It seems like so long ago that Brad and I were trying to one up each other with new songs we found or new bands we started listening to... This was before I got a cell phone. We'd literally be on AIM for hours sending each other mp3 files. And then we decided to bring y'all into the picture and make our love for music public. I know we've let our readers down these past couple of years. I look back and Brad and I used to be so fucking PROLIFIC, it astounds me. I never thought this [...]
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Before I begin, I just have to share that while I close things here on Both Sides, my passion for music remains steadfast and I'll be providing my word and work over at Side One: Track One from here on. One of the main reasons I decided to close Both Sides was our lack of updates - it was unfair to you guys who always wanted more content. My move over to Side One: Track One is my way of providing a way to help fulfill that need. It's a great site spanning many interests and even covers [...]
Both Sides on Side One: Track One Be sure to head on over to to Side One: Track One as I put in my word as a guest writer! Featured on SOTO: The Nightgowns [ Official Site ] "[T]he Nightgowns bear a character fitting of the experimental nature of the artist community in the northwestern pocket and carry a sound that’s diverse yet defined. While jovial, jangly summer rock tracks [...]
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AWOLNATION At Stubb's (Indoor) AWOLNATION is set to team up with The Bright Light Social Hour tomorrow. Fun? Yes. Good music? Yes. Basically, you won't be able to have more fun on your Thursday in Austin with $3 than what you can expect to go down at Stubb's [ site ] tomorrow night. From AWOLNATION's Back From Earth EP : Sail Learn more at his site . Be his friend ! [...]
Both Sides on Side One: Track One Be sure to head on over to to Side One: Track One as I put in my word as a guest writer this summer! Featured on SOTO: Jose Vanders [ Official Site ] "So apparently at some point, this particular artist was vouched for and posted on by Perez Hilton. YES, I’m essentially piggybacking Perez Hilton’s find, and piggybacking, Lord knows, is [...]
Both Sides on Side One: Track One Be sure to head on over to to Side One: Track One today as I put in my word as a guest writer this summer! Featured on SOTO: Revolver [ Official Site ] "When you live in the state of Texas, guns are pretty much a dime a dozen. Aside from the guns I pack through my shirt sleeves though (zing!), the [...]
The first time I heard a successful loop, I was standing in The Backyard with a protective body behind me. Damien Rice was onstage performing his last song. He would play a bit, press the pedal, and the bit would play over again and again and again. While the bit played he would play another bit or sing a different bit, hit the pedal, and again the bit would play. He did this again and again until the entire venue in which I was standing was reverberating with the sounds of this loop, this steady stream of song, that seemed [...]
Both Sides on Side One: Track One Be sure to head on over to to Side One: Track One today as I put in my word as a guest writer this summer! Featured on SOTO: Magic Man [ Official Site ] "I know we barely know each other, but I love you guys - fellow music nerds. I'd hit you up with a hug, but the internet doesn't really accommodate [...]
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Surely, It's An Airplane! Mix And Don't Call Me Shirley A mix! What is it? Well it's a collection of songs you can groove to, but that's not important. Today marks the 30th anniversary of the release of the movie Airplane! , and because that movie gives me a fair share of the funnies (and it's been a while since one of my randomly themed mixes), I thought I'd throw this together. Strap on your seatbelt, make sure your tray table is in its upright position and take off [...]
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"My parachute didn't open, and when my back-up failed, the pixie dust prevailed and I woke up next to you. All I wanted was to hold you." These days, the man behind PlayRadioPlay is better known through his new guise, Analog Rebellion. The fact that this band goes by a different name these days ought to reveal how long I've left this one on my backburner. It's been back there so long, it turned into something new. Analog Rebellion, however, represents a different sound from Daniel Hunter's earlier musical days as PlayRadioPlay. The one I really [...]
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"It's not so worth getting all bent out of shape about." Days are warmer. Breezes feel cooler. If you can't already feel the sand between your toes, the beach is calling your name. It's summer, and a lot of people have been soundtracking their days to hazy, lo-fi sounds. Filling my summer prescription is Beach Fossils. Coming from the musical Mecca that is Brooklyn, Beach Fossils started as the solo, pet project of Dustin Payseur. Releasing tracks steadily for months before a self-titled debut release this past May, these days Beach Fossils is a full-grown quartet [...]
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"Should I practice what I preach, man? Should I just do what I'm told? Because the clock keeps ticking, let's hope we don't grow old." The only thing that I thought could come out from a placed called Dundee is crocodiles, but apparently that's the wrong Dundee. No, these teenage Dundonian upstarts root themselves in Scotland and were plucked from their patch into the hazy world of British rock during their youth. Now, the hooligans continue to grow in their new patch and have already got two albums under their belt with a third slated for [...]
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"If we catch a criminal, when we catch a criminal, there's nothing we can do but play cops and robbers." They might not be a small town high school basketball team from Indiana, but this London-based trio is still set on being champs. Despite reading like a serious set of lawyers, Sparkes, Skarendahl and Sharland make up an English-Swedish trio that probably doesn't spend a lot of their time on the serious side, and while this has some bloggers think a bit lesser of them for that, I point those guys back to my Rock Snob [...]
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"The force is the thought that love holds you forever cause love has no hope in keeping you together." Right from the get go, you ought to notice that these guys have got that British feel to them. Everything sounds familiar enough, and you're quick to bang it off as something that sounds like practically everything else from that country - so what's still got your attention? The London trio known as the Tunics have a lyric-driven sound engineered and built on the familiarity of a lot of British music and have rightfully drawn comparisons to [...]
Both Sides on Side One: Track One Be sure to head on over to to Side One: Track One today as I put in my word as a guest writer this summer! Featured on SOTO: The Enemy [ Official Site ] "When it comes to searching the back catalogs of any good rocker's collection, a prevalent theme is good ole' British Rock. Once the staple to a quintessential music collection, [...]
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"As I try to recognize the reasons behind your deceitful disguise, my mind runs wild as I try to think all the feasible theories. " And I bet you thought Bicycle Voice was young. I'll admit that whenever I refer to anyone on here as a "youngster" or "kid", I'm well aware that they're they're older than me. Rarely do I ever come across a group of actual youngsters. The only times these guys have had a 2 in their age is when they were 2 and 12. In a time when we have [...]
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"Emily, why you stealing my boyfriend?" Bumbling about on their own separate ways on London's streets until one fateful day, Allo, Darlin' came to be when four people found each other and the music they make, and now, I found them. Your turn. Like all things found, it can either be trash or treasure, and Allo, Darlin' most certainly is the latter. Rounding out to be one heck of a foursome, Allo, Darlin' is a hodgepodge of all the things to love in pop and have drawn equivalents to include company like Belle [...]
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"I can't even tell you how you look at me in the summertime; it's just too good to explain." After you've taken a gander at her photo, I can tell you right now that your preposterously low, perhaps even humorous guess at her age is actually probably pretty close to actuality. For one, I'm pretty sure this singer-songwriter can only legally drink alcohol with a parental chaperon. Talented youngsters like the personage behind one (wo)man band Bicycle Voice, Meg Webb, always put me to shame. Next to her, I feel like a lazy, unaccomplished bum. Assuredly, [...]
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"Take a look around, you'll see the flags raised again." Monday got you down? No worries! Picking you up from the pit of a Monday is 6 Day Riot . With a member for every day of riot but one, this London quintet has seen their fair share of terrible, horrible, no good, very bad days from dashed Olympic dreams to a previous band kafuffle that left one of them all alone on the eve of a tour. And all of that's just one member! As the voice of 6 Day Riot, Tamara Schlesinger proves [...]
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"The heart it is a beast." Now, who is Monarchy? Good question. I may have to get back to you on that. Scribbled at the top of my little fact sheet for Monarchy are the words "duo" and "UK." That's about all I know, really. Even after a quick Google search extensive research, that's all I really know. If there's one thing journalism taught me though, it's how to squeeze the most information out of a tiny little snippet. So in regards to this group greater than one but less than the number equivable [...]
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