As with any type of artistic medium, it can often be tough to follow up a brilliant initial break through. Thankfully, Friday Night Lights creator and writer Peter Berg was up to the task of writing a well written drama intertwined with solid music with the second season of NBC's critically acclaimed football drama. The show continues in high gear, as the town of Dillon, Texas gears up for another season of Panther football. While Friday Night Lights is a show following a football in small-town West Texas, football takes a backseat to characters [...]
Photos by G. Conrad Keely of And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of The Dead ... And You Will Know Us By The Trail of The Dead (aka Trail of the Dead) is an alternative rock band from Texas. Based on my enjoyment of their latest album "Tao of the Dead," I decided to see them perform live the next time the came to New York. The night was April 29, 2011 and rather than just being great live, they were incredible! Before [...]
Click image to download full album Sounds like: Mogwai, Sigur Ros, Do Make Say Think "Explosions in the Sky - Trembling Hands" What's so good? If you've never heard Explosions in the Sky, then you're in for a sonic treat and an aural, cinematic experience worthy of the band's chosen name. This instrumental band boasts enviable musical chops and a freeform approach to their albums [...]
With a heavy heart and an ever-increasing bruise count, we bring to you the best of the rest of SXSW (or at least the ones we have photographed). Sigh.
And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead performed their new single – "Weight of the Sun" – LIVE on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon last night. The band's new album Tao of the Dead is out on today, February 8th on Richter Scale Records/Superballmusic. And You Will Know Us By The Trail of the Dead - Weight of the Sun... [...]
Click image to download full album Sounds like: At the Drive In, Thrice, Godspeed You! Black Emperor "And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead - Introduction: Let Us Experiment" What's so good? While certainly arguable - and what topic's not up for debate in music land these days? – this is the time of the album. The single is like a fattened and fallen royal, oblivious as the album strode in and regained the throne. [...]
Future of The Left at Siren Festival (07/18/09) Photo : Jon Klemm Download : "Arming Eritrea" - Future of The Left (mp3) Speaking of beyond killer. Future of the Left put on the best set of the whole day. I've caught them three times since October and they get better every single time. To be fair, this time I had the advantage of actually knowing the songs on their two releases…which thus far don't hold up for me as well as [...]
...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of the Dead at All Points West (08/01/09) Photos : G! -Few bands have been through the hot'n'cold internet hype machine wringer quite like …And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead . But if weathering major label headaches, hipster backlash and line-up changes has taken a toll on the group, you wouldn't know it from watching their early afternoon onslaught. Showing a shocking amount of energy for a 2 o' clock performance, Trail tore [...]
Picture from the HAD Archive As Spoon continues to work on their next album, they also continue to schedule a smattering of live dates across the country. The latest entry comes in the form of a three night stand at Stubb's BBQ in Austin, TX. It's something of a "hometown" show for the band (despite Britt Daniel no longer being a resident), and as such is being billed as a festival entitled "SPOONX3". Each show will be [...]
A little astrology, a little astronomy. A little psychedelia, a little native mysticism. A little classical sculpture, a little voodoo. A little ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of The Dead. If you missed them at the Triple Rock on March 7, here's a taste of what you missed. Bon appetit. Links ... And You [...]
Fun Fun Fun Fest (FFFun Fest) is a festival in Austin, Texas that is a blend between both Austin City Limits (ACL) and South By Southwest (SXSW). FFFun Fest is a quad-fecta of punk rock music, dance music, indie music, and standup comedy on four different stages located at Waterloo park in downtown Austin. This year, FFFun Fest brought in a few bigger named bands that might appear at ACL, as well as some other smaller ones that you might find in the lineup of [...]
Between the panels and shows making up the itinerary of the first three-plus days of the 2008 CMJ Music Marathon , our own Matt Friedman hasn't had many chances to catch his breath. Thankfully, he found one big enough to collect his thoughts and offer up part one of his week of experiences, in a piece we call, "A CMJ Memoir"... Conflict of Interest (The Syn) On the eve of CMJ 2008, the Syndicate hosted the mother of parties at Rebel. The venue is the perfect [...]
This week features a few of bands we've spoken about in week's past, particularly, Hospital Ships , Bloc Party ( see our remixes ) and Frightened Rabbit . Keep your eye out for Plus Minus , whose album Xs on Your Eyes caught our ears this past week with their single "Snowblind", which is also our Song of the Week . As far as EPs go, this week has plenty: Beach House has their Used To Be EP , Bloc Party has their [...]
A break from CMJ and the ABC's Of Vinyl... Here's our weekly Bside: And you will know us by the Trail of Dead - Half of What POW!
The covers in today's post are as random as ever, but I think I can honestly say that I pretty much like them all. Heh. "Pretty much." Way to commit, huh? Seriously, there is something I do like in all of these tracks and I hope you do too. Oh, and hello to any new visitors who've found this as a result of the piece on covers in the new issue of Oxford American . (And thanks to Boyhowdy who alerted me [...]
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According to G
The Owl Mag
From Go to Whoa
Bumpershine.com
Hippies Are Dead
Borangutan
PopWreck(oning)
Consequence Of Sound
Music Under Fire
Thepunkguy
Copy, Right?
How To Dress Well – Ocean Floor For Everything
[REMIX] Ra Ra Riot & Delicate Steve – Valerie (Steve Winwood cover) (Friendly Ghost remix w/ Eric Prydz)
Friends: Manifest!
Savages #2 - Husbands
