posted by Matt: We're back with the Five Favorites feature...and this installment comes courtesy of Halifax's The Stolen Minks. The band released their great new album, High Kicks , a few months back and soon after headed out on a tour that would make Magellan feel road weary (that's right folks, That's Fucking Dynamite, your premiere source for 15th century, Portuguese explorer humour). Tiina from the band was good enough to pass along a list of her current favorite albums, check 'em out. MP3: The Stolen Minks [...]
One of the cultural dilemmas that we have here in DC is the lack of venues that cater to fringe and left-field acts. Often times small pockets of people gather to turn group houses, community centers and even coffee shops into outlets for these types of bands. In the Bloomingdale neighborhood of northwest DC, Big [...]
So this is odd... checking the Earl's Calander for the date of October 16th there is a band called "The Renegades" as the headliner. This is striking because the other three bands have great links on the site. Jack of Heart The Goodnight Loving The Stolen Minks But their headliner apparently has no myspace or website... hmmm. So who are The Renegades? Well it used to be a band with two members of The Black Lips in it. [...]
Not nearly the amount of big albums as last week, though there are a still quite a few gems to be had this week. One album that i've been incredibly high on the past month is Ruby Isle's Night Shot , which hasn't gotten nearly the amount of coverage around the blogs that it deserves. A couple of other albums worth mentioning include James' Hey Ma and Noah & The Whale's Peaceful, the World Lays Me Down . Anything else you can recommend for this week? [...]
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
Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Alan Cohen Experience : "Elephant" [mp3] from Alan Cohen Experience (out November 4th) Alan Cohen Experience : "Space Watch" [mp3] from Alan Cohen Experience (out November 4th) other Alan Cohen Experienc posts at Largehearted Boy Anni Rossi : "Wheelpusher" [mp3] from Afton (out October 21st) [...]
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