Let me say this: my love of the new garage rock revivalist sect is starting to wane. Quite honestly, I skimmed this new psych/garage track from previously unheard of by me band Mantles only caught my attention because of their, and my, homeward location - San Francisco. As I listen to it now, I'm interested still, [...]
Let me say this: my love of the new garage rock revivalist sect is starting to wane. Quite honestly, I skimmed this new psych/garage track from previously unheard of by me band Mantles only caught my attention because of their, and my, homeward location - San Francisco. As I listen to it now, I'm interested still, [...]
Our latest Monthly Mix episode of the weekly podcast includes music from nine great Bay Area bands - some submissions we've received at TBB headquarters, some stuff we've posted on the web site recently, all really good stuff. Subscribe to the The Bay Bridged weekly podcast to get each new episode downloaded free to your iTunes the moment it's published! About this week's bands: Brilliant Colors ("Absolutely Anything") recently released their debut LP Introducing [...]
variations on a theme? not om. not hadyn. just that i've got a pile of this-kind-of-thing mooching desk space right now; from the ever reliable in the red , is john dwyers newest as thee oh sees ; slightly surprisingly from de stijl , the (overly?) perky pens record; and the vivian girlsish rocket-spunk conciseness of brilliant colors on slumberland . all good in their own way. but [...]
Tune in every Saturday night 9-10:30 MST to catch me spinning (digitally) the latest and greatest... You can listen to a replay of the show whenever you would like for the next two weeks right here . If you are an artist/producer or whatever and want to do an interview on the show sometime please contact me. Scene Not Heard 11.14.09 Playlist Surf City - Headin' Inside Surfer Blood - Swim (To [...]
DAVE! That's me......fart.....I am still alive, not that anyone gives a shit. Other than possibly my mom and the 4 other people that write for this blog. Anywayyyy...time for some music talk rather than more of my self deprecating diarrhea of the mouth. I fucking am borderline creepy (scratch that....that statement now throws me into the realm of creepy) obsessed with The Mantles . They....fucking....annihilate my face holes. The Mantles sound like if The Beatles (who are fucking over-rated...FACT), and The Undertones, and The 13th Floor Elevators and everything you love about scuzzy rock had a [...]
Apologies for the lack of posts for the past several days. Let's just put that all behind us and just say I was missing, when in fact I was just doing too much outside of this. Grizzly Bear premiered the second video from this year's oft-blogged album Veckatimest for "Ready, Able." The video, directed by Allison Schulnik , features the eternally creepy art-forms of stop-motion animation and clay-mation. And yet, somehow, those creepy things are displayed in an even creepier than normal fashion, with clay blended together to garbage-tinged mess. [...]
I found the great fan video over at Gorilla vs. Bear for San Francisco garage rockers The Mantles. The song is called "Don't Lie" and uses footage from the 1973 film Paper Moon. Enjoy!
Sometimes just blurting out what you think is more fun than actually thinking things through and formulating an opinion. I was down in the basement tonight listening to records and what follows are my stream of conscious reviews of what I listened to. (Slumberland/Dulc-i-Tone) Mantles - Bad Design - Cave-like rock, reverb vocals (looking forward to this trend winding down). Nice guitar solo. This as poppy as Don't Lie, the best song on their album that came out on Siltbreeze. Mantles [...]
Fan video for the Mantles' "Don't Lie," featuring footage from the 1973 film Paper Moon: mp3: the mantles :: don't lie ********* elsewhere: Our weekly Sirius XM Blog Radio show airs today at noon Eastern (and again at midnight) on Sirius XMU. This week's episode features brand new music from Air France, the Bitters, Nite Jewel, the Sandwitches, as well as a preview of this weekend's Fun Fun... click through for more...
The Mantles - "Bad Design" Hot off the heels of their Siltbreeze full-length, The Mantles are back from tour with a limited edition 73 on Slumberland / Dulc-i-Tone , and a great show Saturday night at the Hemlock Tavern (9:30pm, $8). Seriously, Mantles, Finches , Little Wings ? That's a hell of a lineup.
The Mantles are a San Fran band, one which seems to be one of the few lo-fi bands I'm listening to at the moment. The change in direction happened rather dramatically, but I now find myself craving music that has a focus on production, along with experimenting boundaries. The Mantles don't make the kind of [...]
The "In the Know" series features the latest and greatest MP3s circling the web. If you think you've got a tip we should know about email us at vaguepanther(at)strangerdance. com. Field Music - "Measure" After surviving rumors of a split-up, Field Music has confirmed plans to release a 20-track album in the earlier part of 2010. Our first listen is the title track, "Measure," which features some nice string work [...]
Progress, not perfection Ci ho messo qualche mese ma ora sono caduto nella trappola dei Mantles e il loro omonimo album di debutto è diventato una droga. Il quartetto di San Francisco deve essere inciampato in qualche paradosso temporale perché lo sporchissimo suono di queste loro dieci canzoni arriva dritto dritto da un'epoca in cui la psichedelia e il garage rock non erano affatto un revival. Ma questo è davvero l'anno della bassa fedeltà, della difficile arte di cavare fuori la bellezza [...]
Slumberland just released a new limited 7" from San Francisco 's the Mantles , featuring two exclusive new songs not available on the band's awesome self-titled LP (out now on Siltbreeze ). Here's the a-side, which the label says "has the lazy drive of a 'tougher' Bats -- hungover with a shot voice and a negative attitude." But like the group's other undeniable single , it somehow manages to feel almost anthemic in its hazy simplicity. The Bad Design 7" is limited to 300 copies on "all swirly [...]
auf siltbreeze hat am 22.09. - nach der veröffentlichung zweier 7" - ein full length von the mantles das licht der welt erblickt. the mantles aus san francisco beleben zwar keine tradition, dafür führen sie aber eine weiter. insofern kann man sie nicht haftbar machen für musikalische verbrechen, die aus ihrer gegend stammen, sondern nur beglückwünschen für das aufnehmen der richtigen fäden, die ihnen in die krippe gelegt wurden. denn dass san francisco ein hort psychedelischer anwandlung ist, steht nicht zur diskussion. michael (guitar/vocs), virginia (drums), matt (bass) und drew [...]
Girls - "Lust For Life" Woods - "The Dark" The Babies - "Meet Me In The City" The Mantles - "Don't Lie" Fergus & Geronimo - "Harder Than It's Ever Been" Teen Sheikhs - "Cracked" Grass Widow - "Black Hole" Best Coast - "In My Room" Islands - "Vapours" [...]
This weekend celebrates the 8th annual Operation: Restore Maximum Freedom festival coordinated by Sacramento/Davis' community radio station, KDVS . In past years the all-day showcase has featured Thee Oh Sees , Religious Girls and Lucky Dragons . This year's wide variety includes The Mantles , Sacramento's punk band The Four Eyes and the electronic experimental performer Mom . The out-of-town band likely to turn heads is Austin's YellowFever (Austin), quaint female-led surf pop with the occasional [...]
Thanks for stopping by. Here's a mix of the month's best new music: MP3 :: Little Bird Courage - Old Canes ( original post ) MP3 :: Stockholm St. Syndrome - Brook Pridemore ( original post ) MP3 :: Lust For Life - Girls ( original post ) MP3 :: Funeral Singers - Califone ( original post ) MP3 :: I Can See The Pines Are Dancing - A.A. Bondy ( original post ) MP3 :: Hunchback - Kurt Vile ( original post ) [...]
Here are some tracks to tempt you for the end of September. If you like any, go spend some of your wages on the music!First up is the mysterious, fractured, ambient goth of Salem and their new 7" Frost. It's just as shadowy and reverb-drenched as you would expect. Imagine the Cocteau Twins gone bad!Download Salem - Frost mp3 (from Frost 7")Seamlessly crossing over in to the realms of Brit-Pop are
Sound On The Sound
The Bay Bridged
cowsarejustfood
Living Ears
Dreamtard
Bears and Bullets
newdust
the finest kiss
Gorilla Vs. Bear
The Tape
The Stranger Dance
polaroid > un blog alla radio >
das klienicum
The Catbirdseat
Pop Headwound
Mad Mackerel's Blog
Sleigh Bells - Demons (Official Music Video)
The Rains of Castamere by The National
A-Trak & Dillon Francis - "Money Makin'" (Official Video)
DIIV "How Long Have You Known?" (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
Nas - Daughters
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The Corner Laughers “Poppy Seeds”
