Grizzly Bear cover Hot Chip

Everyone loves to cover Hot Chip. The Miserable Rich, Portastic and plenty others that I can't think of right now. Anyway, another one to add to the list is the beautiful Grizzly Bear. During their recent trip in Australia, the Brooklyn boys had time to visit the Aussie radio station Triple J for an interview and this stunningly, haunting version of Hot Chip's "Boy From School."

Spin Magazine have it streaming over at their HQ. Take a listen here

What a winner!

My winning photograph at the Vancouver Photo Marathon exhibition for the theme 'Perform.' You can see all 12 images here

Spoon 'Transference' - New album January 2010

As we all struggle with money and dread the thought of the Christmas season, new year is going to be so much more worth while in the Amplify This! camp. The new Spoon album is finally going to fall upon us and I'm pretty certain it will be one of the best albums of 2010. Transference will be released January 19, 2010 through Merge Records, and preceded by first single 'Written In Reverse' which is available digitally now.

Head to Stereogum to listen to this toe tapping two step awesomeness and try your best not to start moving. I dare you!

Top 100 Greatest Albums of the Decade...according to NME

It's that time of year again when NME release the all important greatest albums list of the year/decade/century/week...whatever. Compiled by the know-it-all NME staff and music folk such as The Killers, MGMT and Snoop Dogg. Need I say anymore.

Check out the Top 100 for yourself and feel free to contribute your thoughts or album additions.

NME's Top 100 Albums of the Decade

Amplify This! Photography Exhibition

No excuses for the length of time between the last post and this one. Working out of town and having no free time for a normal life means everything else gets pushed to the back of the closet. Besides my lame excuses, I can prove a lot has been happening over the last month or two and I am going to prove that with shamless self promotion.
Amplify This! live music photographs were showcased at Zulu Records in Vancouver, BC for the month of October. I would tell you all to go and check it out but the month of October is over but feel free to reenact the exhibition over at the Flickr page.

Muse - The Uprising NEW SINGLE!

There really isn't much for me to say besides,

7TH SEPTEMBER NEW SINGLE MUSE 'THE UPRISING'

MP3 - THE UPRISING

Social Distortion - Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver July 17th

A 30 year celebration for these punk rockers with a double show in Vancouver. For more photos and the full review by my boy Cory A. Ross go to Flickr and Limewire.

Social Distortion website and myspace