New music out this week from a pair of journeymen modern rockers. Lets get started with an emotional love song form The Airborne Toxic Event.
“Timeless” is a big, sweeping, traditional power ballad. Now, before you scream BARF, its not all that bad. Granted, I am a sucker for this band. Billboard dives into the creative genesis behind the song. Its where I lifted this quote from principle Mikel Jollett about dreaming up the track.
“I remember thinking, ‘Don’t write like you’re an indie rock artist or an art-rock band, don’t write like you’re trying to write an Airborne song, don’t try to be you — just write what’s in your heart. It’s cheesy and it’s very Hallmark-y and I want to be like Kurt Cobain and say my whole life’s twisted and darker than that, but my deepest wish really is that.”
Billboard says the song is about “the search for a soulmate and the power of love to triumph over the fear of death.”
The Airborne Toxic Event will be in Vancouver on April 9th at The Vogue.
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Cold War Kids return to the land of the currents with a new song called “Miracle Mile.” The new album, Dear Miss Lonely Hearts, is out on April 2nd…. pre-order from iTunes on February 5th.
I am personally enjoyed the new Cold War Kids. Its not rewriting rock and roll history by any stretch, but its a fun, modern, energetic song.
CWKs in Vancouver as well this Spring. May 17th at the Vogue Theatre.
First day back after another fantastic 24 Hour Relay for The Kids. The Amalgamated Team Zone over came some serious setbacks and a crushing recession to pull together and raise an astonishing $8262! A big thank you to so many Zoners who came together to help send kids to camp, but especially Captain Rhaye, BC Smoke Shop, The Bulletproof Babes, and Aegis Fang.
A few highlights… well off the top, the team Wasted Talent has a Drinko Plinko board game in tent city that crushed. I enjoyed tipping pints with members of the Sharpies and The Canoe Brewpub. Wayne from the BC Smokeshop brought a keg, so that makes him a pretty special humanitarian in my world.
Allie The Zone Ranger and Bank Girl somehow managed to rally hard late, and stay up with me when it was my turn to jock the Zone @ 91-3’s water station during the witching hours of 4-7AM.
I think the key for me actually surviving the weekend and not dry heaving in my parking lot at 11 AM while unpacking; was the fact that I went home for a square dinner and a nap before coming back for the late night shenanigans.
Already, we’re talking about next year ‘round these parts. Part of me want sot form TWO teams. I don’t think Coral will be too into that idea. But I think it would be cool to have a team of athletes and kids to compete in the running aspect of the 24 Hour Relay and leave the drinking of general hippy drum circles to the Amalgamated Team Zone.
I want to call the Kids team, The Junior Zees or The Fashionable Guns. What do you think?
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From the Emailz:
—–Original Message—–
From: Lauren [mailto:***@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, June 08, 2009 9:39 AM
To: jeremy@TheZone.fm
Subject:
Hey Jeremy,
You have to help me out! You played a song last week during my drive home, I dunno, maybe around 5ish, it was by a band called Sex Ed I thought, it is driving me crazy, they were really good but I can’t find anything on YouTube or anywhere…..I think they are from Van and he had written the songs for his girlfriend while he was in college and then they kind of got discovered when his songs got distributed somehow around his campus.
Thanks so much,
Lauren
Hey Lauren,
You’re awesome. That song/band is one of my favourites right now. From what you’re told me, I think it was Passion Pit (that’s the artist that wrote all the music for his girl while in college and he’s from Massachusetts) and the song we’re featuring on the Zone is called “The Reeling” from the record Manners.
I hope that helps. If it is incorrect, let me know and we’ll try something else or I’ll need more info.
Thank you for the email.
Rock.
Jeremy
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And because I don’t always get it right the first time.
—–Original Message—–
From: Jaime [mailto:***]
Sent: Friday, June 05, 2009 6:26 PM
To: jeremy@TheZone.fm
Subject: Thursday’s connect three!
Hi Jeremy,
I meant to write down the name of the first song/band you played yesterday on connect three but I flailed! Can you tell me what it was? It really was epic.
Jaime
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On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 12:56 PM, Jeremy Baker <Jeremy@thezone.fm> wrote:
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.
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.
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.
The Morning After 