
If you are headed to the Shout Out Louds/Essex Green/ Johnossi gig at The Music Hall of Northsix or whatever it's called, don't forget the afterparty at Union Pool, featuring DJ sets from the Shout Out Louds & Bjorn from PB&J. Shout Out Louds - "Tonight I Have to Leave It" mp3 The Essex Green - "Don't Know Why (You Stay)" mp3

How is it possible that some two weeks into school I am already feeling completely and positively sick of it? Yesterday's Labor Day holiday for those of us in the States acted as a negative catalyst for me. A mere taste of the freedom that I subconsciously desire from my scholarly pursuits. All this has led to being completely uninspired to write, which is why I took such a long weekend. Hopefully this daze wears off soon: in the meantime here is a completely random-in-every-way mix of great songs. [mp3] Minus the Bear - [...]
Originally uploaded by Southcoasting From Brooklyn to Brighton,The Essex Green - Cardinal Points mp3 Electric Soft Parade - Silent to the Dark (live on Top Of The Pops) mp3Not a spam blog, just tired of words and blogging pictures and sounds for the moment. Gee whiz.

Chris Benoit by Bill Barnwell You can't possibly understand how strange this all is. I've spent countless hours of my life watching unmotivated roided-up assholes in their underwear pretend to beat each other up. I've watched simulated necrophilia and rape, men and women systematically abused and mistreated to make those in power laugh, and hundreds of people lose their jobs over selfishness and laziness. There are many reasons why we shouldn't watch professional wrestling. The thing is, I still [...]
Ooh, ooh, a couple of themes have emerged for this one, and my glee is immense. Brooklynite (lots of them here this week) Sasha Bell is the driving force behind Finishing School, as well as a member of The Ladybug Transistor and The Essex Green. Impressed? Sure, but wait, there's more. The late and ever-to-be-cherished Elliott Smith does the fourth and fifth songs below. "High Times" is from his

Ahh, the summer mix tape: beacon of hope in those early summer weeks when the last winter is killing it's final leaves. Shining ray of glorious freedom in the form of music: be it Alice Cooper's infamously over-soundtracked ode to the end of the educational months or your favorite buzz band's catchy first single. There is no such thing as a guilty pleasure on a summer mix tape, for there is no pleasure so great that one must feel the need to scald themselves for indulging in when you're celebrating the return of those heaven sent summer skies. [...]
Interesting election results yesterday in my maverick part of the wood. Brighton was the part of the country with the highest proportion of its population registering their religion on the census as Jedi! We're a bit odd like that. Now, in the latest elections - which will change little, but are mainly the population's chance to tell Tony Blair how disappointed we are with him and how little
My apologies for the delay in this week's live music post... between the much-improved weather, lots of movies at the just-finished 2007 Independent Film Festival of Boston, and general work business, well, ain't got time to blog. So this could be both late and brief, but no less worthwhile... Of the many, many times I've seen The Essex Green on stage, I can say with all honesty that their

A friend shared this rare Essex Green track with me last year and I was pleasantly surprised. When so many bands contribute to compilation albums, their songs are half-realized scraps; but "Orchardton," like their rousing cover of "Mendocino" on a 2004 Merge Records anniversary tribute, is good enough for an Essex Green album. It originally appeared on Mystique: A Benefit for the AIDS Action Committee . I like it. The Essex Green - Orchardton
You'd think I'd be bitter since their record label shut us down twice and threatened to sue us for posting one of their songs...but apparently not, I still can't shut up about the new Kings of Leon album. If you know me and have talked to me in the last two months about anything else, consider yourself lucky. "Charmer", "Knocked Up", "Camaro", it's all too good. It's like the OK Computer of sleaze rock. Buy it now and send your reciept into the record label with a note that says That's Fucking Dynamite sent you. Here's a [...]

Here's hoping all of your Easter Egg hunts are successful beyond your wildest dreams! The Essex Green - Rabbit : Cannibal Sea Magnetic Fields - Let's Pretend We're Bunny Rabbits : 69 Love Songs, Vol. 1 Monty Python - "A Foul-Tempered Rabbit" : Monty Python and the Holy Grail Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - I'm Puttin' All My Eggs In One Basket : The Complete Ella Fitzgerald & Louis [...]

It's March 17th and before I go out to celebrate my one day of being Irish with a pint of the cold, dark stuff, I thought I would leave you all with some fun tracks in the spirit of the festivities. I'd also like to wish my sister a Happy Birthday (she's 27 today, and yes, her birthday really is St. Pat's). I actually visited the Guinness brewery a few years ago in Dublin, took the tour and all that, and at the very end of the tour they give you a complimentary pint of Guinness at [...]

Super-spectacular Happy Happy Birthday to Me Records is about to start taking orders for their second-ever singles club. The first one came out at the beginning of the twenty-first century and featured some astonishing handmade artwork on each release--bands featured included Of Montreal (contributing the notorious "Hitler" track as a B-side), Black Swan Network, Masters of the Hemisphere, Great Lakes, The Late B.P. Helium, Calvin, Don't Jump!, Vince Mole and His Calcium Orchestra, Kingsauce, Marshmallow Coast, The Princeton Reverb Colonials, and Plastic Mastery . Also in the mix was The [...]

Essex Green - Sin City (from Cannibal Sea ) This one comes from the "ask and thou shalt receive" bin. A reader duly noted that the Essex Green's third album, Cannibal Sea , made an appearance on one of our writer's "Top Ten of 20063 lists and inquired whether we would be paying any attention to today's scheduled woxy.com lounge act session. Well, as it turns out, the lounge act was canceled, and my attendance at their live show this evening in Newport, [...]

Opening band: Benzos Benzos | Gallery The Essex Green | Gallery I risked freezing my butt cheeks off to see The Essex Green and Benzos play Maxwell's. I hadn't heard much about either [...]

Camera Obscura, The Essex Green - Jan 24th, 2007 Warsaw , Brooklyn My previous concert-going experience in the lovely borough of Brooklyn was great, and it was very nice to revisit the area. A pretty brisk trip from the L and G trains brought us to Warsaw, located at the Polish National House, another conquest in the name of indie rock. There's a really nice vibe throughout the area, as the foreboding skyscrapers and crazed taxi drivers are absent, making Brooklyn appear [...]
The Wrens Welcome to the working week. Here are your invisible friends' picks of the week. There are some killer shows going on, so take advantage and skip the fucking gym. (Start a mosh pit if you need to burn the calories.) Friday 1/19: The Wrens , Takka Takka , The World Without Magic at the Knitting Factory . * Benefit for Planned Parenthood of NYC ---- (mp3: The Wrens - Everyone Choose Sides , I Guess We're Done , Built [...]
Haven't really had time to listen to some new music to recommend you, so I just give you a few gems from Last.FM 's latest free download charts ! Of Montreal - Disconnect The Dots (you really have to turn up the volume here... makes the song even more enjoyable!!!) Circa Survive - The Great Golden Baby (never heard of them before, but this really is a great song! Feel free to give me [...]

Llegaron los Reyes Magos cargados de regalos e ilusión. Además este año, en cuanto a música se refiere han estado muy pero que muy bien asesorados (gracias Romi). Además de algún disquito que otro que yo me he regalado porque como dice el anuncio, yo lo valgo, Sus Majestades de Oriente, cuyos conocimientos de indie pop vienen a ser como los míos sobre lucha greco-romana, han tenido a bien regalarme dos fantásticos discos, el de Magic Whispers, que ya comentaba hace unos días Romina en Mira el Péndulo , y que a pesar de haber escuchado todavía tan solo [...]

More like "Let's get out of this venue". The Camera Obscura / Essex Green show on January 31 has been moved from the ideally-sized Lee's Palace to the grumble-inducing Opera House. I'm obviously not very thrilled with this news, but I remain confident/hopeful that the combined pop goodness of both acts will defeat the general crumminess of the new venue. But on to other things - namely, my wondering why The Essex Green doesn't get more respect? And that includes from me. Their latest album, last year's The [...]