09.11 - Washed Out @ Lux, Lisboa 10.11 - Fennesz, Murcof, Alva Noto in Festival Semibreve @ Theatro Circo, Braga 10.11 - Perry Blake @ Auditório de Música de Espinho, Espinho 11.11 - Fujiya & Miyagi @ MusicBox, Lisboa 11.11 - Pink Mountaintops @ Maus Hábitos, Porto 12.11 - Pink Mountaintops @ ZdB, Lisboa 19.11 - Lee Ranaldo, Mount Eerie in Optimus Clubbing Night @ Casa da Música,
Como habitual, fica por cá o resumo do que de mais importante se passou na minha página alternativa do Facebook. A semana teve início com o belíssimo lado-B dos Washed Out, "Call It Off", que finalmente decidiram lançar um dos temas do ano, "Amor Fati", como single (ver texto). De seguida, mais algumas novidades, uma vez mais Veronica Falls a surpreender com o seu obscuro indie-pop através

This was certainly a strange Halloween week, everyone. Halloween has always been the holiday where your freak flag can hang high, but this year, too many other strange occurrences went down. Case in point, a portion of the country got hit with one of the worst early snowstorms imaginable. Yes, New England hailed to the Pumpkin Throne in 10 inches of fresh powder. It literally was a scene out of The Nightmare Before Christmas . Everybody else in the nation probably went about their usual business, but weird things were still afoot. Here at Cluster 1, things still had [...]
Rare Monk resemble a mix of Celtic punk, avant-garde rock in the vein of Man Man, and southern gypsy-pop complete with quick-moving strings and snarling vocals. For a more concise comparison, think Modest Mouse with an extra shot of caffeine
A Lovers & Lollypops tem uma agenda cheia para este mês, no Porto (a maior parte passa também por Lisboa, pela ZDB -- apenas o norte-americano Com Truise surge como concerto único). O destaque, visto daqui, vai para os Pink Mountaintops do mui respeitável Stephen McBean (mais conhecido pelos Black Mountain) e, claro, os Akron/Family. Uma boa novidade da L&L, pouco habitual por cá, prende-se com a

As we previously reported , in a recent issue of Rolling Stone, Roger Waters revealed that he would be bringing his highly successful tour back to the United States this summer to play a number of markets that he missed the first time around, as well as the bigger news that he would also bringing the huge multi-media production outdoors for the first time, and that those show would be taking place baseball stadiums in select big cities. Well, Waters has come through on his promise, as today Live Nation has announced the latest leg [...]
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SEX & THE CITY s3 is on telly, shortly i'll be bed-bounding, butt first am off for a frolic under the sea on a folk-influenced fantasy-heavy youthful journey via the AKRON / FAMILY newest CAST A NEW video. wotyougot
New music video for "Cast A Net" by Akron/Family

Experimental folk rockers Akron/Family will kick off the New Year with another round of U.S. tour dates behind their most recent LP, Akron/Family II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT . The three-week trek launches in Washington, DC on January 6th and wraps up in Philadelphia three weeks later on January 20th. Joining the band in a supporting role will be Denver, CO's Bad Weather California, who is the first signee to Akron/Family's new label, Family Tree Music. The label will release Bad Weather California's album Sunkissed in early 2012. [...]

Catch 'em at: 1/6/12 Washington DC - Rock & Roll Hotel 1/7/12 Raleigh, NC - Pour House Music Hall 1/8/12 Asheville, NC - Grey Eagle 1/10/12 Tampa, FL - Crowbar 1/11/12 Gainesville, FL - Double Down 1/12/12 Orlando, FL - Backbooth 1/13/12 Tallahassee, FL - Club Downunder 1/14/12 Atlanta, GA - Drunken Unicorn 1/15/12 Nashville, TN - Mercy Lounge 1/17/12 Chicago, IL - Hideout 1/18/12 South Bend, IN - Subkirke 1/19/12 Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom 1/20/12 Philadelphia, PA - Blockley Pourhouse [...]
Watch 'Cast A Net' below. Akron/Family recently dropped by KEXP. Click here to view the embedded video. MP3: Akron/Family - Silly Bears
27.10 - Kraak DJ-Set @ Incógnito, Lisboa 28.10 - Tom Vek @ MusicBox, Lisboa 03.11 - The Antlers @ Lux, Lisboa 03.11 - PAUS @ Hard Club, Porto 03.11 - Yes @ Coliseu dos Recreios, Lisboa 09.11 - Washed Out @ Lux, Lisboa 10.11 - Fennesz, Murcof, Alva Noto in Festival Semibreve @ Theatro Circo, Braga 10.11 - Perry Blake @ Auditório de Música de Espinho, Espinho 11.11 - Peter Broderick,
Last week, we launched the first mixtape of IRC's Best Songs of 2011 to a relatively strong response from regular readers and visitors. The first volume includes more than 30 top songs originally released in January of this year. They were chosen from dozens upon dozens of tracks email to us directly or that were [...] Read more, get songs or stream the entire mix on Indie Rock Cafe

Instrumental-pop wizards Apricot Rail are supporting experimental rock geniuses Akron/Family on their 'Cosmic Birth Tour' this coming Tuesday at Mojos Bar in Fremantle. Akron/Family are touring on the back of their latest release S/T II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT , while Apricot Rail have recently released ' Surry Hills ', an enchanting new single ahead of their sophomore album due next year. Tickets are available here and doors open 8pm. Enjoy!

New age bros Akron/Family dug Uncle Eno out of his cave for a few days and had him helm up this gorgeous new track "Cashanet". In what can only be described as some of the most stunning sounds (swirling electronics, warm acoustic arpeggios, beautiful spatial harmonies) you will likely hear pretty much anywhere, "Cashanet" is a listening experience you do not want to miss. Akron/Family - Cashanet (Prod. Brian Eno) Akron/Family ( Official ) ( Myspace ) [...]

Here's another "half mix." Some of my favorites include Dominos by Big Pink , Lovesick Teenagers by Bear in Heaven , Early Warnings by Foreign Born , Beachcomber by Real Estate (one of my favorite tracks from 2009), and Wide-eyed, Legless by Laura Veirs . Enjoy! Blogophilia 12.5 Songs from Blogs September 20 – October 15, 2009 Ripped @ 256k VBR Run Time: 77:17 [...]

Hey! Thought we forgot about this, eh? Nah... Next time I leave the country for a month, I will also leave access to the hard drive where all my files are located. So we're still aiming to re-post all of the Blogophilia volumes by summer's end. Today we have volumes 5 & 6, which feature promotional MP3s available during May and June of 2009. As always, these are gapless mixes with cover art. These are only up for a limited time, so get them now! - [...]