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(click image to enlarge) Marnie Stern plays hypnotically aggressive psychedelic metal punk. Above she is battling a one eyed octopus (or "cycloptopus," if you will). Back in the simpler times of 2008 she payed the Quasi curated evening at The Knitting Factory. Some songs: Don't Stop Believin' Roads? Where we're going we don't need roads! The Weight Of [...]
Ascendant indie guitar dudes Surfer Blood maybe be off and running on a massive tour supporting their ace debut Astro Coast (tour dates at the bottom of this post), but clearly they'll always carry their Florida home with them. At least judging from this Chunwoo Kae & Kevin Chapados-directed clip, in which they lovingly mashup their state's greatest cultural export (Disney characters) and greatest cultural import (old people) in the scene captured above. There's also street-running in tighty whities. The drippy fixture dangling overhead in the final scene where singer John Paul Pitts crowd surfs ("Swim," you get [...]

foto: ochi reyes trash kit funcionan desde hace poco más de un año, aunque ya se conocían de tocar juntas en ray rumours , uno de los muchos grupos/proyectos en los que ros murray ( electrelane , las pulpas , lesbo pig , sisisi sisisi sisi ...) está o ha estado involucrada. el trío cuenta, además de murray, con dos rachels: aggs y horwood, que vienen de the madrigals . el verano pasado, [...]
Less Artists More Condos promoter Ariel Panero brings word: tonight's Ava Luna show with Suckers and Marnie Stern, heralded here just hours ago as the epic return of Damon Dash's Under 100 wond... Continue reading "Cancel That: Under 100 Is Officially Not Back, Tonight's Ava Luna Show Has Been Called Off" >

Because there's just too much out there demanding your attention and social calendars, we're determined to do our part in helping you sift through the clutter. Which is why we present you with Your Weekend Plans…. , a new feature here on EF in which we put advance focus on an upcoming show by chatting it up with one of the bands involved. For our debut installment, we've corralled Brooklyn (now) septet Ava Luna , whose blend of girl-group doo wop, thick soul and frizzled electro-punk has everyone scratching their heads in puzzlement as they [...]
If there's any indication so far that 2010 is going to be a stellar year for indie rock, look no further than the City of Brotherly Love to shine some light in that direction. Hailing from The Land of the Libery Bell in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, supernatural jangle pop indie rock quartet Drink Up Buttercup is one of these new-found bands to keep your eyes peeled for. The band have been busy the past few months picking up critical acclaim and preparing to release its debut record, titled Born and Thrown On A Hook through [...]

Chegamos assim à pior altura do ano na vida de um blogue. Aquela altura fatídica tão temida, em que temos de escolher alguns de entre tantos de que tanto gostámos... Portanto, sem mais delongas, e antes que eu mude de ideias, aqui estão, na minha modesta opinião, os 30 melhores concertos do ano transacto. Ordenados por ordem crescente de preferência, como é habitual aqui no pasquim. 30. Dead Meadow @ Primavera Sound, Barcelona, 28.05 29. Shooting Spires + VRBLS @ O Século, Lisboa, 24.06 [...]
Surfer Blood got some swagger! When last we saw these kids in town, we had them figured for CMJ-style human sacrifice; the next day they played the second or third set of an appalling 12-show ru... Continue reading "The Inexplicable Surfer Blood Marnie Stern Connection, Plus An Apology" >

Disclaimer: Years are fairly arbitrary time periods. The only thing that makes a decade is the human conditions' odometer fetish. Unfortunately, like you, I'm human as well and fall prey to these tendencies. I can't claim to know everything, I'm just an educated observer; and here are my educated observations. They are not perfect and neither you nor I will completely agree with them in a years time, but that is the fun of lists. I think I'm the only one, but I absolutely love 808's & Heartbreaks . It's a shame because it hit [...]
Surfer Blood & Marnie Stern @ Cameo on NYE ( by Abbey Braden /PunkPhoto ) Surfer Blood played the Cameo with We Are Country Mice , Beach Fossils , Frankie & The Outs ( who played in their swimsuits ) and others on New Years Eve. As you can see in the picture above, Marnie Stern (who's been quiet recently show-wise) joined Surfer Blood on stage at the party. Surfer Blood has quite a bit [...]

Disclaimer: Years are fairly arbitrary time periods. The only thing that makes a decade is the human conditions' odometer fetish. Unfortunately, like you, I'm human as well and fall prey to these tendencies. I can't claim to know everything, I'm just an educated observer; and here are my educated observations. They are not perfect and neither you nor I will completely agree with them in a years time, but that is the fun of lists. I think I'm the only one, but I absolutely love 808's & Heartbreaks . It's a shame because it hit [...]
So 2009 has been such a crazy year for The Record Machine. I love this time of year. I feel like personally I start winding down a bit and get to look back over the last year and see how far we have come and start to dream on how much father we can get next year. So first off let me talk about 2009. We released 6 records which is twice as many in a single year then any year in the past. Every one of them are amazing and I believe so much in all of them and [...]

In 2009 Pterodactyl unleashed Worldwild on us, an album that absolutely explodes right from the minute you hit play. It is a record meant to be played loud and full of art rock with a bit of energy and excitement behind it. This is not cross your arms and nod along rock, this is go ape shit as the band makes you deaf for the next half hour rock. Jesse from the band was kind enough to put together a couple of lists for us counting down the best of the decade [...]
Well, probably the final show, anyway. [Update: Guess not. Word we just got says there was a Grooms, Ducktails, Talk Normal, and Marnie Stern show there last Saturday night. Has Dame changed his... Continue reading "Footage of Under 100's Final Show Surfaces" >

Kill Rock Stars is doing just the opposite for the Pacific Northwest scene. Tell us about the founding of Kill Rock Stars. Is the label built around some sort of mission statement? Is there anything in particular you look for from an artist you're thinking about signing? Portia Sabin: Slim Moon founded Kill Rock Stars mainly to put out spoken-word artists and to document the scene in Olympia, WA, in the early 1990s. He thought there was a lot of excellent music being made by people he knew, and he wanted to [...]

Fang Island describes its sound as "everyone high-fiving everyone." And, the Brooklyn quintet's anthemic and soaring songs make it quite possibly one of few bands befitting such description. Its finger-tapping guitar lines, chanted vocals, triumphant harmonies and overall perky songs hearken to the sort of "Total Music" of the Fucking Champs, Jay Reatard, Ponytail, Kraftwerk, Marnie Stern, Thin Lizzy, et al. But, perhaps more so, its songs are like the music in your head at that moment when everything feels just right: that first kiss, that high score on the video game, buying your first small nation in [...]
Dia 31, a despedida. Mais um ano, mais uma prova Primavera Sound cumprida. Desta feita, tivémos a felicidade de poder usufruir de alguns concertos extra-fórum e, como tal, a nossa edição do festival terminou um dia mais tarde do que a da maioria. Como já vem sendo hábito, no dia após o encerramento do fórum aos festivaleiros, há a costumeira festa de comiat na Sala Apolo, que se estende à sua subterrânea La [2]. Devo dizer que aqui, e neste dia em particular, os pontos de interesse não eram muitos. Em concreto, era apenas um, mas mais [...]

I'm not going to deny that 2009 has been a great year of record releases. It just makes ranking my top 10 records that bit more difficult. Anyway, here we go. Dirty Projectors – Bitte Orca Bitte Orca is the most ornate album this year. With intricate arrangements, exuberant melodies and a vocal dialogue that's sweeter than honey, it's so difficult for me to see another album surpass Bitte [...]
É extraordinária a capacidade quase-divina da quase-omnipresença de alguns indivíduos. Um desses casos será certamente o do sempre prolífero e sempre talentoso Zach Hill, que não satisfeito com os 49 723 projectos em que se encontra, ou encontrou, envolvido encetou mais uma aventura musical, desta feita com a colaboração do homónimo Zachary Nelson dos Hexlove. O duo dá pelo nome de Chll Pll e a sonoridade corresponde ao que seria de esperar de algo saído da mente perturbarda e baquetes frenéticas de Hill. Para mais referências fonográficas, queiram consultar o MySpace do projecto, descarregar os temas [...]