Here's the playlist from today's My Old Kentucky Blog Radio on SIRIUS XMU , Channel 35! You can still stay up late and catch the show again at midnight ET. Turn your dial to channel 35 on either SIRIUS or XM. Listen online with a free trial here . Check out this week's playlist below! T.Rex - Metal Guru Gracie - Sisters Memoryhouse - This Will Be Our Year [...]

Val Loper from the band Bear Hands shared his new project, Rubbing Alcohol , with us this week. The new EP was produced by Ayad Al Adhamy from Passion Pit and explores a dancey, bass-heavy post-punk/new wave sound. Dig. MP3 : Rubbing Alcohol - Kinks MP3 : Rubbing Alcohol - Travel Channels EP by RUBBING ALCOHOL Keep up on [...]

Bear Hands recently dropped by Carson Daly . Like DVS on Facebook. Purchase Bear Hands items via Insound. MP3: Bear Hands - Belongings (DVS Mix)
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Photo source: The National It's going to be a great week of holiday parties and amazing concerts here in New York City. The National is playing six straight nights at the Beacon Theatre, James Murphy (of LCD Soundsystem ) is DJ'ing the Brooklyn Night Bazaar, WHY? is playing a doubleheader, and, well, there's a ton more so see below. Just a head's up, this will be the last suggested NYC concerts post of the year. Have a happy holidays! [...]
Watch 'Crime Pays' below. Bear Hands recently dropped by Daytrotter. Click here to view the embedded video. MP3: Bear Hands - High Society (Hard Mix Mix)

It's not every night you get three solid bands in one gig. The long-awaited return of We Were Promised Jetpacks with openers Royal Bangs and Bear Hands at The Music Box proved that it can happen. The last time the Scottish lads of WWPJ performed in L.A. was at The Troubadour two years ago. You could tell most of the crowd at The Music Box was at that show and waiting to hear songs from their debut album These Four Walls . However, Adam Thompson (lead vocals, guitar), Michael Palmer (guitar), Sean Smith (bass) and Darren Lackie (drums) had [...]

This is the last re-post for the Blogophilia series. Links for the all-in-one zip for Volumes 23-30 are still active and you can download those here . BLOGOPHILIA 22 (promotional songs from blogs and freely available materials) acquired 9/05/2010 – 10/18/2010 ripped @ 320 kbps VBR - All in one zip file here - TRACKLIST (Song [...]

Here's number 19. Only three more re-posts 'til we hit our destination, volume 22. Enjoy, and remember to get it while you can! Tracklist-Blogophilia 19 Songs from Blogs May 1, 2010 – May 31, 2010 Ripped @ 320 kbps VBR Download all files in one zip 01 Intro 02 Month of May – Arcade Fire 03 [...]
What's in a name when you're Scottish rockers with a post-punk bend?

Bear Hands at Siren Fest 2009 Photo : Jon Klemm ( more ) Nov 30 Wed TEETH, Jump into the Gospel Mercury Lounge New York , NY 09:30 PM [...]

Scottish band We Were Promised Jetpacks have played in DC twice before, but this was their largest headlining show to date. Along with them were two bands they were very familiar with – bands they've toured with before, but on the other side of the country: Bear Hands from New York and Royal Bangs from Texas. I thought they were unusual choices, given that both of these bands play with keyboards and synths, whereas We Were Promised Jetpacks has the basic rock 'n' roll line-up of guitars, bass, and drums. The [...]

Their set featured: Can't Stick 'Em Camel Convention Tablasaurus High Society Download all tracks here. Bear Hands recently debuted a video for 'High Society'. Purchase Bear Hands items via Insound. MP3: Bear Hands - High Society (Hard Mix Mix)
For those of you who live in Indy, how great has the music been in this town over the last few weeks? I'm having issues with my camera's memory card which, thanks to a little help from Amazon I think it should be resolved mid next week. I can't believe the last time I posted [...]
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Another week here in New York City means another week of live music that will blow your mind. Though James Blake , Yacht ,and Twin Shadow are in town, it's Brooklyn-by-way-of Rhode Island band Fang Island that snagged our #1 concert of the week spot. Why you ask? These dudes are outrageous performers who know how to have a good time. They're also playing one of my favorite venues, Glasslands Gallery . It's a small place filled with strange taxidermy, mythological creatures and a backdrop of puffy clouds. Do yourself a [...]
The larger, more prestigious Midwest-based music festivals have now come and gone, but there are still four upcoming indie rock-centric festivals within 5 hours of Indianapolis remaining this month. WHAT: ORANJE...Indiana's Premier Art & Music Exposition WHEN: September 17 WHERE: Indianapolis, IN WHO: Over 40 local artists & over 30 regional/local bands + MOKB Presents Stage Buy Tickets! WHAT: NBN presents SOUNDLAND [...]

We previously posted the schedule for the Midpoint Music Festival , but we cannot yell loud enough about our excitement for this Fest. It is always one of the best of the year and the line-up is, again, amazing!! Just to name a few of our favorites... We can look forward to (in order of appearance): We Are Hex, The Pass, Those Darlins, The Joy Formidable, The Watson Twins, Mates of State, The Seedy Seeds, Xiu Xiu, Okkervil River, Deerhoof, Cheyenne Marie Mize, Starfucker, Toro y [...]
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Two years ago Anna Wintour, in all her evil genius, hoisted upon the unsuspecting masses Fashion's Night Out - A night where we normals get to pretend to be important by mingling at high fashion stores we would never otherwise walk into and get shitfaced so we can more easily spend our hard earned money on things that will make us feel pretty. Personally, I love it. If the pretty people, free booze and sales on jeans and shoes don't convince you to spend today wandering around the consumer hubs of our great city, maybe the list of [...]
The singer / guitarist / keyboardist of <A href=" http://theregoesthefear.com/ta g/notoriousbig" Bear Hands , Dylan Rau, was kind of enough to answer our Quickfire Questions, and his answers are below. Read on. he band will be going on tour with We Were Promised Jetpacks in the autumn here in DC - not sure if they're supporting WWPJ in Britain. 1. What song is your earliest memory? 'Walk Like an Egyptian' by The Bangles. My pops was always into female singers and this was pretty early on. [...]

These mixes were posted in January and February 2010, the winter of our discontent. Seriously, the blog was on life support during this time. We're through that storm now. 2010 was such a great year for music, and these early mixes show why. Many of the tracks were available in late 2009, but appeared on 2010 releases. Tracks are from late October through late November 2009 Gapless mix ripped at 256k VBR. Download all tracks in one zip file [...]
LINKIN PARK, THE SOUNDS, GIRL TALK, DIPLO ADDED TO 2011 DELUNA FEST with WEEZER, JANE'S ADDICTION, THE SHINS, CUT COPY, CAKE, BIG BOI & MORE TICKETS ON SALE NOW DeLuna Fest and Five Flags Tourism Group are excited to announce multi-platinum Grammy winners Linkin Park, on their only Fall show date, as headliners at this year's festival and the band also announced their inclusion via an online video- see it here. Swedish sensations The Sounds, mash-up master/dance party starter Girl Talk and world renowned DJ Diplo are also confirmed to perform the [...]