(Editor's note: I still have a Megafaun live review and some thoughts on Good Touch, Bad Touch, but I kind of wanted to soak myself in old school Lazy Saturday today. I've got that content coming for you this week (I promise), but today I just wanted to drop one new thing on you and then revel in some good live music. Getting back into the routine of the post if you will, finding my sea legs and all that.)
You know how I roll. I essentially listen to four or five records: (1) downbeat glo-fli that Kevin continues to make fun of me for loving (see: Washed Out), (2) music based conceptually on records released between 1967 and 1974 (see: Akron/Family), (3) experimentalism couched in the context of popular music (see: White Demin. Megafaun), (4) punk and post-punk made before 1994 (see: The Clash; Our Band Could Be Your Life) and, (5) overtly brainy, semi-narrative folk (see: Southeast Engine). (That might not just be me, by the way. Thrown in a Wu-Tang record and those five categories describe pretty much everything on, say, GvB's best of the year list, every year.) Happily, I just got turned on to some killer new stuff working in the number five wheelhouse. "At the Wake," from Johnny Bertram and the Golden Bicycles (excellent name for a band, by the way) is going to knock your socks off. Wait for the orchestral surge at the three-quarters mark. It's soft, it's insiduously catchy, and I am really stoked to listen to the rest of the record. More on these cats in the weeks to come, no doubt, but, for now, enjoy letting this one wash over your ear holes.
Johnny Bertram and the Golden Bicycles – At the Wake
It seems like it's been a while since I've posted some funk. My bad.
Parliament/Funkadelic – Funkentelechy – Live, 1978
Lastly, you know how stoked we're getting here at Citizen Dick headquarters for the Toronto Island Concert. I've been writing on and off about my giddiness for this thing for the better part of three months. We're getting close, folks. June 19 looms. For me, I am most obviously excited about seeing Pavement. I'm not going to make it to Pitchfork (three days of debauchery in Chicago isn't in the cards, sadly, given my recent emergence into fatherhood) and Malkmus and the boys aren't coming closer than Ontario. At this point, I've built the Pavement set up so much in my mind that they'll have to spontaneously combust to meet my expectations (not really, but kind of). The rest of the bill, however, is super duper strong. Broken Social Scene, especially given the impending arrival of their new record, will almost certainly be awesome (one of the commandments of live music: see bands in their hometown whenever possible; they always bring their A game). Band of Horses has been on my must see list for a while. I've been raring to see Timber Timbre live since I reviewed the record last year. Kevin loves him some Beach House, so there's probably something there as well. Add in Canadian beer and this thing is going to be amazing. Meet us in Canada, everybody. (Except for native Canadians. You have to welcome us to Canada.) It is going to be the truth.
To close out today, we've got live cuts from the three bands I am most eager to see when we hit the great white north. Enjoy.
Timber Timbre – Magic Arrow – Daytrotter Session
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