
The Casket Lottery , who reunited earlier this year to play two shows with Small Brown Bike, have announced plans for a new full-length. The band will start recording this weekend at Blacklodge with longtime producer Ed Rose. The Midwest emo act last released the Smoke and Mirrors EP in 2004. Their last full-length was 2002's Survival Is for Cowards . No word on a label, but Second Nature has handled the vast majority of the band's catalog thus far.
Because I knew it was going to be a long crazy weekend, I decided to begin my Friday night with a little calm before the storm: a couple ice-cold beers during the sound check at RecordBar. As I... Continue reading "Middle of the Map Fest, night one: the Casket Lottery, Minden, A Lull, and more" >

Small Brown Bike have announced shows in Chicago and Michigan with friends the Casket Lottery , who themselves will be playing for the first time since February 2006 . The two bands released a well-received split/collaborative EP in 2002. Small Brown Bike is set to release their first album since initially reuniting in 2009. The record is titled Fell & Found and is due out April 26, 2011 . Stay tuned for an exclusive song premiere on our podcast.

Me reviewing my photo during Human Eye set, photo taken by John Bodnar , 2009 Today is Gigawave's three-year anniversary, which also marks the day that Turbo Fruits return to the Replay Lounge this year. Therefore, one of the songs off Echo Kid starts out the mix. I originally made this mix as a birthday present to myself, but it's been a hectic week so I kept forgetting to post it until now. A mish-mash of my favorite songs, songs relating to summer or partying, and songs relating to, well, aging. [...]
Ohio Price Ltd. posted pictures to Photobucket of every single Casket Lottery release ever. You can view the gallery here. It's impressive, containing each and every variant of everything the Ca... Continue reading "View the Complete Casket Lottery Discography" >

Maybe I'm just getting old, but THE APPLESEED CAST 's latest output, Sagarmatha , features some of the most unintelligible vocals I've ever heard on record. This is not to say that I don't enjoy the said mouth-filled-with-marbles vocal stylings, but I think I prefer the off-key yelping of The End of the Ring Wars or the emo-tastic output that was Low Level Owl Vol. 1 & 2 (which, by the way, is an absolutely FANTASTIC 4 disc vinyl set... but I digress). Apparently, Sagarmatha was meant to be an entirely instrumental EP only [...]

SIDE A 1. Sunny Day Real Estate - In Circles 2. Knapsack - Hummingbirds 3. Mineral - Parking Lot 4. Texas Is The Reason - Johnny On The Spot 5. The Appleseed Cast - Marigold & Patchwork 6. Jets To Brazil - Morning New Disease 7. Saves The Day - Freakish 8. Jimmy Eat World - Crush SIDE B [...]