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- BRM HOT TUB?
- MISSIVES NOT FROM SXSW: THE TXT I GET FROM LYLE AT 3:20 AM LAST NIGHT.
- I CAN'T DECIDE IF I'M OVER CHOREOGRAPHED DANCE SEQUENCES A LA GAP ADS FEIST VIDEOS 500 DAYS OF SUMMER AND NOW THE NEW SHE AND HIM VIDEO. PLUS A NOTE ABOUT SXSW.
- CAN SOMEBODY TELL ME IF ANYTHING HAPPENED AT THE ANIMAL COLLECTIVE SHOW LAST NIGHT??
- Who Broke The Phone?
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May (21)
- A Troll With No Name
- Here's Johnny (sigh)
- Happy JV Day!
- BANK ROBBER TREND REPORT '09: THE NEW CATCHPHRASES
- BOWERBIRDS MAKE GORGEOUS NEW ALBUM!
- Craptastic Wednesday
- BANK ROBBER PSA: WE DID NOT GO SEE STAR TREK THIS WEEKEND
- EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN THE SEQUEL: Dinosaur Jr. / Superchunk
- Post Derby Blues
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April (22)
- EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN: CORNELIUS!
- BANK ROBBER MUSIC DOES SUMMER FOOTWEAR!
- ARMY NAVY MAKE ANOTHER GREAT VIDEO SENDING UP THE PROCESS OF MAKING GREAT VIDEOS
- Pop goes the music (thank god!)
- Marathon Man
- FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION: THE WOODEN BIRDS
- BANK ROBBER GOES TO THE CINEMA: TEAM LOVE EDITION
- BRM mixing the G with the OY
- THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART ARE READY FOR THEIR CLOSE-UP
- AKRON FAMILY: A PHOTOSET
- Breaking News: Nada Surf Re-launch
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March (21)
- BREAKING NEWS: YEAH YEAH YEAH'S DEFEND CRAPPY NEW ALBUM WITH PREDICTABLY IDIOTIC STATEMENT
- BREAKING NEWS: BILL CALLAHAN MAKES BEST ALBUM OF 2009. STILL SAD.
- Lost With Rockville
- A Old Man Goes To Austin
- THE OBLIGATORY EVERYBODY IS AT SXSW BUT ME POST
- HEY LOOK WE'RE AWESOME!!!!
- BREAKING NEWS: THE NY TIMES THINKS BISHOP ALLEN ARE "PROFESSIONAL"
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- NOBODY WATCHES THE WATCHMEN
- A BANK ROBBER BLOG PUBLIC SERVICE ANOUNCEMENT
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October (26)
- HAPPY HOLLOWEEN!!!!
- THE SHOUT OUT LOUDS!!!!!!!!
- Best Reality Show Ever?
- BEST SIDE PROJECT EVER!!!
- CMJ RECAP 2007?
- Putting the "J" in CMJ
- CHUTES TOO NARROW?
- THE FIERY FURNACES ARE CRAZY
- SPOON PLAYED SNL/SETH ROGEN STILL HUSKY
- TV Eye: SNL Vs. Chuck
- ZE NEWZ ZOUNDS OV FAT CAT!!!!
- RADIOHEADZ THE MUZIK INDUSTRIEZ DEAT FREEZ FROM NEWZ MUSICS FROM ZE PHOSPHORESCENT!
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September (28)
- THE CARIBOU BAND
- NJ ROCKS: Ridgewood/Vanderslice
- JENS LEKMAN: THE NEXT KANYE WEST
- "GET OFF OF MY STAG"
- Shout Out Louds/P'Fork
- BEAKING NEWS: MADONNA APPARENTLY NO LONGER BRITISH, NOW ISREALI
- "THE SALMON DANCE"
- "THEY HATE US FOR OUR FREEDOM"
- TV Eye: The Emmy's and BRM
- IT'S BEIRUT, BITCH!
- IT'S L'SHANA TOVA, BITCH!
- ROCKAPELLA BY ASSOCIATION!
- The Clientele vs. PB and J
- More Jews and More Tennis!
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August (26)
- Okkervil River Frenzy
- Heineken Light Not "Light" On Your Pocket
- BJORN BORG!!!!!!!
- OWEN WILSON WTF!?!?!?!?!
- YOUR WEEKLY BRM HOROSCOPE
- TV Eye: Californication
- Mumblebore: The New Talkies
- Totally Wired
- RIP Jerry's
- NJ ROCKS
- Imac and Honeycut!
- Jenn Grant Joe's Pub
- Happy Birthday To Us!
- Top Chef: Mexican Radio
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ARCHIVE 2010
Lindsay Loh-No She Didn't!
Posted by Lyle On Jul 23, 2010
I can't say that BRM is to blame for the downfall to Lindsay Lohan, but I will say, I guess we didn't help much. You see, for some reason we've had some success in getting music in Lindsay's movies, just not the good ones (good one? Mean Girls?)... Read More
Lipstick Mods
Posted by Lyle On Jul 16, 2010
I know it is obvious, but when I first saw the words, "The Kids Are All Right" as a movie title I figured it is simply just going to be some kinda mod thing. I mean the idea of Annette Bening as a mod? Why not? Mark Ruffalo? With ... Read More
Wax Fang wins at the Google.
Posted by Douglas On Jul 9, 2010
Every now and then a band like Wax Fang comes across our collective desk that has the whole package... a band that is thinking in a way music types in suits like to call "360". You know they have the sound, they have the look... heck t... Read More
4th of July - Bank Robbers of Baltimore
Posted by Douglas On Jul 2, 2010
As the unofficial capital of the United States clears out for the 4th of July holiday you may ask... Is there any better place to spend Independence Day than New York? Eh... debatable. New York has been pressing its luck this week with my commu... Read More
Viva Le Tortoise!
Posted by Lyle On Jun 25, 2010
Hot damn... we saw Tortoise this week and they destroyed!Ok... not that kind of destroyed. I mean they were incredible.'Sure... that is incredible, but not that big!Uhg... too small.Closer, but this one had five heads and played a Fender Bass VI... Read More
BRM TWITTER-TASTIC?
Posted by Lyle On Jun 22, 2010
Not sure who you are following on Twitter, but once I got over trying to figure out the password on my Friendster account, the BRM has kinda enjoyed the Twitter feed.See below who and what we've been following, and of course a couple of musical sa... Read More
The Tony's of Soccer
Posted by Lyle On Jun 11, 2010
So what's going on in BRM land this weekend? Well, besides celebrating two great reviews on Pitchfork (Tokyo Police Club 7.6, and Wye Oak 7.2), we are getting pumped up for the Tony's and the World Cup (or as we know it at BRM, the Tony's of Soc... Read More
Variety is the spice of licensing
Posted by Lyle On Jun 4, 2010
Sometimes you read stuff and go "Huh?" and sometimes you read stuff and just go "D'oh!". The latest piece on music licensing in Variety seems to put out there that using indie bands is a cheap alternative to using major lab... Read More
BRM Season Ending Wrap-Up
Posted by Lyle On May 28, 2010
Did everyone enjoy all the tv season enders? I sure did! In case you missed 'em, here they are (kinda), ala the Bank Robber!"Lost"? How about Ganygs: "One Tree Hill" Tokyo Police Club: "Flash Forward" Here We Go... Read More
"THERE'S A PARTY IN MY HEAD AND NO ONE IS INVITED."
Posted by Hartley On May 21, 2010
@2:20 - HEY LEAVE THAT DOG ALONE CHUMP!!!!!!We at Casa De Le Bank Robbing certainly do not endorse the kicking and punching of dogs. So you can imagine our collective "WTF!?!?!" when the sweaty disgruntled protagonist at the center o... Read More
Who is having "The Best Week Ever"?
Posted by Lyle On May 13, 2010
Yup, that is Eric Elbogen from Say Hi. Could it be his great new Daytrotter session?Was it the use of "Hallie & Henry" in "United States Of Tara" the other day?Or was it "One, Two...One" in a Cadillac commercial... Read More
Continents are so 2009...
Posted by Lyle On May 7, 2010
Is this the Future? Have you been to Williamsburg lately? Island (how can we not go back to Chilly Willy?): Oh, Future Islands: give 'em a spin: or move there: maybe just watch the video (it's cheaper then going to Dubai, let alone B... Read More
WHAT IS ...
Posted by Hartley On Apr 30, 2010
Lyle came into work this morning and asks me thusly: "Hartley, just what is this 'chillwave'?" Good question Lyle! Chilly Willy. So f'ing chill wave. OMFG @ A PENGUIN CRYING ICE CUBES. THAT'S CHILLLWAAAVEVEEVE. "Hey look! It'... Read More
EVERYTHING, AND THE GIRL TOO
Posted by Hartley On Apr 23, 2010
Everyone's father has a mustache. What's up with that!?You may remember Tracey Thorn as the sultry chick who with husband/collaborator Ben Watt formed the 90's trip-hop(ish) duo, Everything But The Girl. Yeah. They sang that song, "Missing,&q... Read More
MAYBE WE ARE COOL?
Posted by Hartley On Apr 16, 2010
HOLY SHIT @ THE ARSENIO HALL/MC HAMMER DANCE MOVES. We at Bank Robber have never prided ourselves on being, for lack of a better word, "cool." Most of the music we work is of the acoustic sad sack mope rock variety that sits uncom... Read More
BRM, Trans AM, and a Wookie.
Posted by Douglas On Apr 8, 2010
You would have to be hold up in a bunker watching DVD after DVD of Lost to have missed the two biggest stories of the week... trust me I know. I am still trying to figure out the mystery of Locke's magic BRM buttons.*(Coming to a BRM mailing nea... Read More
BRM HOT TUB?
Posted by Lyle On Mar 26, 2010
Hmmm... So I guess we are having our own version of "Hot Tub Time Machine" here today, with a minor mid-90's / early 2000's revival at BRM. Boy am I excited to wear blue corduroy again! Oh wait, I'm still wearing blue corduroy. ... Read More
MISSIVES NOT FROM SXSW: THE TXT I GET FROM LYLE AT 3:20 AM LAST NIGHT.
Posted by Hartley On Mar 19, 2010
This is what comes up when you do a Google Image search for "SXSW." That's right jules and gents your trusty BRM blogger is decidedly not in Austin right now with the rest of the music industry at the infamous SXSW music festival. I'd b... Read More
I CAN'T DECIDE IF I'M OVER CHOREOGRAPHED DANCE SEQUENCES A LA GAP ADS FEIST VIDEOS 500 DAYS OF SUMMER AND NOW THE NEW SHE AND HIM VIDEO. PLUS A NOTE ABOUT SXSW.
Posted by Hartley On Mar 12, 2010
"It's hard to be ignored".... ... ...when you have such killer bangs.Somehow Lyle is giving me such shit about wearing a scarf AGAIN today. All the while barreling down the proverbial indie rock pacific coast highway comes another im... Read More
CAN SOMEBODY TELL ME IF ANYTHING HAPPENED AT THE ANIMAL COLLECTIVE SHOW LAST NIGHT??
Posted by Hartley On Mar 5, 2010
Oh, Hello I'm looking for the Donnie Darko 2 set.... This is what "indie" looks like in 2010. So glad I wasn't stoned for this.WTF IS THIS? I do not know.So me and the lady were (un)lucky enough to attend the giant art-world meets mu... Read More
Who Broke The Phone?
Posted by Pete On Mar 2, 2010
If you tried to call us today and it was busy, you should call us back. The BRM phones broke because our neighbors were getting new bluetooths attached to their heads or something... sorry about that.in honor of busy signals, here's the Ladybug Tr... Read More
JOANNA "JOYCE" NEWSOM
Posted by Hartley On Feb 26, 2010
I TOTES think my girlfriend looks like this.Few words strike fear in the heart of the poor Bank Robber like "Double Album." You can imagine our collective enthusiasm when we all heard that Joanna Newsom's new record, Have One On Me (Dra... Read More
Stuck on an Island with Joanna "9.2" Newsom
Posted by Pete On Feb 23, 2010
Today's weekly LOST preview is just going to be me biting my tongue... I heard it was a "Jack Episode" which makes me bored without even watching, but I'll reserve judgment and instead just try and pretend that it is about 9.2 Joanna New... Read More
Olympic Mild Fever
Posted by Lyle On Feb 19, 2010
I can't say that the BRM has full on Olympic fever, it's more like a slightly raised temperature that hopefully some sleep and some airborne can get rid of. Night sweats? Sure but its just from the nightmares... I mean, really, how many trip... Read More
Lost and Swedes and Draculas
Posted by Pete On Feb 16, 2010
this week, on LOST:We've finally cracked the LOST conspiracy and we are happy to spoil the show for you: They are all Vampires. We've been informed that the never that interesting character of "Boone" is now a Vampire on Vampire Diaries.... Read More
BRM Snow-mageddon
Posted by Lyle On Feb 12, 2010
Eh, what can I say? After the schmear of snow this week and the episode of CHUCK that broke everyone's brain (I thought it was a fine episode btw), I realized I spent all my energy on seeing Yeasayer, and avoiding slipping on ice. With everythin... Read More
Saving The World One License At A Time
Posted by Lyle On Feb 5, 2010
So, this Sunday when you are watching the Jets (?) in the super bowl, you will finally get to hear the Arcade Fire's "Wake Up" in a NFL commercial. However, before you yell "Ultimate Sell Out" remember that all the proceeds (Ar... Read More
The Dharma Snack Bar Station?
Posted by Pete On Feb 2, 2010
So most of team BRM is pretty excited for the return of LOST tonight (and Lyle is going to watch a tivo'd episode of Damages). While we do have our secret ties to the show's legendary Geronimo Jackson, we've also got a new outdoorsy island jam fro... Read More
ME ME ME ME Yeasayer ME ME
Posted by Lyle On Jan 29, 2010
This exciting blog post will feature a very exciting link to a interview with yours truly. What can I say... it has been a long week and what am I going to write about? The State Of The Union? The Constitution says only one dude has to say any... Read More
Arcade Fire the Rumors Are True
Posted by Lyle On Jan 22, 2010
So yes, I know when most of you think about Montreal you think of great bagels, Kevin McDonald, and The Arcade Fire. I am not sure if Kevin has texted 10 Canadian dollars (that is $9.46 US!) to Haiti yet, and lets face it, great bagels only ... Read More
BRM's Late Night War
Posted by Lyle On Jan 15, 2010
Enough with the Harvard grads trying to figure out the Late Night Battles. What TV needs right now is a aging hipster doofus to take over the scheduling of the late night television. So ladies and gents, I present the BRM's Big Take Over of th... Read More
Radar In Revolt
Posted by Lyle On Jan 8, 2010
"Youth In Revolt" opens today and I'm proud to say that it features "Happy Spirits" by the Radar Brothers! Yup, the thrilling world of music licensing has more than its unfair share of ups and downs but this song survived t... Read More