Tomorrow night at the Firebird sees the return of NYC dream-poppers Asobi Seksu. Shae Moseley chatted with Yuku Chikudate in this week's paper about their new album, Hush. Opening is Stella Mora, whic... Continue reading "Tomorrow! Asobi Seksu + Stella Mora at the Firebird + MP3" >

SAVIOURS ( MySpace ) Where/When : 9 p.m. Friday, October 3, Bluebird Playing With: ((Thorlock)), Holy Python Sounds Like: "The band's 2006 debut album, Crucifire boasted all the essential elements of quality heavy noise. Of course, there were the riffs — pounding, but still fast enough to almost be punky, with the blunt force of a "new wave of British heavy metal" outfit like Motörhead. It didn't dovetail neatly with anything in either the punk-offshoot rock scenes or with the purist metal [...]

1972 Fender Deluxe Reverb Amp Continuing on with new Shoegaze fetish bands, check out: *luhn (pronounced "loon") is the work of Ryan S. Welfle from Oakville, Ontario Canada. Welfle creates an organic sonic sound "made up mostly of manipulated guitar and 'tape glitch beats', although other instruments such as bass, voice, bottles are often involved in the process". The overall result is a unique and enticing sound for some of the best shoegaze dreams you will ever have. Very nice indeed! mp3 Ganymede [...]