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Band of Horses Takes Us Behind the Scenes of “Infinite Arms”

Shawn M. Smith — Tue, 04 May 2010 16:37:43 +0000

“It took nearly 2 years, virtual bankruptcy, five states and a dead falcon to get there, but Infinite Arms is the product of a band doing things on their own terms and finally learning to enjoy the results,” (taken from the Infinite Arms Biography.)

Band of Horses new album, Infinite Arms, is out May 18th on Brown Records/Fat Possum/Columbia. Pre-order the album and/or Deluxe version at www.bandofhorses.com.

Check out more rad stuff “after the jump”

[mp3] Band of Horses – “Factory”
[mp3] Band of Horses – “The Funeral”
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While I Eat My Toast Mixtape #2

Shawn M. Smith — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 13:30:33 +0000

Week two is already up and you just got into work? I must be planning ahead. This week, there’s a mix of stuff in here that was given to me by PR contacts, material direct from the band’s themselves and some stuff that was buzzing around on other blogs that I was super stoked to find. Like I said last week (and will probably say every week), I usually bop to this great stuff every morning while I walk to the train with a piece of toast in my hand, so I have appropriately named this piece, While I Eat My Toast.

In this week’s mixtape: Trentemøller, M.I.A, National Pigeon Unity, Kurt Vile, Peter Wolf Crier, Elephant Stone, Walking Sleep, and Tiger! Shit! Tiger! Tiger!

Come check it out “after the jump”

[mp3] M.I.A. – “Born Free”
[mp3] National Pigeon Unity – “Whan”
[mp3] Kurt Vile – “Invisibility: Nonexistent”
[mp3] Peter Wolf Crier – “Hard As Nails”
[mp3] Trentemøller – “Sycamore Feeling”
[mp3] Elephant Stone – “Strangers”
[mp3] Walking Sleep – “Final Chapter”
[mp3] Tiger! Shit! Tiger! Tiger! – “Whispers”

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While I Eat My Toast Mixtape #1

Shawn M. Smith — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 13:55:49 +0000

We’ve been doing a good job of keeping you informed of the stuff we’ve liked lately, but we haven’t been putting out the stuff that I’ve heard but haven’t gotten a chance to talk about yet. So, since I usually bop to this great stuff every morning while I walk to the train with a piece of toast in my hand, I have named this piece, While I Eat My Toast. I just thought that “Damn, I Don’t Want to Go Back to Work, Why Weren’t My Parents Really Wealthy?” was super childish for a 31 year old. Every Monday, Radio Exile will post a few of the songs and demos that are getting us through our relaxing weekends and helping us forget the Hell that is heading back into work on Monday. Yuck.

In this week’s mixtape: The National, Crystal Castles, Two Door Cinema Club, Coconut Records, The Honey Pies, Young Adults, Household Names, and Indian Jewelry.

Come check it out “after the jump”

[mp3] The National – “Bloodbuzz Ohio”
[mp3] Crystal Castles – “Celestica”
[mp3] Two Door Cinema Club – “What You Know”
[mp3] Coconut Records – “Microphone”
[mp3] The Honey Pies – “Sex Wax” *
[mp3] Young Adults – “Bummer Summer” *
[mp3] Household Names – “Driving to LA”
[mp3] Indian Jewelry – “Oceans”

(* These are only demos. Still gnarly, though.)

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Make Love, Not War – The (Subjective) Bedroom Mixtape

Holly L. Perry — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:37:10 +0000

Start off the new year with a bang … literally! And why not – there’s nothing else to do in these frigid temps. Your best bet is to burrow under a down comforter with something cute and snuggly and not your childhood stuffed animal. Sure, you could hit the gym – that’s one way to combat the doughy advances on your midsection – but the gym can’t make out with you; this methodology is a welcomed alternative for calorie burning.

(Please note: Radio Exile does not take responsibility for any buns that may manifest in any ovens, as a result of promoting this mix).

The sky continuously throwing down snow is Mother Nature’s way of practically begging you to get laid. Stop making her job more difficult. What sounds better: trudging through slushy streets and icy wind blasts en route to the bar (where you’ll have wet feet and a perpetual sniff the entire time), or reenacting spicy Calvin Klein ads to a hot soundtrack after watching a little Family Guy?

The latter. Obviously.

These songs should get your proverbial juices flowing. Mix, match and discard at will – there isn’t any particular order to them. Care has also been taken to include a variety of tempos to please differing, em, aesthetic preferences. Please leave additional tunes in the comments section, for future testing in the Radio Exile labs.

And remember kids, when these beats are a-rockin’, don’t come a-knockin’.

Aqualung – “Strange and Beautiful (I’ll Put a Spell on You)”
Otis Redding – “These Arms of Mine”
The xx – “Crystalised”
Fitz & The Tantrums – “Winds of Change”
The Zutons – “Pressure Point”
John Legend – “Alright”
Gnarls Barkley – “She Knows”
Here We Go Magic – “Only Pieces”
Volcano Choir – “Island, IS”
Phantom Planet – “Raise the Dead”
Peter Bjorn and John – “Objects of My Affection”
The Big Pink – “Velvet”
MGMT – “Electric Feel”
Frou Frou – “Let Go”
Pearl Jam – “Garden”
She Wants Revenge – “Tear You Apart”(Live Acoustic From FNX Studios)
The Subways – “Shake! Shake!”
Better Than Ezra – “Under You”

Peace Sign Courtesy of Carry a Big Sticker
Heart Image Courtesy of Aches on Ventures
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Go Stuff Yourself – The Thanksgiving Mixtape

Holly L. Perry — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:53:10 +0000

Everyone seems to talk to about Thanksgiving as if it is their favorite holiday. It makes sense: when it all boils down, no one loves gluttony more than an American. We can justify spending money on food (over presents), knowing that we will partake in shoveling these tasty purchases through our personal pie holes. More mashed potatoes, please!

I’m cool with it. Especially when I know that the feed fest I’m attending is forty-five people deep. Forty-five people means a lot of conversations (“Have you put on weight?” “When are you going to pop one out?” and my personal favorite, “How’s work?”), but it also means a lot of desserts. It’s a trade off (and yes, I still sneak cookies before dinner and, yes, I would do that at a stranger’s Thanksgiving).

For my festivities, I am also lucky enough to only have a forty-five minute drive to the very town that brought you Thanksgiving. Since it’s at my in-laws house every year, I have a lot of leverage in the the car ride soundtrack. “Alice’s Restaurant” will obviously be played at noon, in typical Thanksgiving day fashion, but after that, I plan on listening to the below.

Check out “Go Stuff Yourself – The Thanksgiving Mixtape” “after the jump”

The first half of the mix is aimed at getting you amped up for the chaos and/or awkward conversations that await you; the second half is more subdued selections to pair with your food coma during the ride home.

Happy eating!

Julian Plenti – “Only If You Run”
The Rural Alberta Advantage – “Four Night Rider”
The Mountain Goats – “This Year”
Noah and the Whale – “Blue Skies”
Matt & Kim – “Daylight (Troublemaker Remix feat. De La Soul)”
Julian Casablancas – “11th Dimension”
Miike Snow – “Animal”
The Temper Trap – “Sweet Disposition”
The Big Pink – “Velvet”
Ambulance LTD – “Swim”
Jay Jay Pistolet – “Hooked Up On Us”
Denim on Denim – “Countess Unpronounceable”
Eels – “All The Beautiful Things”
Elliot Smith – “Thirteen”
Radiohead – “True Love Waits”
Bon Iver – “Blood Bank”
Tommy James and the Shondells – “Crimson and Clover”
The Middle East – “Blood”
The National – “Green Gloves”
The xx – “Heart Skipped a Beat”
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – “Hysteric” (Acoustic)
Oberhofer – “I Could Go”
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Put It In Your Ears for 10-09-09: Emo Hair is Dead

Rob Blatt — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:21:37 +0000

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Put It In Your Ears contains immature humor in downloadable form three times a week. The music shows will be posted to Radio Exile on Friday afternoons. It’s hosted by Radio Exile staff member Rob Blatt and Gavin St. Ours from The Gavin Show.

This week it’s music from Brandston, Max and the Wild Things and This Drama. also: The emo haircut is dead! Long live the emo haircut!

Today’s Songs:
Brandston – You Do the Science
Max and the Wild Things – You Got Your
This Drama – She Had a Knife!

also: Love live emo hair! Pete Wentz has declared the death of the emo swoosh. That means that it’s okay for the rest of us to start using that haircut “in irony”.

If you have music for the show, send some email to putitinyourears [at] gmail or message us on Twitter.
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Put It In Your Ears for 10/02/09 – Episode 100!

Rob Blatt — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 17:02:30 +0000

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No music this week, but it’s hard to play music when you’re drinking in a bar. This is episode 100, a power hour recorded at Bad Decisions on Fleet St in Baltimore, MD.

It’s episode 100! recorded live at Bad Decisions in Baltimore, MD.

Josh from The RA Show, John from Bad Decisions, Samtaters from getting hit by a train and some dude off the street named Pat join us!

There are lots of half finished stories. One day lots of these stories will become eposes of their own someday.

Bare butts and boobs in Brooklyn! Man Spackle and the Pop Drip Drip Drips and other free stuff. Dried anchovies in your drinks, eight pounds of Manwich and your drinks. Rob had an anchovy, Gavin did not. Do people really puke in urinals? According to John, YES THEY DO.

Beer and Bacon Happy Hours at Bad Decisions. 400 people and 90 pounds of pan fried bacon! This time around on October 20th, we might see a bacon cheese burger drink.

We finally get down to talking about “Gavin’s America”, complete with One Child Left Behind. This is how Gavin’s America will work.

Also, we get to talking about boobies. Specifically memories of the first girl to have boobs in your school. Josh, John and Rob all remember the first girls to “mature” and Samtaters WAS that girl. Not only do they remember, but they remember their names.

You can find Rob in the Geek is Chic Podcastathon on October 4th from 2 am until around 4 or 5 am. Andrea will be streaming from noon on the 3rd to noon on the 4th. Are there any booby iPhone apps? Yes. Ask Bronwen about the time she accidentally was given the Suicide Girls app from Rob.

No one in Bad Decisions despite Rob knows who Joey Chestnut is.

Have you ever known anyone who has admitted to peeing on someone else on purpose. Peeing on someone in the shower doesn’t count.

Who writes the best lyrics? 16 year old boys AND Glenn Danzig. Who can pull off a mustache? John Waters, Burt Reynolds and Tom Selleck. Gavin doesn’t think he could pull it off.

Rob finally goes on a pro wrestling fan rant. What spurred this? A audition for WWE fans on Deal Or No Deal in the middle of New Jersey. He didn’t make it on to the show.

And much more…

If you have music for the show, send some email to putitinyourears [at] gmail or message us on Twitter.
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Put It In Your Ears for 09/25/09 – Alex Winter is the One

Rob Blatt — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:08:29 +0000

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EPISODE 100 LIVE SHOW
September 26th, 5pm • Bad Decisions
1928 Fleet St • Baltimore, MD

This week it’s music from Bam Bam, The Gates of Slumber and Benton Falls. also: What if THE ONE was Bill instead of Ted? National Sweater Knitting Month, National Movie Commentary Month and Gavin’s easy.

Today’s Songs:
Bam Bam – Sin Las Patas Traseras
The Gates Of Slumber – Blood And Thunder
Benton Falls – Trial and Terror

also: Billy Linker throws down the Power Hour gauntlet on Twitter, what if Alex Winter was Neo instead of Keanu Reeves, National Knit a Sweater Month, National Movie Commentary Month, and we look forward to episode 100 in horror.

Put It In Your Ears for 09/18/09 – IllaZilla

Rob Blatt — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 07:06:40 +0000

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EPISODE 100 LIVE SHOW
September 26th, 5pm • Bad Decisions
1928 Fleet St • Baltimore, MD

This week it’s music from Djizoes, Burns Out Bright and Helsingfors. also: what kind of music is emo? What about the misogyny that exists in emo lyrics? Better ask Wikipedia!

Today’s Music:
Djizoes – Ride the Flames
Burns Out Bright – Watership Down
Helsingfors – Russian Inversion Notation

The Burns Out Bright track is from the compilation Emo is Awesome / Emo is Evil put out by Deep Elm Records. What kind of music is emo? Why not check Wikipedia? Specifically, why not consult the Wikipedia San Diego emo and punk expert IllaZilla.

If you have music for the show, send some email to putitinyourears [at] gmail or message us on Twitter.
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CLASSIC Put It In Your Ears for 09-11-09 – Segways

Rob Blatt — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 19:19:09 +0000

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EPISODE 100 LIVE SHOW
September 26th, 5pm • Bad Decisions
1928 Fleet St • Baltimore, MD

Reaching deep into the archive, this episode is from the archive. Facts about segways, imagining a rascal vs. segway vs. razor scooter race, other slow moving wheeled devices and making up endings to movies you never saw. And Suicide Girls!

Today’s Music:
The Get Up Kids – Ten Minutes
Bella Noir – Try
Girl Talk – Shut the Club Down

Put It In Your Ears for 09/04/09 – Cannibal and the King

Rob Blatt — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 12:05:18 +0000

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Would you watch a sitcom starring B.B. King and Cannibal Corpse?

Today’s Music:
Walt Ribeiro – Last Words
Russian Gun Dogs – Fireflies
Polvo – Beggar’s Bowl
Big Delusion – Rock ‘n Roll

EPISODE 100 LIVE SHOW
September 26th, 5pm
Bad Decisions
1928 Fleet St
Baltimore, MD

If you have music for the show, send some email to putitinyourears [at] gmail or message us on Twitter.
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Put It In Your Ears for 08/28/09 – Freedom Flu

Rob Blatt — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:16:56 +0000

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Music from Rob and Gavin’s pasts. Seriously awkward music at times. If you ever wanted to laugh at the guys who review music for having some less than optimal tunes, heres your opportunity.

Today’s Music:
Three Track Mind – Pain Killer
Black Krystol – That’s Fair
Man Spackle and the Pop Drip Drip Drips – Theme from Man Spackle and the Pop Drip Drip Drips

Notable links: Hey Girl Hey Podcast. Today we wanted to pull the curtain back on our musical careers, but not in a good way. These are some of the oldest recordings that exist of bands we used to be in. Gavin was 21 in Three Track Mind and Rob was 16 in Black Krystol. The Man Spackle song is a bonus, Rob was 20 at the time.

If you have music for the show, send some email to putitinyourears [at] gmail or message us on Twitter.
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Put It In Your Ears for 08/21/09 – Sneeze Guard Stage

Rob Blatt — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:50:16 +0000

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Music from I Fight Dragons, The Hush Now and Golden Sextion. Also discussed is changes to MySpace, ripping CDs, the demise of music shops and Rob STILL can’t tell jokes.

Today’s Songs:
I Fight Dragons – Heads Up, Hearts Down
The Hush Now – Hoping and Waiting
Golden Sextion – Sex ‘N Roll

If you have music for the show, send some email to putitinyourears [at] gmail or message us on Twitter.
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Put It In Your Ears for 08/14/09 – One Bad Viking Joke

Rob Blatt — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 22:20:25 +0000

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Music from Shannon Hurley, The Sailing and Glass Candy. Also discussed: both guys moved, Rob can’t tell jokes and there’s gonna be a live show!

Today’s Songs:
Shannon Hurley – Say Yes
The Sailing – The Burning Legion
Glass Candy – B Girls

also: Put It In Your Ears .com has redesigned, both guys moved, Rob can’t tell jokes and there’s gonna be a live show!
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Put It In Your Ears for 08/07/09 – Smells Like Diabetes

Rob Blatt — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 12:30:27 +0000

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Music from Brown Recluse, Sunset Rubdown and Flights. Also discussed: drummer swamp ass, Whole Foods rock shows, boner poking and guitar lessons.

Today’s Songs:
The Assuming Sumos – Sex Moves
Brown Recluse – Contour and Context
Sunset Rubdown – Idiot Heart
Flights – Winter 1

Also discussed: drummer swamp ass, Whole Foods rock shows, boner poking and guitar lessons.

Guest host: Shawn M. Smith from RadioExile.com! Follow him on Twitter at @ShawnMSmith.
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Anamanaguchi Interview: Green men, Weezer, and how Bear Hands are assholes

Tom Williams — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:00:22 +0000

Anamanaguchi [Official Site, MySpace] is perhaps the rarest thing today in indie music: they are original. And not the “we are experimental because we make horribly grating noises that nobody else has ever heard before” kind of original. No, Anamanaguchi are the kick ass sort of original. 8-bit arena rock power pop original. Combine Weezer with an old Nintendo and some Red Bull sort of kick ass.

The band was awesome enough to sit down with Radio Exile at Vassar College a short while back. What transpired was entertaining to say the least. Among other things, we talk about aliens who come to their shows, the Hudson Valley, and how Bear Hands are a bunch of assholes for backing into their car 15 minutes earlier.

Read on.

RE = Radio Exile
PB = Peter Berkman (guitar, vocals)
JD = James DeVito (bass)
LS = Luke Silas (drums)
AW = Ary Warnaar (guitar)

RE: Okay, first off, how do you say your band name? If I try I’m going to butcher it…

PB: Anna-mannaa-guchi.

RE: What is the origin of the name?

PB: It literally means nothing! It’s just kind of fake Japanese that kind of fits what we do.

RE: Did you make it up yourself or did you find it somewhere?

PB: It’s a long story but it was my screen name at the time, when I started making music, and I was like “ahhhhh, that works, whatever” and then it just kind of stuck.

AW: You’re being honest about it.

PB: Yeah, I am. For once.

[laughter]

PB: But, BUT. Who knows what that word means, cause I’m not going to tell. There is a story behind it. There actually is a legit story behind it that you guys [the band] probably know. Nobody else can know. But it basically, you know, makes sense. It’s an aesthetic thing.

RE: Yeah, it definitely fits the music.

LS: It’s like the Mae Shi. Also gibberish.

PB: The Mae Shi?

LS: What do you think the Mae Shi means?

PB: I always assumed it was Japanese for “Macys”.

LS: Oh, is that it?

PB: Yes.

RE: How would you guys, in a few words, describe your sound? It’s definitely a very unique sound.

PB: I think the best way to describe it quickly is we make hyperactive, fast power pop…without power. The power is implied. We make hyper active fast pop with a hacked Nintendo and arena rock guitars.

JD: And a Gameboy.

PB: And a Gameboy.

RE: So how do you get that sound? When I first heard you guys playing I “how the hell are they doing this”, then I thought I figured it out, then I realized I had no idea what I was talking about so I figure it was best that I just ask you. How…how do you do that technically?

PB: Technically it’s just about….you can get a program that runs on DOS, on Windows, and it’s basically just a sequencer that writes music in the language that the NES can understand. And you can take that out and put it into an assembly language and write that onto a chip as a binary file, zeros and ones, and then the cartridge will play your song.

RE: So this is something that you pre-program?

PB: Yeah, it’s all pre-programmed. All the Nintendo stuff is going and we are trying our best to keep up.

RE: Did you evolve that sound or was that something you sought out intentionally?

PB: It was definitely something I was interested in just because, obviously growing up and playing video games as a kid and also the harsh electronic sounds that they are. I just had never put them in a musical context before. Not a video game music context before but a kind of music that I want to write context. When I first got my hands on it, the first music that I started to write kind of sounded like video gaming but as I progressed and wrote more music it began to sound like my musical voice, the kind of music that I wanted to listen to and play.

RE: Then what are your influences?

PB: Pretty wide. I’m really into a lot of soundtrack stuff like this Italian horror soundtrack called Goblin from the ‘70’s. And them simple pop stuff like the Beach Boys and Weezer.

RE: Right, you had the Buddy Holly cover…

PB: Yeah. Exactly.

RE: …which made a lot of sense in the context of everything else.

PB: Yeah, in the same sense it’s about creating an atmosphere, and that’s where the soundtrack element comes into play. But it’s also just about having fun, which is where that Beach Boys Weezerey kind of pop element goes into it, where just the melody has to be catchy and drive you along.

RE: So do you guys usually have green men at your concerts or was that just a welcome addition?

(editors note: there was a student in a full body, from face to toes green body suit riding his bike around the stage when Anamanaguchi was playing)

PB: I think that was actually the first time…

JD: We’ve had a blue man Pokemon…

RE: Was he all in blue though like the green man today?

LS: We had a guy who came to see us in a full out blue…

PB: No, I’m talking about the blue man who showed up with the orange wig and the silver face paint.

LS: Oh yeah, he was at one of our shows.

PB: We had just played this show and there was this guy in the audience who was wearing this blue jumpsuit with silver face paint…

LS: He kind of looked like Ziggy Stardust but you know, with like stars and….

PB: He basically looked like a bad DJ…

LS: He WAS a bad DJ…

JD: He was our DJ…

PB: I’m actually being serious, this happened to us at Mount Holyoake, where this like 6’3” ….space alien basically wearing this blue full jump suit, so yeah, it HAS happened to us before….

RE: I feel like your music would inspire it, more so than most other bands. Creatures and other colors…

[laugher]

PB: I mean yeah, the dude looked like he was from outer space. He looked lost.

RE: So how did the band come together? Where did you form? How did you form?

PB: I started making music in high school, probably when I was a freshman or sophomore. I played in bands all throughout high school and James (DeVito, bass) , we grew up in the same town, and he also did as well, and we were both in different bands, both good bands, and we were both like “hey, we’ve been in like 100 different bands”. I started making this music and I was like “hey, why don’t we unite and do some cool shit”. We all started to go to college and studying music technology, we [Peter and James] went to the same school [NYU] and that’s where we met Ary and he kind of joined the ranks as the second guitar player. Luke called us or e-mailed us when we were coming out to California – he had heard the first album that I had put out before college – and basically asked us “hey, I heard that your temporary drummer quit. Can I play drums for you guys?”

So we were like “well….FUCK THAT GUY…yeah, we’ll see, we’ll fucking see!” and then we were like “yeah, we’ll give you a shot, at this small show that we’re playing” and then he tore it up and now he’s here, forever, and going on tour

RE: So then you two (Peter and James) are both from the Hudson Valley?

PB: That’s right, Westchester County.

RE: I’m from Poughkeepsie. So, Hudson Valley. Upsides? Downsides?

JD: We’re from Chappaqua actually…

RE: Oh, so you’re next to…

JD: The Clintons, yeah.

PB: But the obvious benefit is that you’re close to the city. The downside is that you’re not in the city.

JD: And there is no real musical scene.

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[mp3] Anamanaguchi – “So Bored” (WAVVES Cover)

RE: Unless you like emo or more…no, it’s more thrash screamo metal…

JD: Not even in Chappaqua…

RE: If you go to Poughkeepsie it’s all just like…shit

JD: We played shows at Club Crannel Street.

RE: Nice!

JD: Not us but high school bands.

RE: A good band came out of that place? That’s amazing…

PB: Ehhhh, debatable.

[laughter]

[Question and answer omitted at band’s request…the only thing I was allowed to leave in was LS: Jake Gyllenhaal you’re dope]

RE: You are a new record out?

PB: Yeah! It’s called Dawn Metropolis. We basically spent over a year doing it…

[everybody looks at a model of a human skeleton which now has a jar of jelly wedged in between its pelvic bones]

LS: I remember that the original idea that you explained to me in early January of last year…

PB: January of 2008.

LS: …It took over a year….

PB: We basically wanted to make something that was not my basement recordings like our last album was. And we also wanted to create some sort of audio-visual experience kind of thing to match the aesthetic of the music…

RE: Is that your website?

PB: Yeah

RE: That’s actually a really good, really cool….it ties in really well with everything.

PB: Oh, thank you! We spent a lot of time on it. I even did some of the motion graphics on it myself and definitely a lot of love went into it.

[NOTE: The awesome website can be found at http://anamanaguchi.com/]

PB: It’s kind of like a evolution of the first album. I think the ideas are more developed and Ary actually wrote the last song on the album, which is a huge step for Anamanaguchi, which lets us do more crazy things in the future. It’s kind of like an 8 minute epic track that is kind of like Peter and the Wolf style.

RE: What are your guys plans for the future as far as touring and future releases?

PB: We are actually working right now to set something up in August that is a month long tour of the entire country, which we have never done. East coast, middle coast, west coast.

JD: I think a five day deportation to the UK is probably in order…

AW: We should just get deported from the US. That would be tough

[laughter]

PB: Beyond that, in June we’re doing a tour with our friends in Previously On Lost who, if we are on the fringe of being a gimmicky band, by transcending a Nintendo gimmick band, these guys are shamelessly, 100% a gimmick band.

JD: Recap rock!

PB: Yeah, they play quote unquote “recap rock” where they take episodes from Lost and talk about highlights from each episode and basically just sing about them.

LS: Which includes a full set of airplane parts and palm trees.

PB: Yeah, it’s pretty much the most amazing gimmick in the world. But they make awesome music and they’re friends of ours, so it’s gonna be an awesome time.

LS: We’re also going to play the Penny Arcade Expo in Seattle which is the biggest video game convention in the US. We’re very excited to be doing that again with the Mini Bosses and Freezepop.

PB: We definitely want to write more stuff also which sort of expands upon what we left Dawn Metropolis on. But at the same time maintains that kind of energy and pop that we’re all about.

RE: Any last words? Any feuds you want to start?

PB: Any feuds? Yeah! We want to start a feud with Bear Hands. I know that I told them I wasn’t going to press charges but you f**king hit my car and you guys are going to get sued for every f**king dollar that your s**ty dreadlocked band has! Cause you have f**king dreadlocks and you got a drummer and, like, you also have a guitar player but….

JD: Two of them!

PB: … f**k you guys! They have TWO guitar players! And a bass player! What’s that about? It’s like f**k you guys, give me $60. My 1993 Honda Civic has a f**king dent in it.

LS: Bear Hands, have fun not working ever again, ever ever.

PB: You will never work in this f**king….college again! I don’t even know anybody here so….

LS: You will never play a show at Vassar again and then you’re gonna give us a bunch of money and then you’re going to go about your business. What’s up with that?

PB: Another feud that we want to start…..[points to guy at food table who is trying to make a sandwich]…are you in Devlin and Darko?

Guy At Food Table: I manage them.

PB: Well, we’re gonna start a feud of Devlin and Darko, who are the DJs and, I mean, he’s right here so its a pretty good time to start a feud. I mean he’s f**king hogging ALL the f**king food man! Look at this s**t!

Guy At Food Table: I just ate ten cookies.

PB: He ate all the granola bars and chips

AW: He ate every olive.

[laugher]

PB: So yeah, one day, two feuds. I think we’re gonna have a fun tour.

Upcoming Tourdates

August 6th – New York, NY @ The Studio at Webster Hall
August 7th – Philadelphia, PA @ Kung Fu Necktie
August 8th – Baltimore, MD @ The Hexagon
August 9th – Washington, DC @ The Black Cat
August 11th – Richmond, VA @ Gallery 5
August 12th – Lexington, KY @ Al’s Bar
August 14th – Dayton, OH @ Blind Bob’s
August 15th – Chicago, IL @ Martyr’s
August 16th – Chicago, IL @ Tacoskull
August 17th – Chicago, IL @ Giraffetorium
August 18th – Cleveland, OH @ Now That’s Class
August 19th – Akron, OH @ Musica
August 20th – Rochester, NY @ The Bug Jar
August 21st – Pittsburgh, PA @ Belvedere’s
August 27th – Los Angeles, CA @ Junction Block
August 30th – San Francisco, CA @ DNA Lounge
September 2nd – Portland, OR @ Ground Kontrol
September 3rd – Seattle, WA @ The Comet
September 4th – Seattle, WA @ Penny Arcade Expo
September 5th – Seattle, WA @ Lo-Fi
September 6th – Seattle, WA @ El Corazon

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Classic Put It In Your Ears for 07/31/09 – Listening to Music

Rob Blatt — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 03:08:34 +0000

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Music from Harris, Captain Whammy and the Beard and The Long Winters. This is our FIRST music episode back from November of 2008. Often we refer to “a story about the Long Winters” and this episode contains that story.

Today’s songs:
Pace of Change by Harris – [Buy in iTunes]
History of the Beard by Captain Whammy and the Beard
Pushover by The Long Winters – [Buy in iTunes]

We’re both moving this week, so putting out a new episode would be pretty damn difficult. It’s not reruns, it’s CLASSIC Put It In Your Ears!
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Music from Harris, Captain Whammy and the Beard and The Long Winters

Put It In Your Ears for 07/24/09 – 8 Bit Weezer

Rob Blatt — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 01:28:22 +0000

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Music from Anamanaguchi, I Fight Drgagons and OxygenStar. All the songs are on ‘Weezer – The 8 Bit Album’ tribute album put together by Pterodactyl Squad and was released this week. Read about it on Radio Exile – The 8-bit Weezer Tribute Album

Today’s songs:
Anamanaguchi – Holiday
I Fight Dragons – Why Bother
OxygenStar – In the Garage

All the songs are on Weezer – The 8 Bit Album tribute album put together by Pterodactyl Squad and was released this week. Rad about it on Radio Exile – The 8-bit Weezer Tribute Album
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Music from Anamanaguchi, I Fight Drgagons and OxygenStar. All the songs are on ‘Weezer – The 8 Bit Album’

Your Website Sucks – Put It In Your Ears for 07/17/09

Rob Blatt — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:00:17 +0000

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Also discussed: Your band’s website sucks, Anamanaguchi‘s site is better than yours, pitfalls to avoid, song placement of hit singles within albums, My Brightest Diamond is everywhere, segway in the wild, and how we find our music.

Today’s Songs:
Auld Lang Syne – Where My Fortune Lies
Hermas Zopoula – Alpha et Omega
Watching Cars – Couples Therapy

Music from Auld Lang Syne, Hermsa Zopoula and Watching Cars. Also, your band’s website sucks!

Who is Gavin Schmitt? Put It In Your Ears for 07/10/09

Rob Blatt — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:05:27 +0000

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Discussed: Music from The Hold Steady, The Rural Alberta Advantage and The Gary. And we hate Vampire Weekend, bands we loved then we hated, bands we hated then loved, Bjork, Bing and who the fuck is Gavin Schmitt?

Today’s Songs:
The Hold Steady – Chips Ahoy
The Rural Alberta Advantage – Drain the Blood
The Gary – Damn Machines
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Music from The Hold Steady, The Rural Alberta Advantage and the Gary