Trust has been picked up by Play/Rec and no, it's not the French thrash act that Anthrax covered. This band is a guitar/drums duo featuring ex-members from Up In Arms and they already have one 7" out and another on the way, but Play/Rec will handle their debut full-length, due out in early 2010. Samples here: http://www.myspace.com/abandca lledtrust
photos by Matthew Taplinger It's A Trap : What does the name "A Camp" actually refer to? Niclas Frisk: We just decided that we would go up to the woods and do some songs, do some drawings, bake some bread and record some music. At some point Nina said that we were having a camp in the woods. And at the same time we were shopping in a supermarket and saw this maple syrup with [...]
Welcome to my weekly roundup of inexpensive indie(ish) musical happenings in downtown Toronto, all for $10 or less. If I'm missing something you think I should list, or you have any comments, let me know. I star (*) shows that most interest me. Like this list? Join my Facebook group to get my weekly Toronto indie music listings. Subscribe to my podcast (or download the episodes) here , or through iTunes . The latest ones are here . [...]
Now that the life and times of Oasis have ended, former frontman Liam Gallagher has begun plotting his next endeavor. As it turns out, these plans include a brand new studio album with a brand new band . Well, sort of. In a recent interview with MTV Italy (via NME ), Gallagher revealed that he and fellow ex-Oasis members Gem Archer, Andy Bell, and Zak Starkey ( basically, everyone except Noel ) will team up in December to begin work on a new album. However, as was the case [...]
Tonight, Tilts -- the band fronted by Andrew Elstner of Riddle of Steel and featuring ex-Shame Club members Ken McCray and Andy White -- is playing its first show at the Firebird. Caporetto and E... Continue reading "MP3 + Show Flyer: Tilts Plays Its First Show Tonight" >
You can preview Nocturnal Me 's new four song EP, which comes out December 1st. The band features three ex. members of Cute Is What We Aim For, including NJ's Dave Melillo. You can check out 30 second previews of each of their four new songs here . Tracklisting Once Bitten This Isn't Love Woulda Coulda Cougarz
If reports are correct ex band members Gem Archer and Andy Bell, as well as Chris Sharrock (drums) and Jay Darlington (keyboards), are on board with Liam. Apparently Andy will switch to guitar to help Gem take up the empty spot Noel Gallagher has left behind. The band is currently talking to some bass players to complete the group's lineup. According to Liam , the yet to be named band, already has 7 demos recorded. Share this: [...]
Old Skin - Young Widows from J.J. Johnstone on Vimeo. Caution: This preview features "ex-members of...." Gentle reader. I try to avoid it. It's cliche. It's dumb. It's marketing and the dissemination of information on crutches. It's what writers try to do in order to give you some vague idea of how something might sound. Sometimes it [...]
Old Skin - Young Widows from J.J. Johnstone on Vimeo. Caution: This preview features "ex-members of...." Gentle reader. I try to avoid it. It's cliche. It's dumb. It's marketing and the dissemination of information on crutches. It's what writers try to do in order to give you some vague idea of how something might sound. Sometimes it [...]
Billy & Dolly - "Younger Days" Ex- Monolith members Bill Rousseau and Dahlia Gallin Ramirez are back with their new band Billy & Dolly , and a debut album called In the Beginning . Produced by bandmate/20 Minute Looper Nils Erickson and recorded and mixed by Jay Pellicci, the album's packed with catchy guitar- and piano-driven power pop. Take a listen to the whole album below and at Bandcamp : Younger Days by Billy & Dolly [...]
by Andrew Frisicano DOWNLOAD: Naza Grizol - For Things That Haven't Come (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Julian Koster - Jingle Bells (MP3) Nana Grizol @ Cake Shop T.O. Snob : Most of the press material I've seen points out connections between the band and Neutral Milk Hotel, Elf Power, and other Elephant 6 groups. Based on that association do people approach Nana Grizol's music with certain expectations? If [...]
Frank Yang In leading up to Friday night's show at Lee's Palace, I'd wondered aloud as to why it had taken The Wooden Sky so long to play a proper hometown show, what with their latest record, the ex If I Don't Come Home You'll Know I'm Gone having come out all the way back in August. Walking into Lee's, I got my answer - they were building their sets. The stage was breathtakingly decorated with all manner of props and sculptures built of paperback [...]
First let me start off by saying that there should be a word limit to album titles, sometimes they get out of hand. There also needs to be some kind of truth in advertising thing as well, I mean, The Hearts We Broke On The Way To The Show sounds a wee bit pretentious doesn't it, never mind a bit wordy. But this is really apropos of nothing. The second thing I want to address is that second or two of foreboding you sometimes get when you look at something and think [...]
Filed under: News , Songs , Exclusive Brett Dennen initially garnered attention -- rapidly and organically -- back in 2004, when he came out of the gate with great folk songs that were deeply humanist, driven by emotion but laced with political undertones. His innocently disarming voice and awkward mannerisms didn't hurt either and his charm hasn't escaped his fellow singer-songwriters. In fact, in the past couple of years he's been joined by a single-file line of noteworthy accomplices: he's sung duets with Mandy Moore [...]
Welcome to my weekly roundup of inexpensive indie(ish) musical happenings in downtown Toronto, all for $10 or less. If I'm missing something you think I should list, or you have any comments, let me know. I star (*) shows that most interest me. Like this list? Join my Facebook group to get my weekly Toronto indie music listings. Subscribe to my podcast (or download the episodes) here , or through iTunes . The latest ones are here . [...]
Mogwai etc., All Tomorrow's Parties, Camber Sands, April 2000 Alphabetical post-rock nostalgia your way comes: Arab Strap typical festival band, rolled out all the hits; sales of The Weekend Never Starts Round Here saw a spike the following week. Bardo Pond failed to live up to a rather high billing as stoner post-rock legends, were but reasonably spooky [...]
Amor y Guerra is a collection of Police & Thieves' three EP releases up to this point along with a few previously unreleased songs. The DC band features ex-members of Worn Thin and plays straightforward hardcore that's a little melodic without really being melodic at all. Not that there is anything wrong with that, right? I mean, I thoroughly enjoyed listening to this while cleaning out my garage. So yeah, there's really no "singing" at all but the vocals aren't screamed either. They've also got some rock-and-roll undertones that are evident in the music [...]
DOWNLOAD: Arms - Tiger Tamer (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Arms - Kids Aflame (MP3) The face of Arms... Arms (Todd Goldstein, guitar player of the defunct Harlem Shakes ) will be playing a NYC CD release show at Pianos on Thursday, November 12th for his full-length debut, Kids Aflame , which is out now on Gigantic Music. Two songs from the record are posted above, with [...]
EX-DEAD MOON MEMBERS SOPHOMORE LP DESCENDING SHADOWS OUT FEBRUARY 2nd NEW TRACK "PARANOIA" STREAMING EXCLUSIVELY ON VICELAND.COM Pierced Arrows, the Portland-based trio comprised of legendary members Fred and Toody Cole of the seminal punk band Dead Moon have announced their signing to VICE Records for the release of their sophomore LP Descending Shadows on February 2nd. Descending Shadows [...]
The second installment of A Retrospective, in which I recap my favorite albums released from 2000 to 2008, this time: 2001. Wrought with turmoil and watching a life fall apart as so many others were having similar experiences but in a different manner; that was 2001 for you. The year I turned 21 (hence the wine bottle photo above). A year that lives in infamy. Young or old, we all seemed to grow up that year. Music, too seemed to progress in ways unthought, even before that fateful day. [...]
Here’s a track from Beach House’s upcoming album Teen Dream, the follow-up to the group’s 2008 album Devotion. You can check out [...]More about Beach House
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MP3: Vampire Weekend - Boulevard du Automne Here it is, finally, the launch of FUCK NO, a series conceived by Matt Giordano who officially launches this [...]More about Vampire Weekend
Beck had completed the second album from his Records Club collection: "The Songs of Leonard Cohen." This time around the group included Devendra Banhart; Ben, Andrew and [...]More about Beck
Animal Collective has recently released a trippy new video for the track 'In The Flowers' from album Merriweather Post Pavilion. The vid is [...]More about Animal Collective
MGMT проговорились, что собираются выпустить новый альбом в начале 2010 года, и называться [...]More about Beyonce
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Farewell Lil Wayne, I hope you do well in jail. I don't know, Lil Wayne is either nasty or whack and when he is nasty [...]More about Lil' Wayne
So here comes this freestyle or whatever it is from Kanye. No one seems to know if it is new or some unreleased stuff but [...]More about Kanye West
In the midst of exams at the moment so havn’t had any time to post at all! Heres some tracks that i’ve picked up over the week, and have [...]More about Passion Pit
The Cribs - We Share The Same Skies
k-os - I Wish I Knew Natalie Portman
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Animal Collective - Graze (Fall Be Kind)
WKND PLYLST!! This has nothing to do with NEW MOON!
new music from vampire weekend – cousins + music video
HOT CHIP TAKE another crack at IT and I’m IN
The Beach House Theory of 2k10.
Friday Five: Surf Songs
