Time for a little bit of aural time travel. Let's look back, reflect, and contemplate... what were we listening to one year ago? Listen to the October 2010 Mix and find out. Downloadables: Form (mp3) by Hooray for Earth Four Fires (mp3) by ADULT THEMES [d/l Four Fires / Young Bodies 7" @ adultthemes.bandcamp.com ] Blackout Sex (mp3) by Night Manager [d/l /////// [...]
Presented for your consideration today: two fine New Bands whose aural tendencies echo the past, specifically that magical decade or so stretching from 1985-1995, when College Rock was actually a Thing. Good times, those what with talented and possibly drugged up students spinning everything under the sun that would never see the light of day on Top 40 radio. Jangly arch-country from Camper Van Beethoven rubbing musical elbows with imported British takeover applicants The Charlatans UK (the appended UK gives it away). But first and [...]
To celebrate the launch of the brand new Bleach Blonde Records , Richard San Luis and crew will be hosting a party on Saturday July 23rd at Bruar Falls in Brooklyn. Scheduled to appear will be Bleach Blonde recording artists Telenovelas , Blemishes and Youth Castles . Non-label mates Young Boys and Dream Diary will also be playing later in the evening, with DJ sets from members of Young Boys as well. Blemishes debut single release "Keep It Quiet" does anything but that. Squalls of harsh [...]
Youth Castles // "Sight Seeing" Good good news. My pals in Youth Castles has a new track on their bandcamp. This one tones down the ear-burning a little bit and heads down a vaguely dreamy pop avenue. Dan Abary has a knack for penning these vaguely goth shoegaze jams that would have fit in perfectly in the 1980's melodramatic scene. Right now the band is preparing an upcoming 7" for Beach Blonde Records (which is run by Ritchie San Luis of Telenovelas ). After that they'll be dropping their debut EP [...]
I don't mean to be all "Las Robertas all the time," but this is THE show to be at this Saturday night. This new group called the Pita Gods have started putting together shows, and this is a helluva show to start off with. It's a who's who of upcoming Brooklyn talent (seriously, Sweet Bulbs, Sunny Ali & The Kid, and Telenovelas are three bands that are going to be in the next crop of Brooklyn exports, in a big way, even if that way is a bit overhyped) plus a really, really sweet out of town band. And if [...]
Below, you can check out the very first Mixtape Muse podcast. Feel free to download it and share it with your friends. Background info, or a preface, for this podcast can be found at the start of the podcast, so I won't waste your time by typing a bunch of words here. In regards to my production and editing, it's not the best -- hell, you can ever hear a motorcycle/car go by in the distance if you listen closely -- but it's raw and honest. If you dig it, share it! [...]
Telenovelas are purveyors of shoegazey noisepop. It's what they call "lo-budget hi-fi". This track dropped back in end of August, but for some reason we are posting it now. Listen. Downloadable: Bloody Mary (mp3) DISCLAIMER: Please note that we are talking about the Telenovelas from Brooklyn, NY and not Finland . Nor are we talking about the band Telenovela from Chi-town (who are now known as Swiss Dots ). Upcoming NYC show: November 18th @ Bowery Electric w/ Alex Winston [...]
Telenovelas - One and Only Insert every buzz word about holding on to summer and good vibes. Never the less I love this beach fuzz rock.
Telenovelas (spanish for soap opera) is something I grew up hating. All the women in my family loved them and I couldn't stand them. So cheesy and bad. Thank god Brooklyn's Telenovelas is helping change that bad imprint in my mind about them into something nice and sweet with their great shoegazey sound. I've known Lindsey who plays in the band for many years and she's one cool cookie. Glad she teamed up with this great band who is starting to get a lot of blog love. They totally deserve it! Check out [...]
I want to apologize to Brooklyn fuzzmakers Telenovelas for my earlier review of "One and Only" - the product of blog fatigue and a faulty sense of humor. We'll make this one more straightforward. The band's latest MP3, "Bloody Mary," sounds like drinking a dozen of them: massively woozy shoegaze guitars stumble face-first into practice space walls and male-female harmonies trade saliva and unintelligible lyrics. Another of the band's new ones, "This Thing Called Life," is retro-dreamy in a Girls kind of way, but they sound best with the volume up. Telenovelas - "Bloody [...]
On what I believe was Twitter, I caught wind of a post over on I Guess I'm Floating regarding a band named Telenovelas. I hadn't heard of the band, but their name certainly grabbed my attention. I had visions of terrible acting from large breasted women and men wearing tight pants. While I'm not a [...]
"Recorded at our practice space in Brooklyn New York City where they paint murals of Biggie.....life look pretty what a pity. This is lo-budget hi-fi" Telenovelas - Bloody Mary ( via )
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It's all too common a routine for bands to pop into the inbox that I've never heard of before, yet something about them seems so familiar. Like a deranged, musical déjà vu or falling asleep while watching a DVD only to wake up to the menu music annoyingly looping over and over again - something strange is going on here but what is it? This was the feeling I had when opening an extremely sparse email from Brooklyn foursome Telenovelas , a lo-fi outfit with enough lint in their belly-buttons (fuzz) and sand in [...]
Garage rock retro Best Coast "Be My Little Baby" Dum Dum Girls SXSW lo-fi Beck 2.0 Bandcamp Altered Zones Hype Machine blogosphere CMJ guitar tones Brooklyn sunglasses Twitter cute lead singer Time magazine Gorilla Vs. Bear Telenovelas - "One and Only" : mp3
In case you missed it on IMPOSE , you should totally download the following new DINOWALRUS track which finds the band in shoegaze -lite mode. Downloadable: Actually (mp3) Hey Philly and D.C. peoples, Dinowalrus is headed down your way with real soon, this weekend in fact. They are playing Friday, June 18 @ Danger Danger Gallery in Philly, and Saturday June 19 @ Everlasting Life in D.C.. Also on this mini-tour are the drum and electronics freaks Aa , who sound like this. [...]
Because... I've been on a hunt of late for the best breakfast meal that restaurants can offer. McDs, Starbucks, Illy's and my neighbourhood breadman have all gone through the fearsome 7.30am examination. What am I testing for, you might ask? Whether these places give free posters of Jessica Rabbit. Nobody's passed so far. Those dense louts. Rainer Maria - Breakfast of Champions (from Look Now Look Again ) Once upon a time, emo was the new loud. Dusty Springfield - Breakfast in Bed [...]
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The New York Rockmarket
Mixtape Muse
Head Underwater
::: Off the Radar :::
The Rawking Refuses To Stop!
Tympanogram
No Modest Bear
i guess i'm floating
Pirates of the Bargain Bin
SABRINA JOHNSTON + TIEFSCHWARTZ
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