hey, it’s 2012. welcome to weworemasks. we’ve been doing this since 2007. jerome (panda) and roshan (grizzly) started this blog during a drunk AIM conversation, eventually would hire aj (sunbear) to cover the music we wouldn’t, and have been truckin’ ever since.
we moved from google to wordpress in 2009, and eventually to wordpress.org, which is the incarnation of weworemasks you’re seeing now. currently, the site is under construction, as we’re doing a rehaul of the entire organizational hierarchy, so if you see something out of order, feel free to contact us and let us know. we want to make weworemasks v. 2.0 as awesome and effortless on your part as possible.
we’re all here to bring something new to your musical reportoire, and while we’re at it – we’ll post relevant news articles about film, television, sports & whatever else we see “blog-worthy.” if you found us on google, we’re glad you’re here and invite you to stick around while we keep this thing moving.
thanks for reading.
peace, love and sideboob,
weworemasks
o’ brother’s 2011 album garden window fell by the wayside, and to be honest – it happens to A LOT of good bands. there’s just a lot of shit to keep up with. that being said, their new video for “lo” is out, and it’s just as gritty as the song. lo-fi filters, dirt and grunge soak it from wall to wall. it’s also awesome that i’ll be seeing these guys twice this week, when they’re opening for thrice.
watch:
o’ brother – lo
-grizzly
NPR was on hand at fun.’s headlining set in washington, dc, in order to put up for listening an entire headlining set from the newly famous boys. oh, and those pictures are great. clocking in at well over an hour, this is surely going to waste a lot of time at work…on monday. cheers!
stream:
fun. – live at the 9:30 club [npr audio]
-grizzly
pusha t’s full verse from the chief keef remix. it’s only a few bars longer, but i’m not complaining.
stream:
pusha t – i don’t like
-grizzly
hot water music’s exister drops may 15, but hit the link below to stream the title track from some german site.
stream:
hot water music – exister
-grizzly
marc maron left the cuddly confines of his cat ranch and headed to oklahoma city to hang with flaming lips frontman wayne coyne. check out the “wtf with marc maron featuring wayne coyne” episode here.
- sunbear
sir reggie watts was the musical guest on yesterday evening’s attack of the show performing and discussing songs from his upcomingcomedy central special reggie watts: a live at central park airing friday night, May 11th, the cd/dvd of which is available on the 15th. he might have also shared some green treats with kevin pereira. lovely. check it out at the link below.
watch:
reggie watts – live on aots
- sunbear
i’ve been sitting on this album for a week now, after one of the fellas from the band got in touch with us. it’s been busy with show reviews, mixes, and show recaps and all that other junk – but here we are. pinegrove are a four-piece from brooklyn, new york who have put together a fine LP in meridian. a sunny, washed-out groovy record it is, with a truly organic rock sound. multiple vocals and harmonies will find fans of local natives and beach house on common grounds.
check it out, it’s free. my personal favorites are “the metronome” and “peeling off the bark.”
download:
pinegrove – meridian [free album]
-grizzly
tegan and sara launched a pretty cool dvd last year — one that included a lengthy documentary, as well as an intimate and acoustic set from the twin sister tandem. well, if you have a netflix account, it has now been added to the instant stream library, so hop to. if you don’t have an account, you can msg me on myspace and i’ll give you the password there.
my username is grizzballin69.
watch:
tegan and sara – get along
-grizzly
usher’s fuckin’ great, and he’s one of the only pop artists putting out an album in 2012 that i care about. excited to hear what he’s doing, especially after the EXCELLENT single “climax.” album drops june 12th.
tracklisting:
1. Can’t Stop Won’t Stop
2. Scream
3. Climax
4. I Care For U
5. Show Me
6. Lemme See (feat. Rick Ross)
7. Twisted (feat. Pharrell)
8. Dive
9. What Happened To U
10. Looking 4 Myself (feat. Luke Steele)
11. Numb
12. Lessons For The Lover
13. Sins Of My Father
14. Euphoria
Deluxe Edition:
1. I.F.U.
2. Say The Words
3. 2nd Round
4. Hot Thing
-grizzly
moving swiftly along is schoolboy q, who after his LP release in january has been in the studio making songs like this one – produced by chuck inglish and collaborated upon by tiron of the cafeteria line. good cut, which you can download via bandcamp.
download:
schoolboy q & tiron – love me not
-grizzly
beach house have added to their slew of summer tour dates in support of their forthcoming album bloom, due out may 15th. hit the jump for all the dates, with fellow dream popper wild nothing supporting the latter half. also give texas some love every once in a while. it’s lonely being so far down south.
- sunbear
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another new track from the walkmen’s forthcoming album heaven has surfaced called “southern heart.” check out a stream of the song at the link below (jump to 27:25).
heaven is out june 5th.
stream:
the walkmen – southern heart
-sunbear
this one sounds a little more “classic” regina spektor than the previously ominous “all the rowboats.” check out the quirky (rawrr-rawrr) “small town moon” at the soundcloud link below.
what we saw from the cheap seats is out may 29.
stream:
regina spektor – smal town moon
- sunbear
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these black cab sessions are a thing of beauty, aren’t they? perform a song with whatever instruments you can cram into the back of the black cab. all washed out’s ernest greene needs is a damn ipad. chillwave man. check out his performance of “new theory” from 2009′s life of leisure above.
- sunbear