Entries from April 2010

The Joy Formidable announce brief US tour

April 2nd, 2010

Every time I hear this song on Sirius XMU, I kick myself for not having bought the album yet, especially since I’ve known about it for a year. This Welsh trio plays a tense strain of shoegaze-inflected indie rock led by Ritzy Bryan’s piercing vocals. They’re bringing the show stateside at the end of the […]

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Tags: touring · video

The Cure to release deluxe 3-Disc Disintegration set

April 2nd, 2010

One of my favorite albums of all time is getting the deluxe treatment, so, in spite of my distaste for anything The Cure has done in, oh, about twenty years, I’m actually looking forward to this. The Cure’s 1989 masterpiece, Disintegration, will be released as a three-disc set, remastered and sequenced by Robert Smith himself. […]

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Tags: reissue

REVIEW: SLED, S/T, Lunchbox

April 2nd, 2010

It’s true that most bands rock less as they age. The few that go against the grain remain rare exceptions. Specifically, hardcore bands tend to blow up long before they can go limp. Such was the case with Assfactor 4. The legendary South Carolina quartet called it quits at the height of its powers in […]

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Tags: album-review

Flashback Friday: Air Miami – I Hate Milk

April 2nd, 2010

(via twitter)

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Tags: video

New record from hollAnd (Trevor Kampmann)

April 1st, 2010

i can see bottom from holnd on Vimeo.

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Tags: video