Deastro Photo via PopMatters.Last night provided an easy way to see a large amount of bands in a small amount of time. CMJ aside, the occasion was to celebrate showgoing resource Oh My Rockness's fifth birthday in style with a festival style concert at Santos Party House in Manhattan. With ten bands on two stages in four hours, one could catch at least a few songs by each band, all of whom have
If you haven’t been keeping track of Deastro’s blog I’d suggest you start now. There’s always a steady flux of content whether it’s free music, remixes of his music, videos, or collages. And it’s usually pretty good. Take for instance just a week or so ago he put up a free EP Orange Swimmer Red [...]
Deastro’s Moondagger album is one of the freshest forms of electro infused indie rock that I’ve heard in a long time. Seriously. Check it out if you have the chance. Will Tompkins aka Vancouver’s Van Benton (one half of the duo Nino Van Benton) recently conjured up a superb remix of the stellar “Toxic Crusader” [...]
Deastro unveiled a new single (”Tone Adventure #3″) on September 29th, and is now embarking upon a fall co-headlining tour with Domino Records’ Max Tundra.The Deastro Dates:10.21 New York, NY @ [CMJ] Santos Party House (8:45Pm Upstairs)10.22 New York, NY @ [CMJ] The Cutting Room (KEXP’s Live Sessions)10.24 New York, NY @ [CMJ] PIanos (4:15PM)11.05 [...]
MUSIC NEWS - Our focus is on MotorCity, USA this time, as the LimeWire Store shines the spotlight on Detroit's current crop of independent artists in Ear to the Ground: Detroit. The selections, curated by the staff of Detroit Metro Times, the free 16-track digital-only sampler — available exclusively at LimeWire Store — is a broad overview of local acts who are keeping Detroit's r
Well, as you know, this is a pretty strictly British only blog... but I am a sucker for Ghostly International. In fact I've been carefully putting together an article for Cream Team for a couple months now on their 10 year anniversary... that's how much of a fan I am.Now, despite having never actually spoken to Deastro, I'm a big fan on his music and want to help spread the word as if he were...