I dislike Interpol. Always did. Which is not to say I didn't like some of their songs. Hard to resist, the first album anyway. They stole directly from good sources and executed with studied competence. I guess it was the suits and haircuts and smug, self-serious posturing that put me off. Seemed a little heavy-handed for what was essentially a covers band. Then they went away. And then I hear a band like this and I hate them all over again. Though unfortunately-named, this long-running Cleveland act spent a bunch of unheralded years doing solid, angsty basement [...]
Friday March 23rd, 2012 This Friday Maxwells in Hoboken will host the indie rock by Eastern Anchors , Roadside Graves , The Brixton Riot and Lieder. We think you should go to this show and make it your night. Because Friday Night's are meant for dancing... 00 Keep It Like A Secret MP3 by The Brixton Riot [ BUY IT ] Mix tape: If you like [...]
Things I learned this weekend: Apparently it's grounds for an ass-kicking when you're black-out drunk at a bar and you tell a girl her boyfriend is "limp dicked" and ask her if you can "put a little baby in your tum tum." Good thing I was in a large group of people who would have [...]
Drive is a sonically sound road trip rock documentary with David Gedge and his band The Wedding Present touring North America way back in 2005 which was Directed & Edited by Steve Stone and his company Third Hand Films whom I've known the better part of 20 years! Can't believe it. Anyway, the story goes that Steve sent Gedger an email when he heard they were planning on coming to America and he asked him if he'd be interested in taping some of the shows. After a bunch of red tape, [...]
From May 23, 2009 it's Episode 19, Jake Ryan's first episode. PLAYLIST: The Lilys – The Night Sun Over San Juan The Dears – Lost In The Plot Shack – Time Machine The Joggers – Ziggurat Traffic Beck – Youthless Wire – Three Girl Rhumba Stereolab – Three-Dee Melodie Super Furry Animals – The Very Best of Neil Diamond The Stone Roses – Something Burning GoGoGo Airheart – So Good Ambulance Ltd – Primitive (The Way I Treat You) The Melody Unit [...]
Arcade Fire - "The Suburbs" Directed by Spike Jonze. Video was pieced together from selected scenes out of the short film Spike and Arcade Fire shot in Austin, Texas back in April. Keep your peepers open for the blink or you'll miss it cameo of Win and Regine as shotgun wielding cops. "The Suburbs" is out now on Merge Records. Freelance Whales [...]
PLAYLIST: The Delgados – Under Canvas, Under Wraps Blur – I’m All Over The La’s – Timeless Melody The Christines – The Maker Division of Laura Lee – Violence Is Timeless The Natural History – Don’t You Ever The Beta Band – Assessment Clearlake – Cinnamon Girl Tahiti 80 – I.S.A.A.C. The Fall – Sing! Harpy The Monochrome Set – He’s Frank (Slight Return) The Brian Jonestown Massacre – Sue The Wedding Present – Click Click Poster Children – Clock Street The Damned [...]
At the foot of Niagara Falls lies a museum and a mystery. The barrel museum shows a proud display of the "barrels," --none of which are really conventional barrels-- that crazed stuntmen used in a usually vain attempt to ride for glory over the roaring rapids of Niagara Falls. Niagara is split into two falls. On one side of Goat Island is American Falls. It's the shorter of the two by a few feet. But the bottom is lined with rocks. Riding over it in a barrel would not be a crapshoot. It would be straight suicide. [...]
COBRA VERDE HQ: Cleveland, Ohio Website: MySpace ; website The Story: Formed from the ashes of legendary '80s Cle rockers Death of Samantha (Doug Gillard, of this post, was guitarist in that band), Cobra Verde -- featuring DoS vocalist John Petkovic, Gillard and drummer Dave Swanson -- formed in 1992. Although Petkovic remains the last original member, the line-up changes haven't changed CV's timeless formula: swaggering rock & roll based around glam, punk and loose-limbed garage. [...]
Back before the Day Party became the norm, SXSW attendees were forced to either sleep till a civilized hour, go enjoy a relaxing, delicious lunch somewhere in Austin other than near the convention center or, heaven forbid, attend a Panel Discussion. I know what you're thinking. Panel Discussion, what's that? It's where a handful of people in the industry get free food and are then put in front of an audience of their peers to talk about a particular topic like "Merch Table of Contents," "Fans are Suckers," or "I'm OK, You're OK: The Industry's Still Rockin'!" [...]
We continue sampling our favorite artists and songs found at the SXSW 2008 Showcasing Artists website. We still have a lot more to go, so keep dropping by if you like. I should have said earlier how incredibly generous it is of the SXSW folks to make these available, so in case any of those busy eyes peer here, THANKS! Our previous SXSW 2008 posts can be found here and here. Hope you're finding
Taking a cue from The Onion's Random Rules feature, I selected these songs for this Listening Post after "Coat of Armor" by My Dad is Dead caught my ear when it popped up in iTunes via shuffle mode.
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Review Stalker
Swan Fungus
Your Music Is Awful.com
A Good Day For Airplay
The Cargo Culte
A to Z
Sound Bites
Powerpopulist
Timedoor
Frau – Tarian Sari (stream)
Watch Empire of the Sun perform “Alive” on Kimmel
Full Moon Official After Party: Yuksek x Zimmer @ Drom (85th Avenue A)
