
It is time for the second volume of the Best Downloadables of 2012 . You can stream (and scrobble ) all the songs in this mix using the ex.fm player at the bottom of the page OR you can download any or all of the tracks at your leisure (with the usual right-click or control-click) and play them using a digital media player of your choice. Listen. Downloadables: Super Vague (mp3) by Roomrunner Fatherland (mp3) [...]
Thursday things: ► JD Samson & MEN visit the Echoplex behind this week's release of their "Time" EP — the second of four EPs the band plans to release this year. L.A.'s Brother and Touché support. That the video for MEN's "Make Him Pay," above. ► Retro wunderkind Nick Waterhouse celebrates the release of his debut album "Time's All Gone" at the Eagle Rock Center for the Arts, supported by Sister Rogers. [See last week's post on Waterhouse's new video .] ► [...]
The Men are a post-punk group from Brooklyn. Their latest single is 'Open Your Heart' from the album of the same name . True to form, the track's melody consists of Blitzkrieg beats and assertive guitar. Some clever vocal bridgework provides a tight, but inviting, framework for some rewarding listening. Stream 'Open Your Heart' in the SoundCloud app below:

Recommended Show: TUESDAY, MAY 1, 2012 DAN DEACON, DAS RACIST, MEN, TOM MORELLO, and more @ UNION SQUARE PARK Union Square New York, NY 10003 FREE, 4PM No matter what your political opinion, today's Occupy Wall Street concert in Union Square Park is sure to rock. Bird Dog & The Prawns @ Cake Shop The Shins & Real Estate @ Terminal 5 Zula & Netherfriends @ Death By Audio Astro Disco & Manchildblack @ Le Poisson Rouge [...]

In The Red Records is releasing the debut recording from the Ty Segall Band a/k/a Ty's touring band (featuring Mikal Cronin , Charlie Moothart and Emily Rose Epstein). The double 103 LP is entitled Slaughterhouse and comes out July 17 (please note the CD is out June 26). It has been reported by Larry Hardy of In The Red that "this record will melt your face." We have no doubts. Listen. Downloadable: Wave Goodbye (mp3) You should be able to purchase Slaughterhouse [...]
Filed under: News , News Today, Oh Boy! Adria Petty Regina Spektor is released a new song, "Small Town Moon," and you can listen below! Animal Collective and Hot Chip had songs featured on "The Simpsons," but still wouldn't crack our 23 favorite musical moments from the show. [ Stereogum ] St. Vincent and Merrill Garbus of Tune-Yards interview each [...]

2012 So Far (January - March): The Staff Picks It is list time already here at Earbuddy. Join us as we count down our favorite songs of 2012 so far as well as the most disappointing albums and the ones we are most looking forward to. Put your favorite pair [...]
1. Tanlines - Mixed Emotions (True Panther) 2. The Men - Open Your Heart (Sacred Bones) 3. M Ward - A Wasteland Companion (Merge) 4. Emily Wells - Mama (Partisan) 5. Zammuto - Zammuto (Temporary Residence) 6. La Sera - Sees The Light (Hardly Art) 7. Oberhofer - Time Capsules II (Glassnote) 8. Maps and Atlases - Beware and Be Grateful (Barsuk) 9. Vacationer - Gone (Downtown) [...]

Enjoy their take on 'I Don't Care' via SoundCloud. Time will see daylight shortly. Visit TSOMM at their official site. Purchase MEN items via Insound. MP3: MEN - Next

Por Eric Olsen El año pasado, T he Men llegaba para saturar parlantes y auriculares con Leave Home , su primer y aclamado disco via Sacred Bones Records . Porque, dejando de lado que el trabajo era un popurrí de influencias variadas y disonantes, había algo en común que unía a todas estas canciones bajo un mismo techo: la banda estaba decidida a exagerar cada estilo hasta el máximo, sea subiéndole la distorsión, apoyándose en la repetición, además de no gastar más de dos pesos en un estudio de grabación. Y [...]

J. Michelle Martin-Coyne So what are you doing June 16? Are you one of those so conditioned by years of Toronto Radiohead shows selling out in a heartbeat that you tripped over yourself getting tickets for their Downsview gig as soon as they went on sale, even though the new venue was over twice the size of the Amphitheatre and general admission? Or are you one of those conscious of the fact that this is a King Of Limbs tour and realistically speaking, they probably won't be playing the stuff [...]
When did punk rock became such a chore? In the past decade, maybe more, there has been an unavoidable digression of punk music. This isn't a sort of revelation, of course, but through all the genres and sub-genres and sub-sub-genres, somewhere along the line the fun faded out and got lost in the noise. With genres like post-hardcore, pop punk, garage rock, gothic post-punk and something fucking called sea-punk in constant production, it's hard to retain the original spirit of a genre that made a whole generation go nuts about 40 years ago. There's almost like an elephant in the [...]

Time will see daylight on 5/8. Watch 'Make Him Pay' here. Purchase MEN items via Insound. MP3: MEN - Next
Toronto, Canada's version of South by Southwest, North by Northeast returns June 11-17th, bringing live music, film screenings, and interactive panels to venues across the city. In regards to the music portion, some 650 bands will perform across 50 stages. The Flaming Lips, Raekwon and Ghostface Killah, and Bad Religion headline this year's lineup and they'll be joined by of Montreal, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, The Men, Purity Ring, Porcelain Raft, Matthew Good, Ceremony, Friends, and Bleached. Also playing are The Death Set, Reigning Sound, Oberhofer, Killer Mike, Action Bronson, Bass Drum of Death, Young Magic, Hollerado, [...]
They aren't quite there yet, but The Men are on their way to becoming a great rock band. "Turn It Around," the opening track from The Men's latest album, Open Your Heart , is the album's first big surprise. Music Player (reviews): [...]
1. The Men - Open Your Heart (Sacred Bones) 2. Little Barrie - King of the Waves (Tummy Touch) 3. Bahamas - Barchords (Brushfire) 4. Zammuto - Zammuto (Temporary Residence) 5. High Highs - High Highs (Rocket) 6. La Sera - Sees the Light (Hardly Art) 7. Andrew Bird - Break It Yourself (Mom and Pop) 8. Islands - A Sleep and A Forgetting (Anti) 9. Tanlines - [...]
En este programa Boris Orellana y Claudio Ruiz presentaron los nuevos trabajos de Mark Lanegan Band ( Blues funeral ), Tanlines ( Mixed emotions ), Odd Future ( The of tape, Vol 2 ), Miike Snow ( Happy to you ), The Men ( Open your heart ) y una entrevista con Los Embajadores a propósito de la edición de Faisanes (Michita Rex). MP3: Super 45 Podcast # 665 (08 abril, 2012) Escucha todos nuestros podcasts desde Duna Suscríbete al [...]