Archive for March, 2009
Tuesday, March 10th, 2009
Skeleteen
No Wave With a Conscience Sludgy, surfy distorted No Wave rockers Skeleteen are a band with a difference. Kyle Justin and Matthew Eilers take their cues from Kyuss, Slint, Sonic Youth and even, some might say, Metallica. But their sound is not the only reason they’ve got people all over the world taking note. Kyle [...]
8 Comments » - Posted in Los Angeles by Sarah Gooding
Monday, March 9th, 2009
Adam Green & Lissy Trullie
Mutual Appreciation After reviewing Lissy Trullie’s debut EP here on EMJ I came across this beautiful video of Trullie and renowned solo artist Adam Green singing their wonderful rendition of Biz Markie’s Just A Friend in a bathroom somewhere, presumably on their tour last year. While the cover is admittedly old, it is undeniably lovely, [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in New York by Sarah Gooding
Sunday, March 8th, 2009
Amanda Palmer
Fully Flying Solo In a blog post today, Amanda Palmer announced that she will not be bringing her band The Danger Ensemble to New Zealand. On her popular blog titled Amanda Fucking Palmer she wrote, “we’ve all been through hell and back and we’ve performed ourselves raw and we’ve reached the end… and we are [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in U.S.A by Nick Fulton
Saturday, March 7th, 2009
Reviews
Beirut- March Of The Zapotec 9/10 “…The six songs that make up March Of The Zapotec were entirely written, recorded and inspired by Zach Condon and the nineteen piece Mexican Jimenez Band… Condon, the only English speaking member of the ensemble adds lyrics to a couple of the tracks, but otherwise heard as instrumental arrangements, [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Featured Reviews by Nick Fulton
Friday, March 6th, 2009
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
It’s Not Over Just Yet It wasn’t that long ago that Clap Your Hands Say Yeah announced a long term hiatus for the band, but that seems to have been put to rest after the band released a new demo on their website today. The band promised fans that they would release the new song [...]
No Comments » - Posted in New York by Nick Fulton
Friday, March 6th, 2009
100% Wool
I Eat Books I wanted to post about this band a year ago but couldn’t find any mp3s. Now thanks to our good friends over at Better Than Sex I have ‘Boytoy’, my favourite 100% Wool track. The Toronto two piece is Vivi on vocals/drums and Serge on vocals/bass, both combine to add keyboard parts. [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Canada by Nick Fulton
Thursday, March 5th, 2009
Railcars Tour Europe
Cathedral With No Eyes Nearing the end of their European tour which included a Valentines gig with Islands, Railcars has been having an extended pre-release party of sorts, as they announce the upcoming release of The Cathedral With No Eyes EP, a one-song, 22-minute-long adventure to be released in late April. In Amsterdam at 4am [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Germany,San Francisco,The Netherlands by Sarah Gooding
Wednesday, March 4th, 2009
Snowfield/ Seth Frightening
Snowfield / Seth Frightening- The Raven / If This Is liberty Then Give Me Death 9/10 This self-produced split 7” clear vinyl from Wellington musicians Snowfield and Seth Frightening is a small piece of DIY perfection. Covering each others songs, the pair put a completely different spin on what are already delicate and emotional tracks, [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Album,Reviews by Nick Fulton
Wednesday, March 4th, 2009
Pete Doherty
Pretty Rhymes and Perfect Crimes Possibly the best British song-writer of our generation, but that might be a bold statement that many of you might scoff at. Babyshambles first album Down In Albion is one my favourite albums of all time and pretty much everything Pete Doherty creates sounds absolutely perfect to my ears. His [...]
18 Comments » - Posted in UK by Nick Fulton
Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009
Gudrun Gut + Grouper & Pumice preview
A Weird New World: Gudrun Gut The good folk at Altmusic have some great things coming up as part of the Fringe Festival. In association with the Goethe-Institut, who are also very renowned in the international art scene, Altmusic present Gudrun Gut on March 4 with Disasteradio and Mr Hayday. An early member of Einstürzende [...]
