Eddy Current Suppression Ring, in relative terms, have been firing beams of blistering garage rock from the rocky climes of Australia for a good while. With most bands, hell every band, as soon as the first album is cooling on the rack I'm already worried that the second album isn't going to be able capture [...]
BOAT ::: photo by Josh Lovseth It's weird how hard we tried to be "cool" when we we're adolescents searching for the slightest hint of identity. "What can I do to accepted by the invisible powers that be?" I'll buy that Tommy Hilfiger shirt because I saw Snoop Dogg wear it on television during Saturday Night [...]
Chicago, het schijnt er winderig te zijn. Ehm.. Heb ik eigenlijk een reden nodig om onderstaande nummer te delen? (Ben geen meester in retoriek maar luister toch maar even..) Ben Ottewell - Chicago Ben Ottewell dus, normaal gesproken van Gomez maar nu even alleen . Ja Common en Sufjan daar zijn we even stil van hè?
Of brengt eigenlijk, want de band brengt het 'het eerste krantenalbum ooit' uit. Kost je 50 Benjamin Franklins maar dan heb je ook wat: twee LP's, een CD en een krant dus, die gevuld is met honderden grote en kleinere kunstwerkjes. En omdat dat ze lastig op je iPod te zetten is, wordt er ook nog een digitale versie meegeleverd. En die digitale versie, die heeft Radiohead doodleuk een dag eerder dan verwacht op de website gezet. Nu te koop dus . En om je weekend goed te laten beginnen, hier alvast de eerste single van [...]

[image by Songbirdnest ] After a heavy month of January which saw our continued capture of some excellent concerts, we ended the month with our first live streaming show - hopefully the first of many to come. Recently there have been a bulk of new announced shows, so its time to update the schedule. What a list. I hope we can do it all! [Below is the updated schedule. We expect to attend and record these events. However, circumstances will prevent some of these from being done, and others will [...]

[photo by Kevin Kaim from Duke Street Blog ] While the critically easy way to approach The Moondoggies is to describe them as another in the line of Northwest "beardo" bands (i.e. Fleet Foxes, Band of Horses), their high-energy show at The Rock Shop on Sunday demonstrated their versatility and unwillingness to be pigeonholed. As the band opened with one of their oldest songs "Keep Her On The Line", the folk rock strumming was forefront, but as the set progressed, the variety of styles and influences were diverse. "Its A Shame" [...]
It wasn't but a couple of days ago that The Showbox announced on their Twitter that local emcee and Sound on the Sound MVP Macklemore would be making his first headlining appearance February 25th. Now it looks like The Showbox might need to consider giving Macklemore a second night, as he's sold out one of [...]
It wasn't but a couple of days ago that The Showbox announced on their Twitter that local emcee and Sound on the Sound MVP Macklemore would be making his first headlining appearance February 25th. Now it looks like The Showbox might need to consider giving Macklemore a second night, as he's sold out one of [...]

Here goes our new fav track off Cudder's Mr. Rager stinkbomb. Mr. Mescudi trades verses with GLC (This beat fits his flow like glove. Think "Drive Slow".) and fellow 2162er and world's coolest human Chip Tha Rip. Nicole Wray (BlakRoc) adds a sultry vocal hook. Smooth. Kid Cudi - The End (feat. GLC, Chip Tha Ripper, Nicole Wray) info / buy it rating: 8.3
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Wild Orchid Children ::: photo by Abbey Simmons Do you remember your first time? Of course, how could you forget? You were so happy, drunk and nervous that you couldn't untie your high-top Chuck Taylor's. You actually fell over at one point wrestling with your own right foot. Your then girlfriend, who was always a team [...]

The last few weeks have been busy on my end, prompting us to stick to thematic posts and reposts. But the floodgates never close on the inbox passalongs and blogsources - and with almost three years of posts under our lifebelts, the rising tide of flotsam and jetsam falls easily into line with the water table. Looks like it's high time for another edition of our popular (Re)Covered series, featuring new and newly-discovered songs that bobbed to the surface just a little too late to make it into the original posts where [...]

Everyone is familiar with the widely popular week of Discovery Channel programming deemed Shark Week. But around here we're not very into the animal kingdom, unless it involves kicking the shit out of a labradoodle . The solution: SNARK WEEK! Let the Snark begin! - We're really going to miss Brett Favre and his Wrangler Jeans. - Once you perform fellatio for money, you're a prostitute. Once you perform fellatio for money and let someone film it, you're doing porn. Once you perform fellatio for money, let someone film it, and land a recurring role [...]
Can't tell you if this new video from Woods for their excellent track "Death Rattle" features a bunch of pagans celebrating the death of god in the forest or if it's a bunch of LARPers casting imaginary fireballs and beheading invisible owlbears. Regardless, a fine song and curious video.
Can't tell you if this new video from Woods for their excellent track "Death Rattle" features a bunch of pagans celebrating the death of god in the forest or if it's a bunch of LARPers casting imaginary fireballs and beheading invisible owlbears. Regardless, a fine song and curious video.

Cher Steve Mason , tu crois sincèrement t'en tirer comme ça ? D'une chiquenaude confinant à la minauderie ? Tu penses nous semer, nous faire oublier qui tu es ? De King Biscuit Time à Black Affairs , tu imagines que l'on n'a pas démasqué la supercherie ? Te tapir dans l'ombre reste pourtant l'une de tes meilleures idées tant tes ersatz euphorisant ne vaudront jamais une demi-mesure de ton Beta Band galvaudé et très tôt mis à mal. Comment ne pas haïr ta mièvrerie désormais resplendissante, collant à tes basques telle une ombre ostentatoire à ton talent ? Va-t-on t'excuser en [...]

His collaboration project with Damian "Junior Gong" Marley as described by Nas himself is neither Reggae nor Hip-Hop , but perhaps World Music ... Highlanda Sound has previewed a few cuts off the album on their DaFlavaRadio.com Dancehall Now radio show with tumultuous response from listeners. Could this be the album to really change the game? One thing is for sure - Everyone will certainly be at least curious enough to have an opinion. Here's a [...]
Catch 'em at: 7/13/10 - First Avenue (Minneapolis, MN) 7/14/10 - High Noon Salon (Madison, WI) 7/15/10 - Turner Hall (Milwaukee, WI) 7/16/10 - Pitchfork Music Festival (Chicago, IL) 7/17/10 - Magic Stick (Detroit, MI) 7/18/10 - The Southgate House (Newport, KY) 7/20/10 - Exit/In (Nashville, TN) 7/21/10 - Rhino's Youth Center (Bloomington, IN) 7/22/10 - Firebird (St Louis, MO) 7/23/10 - Bottleneck (Lawrence, KS) 7/24/10 [...]

could it be? seriously?! wow it is. we're back AGAIN, IN THE MIX! and while Record Store Day has some SERIOUS shit in straight lockdown until tomorrow, B3sci's got some killer new stuff to sink your teeth into in the mean time. hmm, let's see what we've got here.. The Heartbreaks - Liar, My Dear myspace buy it The Heartbreaks are a new manchester band helping keep the tradition alive. need we say more? Little Brother - Tigallo For [...]