Interview by Zachary Timm Video by Maia Stern Photo by Roger Kisby Tripwire contributor Zachary Timm caught up with the guys from ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead right before their Brooklyn performance . They talked about their name, the recording of Century Of Self and other general topics that can only be discussed over a few friendly beers at the local watering hole. For The Record - ...And You Will Know Us [...]
Words and photos by Zach Timm It was expected that this was going to be a loud raucous rock 'n' roll show, I mean all you have to say is ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of The Dead is playing and you know what you are in for. What I wasn’t expecting was that the opening band, Midnight Masses was going to blow them out of the water. [Midnight Masses] [...]
Apparently dropping the elipses is supposed to be enough to make us forget about their prior two albums. Quite frankly boys, we didn't need help forgetting. Both were overly ambitious to the point of pretentiousness. Both also did away with the bombast and assault like feeling that earlier albums exuded. On this latest album they try to let us know that they haven't forgotten how to do it (Yeah, I know, the weirdo artwork that looks like something your stoner buddy drew on his book cover during high school math is somewhat disarming, but I implore you to look past [...]
by john (pic by annie powers) Friday was quite the night. The first show of two that I attended was And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead along with The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart . The Pains… played a fun half-hour set, most songs coming off their debut LP, along with an awesome B-side to the “Everything With You” single. Their sound is a good mix of shoegaze, indie pop and [...]
This week's Waved Rumor Rock Clip of the Week features the mighty Austin, TX band And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead , who have just released a stunning new CD called " The Century of Self ". The band is in NYC for two shows this weekend, and young hipsters there have the chance to get their minds and hearts filled with soaring anthemic rock and roll of the best kind. DO it! I interviewed Jason and Conrad from the band back in 2002 in NYC as part of a [...]
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Tuesday, February 24, Trail Of Dead hits Criminal Records and The Earl. My first couple of listens to the new Trail Of Dead record I think were spoiled by the fact that almost everything on the Festival Thyme EP has been recycled here. I really do not like a new album with songs I've already played to death. But after getting over that, the rest of the material here fits nicely around the Festival stuff, and I am starting [...]
Monday 2/23 * Black Names, Hollerado @ Pianos ( MP3: "Juliette" by Hollerado) * The Human Voice in a New World @ Frederick Loewe Theatre at New York University ( MORE info ) Tuesday 2/24 * Tom Jones @ Terminal 5 ( MP3: "Little Green Bag" by Tom Jones with Barenaked Ladies) * Memorial Celebration for Odetta: Pete Seeger, Sweet Honey and the [...]
Known for their unwieldy name and art-rock-meets-hardcore musical style, ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead have created a niche all their own in the indie music scene over the last ten or so years. The sextet released their sixth LP, The Century of Self , this past week, their first after leaving Interscope in favor of their own Richter Scale imprint. The album is also different in the way in which it was recorded. According to Billboard, the band tracked much of the record live instead of using extensive studio overdubs, though [...]
Womit soll ich anfangen? Dass ich ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead großartig finde, konnte man hier ja schon lesen. Ich will also mein Bestes geben, nicht zu pathetisch zu werden und euch nicht mit meinem Fanboytum auf den Sack zu gehen. Allerdings bedarf es ersteinmal einer Zusammenfassung dessen, was bisher geschah, denn ohne dieses Hintergrund-wissen kann man die aktuelle Platte "The Century Of Self" nicht vollends verstehen. Während ...Trail Of Deads zweites, noch ziemlich rohes Album "Madonna" trotz zahlreicher fantastischer Songs (etwa Mistakes [...]
Not too long ago, Funeral Party was playing backyard parties in East L.A. Hundreds of kids came; there was cowbell galore; people danced; and life was good. As the group cultivated an underground following and took its act into clubs, they seemed to be inheritors to the Moving Units' edgy dance-punk throne. Now they are broadening their sound and setting theirs sights higher. After getting their feet wet by supporting Yelle on tour last autumn and releasing the "Bootleg EP," in December, the scrappy bunch has been holed up in a studio with [...]
Photography "Baby As Dancing Snow Robot" by Tsuru Well my friends, it's time for baby and I to once again head south to Canada's winter home, the home of my birth, Flo-Ride-Duh. Should be fun & good times, first to see my family, then her's (they are snowbirds, you see, two birds, one stone), then the plan is do a little kitschy day date at Disney World , whee! Baby's never been, and granted the last time I went it looked a little, uh, not so taken care of (seriously, [...]
E vabbè, la copertina della compilation ufficiale non è il massimo ma come non parlare oggi dell'invasione dei dischi lanciati a Sanremo ? Come annunciato oggi escono quasi tutti. Dall'estero arrivano Novastar , Alain Clark (avvistato ieri al festival ) e gli interessanti And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead (urka che nome!). E tanto, tanto altro. Di seguito le uscite discografiche di oggi: se nella massa ci fosse scappato qualcosa, segnalatecelo nei commenti (grazie!). Uscite discografiche (20 febbraio [...]
With George Bush leaving office, it doesn't just mark the end of his Presidency but a decline of all things Texas. Over the past year, Texas sports have lost prestige (Dallas Cowboys went from a virtual lock halfway through the season to not even making the playoffs, Houston Rockets are mildly chugging along in the NBA, Not 1 Texas team is ranked in the Top 25 for NCAA basketball). Gas prices
Well kiddos, this weekend I'll be in Lubbock watching the totally awesome Texas A&M Aggies play the perennially douchy Texas Tech Red Raiders, but I'm pretty sure stuff will still happen in Dallas when I'm gone. We of course made it out to see Lykke Li last night at the Granada, which was excellent ( Ed's Note : I wrote this yesterday before the concert, and she was way better than I expected - absolutely outstanding ), but that's the PAST. I focus on the FUTURE here. Zow. Find the events for this weekend after the jump. [...]
Trail of Dead studio diary #1 Trail of Dead 's new album " The Century Of Self " is out.
It takes decades before we ever know who we truly are. Our lives are filled with moments of adversity that define us, and even when we look past middle age, we will still wonder if this is truly who we were meant to be. For Austin, Texas’ …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead , a rediscovery has only just begun. Life after 2002’s Source, Tags & Codes had been a bit of a challenge as they attempted to live up to the success of that record. The follow ups left fans disappointed as [...]
They’re back! And this time thankfully they’ve packed the codes to blow our socks off. If like me your socks had been steadfastly stuck to your feet after the last couple of limp efforts masquerading as TOD albums then ‘Isis Unveiled’ may be the antidote because it’s a winner. It’s taken from AYWKUBTTOD’s new album ‘The Century of Self’ and I for one am excited with the prospect of discovering
This review of …And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead’s newest album, The Century Of Self, will be patterned on the music of Trail of Dead; it will be epic with soaring rhetoric, full of punk spirit and spit, bombastic bordering on pretentious. There will likely be allusions to Egyptian mythology. And [...] [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Things in the land of ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead have not been the same since the release of 2002's "Source Tags and Codes." But let's face it: when you're knighted with a near-impossible 10.0 review on Pitchfork, you're kind of screwed in your future endeavors. The idea that you could ever come close to repeating such a feat might as well get tossed out of your mind. Yet Trail of Dead persevere and continue making new albums, because that's what you do when you're an active band with creative urges. That, and they still [...]
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MP3: Daft Punk – “Horizons” (RAM Japanese Bonus Track)
Listen to Daft Punk’s “Horizon”, the Japanese bonus track for Random Access Memories
