Siren Music Festival

Seeing that it’s the middle of July means only one thing; The Village Voice will be taking over Coney Island this Saturday to offer us a slew of great music for FREE! Even more spectacular is the fact that this is Siren’s 10 year anniversary and The Village Voice have invited back their and our favorite acts from the past decade. Do NOT miss Apache Beat, Surfer Blood, Harlem and Matt and Kim!

Check out some pictures from last year where Bear Hands introduced the world to Das Racist and The Blue Van taught me how to DRINK! Be sure to come out this Saturday!

Tags: Apache Beat, bear hands, Bear Hands Das Racist, Coney Island, Das Racist, Harlem, Matt and Kim, Siren, Siren Music Festival, Surfer Blood, The Blue Van, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, the village voice, The Village Voice Siren

The Aviation Orange “Trammels”

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The Black Keys “Tighten Up”

What don’t The Black Keys do perfectly?

Tags: black keys review, the black keys, the black keys tighten up, tighten up, tighten up review

LA Shark… fucking awesome!

LA Shark are the most progressive people/music coming out of London/Brighton right now! We were lucky to share a stage with them at Audio last year when we were touring the UK and we can’t wait to bring them to NYC. Check out the official video for their single “A Weapon” below:

Tags: Audio brighton, Brighton, la shark, LA Shark A weapon, progessive london, RethinkPopMusic, uk

Sacrilege or Mildly Funny?

(Alternate blog title-  ”Should everyone be allowed to use computers?”)

Neutral Milk Hotel taken far too literally…do I like this?

Tags: Bad animation, Funny, In the Aeroplane Over the Sea, MS Paint, Neutral Milk Hotel, The King of Carrot Flowers

Against Me! New Album in June!

Against Me! have a new album coming out June 8th!

The band teamed up with legendary producer Butch Vig once again for “White Çrosses”

I can say without hesitation that Against Me! kick more ass live then most other bands out there today. Every show I have ever attended was just a lesson in sweaty, angry, passi0nate, no-holds barred punk-rock with a purpose.

The band have never been afraid to speak their mind on the politics of the world…

(“From Her Lips to God’s Ears” -Democratic election under Marshall law./An Iraqi president out of control of our choices.After all this death and destruction/Do you really think your actions advocate freedom. / The presidents giving a speech in Georgetown/To remember the voice of a slain civil rights leader,/ Do you understand what the martyrs stood for?/ Oh Condoleeza do you get the fucking joke?”)

…and the music industry.

(“Piss & Vinegar”-I’ve heard the hype about your band, Ive seen your video playing on the TV./ Publicity photos in magazines, no none of it makes me feel anything. /I would be lying to you if I did not say something. /That would make me feel like a politician. /A middle of the road opinion that no one finds offensive or challenging.I’m not interested. /The stage is not a pedestal…”)

But that’s not to say it’s all politics with Against Me! With songs like “Born on the FM Waves of The Heart” Against Me! (with a little help from Tegan Quin of Tegan & Sara) show that they can sing about love and loss of love as well. If you ask me, this is the modern, pill-popping punk rock version of “Summer Nights’” (yes I did bust out a “Grease” reference…whatever, you know you all like “Grease”

Of course I would not feel right without adding a vid of one of their older songs.

This is from 2003s “As the Eternal Cowboy”

PS this is one of my favorite song titles of all time,

“Turn Those Clapping Hands Into Angry Balled Fists”:

New “White Crosses” album pre-order and more info here:

http://www.againstme.net

Tags: Against Me!, Against Me! New Album, Butch Vig, Punk, Tegan & Sara, Tegan Quin, White Crosses

Quantify?!

What’s “IT” worth? We are enjoying…

French, (not Justice) good, (not Justice) carbon coby, (Royksopp), video (genius)

Brooklyn, (eh… so ) good, (need a band) carbon coby (bout time you got a band), video (already innovators… show your parts)

Tags: Julian Casablancas, justice, make the girl dance, pendulum, RethinkPopMusic, vitalic, Yacht

Indidginus Remixes The Vanguard!

Indidginus, AKA Michael Martin, didgeridoo player, electronica artist, remixer and DJ from South Africa has done an amazing remix of The Vanguard’s first single, “Both Sides”. Download it for free below!

His deep catalog of  both ambient and dance tracks are quite amazing and his live performances have  taken him from South Africa to the UK and other parts of the world. His collaborations include work with members of The Shamen and The Orb.

For all those unschooled on the didgeridoo, Indidginus is the best I’ve heard and watching him jam out on top of his unique blend of electronica is quite transcendent.

Here’s a taste below and be sure to check out  http://www.deviantdidg.com for all things Indidginus!!!

Tags: Indidginus, remix, the vanguard

RethinkPopMusic on BalconyTV en route to SXSW

Tags: Balcony TV, balconytv, balconytv nashville, eat sugar, RethinkPopMusic SXSW, SXSW, the aviation orange, The Glorious Veins

RethinkPopMusic teams up with Looseworld and Beyond Race Magazine

We will be teaming up with one of our favorite production companies and magazines for an innovative event that introduces musicians to filmmakers via a creative contest. Our very own The Aviation Orange and our good friends Das Racist will be performing for the after-party! Buy advance tickets here:

Tags: beyond race magazine, Crash Mansion, Das Racist, looseworld, nosfeROCKtu, the aviation orange