[Brakes Brakes Brakes] [Sissy Wish] I'm constantly trying to challenge myself, my music and my live-shows. Right now I find myself in a world of cheap synthesizers, toy organs and fuzz-guitars. I just ate up my band and put them in a box, so I could afford to go on a tour in America. So suddenly I turned out to be a purely electronic duo from Mars, and the respond from the crowd was fantastic, enormous, x-large! I'm constantly seeking new ways to express myself through music, and sometimes [...]
MP3 : Desperate Housewives Megan Palmer is part of Sunken Treasure Records , the lil' donewaiting.com record label. The song Desperate Housewives was originally released on a limited edition bonus disc to Megan's latest album, Take You Away . The first run of hand screen printed copies were sold out, and when it came time to repress the CD in a more traditional means (jewel cases), this song was added to the new version as part of a new tracklisting (everything else stayed the same). So [...]
"See Your Midnight Breath In The Shipyard" starts with a gorgeously soft melody that is reminiscent of mornings I've spent sitting on a porch at a friends cottage with a cup of tea, the lake covered with mist as the sun slowly burns it off. Haunting harmonies sound like they are coming from the bowels of a submarine, yet Hamilton's voice keeps the song from floating away, grounding the song like the pines trees standing beside the cottage. Hamilton's voice is like a mix of Issa (formerly Jane Siberry ), Allison Crowe , Buffy Sainte [...]
Sunday Music In the Park For years, a summer weekend in Goodale Park has been synonymous with quality local music, provided free to the public. And I'm not just referring to Comfest. After years of gracing the park gazebo, the Short North Sunday Jazz series had recently fallen prey to city budget shortfalls. Short North Foundation board member Alexandra Kelley recognized what a loss the cancellation meant for the neighborhood and decided to approach her organization and other interested community groups to fill the void. The effort at reviving music [...]
Ghost Shirt EP Ghost Shirt has been around only since September, but the band has already caused quite a stir, playing shows as much as humanly possible (especially at the Treehouse) and handing out a 10-song demo that felt like much more than a demo. Led by the golden-voiced Branden Barnett (formerly of the Shatters), Ghost Shirt uses killer hooks, guy-girl harmonies, beautiful string arrangements and some good ol' distorted guitar to craft songs that veer from chamber-pop to power pop. And the band's captivating stage show brings to mind other local acts [...]
So I've been around the block before. And by around the block I mean I've been married 168,907 times. Which is about 168,906 times more than the average person. Bigger number = bigger man. Anyways, I've taken some time out of my cosmic-saving duties to highlight 6 women that have enriched my life like no one has before. With their solid bodies, unbelievably good features and long flowing hair. They need not speak. In fact, it was better that they did not. Actually I forbade them to. Megan Fox [...]
A 'literary activist', what would that look like or sound like? A writer is given a gift, and charged with the responsibility of recording the thoughts and stories of each generation. Each writer takes a different route to utilizing this talent, but a 'literary activist' can take a very direct and vocal approach to documenting all that is right and all that can go wrong in the world today. They typically don't dance around, but they cut straight to the heart of the issues of our age and take every opportunity to be heard. Chicago's Megan Milks is [...]
Remember a few years ago when Dave Grohl wrote an insane metal album and invited all of his favorite singers to sing on it? Probot . A little outside (okay, a LOT outside) of what he was doing in the Foo Fighters, but it was the kid in him just letting loose and making the album he always REALLY wanted to make. Longtime Columbus drummer Paul Abbott (Woosley Band, Karma Farmers) has put together his own little Probot-like project that he's named Pocketful of Sunshine and the players on the album ( Target [...]
This week I hype a couple shows, one happening this Saturday at the Summit, featuring The Backup , The Town Monster , and Brainbow . Then on Sunday there's the Ides of March Hootenanny at Lost Weekend Records . If you still have energy left on Monday, there's a killer line-up at the Summit: Blank Dogs , Naked on the Vague , Woods , and Times New Viking. Download: http://patradio.org/audio/09/p rogram_157_Assorted.mp3 (Right-Click or Cntrl+click and "Save-As") Feed: http://patradio.org/mixtape.xm l [...]
The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle profiles Blitzen Trapper . Indeed, I hear Bigfoot in the music of Blitzen Trapper, which plays Tuesday at the Bug Jar. I hear darkness, and menace, and the solitude of vast stretches of nature. It is a rock band, but a rough-hewn, low-fi one that finds darker trails than most, with an indie-band's GPS for following the songs to where they lead. Blitzen Trapper put out an album in 2007, Wild Mountain Nation , that earned some critical attention, drawing an audience of "music-nerd type people, [...]
The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle profiles Blitzen Trapper . Indeed, I hear Bigfoot in the music of Blitzen Trapper, which plays Tuesday at the Bug Jar. I hear darkness, and menace, and the solitude of vast stretches of nature. It is a rock band, but a rough-hewn, low-fi one that finds darker trails than most, with an indie-band's GPS for following the songs to where they lead. Blitzen Trapper put out an album in 2007, Wild Mountain Nation , that earned some critical attention, drawing an audience of "music-nerd type people, [...]
In 2006, Eric Metronome recorded and posted a new cover song every week for 52 weeks. From Hayden to The Beatles to Mountain Goats to Nick Drake, it was a fun and ambitious project. Eric has resposted the songs as a 3 part download. Click here to grab the files. This is probably one of the most requested things I get in my inbox, so I'm glad Eric has put it back out there to the world. Keep reading for the full track list. All [...]
As we wind down this wonderful year, I'd love to share some Exclusive ThaBombShelter content with you all. Starting back in January of last year (it was the Black Swans/Megan Palmer concert at Andyman's), I finally perfected the art of extracting live tracks from the YouTube videos I was uploading. So here, in addition to the best live photos from the year, is a collection of the best live tracks I've gotten this year. I didn't bother ranking them, because, really, these are all unique and all special. Enjoy! First up, The Best Photos [...]
Bob Duffy over at Sunken Treasure Records has opened the vaults and through the end of the year is GIVING AWAY digital copies of ALL the releases he's put on his little record label. Duffy also runs Donewaiting.com , a site I regularly contribute to (and the site where Atomic Ned first debuted), and this collection of music represents some of his favorite Columbus based bands. Whenever somebody is giving away something FOR FREE I recommend you check it out, but I'll go so far as saying that it's worth downloading every one of these CDs while [...]
Robert Duffy announced today on donewaiting.com that Sunken Treasure Records is taking things a step beyond the typical year-end free digital sampler and is making its entire catalog available for free download . The bands include Miranda Sound , Megan Palmer , The Evil Queens , Eric Metronome , and The Celebrity Pilots . Also shared is some great news that they'll be releasing a split 73 next year featuring The Black Swans and Alina Simone .
Sunken Treasure Records, Robert Duffy's Donewaiting.com companion label, announced it's offering its entire catalog as free downloads this month. You'd be a big dummy not to take advantage of this. If nothing else, at least grab the new (and sadly, last) Miranda Sound record. It's my favorite Columbus album of 2008. But there's also Eric Metronome, the Evil Queens, Megan Palmer and the Celebrity Pilots. So go start downloading . In other Sunken Treasure news, Duffy also announced an upcoming Black Swans/Alina Simone 7" split next year, as well as the debut from [...]
Sunken Treasure Records is our small companion record label to donewaiting.com. We've released a bunch of albums over the course of the last few years, and we've decided to make all of them available as a free download for the rest of December. Click here to see what we got and get downloading . You'll find the latest releases from Megan Palmer, Miranda Sound, Eric Metronome, and The Evil Queens as well as the first album by The Celebrity Pilots. We've also announced our next releases for 2009. ur first release next year will be a [...]
This is a fun event every year. Bands are randomly chosen and they have one day to write new material and practice for a show later that night (Saturday) at The Summit . Here's this year's line-up: BAND 1 – 9:30PM Owen Kelley ( Couch Forts ) Julian Dassai ( Wartime Ladies ) Matt Firth ( The Exceptionals ) Max Sollisch ( Our Cat Philip ) Mat Bisaro ( Necropolis ) BAND 2 – 10:00PM Sean Wright ( The Stapler ) Davey Highben ( AS*US ) Chris [...]
I actually stay on-task for my entire two-hour time slot on WCRS this week. As a result, the podcast is twice as long as the usual. In the first hour, I chat with Jerry Dannemiller of Moviola . He does a retrospective of the band's career and plays music by D. Charles Speer and the Helix , whom Moviola is playing with this Friday at the Surly Girl. In the second hour, Bob Miller stops in to talk about Rock Potluck 2008 , and we listen to bands who are contributing members to [...]
dude in Hot Chip glow in the dark Threadless shirt + The Faint @ Terminal 5, NYC ( more by Ryan Muir ) today in NYC * FREE SHOWS * Ra Ra Riot @ Virgin Megastore * Laura Cantrell @ Spiegeltent ++ * Best Friends Forever @ The Tank * Jaguar Love & the King Left @ Southpaw [...]
WKND PLYLST!! This has nothing to do with NEW MOON!
new music from vampire weekend – cousins + music video
The Beach House Theory of 2k10.
Vampire Weekend - Cousins
HOT CHIP TAKE another crack at IT and I’m IN
