Murder By Death is hitting the road for the next few months. You don’t say? I don’t know how these guys have retained any semblance of sanity with as much touring as they’ve got under their belts. In addition to tour news, though, the band is starting a new 7″ series, whereby Murder by Death […]
Murder By Death continues its endless tour, starts 7″ series
August 26th, 2008
Tags: new release · touring
Stereolab “Neon Beanbag” video
August 26th, 2008
This is the second video from Stereolab’s new Chemical Chords album- the band’s first in four years. I have yet to pick it up, but the first two singles have me itching to do so. I never tire of Lætitia Sadier’s voice or Tim Gane’s experimental droning lounge pop. It annoys me to death when […]
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The Verve “Love Is Noise” video
August 26th, 2008
So, this comeback single from the recently reunited Verve is slowly growing on me. I was never much of a fan of Richard Ashcroft and company’s psychedelic hippie soul music, but I did have a soft-spot for “Bittersweet Symphony” before its relentless ubiquity reached astronomical proportions over a decade hence. At first I thought this […]
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Trail of Dead perform as a duo for first time in 13 years
August 26th, 2008
The original line-up of …And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead played at Santos Party House in NYC last night. Consisting only of principal songwriters Conrad Keely and Jason Reece, the down-sized duo ripped through classics like “Richter Scale Madness” off the band’s self-titled debut from 1998. The new Trail of Dead […]
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Ra Ra, Blah, Blah, Blah
August 22nd, 2008
Via the always entertaining About Today comes the question regarding Ra Ra Riot as the new Arcade Fire, Annuals, et al. Hell, the blogosphere is all ra ra ra about ra ra riot, but honestly, I just don’t get it. Then again, I never really got into The Annuals despite the dozens of recommendations from […]
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The Songs of Summer
August 22nd, 2008
I Kissed A Girl Wow. I have only even heard 2 of the top 10 songs of summer as listed by Time. My Summer Jams: 1. Katy Perry – I Kissed a Girl (McFly Remix) 2. Cut Copy – Hearts on Fire 3. M83 – Kim & Jessie 4. Stricken City – Tak o Tak […]
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Boy+Girl are Talking in French, Representing Oz
August 22nd, 2008
First The Presets, then Cut Copy, now via Big Stereo comes word of the ’80s inspired dance pop of Boy + Girl. I don’t know what they’re feeding our antipodean friends down in Australia, but I hope they keep it up. Additionally, it seems Melbourne, home of Cut Copy and Boy+Girl (among others), is moving […]