Girl Power is in the air, for better or for worse, and I am embracing it with every fiber of my super-feminist being.When I was a preteen, I spent enough time at hardcore shows and reading music magazines to recognize how unfairly male dominated and misogynistic particular areas of underground music were. And they still are. I grew up resenting most dudes in bands, and after I turned sixteen I ...
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Jeff the Brotherhood destroyed Great Scott last night:Then they passed out on my floor, and then today the photos I took were on Brooklyn Vegan: http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2009/11/jeff_the_brothe_6.htmlPhotos are also posted after the jump:MP3: Jeff the Brotherhood - Mind Ride
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BOAT Play Coney Island! from jennpelly on Vimeo.Reasons BOAT, the band from Seattle, are awesome:1. They're from the Pacific Northwest.2. Their new record, Setting the Paces, is a gem. Like a Pavement throwback but more pop. Nerdy 90s indie rock only catchier. When I found their album in rotation at WNYU a few weeks ago, I kinda fell in love with it.3. When they found out that I'm only 20 and w...
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At this point, "Animal Collective" and "tripped out" are basically synonymous, and that's how we like it. Their latest weirdo endeavor? A lo-fi video for MPP's epic opener "In the Flowers." The vid interprets the track's underwater ambience, psychedelic pop explosions, and out-of-body optimism with five minutes of equally out-there visuals. A couple of recurring motifs are noticeable throughout...
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Deer Tick just announced the release of an iTunes-only EP, More Fuel for the Fire, on December 1 via Partisan Records. (Does anyone else already kind of associate Deer Tick with iTunes because of how many times Brian Williams mentioned iTunes in his interview with Deer Tick for MSNBC.com??)The EP features three new studio tracks (taken from a month-long recording session in upstate New York) pl...
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Since I discovered Power Move in rotation at WNYU back in May, Screaming Females have stuck out for me as one of the year's buzz bands that will acquire a legacy, embodying the rekindled DIY vibes that have inspirited much of today's indie landscape.Last week, a fan named Kathryn commented on the band's CMJ recap/blogpost, and said something that really resonated with me: "I get the chills read...
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For me, Thursday means class at 8 a.m. and a nonstop class/radio schedule until 6, so I was way, way tired tonight when I eventually made it out to catch Frankie & the Outs at The Woodser. ((Which apparently is the home of the ex-VivGrl/Stilts drummer.)) But I was so pleasantly surprised by the all-girl quintet's (all too short) set of polished, jangly pop gems that my worries and exhaustion co...
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Cool! We don't have 100 DJs though.
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Jenn and I thought it would be fun to start making weekly lists of some of our favorite newly released mp3s, taken from our WTBU/WNYU playlists.MP3: King Khan & BBQ Show - "I'll Be Loving You"From Invisible Girl, out 11/3 on In the Red. RIYL cute doo-wop being covered by your local garage punk crazies with tambourines strapped to their feet.MP3: Cold Cave - "Life Magazine"Track # 3 on Love Com...
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OK so obviously I am obsessed with fuzzy lo-fi punk bands and also bands/people from the UK, thus I was super, super excited when Male Bonding told me about a compilation of UK artists they'll be releasing on their own label Paradise Vendors, Inc within the next few months.The 12" split (untitled) will be co-released with the London DIY label Italian Beach Babes, and will certainly serve as a l...
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I recently had the opportunity to catch Superchunk play an acoustic set at Housing Works, which ruled a lot. I reviewed the show for SPIN -- text/photos/videos right here. There is a new book out on the history of Merge called Our Noise -- highly recommended!
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Two weeks ago, London/Sub Pop's Male Bonding ((who I caught three times during CMJ week, because they rule that much)) dropped by the New Afternoon Show for a super funny hour-long guest DJ set, and played tons of unreleased tracks from fuzzy DIY punk bands, UK-style. Many of their DJ picks -- check out the photo above for the full list -- will be on a forthcoming compilation of UK bands from M...
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Photo via Dart MusicI first saw Bang Bang Eche at WNYU last Wednesday morning, where they completely killed their in-studio performance, making them one of the best and most memorable bands I saw at CMJ.Later that night, before their show at Pianos, Jenn and I interviewed the four-piece from New Zealand. The band, who are all under 20 years old, sat down on a bench on the Lower East Side and k...
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GOOD NEWS FOR UNDER-21 GIRLS FANS IN BOSTON!! Matador just announced that the band will be performing FOR FREE at Newbury comics at 5pm on Saturday, November 7th. I am super pumped and you should be too.Girls and Real Estate are also playing the Great Scott in Allston later the same night, which is really exciting if you're 21 (the venue seems to always be 21+ on Saturday nights) but a huge bu...
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Happy CMJ! This is a list of some shows/events that Jenn and I are planning on attending over the next few days--it's a mix of official/unofficial shows, official CMJ panels/discussions, + college radio industry events/promo company sponsored parties. The daytime stuff is mostly what I (Liz) will be going to because Jenn is being responsible and going to her classes this week. (Oops?) WEDNESDA...
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Male Bonding play @ "Above the Auto Parts" 10/17/09Last night, No Age, Male Bonding (from London/SubPop), Soft Circle and Hot Box played at a new venue called Above the Auto Parts in Bushwick. It's a really awesome place and I definitely plan on catching some more shows there. (Screaming Females and Jeff the Brotherhood will be there soon.) Oh, also, all of the bands who played last night were ...
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CMJ time rolls around, and you get a lot of bands heading to New York and trying to sell themselves. While I do sincerely hope that I discover a few cool new artists this CMJ season, I find it unlikely that I’ll be “sold” on any band more so this year than I’ve already been sold on one particular group of artists.I won’t pretend that I’ve been up on New Jersey’s burgeoning music comm
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Over the past couple of years, I have interviewed some pretty entertaining f0lkz for random places. Like this dude for Rolling Stone. Oh, and Moby.BUT nothing makes me more excited than getting to talk to and promote a band whose music I genuinely believe in, and next week I get to do just that. Ridgewood, NJ's much-buzzed Fluffy Lumbers will be coming into the studio at WNYU for a liveset and ...
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This year, Jenn and I both turned 20. Turning 20 wasn't very exciting. (We're not teenagers anymore.....but still can't buy beer....or see 21+ shows.....meh.)More exciting is that tons of cool shit also turned 20 years old this year, like Matador Records, The Pixies album "Doolittle", Warp Records, Merge Records, Slumberland Records, Drag City, and XL Recordings. Because our 20th years line up...
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If you follow me on Twitter or stalk my Facebook, you may have noticed some articles I have been writing for a new Boston-based music blog, On A Friday. You should check out this website ASAP because it is really awesome and is going to fill a void that has been missing in Boston's music community forever. The site is made up of contributions from a small group of students who work at WZBC, W...
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