JEFF The Brotherhood | photo by BEKAH COPE Three so-top-secret-that-if-I-told-y ou-I-just-might-have-to-kill-y ou reasons to drop everything and head on over to the Empty Bottle tonight... 1. Nashville's JEFF The Brotherhood have made an appearance on the big Daily Diversion show before, but aint no reason we can't spotlight their sweet maybe we'll call it flanged out grunge pop again. I mean, they've come up from Nashville to play for y'all so the least we can do is tell you they are rad and that you should go check them out. Am [...]
Sweet Lord, I love Chicago's HoZac Records . I am a relatively new convert to the label, introduced to it in late 2009 by Matador Records' Gerard Cosloy. But, trust me, it was love at first speaker blow-out. Since then, I find myself talking about HoZac bands all the time -- from Mickey to Myelin Sheaths to Wizzard Sleeve -- forwarding their MySpace pages to friends, dropping the label's name in interviews and mostly (and most joyously) listening to whatever I can get my hands on. [...]
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Before we get to I Rock Cleveland's Top 20 Albums of 2009, I would like to note a couple things. First, all the usual caveats apply, i.e., this list represents on man's opinion, lists are made to be argued about, and this list by this particular writer does not include much, if any, mainstream pop, R&B, or hip-hop. This was not done out of some nefarious plan to boost one form of music at the expense of others, nor was it done because this particular writer refuses to acknowledge music contributions by certain segments of the population, rather [...]
After all of those lonely solo shows, the great Ryan (and his silky baritone voice) is finally back in action. This weeks playlist was pruned and handpicked by the man himself, so you know it's good. Don't forget to come out to the Granada Theater on the 10th for Jay Reatard, Fergus & Geronimo, and Surfer Blood. 1) Memory Tapes - Plain Material 2) Naomi Punk - The Sun 3) Jay Reatard - Fluorescent Grey 4) Fergus & Geronimo - Blind [...]
Wizzard Sleeve's "No Mongo" is one fantastic slab of something awesome. One could call it fuzz or scuzz or lo-fi or punk or psych and you'd be right. One could come up with clever metaphors like "Early Jay Reatard soaked in robo," or "Like Seattle Sludge meets The Smell," or "Like what music from Brooklyn would be sound like if it had any balls," and you'd be right. The Mobile, Alabama band pulls from varied underground movements and a wide swath of scenes and whips them into one wild, reverb heavy mix. One where there may be one overriding riff, [...]
Oct 26, 2009, 1:11pm
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Chicago's unstoppable HoZac Records recently released a "Fall Batch" of new records (three 7-inches and one LP), and they've kindly given us a set of all 4 to give away! To enter, just leave a comment and tell us which song (or band) you dig the most. The Girls At Dawn "Never Enough" b/w "Every Night" MP3: The Girls At Dawn - "Never Enough" [...]
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Apr 24, 2009, 4:36pm
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[Psychedelic Horseshit @ SXSW Brooklyn Vegan day party] Washington Post : Vivian Girls , Wavves - why is everyone in a lo-fi band now? Psychedlic Horseshit 's Matt Whitehurst : I have no idea. I don't know. It became in vogue sometime in the last year due to a few figureheads talking a bunch of [expletive] on Terminal Boredom. And now it's exploded into this thing there where Wavves is getting $30,000 to [expletive] crank out this [expletive] generic [expletive]. [...]
By Jason Jackowiak Hello again ladies and gents, it's time once again to gather 'round the old Victrola and lend an ear to some of the tastiest slabs of small wax currently littering the shelves of your favorite record emporium or web store. This week, we've got one of the stankiest comps of recent memory, as well as a pair of singles from bands that both contributed to the aforementioned compilation. So get your balloons out, it's time to start huffing. To kick things off this week, we've got [...]
(photos from New Years in New Orleans) New Orleans for New Years (and then some): - Fried chicken necks, 6 for $.99. - Seeing photos from the gay clown orgy that happened the night before I arrived. - My friend's ingenious sound system: an old tape player with a cassette adapter to play ipods/computers/diskmen through it. - The previously posted Dirty Duece bike rodeo on New Year's Eve day. - Among other things, going to see Quintron & Miss Pussycat on New Year's Eve at Mother-In-Law's (Ernie K-Doe's). This became notable due to a drunk or [...]
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