the boys of the fear and trembling have a new ep coming out coming out shortly called the uncontrollable ep which i am told by ryan of t.f.a.t. is “pretty different” than the stuff on ..the octopus – see shorter. if memory serves me correctly the average track time on ..the octopus was about 6.5 [...]
photo by melissa madison fulleri have been sitting on this “tell me something” for about a month now. as the title alludes to, it features bryan rahija of the durham, nc band, bombadil, and their most excellent record, tarpits and canyonlands. the first time i listened to said record, i fell in supreme like with [...]
photo by stefano giovannitop of the morning! you can never have too many good – great cat power shows in my personal opinion. this one is pretty awesome, but does have some glitches throughout. these blemishes dont take away from anything really, but felt like i should mention it. here she is playing at western [...]
photo by stefano giovannitop of the morning! you can never have too many good – great cat power shows in my personal opinion. this one is pretty awesome, but does have some glitches throughout. these blemishes dont take away from anything really, but felt like i should mention it. here she is playing at western [...]
if there’s one music jurno that i really cant stomach it’s jim derogatis. here’s my issue with him: how can he, in good conscience, have anything critical to say about any artist when his band, vortis, sucks so freakin hard? maybe i’m just holding some unfounded grudge against the guy for having to look at [...]
in only took almost 4 years, but captains dead finally has a logo. if you havent noticed, its up there in the left hand corner. i think its awesome and is everything i was looking for in a design, and then some. all praise, thanks and love and devotion to kny @ shadow box graphics. [...]
i should probably visit either a. stereogum b. brooklyn vegan c. pitchfork or d. dead oceans more often cause they all info on the upcoming califone record that i had no idea was coming out. i am very psyched to say the least. its called all my friends are funeral singers and its due out [...]
soulsavers featuring mark lanegan are playing at one eyed jacks on friday, 9.18 and i got two pairs of tickets to giveaway for said event. rules are simple, just be the first two to leave a comment and the tickets are yours. if ya dont win tickets are still available and are 15 bucks at [...]
athen’s 4th favorite band, venice is sinking is releasing their okay ep/maxisingle on 9.22. it features the track “okay,” a different version of that song, and a different version of “ryan’s song” all off their recently released azar. it also features two okay covers, one of them being “compass” which can be found below. okay, [...]
.orenda fink’s ask the night, due out 10.6 on saddle creek, plain and simple is a beautiful and haunting record and definitely one of my favorite sounding records of the year. im not really to sure what else to say other than that. as a reference point it reminds me very much of eric bachmman’s, [...]
firstly, our good pals at the line of best fit has launched a bella union takeover week in order to celebrate their 12th birthday. all week they’re gonna have some amazing and exclusive content lined up – including: simon raymonde interviewing midlake about the new record, josh t pearson interviewing warren ellis of dirty three, [...]
so, suburban home, the label, is celebrating their 14th anniversary, and in honor of such a milestone, they are giving everyone a free record. well, a digital download, but whatever. i eyeballed what they are offering and their looks to be probably about 40 or so records available for your choosing. these records feature the [...]
one of my favorite artists, who also happens to be severely under appreciated, anders parker, see record #29 here, releases his double disc, skyscraper crow, today on bladen county records. besides being a double disc its also, apparently a concept record and broken up into two sections: the crow portion which is acoustic folk stuff [...]
oh glorious day off, i love thee. hope everyone, at least in the us, is having a lovely and unproductive day. i know i am, for the most part. another band i never really got into, although i never really tried is the boo radleys. that wont stop me from posting this black session recording [...]
its a repost weekend! here is another one of my favorite shows, dbt performing their classic, southern rock opera, over the course of two evenings @ the zephyr in salt lake city on 1.18/19.02. thanks very much to the original taper!act I/night 11. days of graduation2. southern rock opera intro3. ronnie and neil4. 725. dead [...]
every 6 months or so i like to pull this back out, aka repost, cause its paul and its awesome. here he is, once again for the third time, live at fantasy studios for kfog on 9.12.96.1. waiting for somebody2. valentine3. once around the weekend4. these were the days5. i will dare6. aint got me7. [...]
evening, all. if you dont own sugar’s copper blue you’re a damn fool, especially since you can get it for a penny and a couple bucks for s/h by clicking that link up there. im not gonna advocate illegal activities, but if you dont feel like spending the dough, find it, download it, and bask [...]
if you are in new orleans tomorrow, or maybe just feel like taking a road trip, project 30-90 is kicking off at 2 pm @ the new river city plaza right next to mardi gras world. tickets are $30 bucks and from what i gather its a cash only affair but there will be atm’s [...]
honestly, i never got much into lush, but i had some friends, and people i have met along the way that were/are really into em. not too sure why either cause after listening to this, they sound like a band i could get into. maybe, ill go and check out their catalogue, which is only [...]
photo by dino perrucciif you happen to be in the new orleans area tomorrow or sat night, head on over to the blue nile and catch marco benevento’s jazz not jazz stylings. i had never heard of marco up until yesterday, but apparently eric at can you see the sunset likes him enough to say [...]
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