Rocker Hottie Of The Week: Nora Kirkpatrick (Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros)

This week's RHOTW was easy. While at Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros last Friday, Jim and I immediately knew who was getting our vote. We're both suckers for blondes, then throw in the fact she plays the accordion in one of our favorite new bands well how could we not pick her. Love the old squeeze box. Apparently this hottie is also an actress, check out her IMDB page...anyone ever seen that show Greek? I was a John From Cincinnati fan but don't remember her. Anyway I give you Nora Kirkpatrick:

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros - Janglin

(check out more pics below)









-Riley


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Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros w/ Fool's Gold and Local Natives @ Lincoln Hall, Chicago 11/27/09 (Videos & Review)

It was a night for bearded glee club indie rock at Lincoln Hall last night as there seemed to be at least eight bearded or mustachioed people on stage at all times. The bands did not disappoint what was a sold out LH crowd though as there were plenty of dance along tunes and band members seemingly in the crowd quite often. Fun night. Watch the videos and read some more about it below.


Sadly, we missed Local Natives as we had some ticketing issues that had us waiting for a friend who found himself dependent on the arrival of a very drunk underage stranger. Eventually we all got inside and had a chance to catch the tail end of Fool's Gold's set. Watch some video from their set. Keep an eye out for Riley in there cheering on the band's procession through the crowd.



At about 12:15 AM Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros took the stage and opened with 'Janglin' (I think). From there the band took us through a little over an hour of much of their debut album. There were a couple moments when frontman Alex Ebert seemed seriously frustrated with different sound elements but every time things seemed to be getting just a little too tense, his female counterpart Jade Castrinos would bring things back with her giant smile and vocals to match. "Home" was awesome. As was "40 Day Dream"...F, the whole show was a good time.

Go see these guys if and when you get a chance and if you haven't been to a show at Lincoln Hall (this was my first), do so. It's a solid little venue; a welcome addition to the CHI music scene.

Enjoy a little video montage thingy from the night.

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros Video Montage from Jim Longstreet on Vimeo.

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Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros New Album For $5

Riley posted on these guys a couple weeks back and KZ was all about 'em even before that, but after digesting the album a little more myself I am seriously stuck on the whole thing. In particular I cannot get their tune "Home" out of my head.

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - Home

Now you can get the album yourself for the low low price of $5 over at Amazon. Get it. Get hooked. Check their tour dates and go see 'em live.

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New Find: Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros | Myspace | Official Website

I was gonna save these tunes for the jams this week but after having their songs stuck in my head for multiple days I decided they deserve their own post. I'm not really sure what there is to say. James Quinn turned me on to them early this week when he told me he bought tickets to their upcoming show at Lincoln Hall, Friday November 27th. I'm tempted now to buy tickets myself. This 10-piece folk/rock group looks like they 'bring it' at their shows. I went to Reckless Records to pick up their debut album, Up From Below, but they didn't have it yet. After making the effort to support my local record store I'll have to just order this one online. Until then dig in to these tracks.

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - Home



Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - 40 Day Dream

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros

The sound quality isnt great in the videos of them live but you get a good idea of the vibe. Thats it I'm sold. Can't wait to stomp my feet at this one.



anyone got TGIFJam requests for this week?

-Riley



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