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
On Repeat All Day: NoBunny - "Boneyard"
Nobunny's "Boneyard" is the stuff that your fuzzed-out new-wave, garage rock, etc etc dreams are made of. A naive surf riff, a drum-machine that sounds like it's about to break any second, and an insane, bunny masked dude from Oakland with a voc ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 07/02/2008 2:20 PM EST in YouTube, Garage Rock | 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
New Music From Micah P. Hinson - "When We Embraced"
Micah P. Hinson, who once suffered from a dislocated vertebrae, has returned with an inspired new album entitled, Micah P Hinson and the Red Empire Orchestra. The sweet balladry of the first single, "When We Embraced," plays like an old-school J ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 07/01/2008 7:39 PM EST in Folk, Country | 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
Contest: Last Day to Enter and Win the AITA, Ben Woodward Walrus Tee!
Today is the last day that you can enter to win our Art in the Age, Ben Woodward Walrus Tee. Seriously, it's probably the easiest thing you'll ever do in your life. All you have to do is fill this out the form then go about your day! It's so sim ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 06/30/2008 12:01 PM EST in Contest | Permalink
06/27/2008
Remix of The Week: Japattack! Vs. Pase Rock + Amanda Blank
If you like your hip-hop mixed with 90's dance club electronic, then this remix of Pase Rock and Amanda Blank's "Sexy MF" by Philly's Japattack! will have you dusting off your rollerskates and Cross Colour overalls in gleeful nostalgia, although ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 06/27/2008 3:33 PM EST in Electronic, Hip-Hop, Remix, Local Music | 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
The Vivian Girls Are Gonna Tell the World
There's no doubt about it, our friends over at XXJFGs have awesome taste. Their recent post about Brooklyn's Vivian Girls got me a-downloadin' "Tell the World" and I'm glad I did. It's a treble-y wash of femme-fatale pop, with a sexy and muffled ...
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