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To Download, click the link and follow the directions: Coldplay – LeftRightLeftRightLeft

Track List

01) Glass of Water
02) 42
03) Clocks
04) Strawberry Swing
05) The Hardest Part / Postcards From Far Away
06) Viva La Vida
07) Death Will Never Conquer
08) Fix You
09) Death and All His Friends

I don’t know if you’re planning on hitting the Coldplay show(s) in Vancouver June 20 and 21st, but this free live record should get you in the spirit.

Singer Chris Martin says on FMQB, the songs on LRLRL are songs “that you might not hear if you didn’t go to a concert, but things that we really love playing. And also songs we think the audience sing really well.” (…) “In a way it has to be free because there’s so many backing singers on it. There’s no way we could afford to pay them all… Our crowd make Bohemian Rhapsody sound like a two-track demo.”

Oh Chris Martin, you know how to bring the lolz.

The song “Clocks” always sounds dreamy, but you get a great understanding of this song’s power on the live recording.  That early piano noodling gets the fans amped up and you can hear them singing right away and then during the whole song.

Of course the hits are definitely the songs that get the crowd fired up.  “Viva La Vida” is another high point on the record and I have always been a sucker for “Fix You.”  Sara hates that song, but I think its one of their best.  Most of “Fix You” is sung by the audience.

For the low low cost of free, this is a pretty easy recommendation for me to make. Hit the link already.

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Hockey – Too Fake

Maybe you saw these guys at Sasquatch, maybe you just heard them on the Zone @ 91-3?

The band is called Hockey and they are from Portland, Oregon.

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Wonderfully weird new video from Grizzly Bear.  Can’t wait to see them at Sasquatch!

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This guy is not jamming out Sasquatch, but I wish he was… I just like this song.  It is happy.

Blog again on Tuesday or Wednesday.  Have a great weekend.

Go with yourself.

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“Hey, can you play that ‘what do you know’ song?”

and thus is how half a dozen phone calls on the Zone begin for me each and everyday.

The majority of people that rock the radio every day only half listen to what is going on (heck I work on the radio and I only half listen!).  One of the most popular songs in modern rock right now repeats the line “What do you know?” a whole bunch so you can be forgiven to think the track is called “What Do You Know?”

The song is actually called “The Mission” and it is from Puscifer.

Pus-a-what?

Puscifer.

AKA: Maynard James Keenan

SWA?

I know right… the same guy that brought us so many fine rock songs from Tool and A Perfect Circle and even provided the vocals to best song off The Deftones White Pony record, “Passenger.”

Now Maynard rocks a vineyard in Arizona’s Verde Valley (verde means green in Spanish!) and has a Puscifer store on top of some tattoo parlour in Jerome, Arizona.

Hang on a second, Puscifer sure don’t sound like Tool! there is some chick singing!

Oh you bet… that lovely is none other than Milla Jovovich.  She’s an actress best known for playing the hot one in The 5th Element and the hot one in that video game movie.  But I’ll always remember her as ‘Michele’ in Dazed and Confused.

Puscifer? … that sure is a funny name.

It IS a funny name.  Maynard lifted it from the first episode of Mr. Show, a funny show.

fast forward to the 3:36 mark.

Holy Moly… Ronnie Dobbs… that’s… that’s

Yeah that’s that guy from Arrested DevelopmentThe Blue Man group guy

Oh right, he was married to Ellen’s hot wife!  What is her name again?

Portia.

Now where were we?.  Puscifer is the band playing the “Ronnie Dobbs” song and Maynard plays the lead singer guy.

But how come it isn’t that easy for me to steal the song off the internet?

Good question, maybe your goggle-fu is weak?

Go with yourself.

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THE GORGE

Looking forward to the Sasquatch Festival this weekend.  A couple bands that I will be seeking.

Grizzly Bear

The new song is called “Two Weeks” and in the couple days I’ve had it on the laptop I have developed a minor obsession.  The Fred Falke remix will get some love tonight at The Clubhouse.  I don’t really know how to explain the song, probably best if you just click the link above and listen.  Indie rock?  I guess that’s what it is all called these days.  I like the remix a better.

Passion Pit

Maybe a little on the bizarre, but there is something about this guy’s style that captivates.  “Sleepyhead” so far has been the stand-out off his recentish ep Chunk of Change.

The Avett Brothers

hmmm, someone told me I’d like this alt country duo, but I can’t remember who… so if it was you, thank you.  I do like them.

The Airborne Toxic Event

Pitchfork hates this band, I love them.  I missed ATE at Pemberton because they were on some side stage early in the day and I didn’t get over to the stage very often (or maybe they were mainstage, or late, or…).  I was weighed down with my baby in tow and it was hard to move about from stage-to-stage all day and still keep the baby Rampage saited.

Sasquatch, Corj and I are leaving Mads with Nana and I’ll be bringing my walking shoes and thermos of Vodka/red bulls.

Speaking of the baby Rampage… she awakens and I must go.

Go with yourself.

Quatchi

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Thank you Mike Devlin for sending this amazing link to us here at the Zone.

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EMAILZ

An email sent to the Music Programming department in regards to French modern rockers Phoenix and their song “1901.”

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—–Original Message—–
From: SCOTT *** [mailto:***@hotmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 2:52 PM
To: inbox@thezone.fm
Subject: The song by Phoenix

Not gonna lie mate, it blows. Not tryin to offend anyone. It sounds exactly
like all the other “Glam” Rock stuff you guys are playin way to much of
lately. I thought you guys were supposed to be modern rock? So where’s the
ROCK!!! Anyways, love your station, but please, enough with these songs that
should be played in the gay bars of Soho in London. Maybe a little Pearl Jam
or Tool to win me over again?? Ciao for now.  Scotty
Sent on the TELUS Mobility network with BlackBerry

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but not today.  Today is another video.

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