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Photos: Treasure Island Fest With Vampire Weekend, The Raconteurs

Mogger brittanybf reports on both days at San Francisco’s groovy Treasure Island Music Festival. She saw Hot Chip, Goldfrapp, TV on the Radio, Justice, Fleet Foxes, Vampire Weekend and many more. Read her thoughts on day one, and then, day two.

 

Video blogs: Kate Earl and Rachel Yamagata

 

Kate Earl gives a peek into the NYC studio where she’s working on her upcoming album. Kate also calls Stevie Wonder’s private line.

Plus: Rachael Yamagata shares a song

 

New on MOGtv

 

Exclusive Interview: Drive-By Truckers

 

Don’t miss our interview with Drive-By Truckers' front-man Patterson Hood. He talks about Brighter Than Creation's Dark, the band's near-break-up and resulting rebirth, the music he’s been digging and much more.

Link: Drive-By Truckers clip: the new album, re-birth

Link: Drive-By Truckers clip: music they love

 

 

Featured Post

Reflecting on GZA/The Genius & His Latest Album, "Pro Tools"

Mogger Dead C writes: GZA/The Genius, from the infamous Wu-Tang Clan, is still on tour and his latest album, Pro Tools (Baby Grande), is still fairly new, but the particular performance that I saw took place on the 26th of last month, and I was seriously beginning to wonder if the topic was getting stale. It's true, I almost abandoned this review until I remembered this quote that I had read from GZA himself: "I'm not one to write a rhyme in thirty minutes." Read More. 

 

 

Music News of the Week

Neil Young's Bridge School Benefit Line-Up Announced

Mon Sept 22, 2008

View it now: http://mog.com/Charley_Rogulewski/blog/199068

 

RIP: Earl Palmer, Hall of Fame Drummer

Mon Sept 22, 2008

http://mog.com/blog_post/content/318/199001

 

 

Wilco, Weezer Recording Soon

Mon Sept 22, 2008

http://mog.com/blog_post/content/206/199083

 

Mogwai's Martin Bulloch Hospitalized: Tour Canceled

Mon Sept 22 2008

http://mog.com/blog_post/content/318/199381

 

Jack White, Jimmy Page & The Edge Stop, Collaborate & Listen

Fri Sept 19 2008

http://mog.com/Charley_Rogulewski/blog/197916

 

Gorillaz Creators Announce Plans For Third Gorillaz Album

Fri Sept 19 2008

http://mog.com/blog_post/content/23943/197715

 

Tire Blow-out Possible Reason for Travis Barker & DJ AM Plane Crash

Mon Sept 22 2008

http://mog.com/Charley_Rogulewski/blog/199056

 

Elvis Costello does a Jools Holland with new TV show

Wed Sept 17 2008

http://mog.com/blog_post/content/22763/196405

 

Doctors Say Amy Winehouse May Have Brain Damage, Likely Won't Survive Another OD

Wed Sept 17 2008

http://mog.com/mollifire/blog/196656

 

Pearl Jam's Stone Gossard Plants Trees & Writes Some New Solo Music

Thu Sept 18 2008

http://mog.com/Charley_Rogulewski/blog/197412

 

 

Album Reviews of the Week

Artist: Jenny Lewis

Album: Acid Tongue

Sun Sept 21 2008

Joxley: "Listening to Rilo Kiley’s Under the Blacklight, it would be easy to assume Jenny Lewis was an out and out city girl – it is a record that plunges through the grime and detritus of the sprawling metropolis, unearthing players, pornstars and countless other villains. Yet Lewis’ solo albums, the second of which sees release Stateside on Tuesday, are a much more Mid-Western affair."

More: http://mog.com/Joxley/blog/198840

Check out Joxley’s music collection

http://mog.com/music_collection/full_list/19/5437

 

Artist: Brazilian Girls

Album: New York City

Wed Sept 17 2008

pinkertonwasbetter: "Remember the time you discovered Pop Rocks as a kid – the first time you tore open the package, emptied out all those colorful sugar crystals into your hand, threw your head back and opened your mouth not knowing what to expect? Remember how wide your eyes got as the tiny crystals bounced around the inside of your mouth, and the tingling, sweet sensation on your tongue? I liken my first time listening to Brazilian Girls to eating Pop-Rocks: fun, pleasantly surprising, and deliciously entertaining."

More: http://mog.com/pinkertonwasbetter/blog/196516

Check out pinkertonwasbetter’s music collection

http://mog.com/music_collection/full_list/19/186776

 

Artist: Constantines

Album: Kensington Heights

Sun Sept 21 2008

sageturk: "Drone-rockers’ newest album balances one with a tad too much of the other. Which is which depends on your taste. This two person review is by Sage T. and Ethan E."

More: http://mog.com/sageturk/blog/198903

 

 

Artist: All Shall Perish

Album: Awaken the Dreamers

Tue Sept 16 2008

MetalSucks: "As you’ve probably heard, All Shall Perish’s new album, Awaken the Dreamers, is slower and less brutal than its predecessors, Hate.Malice.Revenge and The Price of Existence - but it’s less brutal the way getting punched in the face is ultimately somewhat preferable to getting kicked in the nuts."

More: http://mog.com/blog_post/content/22055/195859

 

Artist: Ray LaMontagne

Album: Gossip in the Grain

Wed Sept 17 2008

incurablyerin: "Ray LaMontagne is an artist with a "new sound" in the grand scheme of music today. Well, a new sound that consists of a cauldron full of "old sounds" — which seems to be a popular trend so far in century number twenty-one (see: Amy Winehouse, Madeleine Peyroux, Andrew Bird, Joss Stone, et al)."

More: http://mog.com/incurablyerin/blog/196589

Check out incurablyerin’s music collection

http://mog.com/music_collection/full_list/19/302298

 

 

Artist: Chad Van Gaalen

Album: Soft Airplane

Tiny Mix Tapes: "Three albums into an already fruitful and prolific career, Chad VanGaalen’s Soft Airplane is easily the strongest, most direct collection of tunes the Calgary, Alberta songwriter has put to tape. His two previous Sub Pop releases, 2004’s Infiniheart and 2006’s Skelliconnection, were wonderful, sprawling home-recorded documents, filled with the sort of simple emotive introspection that any genuine singer-songwriter can employ with ease."

More: http://mog.com/blog_post/content/318/196461

 

 

Word of MOG

 

Conor Oberst and Jenny Lewis in Nashville!

Mon Sept 22 2008

bohemianlullaby: "I'll start with the first of many 'almosts' of my interesting trip to Nashville for the Jenny Lewis and Conor Oberst show. I was ten seconds away from meeting both Jenny Lewis and Johnathan Rice. Now before you jump to conclusions and assume I was stalking them, you should know that summer eyes and I were innocently driving around downtown Nashville, trying to find a Wal-Mart. As we cruised by the river, she pointed out a couple on the walk. She was a petite redhead with a flowy hippie dress on, and he, clad in an uber-tight black shirt, had mousy brown hair almost as long as hers. Complete with matching Ray-Bans."

More: http://mog.com/bohemianlullaby/blog/199370

 

Interview: Mogwai’s Stuart Braithwaite

Tue Sept 16 2008

Tiny Mix Tapes: "The guys in Mogwai thought we had a phone interview. I stood outside of Portland's Roseland Theater on a glorious late summer day, dialing the number the tour manager had given me. Someone answered, and I told them I was there to interview Mogwai."

More: http://mog.com/blog_post/content/318/195793

 

 

 

Our Band Could Be Your Life - Independent Music Fans Must Read This

Wed Sept 17 2008

Eric5776: "Rarely do I read a book that strikes me enough  to MOG about, let alone that becomes such a staple to a genre of music that it deserves a plug on MOG.  The book, Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes From The American Indie Underground, 1981-1991 by Michael Azerrad is a fantastic archive of 13 of the most important independent acts of the 80's."

More: http://mog.com/Eric5776/blog/196438

Check out Eric5776’s music collection

http://mog.com/music_collection/full_list/19/33540

 

 

David Byrne Live 9/18/08 with Video

Thu Sept 18 2008

Quarterlifeparty: "Megan Lavelle is a friend of quarterlifeparty and had the chance to check out David Byrne at the lyric last night.  She was also awesome enough to capture some video. I just had the privilege of celebrating my birthday (although a day late) with a couple of friends and a live performance from David Byrne."

More: http://mog.com/blog_post/content/23463/197327

 

 

A MOG Wars Epilogue: To the Victor Goes the Spoils

Sat Sept 19 2008

Groon: "So, after weeks of cajoling and pleading with Chris/Control/I Am/Without Guile to send me my booty, I eventually forgot all about it. I turned my attention instead to running my new, vast kingdom, enforcing new and stringent music rules upon the masses, and fathering hordes of li'l vikings who will won day grow up and vanquish even more of my enemies."

More: http://mog.com/Groon/blog/198380

 

 

TRL is Done; R. Kelly is Still an Idiot

Thu Sept 18 2008

The Round Table: "So when the news that TRL was (finally!) being canceled, I knew my RT topic for the week was on lock. Then, I'm watching TV last night and see a teaser from an interview Toure, pop culture correspondent for BET, conducted with the recently (read: wrongly) acquitted R.Kelly."

More: http://mog.com/blog_post/content/23443/197287

 

 

About the Flobots

Thu Sept 18 2008

contemporary: "I remember first hearing "Handlebars" while listening to the radio in my car. I've mostly given up on radio but that day I didn't feel like listening to any of the CD's that I had with me. So the DJ introduced "Handlebars," saying that it was a new song by a band from Colorado that had won a local radio contest."

More: http://mog.com/contemporary/blog/197302

 

 

Conor Oberst & The Mystic Valley Band on World Café: Listen here!

Tue Sept 16 2008

Anyone’s Guess: "Conor Oberst visited the World Cafe today to talk about and play a few songs from his new self-titled album with The Mystic Valley Band. You can hear the entire thirty-minute interview and set, in which Oberst discusses, among other things, writing songs, mainstream acceptance & accolades, veganism & eating locally, and politics."

 

More: http://mog.com/blog_post/content/22715/196367

 

Martha Wainwright Live

Wed Sept 17 2008

Mainstream Isn’t So Bad…Is It?: "On Sunday night I had the good fortune to catch Martha Wainwright perform live at the Iron Horse Music Hall in Northampton, MA. For those of you not familiar with the venue, when I had first heard that she was playing there I was somewhat surprised she would be stopping in such a small place."

More: http://mog.com/blog_post/content/22777/196413

 

 

Girl Talk, The Death Set, Passion Pit Live in Boston

Sat Sept 20 2008

Enough Cowbell: "In between each of their songs The Death Set had samples of popular songs played over the PA. Artists such as Lil’ Wayne and MIA were broadcast to the audience to keep everyone’s energy up while the band retools for their next song. One fellow concert goer, fed up with The Death Set and itching for Girl Talk managed to shout in a fit of frustration a seemingly clever quote - at least by his own estimation. He yelled, for all to hear: ‘Play your own music!’ Sublime irony."

More: http://mog.com/blog_post/content/25099/199069

 

 

My Puny Little Record Collection

Thu Sept 18 2008

Glorious Noise: "Three years ago I gave away my entire vinyl collection. But I retained visitation rights. Find out which 50 records (out of ~1,000) I decided to reclaim and take home."

More: http://mog.com/blog_post/content/206/197267

 

Dosomething.org for My Birthday

Wed Sept 17 2008

Kate Earl: "I’m back in atlanta. I have a beautiful room at an old hotel. We will be collecting footage on a proper camera. I am happy. It's a bit cooler at night. I welcome the fall. It's a magical time for me."

More: http://mog.com/Kate_Earl/blog/196627

 

My Meeting with Emo Indie God Ben Gibbard of Death Cab For Cutie

Thu Sept 18 2008

cyberred: "The plan was, that I take three days off to head down to Singapore and if there was a press conference, I would hop in and at least bow down to the greatness that is Death Cab For Cutie from afar. Dawn then shared that we might get an interview and I ran by the boss if they wanted the story. I got the green flag and I was down on the Sunday, 10 Aug."

More: http://mog.com/cyberred/blog/196979

Check out cyberred’s music collection

http://mog.com/music_collection/full_list/19/190050

 

 

An Open Letter to Pitchfork from The Airborne Toxic Event

Thu Sept 18 2008

Carry You Away: "A couple fellow music blogs have posted up this, and after giving it a read over, as well as the review in question, I felt compelled to do the same. The guys who make up the group The Airborne Toxic Event was given a 1.6 rating from the indie-music website, to which they had the following reply."

More: http://mog.com/blog_post/content/23361/197229

 

Washington DC, WRGW, Jammin Java

Thu Sept 18 2008

Your Vegas: "Yo everyone! Coyle here. I don't usually do these, but what the hell, here we go. Hope you're all having a delicious Thursday! We're back recording new songs! All very exciting and they're sounding rather splendid if I do say so myself. I'm taking a 30-minute break from writing lyrics. So yesterday saw us head down to Washington, DC to the George Washington University to hit the collage radio station WRGW."

More: http://mog.com/Your_Vegas/blog/197579

 

 

Mogger of the Week

Say hello to Jules09!

http://mog.com/Jules09

Jules09 may still be in high school, but aided by the boring drone of radio music and the need for real music, she’s already gone through many phases of music obsession. When she was thirteen years old she says, "I raided my dad's collection of CDs and took The Who's <i>Ultimate Collection</i>. It blew my mind, it was like nothing I had ever heard before. This was music of substance!" From there she discovered The Clash, and as "a suburban, St. Louis kid" she made <i>London Calling</i> the soundtrack to her life.

"The best band I found out about through MOG, hands down, is The National," says Jules09. "You know [how] in ‘Garden State’ Natalie Portman said that The Shins would change your life? She was wrong. The National will." She refers to <i>Boxer</i> and <i>Alligator</i> as "classic" albums. For her "straight-up rock and roll" she looks no further than Kings of Leon. "Their lyrics are what you'd expect, about chasing girls and shot glasses, but not everyone needs to write like Voltaire to get the message across. Good stuff."

Schoolwork might interfere with Jules09 posting as often as she wishes she could, but it doesn’t get in the way of the amount of live concerts she’s seen just this year. "I'm probably most happy that I got to see Muse in a venue with about 1500 other people, and then later hearing they sold out Wembley Stadium. But seeing Modest Mouse twice (and both times with Johnny Marr, no less!), British Sea Power tearing up a small local club, The Mars Volta playing for literally three hours straight, and Radiohead (what else really needs to be said about Radiohead?) in less than a year has made 2008 the best concert year for me so far."

Stop by and say hi to Jules09!

http://mog.com/Jules09

 

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Video Interview with the Drive-By Truckers' Patterson Hood

Drive-By Truckers' front-man Patterson Hood talks about Brighter Than Creation's Dark, and the band's near-break-up and resulting rebirth. url here Plus: Patterson Hood talks about digging the usual suspects (Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, etc.), plus some punk rock and, surprise, Todd Rundgren. 

Drive-By Truckers clip: the new album, re-birth

Drive-By Truckers clip: music they love

 

What's Hot on MOG

New! "MMN Only" and "MOG Only" Filters

We've added these filters to make it easy for you to check out just the MOG Music Network blog posts or, if you prefer, just posts by Moggers. Try them out.

Artists Blogging On MOG! Lyrics Born, Franz Ferdinand & More

Lyrics Born shares some top ten lists! 

Franz Ferdinand You never know what offbeat info these guys will come up with. Sir Victor Uwaifo? 

New! Rachael Yamagata is on MOG. She's in Portugal thinking about a friend in Africa and digging a film called "Powder." 

Zach Gill says "Don't Touch My Stuff." He's created a hilarious trailer for his song of the same name. Watch it here. 

Joseph Arthur, Poetry Guy: More poetic posts from this awesome artist. http://mog.com/Joseph_Arthur/blog/193980

http://mog.com/Joseph_Arthur/blog/191033

http://mog.com/Joseph_Arthur/blog/191034

 

Featured Post

Photos, Review: My Morning Jacket Live In Charlottesville, VA

Blogger Live Music Blog writes: Last Thursday, I finally ended my summer concert drought and my long wait for catching My Morning Jacket in 2008. The band played Charlottesville Pavilion, my hometown venue. It's a great outdoor pavilion tacked onto the end of Charlottesville's downtown pedestrian mall and an awesome place to see a show. The crowd was a bit sparse as the show got started. Perhaps it was the Thursday night bill or the band's attempt at being super-punctual, so as to play the maximum amount of music; they actually came on a bit late. But after over two and a half hours of music, the place had filled out nicely and both the crowd and band seemed to love every minute of it. 

Read more.

 

Music News of the Week

Pink Floyd founder Richard Wright dies at 65 Mon Sept 15 2008 http://mog.com/blog_post/content/106/195207

Breaking News: Britney Spears Announces New Album - "Circus" Mon Sept 15 2008 http://mog.com/blog_post/content/94/195205

Elbow Beat Out Radiohead, The Last Shadow Puppets And More For 2008 Mercury Prize Wed Sept 10 2008 http://mog.com/Charley_Rogulewski/blog/191670

New Kanye West Album Details Revisit The 808 Wed Sept 10 2008 http://mog.com/Charley_Rogulewski/blog/191752

Sonic Youth Sign to Matador for Their 16th Studio Album! Tue Sept 9 2008 http://mog.com/blog_post/content/318/190987

Exclusive Photos of Ziggy Marley, Michael Franti +More From PTTP 2008 Tue Sept 9 2008 http://mog.com/mollifire/blog/190771

Flaming Lips' "Do You Realize?" Up For Official State of Oklahoma Rock Song Tue Sept 9 2008 http://mog.com/Charley_Rogulewski/blog/190990

John Darnielle Reveals Two New Mountain Goats EPs and, Coincidentally, The Path to My Heart Tue Sept 9 2008 http://mog.com/blog_post/content/318/190907

MF Doom to Release Long-Awaited Follow-Up, Born Into This, October 21 on Lex Records Tue Sept 9 2008 http://mog.com/blog_post/content/318/191135

The Faint Announce Fall Tour Dates Thu Sept 11 2008 http://mog.com/blog_post/content/19295/192797

 

Album Reviews of the Week

Artist: Metallica Album: Death Magnetic Thu Sept 11 2008

MetalSucks: "When considering their latest album, it's important to bear in mind the lasting power of Metallica's legacy, especially when taking into consideration the weak efforts of the past couple decades. This is a band that had had a hand in building up the traditional Thrash framework throughout the '80s into an impenetrable fortress." http://mog.com/blog_post/content/70/192793

Artist: The Residents Album: The Bunny Boy Wed Sept 10 2008

Spencer Owen: "A portrait of the reviewer as a young man, yes, but not as young as when I was just past boyhood, when I first heard the Residents as a 14-year-old and decided this Cryptic music was uberphenomenal. Their '70s catalogue, even through the earliest '80s, was and is seen by me as one of the finest and longest runs of fine records made by one artist/collective/band in a row." More: http://mog.com/Spencer_Owen/blog/192558

Artist: Okkervil River Album: The Stand Ins Fri Sept 12 2008

Tiny Mix Tapes: "There is no redemption in rock 'n' roll. Show business is just a place where the emotionally deprived search for acceptance, a place where people use one another to get ahead. Pop singers are an especially manipulative bunch, insane egos driven to the spotlight to fulfill a craving that cannot be sated, no matter how many records are produced, how many groupies are fucked, and how many hearts are broken." More: http://mog.com/blog_post/content/318/193845

Artist: Shinedown Album: The Sound of Madness Wed Sept 10 2008

MetalSucks: "If you're brutaler than brutal, stop reading this review right now. If you only care to listen to the heaviest shit possible and can't be bothered by hard rock, stop reading. But if you can keep your cool-o-meter in check and want to know about an awesome record, then keep going. That record is The Sound of Madness by Shinedown, and it's easily the best hard rock record of 2008, eons ahead of the pack of the ho-hum radio rock bands with which they're usually lumped in." More: http://mog.com/blog_post/content/70/192301

Artist: Kimya Dawson Album: Alphabutt Thu Sept 11 2008

Tiny Mix Tapes: "Oh, Generation X and Y, how old you've gotten. You've got your tattoos, your piercings, your exceptionally coveted collection of ironic thrift store t-shirts, your Flickr accounts filled with photos of you and your friends at Lollapalooza, you and your friends at your wedding…and, of course, more photos than you ever thought possible of this new little baby creature that you've brought into this world." More: http://mog.com/blog_post/content/318/192771

Artist: The Streets Album: Everything is Borrowed Thu Sept 11 2008

In Search of Arcadia: "So, not entirely unlike Bloc Party, The Streets just sort of came out of (almost) nowhere and said "Oh yeah, the album will be out next week". Now this wasn't AS big a surprise as Bloc Party... I suppose we've very quickly come to learn that if we're seeing free tracks, or a single floating around, an album is probably around the corner." More: http://mog.com/blog_post/content/19537/193381

Word of MOG

God is a DJ. I am a DJ. Therefore, I am God Tue Sept 9 2008

drewfonts: "I was recently honored by a couple of friends with a request to DJ at their wedding. This promises to be my first appearance behind the decks (or more likely, a laptop), and so I have been giving the playlist a grave amount of attention lately. Subsequently, some anxieties began to arise." More: http://mog.com/drewfonts/blog/190925

Check out drewfonts' music collection http://mog.com/music_collection/full_list/19/11265

MusicFestNW Final Report: Fleet Foxes, Sir Mix-a-Lot, Bobby Bare Jr. and No Regrets Tue Sept 9 2008

Jenny Tatone: "They go by too fast, these music festivals, and leave you wondering where it all went and what you took away from it. In retrospect, MusicFest NW seems a music-fed whirlwind of heat and noise and crowds and adrenalin and drinks. Friends will ask me: "What did you see that you really liked? Who did you like best?" And I'll feel like a candidate stumped in a job interview, pushing through the clouds in my brain for a good answer, only to resurface with a handful of unenthusiastic guesses." More: http://mog.com/Jenny_Tatone/blog/191010

Check out Jenny Tatone's music collection http://mog.com/music_collection/full_list/19/412

Running to Red Rocks Tue Sept 9 2008

G Love: "Wassup yaaaaalllllllll! Well, I just got off stage at the beautiful Britt Pavilion in Jacksonville, Ore. What a crowd, what a night, what a show. The vibes were nice. I felt stronger than ever. I'm back." More: http://mog.com/G_Love/blog/191038

Moshito: Festival in The Desert & Comrade Fatso Mon Sept 15 2008

Jonh Ingham: "Everyone wants to go to the Festival In The Desert. Mani, the festival producer, glides through our desire to get free tickets with alacrity. The people who have been (mostly journalists) make it clear that this is not a day on the grass before going home to the jacuzzi. "Two months later you're still getting sand out of your ears," says Daniel from French radio. Somehow that makes it sound more desirable." More: http://mog.com/Jonh_Ingham/blog/195416

The Last Shadow Puppets' Song "My Mistakes Were Made For You" (Richard Ayoade) Tue Sept 9 2008

Shots Ring Out: "Sometimes I feel like music blogging is the 21st century's answer to sailing for spices. For the last few thousand years humans have been constantly exploring new land and planting flags in new soil, satisfying that explorer's itch. In the last few generations, however, this ability suddenly vanished as we ran out of new land and spices to discover." More: http://mog.com/blog_post/content/309/190853

Poptimism! Mon Sept 8 2008

dshs70: "Here's what I want to know: What is the best pop song you've heard this year? Whats the best pop song you ever heard, full stop? This serves a few purposes for me, honestly. I know I've got a different definition of what constitute a pop song than most people I know. So I want to know what is pop music to you." More: http://mog.com/dshs70/blog/190851

Check out dshs70's music collection http://mog.com/music_collection/full_list/19/1489

Metal Hair Care 101 with Ronnie James Dio Tue Sept 9 2008

MetalSucks: "Being a metal master isn't easy; that skullet certainly doesn't take care of itself. That's why we decided to track down Ronnie James Dio* of Heaven and Hell to find out the secrets behind rocking metal's most metal hair-do, the almighty skullet. Ronnie was kind enough to share his tips and tricks behind his luscious locks with other aspiring skulleteers for the benefit of metal and mankind." More: http://mog.com/blog_post/content/70/191215

Inside Daft Punk's Helmets Tue Sept 9 2008

Quarterlifeparty: "This weekend I was talking about trying dress up for Halloween as the best dressed "band" in music: Daft Punk. The hard part would be making the helmets. This lead to a long (and informative) internet journey that led me from the $65,000 original helmets, to comicon people making their own" More: http://mog.com/blog_post/content/314/191211

Vampire Weekend: 9-10-08, The Pageant (from a half-fan's perspective) Thu Sept 11 2008

Jules09: "I wasn't sure about going to Vampire Weekend. When I posted a few months ago with a list of upcoming concerts with them on it, the majority of you said to skip them. They've become one of the most polarizing bands in indie music today. Entire opinions can be formed by the simple question of 'So what do you think about Vampire Weekend?'" More: http://mog.com/Jules09/blog/193496

Check out Jules09's music collection http://mog.com/music_collection/full_list/19/20461

Bumbershoot 2008: Saturday in Review Wed Sept 10 2008

Live Music Blog: "Bumbershoot 2008 kicked off this last Saturday of Labor Day weekend, and I was on hand to score some pictures and find some new live acts for all of you to put on your must-check-out lists. Considered by some to be a weak line-up this year, and others to be an amazing lineup, I have to say the lack of any extreme, must-see headliners benefited me, since I managed to check out new acts all weekend long that I would never have looked into otherwise." More: http://mog.com/blog_post/content/195/192319

Photos: Perry Farrell & Dave Navarro Play Private Show at Old CBGB's Thu Sept 11 2008

indiepixie: "True, NYC Fashion week this year has been unbearably boring. Thus far, it's been filled with flowy non-descript spring dresses and B-grade stars making front row (The Hills and Gossip Girl chicks really learn a thing or too about over-exposure. They're more omnipresent on the NYC streets than those Kanye slit glasses and "Palin = Pitbull" t-shirts.) Good thing tho, rock and roll (and parties with free alcohol) has saved the day." More: http://mog.com/indiepixie/blog/193347

Check out indiepixie's music collection http://mog.com/music_collection/full_list/19/205543

Bon Iver Live in London Mon Sept 15 2008

The Line Of Best Fit: "It's been quite a year for live music, 2008; an emotional roller-coaster of euphoria and heady nostalgia and all sorts of superlatives you might reach for to try to describe a clenched throat that doesn't know if it's holding back ecstatic cheers or warm tears." More: http://mog.com/blog_post/content/106/195111

Metal Binges, A Rediscovery Thu Sept 11 2008

lakposhti: "My first musical love was Heavy Metal. I was lucky enough to be 13 years old when Ride the Lightning was released which set the tone for the next few years of my life. In high school we were Burn-outs, Metal Heads." More: http://mog.com/lakposhti/blog/192903

Check out lakposhti's music collection http://mog.com/music_collection/full_list/19/323793

"Lust for Life" at 31 Tue Sept 9 2008

Punk Turns 30: "You know that song, Lust for Life. Its got a long intro, very catchy - rhythmic, primitive guitars and drums inject in you a lust for life if you didn't already have one. And at some point in the 1990s, it seems that every advertising agency plucked the Iggy Pop - David Bowie composition to represent their product or service... a cruise line is the only one I can remember, but the song has been on TV and in movies even more." More: http://mog.com/blog_post/content/18539/191547

Maxwell "For Lover's Only" and Broken-Hearted Bitches. Indeed. Wed Sept 10 2008

lizculleysings: "I love that I found my old CD case that contained the likes of some of my previous soulful posts. One more that totally was over-looked: MAXWELL'S:NOW. Bombness. Lots of synth. Tons of Soul. Not too much wailing. Lots of horns. Im diggin it." More: http://mog.com/lizculleysings/blog/191568

 

Mogger of the Week

Say hello to p-wagz!  

p-wagz was a teenager when Red Hot Chili Peppers released One Hot Minute. It was significant in "[exposing] my teenage ears to alternative rock," but he notes that Oasis' album (What's the Story) Morning Glory? is what really ignited his "love affair" with music. p-wagz explains, "There was something in Oasis' music-a wall of melody and sound-that really electrified me." Growing up, p-wagz was influenced by the music his parents were into (The Who, Pink Floyd, The Beatles, The Moody Blues, Golden Oldies-era, The Carpenters, Fleetwood Mac, Gloria Estefan, and Bob Marley), but eventually it was his friends who ignited a real interest in music. "My friends were just more into music than me so being around them sort of forced me to be exposed to it, and as I grew older we would listen to all those post-punk bands. With this combination of genres from the 'rents, plus my own added to the mix, there's really nothing I don't like." Spoken like a true Mogger!

p-wagz has had some fun, memorable concert moments: seeing Cake perform, when "thousands upon thousands of pizza boxes were tossed into the air as they performed. It was a beautiful sight after baking in the sun for a music-filled day and watching the golden sun setting!", at Warped Tour for 311's set, his first time crowd surfing, "After a few failed attempts at crowd surfing (I'm not a good swimmer), I was up on a sea of people, only 311 had stopped playing by this time. I was so excited about the show, screaming like crazy, having a good time, when some of the band must have heard me, because I remember seeing a terrified look on Tim Mahoney's face," and lastly at a Reel Big Fish show. "About midway through their set, I remember seeing an old lady, we're talkin 60-70's, right next to me, skankin' all out. Heck, she might've been more into it than me! I was speechless, but I didn't stop, I just kept going. It was priceless!"

p-wagz, who's been mogging for over a year and a half, explains his MOG love: "I love being connected to people who are as audiophilic as myself! Personal stories, new music exposure-I can't get enough MOG!" His one gripe? "I only wish I had more time to devote to it."

Stop by and say hi to p-wagz! 

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