Midlake - Live @ Paradiso
Hi folks! I hope you've enjoyed your holidays. I wanna thank to all who wrote me via email and those who commented on the blog for the best of 2006. As I assumed, I missed to include in the list some very nice releases that you mentioned in the comments. One of them was from Midlake, the band I selected to open Indie Surfer in 2007.
The lo-fi rock quintet Midlake was formed in Denton, TX, in 2000 by a group of musicians who had attended the North Texas School of Music together: Paul Alexander (bass, keyboards), Eric Nichelson (keyboards, guitar), Eric Pulido (guitar, keyboards, background vocals), Tim Smith (vocals, keyboards, guitar), and Mckenzie Smith (drums). They issued their own EP, Milkmaid Grand Army, in 2001, and sold 1,000 copies at their Texas gigs. They attracted the attention of Simon Raymonde, who signed them to his Bella Union label in the U.K., leading to European concerts and the recording of their first full-length album, Bamnan and Slivercork, which was released in July 2004. For their next album, the band changes gears and moved away from the psychedelic leanings of their debut toward a more '70s-influenced sound. 2006's The Trials of Van Occupanther featured the same lineup and a sound reminiscent of harmony-rich soft rock bands like America and Laurel Canyon troubadours like Neil Young and Gene Clark.
Midlake - Live @ Paradiso 2006-08-06 | Mirror
The lo-fi rock quintet Midlake was formed in Denton, TX, in 2000 by a group of musicians who had attended the North Texas School of Music together: Paul Alexander (bass, keyboards), Eric Nichelson (keyboards, guitar), Eric Pulido (guitar, keyboards, background vocals), Tim Smith (vocals, keyboards, guitar), and Mckenzie Smith (drums). They issued their own EP, Milkmaid Grand Army, in 2001, and sold 1,000 copies at their Texas gigs. They attracted the attention of Simon Raymonde, who signed them to his Bella Union label in the U.K., leading to European concerts and the recording of their first full-length album, Bamnan and Slivercork, which was released in July 2004. For their next album, the band changes gears and moved away from the psychedelic leanings of their debut toward a more '70s-influenced sound. 2006's The Trials of Van Occupanther featured the same lineup and a sound reminiscent of harmony-rich soft rock bands like America and Laurel Canyon troubadours like Neil Young and Gene Clark.Midlake - Live @ Paradiso 2006-08-06 | Mirror
Bonus:
Midlake - The Trials Of Van Occupanther !!!
[CODE]http://tinyurl.com/sbm7g
Keren Ann - Not Going Anywhere !!!
Lady & Bird - Lady & Bird (Keren Ann & Bardi Johannson) !!!
Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire De Melody Nelson
[CODE]http://tinyurl.com/t7s3h
Rich & Royal - Hair Like Fire + Live
[CODE]http://tinyurl.com/sq8mx
The Format - Dog Problems + The Format Live: Exporting Insecurity
[CODE]http://tinyurl.com/yywgr7
Say Anything - Acoustic @ MTV.com
Sufjan Stevens - The Avalanche
[CODE]http://tinyurl.com/y9yusf
John Frusciante - Curtains
Cartel - Chroma
The Killers - Sam's Town
[CODE]http://tinyurl.com/y663gk
Indie Albums: Beirut, David Cross, Sonic Youth, Midlake, Tapes'N'Tapes, Ladytron,
Eagles Of Death Metal, KLF, Shiny Toy Guns, Spank Rock, Tim Hecker, M83, etc.
[CODE]http://tinyurl.com/y729cl
Linkin Park - Albums
[CODE]http://tinyurl.com/txzcp
Björk - Live 2001-10-14
[CODE]http://tinyurl.com/y8dyn6
posted by Ziggy at 3:50 PM
6 Comments:
good to see you back after christmas. had bad thoughts that you had disappeared for good.
Michael says...
Welcome back, Happy New Year and thanks for providing the Midlake, Paradiso file. I'll have to listen to it tomorrow now; it's midnight here. Night-night !!
Yay!!! Welcome back. Hope you had a nice holiday.
if you go to Fabchannel.com you can check out midlake as well, and many other great bands.
I've just realized that I didn't miss Midlake on my best 2006 list. It's on the position 90. Hehe. Never mind :)
Welcome back!
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