Max and Mark's Ape-tastic adventure continues Thursday @ Shitty Cheers

On Thursday night, Deadly Snakes keyboardist turned thespian Max McCabe-Lokos and fellow part-time selecta Mark "BBQ" Sultan return to Shitty Cheers aka The Unlovable (1415-B Dundas West) for another chimp-crazy Ape Sodom vinyl throwdown where they will again attempt to confound douchey hipsters by playing nutty-cool records from their collections that sound nothing like lame indie-rock or 80s retro blather. To that I say, right on my primate brothers!    
Because Sultan has a prior performance engagement with DOA (at 1266 Queen West) starting at 10 pm, the opening of the Ape Sodom night will be left in the capable monkey paws of McCabe-Lokos with the slightly sweaty BBQ boy joining the party later in the evening.
At least that's the plan according to Sultan's Facebook posting:
"i recommend coming this time but not if you are douchey, like last week. Still, we will have fun. Max will be spinning solo while I play a show with DOA, but we will reunite to play you a mixed bag of shit: Ornette Coleman, The Fugs, The Seeds, Throbbing Gristle, Heart, Bad Brains, etc x 1000000."

Built To Spill's disco auto-remix

Perhaps disappointed with the lack of throwback synth-pop acts covering classic Built To Spill tunes 80s style, BTS singer dude Doug Martsch and bassist Brett Nelson have taken matters into their own hands and formed the Electronic Anthology Project – a synthetically twerked Built To Spill tribute unit – to demonstrate how it should be done. And really, would you expect anything less from the self-proclaimed Ultimate Alternative Wavers?
In advance of the self-titled CD release, EAP's first three entertainingly retro sounding joints complete with melodramatic vocals and "futuristic" keyboard squelchery punctuated by old-school drum machine hand-claps have recently appeared on their myspace page (see link below) with clever anagram titles, including Eels (a cover of Else from BTS's Keep It Like A Secret album), What If Your Dull (aka I Would Hurt A Fly off of Perfect From Now On) and Age I Felt (aka Get A Life from Ultimate Alternative Wavers). Clearly, Doug and Brett have far too much time on their hands.
The seven-song EAP recording is being sold with a suitably generic sleeve art as a tour disc at upcoming Built To Spill shows with a full release projected for later this year. But if you're not planning to see them at the Stone Pony in Asbury Park, New Jersey this Friday (August 6), MP3 versions of the seven tracks are available from CD Baby right here.     

The Electronic Anthology Project
1 I Dim Our Angst In Agony (Goin’ Against Your Mind)
2 Age I Felt (Get A Life)
3 At The Where (The Weather)
4 Eels (Else)
5 What If Your Dull (I Would Hurt A Fly)
6 A Gloss Siren (Israel’s Song)
7 Far Path Tall Sign (Things Fall Apart)



LINKS
Electronic Anthology Project http://www.myspace.com/527249283

Zac Efron hearts The Black Keys

If you're wondering why the Black Keys show sold out early, it may actually have less to do with the new found popularity of Dan Auerbach and Pat Carney due to their surprisingly dope Blakroc studio throwdown with Mos Def, Q-Tip, RZA and Raekwon or the Black Keys great new Brothers (Nonesuch) album than the simple fact that Zac Efron is their new biggest fan. Because you know whatever Zac likes, so does a couple million of the High School Musical heartthrob's squealing admirers. Don't be surprised to see a significantly younger and louder crowd than usual checking out the Akron blues-rock duo with you tonight at the Kool Haus.   

Next Girl by The Black Keys on The Late Late Show July 27, 2010

Seu Jorge brings Caribana to a carnaval climax at the Phoenix tonight

Seu Jorge & Almaz North American Tour 2010 Part 1


North American Tour 2010 Part 2


Everybody Loves The Sunshine Live @ Terminal 5 NYC July 30, 2010


Ziggy Stardust 

LINKS
website www.seujorgealmaz.com
label  http://www.stonesthrow.com/news/2010/07/seu-jorge-and-almaz-on-now-again

Penelope Houston and the Avengers storm the Horseshoe Monday night

We Are The One by The Avengers @ The Masque, LA January 7, 1978

The Roots salute Dilla

A couple of months back, Philly's phatest hip-hop band The Roots put together a fabulous mix of their interpretations of tracks created by James "J. Dilla" Yancey as a tribute to the innovative producer who passed away on February 9, 2006 at the age of 32. For those who missed it, you can get Dilla Joints... er... Jawns gratis for the moment right here

Track listing:
1. Donuts Outro
2. Hot Shit (I’m Back!)
3. World Full Of Sadness
4. Upper Egypt
5. Stereolab
6. The Stars
7. Antiquity
8. She Said
9. Hall & Oates
10. Eve
11. Look Into Her Eyes
12. Make Em NV
13. Oh! O!
14. Wicked Ways

Huckleberry Friends release party tonight @ Silver Dollar

While you were out trick-or-treating last Halloween, Amanda Jade, Sienna and Hillary of Toronto's own Huckleberry Friends were over in Leaside recording creepy tunes in the spooky abandoned CNR warehouse with James Anderson. Two of the tracks they cut were pressed up on three song pumpkin-coloured vinyl 10-inch EP and wrapped up in a cardstock foldout made to resemble the Frederick Todd designed façade of the old Leaside Locomotive Shop where the session went down.

To celebrate the creation of this stylish limited-edition package, Dan Burke will be hosting a Huckleberry Friends record release party tonight (Thursday, July 29) at the Silver Dollar with suitably noisy support from Slim Twig and his Tropics crew along with Pony Da Look.
Doors open at 9:30 and the cover is just $6 but bring some extra cash if you wanna leave with that sweet piece of wax. However, if you really need a copy of the Huckleberry Friends 10" EP and you can't make it to the show, you might try sending a mail order plea to chuck.skullz@gmail.com with the subject line "OMG, I so need that Huckleberry Friends EP"

LINK
myspace http://www.myspace.com/huckleberryfriends