausoleil - The Lucifer Rising Suite: Original Soundtrack And Sessions Anthology 4LP (Ajna Offensive/Mississip..pi) (1967, 1976-79)
• Chris Bell - I Am The Cosmos (Deluxe) 2CD (Rhino Handmade) (1970-76)
• Big Star - Keep An Eye On The Sky 4CD (Rhino) (1968-75)
• Johnny Cash - Original Sun Singles '55-'58 CD (Sundazed) (1955-58)
• Billy Childish - Archive From 1959: The Billy Childish Story 3LP/2CD (Damaged Goods) (1977-2009)
• Death - ...For The Whole World To See LP/CD (Drag City) (1974)
• Delta 5 - Mind Your Own Business 7"45 (Kill Rock Stars) (1979)
• Died Pretty - Free Dirt 2CD (Aztec Music) (1985-86)
• Easter Monkeys - Splendor Of Sorrow CD+DVD (Smog Veil) (1982)
• The Ex - 30 2LP/2CD (Ex) (1980-2006)
• Father Yod and the Source Family - Magnificence in the Memory LP/CD (Drag City) (1973-75)
• The Feelies - "Crazy Rhythms" & "The Good Earth" LP/CDs (Bar/None) (1980 & 1986)
• The Fems - Go to a Party 7" EP (Drag City) (1982)
• Kim Fowley- "One Man's Garbage" & " Another Man's Gold " LP/CDs (Norton) (1959-69)
• The George-Edwards Group - 38:38 LP (Drag City) (1977)
• Gods Gift - Pathology: Manchester 1979-84 CD (Messthetics) (1979-84)
• Green - Green CD (Lion) (1984-85)
• Nora Guthrie - "Emily's Illness"/"Home Before Dark" 7"45 (Em Records) (Japan) (1967)
• J.T. IV - Cosmic Lightning LP+DVD (Drag City) (1980)
• Jandek - Six And Six LP (Jackpot) (1981)
• Timothy Leary - Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out CD (ESP-Disk) (1966)
• Arthur Lee & Love - Love Lost 2LP/CD (Sundazed) (1971)
• Mirrors - Something That Would Never Do LP (Violet Times) (1974-75)
• Monks - The Early Years 1964-1965 2LP/CD (Light In The Attic) (1964-1965)
• Newtown Neurotics - The Elephant Demos MP3-Album (Anthology) (1979)
• Iggy Pop & The Stooges - More Power LP/2CD (Cleopatra) (1973)
• Iggy Pop & David Bowie - Iggy & Ziggy: Cleveland '77 LP/CD (Cleopatra) (1977)
• Pylon - Chomp More CD (DFA) (1982)
• The Rats - Intermittent Signals LP (Mississippi) (1981)
• Clara Rockmore - The Art Of The Theremin LP (Mississippi) (1977)
• Scaley Andrew - all 7 cassettes now on CD (Teenbeat) (1985-88)
• The Scene Is Now - Burn All Your Records CD (Lexicon Devil) (1985)
• Simply Saucer - Saucerland MP3-Album (Anthology) (1975-85)
• Six Organs of Admittance - RTZ 3LP/2CD (Drag City) (1999-2003)
• Alexander "Skip" Spence - "After Gene Autry"/"Motorcycle Irene" 10" (Sundazed) (1968)
• Sun Ra - "Interplanetary Melodies" + "The Second Stop Is Jupiter" + "Rocket Ship Rock" LP/CDs + "I Am Strange" 7"45 (Norton) (1952-59)
• 13th Floor Elevators - Sign of the Three Eyed Men 10CD (International Artists) (1966-68)
• Richard Thompson - Walking On A Wire: 1968-2009 4CD (Shout Factory) (1968-2009)
• Tin Huey - Before Obscurity: The Bushflow Tapes CD (Smog Veil) (1974-1979)
• Units - History Of The Units: The Early Years 1977-1983 CD (Community Library) (UK) (1977-1983)
• Vaselines - Enter The Vaselines 3LP/2CD (Sub Pop) (1986-89)
• Velvet Underground - Singles 1966–69 7x7"45 (Sundazed) (1966–69)
• Volcano Suns - "The Bright Orange Years" & "All-Night Lotus Party" CDs (Merge) (1985-86)
• Neil Young - The Archives Vol. 1: 1963-1972 8CD/10DVD (Reprise) (1963-1972)
• VA - An Anthology Of Chinese Experimental Music 1992-2008 4CD (Sub Rosa) (BELGIUM) (1992-2008)
• VA - Art Of Field Recording Volume II: 50 Years of Traditional American Music Documented by Art Rosenbaum 4CD (Dust-To-Digital)
• VA - Can You Dig It?: The Music and Politics Of Black Action Films 1968-75 4LP/2CD (Soul Jazz) (1968-75)
• VA - Fire In My Bones: Raw + Rare + Other-Wordly African-American Gospel 3CD (Tompkins Square) (1944-2007)
• VA - Music For Mentalists: Unexpected Sounds For The Connoisseur CD (Psychic Circle) (UK)
• VA - Rocky Mountain Low 2LP+CD (Hyperpycnal) (1976-1979)
• VA - Speed Dating: A Compendium of No. 6 Records Singles 2CD (Teenbeat) (1989-98)
• VA - Teenage - Creation Of Youth 1911-1946 CD (Trikont) (1911-1946)
• VA - Titan: It's All Pop! 2CD (Numero Group) (1978-1981)
• VA - 2131 South Michigan Avenue: 60's Garage & Psychedelia from USA and Destination Records! 3LP/2CD (Sundazed) (1965-68)
• VA - Up All Night: 20 Heavy Nuggets From The Golden Age Of Hard Psych CD (Past & Present) (UK) (1969-73)
• VA - Wayfaring Strangers: Lonesome Heroes 2LP/CD (Numero Group)
• VA - Where The Action Is! Los Angeles Nuggets 1965-1968 4CD (Rhino) (1965-1968)

Honorable Mention (alphabetical order):

• Lou Barlow - Goodnight Unknown LP/CD (Merge)
• Blitzen Trapper - Black River Killer 12"EP/CDEP (Sub Pop)
• Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Beware LP/CD (Drag City)
• Box Elders - Alice & Friends LP/CD (Goner)
• Bill Callahan - Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle LP/CD (Drag City)
• Chain and the Gang - Down With Liberty... Up With Chains! LP/CD (K Records)
• The Clean - Mister Pop LP/CD (Arch Hill/Morr/Merge)
• Condo Fucks - Fuckbook LP/CD (Matador)
• Dinosaur Jr. - Farm 2LP/2CD (Jagjaguwar)
• Scott Down & DJ Cutler - Ultimate Breaks & Beatles MP3-Album (Adventure)
• Flin Flon - Et Cetera CDR (Teenbeat)
• Gestures - Nice CDEP (self-released)
• God Help The Girl - God Help The Girl LP/CD + "Stills" 10" (Matador)
• Gary Higgins - Seconds LP/CD (Drag City)
• Peter Holsapple & Chris Stamey - "My Friend The Sun" 7"45 (Bar/None)
• Daniel Johnston - Is and Always Was LP/CD (High Wire)
• Jonathan Kane - Jet Ear Party 2LP/CD (Table of the Elements)
• Mission Of Burma - The Sound The Speed The Light LP/CD + "Innermost" 7"45 (Matador)
• Mount Eerie - Dawn LP/CD+Book (Buenaventura Press)
• Mountain Goats - The Life Of The World To Come LP/CD (4AD)
• Obits - I Blame You LP/CD (Sub Pop)
• Pastels/Tenniscoats - Two Sunsets LP/CD + "Vivid Youth"/"About You" 7"45 (Geographic)
• Pere Ubu - Long Live Père Ubu! CD (Hearthan)
• Alasdair Roberts - Spoils LP/CD + "The Wyrd Meme" 12"EP/CDEP (Drag City)
• Shonen Knife - Super Group CD (Good Charamel)
• Six Organs of Admittance - Luminous Night LP/CD (Drag City)
• Thermals - Now We Can See LP/CD (Kill Rock Stars)
• Thao - Know Better Learn Faster LP/CD (Kill Rock Stars)
• Times New Viking - Born Again Revisited LP/CD + "Move To California" 7"45 (Matador)
• Tyvek - s/t LP/CD (Siltbreeze)
• Kurt Vile - Childish Prodigy LP/CD + "He's Alright" 7" (Matador)
• Kurt Vile - God Is Saying This To You . . . LP (Mexican Summer)
• Why? - Eskimo Snow LP/CD (Anticon)
• Yo La Tengo - Popular Songs 2LP/CD (Matador)
• VA - The Ballad Of Britain CD (Heron)
• VA - Dark Was The Night 3LP/2CD (4AD/Beggars)
• VA - A Jockey Club Reunion: Live at the Southgate House CD (Aurore)
• VA - WFMU's Golden Airwaves: 50 Years of Freeform LP (WFMU)

Records That Came Out in 2009 That I Wish I'd Heard (But Didn't):

• A Handful Of Dust - Panegyric CD (Next Best Way)
• Karl Blau - Zebra LP/CD (K Records)
• Tim Carroll - All Kinds of Pain CD (Gulcher)
• Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - White Lunar 2CD (Mute)
• Circle X - Live In Dijon '79 10"EP (Fractal) (France)
• Tony Conrad & Genesis Breyer P-Orridge - Taking Issue LP (Dais)
• Julie Doiron - I Can Wonder What You Did With Your Day LP/CD (Jagjaguwar)
• Helena Espvall & Masaki Batoh - Overloaded Ark 2LP/CD (Drag City)
• Bill Fay - Still Some Light 2CD (Coptic Cat)
• Doug Gillard - Call From Restricted CD (347 Records)
• David Grubbs - Hybrid Song Box.4 CD (Blue Chopsticks)
• Tommy Keene - In the Late Bright CD (Second Motion)
• David Kilgour & Sam Hunt - Falling Debris CD (Arch Hill)
• Neal Morgan - To The Breathing World LP/CD (Drag City)
• My Dad is Dead - A New Clear Route CD (Unhinged)
• Jeffrey Novak – After The Ball LP/CD (LMN)
• Charlemagne Palestine & Christoph Heemann - Saiten in Flammen LP (Drag City)
• Peaking Lights - Imaginary Falcons LP (Night People)
• Renderers - Monsters And Miasmas CD (Last Visible Dog)
• Lou Rone - Guitar Slinger CD (Gulcher)
• Singing Loins - Unravelling England CD (Damaged Goods)
• Six Organs of Admittance - Empty the Sun Book CD/Book + LP (Drag City)
• Powell St. John - On My Way To Houston CD (Tompkins Square)
• Sufjan Stevens - The BQE 2LP/CD+DVD (Asthmatic Kitty)
• Nikki Sudden and Phil Shoenfelt - Golden Vanity CD (Easy Action)
• Swan Lake - Enemy Mine LP/CD (Jagjaguwar)
• Trashmen - Souvenir of Their Visit to New York 7"EP (Sundazed)
• Alan Vega with A.R.E. Weapons - "See Tha' Light"/"War" 12" (Blast First Petite)
• Verlaines - Corporate Moronic CD (self-released)
• Kurt Vile - Hunchback CD (Richie)
• Bill Wells & Maher Shalal Hash Baz -Gok CD (Geographic)
• Young Fresh Fellows - I Think This Is CD (Yep Roc)
• VA - Face A Frowning World: An E.C. Ball Memorial Album CD (Tompkins Square)
• VA - Loving Takes This Course: A Tribute To The Songs Of Kath Bloom 2CD (Chapter Music) (Australia)
• VA - Tiny Mix Tapes Vol. 1: Darfur LP/CD (Tiny Mix Tapes)
 http://www.grantmanship.com/2010/01/ken-katkins-best-of-2009.html My Favorite Albums of 2009 tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c024b53ef0120a7596da9970b 2010-01-01T23:21:00-05:00 2010-01-03T06:21:28Z 2010-01-02T04:21:00Z Like last year, it took me until the first day of the new year to look back and decide what my favorite albums were. Here they are in no particular order. Happy New Year! Flaming Lips - Embryonic Dirty Projectors... gmanship

Like last year, it took me until the first day of the new year to look back and decide what my favorite albums were.  Here they are in no particular order.  Happy New Year!

Flaming Lips - Embryonic

Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca

Julian Casablancas - Phrazes For The Young

Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - S/T

Empire of the Sun - Walking On A Dream

Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix

Neon Indian - Psychic Chasms

Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest

Various Artists - Dark Was The Night

 http://www.grantmanship.com/2010/01/my-favorite-albums-of-2009.html Julian Casablancas - 11th Dimension tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c024b53ef0128767a8177970c 2009-12-23T17:26:17-05:00 2009-12-23T22:23:39Z 2009-12-23T22:26:17Z Well... I hadn't planned on a back-to-back posts about Julian Casablancas this week but I guess Christmas has come early with the arrival of his first video from Phrazes For The Young. And besides, it's my blog and I can... gmanship Music Video

Well... I hadn't planned on a back-to-back posts about Julian Casablancas this week but I guess Christmas has come early with the arrival of his first video from Phrazes For The Young. And besides, it's my blog and I can do what I want.

The video for "11th Dimension" finds Julian honing his musical skills as he travels through colonial times, the 80s and then into some post-apocalyptic Mad Max action by ascending the floors of a Pagoda. And get this, dude can act! Check it out below.

 http://www.grantmanship.com/2009/12/julian-casablancas-11th-dimension.html Julian Casablancas - I Wish It Was Christmas Today tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c024b53ef0120a77299e1970b 2009-12-22T13:08:36-05:00 2009-12-22T18:08:36Z 2009-12-22T18:08:36Z I had planned on posting this track on Christmas Eve but I figured that for any day that isn't Christmas, the song will work just fine. That and the fact that Jimmy and Horatio reprised their role as part of... gmanship Artists Music Video
I had planned on posting this track on Christmas Eve but I figured that for any day that isn't Christmas, the song will work just fine. That and the fact that Jimmy and Horatio reprised their role as part of the band last night on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, this clip is a must post. Check out Julian's performance below.  You can also check out the original from Saturday Night Live below that.

http://www.grantmanship.com/2009/12/julian-casablancas-i-wish-it-was-christmas-today.html Foreign Born - Early Warnings tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c024b53ef0120a758799f970b 2009-12-17T12:49:12-05:00 2009-12-17T17:49:12Z 2009-12-17T17:49:12Z gmanship Music Video <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><center><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/JZ_z0rDmvmc&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/JZ_z0rDmvmc&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></center></div> http://www.grantmanship.com/2009/12/foreign-born-early-warnings-1.html Zach Galifianakis + Will Oldham = Supreme Awesomeness tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c024b53ef01287659a2ac970c 2009-12-15T23:49:00-05:00 2009-12-16T05:46:50Z 2009-12-16T04:49:00Z Today's release of The Hangover on DVD reminded me of the following alternative video for Kanye West's song "Can't Tell Me Nothing" featuring Zach Galifianakis and Will Oldham. This definitely has to be one of the greatest videos of all... gmanship Music Video <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Today's release of <em>The Hangover</em> on DVD reminded me of the following alternative video for Kanye West's song "Can't Tell Me Nothing" featuring Zach Galifianakis and Will Oldham.&nbsp; This definitely has to be one of the greatest videos of all time. I can also say with 100% certainty that I would watch infinitely more videos from Kanye if these two were cast in any of his future videos. Enjoy!<br><br> <center><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/N2bCc0EGP6U&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/N2bCc0EGP6U&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></center></div> http://www.grantmanship.com/2009/12/zach-galifianakis-will-oldham-supreme-awesomeness.html The White Stripes - Let's Shake Hands tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c024b53ef0128765540a9970c 2009-12-14T23:57:29-05:00 2009-12-15T04:58:33Z 2009-12-15T04:57:29Z Check out "Let's Shake Hands" from the upcoming White Stripes DVD Under Great White Northern Lights. gmanship Film Music Video <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Check out "Let's Shake Hands" from the upcoming White Stripes DVD <em>Under Great White Northern Lights</em>.<br><br> <center><object height="360px" width="425px"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="movie" value="http://mediaservices.myspace.com/services/media/embed.aspx/m=101249939,t=1,mt=video"><embed allowfullscreen="true" src="http://mediaservices.myspace.com/services/media/embed.aspx/m=101249939,t=1,mt=video" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="360" width="425"></object></center></div> http://www.grantmanship.com/2009/12/the-white-stripes-lets-shake-hands.html Hot Chip - One Life Stand tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c024b53ef012876487ae9970c 2009-12-11T19:38:05-05:00 2009-12-12T00:38:05Z 2009-12-12T00:38:05Z gmanship Music Video
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