First, let me set things strait. I'm exhausted. I've been working 18 - 27 hour shifts all week in Joplin, MO at the disaster relief headquarters, so if these Sabbaths are a little late over the next few weeks, now you know why. I had mentioned in the previous two Sabbaths that for a while The Indie Sabbath is going to step away from its usual format and follow my work here in Joplin, as well as raising awareness for the people in the city of Joplin. I'm going to be writing about some pretty real shit, and if you [...]
Today's mix is essentially part two of this week's Best New Releases. What is different from part one is that this installment spotlights great new singles from new albums by artists and bands that were basically overlooked, or simply unknown by most of the music press. Therefore, many of you are likely hearing the songs [...] Read more, get songs or stream the entire mix on Indie Rock Cafe
I'm still not feeling all that well, so words will be few today. Knut of Eardrums is dealing with health problems . Please go wish him well. Holiday is coming up and leaving for Cairo on Sunday. Delay Trees has been signed to Friendly Fire Recordings . A self-titled debut album will be out on May 10 . + [...]
![[Listen/Download] The Oxygen Ponies- Hollywood](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/3331404_lg.jpg)
by teepoo Bedroom-based Oxygen Ponies will be releasing their third album Exit Wounds on May 17, 2011 . Their previous album, Harmony Handgrenade was a hit and topped people's charts in 2009. So far, I've enjoyed what I heard of the new album. It has a very tranquil calm feel, almost dreamy. However, it has moments of lead up and build up that are subtle, but yet necessary with resolutions that are happen just at the right moments. Hollywood is a [...]
...you guessed it! Drink loads of coffee and try to get some work done! Yada yada yada – time to come up with something new dude! ...stream the (entire) new The William Blakes album Music Wants To Be Free from Soundcloud . Expect it to sound nothing like the previous three albums by the band. Wasted Years [...]
This April, Europe's super indie Truck Festival will debut its brand new American component , this being the aptly titled Truck America Festival . Set to take part in the inaugural festivities, which run from April 30 - May 2 at the Full Moon Resort in Big Indian, NY are upstate NY legends Mercury Rev, as well as White Rabbits, Neil Halstead, The Joy Formidable, The Sadies, The Silent League, and Hopewell. More bands will be announced soon; tickets, priced at $120.00, are available here .
Work, work, work... Really looking forward to hearing the promo copy of the Polly Scattergood debut, whenever I receive it! + Nitrogen Pink For next week's concert at Vega in Copenhagen White Lies will be supported by Wintersleep . + Weighty Ghost I'm listening to the Plushgun debut album [...]
New Wax Brooklyn's Paul Megna, aka The Oxygen Ponies , is back with a brand new album entitled Harmony Handgrenade . In case you missed my previous write-up on Megna: he was shot in the neck by a sniper in Hell's Kitchen in 1994, was taught how to play guitar by Jeff Buckley after his recovery, and played the lead role in a play about Kurt Cobain. The bullet from the shooting is still lodged in Megna's neck only centimeters from his jugular vein. You [...]
I am going way out on a limb here and declaring I know what one of the keys to happiness is. Understand that I myself do not possess it, but I'm pretty sure I know what it looks like. OK. I think one key to being happy is actually wanting what you can and do have and not longing for what you can't and don't have. So often we spend so much time searching/looking/hoping for something else that we lose sight of what's right in front of us. [...]
Bands You Should Know I've been spinning this melancholic record a ton lately from a band called The Oxygen Ponies, which is actually a moniker for New York singer/songwriter Paul Megna. If you read the biography on his website, you'd think you were reading the treatment for the next Charlie Kaufman script. For example: "As a teenager, Paul Megna was taught how to play guitar by Jeff Buckley - after being shot in the neck by a sniper in Hell's Kitchen in 1994. His [...]
Before anyone says anything smart-arsed about the self-indulgent whingeing in the post below, I have just come up with the ultimate musical response: The Oxygen Ponies - Get Over Yrself I have made myself my own bitch, O yes indeed!
mp3 The Awful Truth Of Loving Rainer Maria - Long Knives Drawn mp3 Your Love, It Lies Gene - Rising for Sunset mp3 Truest Thing (905 Mix) The Oxygen Ponies - The Oxygen Ponies mp3 Same Lies As Yesterday The Meeting Places - Find [...]
Bronx Cheerleader - Canada It was quite a while back when I happily stumbled upon this band and after linking some mp3s from the label ( Yummy Recordings ) was contacted by Yummy head honcho and future Bronx Cheerleader member, Joe Lapinski. He (or was it Bronx Cheerleader leader, Scott Warren) sent me a copy of the album, Tough Guy Cliches . I raved about it, or in my own low key 'don't-make-too-much-noise-'ca use-you-don't-want-to-draw-too -much-attention-to-yourself-'c ause-i'm-a-shy-and-private-kin da-guy' way, raved about it here at *Sixeyes. But don't take my word for [...]
Hopefully I'll be "back" this afternoon. Meanwhile enjoy these recent Last.fm recommendations. And if you haven't none so already; remember to download the two Kind of girl songs posted yesterday! + The Oxygen Ponies â€" Have You Forgotten + Sense â€" Icy L Tap + Postal Blue â€" Fader + [...]
It's snowing. It's cold. It's winter (technically it's still autumn)! Spring is officially 4 months away....... + Snow Fell (It's Night) Despite the poor weather I'm going to Copenhagen tonight to watch the all mighty Manchester United square off against local heroes FC Copenhagen in The UEFA Champions League . The number of visitors to the blog in October was 276 per [...]
and yet no such song have I heard in the darkness of night before, (where does this tenderness come from?): here, on the ribs of the singer. ... - Marina Tsvetaeva , Translation by Elaine Feinstein , via J. Schneider . "Acoustic Wednesday No. 35. (Dark mutation A.)" 01. Vinaya : Il marche dans le ciel (upcoming release, 2007) 02. The Oxygen Ponies : Get Over Yrself , The Oxygen Ponies (2006) 03. Sun Ra [...]
There are truly people in the world who can overcome anything that this life throws at them. Meet Paul Megna. After being shot in the neck by a sniper in Hell's Kitchen in 1994, Megna was taught to play the guitar by Jeff Buckley after his recovery from the shooting. Megna still carries the bullet in his neck (centimeters from his jugular) an obvious testament to his resounding fight over the demons of life. Megna created "sleepy bedroom" pop songs in an old abandoned barn, perfecting his songwriting skills and guitar technique. This was Megna’s catharsis, something he [...]
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