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Kurt and Erin of Overcasters join us for Episode 76 and to give the world it's first taste of their new Rick Parker produced album, The Whole Sea Is Raging. Also, we've got an interview Mike Kirschmann, Eric Lowe, Nick White and Jimmy Image of The Christines and (somewhat) of Hot Robots to fill us in with what's new with their bands. L to R:Eric Lowe, [...]
Can I Have A Re-Do? January is the month when we get to go back and second guess ourselves over the missed it by that much batch of last year s songs and records. Touchdown by Brakesbrakesbrakes is one of those. The Brakes sprung up in 2003 from m ...
Podcast originally ran for the week of Sept. 28, 2009 PLAYLIST: Autumn Sweater – Yo La Tengo She Comes In The Fall – Inspiral Carpets Time Will Come – The Soundcarriers Black Mirror (Full-Source Remix) – The Arcade Fire Dickie Davis Eyes – Half Man Half Biscuit Two Shocks – brakesbrakesbrakes Ten Million Stars – Dressy Bessy The Very Best Of Neil Diamond – Super Furry Animals She's Attracted To – The Young Knives Shoot The Runner – Kasabian Cold Fire Woods Of Western Lanes – Hood [...]
with guest Sean Porter of Gigbot Want to win a copy of Tyler Danger Jacobson plays Going Rogue? Leave a comment here before 1/1/10 Looking for information on the HOWL New Years Eve Party ? Click Here Mile High Soul Club is this Wednesday Night at The Shag Lounge. No Cover. More info here. [...]
I have only to glance at Stereogum's post on the most anticipated albums of 2010 to be assured that next year will be better than 2009, when my most-visited album was the Stone Roses' reissue . [Heartfelt thanks again to the person who gifted me that; you know who you are.] That said, '09 had some high moments. There were a lot of albums to which I matriculated like comfort food — at so many moments, only hooks would do — and there were others that seemed to stalk me, especially the haunting, synth-addled Fever [...]
WE WERE PROMISED JETPACKS We cover two gigs today that show off one established act and a band who find themselves at a rather more humble beginning. It's fair to say that this Scottish four piece pack no lesser punch however. We adore them, having previously covered them here and here . If you could bottle the energy and power that this young band play with then you would out-sell Coca Cola. With drums and guitars that sound as if they're being played by Thor himself and their ability to pen [...]
Tonight is the first of two nights to catch Those Darlins [ download ] in town when they play the Silverlake Lounge with The Grates and Leslie and the Badgers . ... You know Brakesbrakesbrakes has got it goin' on when their singer quits British Sea Power (Eamon Hamilton moonlighted as keyboardist in the fellow Brighton band) to keep the touring going. They bring their high energy, Pixies-inspired Britishness to Spaceland with Chicago's Ezra Furman & the Harpoons and Rachel Goodrich . ... Thee Oh Sees (pictured), who [...]
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Does the sound of explosive rock & roll tickle your eardrum? Well then head over to the Rickshaw Stop to catch Daytrotter Presenting rock-pop group Ezra Furman and The Harpoons , fuzzed up brit-punk influenced BrakesBrakesBrakes , and multi-instrumentalist Rachel Goodrich at 8pm. BrakesBrakesBrakes – Crush On You from Touchdown (2009) [...]
I've been waiting forever to find the right time to post this. Once someone asked me, "Are there any CURRENT bands that I could go see now that are awesome and rock like Violent Femmes?" I had a really hard time coming up with an answer, and finally settled on Tapes n' Tapes, but still didn't feel like it was the right answer. A few months later I heard this fucking fantastic song on the radio, and if someone asked me who was like the femmes that they could go see now, I'd tell 'em Ezra Furman and the [...]
In the second half of my interview with Brakesbrakesbrakes 's singer/guitarist Eamon Hamilton and bassist Marc Beatty , they talk to me about their new live album and tell me about their "hometown" of Brighton, England. To catch up on part 1 of this interview, click here . Mary Chang, PopWreckoning : "Don't Take Me to Space (Man)" is a great song, loved it the first time I heard it on Steve Lamacq 's 6music programme. As a writer [...]
The Brighton , England band, known as Brakes to me and most everywhere except America, is known under the moniker Brakesbrakesbrakes stateside. Despite the "difficult to say five times fast" name they have when they come visit us, I found singer/guitarist Eamon Hamilton and bassist Marc Beatty to be extremely nice guys, as you shall read in the following exchange between us. In the first half of my interview with them prior to them sound-checking at D.C.'s Black Cat on October 5, they tell me about recording their latest [...]
Enjoy 'Why Tell The Truth (When It's Easier To Lie)?' in the feature below. MP3: Brakes - Cheney
Tonight, Chicago, at The Empty Bottle , there will take place an epic show wherein three bands will play that are guaranteed to send this Tart into a real tizzy. I am seriously so full of pre-show jitters, even now, at 1:30 a.m. the night before, that I can hardly type this album review for you. But type it I will because I have recently become acquainted with the marvelous band Brakes (yes, they're called Brakes, Brakes, Brakes in the U.S. but their real name is just Brakes in their native home, Brighton, UK... it's some confusion [...]
The Fat Cat Records label is a Brighton, England institution; they have signed highly divergent, up and coming acts from across the globe, from Sigur Rós to Vetiver , from Frightened Rabbit to Vashti Bunyan . So I took much delight in hearing that the label was sending several of their signings over to North America for a tour. For the Washington date, the three acts being featured at the Black Cat were the Scottish bands We Were Promised Jetpacks and [...]
PLAYLIST: Autumn Sweater - Yo La Tengo She Comes In The Fall - Inspiral Carpets Time Will Come - The Soundcarriers Black Mirror (Full-Source Remix) - The Arcade Fire Dickie Davis Eyes - Half Man Half Biscuit Two Shocks - brakesbrakesbrakes Ten Million Stars - Dressy Bessy The Very Best Of Neil Diamond - Super Furry Animals She's Attracted To - The Young Knives Shoot The Runner - Kasabian Cold Fire Woods Of Western Lanes - Hood The Road Leads Where It's Led - Secret Machines [...]
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , Exclusive As the saying goes, you never really know a band until you've seen -- or heard -- them live. With that in mind, UK rockers Brakesbrakesbrakes are giving fans a chance to get better acquainted with them by touring the US for the first time in more than two years and releasing their first live album, 'Rock is Dodelijk,' digitally on Oct. 6. "We have played over a thousand gigs, and we haven't made a single mistake [...]
Remember how we told you about that Brakesbrakesbrakes show a while back? Well, it was actually canceled, and now the boys are going to back in the City (for real this time) with TWO shows! The first date is October 2 at Southpaw in Brooklyn and the second is October 6 at The Bowery Ballroom in Manhattan. We're glad they finally are able to make it.
6 October, 2009 8:00 pm to 11:59 pm Who: The Twilight Sad , Brakes Brakes Brakes , We Were Promised Jetpacks Where: Bowery Ballroom Show Info: 18+, $13 adv/$15 doors, Buy Tix Here Listen: "Two Shocks" by BrakesBrakesBrakes See Also: - BrakesBrakesBrakes EAR FARM [...]
We used to do this thing where Gossip Girl's and Chuck's episodic music selections would go head to head in a "showdown" and you, the beautiful readers, would vote for your favorite playlist. After Gossip Girl's continual ass-kicking, I decided to move on from Chuck and onto the slightly hipper 90210. While being a bit more of a competitor, Gossip Girl still creamed 90210 in the polls. Instead of moving on to other music-savvy shows (i.e. Entourage, etc.), I think it's time we just focused on the show that has had great music for over two seasons now. [...]
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