Posts Tagged Phantogram
Music The Vander Wey’s New Electro Pop Mix
Posted by musicthevanderwey in Electro Pop, Mixtape, New Releases, On The Couch Mixtape, The xx on November 30, 2011
I’m going through djing withdrawals again. I’ve started jonesing and getting the shakes. Lately, I’ve been falling into the spacey fantastic world of electro pop. Its great to dance to, relax to, and even better to study to.The other bizarre thing I find when I am on an electro pop binge is that it makes life feel like a movie. Everything is kinda special and unearthly. What it does is create a soundtrack to life, which is something special.
Phantogram In Concert
Posted by musicthevanderwey in Alternative, Electro Pop, Indie Rock on November 22, 2011
I am still a little euphoric after a truly magical concert. Sunday night I had the wonderful opportunity to go see Phantogram‘s last stop on their Nightlife EP tour, at a nice small venue in Burlington, Vermont. It was only $13 for a ticket. I can’t imagine going to see another act of this magnitude for anywhere near the cost. I know it sounds crazy but it should have been twice the cost to get in to that show.
New Phantogram EP: Nightlife
Posted by musicthevanderwey in Alternative, Electro Pop, Electronic, Indie Rock, New Releases, Synth Pop on October 10, 2011
Can you believe that it’s already been two years since Phantogram released their debut album Eyelid Movies? Time flies when you are in love. Good news though! Phantogram has an up coming mini LP/EP dropping November 1st. The new album is entitled Nightlife and will contain six tracks. Luckily, Phantogram’s rocking awesome label Barsuk released the official track listing along with the song “Don’t Move.”
T. William’s Top 10 Albums of Twenty Ten
Posted by T. William Gooch in Alternative, Best 10 of Twenty Ten, Erykah Badu, Hip-Hop, Indie Rock, Mashup, Metal on December 12, 2010
T. William’s Top 10 Albums of Twenty Ten
Last week Rune posted his top ten for our readers here On the Couch, so now it is now my turn to submit in my list. Notice that we aren’t numbering our lists, because we don’t see the difference between number 10 and number two. If it makes the list then we are pretty sure it is an album that should be listened to, if you haven’t yet.
Later this month I would think that we will each select our album’s of the year, because we want show some more love to the album that we listened to the most.
Below are ten albums that were released in 2010 that I paid money for and religiously listed to throughout the year.
No need for music videos anymore
Posted by T. William Gooch in Indie Rock on February 23, 2010
As youth I seem to remember a lot of popular music gaining notoriety because of the creative videos that accompanied them. As I grew older I found videos to be less important in my musical tastes. I think that it came about because of the limiting aspects videos have on music. Once you see a music video you can’t un-see it, so your visual association with the song will always be the same memory.
I would prefer music to be more like a book, where I can make up what the visuals are that connect with the music. Isn’t it true that the book is always better than the movie?? In my opinion the song is always better than the video.
I know that video can never be subtracted from the industry. That is why I have fallen in love with KEXP 90.3′s YouTube channel. KEXP is a independent radio station that is based out of Seattle. On their YouTube channel they have live performances of great indie bands and the video production is so stellar that there is no need for the artist to produce a music video. Also I think that watching a band or a set of musicians is more interesting to watch than a short film that is edited to fit the meaning of the song
Below are some of my personal favorites.
If you notice Eric Elbogen of “Say Hi” is sitting in on the set!!
“A Place to Bury Stranger” How can you not love that band name??
This is this video that inspired this post
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