petrov should have bought Hot Chip tix... but he didn't and now they are sold out. Petrov is already going to New Pornographers and Nada Surf the same weekend.... but is there some rule against 3 shows in one weekend? petrov thought it was a bit excessive, but he no longer agrees with that conclusion. stupid petrov.
Hot Chip - Over and Over
petrov is back! yay. so petrov has a lot of music exploration to catch up on from over the last two months. among the things that have been in the news is the Nov. 6th release of "Heima" a documentary by Sigur Ros. The documentary chronicles the journey of the group through their native Iceland last summer playing a number of small venue (and often unannounced) concerts. The trailer (below) definitely has no problems cinematically, the pictures are beautiful, but word has it that entirety of the film lacks cohesion. Despite this, Petrov will still see it.
Heima Trailer
girrll, are you all frazzled out about that upcoming party? petrov has come to the easy conclusion of how to save an oodle of time when has a party. normally petrov sits down and builds a 4-6hour playlist of music, making sure there is a proper flow to the songs and that there is nothing too off the wall or party-killing thrown in there. there is lots of good music, but good music doesn't mean it is necessarily good party music. for this reason its important you are capable of making the distinction.
for the last six months or so petrov has been listening to the Liberation Dance Party (LDP) podcast, a podcast of the actual music played every friday night at DC9's, you guessed it, LDP. It seems to have that right mix of stuff everyone knows and the fun new stuff to keep things interesting.
Collect your podcast here and then don't tell anyone that is what your playing at your party... and *poof* you magically won't kill ur party with Fergie.
Petrov has yet to make it to LDP because it is a primarily straight event and getting a gay to go there with him is like trying to get a gay to watch football. This week Taint is co-hosting LDP for Reel Affirmations fundraiser, DC's LGBT film festival. YAY petrov can go.... well not quite. Petrov has to pack for Africa so he can leave bright an early Saturday morning for Dulles Airport, bleck. LDP/Taint are going to have cabaret and burlesque dancers and everything. Argh, it seems like whenever one leaves town, all the good shit rolls into town. Figures. See Taint's email below for more info on the your friday night dance groove.
 /Liberation Cum Together This Friday!A Fundraiser You Won't Forget... |
| TAINT and Liberation Dance Party present a night of new music, new videos and more.... Join us this Friday, October 19th for a fundraiser for One In Ten's REEL AFFIRMATIONS Film Festivala very queer and special night with cabaret/burlesque performer, NYC's Erin Markey (11pm) and special guest performance by Rock&Roll (France) (12:30am) open bar 9-10:30pm special night only $10 |
petrov was updating his ipod tonight to make room for an undisclosed tv show that Pocket got him addicted to as he rocked out to Justice. petrov then wondered whether he has mentioned Justice here. He has not. So here we go.
with a vague similarity to Daft Punk, this other Paris electro duo got their start when the submitted a song to a local paris college radio station for a remix contest. word has it they won and went on to become all the rage. since the good old days justice has remixed for the now-defunct Britney and surprise surprise, Daft Punk. Though not coming to DC-B'more, they will be making an appearance in Philly on Oct 21st. yet another show cut due to the Africa travel. See you next year Justice, see you next year New Pornographers.
Justice - Genesis
nobody ever said petrov was on top of his shite.... today's song was released on the album "I Created Disco" back in June. "The Girls"by Calvin Harris is a fun little song, granted not one petrov would blast in his car going down 17th St. Petrov acquired the cd today, but has only had the chance to hear this song and "Acceptable in the 80s". Are the 80s coming back? Petrov is afraid they might be. See here. This whole bit about fashion coming in cycles... Petrov doesn't believe in it, until men are wearing 3/4 length trousers with stockings and a colonial hat. Why in god's name would 80s fashion come back? is someone waiting to grow out their rattail? if show they should be shot on sight. petrov thinks it is more of a basic laziness of designers to actually come up with something new. the good news is Uggs were not part of the 80s.
To mix it up, there is even a Dragonette cover of the song (which petrov would play loud going down 17th St)
Calvin Harris - The Girls
Dragonette - The Boys
those damn frenchies! actually petrov loves them (sorta) cuz they gots the tunes we all love that hit the dance floors . most recently petrov has fallen in love all over again over daft punk. a daft punk mix cd has made its way into petrov's new car and puts the premium audio system through its paces as he drives down the highway.
good news for petrov! Daft Punk is releasing a live cd of their June Paris show later this year (via NME). For a nice icing on the DP cake, expect a new video too for "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger".
petrov won't put you through another DP song, he may have already put too many DP entries into this blog.
Much like yesterday's song, Blonde Redhead's latest album "23" has been out since April. What's even worse is petrov didn't realize he had the song "The Dress" from a previous album "Misery is a Butterfly" (ear soothing pleasure below). Here's the deal kiddies.... don't be a music whore like Petrov or this is the crap that happens to you. The song is in line with the Bats for Lashes song from yesterday, however, it swerves towards depressing instead of borderline poppy. If you need to visual go to youtube and you'll find a well produced video for the song. petrov is fairly certain it was not sanctioned by blonde redhead... but it wouldn't be the first time he was wrong... would it? right?!?
Further more.... google is telling me that "swerves" is spelled like that.... it looks weird to petrov, therefore he does not take blame if it is spelled wrong.... the computer made petrov do it!! with this clearly being a sign that mental capacities have departed... petrov is off to his bunny's nest to rest peacefully.
Blonde Redhead will not be gracing DC with their musical delights.... but will be playing the Ram's Head Live (Baltimore) on August 8th.
petrov has quirky music listening habits. most music is gathered in large swaths... its never a song here and a song there. what then proceeds to happen is petrov gets caught up in one artist and works that music down to a fine precision. then several months later petrov discovers some song he never knew he had (due to aforementioned reasons). today's song is one of those petrov added the !!! album "Myth Takes" to iTunes in April. here it is the end of july..... enjoy.
!!! - Must be the Moon
One thing DC is not at lack of is DJ’s or other musically-inclined-dj-fanboys with specially named nights. To name a few there is Blowoff, Taint, Infamy, Bliss, Sorted, Garutuchi, Crowd Control, Unbuckled...
Tonight at DC9 is the semi-regular gay-indie event that goes by the moniker Taint. The formerly once-a-month dj night at DC9 has moved to a more sporadic holiday-eve schedule, which is unfortunate as it a) occurs less often and b) brings out the masses like no other. Unlike many of the above and other “special night events,” Taint is one of the few alt.homo nights in washington with exceptions like blowoff and the take-over-a-straight-bar ‘guerilla queer bar.’
This in actually makes petrov very sad because petrov prefers these nights to the regular monotony of the usual gay bars (and corresponding music). Of course this creates the dilemna of would it still be so exciting if it was the regular? Petrov, doesn’t think so, but he also thinks not hearing 3 songs each of nelly, christina, madonna, fergie, and beyonce at one bar in one evening is a good thing.
Well your still reading, so petrov surmises your probably interested in what the kiddies at taint listen to. In their own words... “Taint is an alternative electro/indie rock dance/lounge night” for a crowd of “mostly queer boys and girls.” Petrov considered the music to be more of a mashup of 80s and indie music put in a nice little electro-pop casing. Tonight’s taint is being turned by DJ Rob Diaz who will be mixing up some of the above stated genres and a dash of punk and brit-pop thrown in for good measure. Also in the booth will be K La Rock, a member of the washington-based First Ladies DJ Collective. What is cool about the collective is that they are pushing what they refer to as the “vinyl ceiling” for equality of ladies on the dance floor. Always good to have a gal in the house.
The video selection usually not music videos, but instead films you are most likely to see at a gay-indie film festival, such as the over-the-top ‘The Raspberry Reich.’ Tonight three short Grant Guilliams films will be played between sets.
Petrov wants to be a dj. However, due to his affinity towards electronics, mp3s, and small budget, he would prefer to be a digital dj.
well why the hell not?
because petrov has yet to find anyone in the dc metropolitan area willing to teach such lessons. how is this possible? petrov doesn't know, but he's sure someone does. please contact petrov if you have further information on this topic in the dc area.
Petrov decided awhile ago to put a song called "Heart it Races" by Architecture in Helsinki on the blog for your aural-satisfaction. However, he has been tripped up with which song to actually place on here, because you see, the song has already been remixed by the likes of DJRupture, Hey Willpower!, Dr Dog, Trizzy, and Yacht. So instead Petrov has come to the decision to give you the whole enslaught, plus AiH's video for the song. Petrov is sort of partial to the original and Dr Dog's remix, but he would appreciate hearing back from you on which version is your favorite. Comment away!
fyi, the video makes Petrov smile a little.
4 carrots
There is no workout quite as fun or sweaty as spending an hour and a half in a mosh pit. Last night Petrov danced his booty to a mix of the standard faint songs and 5 or 6 new songs that the band was testing out on the audience. For the most part the new songs have the standard electro-rock sound one associates with the faint. The exception was a single slow song that started the encore, that was not in Petrov's opinion very good at all and only worsened by a squealing microphone that plagued the first half of the song. Let it be known... mosh pits do not enjoy slow songs during the encore. however, my poor exhausted legs reveled the chance to relax.
The venue was overrun with a 18+ crowd that has two clear redeeming qualities for the annoyance of the standard 18-21 yo audience: 1) everyone is shorter than Petrov and 2) the line at the bar was vastly shorter and quicker. Regardless the show the show was extremely fun for Petrov and the new album sounds like it will likely shape up well. Petrov gives The Faint 4 carrots for a job well done (and rehearsed).
Barely back from my weekend with the wild ponies of Chincoteague, tonight Petrov is going to The Faint's sold out show at 9.30club. To my knowledge, this band is one of only two things to hail from Omaha, Nebraska... the other being Omaha steaks (or at least the name implies such). Unlike the overpriced meat delivered via mail to your front door, The Faint's next (still unscheduled, but rumored to be soon) album is something Petrov looks forward to after my dearest postman leaves it on my porch sitting in the hot DC sun all day. The band's last release was in 2005, which has left me knowing the words to every song, making tonight's show a not so good experience for whoever Petrov shall be standing next to.
Let it be known for future reference that Petrov has no sense of categorization of music by genre, but if Petrov were put in a corner he'd call The Faint an indie electro-rock band. 'Take me to the hospital' is a song Petrov was unfamiliar with until recently due to the fact the song was only released on a compilation by the band's record label, Saddlecreek.
