For Review - I recently received a copy of The Murder of Regilla by Sarah B. Pomeroy (Harvard University Press), which I will be reviewing for PopMatters . The book chronicles the (alleged) murder of a Roman wife by her Greek husband in the second century A.D. So far, it's been mostly expository, looking into the social factors that will ultimately inform the investigation of her death and her husband's trial. I'm fascinated by antiquity; on one hand, it's a world that's very familiar in some respects, with impressive achievements and advanced culture. On the other [...]
Ignore the obvious joke about hump day and The Donnas please. Can You See the Sunset 's pop punk time capsule has influenced my listening habits. It's probably what made the Donna's new record bubble up in my promo pile. I can remember seeing the Donnas many moons ago playing at my favorite Pittsburgh venue - Club Laga . That was still in their Donna "X" phase, where they looked like the bad ass girls you'd see smoking behind Rydell High, but regardless, I loved their punk/metal style and songs about making out [...]
If you've been searching for the right sound to accompany your all-black attire and the cloud of gloom that follows you around, look only to DC's The Antiques. Lock yourself in your room and listen...
Let's keep this simple. To me, this site has always been about supporting the local music scene. So I decided, that there is no better way to celebrate our first anniversary, than to make a mix of local music from the past year. I had so much fun, that I ended up making two discs. Some of these bands have come a long way in the last 12 months, some didn't even exist when we started and others are no more. That said, every song is from a band that claims (or claimed) the Baltimore/Washington metro area as [...]
While we are usually content in presenting a comparison of talented young bands to some of our favorite musicians of the past, today's featured music escapes the usual similarities we can put our collective finger on. I mostly agree with some of the previous reviews of The Antiques in that there is a feeling of early 80's British pop/rock threaded heavily with that time defying lo-fi
I drove to the Mission District in San Francisco and met producer Michael Winger at his place, Sound Arts Recording Studio . We were gearing up to record our first HearYa Session with Joey Barro, lead singer of The Antiques . After dinner and a few beers, Caleb and Matt from Banter Records strolled in and said that Joey was still recording some solo stuff with Tim Bluhm of The Mother Hips and Jackie Greene at Bluhm's studio down the street. Would we like [...]
Als ich mich gestern auf der Seite des Safranin Sounds-Labels umschaute, das von Mitgliedern von Alcian Blue betrieben wird und die neben Ceremony auch The Offering im Aufgebot haben, entdeckte ich dort die Band The Antiques , die ich mir sofort anhören musste. Und was soll ich sagen - das war eine gute Entscheidung! Zwar machen die Mannen aus Washington keinen Shoegazelärm wie die vorgenannten Bands, aber dennoch passen sie gut ins Programm, denn ihre Musik ist ebenfalls eindeutig Wave-angehauchter, britisch anmutender Gitarrenpop, sehr melancholisch, der von der Presse schon mal als Mischung aus den frühen R.E.M. [...]
Our friends at Banter Records have put together a great winter sampler. Sample away. Boddicker - from Big Lionhearted and the Gallant Man (due out March '07) Pretty Baby (Part I) Mississippi Beautiful, You Know I Love You Samuel Clemens' Grandpa Interstate 55 The Antiques - from Nicknames and Natives (out now) [...]
Just got back in from Columbus, Georgia about 25 minutes ago. I know I said I was going to post some photos while I was there, but I forgot my laptop, like a complete idiot. So throw rocks at me. I had an amazing time at the rally. Today's vigil was so emotional, to see people jumping the fence and risking their futures to bring awareness to the cause was outstanding. I know it might seem a
Elmgreen & Dragset - Coupled (2001) If gay people get married, where will it end? Coupled Dollys will certainly ruin our country's ability to move heavy objects. If you live in Wisconsin and no one has told you which way to vote yet, the following tracks sing in a choir about how An Indie Wisconsin Votes [...]
Six teams on the bye this week. I think I heard that it was the first time they've had that many off in one week. The NFL is doing it again next week too. It's murder on many fantasy footballers, but I somehow managed a huge day behind Tomlinson, Houshamazilli (championship!), Brees and Willie Parker. Detroit 20, Buffalo 17 The Lions finally got off the shnide! Big days by running back Kevin Jones and wide receiver Roy Williams finally got the Lions their first win. [...]
Sometimes certain bands just completely hit the spot...and today's band just happens to be one of those. I've never really decided on how I feel about southern rock. I grew up in the south(ish) and as part of my upbringing have always been assaulted by the Skynyrds and the Allmans and such from every conceivable direction and in every concievable form. From the worst to the best, from the most original to the most redundant I always feel like I've heard it all before. But then you come across a band like [...]
Nicknames and Natives reminds me of things I heard on the school ground, which helps explain the familiarity of the Antiques debut album. The songs are littered with influences from years past, but the band uses a plethora of styles to escape too many comparisons. Whether meandering through country-folk tracks like Dawn , or trying their hand at White Stripes-esque (while this song is enjoyable, and certain people are dropping the name in the sounds like game, don’t be fooled â€" these guys aren’t a [...]
From their musical style, it is easy to tell that the members of The Antiques have great respect for classic rock musicians, ranging from the Rolling Stones to the Kinks. Actually, vocalist Joey Barro has a very similar vocal tone to Neil Young, with plenty of harmonicas to further exemplify the similarity between Neil Young's style of play. This is especially shown in the straightforward 'Pigless', which seems to build volume as Barro slurs in a slight Western accent over some very well orchestrated harmonics and power chords, with several slides to differentiate the verses. The Antiques' name [...]
I love old things. It's really dangerous to let me in an antique store or a used record or book shop. It's because I feel as if I'm stepping into a time machine. That's the hardest thing about the past - knowing what it was really like on a day-to-day basis. If you lived in the U.S. during World War II, what was it like to go to the corner store for groceries? What kind of clothing did you wear? How often did you think about the war - every [...]
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Thursday Pass Along – May 24, 2012
