Stimulating Station Seeds

In case you need some new music, here are a couple of seeds for you to start stations on your preferred streaming service:

Jess Glynne: If you're looking for a sound that is best described as "Adele with less pain, but a little more attitude," then she's your seed artist. 

Sometimes you just need to feel like an empowered woman ready to kick the world's ass. This station will make that happen with remixes, dance stations, and just straight up empowerment anthems. Ignore it at your peril.

Hamilton Leithauser+Rostam: And sometimes, you're looking for an indie sound that's indie-er than Vampire Weekend. For that, I give you Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam.

Their collaboration resulted in a sound that's somehow part-Vampire Weekend, part-Walkmen, but mostly their own thing. In addition to their awesome sound, this station brings in Vampire Weekend, The Walkmen, Hamilton Leithauser's solo work, ROSTAM's solo work, ROSTAM's other collaborations (like Ra Ra Riot, Solange, Frank Ocean, and so many others), and is a varied station that has so many different things going on in it.

Thought of the week:

"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'" - Isaac Asimov

The Walkmen Fall Tour w/ AA Bondy, Grizzly Bear, Japandroids, The Helio Sequence

Brooklyn's The Walkmen are heading out on tour this fall to support Lisbon -- saw em in London in 2006, planning to see them in San Francisco in September, you'd do well to check them out at a theater near you.

8/6: Lollapalooza Festival, Chicago, Illinois

8/6: Double Door, Chicago, Illinois, w/ Warpaint

(Official Lollapalooza after party | SOLD OUT)

8/12: Governors Island, New York, NY w/ Grizzly Bear

9/8: The Showbox @ The Market w/ Helio Sequence, Seattle, WA

9/9: Malkin Bowl, Vancouver, BC w/ The National

9/10: Malkin Bowl, Vancouver, BC w/The National

9/11: WOW Hall w/ Helio Sequence, Eugene, OR

9/12: Music Fest NW, Portland, OR

9/14: The Fillmore w/ Japandroids, San Francisco, CA

9/15: The Music Box @ The Fonda w/ Japandroids, Los Angeles, CA

9/17: Clubhouse Music Venue w/ Japandroids, Tempe, AZ

9/18: Belly Up Tavern w/ Japandroids, Solana Beach, CA

9/19: Neon Reverb Festival at Beauty Bar, Las Vegas, NV

9/25: Nor'easter, Lincoln, NH

10/07: Royale Night Club w/ AA Bondy, Boston, MA

10/09: Opera House Concert Venue w/ AA Bondy, Toronto, ONT

10/10: Magic Stick w/ AA Bondy, Detroit, MI

10/12: The Vogue w/ AA Bondy, Indianapolis, IN

10/14: Barrymore Theatre w/ Japandroids, Madison, WI

10/15: Cabooze w/ Japandroids, Minneapolis, MN

10/16: The Waiting Room w/ Japandroids, Omaha, NE

10/18: Fox Theatre & Cafe w/ Japandroids, Boulder, CO

10/19: The Bottleneck w/ Japandroids, Lawrence, KS

10/20: Off Broadway Nightclub w/ Japandroids, Saint Louis, MO

10/21: Zanzabar w/ Japandroids, Louisville, KY

10/22: Mr. Smalls Theatre w/ Japandroids, Pittsburgh, PA

10/23: The Trocadero w/ Japandroids, Philadelphia, PA

New Music: Arcade Fire, The Walkmen, Best Coast

If you haven't already heard, The Arcade Fire's long-awaited The Suburbs dropped yesterday, and you can scoot on over to Amazon and buy the whole album in mp3 format for $3.99.

All last month I had a "BEST COAST DROPS TODAY" note-to-self on my phone for July 27 and still I forgot to mention it up here. So now I'm mentioning it. Check out Crazy For You, and report back here next week for my full review...

Lastly, I'm way way stoked (yes, stoked -- blame it on listening to Best Coast and spending too much time in LA) for the new Walkmen album, Lisbon, coming out on September 14. Time to program a note-to-self. For now, have a listen to first single "Stranded"

The Walkmen - "Stranded" [mp3]

Best Coast - "Our Deal" [mp3]