My new Wednesday routine is as follows: awaken, shower, dress, grab my laptop and head to some outdoor (with free wifi) cafe where I sit and look for jobs and places to live for two or three hours. After these activities conclude, the rest of the day can vary. Last week I went for dim [...]
One would think that with a belly full of analgesics this mix tape would skew towards the quieter, dronier side of my music collection, but alas I'm not as euphoric and blissed-out as I thought I'd be. So you're left with these little nuggets, most of which (and by that I mean those that are [...]
I just finished taking in Zero Dark Thirty (having friends in the biz means free screeners!) and, I have to say, that redhead sure is cute! I also have to say, if the stuff about her character being recruited by the CIA out of high school is true…how come nobody asked ME to join The [...]
Ben Chasny is infatuated with the sound a string makes when you propel it into motion. His prolific work under the Six Organs of Admittance moniker has birthed all sorts of tonal excursions-journeys to the center of just how a string sounds when it's vibrating. (Drone, as some like to call it.) It's interesting, then, that the same guy who stares for hours at a few buzzing, elongated notes from a set of steel strings can cause such a racket, at least when he feels like it. Touring behind the newest chapter in Chasny's staggering prolificacy, the [...]
Click here to view the embedded video. It's never a band idea to head to Used Kids for "vinyl Monday," at which you get 20% off all used vinyl all day. And tonight there's even more reason to go. Drag City alums Magik Markers will play a free in-store show. Hometown scuzzies Psychedelic Horseshit will open, along with Ryan Jewell. Things kick off about 5pm. BYOB, hunt for some records, listen to some good/loud music and be reminded of how lucky we are to have a place like Used Kids.
Date Saturday, May 12th Location Red 7 Doors 800 pm Tickets $8 from Transmission So Friday is for dancing, and Saturday you gotta rock. What better show is going on in town for those needs than the Black Bananas show over at Red 7. Black Bananas is Jen Herrema, and basically it's RTX (her former band from her former band [...]
Photo by Cam Archer MP3: 200 Years - "Solar System" "Solar System" may introduce itself as a simple, hushed acoustic track with its somewhat stark beginning, but it's this very simplicity that makes it all feel rather spacious in the end. By leaving so much negative space untouched, the song grows into an increasingly tender piece that connects intimacy with universality. It's quiet, maybe even a bit reserved, but it's no less moving, or engaging. "Solar System" [...]
If the name Brent Green and the Wex sound familiar in the same sentence , it's because you probably followed my advice and went to see "Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then" last August. This charmingly awkward and ominously tragic film is based on the life of Leonard Wood, a Louisville hardware store clerk who renovates his house into what he believes to be a "healing machine" to keep his terminally ill wife alive. It is Green's first venture into the full-length feature world (an impressive one at that) AND he built a full-sized replica of this [...]
Mondays are generally slow news days, and when it's a national holiday there's even less information to absorb via online news sources while you're bored at work waiting for the clock to strike seven o'clock. Eh…maybe that's just me. The majority of the country didn't have to work today. I swear I'm not bitter. Fuck [...]
Connecticut noise-rock team Magik Markers will play a pair of NYC dates starting TONIGHT (7/21) at Cameo where they'll team with Ex-Cops and Haunted Hauses (members of Trail of Dead, Ex Cops, and Here We Go Magic) at 9PM. Then Friday (7/22), look for the band to take the stage of Shea Stadium with United Waters , Burning Star Core as part of their Arbitrary Signs Showcase (Peter Nolan of MM's imprint) [...]
Recommended Show: THURSDAY, JULY 21, 2011 MAGIK MARKERS @ CAMEO GALLERY 93 N 6th St Brooklyn, NY 11211 $TBA, 8PM Magik Markers are one of those bands that seem to have a lot of love from the indie community, but have never really broken into something truly bigger. That means you can still catch them at an awesome venue like Cameo Gallery, where they play tonight. Gray @ New Museum Charlene Kaye @ Fat Baby Groundation @ Hiro Ballroom [...]
[Blurry iPhone photos by acidjack] When you have the opportunity to open for Woods in a setting as dramatic as St. Cecilia's Roman Catholic Church in East Williamsburg at the Northside Festival , you have to bring your A game. Hartford, CT psych rockers Magik Markers were more than up to the challenge as they played an impressive set of layered, hypnotic songs that were completely new to us (we also checked with a good friend who has released a record for them, and he didn't know, either). In a mere [...]
wild. fucking wild. total out-there skronk jams recorded live at the stone this year. a triumvirate of elisa ambrogio, pete nolan and john shaw (who hand painted the envelope packaging). far as i’m concerned it’s the best thing they’ve put out since boss. and it exists in a mainly opposite world to that record’s (relatively) stately beauty. this is the unhinged side of their ouvre. the bastard magik unmusic that comes out (a bit too frequently?) on nolan’s imprint. just too much to keep up with. which is a shame coz i hear good things about the bonfire cd too... [...]
Spectre Folk — Keep Your Teeth Clean I can’t speak for Ben, but I’ll be posting a bit sporadically over the next few days due to schoolwork/other silly, real-world obligations. That being said, I couldn’t help but sneak in this track from Spectre Folk ’s The Blackest Medicine, Vol. II (out on Woodsist ). The name Spectre Folk may not ring any bells, but some will recognize its founder/ringleader Pete Nolan from his work with CT’s Magik [...]
Words and Interview by Rick Moslen Fish out that pair of dirty earplugs hiding at the bottom of your desk drawer and catch the threesome Sic Alps ' noisy psychedelic pop this Saturday, the 12th at The Shop in Bloomfield. I spoke with Matt Hartman about Napa Asylum, along with other topics including the band receiving an opening spot for a certain legendary Canadian band and their opinions regarding the whole “shitgaze” fad. (if you can call it a “fad.”) A band bio and full interview after the jumpsky. [...]
We had plenty of coverage last week about Purling Hiss so you should be quite familiar with their psychedelic blues rock tunes by now. Well, they are performing at The Rotunda tonight with Sic Alps and Magik Markers. This one is for all you under 21 peeps, and it's FREE so stop wasting your time on the streets and start wasting your time listening to some good music! Special thanks to The Rotunda who has been really providing some stellar events for the all-ages indie music community lately. Bravo Gina Renzi and everyone involved! The Rotunda, 4014 [...]
If you include all of the singles, EPs, limited-edition cassettes, compilation appearances, and proper full-length albums Sic Alps has recorded since 2004, the San Francisco-based trio has exactly 20 releases under its belt. (At least, that's the number you'll find over at Drag City , which released the band's new 22-song double LP, Napa Asylum .) Which means that, by the time every guitar-slinging indie-rock dude rediscovered fuzzed-out psych-pop (and the seemingly instant critical success that comes with it) a few years ago, Sic Alps had already perfected the formula. Lo-fi revivalist rock is now a [...]
Spectre Folk is Pete Doolan (previously DCed here), drummer for Magik Markers and a player in GHQ, a crafter of parsed down, lo-fi psych-folk. No better companion could've been made for Doolan and his joyfully fuzzed out concoctions then the good folk at Woodsist, the lighthouse on a hill for all things lo-fi and folk. [...]
List by Brendan Sullivan I looked back over my Google calendar and my blog and this website and discovered that I have been (at least, if I'm missing some...) 53 concerts / live shows thus far this year. That's more than one per week! So instead of contributing a list of favorite bands or songs or albums, I thought I'd share with you some of the best live shows that I saw this year. They weren't necessarily chosen because the headlining band is one of my favorites or even necessarily that the music [...]
[Download] STR Mixtape - Partly Fish, Partly Purpose (Download) Title Artist Starting Time If I Needed Someone The Beatles Youth Beach Fossils 02:18 Voi Ei Ei Voi Olla Totta TV-Resistori 04:52 Ballbearing Blues Kevin Ayers 08:05 Bad Dream - Hearford's Beat Suit Magik Markers 08:51 Be Still James Apolo 12:56 Time Has Told Me Andrew John 15:57 Cleveland (For Dan Dockrill) Dave Mooney 20:12 Fat Girl Kevin Coyne 24:12 Yo Sere El Animal Vos [...]
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