1. Bloc Party – 'Song For Clay' 2. Duke Special – 'Freewheel' 3. The Immediate – 'Ghost In This House' 4. Arcade Fire – 'Intervention' 5. The View – 'Wasted Little DJs' half a dozen. Oh No! Oh My! – 'I Have No Sister' 7. [...]

Sitcom writers should pay attention to the story of The Dark Romantics . Eric Collins and Dean Paul are the head songwriters and good friends. Both also happen to be married... to two sisters! The duo enlisted the help of their wives, Amanda and Carla Jones, to aid them in their desire to complete their new musical endeavor, The Dark Romantics. They were up to the task, with Amanda on keys and Carla on bass. Their friend, Fifi Salomon, eventually became their full-time drummer. I'm sure it would make for an interesting reality show backstage, though we have enough [...]

Fresh off of ACL Fest in our sister city of Austin, we have a festival heavy week here in the Baltimore Region. I have been tipped off on 4 festivals for this upcoming weekend. In addition, there are several other shows this week that are not festival related. The week starts off Tuesday with Chicago's Catfish Haven bringing their soulful sound to Black Cat . Wednesday brings New London Fire , [...]
Riot Act Media is a promotions company that handles some very good to great indie acts. I just found this email in my inbox from Riot Act and it had this mixtape in it. So, what the hell, here it is... instant post. Enjoy the noise. Owen + Bad News These Arms Are Snakes + Horse Girl Young Widows + The Charmers The Dark Romantics + Another Song For Another Night Snowden + Anti Anti Page France +
Badly Drawn Boy : two live shows (zipped) [mp3] The Bedroom Singer : "Your Lover from Berlin" [mp3] from Your Lover from Berlin Danny Michel : several tracks [mp3] "It's Not the End of the World" [mp3] from Valhalla Dark Romantics : "Another Song for Another Night" [mp3] from Another Song EP Dust from 1000 Years : several tracks [...]

photo by myspace.com/chriskory The Dark Romantics are a husband-wife/husband-wife four-piece straight from the southeastern corner of North America. Their music resonates a cross between power-pop and new wave, two genres that have seemed to be quite busy together the past year or so. The lead vocals are somewhat a mix between the swagger of Alex Kapranos and the melancholy of Interpol, two bands that pioneered the revival of new wave. This group only continues what these groups started, balancing electronic beats with prancing, escalating guitars. [...]