
I can't say enough good things about The Velvet Teen. After losing the very awesome and very talented Logan Whitehurst on the drums, they picked up the amazing Casey Deitz. Not only that, but the Judah Nagler's vocals and Josh Staples bass playing have continued to improve and grow more solid with each record. And to top it off, they have made one of the best albums of the year, "Cum Laude". Too bad they were not headlining the El Rey last Friday night. Instead, Minus the Bear was headlining while The Velvet Teen and two other group [...]

I have finally updated my Hot Tracks list. You'll find the new additions written in green, and the older ones just down at the bottom. I've also removed all the links to MySpace-files as they keep changing the filenames and I don't have to tell you anymore about the quality. Sad, sad... Here are some more of my pics from Canada. You'll figure out the theme by yourself... :) [...]

Gods, Heroes and Myth A 5-part-series released on two mp3 blogs. A special look into a world of story and legend through the eyes of songs… What has already come to pass Part I - Sequence appearing on the Berkeley Place Blog Part II - Sequence appearing on Ryan’s Smashing Life [...]

Born Sandy Devotional , the Triffids' classic, is re-released today in the US by Domino records, and they're having a spot of the lavish launch to celebrate. In a bid to convince you of the greatness of the band (should you need convincing), there's three free mp3 downloads to sample: Convent Walls , one of the bonus tracks from the reworked album Seabirds Lonely Stretch And there's an almost erotically-charged <a href=" http://www.dominorecordco.us/t riffids/">official website as well. While we're talking about [...]

I'm off to Seattle for about two weeks, and I don't think I'll have much chance to post much between then and now. And I was just getting the hang of it too.. but to make it up to you, here's a bunch of random MP3s and some news from Thunderbirds Are Now! (Get the title of the post, or is it still too weird?) I'm trying to do this quickly so I can go do some late minute packing, but here goes. Seattle Mix Tape! A random mix of mp3s from [...]