We talk alot about how great the music scene was in the late seventies, but that only scratches the surface. This week, we delve into the lost gems of the punk explosion. There...
Welcome to The Schoolcast wherein I acknowledge a few of the people who have educated my music taste more than most. Without a Musical Big Brother figure in my life I have relied on a motley crew of people from all over to get me into music to which I might otherwise never have been exposed, and the process continues today of course. For someone who is an accidentally self-appointed arbiter of taste* I actually know relatively little about music, and particularly the history of pop music. I don't know much Neil Young, for example, I don't know [...]
Unable to find a raincoat that was as fun as it was functional, Johanna Senyk teamed up with her friend Peter Hornstein, an Antwerp Academy-trained synthetic materials specialist, to make one that was the total ... read more
From all the wonderful submissions NEXTBiGTHING & A Music Blog, Yea? have gathered so far, here are a few to check out! Be sure to contact us to see your band here soon too! Band: Selfish Needs Track We Really Dig: Raincoat Band: Teenage Mary Track We Really Dig: All My Love [...]
Gang of Four live 2011 photo by Matthew Thompson) Wondering where a certain record might land in KEXP’s countdown of the top albums of the last 40 years ? You’re not the only one. KEXP reached out to some of our favorite Seattle music writers and asked them to predict what records they anticipated seeing in the voter final results. These aren’t personal Top Ten or Best Of lists, but “educated guesses” based on each individual’s expertise in a certain genre as well as his or her familiarity with the musical universe of KEXP. [...]
Band reunions: they're a dicey business, as far as fans are concerned, because they risk tarnishing the memory of the band in question's glory days. Sometimes they do exactly that, but occasionally a band get back together and make a record that's as good — or sometimes actually better — than their back catalog. Such records are few and far between, but one of them came along this week: Researching the Blues , the new studio album by the recently reunited Redd Kross. In celebration of that band's return, we thought we'd have a look [...]
San Francisco-based trio Grass Widow , made up of Hannah Lew (bass), Raven Mahon (guitar), and Lillian Maring (drums), collectively share duties on vocals, weaving together melodies steeped in metaphor as gleamed from each of the members' personal narratives. Always shying away from directly referential, confessional song structure, this lo-fi post punk band steadfastly refuses to get behind one specific front person. Since 20102s "Past Time" , the band has toured extensively throughout the US, the UK, continental Europe, and China. In the meantime, they founded their own label, HLR , [...]
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The Raincoats : Lola [ purchase ] No 23 minute epics about physical transmutation and the apocalypse or 8 minute maritime revenge sagas this week. Instead, sexual humor. Maybe my imagination is limited, but I had problems figuring out what to write about this week. I mean, there are tons of songs about sex, and there are a bunch of funny songs out there, but songs with sexual humor? The two that I thought of immediately were by artists that I have already written about, and I’m [...]
Grass Widow has a new album coming out on their very own HLR Records . The long player is entitled Internal Logic and is scheduled for release on May 22nd. Here is a track from the album that Grass Widow recently uploaded to their Soundcloud page . Listen. Downloadable: Goldilocks Zone (mp3) Ordering information should be up @ midheaven.com in the not too distant future. [source: stereogum ] You can hear [...]
The BBLA squad is in Austin for the week, so our local reporting might be spotty. Here's an abbreviated showlist for tonight: ► Long-running British post-punk band the Raincoats headline the Echoplex, with San Francisco's Grass Widows opening. ► Lonely Trees help kick off the Moheak-sponsored "LA x LA" series at the Satellite — there are good local shows the next four nights, and you can get a pass to all four for $10. Also: [...]
It could not be more appropriate that Grass Widow , with their jangly, disjointed pop and siren-like harmonies, would tour with London legends The Raincoats , who combine the whimsy of Melanie and Mo Tucker with the thrashy post-punk of bands like Kleenex/LiLiPUT and The Slits. The Raincoats were truly original, defying genres and famously influencing the likes of Kim Gordon and Kurt Cobain. Thirty-five years later, they continue to fire us up with the reissue of Odyshape on their own We ThRee label. Both [...]
Vetiver / photo by Jill Evans With KEXP and just about everyone else down in Austin this week , Seattle slows down just a little bit, but there's still some good music choices for those of us staying behind. On Tuesday, Balkan Beat Box are at the Showbox at the Market, and Saul Williams is at Neumo's. If you happen to be in Austin for SXSW on Friday, you could go to the amazing "SxSeattle Party" with Allen Stone, My Goodness, Pickwick, Craft Spells, The Young Evils, The Horde [...]
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[Welcome to Buzz Bands LA's new feature "The Week Ahead." Compiled by our new intern Claudine V., it'll give you a snapshot of what's ahead for the next seven days. We'll be adding features to it as we progress.] Incoming: Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, the Raincoats, the Joy Formidable, Memoryhouse, Islands, Drive-By Truckers, Sage Francis, Mason Jennings and more Our staff picks of the week: ► @KRBronson picks: Edward Sharpe and the [...]
After playing their self-titled debut at Jeff Mangum’s ATP Festival in the UK and performing one stage over from The Jesus and Mary Chain at 35 Denton in Texas, British post-punk trio The Raincoats will take a short trip along the West coast this spring, as Slicing Up Eyeballs points out. In a not-so-indirect way, we can thank Kurt Cobain for this. Only four cities are currently scheduled, so see which ones below. Underneath the itinerary, watch them perform "Shout It Out Loud" at ATP Minehead from 2010. [...]
In this edition: Grand Duchy returns, De La Soul's First Serve, and this week's videos! Grand Duchy to release "Let the People Speak" When Black Francis and his wife, Violet Clark , formed Grand Duchy , few would have guessed the resulting "debut" album would be among his best efforts outside the famed band, The Pixies . On "Petit Fours", Clark's love of synth pop and electronic music won out over Francis' tastes in punk [...]
If you’re familiar with Part Time Punks held at The Echo , then you’ve probably heard British post-punk band The Raincoats once or twice. Their records get plenty of spins at the weekly party, especially during Rough Trade records night. But this time they’re getting the real deal to perform. The Raincoats will be touring again and you can see them perform live at the Echoplex on Tuesday, March 13th. Tickets to see The Raincoats at the Echoplex are available to purchase online now through [...]
Filed under: Exclusive , The Hit List Getty Images (3) A former guitarist for Titus Andronicus , Amy Klein is a writer, the founder of feminist art collective Permanent Wave and an all-around amazing person. With this week's release of Ani DiFranco's new album, 'Which Side Are You On?' we asked Amy to come up with the best feminist, girl-power anthems of all time. Check out her picks below! [...]
It is no secret that the distribution of music on the Internet has led to a radical re-appraisal of its free-market value. With essentially every piece of music ever recorded obtainable at no cost through a well-planned Google search, the notion of paying $18 for 35 minutes of music has been rendered preposterous. This shift has come at significant financial harm to many artists (frequently lamentable) and record labels (infrequently lamentable), but it has also come with a number of pleasant surprises. The most pleasant of these, of course, is the ever-expanding universe of free and legal music. [...]
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