Usually I'd recommend picking and choosing the songs you download, but this week I think all the songs are worth checking out. iLiKETRAiNs may fill the hole in my heart left by the breakup of Aereogramme. Holy Fuck is an apt name and not at all what I was expecting. A Pavement cover by Cassettes Won't Listen? AWESOME. The Cure provide loads of influence for A Shoreline Dream. Nice to see Longwave is still around. A lot of you keep coming for the new Division Day downloads so here's another one. Viva Voce is re-issuing some of their earlier work [...]
Brooklyn band Longwave may be established crowd favorites, but they are without a label -- it's bad, but in this day and age, who needs one anyway? The guys are on the road right now testing new material, including a few dates with Robbers On High Street. They play the T.T. The Bear's tomorrow night. 09/14 New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge (w/Dead Trees, Eagle Seagull, The Shackeltons) 09/15 Boston, MA @ TT the Bear's (w/Emergency [...]
Raise 'em up if you remember Longwave, the pop architects behind "There's a Fire," one of the greatest pop rock albums ever. Anyone? Well, it's time to get reacquainted with a band who intentionally fell off the radar for a little bit, and are now back on the map and touring with Robbers on High Street. Plus, Longwave is based in Brooklyn. Regular readers know, we give preference to boys from our hood. Here's how our conversation went: Ekko: First of all, thank you for taking the [...]
NME reports: *The band is touring in support of their untitled three-song digital EP, available only at shows. Fans can purchase a download card for just $1 that gives access to all three songs. There are also free download cards available which grant access to two of the three tracks.* View all upcoming Longwave tour dates here. Track listing for the EP: 'No Direction' 'It's True' 'Life Is Wrong' MP3: Longwave - No Direction
photo by Ivonne Carlo Coming up for all of you NYC listeners, one of your own local favorites, Longwave , are making an appearance at the Mercury Lounge this Friday. The Brooklyn band has received regular airplay on KEXP since their major label debut The Strangest Things , and have performed for KEXP several times, including the 2003 Yule Benefit . The band is currently working on new material - in fact, John Richards just played a new demo of theirs today! Keep listening, and [...]
Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even. - Muhammad Ali Life isn't meant to be easy. It's hard to take being on the top - or on the bottom. I guess I'm something of a fatalist. You have to have a sense of history, I think, to survive some of these things... Life is one crisis after another. - Richard [...]
mp3 Down In The Ground Where The Dead Men Go The Pogues - Red Roses for Me mp3 Down In Here Longwave - There's a Fire mp3 Been Here Before Jeremy Enigk - World Waits mp3 Here Alone Again [...]
mp3 Heart Attack ( Longwave ) mp3 Broken Home, Broken Heart ( Husker Du ) mp3 Bleeding Heart ( Curve ) mp3 Acid In My Heart ( The Sleepy Jackson ) mp3 Why Does My Heart Go On Beating ( Friends Of Dean Martinez ) mp3 Broken Heart ( Spiritualized ) [...]
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