The style of music that The Mitchells play is indie rock that has more than its fair share of eighties influences (acts like Joy Division and Depeche Mode). Thus, a song like “Still Might Happen” is catchy, vocal-heavy, and full of angular guitar riffs that give form and structure to the track. The band starts strongly, but the opening song seems to have about thirty seconds extra music present that…
OCT. 1 WASHINGTON, DC BLACK CAT OCT. 2 ASHEVILLE, NC STELLA BLUE OCT. 3 CHAPEL HILL, NC LOCAL 506 OCT. 5 TALLAHASSEE, FL CLUB DOWNUNDER OCT. 6 GAINESVILLE, FL COMMON GROUND OCT. 7 ORLANDO, FL THE BACKBOOTH OCT. 8 TAMPA, FL CROWBAR OCT. 9 ATLANTA, GA DRUNKEN UNICORN OCT. 10 BIRMINGHAM, AL BOTTLETREE OCT. 11 NASHVILLE, TN EXIT/IN OCT. 13 ST. LOUIS, MO THE FIREBIRD OCT. 14 BLOOMINGTON, IN THE…
When I first started listening to Miss Violetta Beauregarde, I started thinking that eir website – Violettasucks.com – was something that showed that Beauregarde knew what ey was talking about. The style is something that is close to the work of artists like Peaches, but with a hint of the digital hardcore that acts like Lolita Storm created for their audiences a few years back. During “How To Use A…
October 2nd w/ Marnie Stern at Cabaret Juste Pour Rire (Montreal QC) About Heaven / Hell / Big / Love. The songs on the EP were formed around ‘Hell, Heaven’, a tune the band started playing a little over a year ago at shows. The idea was to craft 3-4 other additional songs in the studio without any rehearsals or premeditated parts. We also wanted create 4-5 pieces that had…
Marnie Stern is pleased to announce a North American tour in support of her upcoming self-titled release, which will be available October 5th on Kill Rock Stars. After a few Northeast and Canadian dates in early October, Stern will embark on a full US tour at the end of the month. Marnie Stern the album mirrors Marnie Stern, the woman. Birthed during a challenging period in her life, the self-titled…
One has to wonder about what Misstress Barbara was thinking by putting Sebo K’s “Too Hot” in the opening spot on this disc; the track has an interesting beat for 20 seconds and then repeats it for the next five minutes. This trend is ameliorated during Lorna’s “Feel Good”, but does not completely disappear. I understand the need for club albums, but even with repetitive dance rhythms there is still…
Brooklyn darlings Elizabeth & the Catapult announce even more tour dates with Aimee Mann, Jukebox the Ghost and Tift Merritt supporting the release of The Other Side of Zero on October 26 via Verve Forecast! Elizabeth & the Catapult first debuted the new material on a very special editon of WNYC’s New Sounds LIVE with John Schaefer. More music and tour dates below! Elizabeth & the Catapult Fall Tour Dates…
Brooklyn-via-New Orleans trio Callers just debuted their cover of Wire’s “Heartbeat” with Yours Tru.ly. Covering “Heartbeat” was the initial idea that inspired the making of the band’s sophomore release, Life of Love, out October 12th on Western Vinyl (Dirty Projectors, Here We Go Magic, Balmorhea), in the hopes of creating something simple and cathartic. Using borrowed amps and mics, in bedrooms and in studios, Callers recorded Life of Love, the…
Miss Autopsy is not a goth band. They are a rock band that seems to pull sections from acts of the last fifteen years, so that hints of Alice in Chains, Tool, Nirvana and more all come through during tracks like “Good Is Not Good Enough”. The production of “Sweet” is solid all the way through, with songs conceivably being of a level that would allow play on a radio…
www.myspace.com/steveangello www.sizerecords.com Tweets by SAngelloLIVE On October 11, Steve Angello’s Size Records ushers in the fall with its first label compilation, Size Matters. Here, Steve Angello – one third of the Swedish House Mafia – and his SIZE protégé DJ & Producer AN21 meet to produce an amazing two-disc compilation featuring the biggest tracks from their own record boxes plus the very best of the mighty SIZE label. The collection…
“Jackson Milton” is a track that blends together a number of styles to show individuals that Miranda Sound has everything under control. The band eventually settles down into an emo style, but there are hints fo rock and punk just as there are numerous ties to the emo genre. Miranda Sound has a different approach to emo music than most other acts in the genre currently. For example, the previously…
Oct 1 – Beat Kitchen – Chicago, IL Oct 2 – Small’s – Hamtramck, MI Oct 3 – Bullfrog Brewery – Williamsport, PA Oct 4 – Mojo 13 – Wilmington, DE Oct 5 – TT the Bears – Boston, MA Oct 6 – The Court Tavern – New Brunswick, NJ Oct 7 – Arlene’s Grocery – Manhattan, NY Oct 8 – Brighton Bar – Long Branch, NJ Oct 9 –…
Basia Bulat should be exhausted by now, but she’s not. She’s hitting the road for a US tour today. After performing at folk festivals across Canada early this summer, she hopped in the van with her band and performed in New York City’s Central Park, playing alongside Tune-Yards and St. Vincent. She then flew to Europe for a solo tour, which included sold-out performances at the prestigious Øya Festival in…
Minutes Too Far’s “Let it Roll” captures I think the essential of what scenesters crave these days. Each song has radio quality, poppy with vocals that don’t really travel from the standard and onto new and adventurous. The vocalist never really sounds like the same guy from track to track, but his many personas are all safe. I feel as though at times that the beat carried through from song…
More Songs, the critically-acclaimed debut full-length from Grown Ups (Chicago, IL / Furnessville, IN) will see an official North American re-release on November 9th from Topshelf Records ( My Heart To Joy, Pianos Become The Teeth, Defeater ). Originally released worldwide on May 17, 2010 by British imprint Big Scary Monsters, More Songs saw limited distribution Stateside via the label’s web store, as well as from the band at shows.…
Oct. 7 – New York, NY – Joe’s Pub Nov. 2 – San Diego, CA – Park Gallery Nov. 3 – Los Angeles, CA – Hotel Cafe Nov. 4 – Santa Barbara, CA – Muddy Waters Cafe Nov. 7 – Sacramento, CA – Luigi’s Fungarden Nov. 9 – Bend, OR – Silver Moon Brewery Nov. 10 – Portland, OR – Alberta Rose Theater Nov. 12 – Seattle, WA – Columbia…
Mixing together the guitars of Rage Against the Machine and Sparta to make a laid-back form of punk music, Austin’s Minutes To Burn burst out onto the scene early this year. Starting off this disc with “Poison Everything”, Minutes To Burn brood every while building an energy with the powerful drum strikes by Jeremy. Continuing their deeply emotional sound with “Static”, the band further establishes themselves as a professional, solid…
R.E.M. singer Michael Stipe, guitarist Peter Buck, and bassist Mike Mills have just finished recording their 15th studio album, which will be released in Spring 2011 by Warner Bros. Records. The band has re-teamed with Grammy Award-winning producer Jacknife Lee, who produced R.E.M.’s acclaimed previous album Accelerate. He is also noted for his work on albums by U2, Snow Patrol, The Hives, and indie stalwarts Kasabian, The Editors, Aqualung, and…
The amount of individuals that contributed in some meaningful music way to “The Pestilence is Coming” is enough in number to make a small town. Forty individuals throw in with “additional performances”, and their work can easily be heard during the entirety of “The Pestilence is Coming”. The Minor Leagues play an interesting brand of indie rock that does not really have any temporal link. There are hints during the…
Metal Mind Productions presents the exclusive re-release of self-titled album by Angelzoom. This album is a truly magical journey into the most beautiful corners of the mind… Angelzoom is a project of vocalist Claudia Uhle, who was known from the German pop ensemble called X-Perience, where she sang from 1995. The group had two major hits – “A Neverending Dream” and “Magic Fields”. In 2004 she used her time off…