The Graboid is back once again this week, and thankfully, on it's regularly scheduled day of the week. Lots of great albums this week including new releases from The Wedding Present , Mates of State , French Kicks , and Islands . I checked out a few tracks from Scarlett Johansson's much publicized album of Tom Waits covers, and damn...this is not good at all. Not that i've been hearing a lot of good press in regards to it in the first place, but I still wanted to see [...]
I have but one forlorn track sitting on my hard drive from this little quartet called Sybris. Upon first listen there are definite parallels to a band I talked about awhile ago, Hot Springs , and along with that comes the allusion to Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Although I liken Sybris to the best of Yeah Yeah Yeahs. The side that slants more towards pop and rock and less towards harsh vocals and angst. This track hails from their album Into the Trees ( amazon ) and I dig what I've heard of it thus far. [...]
chicago rock quartet sybris , who have no trouble bringing the noise, are set to release their second full length album, into the trees , early next month on absolutely kosher records. the first single, "oh man!," is a melodic & marching hard-rocker notable for angela mullenhour's flat-vowel singing and an ecstatic freak out over the last twenty or so seconds. sybris - oh man! [...]
Subscription Feeds: New Song Daily Only | All Podcasts E-mail Comments: phill[at]thephiller[dot]com Lykke Li "Oh Man!" (mp3) from Into the Trees ( Absolutely Kosher Records ) Release Date: May 20, 2008 Buy at Absolutely Kosher Store Buy at Amazon [...]
Chicago, IL "Nap King" Sybris on MySpace Sybris on The Hype Machine
Seems like Kip was right - I do have a thing for Chicago bands! Indie-rockers Sybris are releasing their sophomore album on June 3rd, titled "Into The Trees". I'm really digging it so far, but if you don't want to take just my word for it, then perhaps some power of association will convince you: the album was recorded by John Congleton (Explosions in the Sky, Polyphonic Spree) at Pachyderm Studio (Nirvana's "In Utero", P.J Harvey's "Rid of Me"). Yay, namedropping! Before the album hits the stores though, the band will [...]
Download: Sybris - "Oh Man!" Download: Sybris - "Hurt Hawk" Chicago-based psychedelic-pop band Sybris 's upcoming effort Into The Trees , their sophomore release, and first for Absolutely Kosher, doesn't come out until June, but the band is slowly but surely giving its listeners a foretaste of the feast to come. First off was the bouncy, jangly punk-attitude of "Oh Man!" (that exclamation point is key), a track that was premiered by Forkcast a few months back. [...]
Sybris - "Hurt Hawk" Day 99: I will not have this burning into my conscience anymore. I don't care who reads this, warden be damned, I have to write it down, to remember it as it was, and without clouding. We were past the guards, we were out of their jurisdiction, then they ran after the car, I said to Bevi, "He's running after us." He said, "Don't stop." I said, "We have to." He said, "Don't stop." I stopped. The guard was one we hadn't seen before. He wanted to see the [...]
Chicago female-fronted rockers, Sybris will release their sophomore LP, Into The Trees on Absolutely Kosher Records. Angela Mullenhour's edgy, yet somewhat endearing, vocals over a fulfilling dose of drum-based rock and roll create a complete package. Apparently, Into the Trees , recorded with Grammy-nominated engineer John Congleton (Explosions in the Sky, Mountain Goats), came together in the backwoods of Minnesota at Pachyderm Studio, a location sounding unlike your typical solid rock atmosphere. But as the studio also birthed both Nirvana and PJ Harvey LPs, I guess I'm dead wrong about assumption. Into The Trees [...]
While I planned for and carried out my Mandolin Theme Week , my inbox filled up with music. Here are the bands/musicians I have neglected in the past few weeks. Arrange in Beta-Alpha-Cal order: Your Vegas ∞ In My Head RIYL: The Killers or The Bravery Website Water Fai ∞ Kaiyon RIYL: Explosions In The Sky Website Wallpaper ∞ Evrytm we do it RIYL: sexy synth Website [...]
We get hundreds of press releases on a daily basis to our inbox. We love the music and the press agents and labels are sending us, truly awesome stuff, but it's really hard writing about each and every cool band. So I wanted to share some quick notes with you guys while I listen to music. I have to add that it's quite refreshing to see that the promoters out there are doing a great job sending us music that really connects with what The Plugg is all about. Thanks! [...]
The Teenage Prayers - I'm In Love Again The Muggabears - Married To The Moon The Wombats - Kill The Director The Battle Royale - Notebooks * Hologram - Summer Swell * Low Lows - Elizabeth Pier Erik Levander - Oskarpa Susu - In The Pool Sybris - Oh Man
Sybris - "Oh Man" Buildings are made of money , people are made of money just the same way. Animals, appliances, a forest, cars. You can sell them as one piece, you can get money that way, or you can break them into little pieces and sell them that way. It's difficult to tell what way will make you more money. Money is also made of money, you can keep it in a locked room and it will manage to attract other people's moneys to it. Food is made of money, decisions [...]
Download: Sybris - "Best Day In History In Ever" (from Sybris ) Download: Sybris - "Breathe Like You're Dancing" (from Sybris ) Download : Sybris - "Happy Birthday America" Download: Sybris - "Oh Man!" (via P4K ) Not to sound like Jon Q. Derrierbaisent, professional asskisser, but Chicago-based indie label Flameshovel Records has been having a hell of a year. In 2007, they've put out great records by the likes of The [...]
Sybris just finished recording their second full length at Pachyderm (Nirvana In Utero, PJ Harvey Rid Of Me) with producer John Congleton (Explosions In The Sky, Polyphonic Spree). Since putting out their first record in 2005, they've done tours with The Fiery Furnaces, The Walkmen and The Hold Steady. Last year they played on New Year's to a sold out Metro (Chicago) with Alkaline Trio and The Smoking Popes. On New Year's Day they played the House of Blues with The Hold Steady and they've also played a bunch of cool fests including Lollapalooza '06, Virgin Fest Toronto, and [...]
So, I had a chance to see I Am Legend last night but I didn't bother. Hell, I couldn't even get myself semi-excited about the opportunity to catch it over a week early and for free. Why does Will Smith sign up for this shit? The money must be amazingly awesome. Anyhow, lets have some fun today by way of some indie rockers called Sybris. The Chicago-based outfit had a well received self titled album way back in 2005 that I knew absolutely nothing about until yesterday when I saw it mentioned on Pitchfork. [...]
Last Tuesday we received a message from today's featured artist giving us a heads-up on a new downloadable track to review. I've seriously been loving the song I checked out for a couple of days now and just this evening saw an announcement that Pitchfork had already taken a listen and reviewed the music. [insert expletive] I'd usually shy away after that, but the song is far too good and the
Midwest Ho! The Pygmalion Music Festival is taking place this year from Sept. 19th - 22nd in Champaign-Urbana, IL. It will feature over 70 national and regional independent artists this year and will be headlined by Andrew Bird and Okkervill River. This is the Pygmalion Music Festival's 3rd year and will be the first year it's added a third day...a growing trend it seems. Pygmalion Pre-Parties: Thurs. Sept. 6th - KRANNERT ART MUSEUM - Poster Children w/ Headlights Fri. Sept. 7th [...]
The Yellow Stereo
The World Forgot
anyone's guess
The PhiLL(er)
5 Acts
Rock Sellout
Pirika
Minneapolis Fucking Rocks
Said the Gramophone
Instrumental Analysis
The Late Greats
The Plugg - Music and Entertainment Blog
the music slut
Ask Me About My Invisible Friends
Parasites & Sycophants
Side One: Track One
Milk Milk Lemonade
My Old Kentucky Blog
Video: Chromatics – “These Streets Will Never Look The Same”
Bobby Womack & Lana Del Rey
Video: 2:54 - "Creeping"
