Videos of the Week....

Evangelicals - Midnight Vignette from the album The Evening Descends


M.I.A. - Paper Planes from the album Kala


Born Ruffians - Hummingbird from the album Red, Yellow and Blue


Nada Surf - Whose Authority from the album Lucky


And the Classic Video of the Week....

The Smiths - Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before from the album Strangeways, Here We Come

Some Interesting Videos....

Band Spotlight with Colourmusic

So most people in Stillwater, or possibly the entire state of Oklahoma are familiar with the pop-rock band Colourmusic. The band is made up of five blokes who go by the name of Roy G. Biv. 4 of the 5 Roys are from the great state of Oklahoma and one is from across the pond; the UK. Colourmusic has been around for a few years and has built up quite a large and loyal fan base. Their live shows are different every time the play. I can gush about how awesome their shows are and how inventive the band is, but in reality I feel like you, the reader, should make up your mind. They are the musical equivalent to a bag of Skittles; something you can survive without, but once you’ve tasted the sweet nectar you will want more.

This Friday, Feb. 22 Colourmusic will be playing at Eskimo Joe’s in Stillwater. The show is the End of the World Dance Party. It’s free to everyone with a valid id stating that they are over the age of 21. All black attire is recommended, encouraged, and damn near mandatory. Roy is on the record claiming that they have been told insider information that the world will end on the last drumbeat of the evening. Basically, this is the one party you should attend. Your life may depend on it.

In a parallel universe the 5 Roys will be joining the band British Sea Power on a west coast tour followed by SXSW and a few Midwest dates. When the tour is over they will be available to tell stories, help tend your garden, and deliver you your order from Wendy’s. So if you are in Stillwater Friday, hit up their show and buy their EPs because once they are gone you will have to wait until May to pickup the Orange album consisting of the Red and Yellow EPs.

Their tour dates are:

Feb 21, 2008 - Norman, OK - Will Rogers Room OU Student Union
Feb. 22, 2008 - Stillwater, OK - Eskimo Joes
Feb. 23, 2008 - Albuquerque, NM - Atomic Cantina
Feb. 24, 2008 - Phoenix, AZ - The Modified Arts
Feb. 25, 2008 - San Diego, CA - Cashbah #
Feb. 27, 2008 - Los Angeles, CA - The Echo #
Feb. 28, 2008 - Los Angeles, CA - Spaceland #
Feb. 29, 2008 - Visalia, CA - Cellar Door #
Mar. 1, 2008 - San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill #
Mar. 3, 2008 - Portland, OR - Doug Fir #
Mar. 4, 2008 - Seattle, WA - Neumo's #
Mar. 5, 2008 - Vancouver, BC - Plaza Club #
Mar. 8, 2008 - Denver, CO - Hi Dive #
Mar. 12-16, 2008 - Austin, TX - SXSW
Mar. 19, 2008 – Omaha, NB – Waiting Room #
Mar. 20, 2008 – Des Moines, IA – Vaudeville Mews #
Mar. 21, 2008 – Minneapolis, MN – Tripple Rock #
Mar. 22, 2008 - St. Louis, MO - Bluebird $$

# = With British Sea Power
$$ = With Strawfoot, Lollipop Factory, and Badfolk

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KXZY CMJ TOP 200/LOUD ROCK CHARTS FOR THE WEEK OF FEB. 19, 2008

Top 30....

1 YESAN DAMEN Chronos/Kairos New Wine
2 BON IVER For Emma, Forever Ago Jagjaguwar
3 HEADLIGHTS Some Racing, Some Stopping Polyvinyl
4 MOUNTAIN GOATS Heretic Pride 4AD
5 HELIO SEQUENCE Keep Your Eyes Ahead SUB POP
6 EVANGELICALS Evening Descends Dead Oceans
7 MAGNETIC FIELDS Distortion Nonesuch
8 HELLO, BLUE ROSES The Portrait Is Finished And I Have Failed To Capture Your Beauty... Locust Music
9 JON HARDY AND THE PUBLIC Working In Love Self-Released
10 CRASH THAT TOOK ME Orchestrated Kaleidoscopes Idol
11 HOT CHIP Made In The Dark DFA-Astralwerks
12 SOUNDTRACK Juno Rhino
13 THE YMD Excuse Me, This Is The Yah Mos Def My Pal God
14 DAFT PUNK Alive 2007 Virgin
15 BRITISH SEA POWER Do You Like Rock Music? Rough Trade
16 SUPER FURRY ANIMALS Hey Venus! Rough Trade
17 FLOWERS FOREVER Flowers Forever Team Love
18 BLACK MOUNTAIN In The Future Jagjaguwar
19 LOW LOW LOW LA LA LA LOVE LOVE LOVE Ends Of June Other Electricities
20 TULLYCRAFT Every Scene Needs A Center Magic Marker
21 RAFTER Sex Death Cassette Asthmatic Kitty
22 KELLEY STOLTZ Circular Sounds SUB POP
23 GHOSTLAND OBSERVATORY Dancin' On My Grave [EP] Trashy Moped
24 XIU XIU Women As Lovers Kill Rock Stars
25 BATTLE ROYALE Wake Up, Thunderbabe Afternoon
26 AIR TRAFFIC Fractured Life Astralwerks
27 FESSENDEN V1.1 Other Electricities
28 LIGHTSPEED CHAMPION Falling Off The Lavender Bridge Domino
29 IDA Lovers Prayers Polyvinyl
30 MARS VOLTA The Bedlam In Goliath Universal

Top 5 Adds to our Rotation...

1 BALMORHEA Rivers Arms Western Vinyl
2 MONADE Monstre Cosmic Too Pure
3 BEACH HOUSE Devotion Carpark
4 BILLIONAIRES Really Real For Forever Too Soon
5 THROW ME THE STATUE Moonbeams Secretly Canadian

Top 10 Loud Rock....

1 BRAIN DRILL Apocalyptic Feasting Metal Blade
2 BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE Scream Aim Fire Zomba
3 WARBRINGER War Without End Century Media
4 BYZANTINE Oblivion Beckons Prosthetic
5 DEATH ANGEL Killing Season Nuclear Blast
6 WINDS OF PLAGUE Decimate The Weak Century Media
7 GENGHIS TRON Board Up The House Relapse
8 SWORN ENEMY Maniacal Century Media
9 SALT THE WOUND Carnal Repercussions Rotten
10 TOBIAS SAMMETS AVANTASIA The Scarecrow Nuclear Blast

Top Loud Rock Adds...

1 DEAD TO FALL Are You Serious? Victory
2 HATE ETERNAL Fury And Flames Metal Blade
3 KINGDOM OF SORROW Kingdom Of Sorrow Relapse
4 THIS IS HELL Misfortunes Trustkill

Music Videos of the Week!

REM - Supernatural Superserious from the upcoming release Accelerate

Hot Chip - Ready For The Floor from the album Made In The Dark

Jay-Z - Roc Boys from the album American Gangster

Animal Collective - Fireworks from the album Strawberry Jam


And the Classic video of the week goes to...

The Poster Children - 21st Century from the album RFTM

KXZY CMJ Charts for Feb. 12, 2008

Top 30 for the CMJ top 200

1 YESAN DAMEN Chronos/Kairos New Wine
2 HOT CHIP Made In The Dark DFA-Astralwerks
3 EVANGELICALS Evening Descends Dead Oceans
4 BLACK MOUNTAIN In The Future Jagjaguwar
5 MAGNETIC FIELDS Distortion Nonesuch
6 SOUNDTRACK Juno Rhino
7 BRITISH SEA POWER Do You Like Rock Music? Rough Trade
8 MOM Little Brite Self-Released
9 GHOSTLAND OBSERVATORY Dancin' On My Grave [EP] Trashy Moped
10 RAFTER Sex Death Cassette Asthmatic Kitty
11 LOW LOW LOW LA LA LA LOVE LOVE LOVE Ends Of June Other Electricities
12 HELLO, BLUE ROSES The Portrait Is Finished And I Have Failed To Capture Your Beauty... Locust Music
13 THE YMD Excuse Me, This Is The Yah Mos Def My Pal God
14 XIU XIU Women As Lovers Kill Rock Stars
15 KELLEY STOLTZ Circular Sounds SUB POP
16 WOELV Tout Seul Dans La Foret En Plein Jour, Avez-Vous Peur? K
17 HELIO SEQUENCE Keep Your Eyes Ahead SUB POP
18 FESSENDEN V1.1 Other Electricities
19 CRASH THAT TOOK ME Orchestrated Kaleidoscopes Idol
20 BATTLE ROYALE Wake Up, Thunderbabe Afternoon
21 JON HARDY AND THE PUBLIC Working In Love Self-Released
22 THE OWLS Daughters And Suns Magic Marker
23 TULLYCRAFT Every Scene Needs A Center Magic Marker
24 SAY HI The Wishes And The Glitch Euphobia
25 MARS VOLTA The Bedlam In Goliath Universal
26 SUPER FURRY ANIMALS Hey Venus! Rough Trade
27 DAFT PUNK Alive 2007 Virgin
28 LIGHTSPEED CHAMPION Falling Off The Lavender Bridge Domino
29 CHRIS WALLA Field Manual Barsuk
30 RIVERS CUOMO Alone: The Home Recordings Of Rivers Cuomo Geffen

Top 5 Adds to the KXZY rotation...

1 BON IVER For Emma, Forever Ago Jagjaguwar
2 CADENCE WEAPON Afterparty Babies Anti
3 MOUNTAIN GOATS Heretic Pride 4AD
4 HIBERNAUTS Periodic Fable Self-Released
5 HEADLIGHTS Some Racing, Some Stopping Polyvinyl

Top 10 Loud Rock....

1 ANNIHILATOR Metal SPV
2 GAMMA RAY Land Of The Free II SPV
3 SAVIOURS Into Abaddon Kemado
4 THE OCEAN Precambrian Metal Blade
5 BRAIN DRILL Apocalyptic Feasting Metal Blade
6 OPETH The Roundhouse Tapes Peaceville
7 WARBRINGER War Without End Century Media
8 SALT THE WOUND Carnal Repercussions Rotten
9 TOBIAS SAMMETS AVANTASIA The Scarecrow Nuclear Blast
10 ARSON ANTHEM Arson Anthem Housecore

Top 5 Loud Rock Adds...

1 DEATH ANGEL Killing Season Nuclear Blast
2 SWORN ENEMY Maniacal Century Media
3 BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE Scream Aim Fire Zomba
4 GENGHIS TRON Board Up The House Relapse
5 VARIOUS ARTISTS C U La Tour Sampler Self-Released

KXZY CMJ TOP 200/LOUD ROCK CHARTS FOR THE WEEK OF FEB. 5, 2008

Here are what all of the cool kids are listening to...

KXZY Top 30....

1 BLACK MOUNTAIN In The Future Jagjaguwar
2 FESSENDEN V1.1 Other Electricities
3 MAGNETIC FIELDS Distortion Nonesuch
4 GHOSTLAND OBSERVATORY Dancin' On My Grave [EP] Trashy Moped
5 YESAN DAMEN Chronos/Kairos New Wine
6 MOM Little Brite Self-Released
7 EVANGELICALS Evening Descends Dead Oceans
8 SOUNDTRACK Juno Rhino
9 HOT CHIP Made In The Dark DFA-Astralwerks
10 XIU XIU Women As Lovers Kill Rock Stars
11 BRITISH SEA POWER Do You Like Rock Music? Rough Trade
12 HELIO SEQUENCE Keep Your Eyes Ahead SUB POP
13 LIGHTSPEED CHAMPION Falling Off The Lavender Bridge Domino
14 LOW LOW LOW LA LA LA LOVE LOVE LOVE Ends Of June Other Electricities
15 WOELV Tout Seul Dans La Foret En Plein Jour, Avez-Vous Peur? K
16 KING OF PRUSSIA Save The Scene Kindercore
17 CRASH THAT TOOK ME Orchestrated Kaleidoscopes Idol
18 TULLYCRAFT Every Scene Needs A Center Magic Marker
19 YEASAYER All Hour Cymbals We Are Free
20 BATTLE ROYALE Wake Up, Thunderbabe Afternoon
21 JON HARDY AND THE PUBLIC Working In Love Self-Released
22 SAY HI The Wishes And The Glitch Euphobia
23 TENDER FOREVER Wider K
24 GHISLAIN POIRIER No Ground Under Ninja Tune
25 CHRIS WALLA Field Manual Barsuk
26 DAFT PUNK Alive 2007 Virgin
27 KELLEY STOLTZ Circular Sounds SUB POP
28 RUCKUS ROBOTICUS Playing With Scratches Grease
29 SUPER FURRY ANIMALS Hey Venus! Rough Trade
30 RIVERS CUOMO Alone: The Home Recordings Of Rivers Cuomo Geffen

Top 5 adds....

1 THE YMD Excuse Me, This Is The Yah Mos Def My Pal God
2 SCHOOL OF LANGUAGE Sea From Shore Thrill Jockey
3 THAO WITH THE GET DOWN STAY DOWN We Brave Bee Stings And All Kill Rock Stars
4 PAPER AIRPLANE Middlemarch All Hail
5 FLOWERS FOREVER Flowers Forever Team Love

Top 10 Loud Rock....

1 OPETH The Roundhouse Tapes Peaceville
2 ANNIHILATOR Metal SPV
3 BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE Exclusive Metal Radio Sampler Zomba
4 GAMMA RAY Land Of The Free II SPV
5 BRAIN DRILL Apocalyptic Feasting Metal Blade
6 SAVIOURS Into Abaddon Kemado
7 LIZZY BORDEN Appointment With Death Metal Blade
8 THE OCEAN Precambrian Metal Blade
9 WARBRINGER War Without End Century Media
10 DUB TRIO Another Sound Is Dying Ipecac

Top Loud Rock Adds...

1 WINDS OF PLAGUE Decimate The Weak Century Media
2 TOBIAS SAMMETS AVANTASIA The Scarecrow
3 SALT THE WOUND Carnal Repercussions Rotten
4 KINGDOM OF SORROW "Led Into Demise" [Single] Relapse
5 SATAN'S HOST The Great American Scapegoat Moribund Cult

Review From the O'Colly Today

Band releases sophomore album, seeks originality

By Kevin Sears
Contributing Writer
Since the Beatles, many bands have attempted to tackle the indie-pop genre with varying degrees of success. Many fall short of being distinct in a genre of tapped-out originality. However, Yesan Damen (pronounced Yes-on Day-men) sticks to tradition while also breaking away to show its uniqueness.

Chronos/Kairos was released domestically on Jan. 15 on Seattle, Wash, imprint, New Wine Records. It is the band’s second release and a progression from its 2006 release, “The Never Beginning Story.” Yesan Damen has been compared to Sufjan Stevens and Belle and Sebastian in the past, but to end the list there is not right. With similarities to Beulah, Masters of the Hemisphere, Tilly and the Wall, The Rentals, Stars, Nada Surf and Midlake, Yesan Damen possesses all of the qualities that make their contemporaries good while setting themselves apart with their use of clever arrangements that are used at all the right times and places. The opening track “Whoa!” Incorporates a piano line that meanders in and out of the verse and chorus, while the next track, “Monuments To Ambition,” is a more guitar-driven pop song. “Chronos/Kairos” sticks to this method and delivers the listener a package of songs you can sing along to during the first listen. This is not a bad thing. Pop music is based on the ability to give listeners the proper tools to be able to instantly be part of it. This entire album isn’t just a collection of sugar-coated pop songs that leave you begging for more. It is an album with a pinch of experimentation in instrumentation. There are violins, flutes, cellos, horns, banjos and even a Korean drum called a Changgo mixed into the complexity of the music. Granted, those instruments might not seem impressive because of how commonly they are used in pop music. But Yesan Damen uses them to provide more depth to the arrangements and in places and spots where you will feel they are necessary. Nothing on “Chronos/Kairos” is overdone or used for the simple reason of its proximity to the musicians during the writing process. Every note seems carefully calculated and practically perfect.

“Chronos/Kairos” is a record packed with memorable songs such as “Hang on For Dear Life,” “Outer Space,” “Time Spent Elsewhere” and “Canons of Devotion.” This small three piece from Seattle, Wash., can give the massive 23-member The Polyphonic Spree, a run for its money. Yesan Damen accomplishes what takes The Polyphonic Spree an entire army to do with far less people and in less than 35 minutes. They are not perfect or geniuses. They know how to craft a simple, catchy pop record complete with all of the right hooks and enough experimentation to keep you glued to the stereo. In the over-saturated climate of indie-pop, bands with a fresh take on the genre like Yesan Damen are needed to break up the monotony.
Yesan Damen may be a small band from Washington, however, they are a band to keep an eye on in the future. This isn’t the first or last album for them. Chronos/Kairos will be an album that people go back to several years from now while humming a melody or when they have lyrics stuck in their head. Yesan Damen is that type of band. They are timeless, talented, smart and catchy.

The verdict: “I urge you to give them a listen because I promise you’ll thank me for it later.”
4/5 stars

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