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photo: Dave Vann San Francisco band The New Up have upped the ante with the second installment of their projected 3 EP series. Better Off sounds more adventurous than its 2008 Broken Machine predecessor. They have kept the post rock mashed with new wave swagger and the confident delivery of vocalist ES Pitcher . Guitar player Noah Reid is more up front, showing off his chops while making sure he doesn't get buried in the dense percussion. The New Up are [...]

Another week of the Pampelmoose New Music Hour is in the books. Below, listen the show in it's entirety or download any of the songs Dave played this week. And don't forget, the show repeats every Sunday morning at 11am ET on WOXY.com! Blitzen Trapper - Black River Killer Liam Finn and Eliza Jane - Plane Crash David Bazan - Bless This Mess Arizona - Heath The Happy Hollows - Faces The New Up - Dear [...]

The second installment of The New Up's society-dissecting three-part, Better Off, is due for release on August 18th. As with their previous release, Broken Machine , five-piece The New Up continues to feature the awesome vocals of ES Pitcher along with the power whirling guitars you've come to expect from the band and their sound seems even more psychedelic than on previous releases. Broken Machine received national recognition where it landed on the CMJ Top 200 and I wouldn't be surprised if Better Off followed suit. This is one of San [...]

I've probably received ten or so emails about The New Up's EP Better Off (out August 18th) over the course of the past three weeks. I overlooked it every time until this morning when it came on my iTunes. And I'm sorry New Up. You're good. Damn good. And quite loud. Throw in whatever references you like for lead female rock vocals: Deborah Harry of Blondie, Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. ES Pitcher doesn't have the type of voice that will blow you away after one listen, but her melodies cut cleanly through the massive waves [...]

The New Up Genre: Rock / Psychedelic / Indie From: San Francisco, California, United States The New [...]

If you're looking for a break between BBQing and enjoying at the Mission District's Carnaval this Memorial Day Weekend, The Independent is throwing The Blue Up Ball - an all Northern California party featuring Lake Tahoe's Blue Turtle Seduction and San Francisco's own The New Up and Blue Rabbit . The New Up - "Better Off" The Blue Up Ball marks the only summer show from Blue Turtle Seduction here in San Francisco and will also celebrate the local release of Better [...]

Enough with the broken appliances already! I mean, recently I endured a couple of days without hot water and I've been surviving without my oven working properly and my microwave being on the fritz for weeks (apparently I don't cook enough to be overly bothered by that). But now my clothes dryer has died and that was the last straw. I have to get that fixed or I'll become completely overwhelmed with dirty laundry and never catch up. And yeah, I know I could go green and hang my [...]

Am I the only nerd who gets really annoyed when people misuse the phrase "winter of our discontent"? It doesn't mean that things are fucking sad, assholes. Winter = END, therefore the phrase means "now is the end of our unhappiness". All the bullshit was made into a glorious summer, and everything got totally awesome. What don't you get about that? While we're at it, "wherefore art thou" means "why are you", as in "Romeo, oh Romeo, why the fuck do you gots to be Romeo? Shit would be mad easier if you wasn't." Now that I've [...]
Congratulations! You made it though Christmas in one piece, though if you're like me, you're probably still feeling the effects of last night's dinner. But for as awesome Christmas, let alone the holiday season as a whole, can be, it's also a bit depressing, especially in terms of the whole anti-climatic turn for the worse, or in words, the day after Santa comes. I mean, as of now, the holiday tunes are all put kaput and any person who still has lights up on their house is looked at strangely. So in the spirit of the [...]

THE NEW UP myspace [mp3] Broken Machine [mp3] Top of The Stairs I wish she'd rethink the dreads. ______________________________ _______________________ PLEASE NOTE: The MP3s listed here will not be available indefinitely. So if a file is missing, it's most likely because the source hosting the file has removed it. [...]

Otra de las sorpresas que nos ha deparado este 2008 que ya se va acercando a su fin es el descubrimiento de The New Up, un grupo de pop-rock con un toque psicodélico y con una voz muy particular a cargo de su cantante ES Pitcher, que en ocasiones recuerda el sonido de Siouxie and the Banshees y otras veces suena más cercano a Concrete Blonde. En cualquier caso, una propuesta más que interesante. El grupo comienza su andadura en el año 2002 en Chicago, siendo sus integrantes la mencionada ES Pitcher, Noah Reid (guitarra), [...]
As usual, here is my mix for the week. Have a great weekend. The Stills - Don't Talk Down Pela - Waiting On The Stairs Proud Simon - Clockwork On and On The Kooks - Kids (MGMT Cover) Rahim - Through A Window Motel Motel - Coffee Her Space Holiday - Sleepy Tigers The Week That Was - Scratch The Surface The New Up's - Broken Machine Michael Knight - [...]
The little 'uns played here. Here are some potential opening lines for this post. Take your pick. Who am I? Why am I here? My, but I've been quite the delinquent lately. Fortunately it doesn't matter.Just when I think it's over, it isn't.I've got nothing to say, but it's okay.Hi. The New Up - Top of the Stairs mp3The Sound of Urchin - Shake the Magic Eight Ball mp3Stolen Minks - Consecutives mp3

photo: Dave Vann A lot of modern day listeners don't have the attention to take in a full length, so The New Up decided to release three EP's in the next 18 months. Broken Machine kicks of the series by this 21st Century New Wave band from San Francisco. With six slightly psychedelic songs they aim to please the third generation hippies who have been enjoying in their parents record collection, especially the Jefferson Airplane and eighties UK stuff. The New [...]

Friday, August 29, 2008 Alright, the wife and I are off to take on the greatest road trip ever. I hope you all have a wonderfully safe and awesome two weeks without me. As a parting gift, I give to you one more snazzy EP, which brings the total of artists shared this week to a whopping 25! Enjoy. BTW, part of our trip includes Bumbershoot, so there's a small chance I may write a tiny review of that. [...]
THE NEW UP Broken Machine EP (Self-Released) "Vocalist ES Pitcher comes from somewhere in the lost world of alternative rock, near Concrete Blonde and PJ Harvey. Funky bass lines, channel-surfing psychedelics and flute... an intriguing combination of styles."– The Onion The Chicago Reader described The New Up as "trippy new wave" with songs that "move with a seething, aggressive kind
Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Clare and the Reasons : "Obama Over the Rainbow" [mp3] other Clare and the Reasons posts at Largehearted Boy Geographer : two tracks [mp3] other Geographer posts at Largehearted Boy Golden Bloom : "Fight at the End of the Tunnel" [mp3] other Golden Bloom posts at Largehearted [...]