07/07/2008
Video: Deerhunter Perform New Songs Live on Manchester's Channel M
Deerhunter's lead singer Bradford Cox, now sporting black electrical tape on his cheek, posted this awesome live video on his blog, which features the band performing two of the best tracks, (actually they are all good, trust me.) "Never Stops" ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 07/07/2008 10:53 AM EST in Shoegaze, Indie-Rock, Video | Permalink
07/03/2008
21st Century Headrush: Ponytail - "Beg Waves"
Baltimore's Ponytail is less of a band and more of an abstraction. Vocals are cut into non-sensical fragments and the music moves like a steam roller heading dangerously off course (think HEALTH, OOIOO, Boredoms). A prime example of this wou ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 07/03/2008 1:39 PM EST in Indie-Rock | Permalink
07/02/2008
Contest: Win The Ltd. Edition AITA/Times New Viking Designed T-Shirt and Poster!
Yes our friends at Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction are awesome. Teaming up with Times New Viking on a T-shirt and poster design is the coolest thing they have done thus far. The band designed a limited edition Tee and tour poster which ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 07/02/2008 2:39 PM EST in Lo-Fi, Indie-Rock, Contest | Permalink
07/01/2008
Jay Reatard and Deerhunter To Cover Each other....In Kisses?
Since I am loving the new Deerhunter album and have been a big fan of Jay Reatard's since his 2006 post-punk assault Blood Visions, news that Jay and Deerhunter will be teaming up for the next installment in Jay's Matador 7" series, has got me p ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 07/01/2008 9:33 PM EST in Post-Punk, Lo-Fi, Indie-Rock, News | Permalink
06/30/2008
New Video From No Age: "Eraser"
Remember when MTV played music videos...and they were actually good? Often times they made no sense or were severely crypyic, which was the best thing about them. No Age's MTV video debut (weird unto itself) for the song "Eraser" is either an ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 06/30/2008 12:06 PM EST in Lo-Fi, Indie-Rock, Video | Permalink
06/26/2008
Go To This: Times New Viking Tonight @ Johnny Brenda's!!!
Philly people, you seriously can't miss this! The excellent, ear-shattering lo-fi three-eyed monster that is Times New Viking will strike Johnny Brenda's this eve and leave a trail of flowers after the dust settles. As it so boldly states on the ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 06/26/2008 1:36 PM EST in Lo-Fi, Indie-Rock, Events | Permalink
06/24/2008
Here's Some Good Advice, Listen to Women...
Specifically, the music of Women, a foursome hailng from Alberta, Canada whose psychedelic dirge "Black Rice" keeps creeping into my playlists. Sounding like The Shins on morphine, it swells with a blissful beat, shiny bells and a general sense ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 06/24/2008 9:46 PM EST in Indie-Rock | Permalink
06/19/2008
New Music From Sweden: First Aid Kit's "Cross Oceans"
I was paruzzing Discobelle the other day and came across this gem from new Swedish duo First Aid Kit. The band consists of sisters Klara and Johanna Söderberg, ages 15 and 17, respectively (crazy!). The sound of "Cross Oceans," from their debut ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 06/19/2008 4:51 PM EST in Folk, Indie-Rock | Permalink
06/09/2008
On Repeat All Day: New Deerhunter Songs
I wasn't that impressed by the previous Deerhunter album, 2007's Cryptograms. There were one or two tracks from that record that I enjoyed, but overall I never understood why people went gaga over it. In general, I felt like it was a little over ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 06/09/2008 8:26 AM EST in Indie-Rock | Permalink
06/05/2008
Head to the Tropics with Abe Vigoda
The title of the lead-off track from LA-based Abe Vigoda's debut album Skeleton is rather misleading. The lyrics on "Dead City/Waste Wilderness" fit, but the music is what you might call...tropical. Highly colorful and intense with flamboyant pe ...
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