Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros played a show at the Music Hall of Williamsburg. I brought my camera along with my dancing shoes.
Local Natives of Los Angeles
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Local Natives “Airplanes”
Listen if: You have a teenybopper heart, Vampire Weekend is in your music library, and you sometimes sing along to lyrics like, “I love it all / so much I call / I want you back.”
Fool’s Gold of Los Angeles
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Fool’s Gold “Surprise Hotel”
Listen if: You like the Talking Heads and want to feel like you’re dancing on a tropical island with a man who is singing to you in Hebrew.
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros!!!
Alex Ebert, also known as the lead singer of the L.A. based electro band Ima Robot, is currently touring the states on a bus that has Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros largely printed on the side. They opened up their set with the song “40 Day Dream” and everyone was singing along immediately, though the definite crowd favorite was “Home.” Performing with an infectious energy and charismatic stage presence, it’s no wonder that Edward Sharpe sold out the Bowery Ballroom and Music Hall of Williamsburg in New York for two consecutive nights. If they’re playing in a town near you, don’t miss out on what could very well be the best live show you’ll see all year.
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Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros “40 Day Dream”
Listen if: You like The Polyphonic Spree, Arcade Fire, stomping your feet, and clapping your hands along to feel good, quirky, indie folk songs.
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Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros “Janglin”
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Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros “Home”
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brooklyn is 3 years behind los angeles. fact. the west coast is owning the east right now. sleigh bells…yeah…okaaaaaay.
12.03.09 at 12:59 pm
Listen if: you like the songs they play on scion commercials
12.03.09 at 1:08 pm
Yo dogs, Toledo is killin’ Flint right now in teh muzics
12.03.09 at 1:09 pm
Yeeeuh, FUCK M@#$igan!
12.03.09 at 1:15 pm
i love that pixie little sing’n gal
12.03.09 at 1:37 pm
Visit the Pia Arrobio blog much?
ps, Edward Sharp is so last week, and I’m on a Wyoming calendar.
12.03.09 at 3:02 pm
Pia was the first person to listen to music.
12.03.09 at 3:52 pm
I am so sick of that song “Home.” Bring back IMA ROBOT. They were stupid but at least they knew it and reveled in it. And yes LA is killing NY right now it’s sad.
12.03.09 at 4:33 pm
How can LA bands trying to sound like their from NY be ahead of NY? Are they cooler because they’re not from there? You can have them. I want them and their hipsters groupies the FUCK out of LA. I swear Midwest transplants continue to ruin the West Coast…
12.03.09 at 5:39 pm
@ Street Boning
Course not, though she does not purport to be a sometimes ‘music blog’ either. I was referring to the Edward Sharp photo set, an idea that possibly seems copped from a set she posted 2 weeks before (it was ’so last week then,’ too).
http://piaarrobio.com/2009/11/20/dear-edward-sharp-and-the-magnetic-zeros/
I’m such a grumpy pants.
12.03.09 at 5:42 pm
HAH. All these bands were on the last Urban Outiftters free download compilation. YOU’RE SO IN THE KNOW.
12.03.09 at 5:57 pm
PLEASE stop w/ the whole african/paul simon/jangly guitar crap!!!
12.03.09 at 6:35 pm
are people going to write about Williamsburg 20 years from now?
12.03.09 at 7:20 pm
Ima Robot sounds like meth addicts trying to rerecord Penis Envy with a KORG
12.03.09 at 8:34 pm
yes I agree the little pixie sing’n gal is gorgeous and I love her voice and short hair and shitty not cool clothes even though I’m sure she’s trying hard to go for that look or something
12.03.09 at 8:53 pm
Home makes me feel depressed.
WHY CAN’T ANYONE WRITE A SONG ABOUT ME FOR ONCE?!
12.04.09 at 12:11 am
Was this a post to secretly make fun of Val? “We’ll post her shitty writing about her shitty music tastes, and we’ll throw her shitty pictures in there too! She’ll be so embarrassed!”
12.04.09 at 7:32 am
Listen if: sperm is your drink of choice even!
12.04.09 at 7:38 am
Listen if – you thought for emma for ever ago was the best thing to happen to 2009.
(it came out in ‘08, you cock-hole)
these guys came to my town.. I heard from someone who attended that ALL the cool people were there!!
12.04.09 at 10:05 am
IMA
ROBOTHIPPYebert is a trend-jumper with a messiah complex.
12.04.09 at 11:35 am
val, i’ve practically fucked you when i read your previous blog posts about inside your vagina or whatever. just so you know, this now is breakfast where you’re talking shit in a cafe and im pretending to listen.
12.04.09 at 5:01 pm
tha great americsan music is go to all concer to makes a smile coming!
12.04.09 at 5:49 pm
This band is the new Rusted Root. Thats not a good thing.
12.04.09 at 7:41 pm
Edward Sharpe sucks balls, check out this clusterfuck:
http://vimeo.com/7811853
12.12.09 at 5:02 pm