83 mins : 22 secs | 47.7 mb Friendly Fires "Hawaiian Air" ( xl recordings ) Pala [ amazon ] website | myspace | facebook Digitalism "2 Hearts" ( co-operative music ) I Love You, Dude [ amazon ] website | myspace | facebook The New Division "Bucharest" ( independent release ) The Rookie [ amazon ] website | myspace | facebook [...]

Images of Asteroid No. 4 at Deep Heaven Now 3 by Tom Gilmore… Black Fortress Of Opium , Thundersun , Asyna Asayn , Quilty , The Sky Drops , Autochrome , Roh Delikat , This Car Up , Asteroid No. 4 , and 28 Degrees Taurus Saturday, April 16 at Precinct (Deep Heaven Now 3) [...]
True Widow - "Skull Eyes" Directed by Mats Ek. These Texan Stonegazers badasses are back with their sophomore album "As High As The Highest Heavens And From The Center To The Circumference Of The Earth" out now on Kemado records. I know it's still early in the year but I do not believe there will be a better album of that [...]

Photo by Victoria Jacob Bear Hands FRIDAY, JANUARY 28 When Modest Mouse released its sophomore LP, The Lonesome Crowded West , back in 1997, it seemed like exactly the kind of breakthrough album that could propel the band into indie-rock stardom. (Which it did.) Since then, the band has influenced countless newer acts in a variety of ways—the most distinctive and obvious of which is singer Isaac Brock's voice. Truth be told, it is near impossible [...]

Photo by Courtney Brooke Silly name or not, the mid-'90s "Psychedelphia" scene produced a solid body of heady pop music—The Azusa Plane, Photon Band, Lenola—that gave the city’s anglophiles (and readers of Magnet Magazine ) a reason to believe. As time passes, the era drifts further into obscurity—so much so that the regrettable handle has more recently been co-opted by a “ progressive jam-rock-fusion band " (and I’m guessing it’s not because they’re fans of Lilys). But scene leaders The Asteroid No. 4 have kept the faith alive, remaining productive throughout the '00s. [...]
Hear the latest psychedelic freakout from the Committee to Keep Music Evil.

The great Philadelphia psych-gaze quartet The Asteroid #4 are back with their sixth album, Hail to the Clear Figurines , coming at us on February 8th, 2011. Coming off the 2008 barn-burner These Flowers Of Ours… The Asteroid #4 bring back their modern blend of retro psychedelia, chocked full of fuzzed out guitars, spacey leads, and dreamy vocal melodies. I've been excited for another release from this crew after how great their 2008 release was, and from the two tracks we got to sample here at The Decibel Tolls, it seems [...]

Photo by Courtney Brooke Back in October, we posted The Asteroid No. 4 's "Ignition Slated For Eight" —the closing track from the spacey psych-rock band's upcoming album, Hail To The Clear Figurines (due February 8 via The Committee to Keep Music Evil Records ). The band was kind enough to send us another song off the full-length (which will be the its sixth), "Wild Opal Eyes." Compared to "Ignition," this track seems to deliver on the band's promise that Figurines will have "a [...]
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The Asteroid #4 are masters at psychedelic pop. It was rampant on the band's fifth album, These Flowers Of Ours... , and you'll hear them continue the same musical traits on their new one, Hail To The Clear Figurines . Being their sixth album, Figurines , the band expands this psychedelic sound to be more encompassing; the sounds fill more space, drowning out the world with epic reverb and dreamy words. "Ignition Slated for Eight" is the final track off the new album and it is an easy [...]
Download a song from the psychedelic Philly band's 2011 album.

Philly's The Asteroid No. 4 have a new album called Hail To The Clear Figurines coming out on February 8. It's the band's sixth album and is being released on The Committee to Keep Music Evil Records. Great name for a record label, eh? We think so. This new song from it - "Ignition Slated For Eight" - sets the controls for the heart of the sun. Prepare for lift off. Ignition Slated For Eight by The Atseroid No. 4 Download
Recorded this past Saturday from the final Split at Paris. The first 1/2 hour belongs to Danger while Jake Ryan follows with the next 1/2 hour set. PLAYLIST: Peter, Bjorn And John - Young Folks The Delgados - Under Canvas, Under Wraps The Stratford 4 - She Married The Birds The Brian Jonestown Massacre - Sue Asteroid No. 4 - Little Flower All Natural Lemon And Lime Flavors - Muffin 57 The On Offs - This Town The Go! Team - Junior Kickstart The Fall [...]

Night Fruit , Chatham Rise , Kuuluuko , Marie Stella , Static Of The Gods , Roh Delikat , Soundpool , Asteroid No. 4 , and 28 Degrees Taurus Saturday, August 7 at Precinct (Deep Heaven Now Festival) Asteroid No. 4 - All Fall Down Asteroid No. 4 - Let It Go Asteroid No. 4 - Wicked Wire [...]

Asteroid No. 4 brought quite the light show to Great Scott earlier this month. Listen to several of their tracks while you check out images from the show. Asteroid No. 4 - All Fall Down Asteroid No. 4 - Let It Go Asteroid No. 4 - Wicked Wire Photos by Tom Gilmore [...]
PLAYLIST: Supergrass - Sun Hits The Sky GROUP - Colours The Fall - Hit The North (Part 1) Speci-Men - Sharp Teeth Party Oh No Ono - Helplessly Young Animal Kingdom - Signs and Wonders Asteroid No. 4 - She Touched the Sky Teenage Fanclub - Everything Flows Late of the Pier - Space and the Woods Revolving Paint Dream - Flowers Are In The Sky Sloan - Sinking Ships Guided By Voices - Peep-Hole Art Brut - Good Weekend The Bluetones - Mudslide Small [...]

Wow, this anniversary really snuck up on me. Ideally I'd be planning some kind of big, well-thought-out post (well, big and well-thought-out are relative terms but you know what I mean) to officially commemorate four years of blogging, but here it is the big day and I've essentially got nothing! Nothing other than the fact that I'm still here, which I guess counts for something. I could go on about how it's become so much harder to fit it all in and write regularly but that's boring, don't you think? It is what [...]
First episode of the new year, the new decade, the new week. Heather Browne of FuelFriendsBlog.com joins us on this episode. Big announcement in the first break. Can you guess which segment Jake Ryan comes closest than he ever has before to dropping an F-Bomb on the show? PLAYLIST: Dallas - Beat The Psycho Boys the Swimmers - What This World Is Coming To White Rabbits - While We Go Dancing Verve - All In The Mind The xx - Basic Space Old Canes - Little [...]

Yeasayer (photo from r5productions ) Following a great start to the week and month, Thursday has a bunch of shows to check out. After a night in the District, Yeasayer is coming to the First Unitarian tonight for their first Philly show in almost a year. IPod commercial featured artist Chairlift joins them. mp3: Yeasayer - Sunrise mp3: Chairlift - Bruises Bluegrass meets punk sprinkled with Celtic overtones is probably [...]

Not nearly the amount of big albums as last week, though there are a still quite a few gems to be had this week. One album that i've been incredibly high on the past month is Ruby Isle's Night Shot , which hasn't gotten nearly the amount of coverage around the blogs that it deserves. A couple of other albums worth mentioning include James' Hey Ma and Noah & The Whale's Peaceful, the World Lays Me Down . Anything else you can recommend for this week? [...]