
And now Day 2 of CMJ09 a/k/a Force Field PR vs. Terrorbird Media [Tweet] # #cmj09 :: missing Tempo No Tempo and/or Seven Saturdays #ohcrap [Downloadable] Kilometer (mp3) by Tempo No Tempo [Downloadable] A Beautiful Day (force field mp3) by Seven Saturdays [Tweet] # #cmj09 :: finally heading over to cake shop and pianos for an abbreviated look at force field vs. terrorbird [Tweet] # #cmj09 :: and we're back :: made it for most [...]
Think About Life @ Pop Montreal (MHOW tonight) ( more by Ryan Muir ) tonight in NYC * Bell @ Sound Fix Records * El Perro Del Mar @ Other Music * Rainbird, Kevin Blechdom @ Zebulon (CMJ) * Vaz, Grooms, Deleted Arrow, Fuck Ton @ Death By Audio * Paper Route, Empires, All the Day Holiday @ Union Hall * Broadcast, [...]

Best Unofficial Day Show : Pop Tarts Suck Toasted's CMJ '09 Kickoff Party Where : Cake Shop When : 12pm - 7pm Cost : FREE Lineup : 12:30pm - Dinosaur Feathers , 1:30pm - Little Girls , 2:15pm - Sisters , 3:00pm - Motel Mote l , 3:30pm (upstairs) - Seth Kallen , 3:45pm - [...]
In een tijd waar half Nederland iedere zondagavond voor de buis zit voor de stompzinnige datingshow Boer Zoekt Vrouw, komen Hospital Bombers uit Amsterdam met een nummer dat een prima soundtrack voor de show zou zijn. In het gejaagde en...
CMJ released the band schedule for its 2009 Music Marathon & Film Festival yesterday, which is about as good a sign of fall hitting New York as the return of apple cider at Greenmarket. The festival runs from Oct. 20 - Oct. 24 and includes various venues throughout the city, and the list of featured artists would probably take all four days to read through. But skimming the selection reveals a fairly equal distribution of well-known acts like Atlas Sound and Deer Tick , anonymous locals (including krautrock-y Jeff Buckley-channelers Pocketknife), twenty-two bands who [...]
The press release below doesn't actually list all the acts performing at CMJ this year, so you're probably better off checking out cmj.sched.org to get a true idea of what's happening during this year's marathon. Of course, sched.org is a little confusing too and it doesn't list unofficial events and day parties (as far as I know), so you'll have to wait a little bit longer for info to trickle out from the blogs and other unofficial sources. Lastly, even though the press release says the schedule is "final", you can pretty much bet that things will shift [...]

John Lear, a captain of a major U.S. Airline has flown over 160 different types of aircraft in over 50 different countries. He holds 17 world speed records in the Lear Jet and is the only pilot ever to hold every airman certificate issued by the Federal Aviation Administration. Mr. Lear has flown missions worldwide for the CIA and other government agencies. A former Nevada State Senator candidate, he is the son of William P. Lear, designer of the Lear Jet executive airplane, the 8-track stereo, and founder of the Lear Siegler Corporation. Lear became interested in the subject of [...]
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We've posted some new reviews. You can check them out below: Lily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You Zero Boys - Vicious Circle / History Of [reissues] Jimmy Eat World / Reubens Accomplice - live in Boston The Devil and the Lion - The Devil and the Lion Chuck Ragan / The Loved Ones - Give and [...]
Ik ben er niet bij dit jaar. Te druk en te duur. Een ticket is meestal wel te ritselen maar de randverschijnselen maken het festival zo duur. Noorderslag begint dit jaar zelfs al op woensdag. Dus nog meer te zien, luisteren en te drinken. Dit seminar had ik echter wel willen bijwonen. Heuse en midner heuse popjournalisten die vertellen hoe belangrijk ze zijn of niet zijn. Met op de kansel: Menno Pot en... verrek... ons eigen Storm. Want hebben popjournalisten nog wel nut? ( Het aardige aan Noorderslag is dat het zo succesvol wordt dat de randactiviteiten [...]
Ik ben er niet bij dit jaar. Te druk en te duur. Een ticket is meestal wel te ritselen maar de randverschijnselen maken het festival zo duur. Noorderslag begint dit jaar zelfs al op woensdag. Dus nog meer te zien, luisteren en te drinken. Dit seminar had ik echter wel willen bijwonen. Heuse en midner heuse popjournalisten die vertellen hoe belangrijk ze zijn of niet zijn. Met op de kansel: Menno Pot en... verrek... ons eigen Storm. Want hebben popjournalisten nog wel nut? ( Het aardige aan Noorderslag is dat het zo succesvol wordt dat [...]

Hospital Bombers never lack for vitality in their lo-fi power-pop songs, but they desperately need to step out of the large shadow of their influences.

Amsterdam, Netherlands "Neighbourhood" Hospital Bombers on MySpace Hospital Bombers on The Hype Machine

rock n roll yea they worship satan at the after-party backstage where they torture the animals that they keep caged i'm only saying this cuz i love you i'm only saying this cuz i care i'm only thinking of you when i say you should be aware of the devil's music those are the devil's songs it's the devil's music and you're singing along Hospital Bombers - The Devil's Music : Footnotes [...]

I already listed Wednesday and Thursday . Now here's all of them.... ==== WEDNESDAY 10/22 -3PM- FREE! @ CONTINENTAL ARMY PLAZA ==== 825: team robespierre 755: ninjasonik 725: crystal antlers [california] 655: the coathangers [atlanta] 630: sisters 605: crocodiles [california] 540: casperelectronics v. nonhorse 515: hospital bombers [amsterdam] 450: the sneaks [new zealand] 425: boogie boarder 4pm: future islands [baltimore] [ CONTINENTAL ARMY PLAZA ] S 4th St @ Roebling St | Williamsburg, [...]
Wow! Todd P coming through BIG TIME. These might be the best shows during CMJ, despite not being CMJ. Awesome line ups all around. Link: Todd P --WEDNESDAY-3pm-to-9pm--> Future Islands . Hospital Bombers . Crystal Antlers . PARTS AND LABOR . Ninja Sonik . Team Robespierre @ C.A.P. for -FREE-! (Wednesday's lineup was full booked/organized by entertainment4every1.net) --THURSDAY-3pm-to-9pm-->

Crystal Antlers @ Mess With Texas ( more by Ryan Muir ) Crystal Antlers are gaining on Women and The Muslims in the race for most NYC shows this week. Info on the just-announced big free one below... Todd P /e4e1 Wednesday show info WEDNESDAY 10/22 -3PM- FREE! @ CONTINENTAL ARMY PLAZA 8:35 | Team Robespierre 8:10 || Ninjasonik 7:45 ||| Parts & Labor 7:20 |||| Crystal [...]

web site I've had the Hospital Bombers record on my desk for a few weeks, and honestly, I just never got around to listening to it. No idea why, especially since the promo pile is Carl "Slim" Pickens right now, and any Mountain Goats reference should be a sure fire way to get my attention. Bottom line, they weren't a Canadian band and more importantly, lately I've not been at all interested in jotting down thoughts that almost no one reads. Luckily, Frank over at Chromewaves – side note, you [...]