Lately I’ve been having a little more time to devote to digging through my piles of promo CDs sent to me by bands I don’t know. It’s an embarrassingly high stack that I wish I had time to properly attend to. But I’m finding a lot of great new bands, including the fuzzy wonder of [...]
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Ryland Bouchard, formerly known as The Robot Ate Me, has surprised me recently by comingout of hibernation in a big way. First he released that box set and now he’s recorded a Take Away Show session. The new songs sound fantastic, with a great visual accompaniment (as always) by the TAS.Watch the rest of Ryland [...]
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Why yes, they do have a song called “Cats is People Too”Today at work Erik and I had a Carpark Records twofer with Dan Deacon followed by Ear Pwr. I’d never heard of them, but Erik trusts the label (probably having something to do with them putting out his last full-length). They’re a wacky group [...]
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Even though it’s probably the easiest to overlook, “True or False” is one of my favorites off Bishop Allen’s new album Grr…. This live video they did for Art in the Age really has a good live arrangement for the song and backs up my claim that it’s one of their best. Watch the rest [...]
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Beach House are part of that beautiful new frontier for music that makes my ears tingle. And though I’ve been a passive fan since 2006, the two shows I caught in March have flipped the switch to “active.”Even though I don’t think the Lexington show sold out, it was one of the most anticipated show [...]
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I really didn’t want to publish another April Fool’s post, but Trent one-upped everyone with this news. And really, isn’t it worth it for that cover photo?From NIN.com:To download NIN’s new full-length album Strobe Light, PRODUCED BY TIMBALAND, enter a valid email address in the fields below. A download link will be sent to you [...]
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This might be the worst unintentional April Fool’s ever. Spinner just posted a new Eels song and I can’t get it to show up in my browser. But hopefully you won’t have that same problem and you can enjoy it as much as I eventually will. But until then I’m going to listen to Eels’ [...]
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In what has to be the best April Fool’s I’ve heard all day (except except Youtube), Bjork.com reported that the Icelandic lass will be the lead singer for the Led Zeppelin reunion. But if you went to look for tour dates, you would have found that it’s an April Fool’s joke.(link via someone who I [...]
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Thunderheist was wicked, but my SXSW fatigue was starting to set in. The elctro duo was one of the more classy bands I saw at South By, but by Saturday night I just wasn’t too into dancing. I took my photos and went and sat down for the remainder of their set. I’m glad I [...]
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Ladyhawke’s performance at Perez Hilton’s One Night in Austin was fine, but at SXSW “fine” doesn’t usually cut it. I hate to sound snarky (and maybe it’s just Perez rubbing off on me) but she seemed a little too shy to be on a glammed-out stage hosted by the glitziest blogger in the US. Her [...]
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NASA was a pleasant surprise at the Spin/Myspace day party at Stubb’s. Going in, I had no idea that Squeak E Clean (half of NASA) was going to be DJing between bands. The only part of his performance I caught was the part between Glasvegas and Echo and the Bunnymen, which wasn’t exactly the ideal [...]
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I generally try to only write about music I enjoy, so I’ll just say that last night I fell asleep in my chair while editing photos of Glasvegas. I must’ve been thinking about their performance.Oh, and I’ll also say that Glasvegas’ frontman is the only person I saw all SXSW to motion for us to [...]
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Unlike the first time I saw The Thermals at SXSW, I didn’t have time to watch their full set. I only got to take in three or four songs before running off to see Echo and the Bunnymen. But like the first time, they were fantastic, very Ted Leo-ish and didn’t play “Pillar of Salt” [...]
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SXSW always yields amazing things, and covers are usually a safe bet. Lullabyes posted a recording of a MBAR set that included two covers. I got really excited to see that “Single Ladies” was the first track, until I realized it’s his bandmates singing it while they wait for Miles to get ready. The second, [...]
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Another SXSW casualty. I only got to watch one song of Port O’Brien’s before running off to see the Thermals. It was a show I’m sure I would have enjoyed watching, but you’re always going to be missing something good at SXSW.
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Thew new Morrissey album Years of Refusal was almost the subject of some debate at the record store until we all decided not to argue if it was good or bad and just agree that “it sounds like a Morrissey album.” Sure, as Colin Meloy might say, it’s got a little more cock rock to [...]
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These United States were the first band I grabbed to play Hot Freaks! I’m a big fan of both the band’s work and the musicians as people. They’re a delight and always lead to a good time. However that means jack to you, the reader, if the music isn’t good. I mean, I have friends [...]
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Continuing their incredible string of bookings, the Take Away Show just posted their session with Sigur Ros. The band only had time for one song — and almost never play acoustically — but the result is incredible. They play “Med Sud I Eyrum” off their new album in what looks like an upscale French restaurant. [...]
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Royal Alberta Advantage were both the first band I caught at our Hot Freaks! party and the band at SXSW I went the quickest from unfamiliar to very interested in. I first saw them at the eMusic church show, but I couldn’t snag a good enough photo to warrant a review. But at their Hot [...]
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