The third annual NYC Popfest is happening as we speak. Four days of catchy songs, lovelorn lyrics, "bah bah bah" choruses, mostly polite dancing and vintage clothes. The fun kicked off Thursday night at New York's most indie-pop centric venue, Cake Shop, with a stellar lineup of local talent some of whom I've seen before, some not. It was more like a party than a show, everyone seemed to know one another, and it was the kind of event where the DJ played songs like The Pastels' "Comin' Through" or Orange Juice's "Felcity" and they get the kind [...]
Still in the midst of catching up with all of the emails, news, and what not since I've been a bit of a slouch this entire week. One of the more intriguing announcements to come down the pipe was the the lineup for this year's NYC Popfest , which will be held starting on May 14th - 17th. Now I wouldn't call myself a popkid or anything like that quite yet, but I've followed a lot of this music over past few years to appreciate how good this lineup is. From the likes of Burning [...]
by Bill Pearis DOWNLOAD : The Radio Dept - Freddie and the Trojan Horse (MP3) DOWNLOAD : The Radio Dept - Why Won't You Talk About It? (MP3) DOWNLOAD : The Radio Dept - The Worst Taste in Music (MP3) DOWNLOAD : Liechtenstein - Stalking Skills (MP3) DOWNLOAD : Cats on Fire - Letters from a Voyage to Sweden (MP3) DOWNLOAD : Burning Hearts - I Lost [...]
neues auf indiecater records , dem label der mp3 hugger menschen, zunächst mit der neuauflage des `03er debuts 'senor, my friend…' der dubliner: Mumblin' Deaf Ro - The Hero Is A Graduate und hier ein weiterer beweis für gelungene grubenarbeit und die neuauflage des 94er albums "the language of everyday life", great: In Motion - Hollow Blow mit gizeh records will ich Euch kurz ein label aus dem uk [...]
After releasing my latest video review for the Pains of Being Pure at Heart , I got two awesome e-mails: One from the band themselves thanking me and one from the Metric Mile, a band who shares a connection with the Pains. Peggy, the keyboard player for the Pains of Being Pure at Heart, used to play with the Metric Mile. However, she ended up leaving the band to concentrate on the Pains. Get it? Got it? Good! The Metric Mile sports a dreamy pop sound and a really endearing delivery. Their devotion [...]
The Metric Mile Since finally, happily, receiving my copy of The Metric Mile's 'In Praise of Ski Jumpers' 7", I don't think it has really left my turntable – in short, I'm definitely in love. I'm hearing bits and pieces of all my favorite bands – The Wake, OMD, The Field Mice, etc – all rolled into one and it's just perfect! I first fell in love with A-side "In Praise of Ski Jumpers", which prompted me to order the single in the first place, but it's the B-side, "Codebreaking", that now has me [...]
We here at GT love things that are awesome (much like TSOYA ). This here is the Pixies vidtacular. Vids, lots of 'em + Pixies. Watch them. They are awesome. "Levitate Me (Live 1988)" "Debaser" "Monkey Gone To Heaven" "Here Comes Your Man" (previously posted) "Dig For Fire/Allison" "Velouria" "Head On (JAMC cover)" Pixies on 120 Minutes in 1991 playing "UMASS" and "Planet Of Sound" [...]
Indie-mp3 favorites The Pains of being pure at Heart are currently touring the United Kingdom along with The Wedding Present. Needless to say this band simply blows ... me away, and if you're in the UK check their Myspace for tour dates. You'd not be dissapointed. This provides me with an opportunity to revisit their previously available MP3's culled from various sources which all were legal downloads at the time, and most likely still are. Some of these will be released on their debut LP in much improved versions. So without further adieu here's a Pains [...]
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Þeir sem hafa gaman af angurværu svefnherbergistölvupoppi a la Her Space Holiday eða The Postal Service gætu haft gaman af New York bandinu The Metric Mile. Árið 2005 álpaðist ég til Bandaríkjanna í hljómsveitarstússi og þá var það Jeff nokkur Ciprioni sem lagði sig allan fram við að hjálpa okkur. Hann bókaði eðalstaðinn Cakeshop í NYC og reddaði öllum græjum. Hann og félagi hans Patrick voru þá tveir í bandinu The Metric Mile sem spilaði einnig það kvöld. Árið 2006 lágu leiðir okkar svo aftur saman í Club Midway þar rétt hjá og þá hafði þeim áskotnast [...]
Sweden's Universal Poplab offer the second single from their new album Seeds for free. Get it right here: Universal Poplab - On The Run (MP3) I've mentioned Your Vegas ' perfect pop-debut yesterday, and I will recommend another perfect summer-pop-album today: the Delays ' third [...]
hexstatic opened up their set by not only remixing the miami vice theme but also remixing the miami vice title sequence. almost gave me a boner the size of israel. The Metric Mile "Isn't Almost So Much Better?"
Vor einer halben Ewigkeit schon, noch vor meiner Bloggerzeit, entdeckte ich mal zufällig den Song «How to beat the SAT» der Band The Metric Mile , den ich immer mal wieder mit Freude hörte, aber dann auch wieder vergaß. Heute möchte ich Euch diese New Yorker Band dann doch endlich mal ans Herz legen, denn sie bietet eine ganze Reihe ihrer Songs gratis zum Download an, und sowas muss unterstützt werden! :-) Zumal die Musik auch sehr schön ist und dabei etwas schwer in eine Schublade zu pressen - manches klingt elektronisch, anderes sehr nach klassischem Indiepop, [...]
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