Thanks Cannibal Cheerleader faithful for another year - here's to much more blood, guts, and rock 'n roll in the future. Now onto the madness... As a staunch defender of actors' ventures into the world of indie-rock Cannibal Cheerleader has proven to be an unapologetic apologist. We stand by our love of Scarlett Johansson's Anywhere I Lay My Head and all of her subsequent work with other artists as well. So when we began to read stories on Ryan Gosling's foray into the music realm, complete with articles [...]
With each subsequent, sonorous release the ravenous Raveonettes continue to reinvent themselves - whether they be shoegaze saviors such as on Lust, Lust, Lust or rock revivalists like on Pretty in Black , it's never the same thing twice and In & Out of Control remains as no exception. In creating a haunting and lo-fi pop album reminiscient of driving fast down dark roads, scarf waving behind you as a brooding blonde smokes in the passenger seat, Sune Wagner and Sharin Foo might have crafted their finest release yet. With songs that feel [...]
Watching the rabid gyrations of Karen O perform at the Austin City Limits Festival earlier this month with the Yeah Yeah Yeahs stunned us at Cannibal Cheerleader so completely, so devastatingly as to inspire a month-long self-imposed exile from the blogging community. The blazingly electric setlist, featuring carnal classics like "Gold Lion" and "Maps", new-wave crooners like "Skeletons" and "Runaway", and neurotically ferocious takes on barn-burners such as "Date With the Night" and "Dull Life", may go down as so utterly picture-perfect as to inspire every other band to call it a day. [...]
The behavior of Alice Glass is legendary - from her stage-diving antics at the past month's Reading Festival that resulted in her needing to be rescued by security, to the cancellation of this year's Crystal Castles performance in Dallas (at least we got to see 'em here in Austin!). And while we probably won't be hearing new material from the group anytime soon, their live performances, for all their voracious volatility, are a sight and sound to behold. Which makes all the more sense that Cannibal Cheerleader, your source for Crystal Castles news since [...]
Stop the presses, throw your phone into the lake, unplug your internet right this very instance because with their sophomore LP Forget the Night Ahead Scotland's the Twilight Sad have accomplished the impossible and crafted a swirling, haunting, incredible followup to their already seminal debut Fourteen Autumns, Fifteen Winters . Why are you reading this and not listening to this album? Delivering on the promise of the fantastic early singles "I Became a Prostitute" and "Reflection of the Television", Forget the Night Ahead feels in many ways a tighter, more furiously focused record in contrast [...]
ARCTIC MONKEYS REVEAL HUMBUG Since we last left you Cannibal Cheerleader faithful the word on the street was still pretty sketchy on the details of the newest Arctic Monkeys LP. My how the times have changed. Seems as if the boys from Sheffield have been busy, releasing everything from the album cover (the hazy, retro image you see up there), to the title (the aforementioned, classically understated, and undeniably British Humbug ), to the tracklist (the terse ten-song list you see below). [...]
STARS RECORDING NEW ALBUM. Exciting new update from the Stars camp, our favorite Canadian indie-pop collective who have been leaking material at a satisfying drip, including last year's delectable treat the Sad Robots EP . Looks as if the group has a new album in the works, tentatively titled The Black House, The Blue Sky , and it's being recorded in the same studio where the likes of Godspeed! You Black Emperor committed their hits to tape. This album also marks the return of Set Yourself [...]
GLASS CANDY RARITIES FOR FREE. Long-standing Cannibal Cheerleader favorites Glass Candy have been ripping their brand of haunted disco for over a decade now, and as one might imagine the duo of Ida No and Johnny Jewel have racked up quite the collection of recordings to show for it, given the group's penchant for Tour CDRs available only at live shows. Dozens of tracks remain hidden except to the select few who were lucky enough to be at some of the group's earliest shows when the group was still [...]
NEW LISSY TRULLIE VIDEO Don't mean to post two Lissy Trullie updates in a row, but the NYC starlets have a new video up on their Myspace . It's an EPK for their "Boy Boy" single and it features some pretty sweet live footage and behind the scenes looks so it's definitely worth checking out. The Self-Taught Learner EP is shaping up to be one of our favorite releases of the year so far! Lissy Trullie - [...]
COMPREHENSIVE YYY LIVE VIDEO GUIDE We here at Cannibal Cheerleader love live music and we really love NYC art-rockers the Yeah Yeah Yeahs . So when we heard that the terrific trio were playing not only last Saturday's SNL but an entire week of TV appearances, we decided to hold off on posting the live stuff until we could put together a comprehensive guide to all the vids. Below you'll find all the goods as the band promotes their new, already seminal LP It's Blitz! [...]
BOTH SIDES OF CRYSTAL CANCELLED STORY We reported this morning that Crystal Castles were not allowed to play their Dallas gig because the venue was afraid CC would "blow up the soundsystem". However, looks like Mike Schoder of the Granada Theater is flipping the story on the band, offering this to say ( via ): "Let me start with a definition: Prima donna: Prima donnas cannot help the way they are because their parents spoiled them and they are still developing their [...]
CRYSTAL CASTLES IN AUSTIN Bloodshed and mayhem in Austin, Texas as Cannibal Cheerleader faves Crystal Castles ripped and snarled their way through a brief but electric set at La Zona Rosa. Thrashing through new tracks such as "Baptism" and "Yes/No" with reckless abandon while adding a new level of live carnage to their classics such as " Crimewave " and "Black Panther". For all the grinding, dancing, and pulsating of the mostly underage Austin (hipster?) crowd, the music raged like a punk slaughterhouse, flaming with intense rhythms that [...]
FREE CRYSTAL CASTLES IN AUSTIN TIX! Hey Cannibal Cheerleader faithful, if you've been following us for any length of time you know we're absolutely obsessed with thrash-electro artists Crystal Castles . Turns out Crystal Castles are fans of Cannibal Cheerleader as well! That's why they're giving us FOUR FREE TICKETS to tomorrow's (Monday April 13th) show at La Zona Rosa here in Austin, Texas! If you want one leave a comment on this post with [...]
PREY FOR SLEEP - BLOOD BATH Pounding out the riffs with a stampede of fury, Austin's own Prey For Sleep definitely woke up fans midway through the Cannibal Cheerleader Blood Bath SXSW day party last week. Featuring songs from their debut LP as well as their extremely limited Forever Dies Today EP , PFS shook the walls and almost collapsed the chandeliers of the tiny Peacock bar. A long-time Cannibal Cheerleader favorite, Prey For Sleep [...]
TREASURE MAMMAL - BLOOD BATH If you're familiar with the Cannibal Cheerleader cult at all you'll know we count ourselves among the biggest devotees of Phoenix's favorite son Treasure Mammal aka Abe Gil. With experimental tendencies wrapped in electronic warbles coated in inspirational by-way-off ridiculous lyrics packaged in a hip-hop candy coating, T. Mammal defies easy definition, as his performance at our Cannibal Cheerleader Blood Bath clearly demonstrated. Blasting through some unbelievably awesome new tracks, Abe left the audience at the Peacock literally speechless. [...]
THE WHISPERTOWN 2000 - BLOOD BATH The Cannibal Cheerleader Blood Bath recap continues with the Whispertown 2000 , who put on an absolutely electric show last Wednesday at the Peacock in Downtown Austin. One of several stops on the band's SXSW day party roundup, Morgan Nagler and company still managed to bring down the house with songs old and new, including several excellent cuts from their latest LP Swim . Speaking to Morgan at [...]
THE ACTION DESIGN - BLOOD BATH Regular readers of Cannibal Cheerleader will be familiar with one of our favorite acts the Action Design who played our inaugural Blood Bath SXSW day party a week ago. The band rocketed through a seven song set of classics, even throwing in a Misfits cover for good measure! Seriously, this group bleeds cool in classic style and got the whole of the Peacock dancing in fine form. This group has come a long way since Tsunami Bomb and because of that we feel they'll [...]
BLOOD BATH RECAP Hey Cannibal Cheerleader faithful, sorry for the delay but we've got videos and pictures from last week's killer Blood Bath SXSW day party, starting with this bloody awesome collage video of the whole event, featuring Rolo Tomassi , the Action Design , the Whispertown 2000 , Treasure Mammal , Prey For Sleep , Agent Ribbons , and Vermillion Lies . If you weren't there you're probably already torn apart mercilessly, but if you were and want to recap, [...]
SXSW BLEEDS AUSTIN DRY ...and we love it. Definitely having a great time here at SXSW, Rolo Tomassi melted our faces off at their first US show ever at the Cannibal Cheerleader Blood Bath, Lissy Trullie left us starry-eyed at Red 7, the Hold Steady played their first ever dual-header with Lucero , M. Ward and the Cold War Kids burned up Auditorium Shores, and that's of course just the tip of the iceberg. [...]
TOMORROW: CANNIBAL CHEERLEADER BLOOD BATH Wednesday March 18th. The Peacock, 515 Pedernales. Austin. 12-6pm. Free, 18+. Rolo Tomassi, Whispertown 2000, The Action Design, Prey For Sleep, Agent Ribbons, Treasure Mammal, Vermillion Lies. The Behemoth approaches. Be there tomorrow or be torn apart mercilessly. Rolo Tomassi - "Film Noir" ****************************** ****************************** ******** INTERVIEW WITH KYLESA'S LAURA PLEASANTS [...]
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