ChunkyGlasses THE PODCAST - Episode 7:Smurf Bite

In which the gang is down a curmodgeon and apparently can't stop talking about making out. Are the two related? PLUS new music from BEST COAST, SANTIGOLD, BEACH HOUSE and FATHER JOHN MISTY!!

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REVIEW: Beach House - Bloom

Since their 2006 eponymous debut, things haven’t changed much for Beach House.  They still peddle in immense amounts of reverb, elementary drum machines, Alex Scally’s trilling guitars, and Victoria Legrand’s soaring vocals.  But why should it change?  Artistic “growth” is overrated when you create beautiful work.  AC/DC managed to keep the hits coming until the early Eighties without changing any of its elements.  On the other hand, bands like Interpol keep mixing up the beans, cheese, and meat of its music to diminishing results. 

Thankfully, Beach House’s “Bloom” fits into the AC/DC mold.  The band grows a little by stripping away some of the haze away from the vocals, improving production, and turning up the guitars.  But this is more tinkering of the Beach House RV, rather than a new engine or even a different muffler. 

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LIVE MUSIC: Mickey Avalon @ The Rock and Roll Hotel (NSFA - Not Safe For Anything)

***This review is rated NC-17***

You wouldn’t think that the simple act of wearing clothing would make you over-dressed for a concert, but Tuesday evening at the Rock and Roll Hotel, shirts were a somewhat rare commodity.  Many of Mickey Avalon’s fans took their cues from the oft scantily-clad rapper and wore nothing more than underwear and glitter.  Compared to what was happening on the stage, however, that was mild.  
Since our readers tend to admire music more of the rock, folk, and alt-country persuasion, let me give you a little background on Jewish rapper Yeshe Pearl, known by his fans as “Mickey Avalon.”  To say that Mr. Avalon lived a rough life would be an understatement.  Born to two drug- addict/dealing parents, he followed suit at an incredibly young age.  The story of his youth is riddled with attempts to overcome heroin dependency and death, his father dying in a drunk-driving accident and his sister dying of overdose.   He prostituted himself to finance his heroin addiction, which later became the predominant theme in his music.  

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WIN STUFF!! Win 2 tix to see ALO @ U Street Music Hall TONIGHT

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Hippies, don't ever let it be said that we don't have your back. Tonight at U Street Music Hall acclaimed California folk jammers will take to stage to alter your reality and get your feet a moving. It's gonna be a party to the hempth degree, but it can't really get started without YOU so we've got a pair of tix to giveaway to make sure that the whole thing comes together.

There are two ways you can enter:

1. Simply leave a comment below with a valid email address telling us which animal you would totally liberate the SH!@ out of and why, or...  
2. Tweet out or retweet the following:
   "RT to enter to win 2 tix to see @alomusic at @uhalldc in DC TONIGHT. @chunkyglasses #soundslikethis #FREERAWKRULES"

We'll pick a winner at random at 2pm TODAY so make with the entering people. And don't be sad if you don't win, because tickets are still available! GOOD LUCK!!