
The Prairie Cartel's full-length debut album Where Did All My People Go takes the listener on a 78-minute auditory roller coaster ride of fast-paced dance punk and slower synth-infused rock compositions. If you survive the ride, you will want to do it all over again. According to the Prairie Cartel, the band began as a way to pass the time during Chicago's lengthy and punishing winters. And what better way to heat things up than to fully indulge one's self in making an excellent synth-filled electro-rock album [...]

We were not familiar with the term and thus we had to consult the urban dictionary to discover the truth. All kidding aside the reason for mentioning the urban yeti is that you actually see one in the new video from the band The Prairie Cartel for their catchy as hell track " No Light Escapes Here ". The video was directed by the Chinese award winning film maker/animator Peng Lei . He himself is actually a musician and he plays in the band New [...]

MP3 and vinyl on Tuesday; CD on 11/09. (Apologies to Jerry .) * Oh, the new Flaming Lips is *psychedelic.* While the urge to remake Dark Side of the Moon might be understanding, Ummagumma would be more appropriate. * Oh, Wes Anderson directed his animated film via e-mail , "providing short films of himself enacting certain scenes." "... it's a picture for people who would rather drive [...]