Seminal LA indie rock band The Jealous Sound just released "A Gentle Reminder" their first album in nine years and the long-awaited follow-up to The Jealous Sound's debut LP "Kill Them with Kindness," which was named one of Spin's best albums of 2003 (and one of my favorites that year as well). I'm really enjoying the first single "Your Eyes Were Shining" and eagerly waiting to hear the rest. The Jealous Sound perform at Strange Matter on Saturday, Feb. 11 with Family Cat and [...]
PLAYLIST: Crocodiles - Sleep Forever R.E.M. - Driver 8 Ambulance Ltd - Swim optimist park - calm & admired Gangcharger - Vapor Jay Reatard - See/Saw Tulsa - Shaker The Hate Bombs - Going Away Baby The Family Cat - (Thought I'd Died) And Gone To Heaven Autolux - Supertoys Lilys - Your Guest and Host Art Brut - Modern Art Biff Bang Pow! - Fifty Years Of Fun Clinic - T.K. Cornershop - Reader's Wives Ian Brown - Lovebug Black [...]
A good gauge of a band's popularity, I find, is to see how many plays they've accumulated on Last.fm. For example, the daddies of them all, The Beatles, have amassed a whopping total of 172,143,820 plays to date. The Rolling Stones, meanwhile, have racked up a healthy 41,176,357, The Smiths 38,610,847, The Kinks 16,776,569, Madness 4,211,755, Teenage Fanclub 2,452,694, Ride 1,956,548 and, erm, Bros 87,662. Today's featured band, The Family Cat, may have only managed a paltry 18,553 Last.fm plays but, although relatively small in number, us fans are still as enthusiastic [...]
When did Albert Hofmann's bicycle acquire the cultural standing it has today? Hofmann first synthesised LSD in 1938. Allegedly he became aware of the extent of its psychoactive possibilities five years later during a bicycle ride home from the lab. Over the years his bike has become a minor talisman. One of the earliest pop culture reference to the bike that I've discovered is in comics. tchernabyelo introduced me to Grant Morrison's Doom Patrol , probably some [...]
Mojo's 50 Greatest UK Indie Records Of All Time One of the UK's best music magazines, Mojo , has just published a list of the 50 greatest UK indie records of all time. As you, and no doubt Mojo, would expect it's a list that is bound to prompt many drunken debates in indie pubs and clubs across the land. The list includes [...]
Tense? Here are a few words to make it look like I'm saying something when all I really want to do is post some songs. (Oooh, a sinister turn.) Blogging is weird. The Raveonettes - Dead Sound mp3 - Ta to Adult Swim: It ain't just cartoons anymore.The Brother Kite - Half Century mp3The Fags - Truly, Truly mp3 - Ta to Chris at Music of the Moment.The Lodger - Kicking Sand mp3 (pic)The Family Cat -
Statt einer brandaktuellen Band möchte ich Euch heute mal eine längst vergessene aus England vorstellen - nicht nur, weil sie sehr gute Musik macht, sondern auch, weil es tatsächlich eine ganze Reihe ihrer Songs kostenlos im Netz gibt. The Family Cat nannte sich das britische Quintett, die Ende der 80er Jahre in der C86/Shoegaze-Szene auftauchten und in der Folgezeit eine ganze Reihe von EPs und Alben veröffentlichten, allerdings (unverständlicherweise) nie so richtig den Durchbruch schafften und mehr T-Shirts als Alben verkauften. Dabei haben ihre Songs genau die richtige Mischung aus locker aus der Hüfte hingespielten zünftigen [...]
A quick post today of four totally unconnected songs/video before we head off on a pre-mortgage, pre-baby weekend in PA. Enjoy! Download - The Family Cat - The Theme From The Family Cat Download - Strawberry Switchblade - Trees & Flowers Download - The Wild Swans - Bible Dreams The Family Cat Strawberry Switchblade The Wild Swans The June Brides - In The Rain
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