Notable releases for the week of February 20th: Ben Davis & The Jetts/Des Ark - Battle of the Beards (Lovitt) Besnard Lakes - The Besnard Lakes Are The Dark Horse (Jagjaguwar) Black Lips - Los Valientes Del Mundo Nuevo (Vice) Call Me Lightning - Soft Skeletons (Frenchkiss) Calla - Strength in Numbers (Beggars Banquet) Charlie Louvin - Charlie Louvin (Tompkins Square) Explosions In The Sky - All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone (Temporary Residence LTD) Foreign Islands - Restart Now! (Deaf Dumb and Blind) Frames - The Cost (Anti-) Jesu - Conqueror (Hydra Head) M. Ward [...]

Marnie Stern - Vibrational Match (Kill Rock Stars 2007) Marnie Stern – In Advance of the Broken Arm / Kill Rock Stars Goddamn there is no better feeling than when an album completely catches you by storm. My boy George over at the wonderful promotions group Terrorbird has been going on and on about this girl from the upper east side over the last few weeks and while I absolutely trust his taste, pushing artists on his roster is what he gets paid for and that's [...]

Download : the Long Winters Blue Diamonds Download : Maria Taylor Clean Getaway Download : the Minus 5 Cigarettes Coffee and Booze Download : Pavement Rattled By the Rush Download : Field Music Sit Tight Download : Locksley Why Not [...]
I've decided to start adding some tracks to my weekly Hump Day posts. I know it must be tedious for all you people out there to look over what I'm thinking and reading in cyber world without some rocking music to go with it, so its only fair that I give you some tunes to go with it. I'm not sure if the songs posted will follow a theme or just be stuff I'm liking right now or a combination of the two but whatever it is you win with some easy to download tunes. On to the other shit [...]

Si te gustan Deerhoof , síguele los pasos a Marnie Stern , asombrosa guitarrista establecida en Nueva York que, hasta hace bien poco, se contentaba con grabar maquetas en su casa. Una de ellas llegó a los cuarteles de Kill Rock Stars y, en un suspiro, estaba firmada. De hecho, "In Advance of the Broken Arm" será posiblemente el último lanzamiento de la filial de KRS, 5 Rue Christine , que cierra sus puertas tras diez años dando cabida a grupos y artistas poco convencionales que, por una u otra razón, no entraban en la [...]

New York, NY I highly recommend Marnie Stern if you like bands like Deerhoof. "Every Single Line Means Something" Marnie Stern on MySpace
There's a new kid on the block when it comes to the Kill Rock Stars roster coming in the form of avant-garde guitarist Marnie Stern , and this pistol is packing heat. Previously slated to be released on the since fallen 5RC , In The Advance Of The Broken arm is set to drop on February 20th on KRS, an album of thirteen tracks on which Stern shreds her heart out with the assistance in percussion and production from Hella's Zach Hill. The terrible twosome are to tour together in [...]
Marnie Stern smashes your cranium with a sugar fueled ADD rush of twitchy guitar and saccharine sweet vocals that feel free to burst forth into riot grrrl yelps when the pixie sticks kick in. Employing Zach Hill of Hella to skitter and shake rhythms that seem to match her guitar hyjinks in their lack of attention span, the record is a pop culture overload from start to finish. Stern brings a touch of speed metal to the indie rock forum. As frightening as that sounds, she manages to make the combination fuse like old childhood friends; albeit childhood friends [...]