This is the Dartz Prombron Monaco Red Diamond Edition. It's the most expensive SUV in the world. This bulletproof douchebag mobile features an interior made out of whale penis. Yep, whale penis. I'm no expert, but I think a lot of penises have to go into each of these SUV's. More features from Jalopnik 1. Ruby Red matte paint 2. Gold-plated bulletproof windows 3. 22" Kremlin Red Star bulletproof wheels 4. Whale Penis Leather interior [...]
"DARTZ were a Math rock group from Middlesbrough...." begins the obituary on DARTZ's (old?) website , before proceeding to explain what DARTZ, Middlesbrough and math rock are all about. I won't bother regurgitating the information - mainly because they have, with what appears to be judicious copy and pasting of Wikipedia. What I will say though is that DARTZ were good, and at times great. See brilliant singles 'Once, Twice, Again!' and St. Petersburg' for evidence. I sadly missed their final gig in Kingston [...]
Gig Of The Week: Orbital @ Brixton Academy Celebrating 20 years of recording activity, the Hartnoll brothers make their indoor live return this month - culminating in a pair of shows at Brixton Academy. The tour is celebrating their entire groundbreaking output, from Chime onwards so expect a thumping catalogue-raiding set and a stage show to singe your eyeballs. Elsewhere the London scene is coming back to life following its summer slumber. Check out the superb double header at the Queen of Hoxton on Tuesday - Epic45 and Piano Magic should be an [...]
On Tuesday 16th June 2009, Tubelord played a gig at a venue called The Cellars - a lovely little pub in Eastney, Portsmouth. Ed, Tom and their counterpart/assistant Leam had the pleasure of interviewing Tubelord before their epic gig. The meeting was arranged for 6, however both parties were late due to us getting lost and Tubelord fixing their bank payments, which set everything back a bit. However, several sitting-in-the-road-and-listen ing-to-soundcheck minutes later, they were welcomed in by the bright Face of Joe, and they felt priviledged as everyone else had to sit in the road still as we headed to [...]
Tracklisting: Amos The Transparent - Lemons, aka (BigFishLittlePond) Ben Harper And Relentless 7 - Shimmer And Shine Blame Sally - Hurricane Boy Eats Drum Machine - The Crack In the Sea DARTZ! - Cold Holidays Merit - Cut And Run [...]
I am temporarily returning from my law school inspired blogging hiatus to post my long overdue year end lists for 2008... because someone was begging/bugging me to share. Top 30 Albums of the Year (2008) 1. Johnny Foreigner - Waited Up Til It Was Light 2. Johnny Flynn – A Larum 3. Elle Milano – Acres of Dead Space Cadets 4. Foals - Antidotes 5. Blood Red Shoes – Box of Secrets 6. The Subways – All Or Nothing 7. [...]
Deep Elm unleashes Sampler No. 8 "Bonfire Of Trust" with 16 songs from every killer new release in the catalog. "Expect to be impressed by a label that is the finest at what it does" says Jersey Beat. New music from Moving Mountains , Desoto Jones, Track A Tiger, Ride Your Bike, Dartz!, Late Night Condition, Free Diamonds, Small Arms Dealer, 500 Miles To Memphis and Clair De Lune. We see our label being about people coming together, meeting, singing and sharing that experience with each other...those are the times that we remember [...]
Remember how when we posted about the free Merge sampler we said we had even more sampler downloads for you? Well here's sampler download number three for you this week. Deep Elm Records is making their eighth sampler Bonfire of Trust available for download over the next 30 days. It features sixteen tracks from the label's most recent releases including two tracks from my personal favorite Deep Elm band Free Diamonds . If you check out the first few tracks of the sampler and start thinking [...]
Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Audible is offering a free download of the audiobook of Joe Pernice's 33 1/3 book, Meat Is Murder . Joe Pernice : Meat Is Murder free and legal audiobook [mp3] other Joe Pernice posts at Largehearted Boy Alice Russell : "Got the Hunger?" {mp3] from Pot of Gold [...]
Bloc Party may not have been the band to signal England's sea change into dance rock, but Silent Alarm is arguably not just the scene's best album, but one of this decade's best. In the months leading up to that record, I could sense something pretty special was around the corner, and now I get that same feeling with Leeds' Wintermute . Their EP, Fun With Wizard Stencils, [...]
Myspace // "Spanish Girls" [Audio] Bloc Party may not have been the band to signal England's seachange into dance rock, but their Silent Alarm is arguably not just the scene's best album, but one of this decade's best albums. In the months leading up to that record, I could sense something pretty special was around the corner, and now I get that same feeling with Leeds' Wintermute. Their EP Fun With Wizard Stencils hints at this [...]
Gig Of The Week: Mogwai, Fuck Buttons & Errors A stellar post-rock lineup this Friday at Hammersmith's venerable Apollo. Though The Hawk Is Howling is a little hard work Mogwai still have a live reputation that is untarnished. If they needed any encouragement to be on top form, there's the potential for an upstaging from both bands. Bristol's Fuck Buttons have produced a fantastic record in Street Horrrsing , and are a live draw on their own. Mogwai's Glaswegian labelmates Errors complete the bill, and with tracks [...]
Myspace // "Spanish Girls" [mp3] Two months ago, the brilliant Leeds-based On the Bone Records released the debut EP from locals Wintermute, a band that has become the premier math-pop band in Northern England. Much like contemporaries such as Foals and Dartz!, the band has capitalized on the promise of early singles with a memorable first release, albeit in Wintermute's case we're only getting an EP. Fun with Wizard Stencils may be quite a tease at only six tracks, but the [...]
SEPTEMBER: A Summary words: Jamie Milton Whilst now may not be the best of times to be telling you to splash out your savings on a month's worth of records, I may as well continue to do so. To those panicking through the financial crisis with gritted teeth at the Halifax phone line being busy, here's something to lighten up your day, your week, your future. September might not have been quite as perfect as we were expecting, but if you were one of those people who years ago asked [...]
Calories are a band who care about your road safety. Belt up for safety, off we go is the simple but safe chorus in their track "A Bear A Bison", one of their two demo tracks available. It's a pretty angry song. Maybe they are angry at people who don't put their seatbelts on. I'll be honest, I don't wear mine. By this logic, Calories are angry at me. Oh bugger. There are 3 members in Calories; their names are John Biggs, Pete Dixon and Tom Whitfield. Their names don't stand out enormously; they all sound like [...]
Download Zip File 1. Bromheads Jacket - Where ( Marquis Cha Cha ) Bromheads Jacket return with a brand new album and a much harder sound. While last years " Dits From The Commuter Belt" album was full of top tunes and was generally quite agreeable the new record "On The Brain" tries its hardest to be a great dirty scuzzmonkey of a record and in that it definitely [...]
Well, I feel a little more connected now. I've been formally accepted by the wonderful Hype Machine, and may actually have an audience beyond the three people who may or may not be interested in my scribblings (love you guys!). Here's a lovely, and topically named, piece of indie-art-punk. Dartz! - Network! Network! Network!
The brilliant Dartz (the artists formerly known as DARTZ! ) have made a track free to download from their label's myspace page. The End, Moving On is going to be track number 8 on their forthcoming 'mini-album', The Sad History of the Village of Alnerique. It will be their second album, following on from thrilling debut This Is My Ship . The first album was one of my favourite albums of 2007, a stunningly well put together and utterly brilliant record that brought the Teeside trio a barrage of [...]
{ HOPE GANGLOFF } Pretty pictures (tags: hipster inspiration girl fashion design a illustration Art drawing portfolio artist ) Airminded · The movie that time forgot The latest Fortean Times (June 2007) has a great article by Kim Newman on Hammer Films, the much-loved British horror film production company. While discussing the early 1970s, when Hammer's fortunes were declining, he refers [...]
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