by Bill Pearis DOWNLOAD: The Cribs - We Were Aborted (MP3) DOWNLOAD : BOAT - Prince of Tacoma (MP3) DOWNLOAD : BOAT - We've Been Friends Since 1989 (MP3) DOWNLOAD : BOAT - Lately (MP3) DOWNLOAD : BOAT - I'm a Donkey for Your Love (MP3) DOWNLOAD : BOAT - Last Cans of Paint (MP3) DOWNLOAD : Pants Yell! - Cold Hands [...]

From November 1st through 22nd Performa organization is clobbering this town with it's third series of events. Over 110 of them in fact, spread out over 80 venues, all blurring lines between art, dance, music, film, graphic design and even some culinary action, magic, and Polish Futurism. It's an impressive calendar. A few events are especially exciting amongst WFMU staffers, one of which is a two night stand at the Gramercy Theater November 20-21 curated by renowned artist Mike Kelley ( whose grown-man-baby-at Burning Man odyssey I just caught at SculptureCenter [...]
It's going to be a busy week of music and traveling. First, I'm off to Seattle to see Ben Folds perform tonight with the Seattle Symphony Orchestra at Benaroya Hall! Then tomorrow morning I'm catching a flight to San Francisco to meet up with my dad. We're going to the Bridge School Benefit concerts in Mountain View on the weekend, a gift from my sister and I to celebrate his 60th birthday. He's a big Neil Young fan, though I'm pretty sure this will be the first time seeing him live. In between, I'll also [...]

Yes. This is a freaking Pitchfork re-post again. Don't hate the player hate the game. A list such as this is invaluable to avid music buyers, hence why we are imparting iy onto you, our loyal readers. Keeping it short, but some upcoming releases of highlight include: Alela Diane: Alela and Alina EP ; Blitzen Trapper: Black River Killer 12" EP ; Jemina Pearl : Break It Up ; Kurt Vile: Childish Prodigy; Music Go Music: Expressions and TONS more after jump. We conceited music bloggers sometimes [...]

Bairro Alto Lisbon , Nick's camera Audiopleasures Mixtape Mp3 | !!! - must be the moon [ Hot Chip mix ] Mp3 | Atlas Sound Feat. Panda Bear - Walkabout Mp3 | Delphic -This-Momentary [ Golden Bug mix ] Mp3 | Freeland - Rock On [ Siriusmo mix ] Mp3 | Friendly Fires - Paris Mp3 | Klaxons - Golden Skans [ SebastiAn Mix ] Mp3 | lcd Soundsystem - Tribulations [...]
If you're going to call your latest album the heaviest of your career, you'd better deliver. For the Omaha born, LA - bred group, 311 , that's exactly what they called their ninth studio release, Uplifter . Though, come to think of it, you'd have to think pretty hard about what the band's definition of heavy actually is: More straight head rock riffs? Check. An obvious capitalization on the current trend of indie rock? Check. Futile attempts in trying to emulate a Jamaican accent to match their affection for reggae? Well..... To be fair, the quintet [...]

wir hatten erst kürzlich auf hometapes aufmerksam gemacht, den zusammenhang stellten megafaun her. sie reiten ihrem neuen album entgegen, hometapes hievten sie dafür auf die gäule. dass das label eine menge mehr draufhat, wollen wir beweisen, in dem wir Euch einige der angebotenen pretiosen zu gehör bringen. ich möchte dabei kaum mehr auf die einzelnen kapellen eingehen, weil doch die musik deutlich für sich spricht. außerdem hat die erfahrung gezeigt, dass die viele arbeit ohne reflexion blieb. das ist es dann nicht unbedingt wert. ansonsten gilt es auf [...]

My pet theory regarding the demise of the Neanderthals is that they were the victim of our Paleolithic ancestors' more murderous impulses. I know that this sort of flies in the face of the shiny happy sentiment of my post last week regarding the inherent 'goodness' of human nature , but I'm nothing if not idiosyncratic. This theory, let's call it the genocide hypothesis, isn't a very good hypothesis in the sense that there is neither much published data nor archaeological evidence to support it. But then I'm not a very good scientist - just ask my [...]
The inherent limitation of rock or pop music is that it's virtually impossible to evoke a mood in a four minute song. Generally musicians try to appear deep by telling us, "you're hot then you're cold" or the sage advice, "do you know your enemy" (repeat 10 times, then go to the bridge). For a band to write music that can create a mood or create an epic soundscape, seems to be a lost art. With one tremendous exception: Calla. Calla has been creating the soundtrack of our lives since their eponymous first album in 1999. When you [...]

IndieTracks! The track listing for the 2009's Indietracks Festival CD has been announced. All of the bands featured on the CD will appear at the indiepop festival in Derbyshire which runs from 24 - 26 July. Full tracklisting: CD1 01 Friends - You'll Never See That Summertime Again 02 Downdime - Lessons 03 Emmy The Great - Short Country Song 04 [...]
As a parting thought before I disappear to the lonely midwest, I'd like to share some music with all of you. A couple months ago I made a mixtape for my friend Marissa because I missed her and like sharing music with her, but as the weeks have gone on, this collection of songs has come to define this mood that I can't shake. While the songs aren't necessarily sad, they are definitely dark and somber in tone. Not the greatest sales pitch, I know, but these tunes won't bring you down unless you let them. [...]

Just a reminder, we're throwing our FIRST show this Saturday at La Zona Rosa . We've handpicked an outstanding lineup for you! On the bill: Ume from Austin, True Widow from Dallas, and The White White Lights from Austin. RSVP at Do512.com for $5 entrance or pay an $8 cover at the door. The doors open at 9 and the show starts at 10. Ume - Sunshower (mp3) True Widow - [...]
A rigid motorcycle ride, down the unkempt sprawl of Atlanta, full of three Red Bulls, brought me to the sunny day record store show at Criminal Records, now in the center of Little Five Points. But if you're like me, and you wheeled down the strip, you would have had the chance for a fifteen-dollar certificate for Vortex. I cruised around the block in a "T-Sizzle," as my driver so aptly dubbed the model of a Scion I would never purchase. A short drift around the block later, I found myself indulging in the oral orgasm of a free Vortex [...]
hometapes : "…that makes me realize every day the freedom I'm fighting for." - Nadine Nakanishi Nick Butcher and Nadine Nakanishi are SONNENZIMMER . Based in Chicago, they've been a part of the family for almost as long as we can remember…always orbiting nearly a half-continent away, always making things that knock us clean off our feet and into artistic ecstasy. And that's just when we look at their website. Daniel Sinker, founder of the late, [...]

The Zombies - Live at the London Shepherd's Bush Empire, 7th March 2008 Left to right: Hugh Grundy, Colin Blunstone, Chris White, Rod Argent photo: © 2008 Nick Wood When Rod Argent and Colin Blunstone of The Zombies ambled on stage at the London Shepherd's Bush Empire in London, March 7th 2008, for the first night of their three night stand performing Odessey and Oracle in its entirety, the audience had to wait a bit longer. First they got the Zombies Touring Band playing Zombies cuts, [...]

On board with Mr Roy Brown ! Born Roy James Brown in New Orleans, Brown started as a gospel singer and after a move to Los Angeles some time in the 1940s, and a brief period spent as a professional boxer in the welterweight category, he won a singing contest in 1945 at the Million Dollar Theater covering "There's No You" by Bing Crosby. Brown and his band "The Mighty Men" were spectacular performers, with the kind of crowd pleasing stage histrionics for which Little Richard would soon be famous ! Unfortunately, tastes changed and Brown could not keep [...]

Shapes are not for the weak-hearted. If you survived the genius of their last EP 'Get Your Learn On' then you'll already know what I mean. But for those of you unfamiliar, Shapes - hailing from Birmingham - play a devastating blend of math, punk and hardcore which has recently earnt them a place with legendary indie label Big Scary Monsters. Think fellow Birmingham band Blakfish but more technical, or a harder, faster Pulled Apart By Horses, and you'd be getting close to their sound. But most pleasing to the ear was the gang [...]

IndieTracks Folk popster Emmy the Great is to headline this year's Indietracks festival. The London-based singer-songwriter, who will play on the Indoor Stage, is the second headline act to be announced for Indietracks alongside Camera Obscura . The festival, held on 24-26 July, 2009, takes place in the grounds of a picturesque 1950s steam railway in Derbyshire. Emmy will be joined by the hotly-tipped Butcher Boy, scuzzy guitar-lovers The Manhattan [...]
A gift for the 'small few'.

Bonjour à bonne année à tous ! Après 3 semaines de vacances, c'est le retour à la réalité et au Web ! Le mois de décembre est souvent chargé et dédié à des écoutes d'albums dont on a entendu parler pendant l'année mais que l'on a pas encore eu le temps ou l'envie d'écouter. Alors on s'empresse de les écouter pour être sûr de ne rien oublier pour faire son Top de fin d'année. Ça tombe bien car niveau sorties, c'était assez pauvre en décembre 2008. Voici, en quelques miCroCroniques , ce qui est passé [...]