This Saturday marks the arrival of the Shadrock Music Festival on Brown's Island with performances by De La Soul, Yo La Tengo, Dum Dum Girls, Invisible Hand, Shabazz Palaces, Photosynthesizers, Kepone and Kid Is Qual . It promises to be a full day of awesome music. And as a treat to you lovely readers, I have a pair of tickets to give away. All you have to do to enter is make a comment below telling me why you should get the tickets, which artist you're looking forward to [...]
The good folks over at Style Weekly had a big announcement up their sleeves when word got out about the Shadrock Music Festival taking place on Brown's Island on Saturday, April 28. It's an all-day concert event featuring eight performers – four of which are national and four are Virginia-based, (and two are Richmond bands). Now half of the names have been announced. And the festival has a bunch of good bands attached to it. Hip-hop legends De La Soul . These guys. You know you've heard this [...]
The good folks over at Style Weekly had a big announcement up their sleeves when word got out about the Shadrock Music Festival taking place on Brown's Island on Saturday, April 28. It's an all-day concert event featuring eight performers – four of which are national and four are Virginia-based, (and two are Richmond bands). Now half of the names have been announced. And the festival has a bunch of good names attached to it. Hip-hop legends De La Soul . These guys. You know you've heard this [...]
Leisure's new track "The Invisible Hand" off the upcoming Plastic Soul .
LOVE. Leisure - The Invisible Hand
WORD IS BOND VS.: Sol Brova Vs. K.I.N.E.T.I.K - Flying High by TheWordIsBond.com Another WIB Vs. for ya'll to enjoy....this time french producer Sol Brova brings a fresh to death, Boom Bap beat...and the U.K. brother Kinetik brings his EXCELLENT Story telling skills, strong in this one... A French VS. U.K versus....as always we keep it REAL international at WIB. Press play, enjoy and spread the word. Kinetik explains his thought process below: When I first received this Sol Brova track, the initial thought [...]
Un videogioco sul commercio equo e solidale. Si chiama " The invisible hand ", è prodotto a Bologna dalla Koala Games (quella di Facciamo un videogioco ). Progetto molto interessante con cui a Impronte digitali abbiamo giocato e parlato con Maddalena Cattani, che per la ong Reggio Terzo Mondo ha seguito fase di progettazione e ora di diffusione/promozione. Il ruolo delle organizzazioni è stato cruciale nel rendere più reale e interattivo la trama che infatti segue tutta la filiera della produzione: coltivazione, accordi con distributori e arrivo nelle botteghe eque di tutto il [...]
Pitchfork premiered "Trans Anthro," the lead single from Skull Tape's upcoming album, The Invisible Hand and The Descent Of ManAfter completing the final album from The Mae Shi, HLLLYH, Brad Breeck holed himself up in his studio, and began creating music for other people.TV commercials for brands like Apple (check out the current MacBook Air spot), music for films such as Tenacious D in the Pick
Tir Na nOg and WKNC are proud to present Local Beer Local Band this Thursday, which will feature music from The Tomahawks and Naked Gods !!! Show starts at 10 p.m., 21 and up, and FREE FREE FREE! Naked Gods—Mountaineer rockers of "hapless burly-pop prog-punk" from Boone, NC. The same place where Jenna of Jenna and the Jintlemen hails from. They've done a split 73 with the Invisible Hand. A great start to your Thursday evening. The Tomahawks—If you remember, the Tomahawks played and outstanding Fridays [...]
SO, this is it. The penultimate mixtape of the year... I'll probably take the easy way out, and do a 'best of' type mix for next week, posting on New Year's Eve, so this will be the last new music for 2010! Tracklisting: Cut Copy - Take Me Over Drive-By Truckers - Used To Be A Cop Invisible Hand - Coy Trap [...]
Coy Trap is the latest single from the self-titled debut by Invisible Hand. Adam Smith and his Invisible Hand have been producing some of the best punk-laced pop gems and quietly experimenting with home-recording under the radar for the past four years; hitting their stride off a series of split 7" EP releases with Naked Gods (Boone, NC), The Alphabet (Harrisonburg, VA) and Borrowed Beams of Light (Charlottesville, VA). With the Funny / Not Funny Records release of Invisible Hand, the band is ready to expand their devoted-listener base. Beginning as a nebulous [...]
Each month Skatterbrain features a monthly mix, and I absolutely love the covers. The cover for Blogophilia 23 is my feeble attempt at deriving inspiration from Skatterbrain. I try… It's hard to believe a whole month has passed by since the last Blogophilia post. This month's mix has songs featured on the Dadada by the Charming Youngsters, The Red River, Wildlife, Lykee Li, The Rest, and The Foreign Films. There are also new tracks from the Decemberists, Say Hi, The Heavy, The Tallest Man on Earth, [...]
There Is Room In My Will bursts from the gates all drive and nervous earnest energy, calling to mind those anthems U2 wrote when they still had big hair and little wallets. But when Charlottesville, VA's Invisible Hand comes hot and heavy into the first refrain, the song goes legs akimbo and shimmies down with a self-deprecating hook worthy of a young Ray Davies. Invisible Hand's self-titled debut drops November 9 on Funny/Not Funny Records , but the band will be heading out a week early [...]
Charlottesville natives Invisible Hand have been producing some of the best punk-pop songs to come out recently. I definitely hear traces of Velvet Underground, the Kinks and the Wrens in most of their songs. Their catchy "There Is Room In My Will" has been stuck in my head all morning. The band is playing at Strange Matter on Tuesday, Nov. 2 with Lux Perpetua and White Laces . Invisible Hand - There Is Room In My Will
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mp3: Invisible Hand - "There's Room In My Will" Very fine Brit-p0p punk from Charlottesville, VA. Seems more polished & dapper than their previous stuff. But no complaints on this one-there should be nothing wrong with style in punk, and Invisible Hand flaunts it quite well. New self-title album comes out Nov. 9th from Funny/Not Funny Records . Also some tour dates. Check it here .
Invisible Hand will be releasing their self-titled LP on the spectacular Funny / Not Funny Records November 9th. The track was originally featured on last week's label mix tape , just one of the many highlights for the Charlottesville outfit. "Vegetables" is a polished, neo-garage, rock jam that is part kraut-rock with a dash of pop sensibility. For fans of bands like Foals or Magic Kids, there is a lot to like in this single. Funny / Not Funny is also streaming Invisible Hand all week, so jump on the chance to hear the [...]
The War on Drugs So first off, let me dispense with the now obvious, much too long, and unexplained absence from The Rut for the last four and half months. Quite simply...I've been gone. And now I'm back. That's pretty much the long and the short of it. To be honest I wasn't even sure if I was going to pick this endeavor up again...I thought maybe this little hobby had run its course and that over time The Velvet Rut would simply disappear into the ether that is [...]
Matt Leech of Charlottesville, Virginia label Funny/Not Funny Records just sent over two tunes of their upcoming split 7 inch release of Borrowed Beams of Light and Invisible Hand , out October 1 on limited vinyl (300 pieces). While Invisible Hand's Video Games is a fine fuzzy and upbeat garage tune, Julie by Borrowed Beams of Light (whose mastermind Adam Brock is Invisible Hand's drummer) might well be this year's most innocent and most beautiful love song, three minutes of absolutely heartbreaking longing. Julie, you're making my head [...]
Funny / Not Funny Records skickade över deras senaste split med Charlottesville-baserade Invisible Hand och Borrowed Beams of Light som kommer i september, och de var vänliga nog att låta mig dela ut två av fyra låtar från det limiterade släppet. Och när vi ändå är inne på redan nämnda tätort så kommer även Andrew Cedermark s nya singel Moon deluxe , som spelades in i just Charlottesville, här nedan (courtesy of Underwater Peoples ) Borrowed [...]
I did something I haven't done in a very long time today - I opened an email from my Ski Club inbox. The very first one I checked was from a band called Invisible Hand. All you hip fucks probably already know about these guys but for a square like me they're still new. Surprisingly, the very first band from the very first email actually turns out to be really good. They're straight forward rock
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Monday Music – 28 May 2012
