Here's the list of my favorite albums outside of Seattle for 2012. You may think it's late, but you should know I got it done before the Russian New Year. Kevin Shields, you still have a few more days. 1. Exlovers - exlovers ( Young And Lost Club ) Exlovers had my favorite single of 2011 and now my favorite record of 2012. Their debut album is a dreampop masterpiece that was a long time coming from this London band. [...]
Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Sounds like: The Vivian Girls, The Gossip, Finally Punk Song: Chain and the Gang - Free Will [download here ] What's so good? [...]
The sixth annual Le Guess Who? Festival takes place November 29th-December 2nd in Utretcht, a city 30 minutes outside of Amsterdam, NL. Destroyer, Ty Segall Band, Sharon Van Etten, Fuck Buttons, Colin Stetson, Hundred Waters, Grimes, Juliana Barwick, Deerhoof, and Lower Dens top this year's lineup, which now adds another round of talent to its roster. Joining in on this overseas adventure will be Matthew Dear, Bersarin Quartett, The Allah-Las, AmenRa, Lapalux, Cate le Bon, FIDLAR, Mala In Cuba, Dam Mantle, Team Ghost, Chain and the Gang, Old Apparatus, Palmbomen, Night Beds, Chris Cohen, Sinkane, Oathbreaker, Erin Lang & [...]
![[Photos] Cropped Out Fest – American Turners, Louisville – 9.28.12](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/4557211_lg.jpg)
So Cropped Out 2012 fucking ruled. No surprise there. What was particularly refreshing this year, though: witnessing the coupling of the super friendly, blue collar riverfront resort from a bygone era American Turners Club with the serious momentum the festival had yet to establish when Cropped Out last graced these grounds in 2010. When you turned off River Road into the funky yet scenic facility, you entered a totally different realm, secluded from everything else going on in the city. Or on the planet for that matter. You're fully enrolled in weirdo summer camp. Welcome to it. Approaching [...]
It's that time of year again, time for MPMF - Midpoint Music Festival in Cincinnati, Ohio! This is one of my favorite festivals, taking place all over downtown Cincy from September 27-29. Think of it as a smaller SXSW without as much hassle, closer to home, and a helluva lot of fun! Here's a quick preview for the festival that starts today, as well as some of our picks on where to be! Enjoy, and hope to see you there. For a full schedule of events - click here for the official MPMF schedule page [...]
On Saturday, May 19th, Comet Ping Pong hosted the Kid Congo Power Hour with newcomers Garbage Zone opening up the evening. Not a lot was known about the first band going into the evening, but once things kicked off the very familiar faces in the line-up tore through some familiar tunes. As they put it, "we're a tribute group. We do songs by our favorite Washington, D.C. artists." And deliver on that promise they did. But, as it turns out, this band of newcomers were actually a reunited Make Up , and were testing the waters in advance of [...]
@CHAINANDTHEGANG Género: Garaje rock, punk. El pasado 26 de junio el proyecto de Ian F Svenonius, Chain And The Gang , puso en el mercado su tercer largo titulado In Cool Blood . Y en estos días vacacionales he aprovechado para escucharlo. El disco esta curiosamente producido, leo que en mono, para acentuar ese anticuado pero adecuado sonido con el que quieren llegarnos. Portada en consonancia, disco sesentero, el título de la canción de hoy, que también bautiza el disco, es premonitoria: hay que tener sangre fría... [...]
Washington, DC's Chain & The Gang released their newest LP this past June, In Cool Blood . Recorded by DIY mastermind Calvin Johnson at Dub Narcotic Studio in Olympia, Washington and released on Johnson's K Records, the 13-track record is a hyper-intellectual, wise-ass judo punch that effortlessly coalesces elements of funk, psychedelic rock, free-form jazz, and anti-establishment punk under one rackety roof. The tag-team vocal charge of Ian Svenonius and Katie Greer is the captivating unshakable centerpiece of every track here—a perfectly balanced pairing of guttural punk poetry and sassy pop charm. Below, check out [...]
The eyes have it - Ty Segall Band release Slaughterhouse Words : Drake Lelane Welcome back Drake! - ed. I've been taken out of the game for a bit, thanks to Sasquatch! Music Festival (with editing nearly 5k photos) and a new job. There have been some great releases I've lost out on in the process (Fiona Apple's latest, for one), but I couldn't pass up this week's great releases from Ty Segall and DIIV [...]
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You'll find plenty of great new music for the long days and late nights of summer among this week's new releases. aA reunited Beachwood Sparks offer sunny Cali vibes on their first album in 11 years, featuring a warm blend of folk, pop, and mellow psychedelia - just right for kicking back on your lawn or sitting out on the beach. You can hang out with your pals listening to The Flaming Lips ' Heady Fwends LP, previously available as a Record Store Day vinyl exclusive, now yours to pick up in CD form, featuring [...]
photo by Angel Ceballos Ian Svenonius was the last musical character of the pre-internet, Washington D.C-Dischord Records era to sneak a seat at the table of legendary front-men, beside Fugazi’s Ian MacKaye and H.R. of Bad Brains. Svenonius’ first band, the Nation of Ulysses, combined the noise and politics of MC5 and Public Enemy in a screaming attack that threatened, outright, to “destroy America.” The vague but powerful manifestos of their album inserts, penned by a young, scrappy Svenonius, certainly make one sentimental for the days before digital music. [...]
1. EMA - Past Life Martyred Saints (Souterrain Transmissions) Listen: Anteroom Martyrs are not victims. There is no self-pity or cool detachment to their pain. Past Life Martyred Saints is an intimate but uncomfortable album, it will make you feel guilty for the hearts you've torn apart and it will make you feel weak for all the times you've been hurt and felt victimized for it. 2. Colin Stetson - New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges [...]
Mettere in discussione Ian Svenonius significherebbe non rendere giustizia ad una fetta importante di storia della musica bordeline di Washington Dc. Non che si tratti di Lesa Maestà, più che altro è ricerca di una critica oggettiva serena e motivata. Per chi non ha mai visto una sua trasmissione su Vice Tv, di per sé acuta ed ironica, o ascoltato dischi di Nation Of Ulysses e Make Up addentrandosi così nel suo sterminato background di ricercatore di buone vibrazioni, sarà difficile accostarsi all’inquieta poetica sonora del soggettone. Fatta di irruenza spesso traslata [...]
Ele já foi Nation of Ulysses, ele já foi Make-Up, ele já foi Weird War, ele já foi uma data de coisas boas. E, desde há dois ou três anos, é também Chain and the Gang. O novo projeto de Ian Svenonius, o rocker mais gospel, o soulman mais branco (literalmente) de Washington apresenta-se hoje ao vivo no MusicBox. A entrada custa oito euros. Não há como perder isto, gente.
Chain & The Gang - "Not Good Enough" phone this song at 8 a.m. and after two rings it picks up but doesn't say hi. "Hi," I say, into the silence. This song and I have been best friends since the seventh grade and it knows why I'm calling. It knows everything. Have you ever had a best friend? This song and I do everything together, we finish each other's sentences, we have nicknames for people we don't like, I can call it whenever. Sometimes things get so close it's like sharing [...]
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The latest iteration of the evolving persona of Ian Svenonius, the one time Sassy Magazine 's "Sassiest Boy in America," is Chain, of Chain & The Gang. Chain is currently spreading the word regarding the detrimental effects of liberty on civilization through a serious unserious, reverently irreverent version of the blues, complete with his charismatic spoken-sung lyrics and occasional Prince-like outbursts. Svenonius, of course, is the always energetic, enigmatic and entertaining former singer of the late great Nation of Ulysses, as well as The Cupid Car Club, The Make Up and Weird War. (He is also the [...]
If I can say anything about February 2011, it is truly the month in which I can say I lost my mind! But, of course, it's been ultra fun. Spent a part of it in LA and the rest in Brighton and as far as I'm concerned, February is just the month that slides into [...]
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