Reaction to Roboteering EP “If this is the quality of the forthcoming album then it will be immense.” -Americana UK “It’s all great, just great. Hurry up with the rest of it, dude.” -Exclaim! On August 11 of 2009, Dan Mangan will release his sophomore album, Nice, Nice, Very Nice. And it’s about time. After three and a half years of touring his sleeper-hit debut, Postcards and Daydreaming, Dan is…
Domino and Geographic are thrilled to announce that the long-awaited Pastels and Tenniscoats collaboration, Two Sunsets, will be release this Fall. It will be available on vinyl, CD and download on September 22. Recorded in Glasgow over a two or three year period usually around Tenniscoats’ UK touring, the album started out casually from a simple idea of booking some studio time to see what happens. Songs seemed to arrive…
Coping off the riff for Metallica’s “Motorbreath†in the beginning of the track, the opening “G.W. Cunt†is a high-water mark for these two individuals, Joe Hiles and George McSweeney. The track is only around a minute, but political beliefs don’t need to be long, drawn-out treaties or discussion. “Pentagram Agenda 1984â€, as well as the rest of the tracks on the disc, feature guest drumming by Brock Ailes, from…
Los Angeles, CA – July 21, 2009. NATHEN MAXWELL has spent the last 8 years of his life playing bass with with one of the biggest underground bands in the world, FLOGGING MOLLY. In between tours and Flogging Molly’s recording sessions, Nathen has managed to write and record his own album, WHITE RABBIT, a great collection of reggae influenced summertime songs with an acoustic guitar vibe and intimate vocals and…
Lordy Lordy The Press Fire! has been working hard lately. Not only did they drop a brand new self-released EP called “ES SLASH TEE” a mere two weeks ago, now they are loading their plates up with more LA shows than one could really consider safe given the anything goes reckless abandon they play everyone of their shows with. What, don’t believe me? I can proooove it! Come bear whitness…
Canadian rockers Inward Eye are set to release their debut album Throwing Bricks Instead of Kisses on August 18th (RCA Records). Fresh off a club tour supporting Sum 41 as well as a performance at Bamboozle, the brothers Erickson, Dave (vocals/bass), Kyle (guitar/vocals), and Anders (drums), will be introducing American fans to their high energy set that has won over hoards of Canadian tastemakers as well as The Who, who…
(with very special guests THE GATES OF SLUMBER and SERPENTCULT) * July 30 – Nashville, TN – The Muse (ZOROASTER w/ Weedeater) * July 31 – Lexington, KY – The Boiler Room (ZOROASTER w/ tba) August 1 Chicago, IL The Empty Bottle August 2 Lansing, MI Mac’s Bar August 3 Toronto, ON Wreck Room August 4 Ottawa, ON Rainbow Bistro August 5 Montreal, QC Katacombes August 6 Providence, RI Club…
Charming nihilism. Intentional unimportance. Sarcastic oversimplification. Desperate, barely contained rage focused and aimed at unfocused, aimless people like a hostage negotiator’s megaphone shoved in the mouth of a suicide bomber. Casy and Brian are embedded in the audience they reach out to. They empathize with our wealth of creative potential, and our expressive debt. And we love them for it. DATE-O-RIFFIC! July 27 + Backspace + Portland, OR July 28…
“This is one of those records that makes you want to throw out every other record you’ve listened to, grow your hair to your elbows, and start all over again” – NME “Nebula collapses a long lineage of heaviosity in its gravitational pull: Blue Cheer, the MC5, the Stooges, early Sabbath, mid-Seventies hard rock, sludge-era Black Flag, and mentors Mudhoney” – Revolver Playing dirty rock and roll and primitive blues,…
After debuting at the top of Billboard’s “Top New Artist” charts, P.O.S’s album Never Better continues to have a long life with his new video “Purexed”, which premiered on MTVu yesterday. The video is a heartfelt look into his tremendous work ethic, the same one that propelled Cinemax to feature him on their show “Max Tour Stories”, led to him being handpicked to do a cover of Pearl Jam’s “Why…
Moshi Moshi Records started off as a hobby in 1998. Set up by three friends who had jobs working for major record labels. It was intended as a means to work with the bands that they loved but which didn’t fit in with the agenda of the day-job taskmasters. Early single releases from Zan Lyons, Kathryn Williams & Pedro and J Xaverre earned the label some plaudits. And sold a…
The opening track on “Don’t Look Down†is one that sets up the rest of the disc; one can almost imagine a sunrise with the skillful instrumentation that takes a dominant place during the first third of the track. There are no vocals here, but the tracks tell more in its instruments than hundreds of bands could hope for with over-emotive lead singers. Seventy minutes marks the extent of “Don’t…
“…if lead single “I Seen Beyoncé at Burger King†doesn’t draw you in, you might wanna get your Fun Detector checked.” – Metromix “…the potty-mouthed poet spits rhymes that inspire arousal and blushing simultaneously.” – Chicago Free Press Cazwell will release his full length album, Watch My Mouth, August 4th on Peace Bisquit. Earlier this year he released the dance floor smash, “I Seen Beyonce At Burger King” (check out…
This summer Gang Gang Dance will be heading out on tour in North America in further support of their highly acclaimed album Saint Dymphna. Their live shows are not to be missed – visceral, intense, communal, downright joyous and, in the words of XLR8R “nothing short of transcendental.” In addition to dates across the country the tour will take in appearances at Lollapalooza and Bumbershoot. Full dates are: August 2nd…
A Lull is taking a break from the recording studio, where they have been hard at work on their forthcoming debut album, Confetti, to hit the road in support of their debut EP, Ice Cream Bones which hit streets May 14th. Touring as a 6 piece (2 of which are drummers), the band is a definite must see. “4-tracks of scintillating electronica and processed beats reminiscent of group’s like Air…
There are a number of fitness individuals, whether they be on the internet or sequestered in their own fitness clubs, that are only out to rip off people. However, I’ve just found a web site – Marina Online – that tries to give viewers the best possible price without removing anything in the way of quality or accessibility.
For the first time ever, Phish will combine two of its most cherished traditions – the Phish festival and the band’s Halloween event – in a massive three-day celebration. Christened Festival 8, it will take place October 30th, 31st and November 1st at The Empire Polo Club in Indio, CA. Festival 8 marks several additional firsts: it is Phish’s first three-day festival, its first held on the West Coast and…
“the morning after girls recall prime-era shoegaze outfits like ride (whose mark gardener made a guest appearance one one of the group’s early eps). where many of their peers put emphasis on volume, the girls know the power of a good, woozy melody. their best moments top churning guitars with clean, aching vocals.” – rolling stone the morning after girls national tour dates: 07/30 – san francisco, ca – bottom…
DARK CASTLE w/ BLOODY PANDA 7/27/2009 Wormhole – Savannah, GA 7/28/2009 The Atlantic – Gainesville, FL w/ Civilization 7/30/2009 Goo – Miami, FL 7/31/2009 Will’s Pub – Orlando, FL 8/01/2009 Drunken Unicorn – Atlanta, GA w/ Withered More DARK CASTLE dates for the Northeast and other parts of the US to be announced soon. The band’s recent full-length Spirited Migration was released in May on AT A LOSS RECORDINGS. Recorded…
Lou Rogai is a man and Lewis & Clarke’s main-man; Caroline Weeks a woman, but not a weak woman. They met when L&C opened a tour for Bats for Lashes when Caroline was a member of Natasha Khan’s band. Musical sparks flew and they agreed to tour together one day, with Lewis & Clarke’s transcendental “I don’t cut my grass” peace-of-mind folk and Caroline Week’s Victorian “don’t tighten the corset”…