09/17/2008
Autumn Music: Videotape - "Night Lights"
Autumn is just around the corner and upon hearing Videotape's 'Night Lights", sent to me by my friend alliemuffinbasket, I realize it can't come soon enough. Maybe it's the song's lo-fi haziness or the Galaxie 500 meets Shins vibe that immed ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 09/17/2008 4:27 PM EST in Folk, Lo-Fi, Indie-Rock | Permalink
09/05/2008
Win an Exclusive No Age Designed Tee + Nouns LP/CD + "Eraser" 7" From Art in the Age!
Our friends over at Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction are running their best contest/giveaway yet! Sign up for your chance to win: • The new, exclusive limited edition No Age-designed "String Break '08" Tee • 1 copy of their a ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 09/05/2008 1:39 PM EST in Lo-Fi, Indie-Rock, Contest | Permalink
09/02/2008
On Repeat All Day: Girls - "Lust For Life"
Even though summer is over, it's safe to say that these San Francisco dudes, that named themselves GIRLS, don't intend to ever let it go. Songs like "Lust For Life" and "God Damned" (see the video here) are intended to sound like "Beach Boys ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 09/02/2008 7:41 AM EST in Power-Pop, Lo-Fi | Permalink
08/19/2008
Austin Garage-Rockers Harlem Are "on Drugs"
If you love lo-fi, Nuggets-era rock and roll and bands with a good sense of humor, then Austin's Harlem is your new favorite band, or at least one that you should be listening to. "I'm On Drugs" from their debut full-length Free Drugs (the p ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 08/19/2008 9:41 AM EST in Garage Rock, Lo-Fi, Indie-Rock | Permalink
08/05/2008
New Garage Rock From Nashville: Cheap Time
Cheap Time comes recommended from Memphis' Jay Reatard, so you know it they must have some redeeming qualities. As far as we can tell, they definitely do. The old-school garage-glam of "People Talk," from their s/t debut, flexes whiplash rhythms ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 08/05/2008 6:26 PM EST in Garage Rock, Glam, Lo-Fi, Punk | Permalink
07/29/2008
New Garage Rock From France: The Feeling Of Love
Like another French garage rock band, The Last Rapes of Mr. Teach, The Feeling of Love have a special place in their hearts for drunken, lo-fi. The charmingly titled "Dad = Eat, Mum = Die" from their debut album petite tu es un hit is a gritty s ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 07/29/2008 7:24 AM EST in Garage Rock, Lo-Fi, Indie-Rock | Permalink
07/28/2008
Only a Few Days Left to Enter and Win the AITA/Times New Viking Tee and Poster!
Uh oh, looks like there are only a few more days left in which you can enter and win this absurd and wonderful prize designed by our good friends Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction and Times New Viking. The July 31st deadline is quickly a ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 07/28/2008 9:46 PM EST in Lo-Fi, Punk, Contest | Permalink
07/18/2008
New Music From Deerhunter - "Oh, It's Such a Shame" (Jay Reatard Cover)
What’s better than Deerhunter’s newest album, Microcastle? Oh, I don’t know, maybe Deerhunter covering Jay Reatard’s “Oh, It’s Such a Shame” from his last album Blood Visions? Yes! As we mentioned previously, the two have teame ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 07/18/2008 7:43 AM EST in Indie-Pop, Post-Punk, Lo-Fi, Punk, Covers | Permalink
07/14/2008
Go To This: Jay Reatard, Dark Horse & the Carousels, Tough Shits Tonight @ JB’s
Got a case of the Mondays? Well, there's no better way to kill the work-week blues than enjoying an evening of no-frills garage-rock tonight at Johnny Brenda's. Two local favorites Dark Horse and The Carousels and The Tough Shits get rowdy w ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 07/14/2008 9:46 AM EST in Post-Punk, Garage Rock, Glam, Lo-Fi, Local Music, Events | Permalink
07/10/2008
Go To This: No Age, High Places + Abe Vigoda Tonight @ The Church
We have been talking up LA's No Age with reviews and videos for some time now and tonight they make their official live debut in Philly with fellow Walrus favs High Places and Abe Vigoda. True, the band has played a few gigs in town before, but ...
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