Tagged: jonathanrichmond

Recently, A Place to Bury Strangers came to The Empty Bottle in Chicago to play a show. After their performance, Oliver, Robbie and Dion were cool enough to grant some interview time with friend of VS, Birdie Garcia . Violent Success: Nice to meet you guys, you put on a hell of a performance tonight! APTBS: Nice to meet you. Cool! VS: You really know how to put on a show... [...]

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• Jonathan Richman - As We Walk to Fenway Park in Boston Town

Chris Sanchez Hanni El Khatib "Loved One" (from "Build. Destroy. Rebuild" 73 out now on Innovative Leisure ) Hanni El Khatib’s blend of ’60s garage rock, soul, and blues is everything I like in music, boiled down to its absolute rawest minimum. “Build. Destroy. Rebuild” is the second blistering single off his upcoming album, Will the Guns Come Out , and is a ripping anthem about the destruction and resurrection of a city that channels the anger of young Jonathan Richman—yeah, you remember [...]

• Hanni El Khatib - Loved One

Top shows on a night the show schedule makes my little old head spin: ► Eastern Conference Champions celebrates the release of its new "Akustiks" EP [sample those wares here ] at the Hotel Cafe, joined by Beautiful Small Machines . ► Passion Pit (pictured) headlines the Palladium on a stacked bill that includes new Sub Pop signing Mister Heavenly (Nick Diamond of Islands and Honus Honus of Man Man, with Michael Cera playing bass ) along with very good local bands We Barbarians [...]

Skuffed Up My Huffy , Japanther ’s 2007 album, is probably one of my favorite albums ever. Like the movie 300 or the Adult Swim cartoon Spaceghost Coast to Coast , Skuffed Up My Huffy was awesome simply because it was awesome. Its lo-fi production perfectly suited the drums-bass-synth-vocals get-up of Japanther and the campy little sound clips throughout made the album a beautiful pop-culture pastiche encompassing everything awesome about indie rock, lo-fi cassette culture (it lives on!...sorta…) and Brooklyn. Tut Tut Now Shake Ya Butt [...]