Will and Colin are joined once again by Philip Cosores as well as BPM CEO Evan Kaloudis for the latest BPMfm. The crew runs down releases from DJ Koze, Thanksgiving, Phosphorescent, Wavves, Justin Timberlake, Lapalux, and Blue Hawaii. The guys also get into the distinctions between bands who ripoff the past versus bands who are merely influenced by it, music critic revisionist history, the “canon,” and more.
MP3: BPMfm 3-22-13
Plugging away since 1999, The National finally hit mainstream success with the release of their 2010 album High Violet. Of course, this entailed their first world tour, but in the new documentary Mistaken For Strangers, it’s only the backdrop for the relationship between lead singer Matt Berninger and his younger brother Tom, who had no idea that these short videos he was shooting would turn into a public document of their troubled, if still loving brotherhood.
We talk with Israeli rockers Vaadat Charigim about some of their favorite records.
We talk with Yvonne Ambree and Jesse Barnes of Take Berlin about some of the records which influenced the recording of their debut EP, Lionize.