I didn't have a blog last year, but i did have all these end-of-year lists, including the 2007 Young Talents list. I posted them on Last.fm . Now, i thought it would've been a fun idea to see whether i have good prophecying skills. To put it differently: how did those bands do this year? Did they live up to my expectations, or did they just sit on their lazy ass all time Well, lets's see! 9. Imadethismistake .. I've blogged about them before . As far as I know [...]
Some say Nazareth, PA's Pearls and Brass take a bluesy riff-rock sound and infuse it with 'math rock complexity'. This is true to an extent, but the term 'math rock' conjures up the wrong picture entirely-- this trio's vibe is a great deal more subtle than any standard technically-concerned fare. Instead, Peals and Brass take 'bluesy riff-rock' guitars and soulful vocals and lay them over a bed of shifting, shuffling, swaggering grooves. Time signatures and beat patterns are always changing and the band never sits on one idea for too long, and it's this tendency that [...]
DOWNLOAD: Randall of Nazareth - Ballad of a Sorry Lonely Breaking Man (MP3) Pennsylvania punkers Pissed Jeans are playing Knitting Factory in NYC on April 11th with Aids Wolf and 2UP. Tickets are on sale . If you can't wait that long, no problem - they are also playing Silent Barn in Brooklyn on Feb. 15th. That MP3 on the top of this post is not Pissed Jeans, but it is related. It's off Randall [...]
randall of nazareth is the solo outlet of pearls and brass frontman randall huth. his self titled debut was released on october 23rd via drag city and it features 8 tracks of raga/indian influenced folk tunes. sounds kinda like the solo record josh homme would make after listening to a bunch of ravi shankar and john fahey . all i know is that it sounds really fucking good on a cold morning drive to work. mp3 | randall of nazareth - climbing trees mp3 | [...]
I'm way behind in trying to keep up with the new releases. Here are some recent weeks... Top Five New Releases 10/16/07 and 10/23/07: Can : Anthology 1968-1993 (Mute) – Worth picking up if you don't have the albums. Prefuse 73 : Preparations (Warp) – It's got a 65 on Metacritic which seems fair to me. At the Troubadour on 12/9 [LOCAL] The Warlocks : Heavy Deavy Skull Lover (Tee Pee Records) – The Warlocks are [...]
Andy Ditzler : "Another Customer" [mp3] from Songs from Yes and No Andy Ditzler : "Economics" [mp3] from Songs from Yes and No other Andy Ditzler music blog posts: @lhb @hype @elbo.ws Dolly Varden : 2007-09-22, Chicago [mp3,ogglflac] "Dumbest Magnets" [mp3] other Dolly Varden music blog posts: @lhb [...]
An Inside Out Sock
crustcake
BrooklynVegan
BLACK BALLOON
You Set the Scene
largehearted boy
mp3: soko – i just want to make it new with you
Skrillex Uses Satanic and Homosexual Influence to Win Grammys
A-Trak - "Round of Applause" / "Where My Money At" (MP3 Download)
Video: Rhye – “Open”
Onra: “Perfect(ed) Match”
