There’s no shortage of shows to see in Toronto this summer, which is why reading about the lineup of concerts —?many of them free?— at Brooklyn’s McCarren Park Pool on various music blogs isn’t as tantalizing as it might be. Or maybe it’s just because NYCTaper’s got you covered so far, with well-recorded sets posted in MP3 and FLAC of Devo and Tom Tom Club’s recent sets, as well as the Sonic Youth (pictured) 4th of July show. Put your speakers outdoors and enjoy the music while swimming in an actual pool instead of standing with a bunch of hipsters in an empty one. (www.nyctaper.com)
MOMMA’S DUDE
The title of Philly-based video hub Philebrity’s occasional segment The Dude Show is going to be an automatic turn-off, but trust me on this one: you don’t have to read Maxim to enjoy hearing an older working-class hero regaling his buddies over a couple cases of Yuengling beer about taking his Lawrence Welk-loving 64-year-old mother to see the Scorpions. “Outside of her family, crossword puzzles and Jesus, that is her fucking gig man, Scorpions… They’re playing Montreal… I was gonna take her up by train but she just had triple bypass.” (http://tinyurl.com/6jgrr3)
MP3 OF THE WEEK
The Cool Kids, “That’ll Work”: Streets is watchin’ The Cool Kids. And by “streets,” I mean “industry types wondering if hipster rap will sell any records.” Seriously, go download the minimal-beat-driven, lyrical-focused That’s Stupid (The Mixtape) and drive up their comScore numbers; at the very least it’ll send a message to the majors that Lil Wayne’s stylistically-similar “A Milli” wasn’t a complete fluke. What’s that Def Jam, you want to sign more Rick Ross clones? Oh, that’ll work. (www.mediafire.com/?gutujqozejy)