SNL Sarah & Hilary

I can't believe I missed this last night!

New Music

Posting this recent photo of Beck in place of my digi-snaps from Bumbershoot '08. He played in the evening and I didn't leave my shutter open long enough so they came out too dark. Oh well, at least we have this photo along with the sea of others on Google images...



Recent acquires from Easy Street Records on lower Queen Anne:

1. Crystal Castles - can't stop listening to 'Vanishing'
2. Ratatat - the show on Friday was awesome; really good video synced to the beats
3. David Vandervelde - still have yet to listen to all the way thru, liking it so far though. Very Fleetwood Mac.

Also, just received these from work:

1. Abe Vigoda - experimental stuff that Dean Spunt sent to me... they're on his label Post Present Medium which is an uber cool LA-based noise/punk label
2. Midnight Juggernauts - got this one from my Astralwerks contact, reminds me of Cut Copy / Air
3. Mika Miko- another cd I got from Dean over at PPM... these chics are rad.

The National

Just wanted to take a moment to post this Obama spot I found on Stereogum. Loved that they used The National's 'Fake Empire' as soundtrack, such a great song. I guess the band has some exclusive "Mr. November" Obama t shirts coming out soon, so be on the look out for those.

In other news, Bumbershoot took place this past weekend and what a time it was. I got some sweet VIP passes to see Beck, The Walkmen, Thao and the Get Down Stay Down, Lee Scratch Perry and the King of the South, T.I. yo! Will post pics when I get a moment out of my busy life of watching all the DNC/GOP hoopla and season premieres. It's been a busy summer folks!