via TNG
Petrov had not seen this video previously, but its quite hilarious. As TNG Michael states, the band doesn't set the world on fire, but amusing cute scruffy men in cowboy outfits hurding sissy dogs does set petrov's little heart on fire.
We Are Scientists - Chick Lit
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
Justice was recently in DC and word on the street is the show lacked a little and by a little petrov means substantial.... unless of course you like listening to a cd with minor edits with a packed 9.30c audience.
anywho, not everyone was meant to tour.... like cher and celine....
no NOT that type of "not tour".
petrov digresses... do you crave the 80s and those awesome logo animiations after your favorite episode of Transformers or My Little Ponies? no?
how about after The Neverending Story? Petrov thought you might.
here is the latest Justice video DVNO and its nod to animated logos of a time gone by.
as previously mentioned.... the new pornographers are making a DC tour stop. this new video released by the band and its tribute to massive quantities of hair in an itunes-esque video will.... petrov doesn't know what it will do... but listen to the sweet tunes and come with petrov to the concert :-)
The New Pornographers - Myriad Harbour
petrov had an all out 4-day weekend. petrov feels like more energy is exerted on his social life than on his work life. the week will provide him the necessary time to recover from the weekend. the highlight of the weekend was seeing the X. he was in town running a conference and spent his day off with petrov. brunch was obtained from U St followed by an unexpected shopping spree in georgetown and finally finished off with watching "The Host". though korean and about a monster, it provided a mish-mash of a drama movie to a scary movie to a funny movie to a sad movie that muddled altogether to apparently win some number of awards abroad.
but the point to the story was that the X and petrov visited a cute little indie record store on M St. where the aforemnetion movie was purchased The Klaxons new album, "Myths of the Near Future." Upon listening to the first song, petrov immediately recognized the sound and when it finally came to him he said "Bloc Party." The Klaxons though easily categorized with Bloc Party have a slighty more genre bending nature to them. The second song's entrance could easily have come from any mainstream club, but quickly peals back to reveal melody you would be more apt to find at Taint (here). So far petrov likes the album, though several songs that are mediocre on the cd have been attested to being fabulous live according to the X.
who wants that sweater for christmas?
The Klaxons - Atlantis to Interzone
despite all the positives that have recently been gained at petrov's day job, he found out this week that he his losing his corner office for a new office with only a view of SW and 395. its a little bit sad, but considering where petrov thought he was six months ago, he'll let this battle be fought another day, especially since he can talk hockey with his new officemate.
the blogosphere brought the Battles' song "tonto" to petrov a month or so ago, but something about watching the video again this evening made petrov feel it is noteworthy for here. the song is in this constant state of about to go into a full out hardcore rock song, but it remains subdued throughout. its certainly a song to jam to when chilling out at home playing cards with your friends. the video is quite well done, yet very simple. it reminds petrov a little of Bloc Party's stage lighting earlier this summer.
Battles - Tonto
the festival season is over and petrov only made it the the less than stellar, but still fun Virgin Music Festival at Pimlico (b-more). Next year may be the year for a roadtrip (or short flight) to chicago to catch a larger more robust festival. petrov is jonesing for some daft punk, real bad.
Though its over... here is The Arcade Fire and The Hidden Cameras with interviews with Tim Kingsbury (AF) and Joel Glibb (HC), aka petrov's heartthrob. The video, via CBC Radio 3 (check link on side column) also includes the latest Hidden Cameras video, "Death of a Tune". in case you hadn't caught on, both bands are Canadian.... blessed is indie-rock-canada.
CBC Radio 3 Breaking New Sound - Episode 18
"The Salmon Dance" has sat in petrov's music collection for a several months now and was only heard for the first time yesterday. Now it has been played a few too many times. The beat is extremely catchy and the thought of the puff fish doing it is quite humorous. The only problem with the song is petrov doesn't like the slow down transition, it just doesn't fit right into the song, but hey you can't have everything can you?
Did you know salmon can swim from the US to Japan and back? Thanks Sammy the Salmon!
The Chemical Brothers - The Salmon Dance
another video making its way through the video interwebs.... Hipster Olympics (via Poofygoo (here) -- love the name btw). Poofygoo was even kind enough to post the Monty Python's Twit of the Year Contest from which the Hipster Olypmics pays homage.
petrov personally loves the choice of the Bruce Willis album "the return of bruno". quite smashing indeed.
Hipster Olympics
Twit of the Year
so petrov originally saw this at JR's one night.... he randomly ran into it again on the intertubes..... who can't love bea arthur? sally struthers.... that's still questionable, but big points for her here though.
Sex and the City
oh girrrrrll.... no you didn't! ok maybe a little too gay, but the message is relayed none the less. petrov got to work this morning and he was informed by his 42yo co-worker that britney spears performed at the MTV VMA's last night. unfortunately petrov a) didn't know the VMAs were last night and b)didn't know britney had a musical career anymore. so petrov puddled back to his desk and began search the intertubes for this. and oh did this not disappoint the tragedy that has been the last year named "britney spears." petrov was most pleased to see that she still hasn't mastered the lipsync (or else MTV.com has shitty sound-video syncing on their videos). but the real question lies in why she lacked the onstage charisma that she used to have? she looked bored to death and lacked any real dance moves. (well hopefully the lack of dance moves is because she has been in rehab)
anyway....petrov expended a whole 5minutes on that subject.... time to move on. well how does petrov follow up on this subject for all you pop kiddies? ah yes another fine pop-like band with a brand new video that in fact reminds petrov of britney spears (isn't she pretty in the video?). The Shins!
The Shins - Turn on Me
not Miss South Carolina. (via Privacy is a Thing of the Past)
Pink - Stupid Girls
The District's Awake Music Festival (DAM! Fest) announced some of the main performers appearing at this year's festival. Most notably... Cat Power. Petrov loves Cat Power, but he is sad that he will be in Africa on her night on stage at the 9.30 club. oh wells, petrov hopes ya'll enjoy the show though. (and no petrov doesn't get the video either).
Cat Power - Living Proof
not to be confused with from petrov's post "from alt.country to porn star" (here). Rilo Kiley has released a new video. petrov may be developing a mild crush on Jenny Lewis, just an fyi.
Rilo Kiley - Silver Lining
Petrov has been a busy little beaver the past week. His car shopping has gone into full gear and has seemed to preoccupy any of his free time. However, last night Petrov thinks he found the car for him. So today it is off to the credit union and to await the lesbian's daddy's opinion on the car (he is a car dealer). If all goes as petrov would most like.... he'll have a new car by week's end. 
This past weekend Petrov went to a lakehouse in western maryland where the redhead's high school friend and husband had a lakehouse for a couple weeks. said couple also had a weiner dog. petrov is no big fan of small dogs, but a weekend of watching a 7inch tall and 2ft long puppy run around as fast as he can make one turn.
As such, it seems appropriate to play "The Underdog" today. Spoon is coming at the end of October to Merriweather as opposed to previously planned 9.30 Club. A slight downgrade in venue. Anywho, that means petrov will probably not go, though the Africa trip will likely interfere with going even if Petrov wanted to. petrov has babbled enough for one day.
Spoon - The Underdog
well, petrov is very excited about his fall concert line up. new porno, rilo kiley, editors, national.... going to be good. now the bad news, petrov is going to be gone for 1/2 of october to Africa to serve his country. yeah, not like that... just some fun work on shea butter, tropical fruit, and cotton. anywho, this means the new pornographers show may be a no-go for petrov. this makes petrov a sad bunny. aren't you sad for petrov too? awww, how sweet. here are some drag queens to make you happy.
New Pornographers - Sing Me SpanishTechno
as you know or may not now, lily allen was deported from the US after her visa was revoked (here). However, the man has not kept her down. lily has gone ahead and found a new and improved way tour. ok its not new, mildly Jessica Rabbit-on-tour-with the Gorillaz-esque.... but you get the general point below.
via Subway State (here)
Mark Ronson - Oh My God ft. Lily Allen
coming from the last entry.... you may be asking yourself beastie boys? petrov had all but forgotten about these guys until a couple months ago when he heard their new album. let petrov be the first to tell you (if you haven't heard the new beastie boys yet), if your an old school beastie boys fan... you might be disappointed. petrov actually enjoys the new sounds quite a bit and its just all around more his style. its all been taken down a notch and lacks the signature vocals. it will be interesting to hear some of these songs once remixed. Check out "Off the Grid" below.
well this blog was destined for an entry on The Hidden Cameras..... that day has arrived. Petrov has a slight crush on Joel Gibbs and the band is his favorite in the whole wide world. The interesting thing is petrov's crush did not develop until he had the opportunity to have dinner with the band one night (now many moons ago). but that is neither here nor there. This video was brought to petrov's attention via Mr. Blur, not to be confused with Damon Albarn (lead singer of Blur). He found it via Blogotheque... which is a fun little site that petrov visits every now and then to get his fill of impromptu performances of many delightful bands.
so with no further-a-do... here are The Hidden Cameras walking along a canal in Paris singing "Boys of Melody."
tegan and sara (canadian twins) make petrov happy. it was petrov's first concert he attended alone. back in grad school petrov could find no one to go with him so he braved the cruel judgmental world of indie kids alone. its always interesting doing something you normally do in a group alone as it makes you realize that even if just standing by someone you know whether at a concert or in a movie it relieves a lot of the pressure one would otherwise have to present oneself in a certain manner as to say "yeah man... i'm cool with being here alone." the odd thing for petrov is that the places this is most evident is at places with large numbers of people and in the dark. the environment should be well suited for singularity as this creates the optimum level of anonymity. another example is at a club... your friend goes to buy you a drink and you stand there like you are nude and everyone is staring at you because there you are alone. fortunately petrov has learned to deal with this problem with heavy drinking.
with that side story..... here is "Back in your Head" by Tegan and Sara. and doesn't it look like they rented out a high school auditorium? petrov was for certain that the ghostly audience was going to break out in dance at some point during the song.... he was almost certain of it... but they did not.... so he can't blame you either for not enjoy the video as much as one would like.
