thao and the get down stay down

so i finally got to see thao and the get down stay down yesterday at ribfest, and they were so fun live.  high recommended.  awesome musicianship, great stage presence and the ability to pull of their songs as well as they were recorded.

i don't usually get this indie pop, but there is something about thao that i just can't resist.  the alt folk twee pop genres aside, their music is upbeat, the lyrics interesting and their songs get stuck in my head all the time.   for instance below is a video for bag of hammers, which has been etched on my brain since i first heard a year ago....

....anyway everyone should check them out live.....and should pick up thao's new LP in october when it comes out........

king khan and his shrines.

king khan and the shrines were amazing last night.  haven't dance my ass of like that since last summer (when i was DJing).  

king khan manages to channel james brown through manic garage rock.  the shrines give him a funky horn section which brings the music more full tilt than most indie bands can muster.  the sold out show became the biggest hipster dance party i've seen in awhile, and not that awkward we're going to dance to crunk kinda of dance party, but a complete loss of inhibition kind of dancing craze.......

king khan's live show is twice the intensity of his LPs, and his albums are in constant rotation at the apartment.  you have to get out to see him by any means necessary.........

and to top off the already awesome show, mark sultan (aka bbq who has two albums with king khan as side gig for both of them) opened up.  mark sultan's forthcoming subpop album will blow you away.  garage punk influenced by doo wop soul and rockabilly.....check out sultanic verses on in the red records or buy his new subpop seven inch.  you will not be disappointed.........

Land of the Freak - King Khan ...

Hold On - Mark Sultan

deerhoofed.

deerhoof was amazing.  amanda and i went to their show thursday night and i can say i haven't been that impressed by a live show in quite some time.  tiger masks, couple of awesome cover songs, instrument switching, hilarious stage antics, and playing nearly their entire new LP offend maggie.  i want to see them play every month at least......

the show was opened by new anticon records kids serengetti and polyphonic (not so good, but at least interesting idm based hiphop) and maps & atlases (angular indie pop that sounds like they could be the next over hyped vampire weekend)....

make sure to get to any remaining deerhoof tour dates if you can.....well worth it......