I am beyond excited that Richmond pop rockers Hot Lava have returned from their breakup/hiatus to bring more fun music to the masses. The following is a brand new video called "Goat's Eyes" from the band's upcoming new album "Ice Land" coming out some time in 2012.
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , The Hit List , Free MP3 Download of the Day The CMJ Music Marathon first started in 1980 with a modest amount of artists taking part in the weeklong festivities. The New York festival officially turns 30 this year, and the CMJ 2010 lineup reflects this momentous occasion. This year, CMJ will have mote than 1,000 artists performing [...]
Not only do I have a cold, and that invincible drowsiness which comes with it, but being self fucking employed I can't even have a bloody skive! God dammit! I feel like Kevin the Teenager from the Fast Show, it's just so unfaaaaair! Anyhow, to explain myself, yes that really is an armoured dinosaur up there at the top of the page. I did a Google image search for 'heavy cold' and apart from a bewildering array of machetes, that image featured quite prominently. And it's an armoured fucking dinosaur for goodness' sake! More such mental (and rather [...]
I'm not an avid reader of Richmond Magazine, but I have to say that I am blown away by their recent "RVA Musicology" issue. The cover is a bit misleading as it states the "50 major players on the local scene." I took this to mean as their picks for who's popular in the music scene today (meaning I was probably going to disagree with all their picks). Much to my surprise and delight, the music feature is in fact a look back at the people who have mattered to the Richmond scene over the past [...]
We're twee as coitus,So, headbangers, bite us. . .Oddly enough I was in the act of composing lyrics for a possible Tullycraft song when out of the blue arrives word of a forthcoming 21-song salute to the much-beloved Seattle band. (Some of that's apocryphal, but I gotta start these blogposts somewhere.) Due to drop 14 September and named after the final song on the album, Wish I'd Kept A
My brother heads off today, so I figured we'd take one last chance to do a podcast while we can. This is mostly new stuff and inbox though, so I am not sure how he'll react. Actually, he was in the room last week while I went through my inbox, played stuff, replied to emails, deleted things, and so on and so forth. I think his response was that he simply wouldn't be able to handle the avalanche of shit I have to get through, and that it would simply turn him off music completely. I [...]
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When I saw there was a new compilation devoted to hailing one of the greatest northwest bands of all time (yes, Tullycraft ), I got pretty excited. When I saw that the tracklist included bands from famed labels like Tullycraft's very own Magic Marker Records, as well as HHBTM, Matinee, and even recent favorite weePOP, my excitement blew through the roof. Look down the track list (it's at the end of this review... I'll forgive you for pausing to check it out) and you'll see some of the greatest indie pop and modern [...]
Jelly-bean hot-spring new* music to paint your Monday Morning a sugar-toothed yellow. Download the twinkie . "Lemonade" by Braids (Native Speaker) "A Cold Freezin' Night" by The Books (The Way Out) "Safety" by Tune Yards (Bird-Brains) "Hospice Gates" by Lower Dens (Twin-Hand Movement) "Most Wanted" by Cults (Cults 73) "Lawn Knives" by Gobble Gobble (Secret 73) "Medulla Oblongata" by Buke and [...]
Jan 30, 2010, 12:34am
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Hot Lava is a game for all ages, in which the players imagine that the floor or ground is made of lava, or variably as any other unsavory substance, such as acid, and thus avoid touching the ground lest they get burned or otherwise injured. The players stay off of the floor by standing on furniture or the room's architecture. The players generally do not remain still, moving from one piece of furniture to the next. The game can be played with a group or alone for self amusement. There may even be a goal, to which the players must [...]
Had to be Hot Lava on the day the capital of Ireland was slain by several fluffy flakes and a dearth of gritters. Actually Hot Lava are pretty much essential any day of the year such is their cutesy ability to coin sonic gorgeousness. This tune is far less than 2 minutes long but when you are wedging 6 songs on a piece of 7" vinyl (split evenly between our heroes and the Sad Cobras) space is always going to be at a premium. But what 'Lady Postman' achieves in those short few seconds might take other acts a career [...]
Hot Lava - The Auctioneer The Sad Cobras - Medusa Reducer DUDES. NEW HOT LAVA . GET PSYCHED. Who are The Sad Cobras ? I dunno. Friends with Hot Lava I guess. And they make good music. Appropriate for a split with Hot Lava. So that's cool. BUT 3 NEW [...]
Revisiting an artist we've featured in the past is always a treat, so it only stands to reason that our collective attention span might grow exponentially when two previously-mentioned bands are involved in a combined new release. We originally featured Richmond, Virginia based Hot Lava in January 2008 with a quick follow-up for their debut album Lavalogy in March 2008. Since that time, they've
photo: Ellie Bolton Richmond left field electronica band Hot Lava contrbute three tracks to a split album with Roanoke band The Sad Cobras . There is a hint of surf creeping in, best it is still definitely geeky. MP3: Hot Lava - Taskmaster » hotlavaownsyou.com » myspace.com/hotlavaep » myspace.com/thesadcobras HCTF review of Lavalogy .
It's not many 73 records which give you six songs of listening enjoyment, but this is what Hot Lava and the Sad Cobras have achieved on this split EP. Both have one epic song which just exceeds a Tolstoyian two-and-a-half minutes, but everything else is well under the two minute barrier - not a second wasted. In all honesty, I am not that taken with the Sad Cobras songs, so I will instead focus on Hot Lava, whose debut album Lavaology I really enjoyed. Basically, this has the same, slightly frantic charm as the album. Taskmaster [...]
Let's look back shall we to October 2008. It brings back memories of Radiohead remix contests, CMJ, and well, other stuff too. Downloadables: Teen Creeps (mp3) by No Age Bastard In Love (mp3) by Mika Miko Black Albino Bones (mp3) by Fucked Up Call & Respond (mp3) by Times New Viking White Elephant (mp3) by Volcano Suns Idiotheque ( Radiohead Cover) (mp3) by [...]
So we return to Hot Lava for what feels like the umpteenth time. Can't be helped I suppose given the incandescent brilliance of last year's 'Lavalogy'. It just keeps shuffling into view and keeps notching up the play counts, none more so that the mildly scatty 'Apple Option Fire'. To be frank there are just too many winning ideas floating around this sub 3 minutes piece of audio gold to ever warrant thinking of other tunes. Seems the quartet from Virginia are playing CMJ in good auld Brooklyn next month, expect a memorable performance because rock doesn't get more molten [...]
I get to say they are new because I just heard them. It's my blog and I make the rules. Anyways, WHERE in the world is there a cuter band than this??? Hot Lava! Hot Lava - Mummy Beach -
Do I hear fun, colorful melodies, sweet harmonies and a nod towards '90s psych-pop? Yes! It's the return of Walrus-fav Hot Lava. This lovely tune will be featured on an upcoming split with fellow Virginians The Sad Cobras...and it's another gem. More more more! {MP3} Hot Lava - "Task Master"
Friends, I have to be honest with you: Today is the first sorta-nice day in the general New York area in what seems like forever , and I have one eye on the sky and my mind on the book that I am tantalizingly close to finishing . So here's my simple question for you: What's your favorite discovery of recent days? It can be a new-to-the-world band, a recently minted album, or an outfit that's been making music for a while but just came across your transom. Five of mine, after the jump. [...]
Twenty seconds after pressing play on my iPod to listen to the song Apple+Option+Fire, Richmond, VA's Hot Lava had me in their corner. Their refreshing brand of indie pop is so infectious, you might just have to call the CDC to get their songs out of your head. The release of Lavalogy on Bar/None Records last fall cemented their place as one of the most entertaining and most respected indie bands in the country. Hot Lava started out as [...]
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