As you can see with this week's Graboid, there are a lot of great releases out there to spend your hard-earned cash on. Seriously, I don't even know where to start with this list. A few releases that I can definitely recommend include Ra Ra Riot's The Rhumb (really dig this one - so happy for these guys), Jaguar Love's Take Me To The Sea, Lykke Li's Youth Novels (finally gets its US release) and Stereolab's Chemical Chords. I really had high hopes for The Stills' third album, Oceans Will Rise - thinking they would make [...]
Music: One For The Team - Build It Up Listen to: Apples ( mp3 ) Lykke Li - Youth Novels The Ritz - The Night of Day Listen to: It's The... ( mp3 ) What Laura Says - Thinks and Feels Listen to : July 23 ( mp3 ) Stereolab - Chemical Chords The Stills - Oceans Will Rise 31 Knots - [...]
In the shameless self-promotion department, I point you to a long-ish feature I wrote for the Phoenix New Times about how gas prices are affecting bands, specifically local bands who would like to hit the road. A shout of thanks to everyone I talked to, including: Kinch , Psyko Steve , What Laura Says , the Via Maris and Charlie at Stateside Presents . Read the story here . Listen to some of the music by bands featured in the story below. [...]
*The Sammies-Old Grey ( mp3 ) ( web ) *Connor Oberst-Danny Callahan ( mp3 ) ( web ) *Calexico-Two Silver Trees ( mp3 ) ( web ) *Super XX Man-Medication ( mp3 ) ( web ) *Kuroma-Alexander Martin ( mp3 ) ( web ) *Jeff Hanson-If Only I Knew ( mp3 ) ( web ) *Björn Kleinhenz-Poets Dying ( mp3 ) ( web ) *The Mood-Eskimo Scientist ( mp3 ) ( web ) *Jukebox The Ghost-Hold In It (A. Maury Remix) ( mp3 ) ( web ) *These New Puritans-Swords Of Truth ( mp3 ) ( web ) *Cut Off [...]
Oh how I wish I kept a closer eye on our inbox! If I did, I would have had the privilege, nay, the honour (yeah, that's ye olde English honor, the serious stuff) of presenting to you the track July 23 by What Laura Says on the 23rd of July. How awesome would that've been? Yes, tremendously awesome, I agree. But, oh the shame, instead I shall have to present it to you on July 28th. I guess that'll just have to do. I really like this song too; it makes me [...]
Filtering out the "not-so-much" submissions to get to the "awe yeah" ones, we give you fifteen free and legal MP3s recently sent our way that have met with some measure of pleasure here at EAR FARM central. Happy Friday! • "Wayword Son" by Bottle Up & Go • "Bad Case of History" by Robyn Hitchcock • "The Air is Getting Thicker" by Brothers and Sisters • "All Over Again" by Locksley [...]
This week's mix doesn't really have a theme. It's really just a little bit of everything. Have a great weekend. Passion Pit - Sleepyhead Wallpaper - TRex Lymbyc Systym - Truth Skull El Ten Eleven - Every Direction Is North Kuroma - Alexander Martin Starfucker - Rawnald Gregory Erickson The Second What Laura Says - July 23 Eels - Mr E's Beautiful Blues We Were Promised Jetpacks - Quiet Little Voices [...]
Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: The Darling Downs : "Circa '65" [mp3] from From One to Another (out October 14th) other Darling Downs posts at Largehearted Boy Kill Kill Kill : "Screw of Damnation" [mp3] from Shark Smells Blood other Kill Kill Kill posts at Largehearted Boy Kuroma [...]
MP3: What Laura Says - July 23rd I'm easily amused by band gimmicks, so when Arizona-based quintet What Laura Says sent in an mp3 called "July 23rd" (today's date), my eyes lit up. In fact, I paused that Japanese Work Out YouTube video I was watching so I could listen. To my delight, the song was more than a calendar gimmick, relying on laid-back, spacey rhythms to create the perfect summer-burnout anthem. Grab "July 23rd" here , and pick up [...]
Ah, back to the Avalon Theatre, where the benches are just slightly too close together and teenagers traverse the aisles in packs. But we were not here on any ordinary safari. No, we were on special assignment to check out the two bands you see there in the title. And check out is what we did... While all three of us bloggers were planning on attending this show, only Stu and myself (Kraig) were able to make it. Nuts to Brock, you missed a good one. Anyways, the [...]
Chirpy vocal melodies, multi-part harmonies, fractured vignettes and ADD-arrangements that sometimes seem to combine a handful of different songs into one represent Thinks and Feels, the channel-surfing-esque new LP from Phoenix five-piece band What Laura Says. Expertly skipping from bluesy gospel laments to Beach Boy-influenced pop to jaunty piano-rock to molasses funk brews over the
Some more short sharp introductions to and stuff from great bands and artists from the Devil's inbox... Sunfold Genre: Alternative / Progressive / Rock From: Raleigh, North Carolina United States Sunfold first appeared on the Devil's blog back at the [...]
Introducing Sunfold and What Laura Says Like indie? These are two Terpsikhore releases worth checking out, from Sunfold (essentially, the Annuals) and What Laura Says : Firstly, Sunfold 's full-length debut " Toy Tugboats ", featuring Kenny Florence (guitarist/vocalist from Annuals), showcases his separate interests and musical/vocal talent away from Annuals as he takes the lead here. Kenny sets out to rediscover the sense of uninhibited exploration of melody and harmony that is always present in the pioneering of a genre and molds it [...]
Download: Sigur Ros - "Gobbledigook" Download: Bodies of Water - "Under The Pines" Download: What Laura Says - "July 23rd" Download: Jaguar Love - "Bats Over The Pacific Ocean" Download: Lupe Fiasco - "Cold World" Download: Nas - "Hero" a Hey ya kids. I'm taking the rest of the week off from blogging because I have some important moving [...]
Friday, June 6, 2008 As I said earlier in the week, tomorrow I turn 25. It's going to be a joyful occasion (or something), so I'm going to take the weekend off from SOTO to lounge around and live it up. That's right, no podcast or film update. It'll just be Noah and John Michael here to help get you through the weekend. All is not totally lost, though, as I've prepared a nice EP. Enjoy. : David Vandervelde - I Will Be Fine [...]
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