lo-fidelity

Hosted by: Jeff Heller & Mike LaBrie
A talk about Hype
Music News
Album Review: mewithoutYou – it’s all crazy! it’s all false! it’s all a dream! it’s alright
New Releases
Top 5: spoken word songs

Show Notes:

http://tinyurl.com/mx7cf4 – Jay-Z calls for the death of auto-tune.
http://tinyurl.com/n2ncu8 – Phil Spector’s mugshot. Wow.
http://tinyurl.com/najt2f – Trent Reznor leaves Twitter.
http://tinyurl.com/lpkx2e – Blur make live return!
http://tinyurl.com/kl87pp – Beck introduces the Record Club.
http://tinyurl.com/nk44uy (How The Recording Industry Changes Its Own Story)
http://tinyurl.com/ny2p2t (Music Mashup Monday: Michael Jackson meets Sonic 2?)

EDIT: In case you downloaded it within the first 40 minutes of it being published (which a lot of you did, holy hot damn), you may want to re-download it. Fixed an audio issue.

 

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Sorry to say, kids, but I have to recover from Florida and actually listen to the album I’m supposed to review for next episode. So lo-fidelity episode 23 will come out June 20th.

In the meantime… I want to direct your attention to an article recently posted on Stereogum. I want you to look at the title of this article and the first couple sentences. Then I want you to think about why Mike and I heavily bash critics who make best-of-the-year prediction lists in January and why putting the words “classic”, “modern”, “post” or “progressive” next to a genre of music always gets us riled up. Need more reasons? Read the user comments on the bottom.

By the way, the album’s great for what it is. Remember, folks, sometimes blogs themselves are the trolls.

Hosted by: Jeff Heller & Mike LaBrie
Classic Rock Discussion
Music News
Album Review: Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
New Releases
Top 5: Songs based on classical music

Show Notes:

http://tinyurl.com/pfesjv – Jay Bennett, ex-member of Wilco, dead at 45
http://tinyurl.com/qm6h4p – Meet the Wuggie, the Weezer Snuggie
http://tinyurl.com/ovdfmr – Pitchfork on ABC: Grizzly Bear’s Veckatimest
http://tinyurl.com/r965zf – New Danger Mouse CD Released As A Blank CD-R Due To Legal Fight With EMI
http://tinyurl.com/pnb4jm – The Music Store Apple Forgot About
http://tinyurl.com/owevhz – Music Fans And ‘Amateur Musicologists’ May Impact Coldplay/Satriani Copyright Battle
http://tinyurl.com/uk45t – Rob Paranovian’s “Pachelbel Rant”

 

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Mentioned it on a previous episode, let’s check back in to see the current tally of Warp20.

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Hosted by: Jeff Heller & Mike LaBrie
Animal Collective @ Terminal 5
Music News
Album Review: Patrick Watson – Wooden Arms
New Releases
Top 5: Pots and Pans songs

Show Notes:

http://tinyurl.com/qt5ujr – “Brothersport” @ Terminal 5
http://tinyurl.com/p6kovm – Animal Collective play “Summertime Clothes” on Letterman

http://tinyurl.com/d463g5 – Coldplay sued by Joe Satriani for plagiarism, Cat Stevens enters the fray.
http://tinyurl.com/qcs4m4 – Brian Williams has his own indie music videoblog. What?
http://tinyurl.com/oz7z76 – In the Aeroplane Over the Sea… the musical???
http://tinyurl.com/df8v84 – Status of the Avalanches’ new album
http://tinyurl.com/25ygjoo – The Indie Rock Universe…
http://tinyurl.com/ouboda – …is a scam!
http://tinyurl.com/owgebf – Kanye is his own bad PR person.
http://tinyurl.com/ptzfyo – Wilco Shows The Entertainment Industry How To Respond To A Leak
http://tinyurl.com/cs3emg – Lack Of Indie Music On The Radio Perhaps A Matter Of Economics More Than Payola
http://tinyurl.com/rd3abg – iPod designer’s private nature costs him jonathanive.com

 

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Hosted by: Jeff Heller & Mike LaBrie
Interview with Peter Berkman of Anamanaguchi
Album Review: Anamanaguchi – Dawn Metropolis
New Releases
Top 5: Video Game songs

Show Notes:

Dawn Metropolis, the experience: http://www.dawnmetropolis.com
Anamanaguchi HQ: http://www.anamanaguchi.com
The Anamanaguchi Blog: http://blog.anamanaguchi.com/
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/anamanaguchi
Muxtape: http://anamanaguchi.muxtape.com
Twitter: anamanaguchi

http://tinyurl.com/3cdy3r – Mega Man 2 Remix by Johan Agebjörn
http://tinyurl.com/63u8ts – Soul Blade opening video

 

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Hosted by: Jeff Heller & Mike LaBrie
Record Exchange (Mike): Gatsbys American Dream – Volcano
Music News
Record Exchange (Jeff): Squarepusher – Hard Normal Daddy
New Releases
Top 5: Found Sound Stories

Show Notes:

http://tinyurl.com/ddny4j – Beatles to reissue collection on CD
http://tinyurl.com/dx69jq – Nine Inch Nails iPhone app coming soon (and list of other bands with iPhone apps (like Coachella!))
http://tinyurl.com/cerdey – Amanda Palmer Shows How Her Fans Support Her
http://tinyurl.com/c2cp47 – Amazon’s The 100 Greatest Indie Rock Albums of All Time

http://tinyurl.com/5e2g7k – Ishkur’s Guide to Electronic Music
http://tinyurl.com/dlunpl – Portugal the Man – The Devil

Errata: The next album we are reviewing is Anamanaguchi’s Dawn Metropolis, not Metropolis. Sorry, Anamanaguchi!

 

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Hosted by: Jeff Heller & Mike LaBrie
Special guest: Brad Backofen
New Jersey
The state of local scenes
Music News
Album Review: Thursday – Common Existence
New Releases
Top 5: New Jersey bands

Show Notes:

http://tinyurl.com/c2mcoe – Jimmy Chamberlain speaks about leaving Smashing Pumpkins
http://tinyurl.com/cpgdnt – Magnetic Fields’ Stephen Merritt scoring Coraline musical
http://tinyurl.com/dde49y – Where the Wild Things Are trailer features Arcade Fire
http://tinyurl.com/csyre4 – The RIAA just can’t leave us alone
http://tinyurl.com/cov928 – Warp’s got a kickin’ 20th anniversary plan!
http://warp20.net/ – The details of the event
http://thru-you.com/ – The most amazing remixes of learn-to-play-an-instrument instructional videos
http://tinyurl.com/cwlodk – The web’s fourth most dangerous word?
http://tinyurl.com/c83fxk – Alkaline Trio remix contest
http://tinyurl.com/dx5ngy – Trent Reznor releases free EP (NIN + Jane’s Addiction) in support of tour

Note: Sorry folks, the download link was up, then it disappeared! Let me know if it goes away again.

 

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Hosted by: Jeff Heller & Mike LaBrie
Cover songs
Music News
Album Review: The Bad Plus – For All I Care
New Releases
Top 5: Cover songs

Show Notes:

http://tinyurl.com/ddrlb7 – Ticketmaster/Live Nation merger hits snags
http://tinyurl.com/bmzpe2 – Kanye gets snubbed by Radiohead
http://tinyurl.com/bzte8z – Miley Cyrus gets snubbed by Radiohead
http://tinyurl.com/akb2ov – Robert Smith snubs Radiohead, then clarifies his statement
http://tinyurl.com/c6tblj – Wayne Coyne calls Arcade Fire pricks
http://tinyurl.com/agda6b – Win Butler responds to Wayne Coyne
http://tinyurl.com/dzdgzk – No Doubt Offers Their Entire Back Catalogue With Ticket Purchase
http://tinyurl.com/aby5bm – Massive Layoffs Hit the RIAA
http://tinyurl.com/cewsdv – Beatles: Rock Band has a street date!

 

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Yeah, um, Phish reunited and played three shows at the Hampton in VA. This is a very personal matter and has been rather… awesome. To say the least. The shows are free for download at LivePhish.com. Episode coming soon.