As the '70s collapsed and the '80s stuttered into life, the old New York scene had gone international and a new breed of no-wave punks were getting funky and angular: Glenn Branca; DNA; Teenage Jesus & The Jerks; James White & The Blacks / The Contortions; Suicide, et al, and all the acts they would spawn and / or influence. Unheard by most save for the hip cognoscenti, these artists lived free and dirty, desperately scrambling to get ahead of one another and rise above the malaise in a stinking, rotting Big Apple of the day. [...]
On this 1980 album, the words lack the confidence the music conveys, so instead of luring you in with a convincing musical world, it more often ends up throwing a fit for attention. Social Climbers was a part of the no-wave movement in New York in 1980. But even for that marginalized genre -- from which bands like Teenage Jesus and Suicide grew -- they were very much on the outside of things. Their sound maybe broke down our expectations of music, and was unpredictable, but it was also very much interested in melody and lacked, in some ways, [...]
A Drag City reissue sets out to makes waves from a lost New York No-Wave band. It's loose, fun, and almost impossible to define. Does the Social Climbers only existing LP stand the test of time? Read more » http://rpc.blogcatalog.com/

So much to catch up on...here's a few tracks to tickle the earbuds. Veteran noisemongering indie rockers Comet Gain have given us another track from their excellent album Howl Of The Lonely Crowd , this time it is the marvellously titled Clang Of The Concrete Swans . Download Comet Gain - Clang Of The Concrete Swans mp3 (from Howl Of The Lonely Crowd) Acid Baby Jesus deliver (as you might surmise) a full throttle blend of scuzzy garage rock, and they do it better than [...]
This week's Fresh Tracks features some sah-weet new advanced singles from upcoming albums due out this month, plus the freshest singles were liking the most right now. There's just so much: so, this mix should keep you going for a while. There are just released new singles, lead tracks from anticipated albums, songs that were [...] Read more, get songs or stream the entire mix on Indie Rock Cafe

Sorry for the slack lately. Been pretty busy with this and that. Here are eight songs that I have been listening to over the past week or so. Enjoy. 1. Youth Lagoon - July 2. Social Climbers - Chicken 80 3. Oregon Bike Trails - Cayucas 4. Young Man - Tired Eyes [...]

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Posted at 11:35am, 8/31/2011 Find everything that went up in the month of August. You can download the following mp3s individually OR listen to the whole batch in one playlist. Click on the artists at the right under Related Downloads to learn more about each band and see similar music suggestions. Play All [RICH MEDIA, CLICK TO VIEW ON SITE] [RICH MEDIA, CLICK TO VIEW ON SITE] [...]

so, für die nächsten tage die letzte exorbitante bündelung an musikdateien nebst infotainment. ich brauche dringend erholung und werde sie mir holen. komme, was wolle. Euch noch einen schönen restsommer und etwas genuss beim geniessen. charlotte gainsbourg bringt ihr album "stage whisper" am 07. november über because music heraus, es wird ein doppelalbum mit liveaufnahmen und unveröffentlichtem studiomaterial sein und folgt dem durchaus gewürdigtem "irm" album aus dem januar 2010: charlotte gainsbourg - terrible angels by [...]
Every day, Daily Downloads offers 10 free and legal mp3 downloads, plus free and legal live sets from around the internet. Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Built Like Alaska : "Antique Love" [mp3] from In Troubled Times (out November 8th) search for more Built Like Alaska posts at Largehearted Boy CAVE : "Adam Roberts" [...]