Long-running experimental/ambient guitar project Skyjelly appears at Cambridge, Mass.'s illustrious All Asia Cafe tomorrow night for the venue's apparently weekly psychedelic program Scooby Snacks . We honestly don't know a whole lot about Skyjelly beyond the nagging memory that the project has some relation to the totally quality veteran indie act Wheat . Which may or may not be true, our mind likes to make up convenient "facts" now and again. Honestly, it's the music that matters: if you want in on some serious vibe music tomorrow night in Cambridge, we think you obviously [...]
Global warming is real, but it's hard to understand what that means for you and I in a real world context. Try this on : "Pasta is made from wheat, and a large, growing body of scientific studies and real-world observations suggest that wheat will be hit especially hard as temperatures rise and storms and drought intensify in the years ahead." Already, a mere 1 degree Fahrenheit of global temperature rise over the past 50 years has caused a 5.5 percent decline in wheat production compared to what would have occurred [...]
Some indie rock tunes to celebrate the coming winter (I am loving that it's so warm here in NJ so far this December) and the world of Christmas and New Year's. Enjoy. Download She & Him - "Sleigh Ride".mp3 FYI: Zooey Deschanel & M. Ward have a full album of Christmas tunes out this winter, so check it out if you like this song Download Parenthetical Girls - "Festive Friends (Forever)".mp3 [...]
I think it was Irwin Chusid who introduced Naomi Hall to the world. It was certainly on his much-missed WMFU show Incorrect Music that I first heard her, ten years ago or so. I'll admit, at first I wasn't sure. I didn't think she was the genuine article. No way was Naomi Hall a real musical outsider, it sounded as if she was trying too hard. And yet a decade on, she is still writing and performing songs. If anything, they are richer and more strange than any of her earlier work. [...]
hayden home by saturday my morning jacket can you see the hard helmet on my head? wheat move = move eric matthews little 18 photon band thinkin' boutchoo horse shoes changing winds white wishes come and say hello octoberman run from safety the mohawk lodge wear 'em out mp3s courtesy of badman recording co., empyrean records, shelflife records, and white whale records.

Tomorrow night, Louisville's own My Morning Jacket will be here in the Cincinnati area for a show at PNC Pavilion. It promises to be a great show, if for no other reason than the fact that MMJ is one of the best live bands around and is touring a really strong album in Circuital . But there are plenty of other reasons to get yourself down to the show tomorrow night as well, so I thought I would lay out three off the top of my head. 1. Neko Case is opening : [...]

Words: Donwill I'm pretty predictable with my tastes. When I like something I love it until I get absolutely disgusted by its presence. With that said the adidas ZX 8000 has yet to turn me off and this pair right here is flat out sexy. The oiled leather upper and the gum outsole are just magic together and while I'm not so much into the red laces they can be easily swapped out for a pair of boot laces. Sure these are more fit for the Winter than [...]

Hey! Thought we forgot about this, eh? Nah... Next time I leave the country for a month, I will also leave access to the hard drive where all my files are located. So we're still aiming to re-post all of the Blogophilia volumes by summer's end. Today we have volumes 5 & 6, which feature promotional MP3s available during May and June of 2009. As always, these are gapless mixes with cover art. These are only up for a limited time, so get them now! - [...]

SoulMotor have just released a new EPK where they talk about the themes of their new record, Wrong Place at the Right Time . "'Wrong place at the Right Time' and 'Down in Mexico' were deliberate attempts at continuing to tell stories with songs," recalls SoulMotor vocalist Darin Wood . You can watch the clip below, here on BandWeblogs.com . SoulMotor EPK: Wrong Place at the Right Time is now available on iTunes as well as [...]
News SOULMOTOR bassist Brian Wheat, along with lead vocalist, songwriter and video director Darin Wood have documented a drug deal gone bad "Down In Mexico" by being in the "Wrong Place …At The Right Time".

Photo by just.K (Karen Ebiggs) Charlie Simpson is was eerder frontman van de alternatieve rockband Fightstar, en zat daarvoor in het bandje Busted. Charlie koos er echter voor om als singer-songwriter solo verder te gaan en daarbij -naar het lijkt - de wat meer gevoelige luisterpop/middle of the road rock op te zoeken. Zijn debuutalbum Young Pilgrim is al opgenomen en wordt 11 augustus 2011 in de winkels verwacht. De nieuwe single van Charlie, Down Down Down, is nu al weer enige tijd uit. Als extraatje deelde Charlie met ons een download van zijn [...]

In preparation for a big move I've decided to pack away all of my hundreds of cds into those cd book holders I used to swear I'd never put my precious cds in. Why? Because I have collected so many cds, in a desperate attempt to love music more than I could manage, that I've had cds in shoe boxes, in storage at my parents' place, and the ones on the rack were just collecting dust. Mainly because we live in a digital world. Watching an episode of Hoarders the other night I felt inspired to ensure my [...]

ICHC I'm not really a Christmas person. I'm certainly not against it or a conscientious abstainer, at least not from its secular aspects, I just do my best to ignore it for the first couple weeks of December until denial gives way to blind panic when I realize I still have too much to do to the degree in which I do participate. Things end up so hectic that actually enjoying the season, whatever that means, is mostly out of the question. One thing the holidays are good for, though, are covers as everyone [...]

Well it's December, so for all the Southern Hemisphere readers out there, summer is in full swing. And if you're in the North Hemisphere, join me and reminisce over a season come and gone, with a bunch of nifty songs to listen to as you cruise through your long summer days. Sushi - Kyle Andrews Download "Sushi" The keyboard in this is just so happy. Summer is a happy time, this song is happy, therefore this song is a good summer song. Case closed! [...]

Well it's December, so for all the Southern Hemisphere readers out there, summer is in full swing. And if you're in the North Hemisphere, join me and reminisce over a season come and gone, with a bunch of nifty songs to listen to as you cruise through your long summer days. Sushi - Kyle Andrews Download "Sushi" The keyboard in this is just so happy. Summer is a happy time, this song is happy, therefore this song is a good summer song. Case closed! [...]

Despite a somewhat peculiar lack of snow so far this December, I went ahead tonight and made myself a White Russian and felt very mysterious (like the kind of girl who makes herself White Russians on a quiet Sunday evening) and sifted through my favorite seasonal music by the twinkling tree for this year's Christmasy/wintry mix. As I say every year, and as we are reminded in every lonely drugstore and crowded mall, there is a colossal amount of craptastic holiday music that should never be played again, ever. Synthesizers, no. Chipmunks, no. Every year I wonder if [...]

Ah, the beautiful heat of a sweltering New Jersey summer. It doesn't get more wonderful than that. For everyone who whines about the humidity all summer long, just remember your whining when you're stuck inside because of the snow drift that covers your car in February. A little sweat does everyone some good. And a little sun never hurt anyone. I may have almost died of heat stroke when I went for a run on a crazy hot day when I got back from Scotland in May, but that didn't deter me. The hotter the better, I say. Even while [...]

Every week we listen to over 150 bands playing in the Boston area in order to compile our Weekly Picks. To listen to the selected bands, you can stream or download our Weekly Picks podcast or listen to the individual bands below. Check back weekly or subscribe to our Weekly Picks podcast and add the Weekly Picks calendar to your iCalendar or Google Calendar for automatic updates as we add more shows. Subscribe to the Weekly Picks Calendar Add to your Google Calendar [...]

Would you believe that I started blogging on Out the Other five years ago today? Seriously, I can't believe you guys keep reading, and tuning in to the radio show, and pretending to care what I babble about as long as you get to hear the good, good tunes. So happy birthday, Out the Other. You've been good to me these past five years. And lieu of gifts, I will happily welcome stories about good bands and tunes you were introduced to via this humble little blog. In honor of the occasion, I dipped into [...]
Welcome to the annual "Top Albums of the Year" list. As I expected, 2009 was an amazing year for music. Putting together this list was much harder than I anticipated. There were so many quality albums that did not make the cut and I'm sure I'll kick myself two months from now for leaving something [...]