There is something alluring yet strange about being out of your element at a local show, even more so when you are out of your element in an area you're not familiar with.
The Motorcycle Industry has announced plans to reissue their 2008 full-length Electric Education on vinyl. The LP is expected out in the first week of July, and will neatly coincide with a scheduled reunion show on July 1 on Long Island, NY. Details on the show are here , and info regarding the LP can be seen here .
It's been nigh a year since I first posted about The Motorcycle Industry, and this new EP brings even more of the slacker-voiced punk band. Name dropping The Knitting Factory, super fuzzed-out synthesizers, summer beards, and pretending to like hip-hop are just some of the high points of the 4-song EP. At times reminiscent of Fountains of Wayne, Stereophonics, or Say Anything, this is some good-times rock to get you through until summer. Try this track on for size, it's called "Paul Newman and A Ride Home."
The Motorcycle Industry - New EP! New Songs! New Label! The Only Friends Worth Having , the new EP from The Motorcycle Industry that has fans foaming at the mouth in anticipation, is now available for pre-order (found here - http://audubonrecords.bigcarte l.com /.) The 4 song follow-up to last year's LP, Electric Education, is being released physically and digitally via Audubon Records with an official release date of February 16th, 2010. Additionally, the Connecticut based label is pulling back the curtain on 2 [...]
My deepest thanks to Absolute Punk for their delightful Free Music Fridays. I've been in something of a musical rut, and some free indie rock was just what I needed to pull me out. The whole album, Electric Education , is available for free at their website . And if you're in New York, you actually missed your last chance to see them until August, but you should certainly check them out when their lives shows start again. [mp3] The Motorcycle Industry - Lesson One
Monday 1/26 * Andrew Bird, Christina Courtin @ Music Hall of Williamsburg ( MP3: "Tenuousness" by Andrew Bird) * Lady Sovereign @ Pianos (show cancelled ) Tuesday 1/27 * Black Swan Green, The Morning After Girls, My Best Fiend @ Mercury Lounge [EF Pick of the Week] ( MP3: "Darker Self" by Black Swan Green) * [...]
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