
During a Field Mouse tour stop in Charlotte, NC I had the opportunity to have a talk with guitarist Andrew Futral . You may also recognize Futral as the brains behind The Age of Rockets as well as the primary producer for each mc chris album since mc chris is dead . He took the time to have a chat with us and answer about a dozen questions that have been [...]

Indie rockers The Age of Rockets are in the process of making a new "super pretentious" album, a followup to their recent disc Hannah . Remember those old "choose your own adventure" books? Well Andrew Futral, leader and vocalist of the band, is taking that idea and putting it toward a new record. The epic thirty track album will host ten different songs recorded in three different ways each. Listeners will be able to pick and choose their favorite tracks [...]

Photography by gabriele chiapparini Man, I love our community ... I really do. Monday, we shared member and photo contest winner Isa's Autumn inspired mixtape , right? Well today, I've got another gem for you. This time it's our man Walzac and his beauty of a mixtape For Once I Wish To Sail . As he wrote, "With the pleasant [...]
Let's get retro wth Flashion Backward, a feature that's the spiritual cousin of Flashion Forward. Here, we rifle through our treasure trove of interviews to fish out a vintage gem–the better to explore the strange vortex in which fashion and musicians meet. Today we're checking out The Age of Rockets to see what revelatory nuggets of wisdom we can extract from this UI clip. Orchestral/electro indie rockers The Age of Rockets seem to have to the whole hipster nerd boys and girls thing going for them–they're all Converse, fluttery layers of vintage clothing [...]
If you dig the Postal Service sound, you may enjoy The Age of Rockets, an indie pop/electronica group that feature glitch-like beats and gentle male vocals drenched in harmony. The sophomore album Hannah contains the talents of Bess Rogers, Saul Simon-MacWilliams and Adam Christgau in addition to the original Andrew Futral, who won the John Lennon Songwriting Contest after starting The Age of
Welcome to the second installment of the AZLTRON Blog's top 30 Albums of the year! Here are some albums for your listening/reading pleasure! Here is the link to Part 1 . 20. Natalie Portman's Shaved Head - Glistening Pleasure This creatively named band feels like a joke band started between a few friends that somehow along the way they shocked each other with how good they became and decided to take the show on the road. The concepts featured on the [...]

Welcome to the second installment of the AZLTRON Blog's top 30 Albums of the year! Here are some albums for your listening/reading pleasure! 20. Natalie Portman's Shaved Head - Glistening Pleasure This creatively named band feels like a joke band started between a few friends that somehow along the way they shocked each other with how good they became and decided to take the show on the road. The concepts featured on the album are just as ridiculous as the band's name and [...]
We get a lot of music submissions here at The PhiLL(er) and sometimes we just don't have enough time during the week to feature them all so here's a quick list of five tracks to enjoy over the weekend. Fugitive Kind - " You're Being Watched " (mp3) from You're Being Watched (Release Date: January 13, 2009) on Castor+Pollux Records Umphrey's McGee - " Made to Measure " (mp3) from Mantis (Release Date: [...]

The Age Of Rockets Hannah Queue Records [2008] Fire Drills Review: First things first - if you like The Postal Service you will probably enjoy the new release from New York's The Age Of Rockets. Hannah is the groups sophomore release and it is full of subtle electronic blips and beeps that serve as the perfect backdrop for their indie style song structures and supporting harmonies. [...]

The Age of Rockets are a small unsigned band with a huge signable sound . Vocalist, programmer, keyboardist and guitarist, Andrew Futral, drummer and trumpet player Saul Simon Mcwilliams and bass, synth, glockenspiel and flute player Bess Rogers hail from New York Ciry. The three of them love making music together and have just recently released their sophomore album "Hanna". Their sound inhabits the space between orchestral pop and glitch heavy ballads. The album begins with sweeping synthesizers that give way to glorious harmonies and eventually gentle guitar and glockenspiel. Andrew Futral recently posted that [...]

Should be a packed show at Hiro Tonight for Chairlift. You have probably heard them on the new Ipod Commercials. IF not check out there myspace below. There is a bunch of stuff going on tonight but this looks like one of the better events to me... Chairlift Age Of Rockets The Silent Years Princeton [...]
Here's a multilayered lullaby from a haunted future, courtesy The Age of Rockets . Listen for the mechanical music box notes near the end of its wind, and distant muted synth organ harmonies--floating languorously toward sleep, but somehow, keenly aware. Perhaps the most daring thing about it: it's the first track on the album. The Age of Rockets - What Story Also Awaits Its End? (mp3)

So, it's been a while since I've done a Ten Tracks post. All sorts of junk has happened over here at POP! Stereo central so it just hasn't been possible. One day I'll write a book on my adventures here in Jacksonville. It's seriously best seller material. Anyway, to make up for my lack of Ten Tracks posting I'm giving you not just ten...but 22 tracks! Plus there's even a link to the whole Vanilla Swingers album, which you should download. As per usual, the tracks are all over the place so enjoy the variety and have fun [...]
Wednesday, October 1, 2008 You know how I am certain that I'm a super huge nerd? When I get excited about Target having a case for the Iron Man DVD that looks like the Mark IV helmet. Here's an EP. Enjoy. : The Age Of Rockets - Elephants And Castle : It has been a long while since I listened to The Drive Home, which is the record that introduced me to this act, but that doesn't mean I haven't been looking forward to something [...]
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