A shameless plug, I know, but if you're in Brighton next week come to the freebutt at 7.30 and see me and my friends play some songs as SORRY SIRE. I guess the influences are Venice Ahoy, Data.Select.Party, This Town Needs Guns (who I'm only now really getting into) and that kinda thing but I think we've got a little something else. The boys have been playing for a few months now but it'll be my first show with them - my first ever gig actually and I'll be singing my little heart out, haha! Also, UpcDownCLeftCRightCABC+Start are pretty cool [...]
The Silent Ballet: Volume 8 Spring 2008 After several compilations romping through various related fields, Volume VIII returns to what this compilation series began with in Volume I, bringing the post-rock hits. The current edition brings together tracks from some current albums we're enjoying at the TSB headquarters and ones that should be making some huge waves [...]

Damn you New Years Eve/New Years , for falling on a Monday (assignments), for falling on the last day of the last month of my lease (aka Moving Day), for being the only holiday that lasts less than a second, putting all that preparation and excitement to waste. Whelp, it's here. 2008. It's like a birthday, we certainly don't feel older, and though we can't remember the details, we're pretty sure that something big happened last night, judging by the pounding headache and the big mess left behind. I've never been to NYC for the ball drop, [...]

Upcdowncleftcrightcabc+Start So. Classes started up again for me yesterday, and I'm caught in a sense of panic and utter confusion--because for one thing, I not exactly ready for school. I realized that I'd much rather just listen to music, buy a pair of rimmed glasses, and write freelance articles and sell them to various magazines. Oh, and I'd grow a beard. That's one of many life goals that I've planned out--along with ruining Ann Coulter's career and playing the national anthem at a Yankee's game (with a sitar, mind you). I [...]
The Lost Children net label focuses on emerging post-rock bands. Together with The Silent Ballet, a wiki/ezine with a decided preference for noisy post-rock sounds, Lost Children has released two compilation disks so far. Some samples from Volume 1: MT: Add Obvious Errors Up-c Down-c: Simple Reminder (Anger Is Not A Motive) Some cool surprises on Volume 2 -- but I won't spoil the plot