Simian Mobil Disco - 11/1 930 Club

Simian Mobile Disco is playing at the 9:30 Club this Sunday Nov. 1st. Doors open at 10pm and their openers are The Phenomenal Handclap Band, and JDH and Dave P. I know most people will be tired from all of your Monster Mashes and Werewolf Bar Mitzvahs from Halloween the night before but Simian Mobile Disco is worth it. I saw a good portion of their set at Perry's DJ Tent at Lollapalooza and raged/danced my face off. Their song remixes include such DC Disco favorites as Air, Klaxons, Peaches, CSS, Muse, Deerhunter, Armand Van Helden, and the Presets. Their original stuff is solid as well. Also in this post I will have to mention The Phenomenal Handclap Band. Their song 15 to 20 is on my current playlist and they are playing another show in DC at Rock and Roll Hotel in December. I'm sure there will be a more extensive write up about them later this year. Anway, check out more from Simian Mobile Disco and 15 to 20 by The Phenomenal Handclap Band below.


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Coolest People in Music

So I haven't been writing in a while but I'm getting back on the wagon and going to try to write every day.  Today, I was surfing the interweb and came across NME's Cool List from last year.  I decided that I was going to make my own cool list for musicians this year and feature the people I have not already done yet.  So I thought long and hard about my list and tried to create a list that suited my personality, music tastes, and kept true to who I think is and has been pretty cool in the music world so far this year.  Here is my top 25 and you can SUCK IT if you don't like it but I would also love to hear if you think others should be added....

25. Michael Angelakos - Passion Pit

24. Ryan Gosling - Dead Man's Bones

23. Lauren English - Natalie Portmans Shaved Head

22. Caroline Polachek - Chairlift

21. Ida Maria

20. Emily Haines - Metric

19. Amanda Blank

18. Girltalk

17. Ladyhawke

16. Marina Diamandis - Marina and the Diamonds

15. DeadMau5

14. Kim Schifino - Matt and Kim

13. Shingai Shoniwa - The Noisettes

12. Julian Casablancas

11. Lykke Li

10. Kid Cudi

9. Natasha Khan - Bat for Lashes

8. Lily Allen

7. Jason Schwartzman - Coconut Records

6. Karen O.

5. Santigold

4. Alice Glass - Crystal Castles

3. Lady Gaga

2. Them Crooked Vultures

1. Jay Z

And there you have it, the 25 coolest people in music so far this year according to DC Disco.  More to come on these artist in the upcoming weeks.