
Scheduled for a Fall 2010 release, Nike is releasing a new color of it's Aina Chukka Woven. The shoe features woven suede body with a moccasin style toe. Source: High Snob Related Posts: In4mation X Vans Chukka Low [...]

by RiftDweller This Labor Day Weekend marks the tail-end of the summer of 2009; savor it with this little gift from us at Kata Rokkar... Click Here To Download Full Mixtape The XX – Intro from XX The Notwist – Pilot [...]

Well today is the last day of the San Francisco Popfest and probably the best day to attend one of the shows. After all today is Dear Nora, Eux Autres, ChEAP RED, Birds of California, and the ever so wonderful Botticellis at Café du Nord. This is a great opportunity to witness the best in local music and up and coming bands that you'll be listening to later on because your friends told you to or Pitchfork gave them a 8.1 and you figured, "Hey! They're good but certainly not the most [...]
Welcome to the second installment of the AZLTRON Blog's top 30 Albums of the year! Here are some albums for your listening/reading pleasure! Here is the link to Part 1 . 20. Natalie Portman's Shaved Head - Glistening Pleasure This creatively named band feels like a joke band started between a few friends that somehow along the way they shocked each other with how good they became and decided to take the show on the road. The concepts featured on the [...]

Welcome to the second installment of the AZLTRON Blog's top 30 Albums of the year! Here are some albums for your listening/reading pleasure! 20. Natalie Portman's Shaved Head - Glistening Pleasure This creatively named band feels like a joke band started between a few friends that somehow along the way they shocked each other with how good they became and decided to take the show on the road. The concepts featured on the album are just as ridiculous as the band's name and [...]

Pic via SneakerNews Dear Michael & Gentry, First of all I'd like to thank you for the great relationship we've had over the last 16 (give or take) years. You've provided and helped foster my love of shoes with many times of joy. But outside of if you ever retro the XVI lows, I'm done. I've said this one time before , but I was stuck in my ways like Ms. Houston with the crack. I continued to buy your shoes on occasion, but [...]

Here it is. Click on the album covers to purchase the album and keep reading, I have a few more surprises up my sleeve before this year ends. 20. Woven - Designer Codes : Listening to this album was like watching Alien for the first time. Terrifying, moving and pieced together with Goth -like architecture and supernatural sounds. Woven - Fragments [...]
We have to admit being a bit more conservative on the show going this past week although that changes this weekend with quite a few things we're excited to check out... Listen up for The Starlite Desperation on "Demolisten" tonight. Robert Francis, Dawes, and The Romany Rye at Spaceland. The Spires, Franklin For Short, and Frankel at pehrspace. The Bronx and Crystal Antlers at The Echo. The
Los Angeles band Woven play an interesting mixture of electronica and rock. Though they explore a wide variety of sounds, they generally combine unique, dark electronic textures and heavy two-dr... Continue reading "Q&A: Woven" >

I am actually out of state this week, but I left a couple of mixes today and tomorrow to keep you occupied. These electronic-based lovelies are extraordinary jewels that came to me by e-mail. High Places : From Stardust to Sentience from Electronic Surgical Words (2008) Used by permission of The Line of Best Fit MySpace | Website | Label: Thrill Jockey Buy at Amazon.com , iTunes , and eMusic Woven : [...]

Today, I post my favorite song off the new Woven album. That be Woven, not Women . Women are from Canada. Woven is from LA. Downloadable: "Soundtrack To A Chance Meeting" (box.net mp3) Yes, my favorite song on the album is the instrumental. Myspace page is here . Amazon MP3 page is here . eMusic page is here . Consider CLICKing - I remember posting the demo to this track a loooong time ago. Here is the album version: [...]
Outside Lands Music Festival Collage from kata rokkar on Vimeo . This is my little video collage of the Outside Lands Music Festival . Concert clips for people that have ADD. Here's pictures from the Nada Surf , Treasure Island , and Woven shows. If you're in the Bay Area, here's a few concerts to attend this week... Sunday: Woven / Phantom Float [...]
woven - she blows my amplifier woven - prickly pear "Bending elements of shoegaze and trip-hop into a Kid A mold, Woven create epic soundscapes that scream for late-night headphone sessions." - Alternative Press "remnants of Curve, Peter Gabriel's soundtrack work, world music rhythms and Massive Attack." - Rollingstone.com "This is a bold freakin' statement for only listening to an album once, so buckle up...[t]he L.A. quintet pick up where Kid A left off. Yeah, I said it." - Perfect Porridge [...]

Not only will I be seeing the amazing electro-rock band Woven tonight at the Rockit Room in San Francisco but I will also be so lucky to witness the shoegaze band, Foxtail Somersault . Siting influences like My Bloody Valentine, Broken Social Scene, Sigur Ros, and Cocteau Twins ; Foxtail Somersault combines those influences and extracts them into a dreamlike sound that can put any listener into a relaxing trance. This is headphone music for the Gods! September 25th 2008 [...]

Today marks a very important day for the LA electro-rock band Woven ; their much delayed new record finally sees the light of day. After numerous holdups, the band is proud of release their third and definitely best record to date, Designer Codes . This record mixes an array of influences from Aphex Twin to Elliott Smith . However, Woven makes it very clear that they are creating their own individual sound while still creating a listenable atmosphere reminiscent of truely honest electronic acts like The Notwist [...]
I would like to dedicate this mix to a friend back in DC. This mix is just as crazy as she is, covering all ends of the spectrum. It will be good to be back in town for the weekend. Have a great one. The House of Love - I Don't Know Why I Love You Cory Branan - Tall Green Grass Fred - Running Woven - Trumpeting Strength Magnetic Morning - At A Crossroads, Passive Mobius Band - [...]

Roar! Kata Rokkar news! Okay...so this September is jam packed with upcoming shows and little updates here and there. XChannel and Totally Fuzzy have recently been so kind as to add us to their blog roll. The sites are literally oversized mp3 blog databases. Feel free to browse through their library of unique mp3 blogs and discover some interesting tunes. Yesterday I created a Facebook Page to promote the site and let like-minded people discuss whatever [...]
photo by Kristopher Long Twin Cities: - Minneapolis duo Big Quarters have released another cut from their forthcoming October release Big Quarters Direct . ( link ) Big Quarters "All Day Long" (mp3) ( Official ) ( MySpace ) - Reveille is giving away 25 pairs of tickets to the upcoming River Rocks Festival. The two day event features the likes of The Roots & Live. ( link ) (Inter)National: [...]

With their second full-length, Designer Codes , set for release on September 23rd, Woven is receiving lots of praise for their atmospheric soundscapes and also several comparisons to Kid A . Here are a couple of MP3 links for you to decide: Prickly Pear (mp3) She Blows My Amplifier (mp3) Tour Dates 09/25: San Francisco, CA @ Cafe Du Nord 09/26: Berkeley, CA @ Gilman's 09/27: Sacramento, CA @ Old Ironsides 10/03: Eugene, OR @ Oak [...]