Photos by Melanie EatonKid Mud - "Federated" (mp3)Kid Mud - "This Way is Safe" (mp3)Kid Mud - "Press It Out" (mp3)
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Photos: Kid Mud @ El Rio 6/17/09
Briefs: The Valley Arena, Venus Infers, The Henry Clay People, Robotanists
+ There is an awesome free show happening in LA this Sunday - The Valley Arena and Venus Infers at Spaceland. The event is part of Hell Ya!'s monthly series at Spaceland.+ Speaking of The Valley Arena, the trio have a new record out on JAXArt Records. The album, We Died is out in a very innovative fashion - a 7-Inch Vinyl EP comes with 2 tracks "Bait & Switch" & "Grayscale" and includes an
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Kid Mud's Now They Shut Us Down Out Today
N&UR is proud to announce the release of Kid Mud's debut full length, Now They Shut Us Down, available today.Want to purchase a copy? Physical copies featuring cover art by Souther Salazar are shipping out for $11. You can buy it via https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=6178293.The album can also be downloaded at...iTunesAmazonEmusicRhapsodyYou can stream the
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Sonic Youth's House of Shifting Plates and Ridiculous Juice (by Melissa of Shiloe)
I think we can safely say, without hyperbole, that taking part in Sonic Youth's awesome "House of Shifting Plates and Ridiculous Juice" at Origami Vinyl this past Tuesday was one of the coolest things ever - truly the next best thing to actually opening for the band themselves! The excitement started for us long before the 9th actually rolled around, as advance press started to trickle in and
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Briefs: Division Day, Grand Lake, JETSKIIS, Twilight Singers, Dengue Fever, Free Music
+ Division Day have signed with LA label Dangerbird Records, joining a roster that already includes Silversun Pickups, Sea Wolf and Darker My Love. The band's second full length, Visitation, is out August 18 and the band is currently streaming two new songs on their MySpace. [via Buzz Bands]+ Oakland's Grand Lake posted some good news and some bad news this week. The good news: the band is
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Will's New Music Picks (Best of '09 so far): Bat For Lashes, O+S, Telekinesis
On occasion, N&UR founder Will Benham listens to new music, and sometimes he likes what he hears so much he decides to recommend it to others. Will recommends you pick these up - though bear in mind Will did think that "808s and Heartbreaks" was the best album of 2008.Two Suns, Bat For LashesI breeze through music so quickly it seems, moving past one record after just a couple of spins, eager to
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Update: Shiloe Helping Sonic Youth "Take Over" Origami Records
Tonight's Sonic Youth Listening Party at Origami Records in Echo Park is shaping up to be quite the event. Besides featuring acoustic sets from our very own Shiloe, and also Pocahaunted, there will be rare Thurston Moore-related vinyl on sale, while the "staff picks" shelves have been stocked with records handpicked by Moore and his bandmates. See photos of their selections at Origami's blog.
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Briefs: Kissing Cousins, The Monolators, My First Earthquake
+ Kissing Cousins - who include Shiloe's Melissa Pleckham on bass - will celebrate the release of their first full length, Pillars of Salt, at LA's Silver Factory Studios on Sunday, June 14. The album is out today via Velvet Blue Music.+ The Monolators will be opening for Handsome Furs at the Echoplex in LA this Thursday. The band will go on at 8:30PM.Handsome Furs - "Radio Kaliningrad" (mp3)+
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Shiloe Helping Sonic Youth "Take Over" Origami Records in Echo Park
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With Sonic Youth's The Eternal out tomorrow, Origami Records in Echo Park has become the site for the official release party. Filter reports: For one day only, the record shop will be transformed into Sonic Youth's House of Shifting Plates and Ridiculous Juice, where various Sonic Youth LPs, limited edition Thurston Moore goodies and Two Boots Sonic Youth inspired pizza will be available.Origami
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Briefs: Mixtapes, Sir Lord Von Raven, Grand Lake
+ If you're upset about losing some of your monthly downloads due to Emusic's recent deal with Sony, here's some free music for you ... tons of new mixtapes: Mick Boogie's MC Hammer mixtape, R. Kelly's first-ever mixtape (SendSpace link), a new Kanye West mixtape from Tapemasters Inc, and a live Drake mixtape.+ I Guess I'm Floating has posted the first video from Oakland band Sir Lord Von Raven.
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New Music: Kid Mud - "Federated" / "Questions or Comments"
On Monday, we revealed the cover art and tracklist for Kid Mud's Now They Shut Us Down (available June 16 from New and Used Records). Today, we are happy to give you a pair of mp3s from the album...Kid Mud - "Federated" (mp3)_RLT.render('59ab990afdd06da4141ae25b50a1928a');Kid Mud - "Questions or Comments" (mp3 at RCRDLBL)_RLT.render('28579b322a3f918fbb80d55ec0478e44');Kid Mud was featured in
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Jukebox: Friday Mile
Jukebox is a feature where we ask our favorite artists, bloggers and DJs their opinions on four songs that are currently generating buzz. Then we ask them for songs that we should be buzzing about. This week, we put quarters in the record machine with Jace Krause of Friday Mile...Clues - "Perfect Fit" (mp3)I am not familiar with these guys, and I didn't like this song the first, second, and
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Sly Charles Playlist 6/1/09
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The KSDT website is still down, so you had to tune in live. Thanks to those of you who listened over the last few months. I should be back next fall, and I got some big things planned, so stay tuned.1. Junior Boys "Hazel"2. Passion Pit "Moth's Wings"3. Phoenix "Lisztomania"4. Royksopp f/ Robyn "The Girl and the Robot"5. Bat for Lashes "Daniel"6. Woods "Rain On"7. St. Vincent "Laughing With A
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Briefs: Birds and Batteries, Pehrspace, eMusic, Young and Lost Club, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
+ SF's Birds and Batteries have a new MP3 available at Pampelmoose for the track "Out in the Woods."Birds and Batteries - "I'll Never Sleep Again" (mp3)+ LA's fabulous art and music community venue, Pehrspace, is in danger of shutting down with one more noise complaint. Over the past weekend, a show was stopped due to noise complaints - a first in the venue's three years. [via Rock Insider] +
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Kid Mud Cover Art and Tracklist
New and Used Records is proud to announce that Kid Mud's debut full length, Now They Shut Us Down will be released on Tuesday, June 16. Kid Mud is the brainchild of Sean Duncan, an indie rock vet who previously played in Fiver - a Modesto outfit that recorded with Jason Lytle and toured with Death Cab For Cutie. While his indie rock resume had taken him on tours all over the US and the UK,
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Videos: Crystal Stilts, Tigers Can Bite You, The Strokes
In my college days, one of the many film classes I took was in found footage. The late great Bruce Conner was a pioneer of found footage films, and his shorts laid the groundwork for many a music video that has followed. The new video from Slumberland recording artists Crystal Stilts, entitled "Love is a Wave," is built entirely around found footage.Crystal Stilts - "Love is a Wave" (mp3)If you
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Sly Charles Playlist 5/18/09
The website is down, so no stream today, which is unfortunate, cause i thought this show was quite good.1. Sonic Youth "Sacred Trixter"2. Passion Pit "Little Secrets"3. Kid Mud "Federated"4. Telekinesis "Foreign Room"5. Phoenix "Rome"6. Camera Obscura "You Told A Lie"7. An Horse "Camp Out"8. Grizzly Bear "Two Weeks"9. St. Vincent "The Neighbors"10. Akron/Family "Everyone Is Guilty"11. Bowerbirds
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Shiloe at the Echo w/ Avi Buffalo TOMORROW
Fabulous LA band Avi Buffalo are playing the Echo every Tuesday in LA this month, and they have asked our very own Shiloe to join them for tomorrow night's show.
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Video: Robotanists On The Road
Back in 1997, David Lynch directed a film called Lost Highway which Lynch people loved and other people did not. The film opens with a fabulous shot of the open road dimly lit, illuminated only by the light from a driving car. While on the road and listening to their brilliant track, "Wait a Minute Here," Robotanists caught some great footage of the open road dimly lit, illuminated only by the
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Shiloe to Headline Club NME TOMORROW
As reported by NME, Shiloe will be headlining the LA Club NME night at Spaceland tomorrow. Future Ghost and Atlantic Line will also be playing what promises to be a great night for music.
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