It's about time. Constantines have been in heavy rotation in my CD player/iPod for years now ever since their Sub Pop debut... Now, with the release of their new album Kensington Heights on the Canadian label Arts & Crafts , they seem to be getting the proper push they deserve. You can stream Kensington Heights in full on Constantines' MySpace page before it hits stores in the US on April 29th. STREAM IT NOW . I'm not sure if there is [...]
It seems like yesterday that Cloud Cult's last album, The Meaning of 8 , found me so unexpectedly - so I was a little surprised when I saw a bulletin by them on MySpace saying that their new record, Feel Good Ghosts , was available for download. Exciting! Well, let's just say I downloaded the shit out of it. I hate to say this but I am not as impressed I was with The Meaning of 8 , but this new album shines through enough times for me to [...]
They may be hard to find in today's over-saturated music market, but there is one place you'll not find the band Lost Ocean : at home twiddling their thumbs, waiting for success. These Bakersfield CA natives have been touring non-stop since I last saw them almost 2 years ago while on tour in Oklahoma. In front of 15 people, they played their hearts out, filling the room with noises that the walls weren't used to. You could see the paint peeling and turning into freshly grown flowers. It was weird. Once again they will be [...]
I'm off to a late start on this one. The last time I had heard of/seen Les Savy Fav was in Mahwah, NJ at Ramapo College in 2003 with Sleep Station . I was standing in the back of the crowd, nodding my head as I usually do when Tim Harrington (vocals) of Les Savy Fav jumped off stage, ran towards me, jumped on my back and demanded I give him a "piggy-back" around the room...in which I reluctantly agreed. After that, I hadn't heard [...]
Ya know how some people have a " sweet tooth "? Well I have a " pop tooth ". It is rare when something can really satisfy my pop tooth, though. Fortunately, I have the boys of Scissors For Lefty in my life who can successfully fill this gaping void each and every time I put on their CD or when I can see them live (last year at SxSW...incredible). Now... I don't get up and dance when I hear it. That would be awkward and not very necessary. But it humbles me that [...]
"Oh that Jason. He's keeps posting these things on his blog about bands I've never heard of!" Hey fuck you, man! That's not fair! I didn't ask you to read my blog! Wanna fightsies?? It doesn't matter... nothing does... I've been behind on posts because I totaled my car and have been battling the car insurance system like you wouldn't believe. It has consumed me and I'm stuck at home, car-less and building mashed potato mountains in hopes that the aliens will find me. What gives me hope? Not much. But the fact that these small, hard [...]
With an ass-ton of touring now under their belt, their music featured in the likes of Madden '08 and a tremendously catchy record now out on Ryko , I am once again baffled as to how a band like Jupiter One can go under the radar. Their song "Countdown" spent 2 years in my head. TWO YEARS. That's a long time. I actually lost my mind because of it and shaved off all of my body hair. Visit their website to hear a bunch of [...]
According to The Boy Genius (and other reliable sources) it looks like Jay-Z and Apple will be teaming up on some sort of yet to be announced record label. Jay-Z previously was the man behind the desk at Def-Jam until last month when he decided to step down and pursue other interests.... hmmm... How will this deal be structured? Will Jay-Z simply be ON the label or running it? Why is Apple making this type of jump into music? We saw [...]
CARRIGAN . I had the pleasure of seeing Zack Martin and his crew play in a shit-hole house in a shit-hole town in the Mid-West on my way to SxSW last year. After moving the mattress aside and setting up shop in a disease infested hippie's bedroom, Carrigan then turned out the lights and painted a beautiful landscape for us that simply made everyone forget where exactly they were... It helped me also forget the team of bearded girls who were jumping on tables and chanting anti-male rhetoric [...]
This is just a message to those who aren't familiar with Sleep Station and it's mastermind David Debiak : You're an asshole. You really need to work on that. The first thing you can do is go and get his latest record The Pride Of Chester James on iTunes . Then, once Debiak sets the mood for you that leaves you speechless, you then go and pick up his last 6 records that you probably haven't heard ( After The War, Ahedonia, Runaway [...]
Nothing is stopping Search/Rescue from being the biggest band in 2008. Though formed by ex-members of Acceptance and Gastby's American Dream , Search/Rescue is an amalgam of the likes of Keane , Longwave and Coldplay but with drums sounds that will digest your food for you. Their new record, which has yet to find a home here in the US but will still be on i Tunes in the Spring, will hit shelves in Japan in 2008 and was [...]
TOP 10 RECORDS OF 2007: 01. Cloud Cult - The Meaning Of 8 02. Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga 03. Jimmy Eat World - Chase This Light 04. Dear And The Headlights - Small Steps Heavy Hooves 05. The Gay Blades - Ghosts 06. Loney, Dear - Loney, Noir 07. Band Of Horses - [...]
Some of you might say "Enough of the 'wolf' bands already!" Rightfully so. But what if you heard a "wolf"-band you actually really liked ? I bet that tickled your no-no spot, didn't it? Well I am proud to say that I might have found that artist and his name is Wolftron . I tried my best to come up with some clever words to describe the music but after 3 drinks at my desk and a 12 hour work day the best I can do is "Pretty". I also wrestled with [...]
Consider this your early Christmas gift from Air & Sea Battle. Illinois based Snowsera has been lighting up venues across the Midwest since their inception in 2006 and they have now found their way to Air & Sea Battle with an exclusive download of their song "So Subtle" off of their self-titled EP for the next 4 days. Like what you hear? Probably. Purchase a copy of their EP at their web-store and help an unsigned band possibly pay some bills. Looking for that download? Well the feature [...]
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