Boston Concerts

To my fellow Bostonians - I have conjured up a list of some bands I am seeing/would like to see in the near future of 2011. This list is not permanent and will be updated frequently as new concert dates are revealed. Please feel free to update as well!

Darwin Deez @ Great Scott - January 13th

Deer Tick @ Middle East - January 14th

Anamanaguchi @ TT The Bears - January 16th

Young the Giant @ Great Scott - January 18th

Tokyo Police Club & Two Door Cinema Club - January 19th

The Decemberists @ House of Blues - January 28th/January 29th

Tapes n Tapes & Oberhofer @ Paradise Rock Club - February 3rd

Chromeo @ House of Blues - February 3rd

Neko Case @ Wilbur Theatre - February 3rd

The Radio Dept @ Middle East - February 4th

Best Coast/Wavves @ Paradise Rock Club - February 4th

Wakey!Wakey! @ Brighton Music Hall - February 5th

Baths @ Brighton Music Hall - February 17th

Dr. Dog @ Paradise Rock Club - February 19th

School of Seven Bells @ House of Blues - February 19th

White Rabbits @ Paradise Rock Club - February 24th

Crystal Castles @ House of Blues - March 19th

Cold War Kids @ House of Blues - March 22nd

Bassnectar @ House of Blues - April 22nd

Destroyer

Destroyer. Destroy. Her. The Canadian indie-rock band has struck again with their new EP, "Chinatown." Their new album, "Kaputt," is coming out pretty soon next year. Rumors it will be released January 25, only a month away! Dan Bejar, front-man of Destroyer, produced their first album that was released 15 years ago. His first record embodies folk and blues to the tip and this new single, "Chinatown," just goes to show how talented this man really is.

Pitchfork's: The Top 100 Tracks of 2010

Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti "Round and Round" was voted #1 track of 2010. I do not know how the ruling goes behind the scenes at Pitchfork, but the ranking of these 2010 songs are a bit off. Though "Round and Round" is by far Ariel Pink's best song, in no way is it the best overall. Kanye West also rapes the top 10 coming in with #6 and #2 with, "Power" and "Runaway." As I have mentioned before, Pitchfork gave Kanye a 10.0 rating on his album, "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy" for some odd reason. I guess if you act like you are the shit, people will start to believe it. My boy, James Blake, came #8 with his single, "I Only Know (What I Know Now)." James Blake does not have too many music videos for his songs,  but here is though incredibly weird, yet astonishingly beautiful video for "Limit to Your Love."

TOKiMONSTA

Besides, Ms. Mary Anne Hobbs, there is not much to say about female electronic artists...mostly because, there aren't any. However, TOKiMONSTA, not only is my idol slash twin-wannabe, but is one of the few brilliant girl DJ's. Her genre is hard to describe - a bit of experimental, hip-hop, dubstep, and break-beat. A Los Angeles native, TOKiMONSTA has played with Shlomo, Daedelus, and other well-known dubstep artists. She dropped her new EP this week called "Alive." Check it out -

  Tokimonsta - Alive by WUZZ MAG

Here are some cute pix of her:

BT

"These Hopeful Machines," BT's most recent album, is nominated for best electronic/dance album this year at the Grammy's. Though I am not the biggest trance fan, I can safely say BT is the father of this genre. Graduating from Berklee School of Music, BT has created a highly-respected and big name for himself and is one of the most well-known and honorable artists of all electronic music. He is known to use different software and production techniques to create his unique sound in all of his songs. "These Hopeful Machines," is his best album so far and BT even does the vocals for some of his songs. Fun fact: the girl's vocals in the song, "Forget Me" is actually his daughter! "The Emergency," his most famous single was #1 on satellite radio for over 8 weeks and I could not be any more thrilled for this NOMination!

The other nominations for the category are:
These Hopeful Machines - BT
Further - The Chemical Brothers
Head First - Goldfrapp
Black Light - Groove Armada
La Roux - La Roux

The Antlers

I stole the set list of The Antlers concert at the Paradise...

Peter Silberman: Vocals and Guitar

"Hospice," the first album of The Antlers, consists of songs that Peter Silberman wrote of a terminally-ill patient that he had an intimate relationship with in a hospice. All the lyrics are devoted to this one patient and are truly exceptional; they portray Silberman's emotional and abusive relationship with her and simultaneously showing his phenomenal talent. His vocals suit the lyrics perfectly. "Hospice" was voted #1 album by NPR and #37 best album of 2009. Though I may be experiencing the typical holy-shmoly wow that was insane in the membrane post-concert feelings, I can surely say that was one of the best performances I have seen. When they played, "Wake" as their last song during the encore, all I was thinking was, "this is my happy place, this is my happy place!" Two thumbs up, P.S.

and P.S. P.S., I <3 you.