Live – Page 13 – The Sound Of Indie

The Monday Set: Wolf Parade – Newport, KY – 7/16/10

Well, sports fans, there are few bands out there with serious indie credibility that are more popular these days than Wolf Parade. Avalanche's recent post on Frog Eyes highlighted the way WP's members have been keeping busy with innumerable side projects with increasingly ridiculous names.* But they've just released a new album, Expo 86, and embarked on a national tour. (More...)

JbirdJul 19, 20103 Comments

Live Video

The Human League – Love Action (I Believe In Love) (Live Video)

Yesterday I came across a band called "Care Bears on Fire" and immediately thought "What the fuck is that?" Apparently they are teen band that has gotten quite a bit exposure through appearances on Nickelodeon. That's precisely what's wrong with kids these days. Take this Human League appearance on the BBC children's program "Multi-Coloured Swap Shop" back in '81. (More...)

KevinJul 16, 20101 Comment

Live

Frog Eyes – The Sensitive Girls (Live)

Like nearly every band in Canada, Frog Eyes has some connection to Wolf Parade. It seems, to me anyway, that if a Canadian band is not in the Wolf Parade sphere-of-influence (Handsome Furs, Swan Lake, Sunset Rubdown, etc) than it must be part of the equally prolific Broken Social Scene sphere. (More...)

Avalanche LEED APJul 14, 20103 Comments

Live Video

Built To Spill – Untrustable (Live Video)

Built To Spill is one of those critically acclaimed bands that everyone seems to love but they've never struck me as being either great or terrible. I've seen them live a handful of times and they certainly aren't boring, but there's something about them that's never made me think "I really need to go out and grab their records." (More...)

KevinJul 13, 20102 Comments

Live Video

Sinker – Slash And Burn (Live Video)

I don't think Sinker were fully appreciated in Detroit as evidenced by members of the crowd walking though the band mid-song to get to the door behind them. Here's a video of Sinker playing their song that was eventually released on the legendary 3/12/93 7" comp on Ebullition Records. (More...)

KevinJul 9, 2010

Live

La Roux – In For the Kill, Bulletproof (Live)

One of the most consistently successful musical formulas of the last couple years has been that of the electronic duo. A relatively recent entry in the crowded field is England's La Roux. Consisting of singer Elly Jackson and producer / multi-instrumentalist Ben Langmaid, La Roux make straight-to-the-point pop songs in the vein of 80s groups Yazoo, Heaven 17, and the Human League. (More...)

MarkJul 8, 20101 Comment

Live

Voxtrot – Age of Consent (Live)

Voxtrot is one of the bands that went through one of the steepest hype-to-hate trajectory fueled through the manic vehicle that was Pitchfork and other music blogs throughout the OO's. After a few revered EP releases, Voxtrot’s eventual and highly anticipated full-length was met with ire generally reserved for baby-murderers. (More...)

Avalanche LEED APJul 7, 20102 Comments

Live Video

Sleater-Kinney – Sold Out (Live Video)

The quality of this video isn't the greatest, but it was a such rarity that you would find Sleater-Kinney playing tracks from their self-titled release during the "Call The Doctor" tour. As such, I wanted to post it for the die-hard fans. (More...)

KevinJul 6, 20101 Comment

Live Video

Filth – The List (Live Video)

Filth just played a huge reunion show a month ago with another Bay Area old school punk band, The Gr'ps at the legendary Gilman Street. Rapid City, where this video was shot, had a huge affinity for Filth as well (More...)

KevinJul 2, 2010

Live

The National – Terrible Love (Live)

The National are everywhere these days: Rolling Stone, Village Voice, NY Times... I remember talking to the drummer in 2007 just before the release of Boxer about whether they were concerned about over-estimating their popularity by debuting the tour with five shows at Bowery Ballroom. Clearly, they were not. (More...)

Avalanche LEED APJul 1, 20102 Comments

Category: Live

The Monday Set: Wolf Parade – Newport, KY – 7/16/10

The Human League – Love Action (I Believe In Love) (Live Video)

Frog Eyes – The Sensitive Girls (Live)

Built To Spill – Untrustable (Live Video)

Sinker – Slash And Burn (Live Video)

La Roux – In For the Kill, Bulletproof (Live)

Voxtrot – Age of Consent (Live)

Sleater-Kinney – Sold Out (Live Video)

Filth – The List (Live Video)

The National – Terrible Love (Live)

Recent Comments

Search By Band

Like Us on Facebook

Follow us on Twitter: TheSoundOfIndie

Archives

TSOI Best of…