What is it good for?

Here's two tracks in the aftermath of President Obama's speech last night, calling for an increase in troops in Afghanistan. Didn't we win all those wars already? We had that big ceremony where W dressed like an action figure, on top of that destroyer, all those years ago. Looks like more fodder for Glenn Beck and company.

Check out the first track "Intro", from The XX, featuring Jimmy Jams of Brother Reade on vocals of this remix, in reference to World Wars Three and Four. I can't stress how lucky the city of L.A. is to be blessed with Brother Reade.



"Intro" (Featuring Jimmy Jams of Brother Reade) by The XX
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And lastly, here's a track from the pride of Hoboken, New Jersey's Yo La Tengo. Its a cover of a Sun Ra track, titled "Nuclear War". I read some time ago that the band members coerced their nieces and nephews to help record this track, without telling their parents of the obscenities involved. There's something refreshing about hearing a chorus of kids chant, "It's a motherfucker!". Give a peep to the track below.



"Nuclear War" by Yo La Tengo

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Beach House + Extended Ticket Giveaway!

Here's a track from Beach House's forthcoming record, "Teen Dream", to be released by the oh so wonderful Sub Pop Records, their new label. You can pre-order the album and accompanying DVD from Insound HERE, prior to the January 26th release date.

I've been hearing "Norway" played relentlessly at bars and clubs around town lately. And for good reason, "Teen Dream" is what many are anticipating as Beach House's breakthrough, more mainstream success record. They've created a highly lush, dreamscape in the collection of songs that comprise this album. Check out "Walk In The Park" below. Who knew such dreamy sounds could come from Maryland?



(Maryland's Beach House)

"Walk In The Park" by Beach House

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(Samuel Stewart)

And, L.A. people, don't forget to enter our ticket giveaway for Samuel Stewart at Spaceland tomorrow night! Just email us at Samuel Stewart Spaceland Ticket Giveaway!

Winner of two free tickets will be drawn Wednesday morning!

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More Beck Covers, and Spaceland on WEDNESDAY Night!

After covering The Velvet Underground, Beck Hansen takes on another large undertaking of work, in the latest installment of his 'Record Club' series, this time covering Leonard Cohen.

I will always stand firm in my belief of where cover songs stand. Unless they are truly "re-imagined" by the covering artist, the original will always reign supreme. Check out "Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye" by Beck below.




"Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye (Leonard Cohen)" by Beck

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I also wanted to mention Samuel Stewart's show at Spaceland Wednesday night, for Club NME. We're giving away two free tickets! Just email us at eareyenosecandyblog@gmail.com, for your chance to see him live. His live performance is surely worth checking out.

I had the pleasure of seeing his exclusive performance at Origami Vinyl in Echo Park a few weekends ago. Although it was a brief set, it certainly was an intimate and enjoyable one. If you're expecting the offspring of a famous musician to be Kardashian-like and spoiled, Stewart is not your man. Tiny in stature, his sound is quite large. Fans of The Decemberists should see him live. Check out "Devil Music" below. Visit the Facebook event page HERE.

"Devil Music" by Samuel Stewart

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Live PB & J

Saturday night marked the 10th "birthday" of the inception of Peter, Bjorn, and John as a band. They celebrated this achievement by concluding their tour at Club Nokia. The set list provided crowd favorites from their latest "Living Thing" as well as 2007's break out record, "Writer's Block".

Highlights of the night included Los Angeles, via Cincinnati, musician Boom Bip joining the boys on the bongo drums for a rendition of "Young Folks", which also included Lykke Li on guest female vocals. The "Always Sunny in Philadelphia" adopted theme of "Nothing to Worry About" was impressively backed by a chorus of ladies, that the boys seemingly referred to as "The Los Angeles Women's Choir". Seemed like I lost something in the translation, as these ladies were probably more specific to a chapter in our fair city.

I always like catching the last night of tours. It feels like the last day of class, or watching your friend graduate or get out of jail. Saturday night was no exception. After the show, the band graciously hung out at the merch table to autograph items for their adoring fans. A great wrap up, to a great "birthday" tour.

Check out "Sitar Folks" below, as well as some photos from Saturday's show.


"Sitar Folks" by Peter, Bjorn, & John.

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Proper L.A.

Just wanted everyone in L.A. looking for a to do this Thursday night, to check out a great show, from London-Transplant, now L.A. inhabitant Samuel Stewart. He is the offspring of Dave Stewart of Eurythmics fame. Fans of The Decemberists and The Thermals should check out this British Import. See show flyer below, and give a listen to "The Beginner". You can also check out Samuel Stewart's MySpace page HERE. Stewart will be playing at Spaceland and The Silverlake Lounge next month.

A little side story about the offspring of famous musicians: A few years ago, I was privileged to see The Police on their reunion tour, with front row seats. Opening for them, was Sting's son's band...let's just say he had to endure drunken berating about how it probably took Sting several hours to produce what was now onstage playing severely bad prog rock. From the sounds of Samuel Stewart's EP, he will not be subject to the same fate.




"The Beginner" by Samuel Stewart

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Also, here's a track from the highly anticipated, forthcoming Vampire Weekend record, "Contra". Check out "Cousins" below. We're quite positive it is not a reference to the late 80's movie starring Ted Danson, with the same name. "Contra" has a January 12th, 2010 release date. You can pre-order the album HERE.




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BREAKING NEWS!!!!

We're giving away two FREE tickets to this Satuday's Peter, Bjorn, & John show, at The Nokia Theater in downtown L.A.! Send an email to eareyenosecandyblog@gmail.com, NOW! We're taking emails until 5pm PST. You must live in Los Angeles. We're gonna literally put all the entries into a hat, and pick the winner. All of this goodness, is courtesy of the wonderful folks at The Planetary Group.

Stay tuned for winner announcement, and further EENC music and events!

"All that noise is coming from those two white boys?"

(Mos Def and Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys)

Here's a track from the forthcoming Blackroc album, which features several premier hip hop artists, paired up with Akron, Ohio's The Black Keys. The album is quite special, and was spearheaded by hip hop mogul Damon Dash. Check out "Done Did It" featuring Nicole Wray and NOE, below. Visit the official Blackroc site HERE. The album is set for a November 27th release date.


"Done Did It" By Blakroc

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