MP3's of artists that made our headlines this work/school week! Midtown - Let Go ( Buy here ) Steel Train - Turnpike Ghost ( Download for free here ) Julian Casablancas - Ludlow Street ( Buy here ) The Front Bottoms - The Beers Patti Smith - Redondo Beach ( Buy here ) [...]
We are thrilled to announce our free SXSW day party going down at Habana Calle 6 in Austin on Thursday, March 18th . Across two stages , from 11am-5pm , we're showcasing Milwaukee's best alongside some of our favorite national acts . Admission is free . More details coming soon ! Until then, RSVP here Flier: Erik
Welcome to the 39th podcast/download I'm co-hosting with Ryan Schleicher at 91.7 WMSE . Muzzle of Bees + 91.7 WMSE Podcast :: Volume 39 Galactic - "Friends of Science" / The Growlers - "Wet Dreams" / Drakkar Sauna - "Nuclear Medicine" / Post Data - "In Chemicals" / Roadside Graves - "Jesus Is A Friend Of The Family" / Kasey Anderson - "Bellingham Blues" / Neil Young & Crazy Horse - "Round & Round (It Won't Be Long)" / Juniper Tar - "Strings" / Frank [...]
The Roadside Graves at Pianos 1/16/10 "Far and Wide / Jail" "My Father Sat Me Down" "Anthony's Gate" We're not lying about the Roadside Graves. Besides the testimony of every fan in attendance at the Stark/Aquarium Drunkard presented show earlier this month, the great folks at Duke Street Blog have provided us with video evidence of the awesomeness that was The 'Graves set on January 16th. It's like goddamn Stark where's Waldo in the below video. How many bloggers can you spot? The second half of the in-the-crowd [...]
Here are just some of our download highlights from January's posts, all neatly packaged up for you. A perfect mix cd for those still, cold winter nights...Enjoy!Abortopotamus Rex - Murder Ballad (Fire) mp3Ever wanted to kill someone? Then here's your soundtrack - a bleak, sparse, unrepentant and brilliant folk song.Thunder Buffalo - BeBop Sing-A-Long mp3Bad-assed rock and roll good enough to
I named them in my Top 5 Releases of 2009 and they're already poised to unleash another record upon us! My Son's Home by Roadside Graves was a standout last year. Here's what I wrote: With a name that sounds more like a metal outfit than a troupe of country rockers, these guys have created a richly narrative driven collection of songs. Each track touches on death and mortality, exploring it through the use of husky vocals, tinkling piano, multiple tempo changes and countless sing along moments. This album has accompanied me [...]
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It was just last week that I pointed you towards a Daytrotter session featuring New Jersey roots rockers The Roadside Graves performing a handful of the highlights from last year's remarkable My Son's Home . Also included was a brand new track called "Liv Tyler" that they said would be appearing on an upcoming EP of new material. Well, yesterday Stereogum premiered the studio version of "Liv Tyler" along with news that it will appear on said EP, called You Won't Be Happy With [...]
Download a new Roadside Graves MP3 titled "Liv Tyler" over at Stereogum . The song is the groups first single off their new record You Won't Be Happy With Me , which is due out later this year. MGMT were added to this years Bamboozle Festival (May 2nd). If you missed it Piebald will also be reuniting at Bamboozle (May 2nd). More Here . [...]
Well, no sooner than we'd posted the Daytrotter version of new tune Liv Tyler, MM faves The Roadside Graves announce it as the lead off their forthcoming new six track EP You Won't Be Happy With Me - due 16th March.So what else could we do - here it is again as the single version in all its glory. Enjoy!Download - The Roadside Graves - Liv Tyler mp3 (from You Won't Be Happy With Me EP)
One of the strangest things, to me, pop culturally, is how Liv Tyler could have possibly been conceived from Steven Tyler. Dude's an ugly man, for certain. Let's pause for a second and consider the possible scenarios here. First, maybe Liv got the recessive genetic traits, long dormant in the Tyler line. Perhaps a secondary hypothetical might discuss the toll drugs and excess have taken on the Aerosmith front man, and this plays into the whole mix. In any case, Liv Tyler, to me, has always embodied a kind of graceful poise; she's a pearl and her father is the [...]
Seems like just the other day we were all enjoying the release of Roadside Graves' My Son's Home, doesn't it? Now, just a few short months after falling in love for the first time, they've readied their follow up and have offered us this new track as a preview. You Won't Be Happy With Me [...]
"Liv Tyler"'s the first single off Jersey crew Roadside Graves' forthcoming You Won't Be Happy With Me . It follows the excellent (and overlooked) full-length My Son's Home . I heard a couple of the new songs live in Brooklyn last month and recognized them immediately when listening to the six-song collection a couple weeks later. My favorites are opener "Demons" ("We all, we all have demons / Rise up when we fall...") the aching female-fronted "Heart," and the great working-class vignettes "Jail"/"End Of The Day" and a shit-kicking "if we didn't have to worry about money we'd [...]
Still got snow, but the thaw is coming they promise. It just can't come fast enough.Mrs Mackerel has gone plain stir crazy, the mackerel sprats have had more time off school, and we've got stuck in the snow more times than anyone deserves. We need to get out. We need to see someone. We need some company.So, here for your weekend listening pleasure is a stonewall beauty from the Roadside Graves
STARK vs. THE ROADSIDE GRAVES Photos by Karp In advance of tomorrow's stacked bill of The Roadside Graves, Blair, Avi Buffalo, The Loom, and Sam Walsh and the National Reserve , the Stark squad caught The Graves on an equally great bill at The Mercury Lounge opening for The Rural Alberta Advantage last weekend . The New Jersey rock band leaned heavily on songs from their fantastic '09 record [...]
MM faves The Roadside Graves have recorded a session for Daytrotter. Notable highlights are in the form of an previously unreleased new song, Liv Tyler, which is a cracker, and for a new version of one of our top ten songs of 2009, Far And Wide, which now comes with an extra verse featuring cows and mice!You can get the whole session by clicking here.Download Roadside Graves - Liv Tyler mp3 (from
We here at Stark are extremely pleased to be again presenting with Aquarium Drunkard The Roadside Graves - Saturday, January 16th at Pianos . Joining the Graves on the bill will be Sub Pop's rising stars Avi Buffalo , along with the amazing Blair and The Loom . Sean Walsh and The National Reserve will be joining the fun as well. Keep your eye on the site for a recap of The [...]
Mp3s of artists playing the NJ area this week! Dinosaur Jr. - Almost Ready Spacehog - In the Meantime Julian Casablancas - 11th Dimension Roadside Graves - Far and Wide [...]
Finally, my first post of the new decade. After my ski trip, I was backed up with work, and I've had a lot of photos to edit. And for the second year in a row, the task of making my lists sort of drained the free-form fun out of what I do here. I'm ready to start finding new music as well as posting about some older stuff that had a hand in me starting this blog in the first place. Truth be told, I wanted a little extra time to refine this list as it is quite [...]
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To end off the year, we've put together a free digital album that includes some of our favorite HearYa Live Session tracks from 2009. It's called Earwood, named for the intense feeling of pleasure our ears get when listening to these great bands. Download Volume 1 from 2008 here and download our phenomenal 2009 Volume 2 here . Thanks to all of the bands that took the time to visit us, to all the labels, publicists and other industry types that have supported us, to Shirk Music + Sound (Steve Shirk) for the studio time, [...]
Our 300th post, and final guest Best Of 2009 comes from Dr Roddy (aka Cat Head). The good Doctor is a cook, a Marcus Waring disciple, a Leeds Utd fan (good win away at Stockport yesterday - Edgeley Park is always a difficult place to go apparently), a bringer of fuel, and can often be found in the very finest restaurants. Like his flat mate Chris T Popper, Dr Roddy loves his music.Over to you ...
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