Some of you may have noticed the lack of Best New Releases posts in December. That was directly the result of an unusually short list of new releases to write about. It is a pretty standard practice in the recording industry for labels and bands to hold off releasing new albums in December until the [...] Read more, get songs or stream the entire mix on Indie Rock Cafe
Some of you may have noticed the lack of Best New Releases posts in December. That was directly the result of an unusually short list of new releases to write about. It is a pretty standard practice in the recording industry for labels and bands to hold off releasing new albums in December until the [...] Read more, get songs or stream the entire mix on Indie Rock Cafe
Monday, November 22, 2010 Today's Quick Mention: Believe it or not ( ... I don't), 2010 is incredibly close to being done, and that means it's time to reflect and then ramble on and on about it. Hope you're ready. We probably are. Here is SOTO's schedule for the rest of the year. ------------------------------ ------------------------------ ------------------------------ ---------- 11/22 - 11/24 - Regular Content 11/25 - 11/28 - Thanksgiving Break 11/29 - 12/3 - John's Top 50 Songs Of 2010 [...]
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: Badly Drawn Boy : "This Electric" & two remixes [mp3] search for more Badly Drawn Boy posts at Largehearted Boy British Sea Power : "Living Is So Easy" [mp3] from Valhalla [...]
San Diego trio Swim Club inaugurate their forthcoming 2011 EP, There Is Too Much Wood In My Coffin , with the building march and admission of "The Glory of Economy". http://www.swimpartymusic.com/ http://www.myspace.com/swimpar ty
North Park Music Thing has a huge lineup of local acts lighting up music venues across Midtown. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter for contests, MP3s, and links that don't make it onto the blog.
Good stuff in the Silver Lake/Echo Park environs tonight, starting at the Echo and Echoplex, where there is a double dose of free shows. Restavrant , along with Spirit Vine and Mini Mansions (pictured), performs downstairs, while the Growlers' residency continues upstairs. ... Resident guys Local Natives , who enjoyed line-down-the-block status last week at Spaceland, do it again this week, supported by Red Cortez , Rademacher and Swim Party . ... And not far away at the Silverlake Lounge, the Moon Upstairs [...]
Jul 21, 2009, 7:21pm
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If summer has burnt a hole in your pockets, look no further than Cage the Animals this coming up Sunday. Along with a slew of amazing local bands, there are rumors of free beer, BBQ, ice cream, a pie eating contest, and a kissing booth. I will try to man that kissing booh for at least 5 minutes. It's a full day of fun for only $5 if you RSVP to info@thisistightrope.com and get there before 3:00. Playing live music we've got: -Avi Buffalo (Long Beach) http://www.myspace.com/avibuff alo [...]
[Andy Taylor of Duran Duran celebrates a birthday today, and we're both old enough to remember Power Station ...] Jane's Addiction continues building the buzz toward the April release of its boxed set — you didn't think these cool little gigs were for funsies, did you? — with another club show. After packing tiny La Cita [Perry Farrell, pictured there] and only slightly larger El Cid in recent months, they take on the Echoplex tonight in a show for 500 fans who signed up on the band's website (and received [...]
[Catching up on a batch of album releases by SoCal artists ...] Go West Young Man , "Go West Young Man" (today, One Cell Records ) — Melody merchant Damin Suarez (ex-the Fictions) has crafted an homage to classic pop that pushes the same buttons as the likes of Elvis Costello, Ben Folds and a host of '60s and '70s hitmakers who used [...]
we first heard of san diegans, san diegites, san diegots swim party when "the kids are a drag" showed up as one of the i pick my nose song obsessions this past summer . at the time their album, pixie dust on the blood range , hadn't yet been released and though we made ourselves a note to follow up, it wasn't until the disc showed up at the a.g. world headquarters recently that made good on it. happily, time affected our affection for these lot not a whit. or, in english please, it's solid effort [...]
Song obsessions are those songs that we listen to on repeat. I noticed that my obsessions are often a week long. I also thought that other people might have similar obsessions. I've collected a panel of a few like-minded individuals and gotten their "song obsessions of the week." Quite often it's easy to explain why the song is good; it's much hard to explain why we're obsessed. Maybe you'll become obsessed with one of these. - Adrian ( me ): Lymbyc Systym - Astrology Days (mp3) ( [...]
Song obsessions are those songs that we listen to on repeat. I noticed that my obsessions are often a week long. I also thought that other people might have similar obsessions. I've collected a panel of a few like-minded individuals and gotten their "song obsessions of the week." Quite often it's easy to explain why the song is good; it's much hard to explain why we're obsessed. Maybe you'll become obsessed with one of these. - Adrian ( me ): Fanfarlo - You are One of the Few Outsiders That [...]
When I'm not blogging, I work as a mobile correspondent for an online company called 80108 media. It's my job to keep up on what's happening for all ages music and activities in Seattle. Check it out here . Today saw the release of 80108 Indie Vol. 1 , an online free mixtape in .zip form, featuring a number of (mostly lesser known) indie acts. You can snag the mix right here , but the highlights are easily "Lightbulb" by the Mezzanine Owls, which has a vintage The Cult vibe, "Twenty-Five" by [...]
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Side One: Track One
largehearted boy
Parasites & Sycophants
owl and bear
Buzz Bands
L.A. RECORD
anyone's guess
ipickmynose
DEBASER
Video: Chromatics – “These Streets Will Never Look The Same”
Bobby Womack & Lana Del Rey
Video: 2:54 - "Creeping"
