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Monday: Vic Chesnutt Band @ Bowery Ballroom 8pm $15 [ tix ] After a week spent at the CMJ Music Marathon the last thing I want to do right now is head out to another show. However, if I were to head out to one of tonight's varied offerings it would have to be to see the whimsical and wonderful Vic Chestnutt. Last time he was here he was trying out his joint project with Elf Power but this time you can count on the charms and subtleties of Chestnutt's own songs. [...]
27 October, 2009 8:00 pm to 11:58 pm Who: Talk Normal, Pterodactyl , Antimagic Where: Cake Shop Show Info: 21+, 8:00pm, $8 Watch: "No Sugar" by Pterodactyl
november 24th (with talk normal) tix november 25th (with jemina pearl) tix presale is thursday at no on password: ETERNAL
Hot Song [mp3] - Talk Normal Screetching, pounding, grinding ... you'll be scared to death or whishing like hell that you'd run into these girls in a Brooklyn alley. Hot indeed. Coming to LA mid-November. Catch them at the Smell. Tour Dates . Meet Me In the Garden [mp3] - Dent May and his Magnificent Ukelele I would never have guessed Dent May 's retro cheese sprang from murky Mississippi territory. Catch him for free at the Getty in LA or [...]
Talk Normal, the Brooklyn duo of vocalist/guitarist/bassist Sarah Register and yowling drummer Andrya Ambro, are following up various CD-R's and 2008's Secret Cog EP with an official full-length Sugarland , a heady 10-song/45-minute dose of their clamoring post-no wave deconstruction. If you've heard them, it'll be unsurprising to learn Sightings bassist Richard Hoffman shows up on it. Or that they're opening for Teenage Jesus & The Jerks in a couple of days. Or that one of the collection's tracks is a cover of Roxy Music's "In Every Dream Home a Heartache." (If it seems surprising, listen to [...]
Sep 14, 2009, 3:52pm
Fmly
We busted all over another two hours of new music. Keep sending stuff in! We had enough music sent in this past week to fill half the show but we will continue to listen to every shred of music you send. You can send physical CD's to Public Education 5700 Wilshire Blvd. suite 200 or email us some mp3's to publiceducaiton@thefmly.com and then listen in on Sundays from 6-8 pm pacific time because we'll be playin' it. You check out the playlist after the jump with a ton of downloads from the show. Enjoy! [...]
Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Baby Birds Don't Drink Milk : "Train Fuzz" [mp3] other Baby Birds Don't Drink Milk posts at Largehearted Boy The Beatings : "Bury You" [mp3] from Late Season Kids (out September 15th) other Beatings posts at Largehearted Boy Chll Pll : "Dick Moves" [mp3] from [...]
Sep 5, 2009, 1:16pm Fmly
It's a bit hard to describe how I feel about Talk Normal right now. The best I can come up with is a twisted combination between adoration bordering on idol worship, and utter fear that if I ever see them live I will leave with about half the sanity I arrived with (similar to my first HEALTH experience). One thing I can assuredly say, though, is that this band is the only modern post-rock band I've heard recently that has managed to wrangle down the bull that is the coveted Sonic Youth sound and given it many burning [...]
Monday: Goes Cube @ Lit 8:30pm $6 Here it is folks the unofficial last week of summer! Time to get ready to abandon all these out door venues that have soaked us all summer long with free music and return to the dungeons and clubs we are most used to! The darkness is good for us and the booze is better! Start tonight with a little urban metal courtesy of Goes Cube. The show is cheap, loud, and fun, plus you won't get yet unless you sweat a lot! Goes Cube - "I [...]
From Nora : "our flier kinda scares me in an "end of the world omggonnadieeeee" kind of way" poptarts: buy tickets here This way, you can hang out with us, which is rad.
Since we're a part o' the awesomeness that is After The Jump (as an affiliate member - WE GET BADGES!!!), this rad news needed to be shared: Now in its third year, ATJ Fest is back uniting renowned indie favorites with undiscovered talent… 16+ Bands, Three Days, One Venue. After The Jump Fest '09 @ Littlefield from Friday, August 28th through Saturday, August 30th. Get the details "after the jump" [...]
Thinking of going to the electroweird IMPOSE curated show at Death by Audio (49 South 2nd Street). 7pm $10 __The Lineup__ Gary War Listen: Everynight (mp3) Dan Friel Listen: Ghost Town (pt. 1) (mp3) Pink Skull Listen: Marangatang Mix (mp3) Talk Normal Listen: Lemonade (mp3) Anamanaguchi Listen: Video [...]
Monday: The Vaselines + Adam Green @ Music Hall of Williamsburg 8pm $25 It's not every day you get to see a legendary band like The Vaselines in your in back yard. In fact I believe this is only the second time they've ever played in our area. Pretty exciting considering that, but when you factor in their 19-amazing songs well you start to get an idea of what's going on here. I hope they play them all! The Vaselines - "Molly's Lips" Adam Green - "Morning After Midnight" [...]
As the world has moved to embrace noise rock and the avant sounds coming from the underground the realm of these musicians has generally stayed as a boy only club. Apparently the men that make these aggressive, grating sounds are more prone to the type of anger that births these sonic palettes. I guess you can blame the testosterone. Luckily some girls are finally starting to sneak into the club house and show that just because they're estrogen based doesn't mean they can't get people to throw ear plugs in. One such band is Brooklyn's Talk Normal, a [...]
We mentioned them before , but we figured it was time to give our favorite all-female noise duo their own proper post. And following on our tip of mentioning bands that famous people like, Talk Normal comes pre-approved by none other than Marnie Stern . Talk Normal is comprised of drummer Andrya Ambro and guitarist Sarah Register. To quote ourselves, we've witnessed an astute musical maturation process happening with the girls from Talk Normal. What started as misconstrued noise has morphed into distinct [...]
We mentioned them before , but we figured it was time to give our favorite all-female noise duo their own proper post. And following on our tip of mentioning bands that famous people like, Talk Normal comes pre-approved by none other than Marnie Stern . Talk Normal is comprised of drummer Andrya Ambro and guitarist Sarah Register. To quote ourselves, we've witnessed an astute musical maturation process happening with the girls from Talk Normal. What started as misconstrued noise has morphed into distinct [...]
[Talk Normal] Two of my favorite noise making duos - one from Brooklyn , one from Chicago - played last night at Glasslands. While it was an understated affair, and one that went too late for me to stick around for headliners Tall Firs , it was one filled with jarring percussion and lushly layered dissidence. Talk Normal is definitely a band to keep your eye on. I mean, if Marnie Stern likes them , then it's good enough for me. In all seriousness [...]
It seems like the only time I ever go to PA's Lounge is when everyone else doesn't. There was probably less than a dozen paying patrons at PA's last night and I'm pretty sure it's been that way every other time as well. Whatever. The music is just as good, if not better when there are less people around. Sound checking took decades and eventually the first band, locals Magic People, went on. Decent enough music. Kinda like Neptune meets Throbbing Gristle. (Disclaimer: I have no idea what Throbbing Gristle [...]
The Skull Defekts will be touring the US East Coast in October with Talk Normal : 10/03 - Death By Audio, Brooklyn, NY w/ VAZ , Lary 7 10/04 - tba, Baltimore, MD 10/05 - Sonic Circuits Festival @ Velvet Lounge, Washington DC 10/06 - Eclectic @ Wesylelan University, Middletown, CT 10/07 - AS220, Providence, RI 10/08 - PA's Lounge, Boston, MA 10/10 - Now Thats Class, Cleveland, OH 10/11 - tba, Detroit, MI 10/12 [...]
The Village Voice: Sound of the City
Pop Tarts Suck Toasted
EAR FARM
Life's Bathroom
Luxury Wafers
Stereogum
largehearted boy
Radio Exile
GIMME TINNITUS
The Tripwire
Anti-Gravity Bunny
It's a trap!
Sleigh Bells - Demons (Official Music Video)
The Rains of Castamere by The National
A-Trak & Dillon Francis - "Money Makin'" (Official Video)
DIIV "How Long Have You Known?" (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
Nas - Daughters
Bobby Womack & Lana Del Rey
Video: Chromatics – “These Streets Will Never Look The Same”
Video: 2:54 - "Creeping"
