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I was fortunate to catch Austin, TX’s Ghostland Observatory this Saturday night at a crowded 930 club. This was my first experience with the group, and I left impressed. Aaron Behrens’ countless gyrations left me in awe. I left wanting to eat whatever he eats for breakfast. For a front man to play just a little guitar, yet still leave the audience with the impression that he more than rocks is quite an achievement. I had heard a lot of hype about Ghostland’s performances, yet even with extremely high expectations, I still left impressed. Thomas Turner’s dracula cape covered stationary electronics were a good counterpoint to Behrens’ ridiculously high energy. I think Aaron danced a few good miles back and forth across the stage culminating in an encore where he slammed his ineffectual microphone stand across the stage. I’m not really sure why they gave him a stand at all, but I’m glad they threw in enough feet of cord so that he could work the entirety of the audience into a frenzy. Accompany this energy with a dozen laser lights and some fog machines and one has no choice other than to party. If you haven’t caught Ghostland before, I encourage you to go work off a few pounds with the boys…
“The Band Marches On” – Ghostland Observatory w/ The University of Texas Marching Band
“Stranger Lover” – Ghostland Observatory
“Vibrate” – Ghostland Observatory
In addition to the previous night’s Vampire Weekend performance, I also was able to catch Yeasayer at the Sixth and I Synagogue. The dry venue that night combined with the religious nature of the venue left the crowd mostly serene at the beginning of Yeasayer’s performance. One got the feeling that a spiritual event was on its way, and Yeasayer delivered. Their psychedelic, futuristic, and “middle-eastern” tinged indie rock gradually built the crowd to a crescendo and aroused them off of their pews.
The highlights of the set were the new material throughout the opening, followed by crowd favorite tracks like “2080″ that really infused some energy into the audience. I am impressed by the direction of the group. They were not perturbed by the seeming lack of energy during the new material, and the audience’s unfamiliarity, and they ended up playing what might be my most memorable live experience of this year.
I am super excited for the next release from Yeasayer, which I anticipate in the beginning half of 2009. The performance’s psychedelic nature combined with the colorful soft glow of a multitude of moon globes was a transcendent experience that simply must be seen. Unfortunately, the boys are done for the year, but you can catch their simulate their live experience with videos and glow sticks for now. Hopefully, another professional video will hit soon as well, because the group was accompanied by a professional film crew for their set at the synagogue.
Here are a couple of videos of the aforementioned new tracks including “Tightrope” and “Ambling Alp” for your enjoyment…
“Tightrope” – Yeasayer
“Ambling Alp” – Yeasayer
“2080″ & “Tightrope” – Yeasayer – Courtesy of Blogotheque
I love electropop and I find that not nearly enough times do DJ mixtapes do electropop very well. I am posting this Futurecop! tape, because I find that they have a good taste in electropop. Their effects add to the original songs, and they have a good progression within their set. This tape is an actual live set that they performed in Australia earlier this year. I imagine they chose this tape because it has some of their own quality material, yet also has some good Aussie and NZ aspects as well.
Tracklist:
Xinobi- BMX
BMX- Theme
Chromeo- Bonafide Lovin
Database Remix- Personal Fuck
Cut Copy- Far Away
Timbaland- Miscommunication (Bloody Beetroots)
I Love the Bloody Beetroots- Bloody Beetroots
CFCF Remix- Crush on You
Gameboy Game Girl- Dirty Sweaty Wet
Fun Punch- Bag Raiders Remix
Ladyhawke- Back of The Van
Miami Horror- I Can Cook
CYOA- Switchblade (LA Riots Mix)
Buzzin- (Villans Remix)
Ooga Booga Vs Futurecop!- Transformers Remix Promo
Can’t Help It- Fantastadon
Chromeo- Needy Girl (Data Mix)
Futurecop!- Transformers
Lifelike- So Electric
Whitest Boy Alive- Golden Cage (Fred Falke Remix)
If I had one gripe about this tape that takes it from solid and a another good party mix is the transitions. Futurecop! adds some solid almost MSTRKRFT effects at times leading to some cool remixes, yet the transitions on this tape could be mixed a whole lot better. If Futurecop! were to blend better or just use a longer crossfade this would take the tape from solid to pretty epic. I would definitely download this tape and give it a spin though, because it is a solid collection of stuff you know and stuff you probably don’t that will keep you bumpin.
