Poof Gone

Good Weather for Airstrikes

2005-12-27T20:25:00.000-05:00

All my music blogging is now done for Good Weather for Airstrikes, over at goodweatherforairstrikes.blogspot.com. Poof Gone will be updated very sparingly, so kindly turn your attention to the on-the-rise GWFAS.

artist profile 3: the epochs

2005-09-23T19:37:00.000-05:00

Check out up-and-coming music blog Good Weather for Airstrikes for my write-up (featuring mp3's on The Epochs, available here.

show review: sigur ros 9/11/05

2005-09-22T21:53:00.000-05:00

This is a late post considering this concert was a week and a half ago, but the experience is definitely still fresh in my mind. Basically, seeing Sigur Ros in concert is a mind-blowing experience. They performed a fair amount of new songs, hitting on my favorites from Takk (Glosoli, Saeglopur, Hoppipolla) and worked in my favorite song from ( ), Untitled 1 (Vaka), and my favorite from Agaetis Byrjun, Viorar Vel Til Loftarasa.

The Music Center at Strathmore was an unbelievable venue, and the bands accompanying videos were excellent. For Viorar Vel, the video looped a close-up of the dolls in mid-air from the songs music video (available here.) The most moving visual was definitely during Sigur 9A and 9B (Smaskfa), featuring a darkened silhouette of a telephone wire where blurry birds would settle and fly off in slow motion. If anybody can locate a video of that I would be most appreciative, it was truly unbelievable.

Here you will find some information on the band from NPR, who recorded the show in it's entirety and has it available for streaming. I have the entire concert saved as one file that I haven't had time to break up yet, if anybody wants it, just drop me a comment with your IM and I can send it over when I get a chance.

For anybody not familiar with Sigur Ros, I can't think of a band I would give a higher recommendation to. Here are some mp3s that will help you familarize yourself with one of the greater bands currently recording music.

Untitled 1 (Vaka) from ( )
Svefn-g-englar from Agaetis Byrjun
Saeglopur from Takk
Glosoli from Takk

artist profile 2: sage francis

2005-09-19T21:09:00.000-05:00

Sage Francis is a straight-up badass MC. Born in Miami, FL on September 11, Francis was a slam poet before becoming an MC; he is a celebrated freestyle rapper. Francis won a Freestyle Competition in 2000. In response to the 9/11/01 terrorist attacks, Francis released the song "Makeshift Patriot", a harsh attack on the United States on numerous levels. The song was featured on Epitaph Records compilation Punk-O-Rama 8. This lead to Francis signing a 3-disc record deal with Epitaph, a historically punk label. Sage Francis has the distinction of being the first hip-hop artist to sign to the label. His first Epitaph-released disc, A Healthy Distrust, came out earlier this year. Three mp3s from that album are below.

Sage Francis, "Sea Lion (featuring Will Oldham)"
Sage Francis, "Sun vs. Moon"
Sage Francis, "Slow Down Gandhi"

New 'Ye

2005-08-21T11:04:00.000-05:00

So I just got the Kanye West leak, and after listening to it straight through I'm pretty sure it can't stand up to College Dropout. Other than Diamonds From Sierra Leone, only one song stood out to me. Here it is:

[drive slow (f. paul wall & glc)]

upcoming shows II

2005-08-18T01:08:00.000-05:00

Upcoming Shows I'd Like To See

At the 9:30 Club:

Friday, September 2
Jedi Mind Tricks [i against i]

Saturday, September 3
Will Hoge [she dont care about me], Army Of Me [these hands], Bicycle Thieves

Wednesday, September 21
M.I.A. [amazon]

Tuesday, September 27
Sufjan Stevens [chicago]

Wednesday, September 28
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club [aint no easy way], Mark Gardener

Saturday, October 1
Brazilian Girls [homme]

Sunday, October 2
The Decemberists [july! july!], Sons and Daughters [johnny cash]

Monday, October 10
My Morning Jacket [one big holiday], Kathleen Edwards

Tuesday, October 18
Atmosphere [trying to find a balance], Blueprint, DJ Rare Groove, P.O.S. & Turbo Nemesis

Sunday, October 23
Death Cab For Cutie [we looked like giants], Stars [your ex-lover is dead]

Tuesday, October 25
Social Distortion [ball and chain], Mest [what the dillio], The Dead 60's [riot radio]

At the Black Cat:

Sunday, September 18
Dungen [festival]

Monday, September 19
Rogue Wave [kicking the heart out], Fruit Bats [a bit of wind], Chad Van Gaalen

Friday, October 7
Architecture In Helsinki [city calm down], Aqueduct [hardcore days & softcore nights]

At Larger Venues:

Merriweather Post Pavilion
Friday, September 9
Jack Johnson [wasting time], Matt Costa [darling be home soon], ALO

Merriweather Post Pavilion
Tuesday, September 27
The White Stripes [seven nation army], The Shins [new slang], M. Ward [carolina]

Patriot Center
Wednesday, October 5
Beck [scarecrow]

MCI Center
Wednesday, November 2
Nine Inch Nails [the hand that feeds], Queens Of The Stone Age [little sister], Death From Above 1979 [romantic rights]

I've also heard a rumor that sometime in the last three months of 2005, Depeche Mode will be coming to my city of Washington, D.C. to play a show. So, you get three bonus mp3's today from the Mode, one of my favorite bands.
[enjoy the silence], [policy of truth], [dream on (final long concept mix)]

artist profile 1: engineers

2005-07-31T21:48:00.000-05:00

If you've attended any of Bloc Party's U.S. shows in the past month or so, you should have made it a point to show up early enough to see Engineers. This four-piece out of London, England make music that, in the words of Spin magazine, "sink in like a deep tissue massage from the Snuggle bear... nuanced, delicate, and a bit trippy."

Engineers create lush and beautiful music that has a calming effect without being boring. If that doesn't do it for you, rather than listening to what Spin or myself have to say about this band, here's what they have to say about themselves:

"The thing with us is that we're just so different... We don't sound like anything current."

Engineers are a breath of fresh air in current music, and a thoroughly satisfying listen.

mp3's:
Home
Come In Out Of The Rain
Forgiveness

upcoming shows

2005-07-30T16:29:00.000-05:00

here are a few shows that are coming up in and around my hometown of washington dc that i will be looking to attend. at this point, i only have tickets to one of them (sigur ros) but im looking to change that in the near future.

Friday, September 9 at the Black Cat
The Wrens, Nein, & Andy Zipf ($12)

Sunday, September 11 at Strathmore Music Center
Sigur Ros [olsen olsen] ($40)

Wednesday, September 21 at the Black Cat
13 & God (The Notwist [one with the freaks] and Themselves) & Boy In Static ($13)

Thursday, September 22 and Friday, September 23 at the Black Cat
Q and not U [wonderful people] & Supersystem [born into the world] ($10)

Saturday, September 24 at the Black Cat
Minus The Bear [we are not a football team], These Arms Are Snakes [big news], Criteria [play on words], & The New Trust [all things are moving toward their end] ($12)

Thursday, September 29 at the Black Cat
Brendan Benson [alternative to love] & the Greenhornes [pattern skies] (12$)

Monday, October 17 at the Black Cat
John Vanderslice [pale horse (live)] & Portastatic [noisy night] ($10)

so there you go, if you live in the washington dc area and are planning on hitting any of those shows let me know. should be hot.

electronic mix

2005-07-30T14:29:00.000-05:00

though my tastes in general are more geared towards indie stuff, i think electronic music is drastically under-represented in the music blogs that i frequent. so here is a mix that i made with some electronic songs that i'm really in to, with mp3's when i could find them.

1) caribou, pelican narrows [mp3]
2) overseer, supermoves [mp3]
3) chemical brothers, galvanize [mp3]
4) alan braxe & fred falke, rubicon [mp3]
5) kraftwerk, das model [mp3]
6) basement jaxx, where's your head at [mp3]
7) vitalic, trahison
8) annie, chewing gum [mp3 (fakedid remix)]
9) daft punk, robot rock [mp3]
10) telex, twist a st. tropez
11) ratatat, seventeen years [mp3]
12) looper, play the one i like [mp3]
13) royksopp, eple [mp3]

first post

2005-07-26T21:57:00.000-05:00

so this is my first post to this new blog shit. since this is a music blog, ill start out by talking about what kind of music im interested in. a good way to do that, i think is to list my favorite cds so far from 2005 and a list of cds that im excited about that havent come out yet. then you can decide for yourself whether this blog is worth your time.

so, best of 2005 so far:
1) bright eyes, i'm wide awake its morning [we are nowhere and it's now]
2) bloc party, silent alarm [like eating glass]
3) sufjan stevens, illinois [john wayne gacy, jr.]
4) architecture in helsinki, in case we die [maybe you can owe me]
5) of montreal, the sunlandic twins [so begins our alabee]
6) the decemberists, picaresque [the engine driver]
7) the receiving end of sirens, between the heart and the synapse [dead men tell no tales]
8) coldplay, x&y [talk]
9) spoon, gimme fiction [two sides / monsieur valentine]
10) the white stripes, get behind me satan [blue orchid]
11) common, be [the corner (f. kanye west & the last poets)]
12) ryan adams & the cardinals, cold roses [magnolia mountain]
13) the raveonettes, pretty in black [uncertain times]
and two that hardly count
14) kraftwerk, minimum-maximum [neon lights]
15) various artists, motown remixed [dj green lantern's evil genius remix of rick james' mary jane]

and then the cds that im looking forward to:
- cursive, the difference between houses and homes (august 9) [art is hard (from the ugly organ)]
- outkast, 10 the hard way (august 23) [roses (from the love below)]
- minus the bear, menos el oso (august 23) [memphis and 53rd]
- john vanderslice, pixel revolt (august 23) [pale horse (from cellar door)]
- kanye west, late registration (august 30) [never let me down (f. jay-z) (from college dropout)]
- death cab for cutie, plans (august 30) [title and registration (from transatlanticism)]
- gang of four, untitled 2-disc live cd (august 30) [damaged goods live]
- sigur ros, takk... (september 13) [im seeing them live 2 days before!!] [svefn-g-englar (from agaetis byrjun)]
- devendra banhart, cripple crow (september 13) [rejoicing in the hands (from rejoicing in the hands)]
- franz ferdinand, s/t 2 (october 4) [matinee (from s/t)]
- my morning jacket, z (october 4) [one big holiday (from it still moves)]
- depeche mode, playing the angel (october '05) [i am you (from exciter)]
- tv on the radio, title tba (fall '05)
- ryan adams, 29 (2005) [my winding wheel (from heartbreaker)]
- ryan adams, jacksonville (2005) [desire (from demolition)]
- iron & wine + calexico, in the reins (2005) [iron & wine's cinder and smoke (from our endless numbered days)]
- the strokes, title tba (january '06) [reptilia (from room on fire)]
- the flaming lips, at war with the mystics (early 2006)
- bloc party, title tba (early 2006) [banquet (phones disco edit) (from silent alarm remixed)]
- the shins, title tba (2006) [kissing the lipless (from chutes too narrow)]

so that pretty much does it for the first time. i promise my future updates will probably be shorter. until next time, i recommend that you check out the following music blogs if you aren't already aware of them:
- gorilla vs bear
- you aint no picasso
- take your medicine
- my old kentucky blog
- regnyouth archives
- indoor fireworks
- the torture garden
- something old, something new
- dreams of horses
- rock snob
- stereogum

alright, thatll do.