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Imagine, if you will, the worst possible way to spend a day at SXSW, one that doesn't involve an emergency colonoscopy or a Marnie Stern showcase, and then imagine something even more tedious and desp... Continue reading "SXSW Day 2: No Leonard Cohen, the Hold Steady Stay Postive, Blind Pilot Soars" >
[Having trouble uploading photos...sorry. Will post a bunch later.]Spent the whole day camped out at the Radio Room for the great lineup booked to play the Brooklyn Vegan/Paste party there. Well worth... Continue reading "What It Was Like: The Wheel, The Donkeys, Bishop Allen, Hymns, Daniel Johnston, The Wrens, Avett Brothers, Passion Pit" >

Monday 3/9 * Cursive, The King Left, Peasant @ Music Hall of Williamsburg ( MP3: "Exposure" by Peasant) * Black Lips, Gentleman Jesse And His Men, Georgiana Starlington @ Bowery Ballroom Tuesday 3/10 * Pela, Holly Miranda, Neckbeard Telecaster, River City Extension @ Mercury Lounge ( MP3: "Slow Burn Treason" by Holly Miranda) * Talib Kweli & Hi Tek @ Blue Note [...]

The blogger party which is a two day collaborative showcase featuring bands chosen by some of the most recognized national blogs. The blogs included are Chromewaves , Aquarium Drunkard , GorillavsBear , My Old Kentucky Blog , largeheartedboy , Daytrotter , and You Ain't No Picasso . The fancy hyperlinked calendar is provided courtesy of Chromewaves. Woohoo. Other sponsors for this event include lala , Future Sounds , Viva La Rock! , Gigbot , Goom Radio , and Insound . This show is rolling and backed with [...]

Aquarium Drunkard , Gorilla Vs Bear , Largehearted Boy , My Old Kentucky Blog and You Ain't No Picasso have once again teamed up to bring you Hot Freaks! The whole megillah is taking place during SxSW at the Mohawk and Club DeVille in Austin, Texas on March 20 and 21. Two days, three stages, 32 acts. [...]

Donald Milne The first one went over like gangbusters, and the second one was even better... so why wouldn't we do it all again for 2009? Yes'm, I'm once again very proud to be able to announce - along with fellow music blog compatriots Aquarium Drunkard , Gorilla Vs Bear , Largehearted Boy , My Old Kentucky Blog and You Ain't No Picasso - the lineup for Hot Freaks 2009 , taking place during SxSW at the Mohawk and [...]

Aside from the aforementioned Crooked Fingers show , the Bell House has just announced added a bunch of great new shows to the calendar. Check out the new additions below: The Bell House Upcoming Shows Apr 05, 2009 The Spinto Band plus The Rural Alberta Advantage Apr 10, 2009 The Wrens, Amazing Baby (on sale 2/28 at noon) Apr 12, 2009 Maria Taylor plus The Whispertown 2000 (Jonathan Rice's Band) Apr 14, 2009 Crooked Fingers plus Wye Oak / Takka Takka Apr 15, 2009 Nada Surf plus Holly [...]
Full frontal Wrens assault, with video! read more
only 6 years late on this one, its the video for "she sends kisses" off the wrens classic 03 release, the meadowlands Tags: pitchfork tv , the meadowlands , the wrens , video
In the wake of the ever increasing pool of festivals and the possible merger between Live Nation and Ticketmaster, the idea of paying $200 to see live music during a recession resulted in our pockets slapping us back into reality. But to be fair, the Sasquatch Festival - presented by Live Nation and tickets sold by Ticketmaster - is one of the cheaper weekend-long festivals and the line-up could quite possibly be the best yet. Of course, this has left us all wondering at what point does the festival [...]

Camera Obscura returns with their long-awaited followup to 2005's Let's Get Out of this Country . My Maudlin Career is the fourth LP from the Glasgow band. Like its predecessor, it was produced by Jari Haapalainen of The Bear Quartet . It will be released on April 13 , 2009 . "French Navy" "The Sweetest Thing" "You Told A Lie" "Away With Murder" "Swans" "James" [...]

Ingrid Z Those who sought to ride out the global recession by investing their money in Patrick Wolf should be pleased - the project has already yielded dividends! What had originally been intended to be a double album entitled Battle will now instead be two single-length albums entitled The Bachelor and The Conqueror . In an interview with Spinner , Wolf describes the differences between the two as follows - " The Bachelor [has themes of] loneliness, hedonism, depression and melancholy, the second album [...]
Enjoy 'Marked Up' below. They'll play a KEXP benefit gig next month in NYC. MP3: The Wrens - Everyone Chooses Sides
3/13 @ Bowery Ballroom. Further deets can be found here. Their long-awaited new album will see daylight this spring. MP3: The Wrens - Everyone Chooses Sides
Marked Up - The Wrens I love the East Coast: broken down buildings, shattered windows, cracked voices. Lo-Fi architecture. These cities reek of a decaying history, a message only just barely getting through. Rough, but almost always intelligible. The crackling static on Charles Bissell's voice, the tape hiss; it all recalls a crooked stairwell, broken pavement - a facade half constructed and long abandoned. But the shape is still there: crisp cymbals, melody; the piano is mostly in tune. This coast has a [...]
Magnet's "Wrens Watch" keeps our instant gratification in check. read more

Katelyn Roof Much of the buzz surrounding next Thursday's show at Neutral is focusing on the evening's headliners, Brooklyn's The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart , and with good reason - their new self-titled album , out tomorrow, is wonderful and will be discussed soon enough. But it's a shame that all the attention is falling on them when their tourmates are just as noteworthy. That would be The Depreciation Guild , also from Brooklyn, and talking points around the band generally center around the fact that they're giving their debut album, [...]

It's hard enough disposing of a body. Things get increasingly difficult when the thing your dragging down the staircase, through the city, and toward a pier is still living. This is what we get in the Ryan Jeffery-directed video for "Pity Dance," the first single from My Brightest Diamond collaborator and holiday cheer bringer DM Stith's forthcoming Asthmatic Kitty full-length Heavy Ghost . Jeffery has a background in installation art (he's repped by PDX Contemporary gallery) as well as music videos. You'll get that sense in the carefully paced narrative conceit and strange pathos that unfolds across [...]
I'm back from a short blogging absence there - I was helping the new roommate get moved in and situated. This is a friend I've known since I was 12, and we've pulled jackass stunts from time to time ever since. This should be an interesting ride. Anyway, back to some music: There's a new record on the way (Feb. 3) from the Heartless Bastards, a Dayton trio that I caught on their second record,