“Dameon and I have always had a stronger bond than most brothers,” says Gabe Aranda. He and Dameon spent much of their childhood constantly moving from place to place, which helped knit a tight relationship. “When you have just that one person who is a constant, it brings you much closer.”
Marco Benevento will call Northern California home in February when he hosts a four week residency at Yoshi’s in Oakland. Supporting his new release, Me Not Me (available February 3 from The Royal Potato Family), Benevento is set to appear every Tuesday of the month at the prestigious east bay jazz venue with a different set of special guests. He’ll launch the run on February 3 with an album release…
It is really awesome to see a print magazine succeed in this down economy, and it just seems to me as if Slug Magazine is doing just that. I could be wrong, but this issue seems heftier and more full than it ever has, with the only detriment being an advert for Natty Light on the back cover (you have to do certain things to pay the bills, I’m sure).…
When a tireless and charismatic novelty seeker tricks his buddy into lying to his fiancée so they can celebrate his last days of bachelorhood in proper style, it won’t just be the devil to pay when I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell arrives on an unrated DVD January 26 from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. Based on the bestselling playbook for gettin’ some, this uproarious, unrated film is so…
The band is thrilled to announce the addition of Phantom Planet’s Darren Robinson to their touring band. Robinson’s mainstay gig has gone on an indefinite hiatus, allowing him time to work with some new collaborators. The band is currently working out their live show for their upcoming dates, including a hometown headliner at Modified Arts, a tour with Dear & The Headlights leading into SXSW.
The laid-back sounds of Rusty Anderson at the beginning of “Undressing Underwater†really is a nice introduction for fans who might not know the artist. This is pretty much removed from any distinct style of music, eliciting pop-rock, indie, frat-rock and Fastball all in one very smoothed-out sounding bundle. The harder edge of “Devil’s Spaceship†is proper concerning the name, and it is through this sea change in style that…
“[We Are The World] work the dance beat, taking pop to strange outer space.â€â€“ Paper Magazine “Art-damaged electronica.†– LA Weekly “We Are the World celebrates the visual as much as the sonic—incorporating into their performance as much dance and design as music with fantastically spooky effects. We Are the World raised the bar.†– LA Record “I feel that referring to them as a band is a slight and…
Witch and Tee Pee Records labelmates Earthless will team up for a set of tour dates starting in late February.
ter two woozy, psychedelic, and often–claustrophobic records that touched upon their great potential (2006’s Preyers EP and 2007’s Hoarse Lords), the Oakland-based Clipd Beaks have birthed something pretty damn amazing. To Realize is a turning-point. A record of personal and artistic growth. Sonically expansive, lyrically profound, and deeply moving. It recalls the societal hangover depicted in the great California rock records of the early 70’s, while sitting firmly in the…
New York-based singer/songwriter Amy Speace emerged from self-exile with an edgy sophomore release The Killer In Me, released April 7 on Wildflower Records. Amy and The Tearjerks U.S. tour will commence in January and continue through the release.
The use of what sounds to be the drum clanking together scores of sticks for “Ame†is an easy way to go and increase the fury of the album without resorting to normal methods. What is immediately noticeable about Anathallo has to be their ability to control the emotional content of their tracks on “Floating Worldâ€. Individuals can be thrown into a rage or made completely excited just by the…
“Boy Genius are definitely within the indiepop realm but not too sugary, not too precious, relying on well-crafted melodies and gentle, mostly-acoustic instrumentation to carry the songs…Boy Genius deserve more attention than they’ve gotten, hopefully that will come soon.” – Brooklyn Vegan Jason Korenkiewicz began writing songs in 2006 for a two-man acoustic project tentatively called Boy Genius. One night at a party someone declared them ‘neither boys, nor geniuses’…
“The Crying Light†is the band’s follow up to the Mercury prize winning “I Am a Bird Nowâ€. The album was released in the UK and Europe on January 19 through Rough Trade and on January 20 in America through Secretly Canadian with a world tour following the release. The American leg of the tour goes through the end of February, including stops at the Big Ears Festival in Knoxville…
We are thrilled to announce the details of Dream Get Together, the third long player from San Francisco’s Citay. Coming January 26th (January 25th in the UK), Dream Get Together channels everything we love about Citay into their most cohesive and sophisticated album yet. The symphonic dueling lead guitars, soaring vocals, grandiose acoustic explorations and audacious synth solos are all present, sewn together seamlessly into an epic work. Seldom has…
Miami, Florida-based organicArma has signed with Rock Ridge Music and will release their EP “Discordia†via digital distribution on February 3, 2009. The electronica EP will be available via all digital download portals and will include the original version of the song “Discordia,†as well as remixes by DJ Spooky, King Unique, and band member phAxas.
To celebrate our first 10 releases, we are pleased to announce the 100mNYC compilation of artists from the New York underground. Featuring Bowery Boy Blue, Moritz Wettstein, The Brooklyn What, The Specialist, ElodieO , Fates, Django Voris, The Courtesy Tier, Iamprimate and This Reporter. _______________________ 1. Now We Will Be Brothers – Bowery Boy Blue “Somber, heartfelt and sublime.” – 3Hive 2. Secrets – Moritz Wettstein “A rather alienating mixture…
“Sounds Like Love” is a song that speaks true to its title. The combination of Illa J’s sexy LL Cool J approach to his verses with the smooth jazzy vocalizations of Debi Nova on top of the soulful beat produce the sounds of love in this joint. But this isn’t the type of love you might assume; instead Illa is speaking about his devotion to his relationship with one particular…
An Angle’s lead singer, Kris still has a Conor Oberst sound that permeates through “We Can Breathe Under Alcoholâ€, but the major difference, that of a solid studio band, really makes a track like “Green Water†shine. “Green Water†is completed with the inclusion of a second set of vocals, something that “A Way With Words†recreates with the inclusion of a very vocal-esque set of guitars. Casting eir vocals…
California technical death/grind four-piece EMBRYONIC DEVOURMENT will release their second full-length, Vivid Enterpretations Of The Void, in the early part of 2010 (label TBA). The follow-up to their Fear of Reality Exceeds Fantasy 2007 debut, Vivid Enterpretations Of The Void is based the Reptilian Agenda, a theory researched, written and spoken about extensively by British author/reporter/former pro football player David Icke for well over a decade. The disc is being…
Following the release of 2006’s star-studded Cocked and Loaded, praised by Revolver in their April 2006 issue as being “.a beautifully demented sonic barrage..”, the Revolting Cocks (RevCo) will be releasing Sex-O Olympic-O on March 3rd, 2009. RevCo founding member Al Jourgensen is clearing up, once and for all, the rumors surrounding the band’s future. “Much like Menudo does or the Blue Man Group, I was going to hand the…