Check out the premiere of the video “Laredo,” the first official single from Band of Horses ’ third album Infinite Arms . I'm not sure what all the blogger backlash is about, their third album isn't bad compared to Cease To Begin . Sure Ben Bridwell's vocals come off a little pretentious with the 702s gold sounding doubled vocals, just a little different than what we're use to. Writing about these guys sure brings back memories of seeing them play in the studio .
Cannot wait for the new Ra Ra Riot album The Orchard out August 24th on Barsuk Records . Ra Ra Riot "Too Dramatic" (Preview) from Barsuk Records on Vimeo . The beautiful Orchard LP cover below plus multiple tour dates in NYC and Brooklyn. July 21 Hiroshima, Japan - Hiroshima Club Quattro 23 Yokohama, Japan - Yokohama [...]
Apologies for the lack of content, with the proliferation of music blogs since we started this site 6 years ago it was hard keeping traction with day jobs. We'll keep at it. London's O.Children might be like nothing you have ever heard or seen before. Their frontman Tobi towers at 6 foot 8, but what stands out most is his booming Adams Family Lurch-esque vocals. O.Children's heavy sound can be categorized as a post-punkish, psychedelic shoegaze that will make your insides feel like [...]
Vice's Motherboard has a cool video of synth pop legend Vince Clarke. His digital and analogue synthesizer studio in the woods of Maine will make you go 'whoa'. Who knew the founder of Depeche Mode, Yazoo and Erasure ended up in America. In other news if you are wondering; his musical partner Andy Bell from Erasure will release his second solo album, Non Stop , on May 25 via Mute Records.
Virtual music crock potters Gorillaz takeover the UK's Guardian as only the likes of U2's marketing team could have conjured up. Their new album Plastic Beach , one of 2010 most anticipated albums, is streaming now in its entirety on the site . Former Blur frontman and Britpop king Damon Albarn as well as comic-book artist Jamie Hewlett continue their own bizarre journey into hip-hop, electronic/traditional orchestration and dub, all categorized as alternative rock since their first Gorillaz release in 2001. What first stands out is the diverse 'featuring' [...]
Get Hype!!! FRICTION is back from a break with a night at new performance and art space littlefield in Brooklyn. Headlining this month's post mid-summer classic are NYC's The Forms with Special Guests. On the bill are Boston's Pretty & Nice who bring their form of frenetic and danceable form of pop and punk. Just added are Fugitive Souls with their dark, guitar-based angst mixed with electronic flourishes. All the way from Long Beach, melodic post-punkers The Valley Arena open up [...]
We've followed the golden fox, held the golden key, and have seen the golden light. The band that's piqued everyone's curiosity for the last six months is about to shed their veil of mystery. On January 30th, New York City's nu-disco outfit, THE GOLDEN FILTER , will make their North American debut at (Le) Poisson Rouge. HEARTSREVOLUTION with their distorted, punchy electro 8-bit and fine purveyors of dirty Philly tech-house bangers, PINK SKULL , round out this modern-day disco rager. FINGER ON THE PULSE DJs drop the jams all night. [...]
GET HYPE one last time in 2008! Prior to the mad-rush of the holiday season, FRICTION is back at The Mercury Lounge for one final show in 2008, closing out three full years of shows. This lineup features Violens , Telepathe , Picture Picture , and Zaza , four local acts you'll be hearing plenty more from in 2009. Advanced tickets are available on The Mercury Lounge website. Doors open at 7:30pm, flyer, mp3's, and more below. [...]
Making their Philadelphia debut, Long Beach, CA's CRYSTAL ANTLERS (Touch & Go) bring their combustible live show to The Barbary on October 26th. With an explosive build-up of noise and melody blended with raw vocals and twisting riffs, this quintet has mastered the art of thrash. Philly's hypnotic, dance-floor-friendly enthusiasts, PINK SKULL (first-ever all ages show!!!), and Kansas City's fine purveyors of dark psych, MYTHICAL BEAST round out the bill. Be sure to knock back a couple of extra Bloody Mary's at brunch and/or an extra six-pack of Kenzinger during the game before [...]
FRICTION NYC and FUCK YEAH FEST bring a little bit of the right coast, left coast, and in between to the Cake Shop for this CMJ Afterparty TONIGHT! Austin, Texas' BEST FWENDS , along with Long Beach, California's CRYSTAL ANTLERS , and Brooklyn's very own NINJASONIK get hype for CMJ. Best Fwends gets shit moving at 1AM . No RSVP bullshit - just show up and GET HYPE! Free PBR while it lasts! I didn't even write any of this people, [...]
More pictures from Sunday night's FRICTION show with The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Women, The Beets, and Katie Stelmanis on Flickr. All images 2008 Nghia Nguyen
More pictures from Friday night's festive FRICTION show with Japanther, Ninjasonik, Killer Dreamer, and S.S. Pyramid Snake on Flickr. All images 2008 Patrick Parault
GET HYPE! With our second show of the weekend, on the eve(-ish) of the CMJ, FRICTION invades Cake Shop with a lineup designed to make you stay put. Save those feet from all the walking they're about to do a few days later and get a jump on some of the most anticipated bands featured during this year's CMJ clusterfuck festivities. New York City's blissful noise-pop darlings, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart , along with recent Jagjaguwar signees Women (Alberta, CA), and fine purveyors of 60s [...]
Japanther , Ninjasonik , Killer Dreamer , and S.S. Pyramid Snake bring the fucking party to The Mercury Lounge on Friday, October 17th for this installment of FRICTION . Brookyn's very own lo-fi heroes, Japanther celebrate their RECORD RELEASE and North American tour kick-off with San Pedro's Killer Dreamer! DJ Porkchop of SSPS and Excepter fame spins all night. Free rides for the first 50 guests on our BombPop-horned unicorn, Maverick! Advance tickets available here , Doors @ 7:30pm GET [...]
More pictures from Monday night's FRICTION show on Flickr. All images 2008 Patrick Parault
Thanks to everyone who made last week's FRICTION show at Mercury Lounge a jam-packed, sold-out and festive affair. We're back again this month with another show at Cake Shop on September 22nd with downtown darling, Lissy Trullie , atmospheric rockers Apse , who are making a special trip down to NYC following ATP New York and Jean on Jean . This will be Jean on Jean's (Molly Schnick from Out Hud new project) debut live show in support of her new [...]
GET HYPE! Bear Hands bring their fiery pitch-perfect pairing of post-punk and indie rock, while Boy Crisis unleash their highly danceable electro-pop "that's so brutally hip it hurts" to The Mercury Lounge for this strictly local edition of FRICTION. Brooklyn's euphoric new wavers Blip Blip Bleep ready the dancefloor with shimmering pop hooks and throbbing beats. As with most FRICTION lineups, openers Bottle Up & Go are the curveball here, who play a brand of stripped down, rowdy blues, sorta like Black Keys but with more whiskey and abrasiveness. M68 [...]
This isn't music for the faint of heart, this is music for, as Nghia so eloquently puts it, “scaring the rodents away from your apartment” (if you're so lucky enough to have any scurrying about). The City of Lafayette, Indiana, home to Purdue University and birthplace of Axl Rose (no shit!?) has a paranoia echoing through its streets – sending even the robust forms of life dwelling beneath them running for the hills fields. In the vein of The Cramps, The Fall, Suicide, and The Birthday Party, Lafayette’s Television Ghost tests the boundaries of [...]
This isn't music for the faint of heart, this is music for, as Nghia so eloquently puts it, “scaring the rodents away from your apartment” (if you're so lucky enough to have any scurrying about). The City of Lafayette, Indiana, home to Purdue University and birthplace of Axl Rose (no shit!?) has a paranoia echoing through its streets – sending even the robust forms of life dwelling beneath them running for the hills fields. In the vein of The Cramps, The Fall, Suicide, and The Birthday Party, Lafayette’s Television Ghost tests the boundaries of [...]
Vermillion Sands may be from Treviso, Italy, but that doesn’t stop the quartet from churning out solid American-styled garage meets country-rock'n'roll. Fronted by the Italian version of Holly Golightly, Vermellion Sands’ single “Mary” is a catchy as hell garage-pop number with a killer hook, swinging bassline, weird electronic manipulations, and a tough fuzzed-out guitar set off by the snarly infectious vocals of lead guitarist Anna. The edgy single has had me hooked by the balls from the opening line of “Oh rainy days well I can’t stand you any more…” Sorta like another “Mary” that I [...]
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