Celebrated Brooklyn trio teams up with Gary Olson from the Ladybug Transistor to create its most impressive set of crash-pop tunes yet. Combining the fuzzy stomp of Nuggets-era garage rock with the scrappy sweetness of such '80s underground pop mavens as Beat Happening and the Pastels, Cause Co-Motion! has definitely established itself as one of the most unique bands coming from the post-hype Brooklyn music scene of the mid-to-late '00s. Following Slumberland's release of It's Time!, a critically hailed compilation of early singles and EPs from the band's days on the What's Your Rupture? imprint last fall,...
W ith Primavera Club (aka Primavera Sound 's little winter brother) less than a month away, I for one am getting mightily excited. I'm flying to Barcelona in a little under two weeks, (Eliza will follow a little later) and we'll be spending the holiday season there (at my mom's house), only returning home in early January. I've collected ten tracks that I'd like to see played over the five days of the festival.. 1. So Cow [...]
Norwegian indie act I Was A King recorded three new songs with Gary Olson ( The Ladybug Transistor ) which will be appearing on a new 7" due out in January.
Fake Male Voice @ Glasslands in February ( more by Jacob Blickenstaff ) Thanks to everyone who came out to our day party at Pianos yesterday. There were almost too many highlights to count. We've got four more parties still to come , three of which are today/tonight. Lots of great options all around today (10/23). I'm trying to highlight some of the ones you may not know about. DAYTIME: BrooklynVegan has another free day party today , this one [...]
The CMJ day parties really kick into gear today. I'm sure I'm forgetting something on this list. I left off a paid early show ($10 at Santos Party House), and CMJ's official Happy Hour at Brooklyn Brewery, which you need a badge to get into; however, I did include Spin's party, which you had to RSVP for even though that list is now closed. CHOUETTE DAY PARTY AT CAKE SHOP (Noon-7PM): Forest Fire (5th), Sian Alice Group (4th), Juliana Barwick (3rd), Theo Angell (2nd), High Life (1st) PLANETARY GROUP/FUTURE [...]
Recommended Show: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2009 SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS @ MUSIC HALL OF WILLIAMSBURG 66 North 6th Street Brooklyn, NY 11211 $20, 8PM With this being the start of the weekend and CMJ still going on, there should be some good shows tonight. There are some pretty good ones, but nothing so amazing as to be obvious. However, School of Seven Bells performance at Music Hall of Williamsburg tonight should be pretty memorable--and just off the beaten path enough that badge holders MIGHT be able to get in without too much hassle. [...]
This is the second time I'm doing this kind of shorties post, and it may show that I'm better than I thought on consistency... During a week, I post a lot of news and finds on my twitter @eardrums and I get a lot of email that never gets published on the blog. I'll try to post some of it here + give you some recommendations to new releases you should buy. Let's start with some "VERY SHORTIES" and below this, you will find a lot of free goodies and music recommendations: [...]
Well look at that, It's already that time of year again: C - M - J ! Version 2009 to be precise. And you know the last thing we want is to send you off into the trenches unprepared and indecisive, which is why we're back again with yet another comprehensive plan of action/preview/treasure trove of MP3s to help nudge you through the week ahead. Just as with prior CMJ and SXSW previews, we listed only one show for each recommended band. Most of the bands listed here are playing several – if [...]
Heavy Trash @ Mercury Lounge in June ( more by Tim Griffin ) tonight in NYC * Iggy Pop @ Barnes & Noble * The Raveonettes @ Maxwell's * Nick Lowe, Bill Kirchen @ City Winery * Digable Planets members @ Southpaw * Kylie Minogue @ Hammerstein Ballroom * Former Ghost, Silk Flowers @ Monkey Town * Lucky Dragons, Rose Lowder @ [...]
Recommended Show: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2009 RAVENS AND CHIMES @ PIANOS 158 Ludlow St Manhattan, NY 10002 $8, 8PM New York's Ravens and Chimes play a hometown gig tonight at Pianos. The band have been going through a few personnel changes recently, and though I've yet to see them with the new lineup, I'm sure they are as good as ever. Openers include Royalties, Wires in the Walls, and Hollands. Ravens and Chimes probably won't be on until 11 or so. Clem Snide @ Mercury Lounge Indian Jewelry @ Glasslands Built To [...]
[mp3] The Roadside Graves: "Far and Wide" [mp3] The Parson Red Heads: "You can Leave It" [mp3] The Parson Red Heads: "Burning Up The Sky" Photos by Karp So, the age old adage held true: never see a show at Lit Lounge. Such was the case again on Saturday night. While both bands, California's The Parson Red Heads and New Jersey's Roadside Graves were both in [...]
Image by Daniele Young taken from the Afternoon Naps MySpace Welcome to day three of psych pop week here at the Finest Kiss. No we won't be going down memory lane talking about bands like the West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band , Love , Left Bank , the Elephant 6 Collective , or Witch Hazel . Instead we'll be covering some new records that dip their feet into the psychedelic ink jar. Day three takes us to Cleveland, Ohio and the Afternoon Naps [...]
Bringing a bit of the west coast's finest homegrown to the east, comes L.A. band The Parson Red Heads on a short stint with several NYC dates. See you there. audio: Raymond You Got It All dates: Oct 6 KCRW presents: Spaceland w/ Robyn Hitchcock and the Venus 3 Silver Lake, California Oct 9 The Court Tavern w/ Roadside Graves New Brunswick, New Jersey Oct 10 [...]
ØYA FESTIVAL AND OH MY ROCKNESS ANNOUNCE LINEUP FOR CMJ SHOWCASE AT SANTOS PARTY HOUSE 10/21 Including performances from I Was a King, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Ungdomskulen, Deastro and Many More! Øya Festival (Oslo) and Oh My Rockness are teaming up once again for another fantastic collaboration at this year's CMJ Music Marathon '09. Bringing together some of the best up-and-coming Norwegian and US talent, Øya maintains its unsurpassed reputation for being up-to-date on modern music, joining forces with tastemakers Oh My Rockness to curate a CMJ '09 showcase at Santos Party House [96 Lafayette St.], [...]
by Bill Pearis DOWNLOAD : Brown Recluse - Night Train (MP3) DOWNLOAD : Brown Recluse - Contour and Context (MP3) Philadelphia septet Brown Recluse play Sunday night (9/27) at Cake Shop , hot on the heels of their new EP The Soft Skin which was just released on Slumberland. It's sunny orch-pop in the same vein as '60s band The Zombies, The Sneetches, [...]
not this rain It has been raining here since Wednesday. That's all the reason I need to search my hard drive for songs with the word 'rain' in the title, then arrange them into an aurally-pleasing package. Enjoy. 01) The Temptations - I Wish It Would Rain 02) The Clientele - Rain 03) Richard Hawley - Early Morning Rain 04) Thom Yorke - And It Rained All Night 05) The Ladybug Transistor - Like A Summer Rain [...]
The Ladybug Transistor - Here Comes The Rain (Note: This isn't particularly random - I posted this for a reason. You'll find out why tomorrow.)
Back before Myspace, bands would record whole albums onto a Tascam 4 –track tape recorder; yeah that's right kids, tapes! If you wanted to check out a new band, you literally had to mail order a tape, and then fast forward through the shit. Nowadays, of course you can tell a band is shit from their Myspace profile picture and from how long it takes to load their page. Anyhoot, the Elephant 6 Recording Company was a group of guys who began recording lo-fi tapes in their bedrooms and trading music with their friends. This led [...]
Frank Yang Just to be clear: I had absolutely no intention of going to any shows this past weekend whilst in New York City. Yes, I checked to see what was playing over the long weekend and certainly would have hit something up if it were appealing, but taking a break from standing around in Toronto clubs till the wee hours of the morning by standing around in New York clubs till the wee hours of the morning is not my idea of a vacation. However, a chat with Soundbites on Saturday afternoon [...]
Warm Up @ PS1 on July 4th - the last one is today ( more by Zach Dilgard ) tonight in NYC * Warp20 Films @ New Museum * Rockabilly Fest @ Coney Island * Dr. Lonnie Smith Trio @ Jazz Standard * Warm Up w/ Rong Music & Glenn Branca @ PS1 * Benjy Ferree, The Black Hollies @ Mercury Lounge * Talib Kweli & [...]
Vampire Weekend - Cousins
WKND PLYLST!! This has nothing to do with NEW MOON!
Bobby B's Top 50 Albums Of The Decade (#25-21)
new music from vampire weekend – cousins + music video
