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 ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 06/05/2008 8:46 PM EST in Indie-Rock, Highly Recommended | Permalink
Pete and The Pirates Try to Motivate Their Feet
Feeling lazy? Well, the UK's Pete and the Pirates can certainly relate. On their high-energy, catchy-as-hell post-punk tune "Come on Feet" from their highly recommended album Little Death, lead singer Tommy Sanders pleads with his feet not to fa ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 06/05/2008 8:45 PM EST in Indie-Rock | Permalink
06/04/2008
Brother Danielson Givest More Than He Takest
Brother Danielson's music sometimes makes sense and sometimes is annoying, it truly depends on the mood of the listener. Take for instance the song "Our Givest," off his 2004 album Brother to Son. I find this song to be one of Danielson's mo ...
Read MorePosted by Emily on 06/04/2008 1:08 PM EST in Indie-Rock | Permalink
06/03/2008
Titus Andonicus Air Their Garden State Grievances
Titus Andronicus' (also the name of Shakespeare's bloodiest play) self-titled tune from their debut album The Airing of Grievances, fuses the bounce of The Vaselines with the un-corked rage of Bright Eyes, or a lo-fi, cracked out version of Spri ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 06/03/2008 7:55 AM EST in Lo-Fi, Indie-Rock, Local Music | Permalink
05/30/2008
Hot Lava Members and Friends Form a Cover Band: The Pretend Pretenders
Hot Lava's singer Allison Apperson is just as silly as she is talented, and apparently she and her friends, Hot Lava cohorts Herschel and Andrew, as well as Matt from the Orioles, are only slightly obsessed with the legendary Pretenders. Slightl ...
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