Archive for August, 2006
Thursday, August 31st, 2006 < author: j dub >
We have a lot of killer shows booked in the fall. Two of the most anticipated are Headlights and Decibully. To help celebrate and get people excited about the show, we will have both Decibully’s “Sing Out America” and Headlights “Kill Them With Kindness” on sale for $9.98! And since the people over at […]
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Thursday, August 31st, 2006 < author: Petro >
Taken from the Explosions In The Sky Website:
“The Rescue”
(2005)
Recorded in Austin, Texas (at Michael’s house) January 2005
Released in October 2005 (part of the TRL Travels In Constants subscription series…subscriptions are all sold out and this record isn’t in stores, but we will be selling them at shows for the next couple of years)
More Info and […]
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Thursday, August 31st, 2006 < author: david >
We are bringing this to you this fall. Sept 18th, 2006 at 8 PM. They have been around the world and they can’t find their baby. They don’t know where and they don’t know why she has gone away. Come help them find their baby. Tickets are $6 adv / […]
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Thursday, August 31st, 2006 < author: j dub >
Taken from secretlycanadian.com
While in New York, Jens Lekman hooked up with ‘Concerts à Emporter’ (’Take Away Shows’) - a Parisian site temporarily relocated across the pond that specializes in very simple amateur videos.
After google translating their description, we find out:
“It was magic, like all this session, during which the singer did not say anything, sat […]
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Wednesday, August 30th, 2006 < author: david >
in case this has slipped past your radar everytime we mentioned it or anyone else in the music biz had a slip of the tongue. The Bound Stems are playing Relative this Saturday and they are magical. Not in the PeeWee Herman creepy magic store kinda way, more like inheriting your grandfather’s estate […]
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Wednesday, August 30th, 2006 < author: j dub >
Purrbot’s third effort Civil Unrest isn’t one of those records that zooms forth out of the speakers; rather, it lurks slowly into your personal space, enveloping its captivating grasp on you in the most intriguing of ways. The one-man project of one Nathan Carter, the songs of Purrbot are minimal to the utmost point, but […]
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Wednesday, August 30th, 2006 < author: jeanean >
IMA ROBOT provides a fresh new combination of techno, pop, and alternative rock. The new hit single, “Creeps Me Out” off of the bands new record Monument in the Masses is something new that i know many people will enjoy. The band is well off having one record out already, but Monument in the Masses […]
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Tuesday, August 29th, 2006 < author: j dub >
F-U-C-K Y-E-S!
More proof that power trios are coming back!
Dead Moon is a trainwreck, that sounds like Bon Scott fronting the Stooges. So grab your lady, a Stag, and head towards the Moon Tower.
Dead Moon - Dead Moon Night | mp3 |
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Monday, August 28th, 2006 < author: j dub >
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Monday, August 28th, 2006 < author: j dub >
Monster Movie make a fine return on the mysterious Graveface label for another album of melancholy dream-pop. And while that description may feel like its been applied to numerous bands in the most haphazard of ways, it should be noted that Monster Movie contains a former member of shoegaze legends Slowdive, so it’s pretty much […]
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Friday, August 25th, 2006 < author: j dub >
This is the best story I have heard heard all summer, please play this while reading about Brattleboro.
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Friday, August 25th, 2006 < author: j dub >
George Booker is starting a magazine - both online and in print. Click here to see how you can help.
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Thursday, August 24th, 2006 < author: david >
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Thursday, August 24th, 2006 < author: david >
p.s. the video was captured by someone with Parkinson’s Disease
From James:
Hey don’t know if you heard about this yet but last night at the Book Eaters charity event in new york ciity (involving john stewart, sufjan, david byrne and others) sufjan and david byrne ended the night with a special duet of Lefty Frizzel’s “Saginaw, […]
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Thursday, August 24th, 2006 < author: david >
check out this gallery of old tape cassettes. Definitely some flyer worthy images to grab. LINK
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Wednesday, August 23rd, 2006 < author: j dub >
We just slit open a box and what was inside? New Relative Cards.
And they are, as you can see, so choice. Braided and I will be working in the lab, looking at schematics, experimenting with increased benefits, data strapulation, and sending out a special announcement in the next few days with our results of those […]
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Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006 < author: j dub >
Indian Jewelry, a shape-shifting group from Houston, Texas combine the unnerving and intense post-punk of Suicide with the nocturnal hypnotism of Liars’ “Drum’s Not Dead”.
I have been hooked by their droney washed out dissonant jams of drum machines and noise. This is dance music for the rejected and the fucked up. […]
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Monday, August 21st, 2006 < author: j dub >
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Friday, August 18th, 2006 < author: guava >
I capriciously came across an incredible website coined Roadside Picnic thanks to the break-up of Prosaics. It is a monthly radio podcast that began in Sept of 2005. Read more about my discovery below. For fans of Growing, Sun O))), Wilderness, ice cream, experimental shit, and life. Thank you Jebus.
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Friday, August 18th, 2006 < author: j dub >
The Good, the Bad and the Queen is the name of Blur frontman Damon Albarn’s new project. Initially reported as a solo album by Albarn with Danger Mouse producing, NME revealed in late July 2006 that the solo project was switched to a new group formed by Albarn.
The group, which consists of Albarn, The Clash’s […]
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