The Broken West is the newest addition to the Merge Records family. Effortly blending 60's rock and jangle pop, The Broken West goes down smooth like butta. Comparisons to Spoon and the Kinks are inevitable. Their Merge debut, I Can't Go On, I'll Go On drops next Tuesday, 1/23. Check out "Down In The Valley" - instantly familiar, but fresh! The Broken West - Down In The Valley The Broken West - Slow The Broken West official site [...]
Ladies and gentleman I have good news and bad news. The good news is that I will be debuting the Side One: Track One podcast next Saturday and it is shaping up to be pretty great. The bad news is that this will be the last Friday EP ever. Starting next week a normal post will be up on Friday so that I can instead use the content of the EP to fill out my podcast. I will have more details on what else will be in the podcast when it debuts next week so I [...]
The Broken West is a band I've wanted to talk about for the past couple weeks, but something always seemed to get in the way. That's tragic in a sense, because music this good shouldn't be delayed on its way to hit your ears. Also in the time I haven't talked about these guys, about a million other music blogs have jumped on board with them. I've now come to the (happy) conclusion that I can't wait any longer to discuss this band. Unless I'm looking to be the last person to do so, of course. Here's the [...]
Yesterday I finally got around to listening to that Broken West CD that's been laying on my desk. And you know what? I dig it thoroughly. MP3: The Broken West - Down in the Valley I Can't Go On, I'll Go On comes off like Spoon's Kill the Moonlight coupled together with ...
Here's another one that I can't hop onto the bandwagon quick enough. The Broken West (formerly The Brokedown, read about it here ) has recently been signed to the consistently awesome Merge Records. I Can't Go On, I'll Go On is their first album on the label and is going to be released in a week from today. The album includes some of the best power-pop tunes I've ever heard (certainly from a non-Canadian band). It's getting some well-deserved early buzz due to the instant catchiness of tracks like "On the Bubble" and "Down in the [...]
Merge Records had a very solid 2006 and they start of '07 with on a good foot with the January 23 release of I Can't Go On, I'll Go On , the debut full-length from the Los Angeles outfit formerly known as The Brokedown but now handing out business cards reading The Broken West . These days, the term "power-pop" brings to mind - for me, at least - tunes that are as smart alecky as they are hooky, possibly with unnecessarily clean production. Not an inherently bad thing, [...]
When The Brokedown's self released debut "The Dutchmans Gold" came out in 2005, I doubt they could have predicted the events that would follow. The band got some attention for the album, and some label interest but didnt sign until the middle of 2006, when they had already completed another album. Not long after they signed to Merge records they got a cease and desist letter from a band with a "similar name" and decided to change their tag to The Broken West . And the music you hear on their Merge debut, "I Cant [...]
Los Angeles, CA This band used to call themselves The Brokedown. Now signed to Merge they are The Broken West and their full-length debut will be out on the 23rd of this month. To support it, they'll be touring across the U.S. and playing with The Walkmen here in DC at The Rock & Roll Hotel on March 23. "So It Goes" [...]
If you're a power pop fan, you're used to having your heart broken. A band either pairs the handclaps/three-chord template with great melodies, or they imitate Big Star for the sake of imitating Big Star. Bravo, then, for The Broken West. This band - which was known as The Brokedown until a different band claimed the name for themselves - has got it all figured out. Not only are their songs memorable, the production on their new record for Merge, I Can't Go On, I'll Go On, is fantastic. Guitars chime and crunch, voices go from one channel to the...
THE BROKEN WEST EVERY MONDAY IN JAN AT SPACELAND FOR FREE [MP3] The Broken West - Down In The Valley The Spring semester for The LA Indie Rock Scene is back in full swing. You know what that means? FREE RESIDENCIES!!!!!! Hipsters all over Silverlake are studying their "Who's who in L.A. Music," the ragamuffins of Echo Park all have new scene hair (courtesy of mom), and Rite Aid's all [...]
These guys are starting to explode all over the blogosphere right now. It's The Broken West, formerly known as The Brokedown, but some other Chicago band didn't like that idea. So, it's a new beginning for the Los Angeles five-piece,...
The Broken West are about to see their full length debut, I Can't Go On, I'll Go On , released on premier indie label, Merge Records . The big day is Tuesday, January 23rd, and it's quite a step for the quintet based in Los Angeles, coming about a year and a half after the self-release of their acclaimed EP, The Dutchman's Gold . The new recording was assembled between July 2005 and August 2006 and generously shares eleven new songs and a remastered version of the standout track from the aforementioned EP, a [...]
If there's a city you can tie to a specific sound in the last ten years other than Omaha, Nebraska or Athens, Georgia, it's not New York or Austin-those places just have a lot of bands-it's Los Angeles, California, home to a panoply of vaguely Beach Boys-informed indie bands-Grandaddy, Dios Malos, The Little Ones-who manage to both sound alike and succeed based on their own individual merits. The Broken West are arguably next. On I Can't Go On, I'll Go On , their full length debut for Merge , the LA five piece [...]
I have enjoyed just about every Merge Records release during the last year and we all know 2007 is going to be a great year for them with the release of the Arcade Fire's Neon Bible . One of the first Merge releases of 2007, Jan. 23rd, will be the debut from The Broken West . I had to check these guys out after reading that they make " [...]
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