SIERRA LEONE'S REFUGEE ALL STARS ( Aladdin Theater , 3017 SE Milwaukie) Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars create perhaps the world's most upbeat music about horrific rebel warfare. The real-life refugee band's West African sounds match perfectly with emcee Black Nature's smooth lyrics. (Hometown bonus: He wound up going to community college in Portland!) SARAH MIRK THE BLACK ANGELS, SLEEPY SUN ( Wonder Ballroom , 128 NE Russell) Austin's finest purveyors of psychedelia, the Black Angels, return to [...]

Monday, October 26, 2009 89.3 The Current and Vita.mn present THE RAVEONETTES Mainroom / 8:00 pm / 18+ with THE BLACK ANGELS, VIOLENT SOHO, and DAUGHTERS OF THE SUN $14.00 adv | $16.00 door MP3-Download The Raveonettes «Dead Sound» (via Coast Is Clear) - The Black Angels - "The First Vietnam War" (mp3) from Passover via Page300 [...]
Just recently found out about The Black Angels and I like what I have heard so far.

So before Rival Schools came on, they played the newest Black Angels record and I suddenly realized, that I should get into that band.. Below are some tracks from them. I really dig them and they sort of remind of 60s psychedelic rock meets Black Rebel Motorcycle Club meets .... well you tell me.. The Black Angels - The First Vietnamese War . the Black Angels - Bloodhounds (Live on KEXP) [...]
So I just realized that I have somehow magically been in New York City the first week of November two years in a row. I honestly don't know how this happened but think it's purdy cool. I'll be in New York all week saying hello to old friends and getting a bunch of work done. My nights are pretty packed but I will be going to see The Black Angels play the Bowery Ballroom this Wednesday night with A Place To Bury [...]