this is a warning to all of you! if for some reason someone comes to your door asking you to take part in some kind of survey about home allergens and the like, say no and calmly shut the door. my wife made the mistake of saying yes and was proceeded to have the bait and switch pulled on her by a kirby vacuum salesmen. i was sleeping and at about 5 pm i heard vacuuming and then male voices which kind of alarmed me but not really. when the vacuuming didnt seem to have an end in sight, i [...]
It's Friday, let us be joyful! Today I've got a copy of the soon-to-be-released "Prepare To Qualify" EP by Hallelujah The Hills. It's doing a great job of taking me into the weekend with its Annuals-meets-Neutral Milk Hotel bravado. I've also got some good news - HTH is giving the EP away for free at their website starting Tuesday, April 8th! Keep your eyes on these guys - they're only a stone's throw away from getting big. Hallelujah The Hills - Let It Wave [...]
One of my goals for 2008 was to try to go a show every week. Honestly it's not a goal I expected to acheive, but I figure by shooting for four or five shows a month, I'd make it out to at least two or three. The last couple of weeks I've been to... uh... zero shows, due to weather and working late and being out of town. This week I'll be making up for it. I've been looking forward to Monday night since I first checked out [...]
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The last time we spoke about Hayden, there was an outpouring of love like we hadn't anticipated. Again, not because we don't like the Canadian alt folkster, but because ... well, we just didn't realize he'd nudged so many people toward their first taste of indie rock. This new Field & Town tune's a lovely piano-accented downer that swells dramatically somewhere in the middle before coming back down to understated glock-lined lullaby level, though by the time Hayden's gotten there, he's located a renewed sense of lyrical resolve ("We're more than all right"), gently shifting the [...]
DOWNLOAD: Hallelujah the Hills, "Don't Take the Law Into Your Own Hands But Take Mine In Yours" (mp3) On the eve of their biggest national tour to date (stops include SXSW and a Daytrotter session), Boston indie heroes Hallelujah the Hills forsook the bedroom and entered an actual studio for the first time ("My 8-track will never forgive me," laments frontman Ryan Walsh), emerging with two brand-new songs to hold us over until they record album no. 2 this spring. "Don't Take The Law" is short but feels longer, or at [...]
Boston, MA Here lately there have been a lot of bands naming a song after themselves. I'm not sure why this is, but I think it's pretty lame. However, "Hallelujah The Hills" by Hallelujah The Hills is too damn good, so I'm making an exception to be alright with this one. "Hallelujah The Hills" Hallelujah The Hills on MySpace Hallelujah The Hills on The Hype Machine
man, what a new year's eve! fuckin par-tay! all i know is it ended up at about 5 am in a heated/passionate intermingling of limbs and various other party parts. there was a moment last night, when i was sandwiched between the two finnish dwarves and the maori tribesmen, where i thought yeah, i wish this night would go on forever. no that didnt happen. i actually sat at work and watched that daredevil guy jump the length of a football field. awesome! hope you all fucked shit up appropriately. hey, any of you peeps in the atlanta [...]
Songs That Might Otherwise Pass You By HALLOWEEN EDITION Brad Sucks, "Fixing My Brain" Okay, so it's not strictly a Halloween song, but every time I hear it I imagine Frankenstein singing it, and then I laugh, and laugh, and laugh. This is a great song, and what makes it greater is that the musician obviously isn't in it for the money. While you can buy his music (higher quality), you can
Hallelujah the Hills - Wave Backwards To Massachusetts: From the 2007 album Collective Psychosis Begone on Misra. Originally from KEXP Song of the Day on December 31, 1969, 4:59pm
Yes, this really happened. Remember when you first heard "Keep The Car Running" and thought, "That's the best Bruce Springsteen song not written by Bruce Springsteen"? Apparently so did the Boss! A few hours ago, Bruce & the E Street Band played Ontario's Scotiabank Place, and reader Michael Schwartz dropped us a line soon after the instant classic gig's conclusion:
DAM! Fest continues in DC tonight, with 2 more shows. As usual, I'll hook you up with some mp3s to help you to map out your night. Rock and Roll Hotel (Doors @ 9:00) The Exit (New York, NY) - Don't Push Dragons of Zynth (Brooklyn, NY) - Breaker The Teeth (Philadelphia, PA) - Ball Of The Dead Rat The Beanstalk Library (Washington, DC) - Fake It [...]
A couple of tracks from bands that will be apprearing at the CMJ 200707 Music Marathon & Film Festival. A 15-track sampler is available thru Insound and can be downloaded here . Some great music on the download! mp3: Jesu You Wear Their Masks :: Jesu on My Space [...]
If you read this site regularly, you know I am a huge fan of Hallelujah the Hills . The band's literate songwriting, musicianship and exuberant performances make me one of their most vociferous fans. The band is heading out on an October tour, and is offering fans two new songs to whet their appetites (the other song will be posted on Stereogum later this week). Enjoy. I have been lucky to catch the band both as Hallelujah the Hills and in its former incarnation, the Stairs , and have always left [...]
photo courtesy of Ryan's tour summary on MySpace Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part our Song of the Day podcast subscription. This podcast features exclusive KEXP in-studio performances, unreleased songs, and recordings from independent artists that our DJs think you should hear. Today's featured selection, chosen by Midday Show host Cheryl Waters, is Wave Backwards to Massachusetts by Hallelujah The Hills from their 2007 debut album Collective Psychosis Begone on Misra Records . Hallelujah The Hills [...]
Live Shows in Cleveland Friday, June 29th to Thursday July, 5th. Featured Shows : Any description of Machine Go Boom i nvariably includes words like : sugar, spastic, helium. You can probably throw stuff like pop genius in there, too, but when the tunes come at you so fast and when your mind's frantically bopping along trying to keep up, that kind of stuff tends to get overlooked. Machine Go Boom - All The Way To PA [ download ] Hallelujah the Hills [...]
Ein Veranstaltungshinweis für alle Münchner, die nächsten Samstag Zeit haben und nicht nur Radio Gong hören. In der Galerie laden lothringer13 in Haidhausen findet eine Diskussionsrunde mit dem Titel Wie reagiert das Radio auf die IPod-Generation? . Es tauschen sich aus: Ulrike Ebenbeck , verantwortlich für den noch bestehenden Zündfunk und ebenso für das in der Entwicklung befindliche neue Multimediajugenddings des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Dirk Wagner, bekannt von M94,5 und Georg Konjuvic , der die Aktion FM4 in München retten [...]
Hallelujah the Hills - Hallelujah the Hills Raise the Flag On Your Sibling's Favorite Daydream - Hallelujah the Hills Why just burn the barn, when you can also torch the farmhouse, set the fields afire, watch the whole world go up in flames? Hallelujah the Hills implicitly asks this on its self-titled song, piling intensity on excess, instruments on lyrical erudition, unison heys on gleeful hallelujahs , like a teetering hill of broken furniture on a raging bonfire. [...]
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