Well, we rocked the Casbah and had a good time with a series of matinee parties and now we've moved THE RUMBLE: SAN DIEGO to North Park and BAR PINK. We've had our eye on this place since our friends at INDIGENOUS turned us onto Dang and company and tonight we kick off 2010 with an incredible RUMBLE: SAN DIEGO line-up. The out-of-towner this month is the band that has absolutely wrecked The Rumble Tour this week, starting [...]
We're happy to tell you about some new friends we've made from Denver, Colorado: Snake Rattle Rattle Snake. They've just release their self-titled EP, and they've already us wanting more. We're offering up one of these tracks to you, which showcases the brooding vocals Hayley Helmericks. For some reason, this recalls a really dark version of Pretty Girls Make Graves if they were more post-industrial than post-punk, if that makes sense to anyone but me. The group is making their way to Austin for SXSW, and we'll [...]
Dear Seattle, We didn't leave you, we just enjoyed the holidays and prepared for what THE RUMBLE: SEATTLE is about to bring you TONIGHT at an all new location - HAVANA SOCIAL CLUB - and with two bands we think are incredible. Headlining and playing all The Rumble west coast dates in February is the mighty JAGUAR LOVE . The band is about to drop in March their full-length, ' Hologram Jams ' (Fat Possum) and their new material [...]
The perfect set up for Valentine's Day, we're thrilled to announce that JAGUAR LOVE will be playing ALL of the west coast RUMBLE dates in February. We've been clocking them for some time, but this new album, ' Hologram Jams ' is filled with just that, JAMS! The record drops in March on Fat Possum and we've already been banging ' Started A Fire ' and ' Polaroids & Red Wine " on the FS show on WOXY , but this disc runs deep. The [...]
Just as I finished updating the STL Concert Calendar The Billiken Club announced another show. Seattle threesome The Cave Singers will bring their brand of intimate indie-folk to The Billiken Club on March 23rd . The band was Born out of the unlikely ashes of Pretty Girls Make Graves , Hint Hint , Cobra High , and Murder City Devils...
Just as I finished updating the STL Concert Calendar The Billiken Club announced another show. Seattle threesome The Cave Singers will bring their brand of intimate indie-folk to The Billiken Club on March 23rd . The band was Born out of the unlikely ashes of Pretty Girls Make Graves , Hint Hint , Cobra High , and Murder City Devils . None of the guys ever listened to much folk, nor did [...]
Just in time for the Olympics, You Say Party! We Say Die! is a five-piece British Columbian (that means Canadian) dance-punk band that brings the noise like their Yankee neighbors to the immediate south - Seattle's Pretty Girls Make Graves - once did. And it's nearly the same setup bringing the hooks you can lean and rock with: two women (one vocals, one keys), three men (everything else).While
20. Static Radio NJ (Rock/pop-punk) (Black Numbers) Hailing from New Brunswick, Static Radio NJ is definitely a band you want to keep on your radar for 2010. I had the pleasure of sitting down for an interview with these guys a couple months ago and was blown away by their calmness and composure. These guys aren't in it for the fame, girls, or glory – they simply enjoy creating raw and passionate hard core/ punk rock. [...]
Pretty Girls Make Graves Happy New Year. One last list for the last decade. Enjoy. 1. Pretty Girls Make Graves - Good Health - April 9, 2002 "Speakers Push The Air" (mp3) 2. The Wrens - The Meadowlands - September 9, 2003 "Everyone Chose Sides" (mp3) [...]
Spoon 100. Cursive "The Radiator Hums" (2000) 99. Gallows "In The Belly Of A Shark" (2006) 98. The (International) Noise Conspiracy "The Reproduction of Death" (2000) 97. Interpol "Obstacle 1" (2002) 96. Antony and the Johnsons "Hope There's Someone" (2005) 95. Death Cab for Cutie "I Will Follow You Into The Dark" (2005) 94. Channels "Chivaree" (2006) 93. Rise Against "Give It All" [...]
Im Jahr 2007 begann auch ich - als letzter von uns dreien - mein Studentenleben. Dafür blieb ich in meiner Heimatstadt Mainz, lernte an der Uni allerdings jede Menge neue Leute kennen. Unter anderem auch den Kollegen Matze , der mich bald fragte, ob ich nicht Lust hätte, einen Gastbeitrag für seinen Musikblog indiestreber zu schreiben. Wie ihr euch schon denken könnt - ich hatte! Und bei dem einen Artikel 1 sollte es nicht bleiben, schon bald war ich Teil der "Redaktion". Somit war [...]
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. This year was all about the Flaming Lips. I don't care how old I get, I will still sing along to [...]
So, how was your 2009? Did you find what you were looking for? Was it rewarding? For me, it was. Simply because the search for new experiences always is. Whether it is a piece of music, a cinematic wonder or a work of art I find there is always something fulfilling in the search. Then if the search is fruitful it feels like bliss. Happily for me 2009 felt like a good year for music. In some ways better then 2008, but only time will be the true judge of that. In compiling my list I discovered a few things. [...]
2006 war für mich ein Jahr mit zahlreichen Veränderungen und Neuerungen. Ich machte mein Abitur, begann meinen Zivildienst in einem Mainzer Jugendzentrum, spielte das erste Konzert mit meiner Band, legte mir einen iPod zu und meldete mich bei last.fm an. Außerdem habe ich Ende 2006, nachdem ich mir zuvor schon einige Ausgaben am Kiosk gekauft hatte, mit der VISIONS meine erste Musikzeitschrift abonniert. Diese begleitet mich auch heute noch durchs Leben und hat mir in den letzten Jahren jede Menge interessante Bands nahegebracht. Die Musikszene wurde im Jahr 2006 [...]
Ab jetzt werde ich bei meinen Rückblicken die bisherige Unterscheidung zwischen Lieblingsmusik damals und heute nicht mehr aufrechterhalten. Nicht dass ich bereits damals genau dieselbe Musik hörte wie heute, aber ich kann mich einfach nicht mehr genau erinnern, was ich in welchem Jahr am besten fand. Natürlich gibt es aber auch weiterhin in jedem Jahr Anekdoten zu meinem Leben und dem Gang des Musik- und Weltgeschehens. Und 2003 gab es ein Thema, das sowohl für mich als auch für die Weltpolitik enorm wichtig war: den drohenden bzw. ab dem 20. März auch begonnenen [...]
Sure we may all spend our spare time contributing to the same blog, but us SubEx-ers are a diverse set. Never the type to settle on trying to come up with some sort of amalgamated top 10 list that could somehow simultaneously encapsulate all of our collective tastes we have instead opted to churn out separate lists. Really it just means lists for you to peruse and/or scoff at. Enjoy. CORY GRAVES' LIST 10. Dead Weather – Horehound Sinister heavily rocking [...]
In my continuing scramble to catch up with great albums from this year, I've recently come across The Cave Singers, a band out of Seattle. Apparently one of the Cave Singers is from Pretty Girls Make Graves, which is pretty cool. Anywho, I started spinning their latest album, Welcome Joy, and was struck by how much they do with very little. The opening track, "Summer Windows," is an exercise in simplicity - a little picked guitar line, echoing voices, and very subtle drums make up the song, which is beautifully [...]
So Leute, jetzt habe ich mal den Vortritt und darf als erster von uns dreien über mein 2002 schreiben. Als mehr oder minder cooler 15- bzw. 16-jähriger war mein Musikgeschmack damals noch immer hauptsächlich auf harte und laute Sachen beschränkt. Crossover, Punk, Nu Metal, Alternative Rock - diese Schiene. Inzwischen hatte ich auch, so wie einige andere Freunde von mir, angefangen zu skaten. Zwar war ich dabei nicht besonders erfolgreich, aber wenigstens passte der Soundtrack. Da sich sonst bei meinen musikalischen Präferenzen und in meinem Leben nicht viel tat, 1 an dieser [...]
Doveman in an apartment in October ( more by Ezra Caldwell ) tonight in NYC * Imogen Heap @ Webster Hall * Phish @ Madison Square Garden * McCoy Tyner Trio @ Blue Note * Happy Ending Music w/ Doveman @ Joe's Pub * David Thomas w/ Greil Marcus @ The New School * The Mountain Goats, Final Fantasy @ The Bell House [...]
Modern Radio is one of the finest local record labels the Twin Cities has ever seen. Congrats on 10 years guys, it sounds like a helluva way to celebrate! Friday, January 22nd at the Turf Club FT (The Shadow Government) Daughters of the Sun The Chambermaids Double Bird Sheridan Fox (His Mischief) 21+, doors at 9PM - $7 Saturday, January 23rd at the Cedar Cultural Center The Plastic Constellations Skoal Kodiak Vampire Hands STNNNG and more! [...]
This Week's Other Releases
Essential Mix - Riva Starr (Feb)
Cover That Don't Suck
Remix Review
