SXSW began on Friday, and my original plan was to just put the site on break until it came to an end. Over the weekend, though, I realized this idea was no fun for those of you not attending the festival, so here's 10 tracks to listen to while we're away. Enjoy. : The Appleseed Cast - Great Lake Derelict : The Appleseed Cast are responsible for Low Level Owl , one of my favorite albums of all time, and because of that I'll always be in their corner. With that being said, I do [...]

Austin, TX anthemic indie-pop band The Laughing premiere the first single from their forthcoming new album. This track, "Disappear" is culled from the quartet's sophomore full length, Oscillation, set for release this summer. Download Disappear Free Music, Every Day. Subscribe to the Daily Dose . The Laughing [...]
New anthemic indie pop from Austin, Texas band The Laughing. The Laughing is the project led by singer/guitarist Logan Middleton. The band is set to release its sophomore full-length, Oscillation, this summer, giving...
Toronto's Laugh At The Fakes has checked in with the following statement about parting ways with drummer Julian Craig: "It's our unfortunate duty to confirm today that the group is moving forward without the service of Julian Craig any longer. "We all thank him and appreciate his time here and all of the accomplishments we achieved with him. ... Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

One thing I realized once after watching Danny Brown's crowing laughter is that if you're ever in a bad mood, just watching other people crack up can make you feel better. It's a fun way to trick your brain into making you feel happy even though you are really miserable! Here are some of our favorite and least favorite musicians and their funny, silly, crazy laughs. LOL ROFL Lil B Sometimes you can't really tell if someone is crazy and then you hear their laugh and you're like, "Damn, they are fucking crazy." Jay-Z Jay-Z [...]

New Year's Eve? Plans? Perennial local favorites The Sour Notes a re throwing another one of their epic New Years Eve parties . And Yeah, you're invited to hang out with them, Deep Time , Hundred Visions , Pompeii , Love Inks , The Laughing , and Mirror Travel for a night of fun and frolic at Cheer Up Charlie's . Cool. Meanwhile, over at Frontier Bar , Slacker Magazine [...]
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You can listen to and/or download the podcast here free as well as from iTunes. Don't be waiting ya bastards!! Go. Do it now. What are you? Deaf? MOVE!!!! DOWNLOAD!!! NOW!!!! As you all well know by now, these boys have been a significant part of my adult life. From day 1 at CFNY (now Edge 102.1 Toronto) through their departure and torturous years apart and finally to their blessed reunion with life stories, farting and perilous duties of many interns, I have followed. They are a unique combination of comfort and [...]

Sofia Talvik @ The Laughing Goat, Boulder, CO - 08/25/2012 Pictures from the Drivin' & Dreaming Tour View on Facebook [...]
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You have to love a photographer that manages to capture all the beautiful depravity that goes down in the underbelly of a big city. Pretty much regardless of the era or the location, it's out there, as long you're looking hard enough. Granted, my knowledge of Tokyo in the '70s is limited, but from what I can tell, folks were getting down in the park. Frequenting Tokyo's Shinjuku, Yoyogi and Aoyama parks, photographer Kohei Yoshiyuki documented some of the city's more adventurous citizens in action, as well as a handful of their secret-and, apparently, sometimes not-so-secret- spectators. Armed with 35mm [...]

“Once a little boy sent me a charming card with a little drawing on it. I loved it. I answer all my children’s letters — sometimes very hastily — but this one I lingered over. I sent him a card and I drew a picture of a Wild Thing on it. I wrote, 'Dear Jim: I loved your card.' Then I got a letter back from his mother and she said, 'Jim loved your card so much he ate it.' That to me was one of the highest compliments I’ve ever received. He didn’t care that it was an original [...]

Este es un track que "brinco" ante mi ya que me recordo el clasico de JOSH WINK "Don´t Laugh", un clasico de acid techno noventero que tal vez fue la inspiracion para "That Laughing track" de CROOKERS, STYLE OF EYE y CARLI moombahtonizado por NEKI STRANAC. Especial para aquel momento incomodo donde todos bailan con cara de serios y la risa debe hacerse omnipresente. This track took my attention due the similarity to the 90´s acid techno classic "Don´t Laugh" of JOSH WINK, that may inspired the "That Laughing track" of CROOKERS, STYLE OF EYE and [...]

Beatro The Pigeon By E H. Windred (1925) Written by Max Gibson Never in a million years would you think it would happen to you; the probability of it, so unlikely. I’ve known only one other person in life to have been shit on by a bird, but today was my day to endure just such an experience. It happened suddenly. [...]

Waka Flocka is the greatest. It's like ratchet wasn't even really ratchet until he came along. And every time we doubt him, he and Lex Luger come back with something earth-shatteringly fun and patently ridiculous. Waka Flocka makes weekend nights smack harder, and turns perfectly respectable gatherings into fucking chaos. He's a major proponent of the twerk team. He's got a whole lot of money, and by all accounts, bitches count it for him. What we might not have known Waka Flocka had, though, was a great big heart. Scoring what's sure to be a viral media hit, [...]
Alright, let me preface this one the best I can. I've only seen one episode of this show, yet I can't remember a time where I laughed so hard, out loud, at a t.v show. A fuckin' web series at that. Following the adventures, (and misadventures) of J, played by Issa Rae, Awkward Black Girl tells the story of J's daily endeavors, an "awkward black girl" who can't seem to rid herself from the most awkward situations. Written, produced and directed by Issa herself, ABG is the third web series from Rae, and easily her [...]

It seems like it's been ages, years even, since I last heard word from the local group The Laughing . I was always a fan of the band's tunes, but sort of just assumed that they had moved on to other things. Well, imagine my surprise today when I get a random email from the band promoting a new song entitled "Disappear". It shows tons of promise for one of Austin's finest bands that was dormant for too long. A new album from the band, Oscillation , is said to be on the way [...]