
[PHOTO CREDIT: Zuzia Skoczek] >> As our 2003 trashing of the debut by poptrash audioporn puppets T.A.T.U. suggests, we are interested in learning about music scenes in non-English-speaking countries. So we were eager to listen to Polish shoegaze duo CNC when we received a pitch from their organization late last year announcing the November release of the new EP No Mood . The band casts itself as "shoegaze psych-pop" (its MySpace blurb charmingly promises "same f*cking riff again"), and we suppose that is a pretty apt description, although we hear elements of [...]

here's a new feature im starting today, and if you read the title you probably already understand the gist of this "feature." im going to randomly choose one email every few days and well you can figure out the rest. first up to bat is orlando's van gumby a name that was chosen as an homage to their cities basketball czar, stan van gundy. their recently released masters of panic ep isnt a bad listen, in facts its pretty enjoyable. sure its not as awesome as the press release led me to believe, likening, their sound at least, [...]