Short Takes + Weekend Shows

So earlier in the week we got the leak of the first of the two EP's coming from Final Fantasy. That one featured the members of Beirut and was a big orchestral album. Now to end the week we have the leak of the other EP, Plays to Please! This one is a little bit different from the first, at times it can be almost show tune like and is certainly very cinematic in it's scope. Of course all the tunes on this second EP are in fact covers of Alex Lukashevsky’s with a full 35-piece orchestra, so suffice it to say this is pretty expansive too. I haven't had too much time with this second EP so I hope you'll pardon my brevity on the subject. Take a listen to the tracks below I think you'll like what you hear.
Final Fantasy - "Horsetail Feathers"
Final Fantasy - "Ultimatum"

A month ago today Oxford Collapse released their highly anticipated album Bits, and yet I have barely even begun to scrape the surface of the album's depths. I have neglected it here on the site, pushed it to the back of my necessary listening, and pretty much ignored it's existence since it's release. What kind of an Oxford Collapse fan have I become? I a shit one, that's for damn sure! But no more my friends because I have visited this powerful vestige of indie rock and I am once again firmly planted on the bandwagon with both feet! Oh hi I've missed you Oxford Collapse and you're instantly catchy, sing-a-long anthems! How I've loathed the days that have passed since I last heard new guitar riffage and thundering rhythms! You guys have treated me well in the past and I have not returned the favor with anything more then a mere mention here, well you're new(-ish) album absolutely rocks guys, my bad on not picking up on it earlier then now! Better late then never? Probably not, but at least I've opened my ears to it's awesomeness now!
Oxford Collapse - "Young Love Delivers"
Oxford Collapse - "A Wedding"
Oxford Collapse - "Men & Their Ideas"

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Friday, September 5th:
Titus Andronicus + Chairlift @ Lit
Titus Andronicus - "My Time Outside the Womb"
Chairlift - "Evident Utensil"

Saturday, September 6th:
East Village Radio Music Fest @ South Street Seaport [FREE]
Boris - "Laser Beam"
Awesome Color - "Outside Tonight"
High Places - "From Stardust to Sentience"
Vivian Girls - "Damaged"
Crystal Stilts - "Crippled Croon"

Sunday, September 7th:
Silver Jews + Monotonix @ Bowery Ballroom [tix]
Silver Jews - "Suffering Jukebox"
Monotonix - "Body Language"