Blog: If You Make It

Another video from the archives that I archived wrong and thought I lost. This is off their 2010 release " The Past In Present ". These guys are pretty cool. Are they all still in the band? Their next record is going to be on Top Shelf Records! They're also be on tour during March 2012 w/ Direct Effect. FFO American Football but happier.

Fat Shadow consists of members of The Door-Keys, Landlord and Pink Razors. They came by so long ago, that they probably forgot about doing it, or have been annoyed at me for a long time. You can listen to their newest album "Foot of Love" at their Bandcamp . This song is featured on there. You can also download Erin's " Booyah Grandma Demo " from IYMI! HOW CONVENIENT!

In honor of their newest release "Awkward Breeds", we have a brand new Pink Couch from Ohio's The Sidekicks. I can attest to the fact that their new record is amazing, and you should all do yourselves a favor and preorder the new record. You can order it on vinyl from Really Records and on CD from Red Scare along with their "Grace" 7 inch. Check them out on their upcoming March tour with Cheap Girls when they swing through your town.

Matt Pryor is here to kick off a new year for the site. His new record "May Day" just came out today, so make sure to grab it! The album was released under his own label, Nightshoes Syndicate, and on Big Scary Monsters in the UK. Matt is currently on tour with Into It Over It , Chris Conley of Saves to Day and more, on the "Where's the Band?" tour. You can hear the whole album on Bandcamp and also buy it from iTunes . [...]

In honor of Ramsey's comic post , I decided to post this great Pink Couch Session of her buddies from Washington DC, The Ambulars. This was recorded a couple of months ago before their show at the Manifesta Loft. The song is off their upcoming full length which they are recording in a month. You can also download all of their records from their website. Check it out if you are a fan of Superchunk, The Anniversary and other such things.

We did this whole session in 20 minutes. It was redonkulous. I think I had to be somewhere, or maybe they did. Oh yea, I had practice. I think I ended up being early anyway. I pointlessly rushed them. SORRY MIXTAPES !

They came, they drank Jeremiah Weed, they played, they played again, and they left. DH! just released their full length LP, Domesplitter, on Kind of Like Records . You can hear all their music at their Bandcamp !

Somehow I've never seen this band live, despite loving everything they've put out over the last couple of years. I keep missing them play over and over, it's almost annoying at this point. Luckily for me, I was able to drag them over to my stinky pink couch and force them to play in a hot unbearable apartment. This song is off of their recent full length, "Two Worlds", on Run for Cover Records. Pick it up or check this band out when they come through your town. They are incredibly nice and thought that this was [...]

Somehow I've never seen this band live, despite loving everything they've put out over the last couple of years. I keep missing them play over and over, it's almost annoying at this point. Luckily for me, I was able to drag them over to my stinky pink couch and force them to play in a hot unbearable apartment. This song is off of their recent full length, "Two Worlds", on Run for Cover Records. Pick it up or check this band out when they come through your town. They are incredibly nice and thought that this was [...]

This was recorded at the same time as The Sidekicks' session. It was great hanging out with these guys all day, and to see them play again. I'm extremely stoked for Matt's new American War record, which will hopefully be coming out soon. For now, pick up his LP "Rhetoric" on Shout Out Loud Records or download it from IYMI .

The recording of this session has been the focus of many emails back and forth between Allison and me. Despite our busy summers, we were finally able to figure out a day to record this. "Nothing Left" is off her new record, which she is currently working on. Check her website to see crazy pictures of her tracking setup and fun studio pictures. I'm currently writing this while driving through the Scottish hillside. Sheep!

I'm currently in Paris right now , connected to the worst wi-fi signal in Europe. It keeps going out and I have to restart my computer constantly. Despite these inconveniences, I was able to upload and post this amazing video from Katie's new solo project, Waxahatchee. I think this came out great and if you like it, head over to her blog by following the link to the right. You can download her full length for free! "Bathtub" is on their too! If you like this then also make sure to download P.S. Eliot's Sadie [...]

This video is from the 10 year anniversary of Square of Opposition Records Festival which was held in Bethlehem, PA last weekend. It was an all-day celebration of Lehigh Valley music, featuring extinct bands like Hypatia, Yo Man Go , Audioheart, Government Satire and Robot Attack, who were summoned from the dead by the wizard Chris Reject. A lot of the bands that played that weekend are on his record label, so make sure to stop by SoO and check out his releases. He's been doing this for 10 years, which has to count for something. Right? [...]

RVIVR is one of those bands that tours so much it's crazy. After the fiasco of their last PCS, I'm glad they were able to come back so soon. This is off their self-titled record, which you can download from Rumbletowne Records .

A song entitled "Beasts" from Saintseneca's upcoming album "Last". Due out August 2011. It was filmed by Jon Washington. Check out his American War tour footage in the Series section .

From our first show in Brighton, UK on the State Lottery/Bangers/El Morgan tour. Thanks to Jay for setting the show up. Expect more videos from the rest of this tour. This is off their newest LP, "Small Pleasures", co-released by Specialist Subject Records and Kiss of Death Records . You can also download the record from their Bandcamp .

Kari stopped by with good buddy Paul Baribeau about 2 months ago and recorded this jam. You can also download her record "Brain Cloud" from Bandcamp for a donation or buy it on CD. Sorry it took so long to get the PCS back on track. Stay tuned for more.

David came by about a little while ago on the same crazy day that Paul and Kari came through. This time through he decided to leave the couch undisturbed. Currently David is on tour traveling the U.S. See if he's coming to your town at his website I Love You This Is A Robbery and pre-order his new record, "The Papas" from Plan-It-X .

Day 5 of the 2010 American War tour. Columbus,OH. More to come soon! Songs include. American War-Rolling Vialka-Everyone's Talking (No One's Listening) Vialka is an amazing band from France. And the little girl featured is their amazing daughter. Please check them out @ http://vialka.com/

Filmed by Flipswitch Films at last year's Hillstock . Come out this June 3rd/4th/5th for more awesome bands playing in my neighborhood, Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. It's tons of fun, and this year it'll have a block party! I think they captured every ridiculous face I make. I'm pretty sure the first one was because Jeff didn't play the dead notes. Being up that high is weird, especially alone. You can still download the EP, Lando , that this is off from this very site. We also [...]