Another long week comes to a close here at Veritas Lux Mea, but there's no time to pause as we look forward to an equally busy and exciting week ahead. This coming Saturday, the special lady friend and I will fire up the ol' Buick LeSabre and make the 5.5 hour long trek down to Chicago to catch Arcade Fire at the Chicago Theater . We may have an ugly car, but we've got stellar seats, four rows back from the orchestra pit, and couldn't be more excited for the venture. Arcade Fire [...]

H ere's a quicky. I 'm really enjoying these tracks from Madison, WI band, Sleeping In The Aviary . They run no shortage on homage to The Buzzcocks with some pretty infectious pop riddles choruses, but manage to maintain a garage mentallity and, well, a sense of humor about what they're doing. They spend a lot of their time in northern climates, but should be getting out and about soon for some tour in support of their album, Oh, This Old Thing? . Hear the [...]
They're from Madison, Wisconsin and they are gifted live-so much so that they can shift gears between acoustic and electric, depending on the venue. Concert bookers are salivating as we speak. Sleeping in the Aviary is the four-piece that I...
Madison has a number of great bands on the edge of breaking. I'm happy to see one of my favorites, Sleeping in the Aviary, are receiving some well deserved buzz around the internet. Here are two of their songs courtesy of Fanatic Promotions: Sleeping in the Aviary :: Pop Song Sleeping in the Aviary :: Another Girl

Sleeping in the Aviary have released their debut album, Oh, This Old Thing? on the Science of Sound label. Check out Sleeping in the Aviary on MySpace . Download : Sleeping in the Aviary Pop Song Download : Sleeping in the Aviary Another Girl Sleeping in the Aviary on Tour : 04/23 Wilmington, NC Soapbox Laundrolounge 04/24 Chapel Hill, NC The [...]

When you're a hardworkin' act like Madison's Sleeping in the Aviary , it pays to catch the ear of the President of one of the best indie promotion companies working the scene. Josh Bloom has a great deal of respect and when he posted an entry all about Sleeping in the Aviary on his Fanatic Promotion blog that was all it took for the rest of the blogosphere to stand up and pay attention to "Oh, This Old Thing?" (of course, creating buzz is his business, but he does for all the right things!) [...]

It's a bit of a dodge calling this "Fanofanatic 2" because Mark Davis over at Fanatic Promotion has been sending highly listenable product to me and other bloggers on a steady basis of late. I've been a fan of Iceland's Bang Gang (weird how one little word reversal and we're into entirely different territory) since posting "Find What You Get" on the SXSW Big Bloc 4 extravagonzo back in February. I'm reposting that song, plus two recent arrivals. Sleeping in the Aviary hail [...]
Guess what!? My inbox is once again overstuffed with quality music and I have no choice but to dump a nice amount of it onto all of your precious iPods and Zunes (I know a couple of you have one) today. I have to say that while I love all of the emails that clue me into so many artists there are moments in which I feel a little overwhelmed. This is why I posted an EP a few weeks ago and it's why you will probably see one every now and again for the rest of [...]

Soil Live Video Online There is a new live performance video of SOIL playing their track " Forever Dead " available for viewing on the Underground Video Television Website : http://www.uvtv.info/soil.php The footage was taken at The Crock Rock in Allentown PA last year during the band's tour with MUSHROOMHEAD. There are also a couple live tracks available at UVTV that were recorded during the same show including their video single " Give It Up ": [...]
Madison, WI Sleeping In The Aviary is a lot of fun - heavy on the hand clapping and the tambourine thumping. Go out and see these guys live through May while they're touring in support of Oh, This Old Thing? "Another Girl" Sleeping In The Aviary on MySpace

Oh, fuck yes! Hard, fast, noisy and addictive indie-pop at its finest. It is such an absolutely joy to hear something as jarring and as exciting as this. I'm not lying when I say I spilled tea all over myself lunging for the volume to turn it up up up . Sleeping In The Aviary are a chaotic three piece band from rockin' (apparently), Madison Wiscosin. They play ridiculously enjoyable songs with the pulse of pure pop and the roar of lo-fi garage mess. Oh my goodness, I think I'm in love. It's like everything [...]
YOUNG- HAE CHANG HEAVY INDUSTRIES - The Art of Sleep (2006) [click above] Sleeping in the Aviary - Another Girl (mp3): After the band acoustically carves the stage into separate piles of white and dark meat, this greasy bit is left to ooze fragrant juices and [...]

Basically here are a few new bands that may or may not be new - but they've been dominating my headphones for the past week or two. So in short, here's why I think you should check out Pela , Sleeping in the Aviary and Patrick Wolf . Pela : You would think that I'd have heard of a band opening for The Faint at SXSW and featured in the [...]
...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead : 2007-02-06 [real] @myspace other music blog posts: @elbo.ws @hype Doll Hospital : "Surprise, Surprise" [mp3] @myspace other music blog posts: @elbo.ws @hype Hamell on Trial : 2007-01-07, New York [flac] "Bill Hicks" [mp3] @myspace other [...]