The Jealous Sound

It saddens me that this band gets little press. The SDRE/Jealous sound tour has started, yet the opening band gets little online coverage. There is plenty of video of SDRE on youtube, but I haven’t found any new Jealous Sound video. I suppose this is usual for opening bands, but this is the first time The Jealous Sound has played in a very long time! I hope TJS gets a lot of new fans, and what a perfect way to get some by touring with SDRE.
I don’t think people realize the influence Blair Shehan had on the scene. Does a little band called Knapsack ring a bell? Well…maybe not. Knapsack started in ’93 and release 3 amazing records. I hope people realize that this guy was there when the scene started and influenced the sound and style of the scene.
I will do my best to take some good pics and video of TJS at First Ave on Wednesday as I am not sure how packed it will be for the opening band. I am still surprised that as of now, the show isn’t sold out.
The Jealous Sound don’t let us in on too much news so I will do my best to update on anything I notice.

Check out a quick blurb here. Nice pic of Blair rocking out.

They uploaded a free a “new” song called Priceless here

Check here often. As this blogger gets a lot of SDRE/TJS info

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Get to the Electric Fetus ASAP this weekend! CDs for $1, $2, and $3!!! Discounted vinyl too! Picked me up some nice finds that I would never have bought otherwise: Superdrag’s b-sides collection, United States of Electronica, Pete Krebs, Preston School of Industry, Sunday’s Best, Halo Benders. Some really good stuff here for dirt cheap! Sale ends 6pm on Sunday.
I pray that the Fetus can stay in business. It appears they are doing a great job to keep business: sales, concerts, and even a download store! Their marketing is very smart and I hope it keeps them alive!
I’m sure everyone knows by now that Pavement is reuniting! A bit too early to announce it though. Not till a year from now. People will have to try not to lose their tickets as they already went on sale for the first 4 announced shows. Here is hoping they come to MN, but not to the Roy Wilkins.
Sunny Day Real Estate kicked off their tour a day earlier than announced in Canada. From what I heard, they sound great!

Japandroids: Turf Club review

Post-Nothing by the Japandroids is one of my favorite records of the year. The entire thing is perfect. From the melodies and lyrics to the little details of the vocal effects, the thing is flawless. It’s a nice, short little record that will always remind me of summer.
Japandroids played last night at the Turf Club in St. Paul. They started off quite well, although it could have been louder. They didn’t have the loud punch that the record gives off. I enjoy the distorted vocals on Post-Nothing and here we got very little distortion. I didn’t mind too much, but the vocals just weren’t as loud as they should have been. The band was full of energy, but their equipment was just very lacking.
I like how they explained their situation: Just because you heard of us, doesn’t mean we have tons of money. This is so true. With blogs giving buzz to so many bands, in the internet world they are huge. In real life they are not so huge. I was expecting this show to sell out, but there were only a handful of people there.
I am dying to find out the name of the cover they played. Their cover song blew me away. More so than any of their originals. Mainly because I was expecting a better sound like I am familiar with the record.
The band banter was entertaining, but got to be too long. People were throwing shoes and socks, which was quite funny. Then their guitar went to crap. Once they switched to the back-up guitar, the show went down hill…fast. They botched “Sovereignty” to the point where I felt embarrassed for them. It was quite hard to watch. The shotty equipment mixed with the band getting drunker was a turn for the worse. They were very apologetic though. To make up for it they played “I Quit Girls”, which they claim they have never played in the States before. It would have been cool, but they butchered that song too. Oh well, Can’t win them all. Hopefully they do better for the rest of the tour. If anyone knows that cover song, please post it!

Brand New to play First Ave

Brand New gets moved to First Ave!!  I just got an email from Ticketmaster announcing that tickets for Brand New at First Ave on 10/04/09 are on sale on 9/10/09.  I clicked on the link and it says that tickets for the Myth are redeemable at First Ave.  You would think Ticketmaster would email everyone announcing the venue change. 

I haven’t been to the Myth before, but I am assuming that it is a larger venue than First Ave.  Most fans have probably already gotten their tickets.  I wonder if there will even be tickets available.  I am so relieved that First Ave is putting on the show because I heard that the Myth is a crappy venue.  I LOVE First Ave.  My favorite Minneapolis venue only behind the 400 Bar. 

Brand New + Manchester Orchestra = Very hard show to top.  

Can’t wait for Sunny Day Real Estate/ Jealous Sound!!!

Ramblings

Haven’t updated in a while as I was without internet for some time. As if anyone actually reads this but me.
New musical things for me:
New Elliott Smith song found at sweetaddy.com message boards. Sadly, the boards will be gone come October. I am hoping someone uploads a ton of unreleased stuff before the boards shut done. Someone already uploaded his entire unreleased collection all in one download.
Looking forward to the Jealous Sound/Sunny Day Real Estate show at First Ave this month. This will probably be the highlight show of the year for me. Both bands mean so much to me and will always remind me of early college. Back when life was so simple. Back when I could blow money on CDs. Music sure has changed since then.
Now both bands are both at it again. Jealous Sound is making new music and I am SDRE do the same.
Such a trip—One former Foo Figher and one current Foo Fighter back together. One who is also working with The Jealous Sound on their forthcoming album. All of it is a dream come true to me. I wonder what the Foo Fighter’s status is that Grohl is now doing the crooked vultures side project. Honestly, I could be happy with less Foo Fighter and more side project.
I love how the Jealous Sound has always been such a mystery. They go away for some time, release an EP out of nowhere, and post a message on myspace. Post another one about the tour, and keep us wating for the next message. In this internet era, you think you can keep up with a band on a weekly basis. I guess the Jealous Sound doesn’t have that much of a public demand for news updates as say how much Pitchfork writes about Radiohead farting on a snare drum.
Speaking of mysterious bands, I am still waiting for The Etiquette to release their new album online. I don’t understand what is taking them so long.
On my way to Chicago tomorrow! Love this time of year!

The Etiquette

One of my favorite bands from my hometown, Milwaukee. I can't express how much I love this band. I saw them by accident at Summerfest while waiting by the stage that the Anniversary and The Promise Ring would later play at. Saw them about 3 times in the early 2000's and listened to their EPs constantly.
Happened to catch them again around 2006 at Summerfest as they played the same day as Kings of Leon.
I would check their website and myspace frequently in the mid 2000's as I thought a full length would have been out. They kept delaying it and I was starting to give up my hope for new material. Just now they are making noise again as they just released their new album titled ...Eons. I believe they were originally going to call it Highly Unstable. I find ...Eons to be a better title, and I believe it is a continuation of the title of their EP, Ages...
So together it would be Ages...Eons.
I now live in Minneapolis and would have loved to have gone to their cd release show in Milwaukee. The band said their album will available on itunes. Hopefully soon...They also mentioned interest in playing Minneapolis!
I highly reccomend picking of their EP and I am positive that I will love the full length.
I found a very interesting article online about the band during the early 2000's. I had no idea they almost signed with a record label and could have been big during the "Garage Rock" scene, ie. The Strokes, The Hives, White Stripes.

My Michael Jackson tribute

I'm sure everyone is getting sick of hearing about Michael by now. Before it gets too old, here are some of my thoughts...
Now that Michael has passed, I'm sure everyone is trying to get a buck out of it. From T-Shirts to a new DVD. I wonder if he was recording up to this point. Doubtful, but there must be some new material in the vault. I don't think he will be putting out material like Tupac.
How about a duet, Nat King Cole or Elvis style? Janet Jackson could put out a duet with Michael. Oh wait...already did that. Well, they could do Scream 2...oh wait, that was a movie. OK, he should get Janet and the Jackson 5 and a bunch of celebrities to do a song. Oh wait, he already did that.
Speaking of movies, anyone remember when Michael and E.T. did a duet? You have to see it to believe it! It's actually a decent song until E.T. fowls it up. It's actually pretty funny. This links shows scenes from Michael's 3D movie Captain EO that they used to show at Epcot Center.
Anyone seen Steve Martin's impersonation of Michael? Pretty funny
Another fond Michael memory was his Sega game Moonwalker. That was classic!

I hear that they are going to put out a dvd of his rehearsals of the tour he was about to do. Should be interesting.
No matter what anyone says about Michael, this is pretty much the coolest thing ever.