Once again New York hits right at my heart, now offering me the great sounds of The Octagon. They've released their latest album, Warm Love and Cool Dreams Forever , on Serious Business Records , but I have a feeling not too many people have heard much from this group yet, but that should change soon. The group has the ferociousness of old punk tunes with a lot of lo-fi tendencies, which might recall a little bit of Guided by Voices [...]
Is SNL making a comeback? Dave Grohl looks as if he just finished training for the octagon. Dude was banging on them skins with all his might. Oh yeah, Josh Homme was their to , sans bottle of whiskey and cigarette dangling from his mouth. Them Crooked Vultures-Mind Eraser, No Chaser Tweet This Post
Usually we don't do a lot of write-ups on hip-hop, but that's mostly because we don't know too much about it, but we do know about this guy. Kool Keith has been all over the place for years, sometimes as KK, sometimes as Black Elvis, but his most prominent persona for me is Dr. Octagon . His rhmyes are odd, and quite vulgar, but not in a "I just want to cuss a lot way," more in a disturbed MC sort of way. I used to listen to the first [...]
Atlas Sound @ ATP NY 2009 ( more by Ryan Muir ) tonight in NYC * Aziz Ansari @ Comix * Mick Barr @ The Stone * Dinosaur Feathers @ Fort Useless * Sarah Silverman @ Apple Store Soho * Motion City Soundtrack @ Irving Plaza * Big Teriffic w/ Max Silvestri @ The Cameo * Ladysmith Black Mambazo @ Highline Ballroom [...]
"… The Octagon re-imagines tight British pop ( The Jam and The Libertines both come to mind) as smart, vivacious New York punk." – Time Out New York " SUICIDE KINGS " is the first single from WARM LOVE AND COOL DREAMS FOREVER by THE OCTAGON. Download or stream below: [MP3]: http://www.fanaticpromotion.co m/projects/theoctagon/mp3/theo ctagon-suicidekings.mp3 [STREAM]: http://fairtilizer.com/track/t heoctagon-suicidekings +++ THE OCTAGON ON TOUR [...]
London, UK trio Nedry - whose dazzling fusion of electronica, instrumental rock, dub-step rhythms and hauntingly beautiful vocals has generated a wellspring of excitement in the UK media (championed by BBC, Q Magazine, Uncut, XFM ) - announces the US release of its debut album Condors . The disc arrives stateside via Monotreme Records (65daysofstatic, Jeniferever, Barzin) on April 20th, 2010. Buy Music: Nedry on amazon.com [...]
British electro-pop trio Nedry announces US debut of album championed by BBC, Q Magazine, Uncut, XFM "Gently skittering electronics and slow-building, spacious ambience - Nedry's gorgeous, minimal soundscapes are tailor made for the wee hours." - Q Magazine "A futuristic sonic collage of dreamy glitch-folk, shimmering electronica and weapons-grade Dubstep percussion... Feels like a futuristic step forward from Radiohead's In Rainbows or Portishead's Third. 4 stars." - Uncut "Sent shivers down my spine….like Thom Yorke's Eraser with a bit of a Dubstep vibe and some Post-Rock influences… Nedry's post-dubstep, shoegazy brilliance will make them [...]
Nine months ago, I launched this site not knowing how it would be received, but I'm happy to say that January was our biggest month yet with nearly 30,000 music lovers from across the world exploring some great new songs. Back in December, we went on winter hiatus, so I thought it made sense to combine the past two months into one Rewind. Here are the 43 MP3s from new and upcoming releases we featured in December and January in one two convenient .zip file downloads: [tweetmeme] Click here [...]
...has been delayed at least slightly. The Kool Keith show scheduled for the Biltmore tonight has been canceled. Timbre says they're trying to reschedule, but there's not date yet, so ticked holders are advised to seek refunds at your point of purchase. Also, this is a good time to point out that Fan Death are at the Astoria tonight. I missed that one earlier. Sorry. now playing: the Beatles - Glass Onion
Today's 'News In Brief' is sponsored by Hamsters, assorted rodents and pop video's. Only Son are a New York based pop band. Here's their video for the song 'Magic', which is directed by Adria Petty. London's Nordic Music night Ja Ja Ja is back and is curated by Simon Raymonde of Bella Union. The bands for that night are Ungdomskulen, Vuk & The Good The Bad. [...]
So I was out at a Haiti benefit Sunday night pretty randomly. Fun was had. Don't believe me? Check out the picture of me looking like a complete ass. George actually submitted it to This Is Photo Bomb , so I assume there's a bit of teh funnay involved. Anyhow, there were a slew of DJs involved in this benefit. The next to last one I remember was playing a ton of old school - or as some call it, the Golden Age - hip-hop. So today's post is going to be filled with happy thoughts of [...]
As your local former Ser Biz intern, it is my duty to inform you that disbanded as of I-don't-remember-when SBR band Man In Gray are back with a one-show reunion at Union Hall on 20 Feb. : Man in Gray With not-on-Ser-Biz-but-much-belove d-by-them-nonetheless El Jezel and Coyote Eyes (who, if you'll remember, I saw at Northside back in June ) 8 pm 8 dollars 21+ There's some other [...]
Given the volume of music available for consideration on One Track Mind, we invariably have to pass on a lot of tasty morsels. [tweetmeme] In a desire to share even more great, free music with you, the Sunday Sampler will offer a handful of tracks without the usual critical and biographical write-up. Less talk, more tunes: Radar Brothers "Horses Warriors" from The Illustrated Garden (to be released on 3/23) [ download ] Ruby Suns [...]
My Brightest Diamond @ LPR in 2008 ( more by Kyle Dean Reinford ) tonight in NYC * Kid Cudi @ Irving Plaza * Ava Luna @ Silent Barn? * Bob Mould, Jon Auer @ City Winery * Free Energy, Bronze @ Brooklyn Bowl * Elysian Fields, Mattison @ (Le) Poisson Rouge * Serena Maneesh, The Vandelles @ Mercury Lounge * My [...]
My Brightest Diamond @ LPR in 2008 ( more by Kyle Dean Reinford ) tonight in NYC * Kid Cudi @ Irving Plaza * Ava Luna @ Silent Barn? * Bob Mould, Jon Auer @ City Winery * Free Energy, Bronze @ Brooklyn Bowl * Elysian Fields, Mattison @ (Le) Poisson Rouge * Serena Maneesh, The Vandelles @ Mercury Lounge * My [...]
[mp3] The Octagon: "Suicide Kings" Besides Dawn Landes at Mercury , and Stark performing with Tim Emmerick at Pianos (9:00) - we feel obliged by our dedication to good taste to tell you about two more amazing shows happening on Friday. The first being the triumphant return of The Octagon to Brooklyn after dominating the country behind their new (and killer) record Warm Love and Cool Dreams Forever . This analog garage trio is hitting Bruar Falls to celebrate the release of the [...]
been sitting on this since before santa squeezed his fat ass down the worlds collective chimneys. not because i don't dig it (i do, greatly) but because well i couldn't think what to say. or rather what little words came a-tumbling out just didn't fit. on reading the handfulla end of year lists i stumbled upon, this cropped up a lot. usually with the whole hypnagogic thang attached. a term that now just seems to be used [...]
by Bill Pearis DOWNLOAD : The Octagon - Suicide Kings (MP3) The Octagon I wrote at length already about this week's Serena Maneesh shows . Now here are some other daily picks to take you through the weekend... Continue reading "The Octagon, Free Energy & more in This Week in Indie " at BrooklynVegan.com
wie in den letzten jahren üblich, verschönert uns serious business records auch den jahresabschluß 2009. pünktlich zum 31.12. erschien "the year in business 2009" auf dem vitalen label, über das wir in aller regelmäßigkeit berichtetn. dass es die möglichkeit zum download des gesamten samplers via .zip gibt, halte ich für keine selbstverständlichkeit. allerdings sind einige labels da in der vergangenheit wesentlich spendabler geworden. so kann man zumindest recht breit auf den "unternehmensgeschmack" kommen. das sollte sich doch bezahlt machen. viel vergnügen mit den appetithappen, den rest nach dem download. und natürlich nicht vergessen, die tonträger jedes [...]
Excerpt: Thelonious Monk's Advice to Musicians Cats on Fire - "Letters from a Voyage to Sweden" A song of afternoon adultery, quickly snatched; melancholy in a blue afternoon. // My guesses: Cats on Fire keep their guitar-picks in jean-pockets when they're not using them. Matthias Bjorkas wears an embroidered Morrissey patch. They keep their accordion in a box, only take it out for a few moments in a breathless bridge. They imagine playing a concert on a ferry. They are from Finland. [...]
Coldest winter ever. And worst January of the decade so far, for many reasons, not the least of all because I've had to work [...]More about Yeasayer
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Vampire Weekend: Contra On Contra, their newly minted No. 1 record in the U.S., Vampire Weekend had a tough [...]More about Vampire Weekend
I don’t know about you guys, but for me there’s no better time of the year than late January to sit back, contemplate and assess the [...]More about Phoenix
2009 the Year in Music Welcome! You have just found one of the most exhaustive and well-considered lists of quality, [...]More about St. Vincent
Photo: Stéphane Buron tilidom.com Ils sont assez rares les labels chez qui j'achète les oreilles fermées, en sachant que [...]More about Beach House
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So this is a great opportunity to call myself out on something. I usually get on bands for doing the same thing from album to album because [...]More about Spoon
Have a dope new track from one of my favorites groups from England the Gorillaz, which also features their newest member Sun Moon Stars A.K.A Mos Def. [...]More about Gorillaz
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