Archive for November, 2009
Monday, November 16th, 2009
Har Mar Superstar interview
Gangsters Want To Cuddle Me Har Mar Superstar (real name Sean Tillmann) has just finished a short, sweet US tour with Bang Bang Eche, and continues on the road with his white-clad band, but touring is not all he’s been busy with. The enigmatic soul-pop singer has been developing a sitcom pilot for HBO [...]
No Comments » - Posted in California,Los Angeles,U.S.A by Sarah Gooding
Sunday, November 15th, 2009
The Drums
I Don’t Care About Nothin’ One of the big things with the internet is that it really opens up the world and removes a lot of ideas about seasonal music. The last few months we’ve been enjoying a lot of sun-inflected blissed-out summer vibes, while shivering through winter. Now though, things are warming up, and [...]
4 Comments » - Posted in Brooklyn,New York,U.S.A by Nick Fulton
Friday, November 13th, 2009
Urbantramper- Rise and Ride Toward
Urbantramper- Rise and Ride Toward 8/10 Following up 2007′s Tokon & The Colours was always going to be difficult, but Urbantramper has made a record that not only complements it, they’ve made a record that explores new subjects and translates modernistic musical ideas. After releasing their stunning second album Lake and Eli, two of New [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Album,Reviews by Nick Fulton
Friday, November 13th, 2009
Javelin
Dollar Bins of the Future Javelin is the experimental sampled-based music created by cousins George Langford and Tom Van Buskirk who have been making music all their lives, but have been producing music as Javelin since 2004. They have created an interesting live set-up (that has seen them play the Museum of Modern Art in [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Brooklyn,New York,Providence,Rhode Island,U.S.A by Sarah Gooding
Thursday, November 12th, 2009
Man’s Assassination, Man
Flesh-Eating Futurists Man’s Assassination, Man make brutal, crazy punk so hardcore DIY that the drums sound like they were swiped from some munted demo tape from the early ’90s that was ripped to shreds in a crappy boombox then painstakingly pieced back together again. Brothers Bill and Jon Gray of The Mae Shi, Greg Arnold [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in California,Los Angeles,U.S.A by Sarah Gooding
Wednesday, November 11th, 2009
Devendra Banhart
Boy Wonder Word broke this morning of the second Big Day Out announcement, and the one act announced that I am by far more excited about than any other is Devendra Banhart. The Venezuelan-born wonder-child has been at work for a long time now and it’s a pity he’s taken this long to reach us [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in California,Los Angeles,U.S.A,Venezuela by Sarah Gooding
Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
The Soft Pack
Religion 101 Formerly named The Muslims, (the band changed their name in late 2008 because they “were disgusted with and exhausted by all of the ignorant, often racist, bullshit that came out of people’s mouths during shows/interviews/conversations”), San Diego band The Soft Pack has recently released the first single from their upcoming debut album. Titled [...]
No Comments » - Posted in San Diego,U.S.A by Nick Fulton
Monday, November 9th, 2009
Strip Mall Seizures
Melt Your Mind In the Gutter Trance punk five piece Strip Mall Seizures have a gritty angst in their wiry basslines and gleaming synth bleeps. Their pummeling bass and whiney, wily vocals all interlock to create the kind of bizarre noise you might expect from bored kids from Oakland, California, but Strip Mall Seizures are [...]
No Comments » - Posted in California,Oakland,U.S.A by Sarah Gooding
Sunday, November 8th, 2009
The Brunettes live photos
The Brunettes with Sarah Blasko and The Family Cactus Friday, November 6, 2009 The San Francisco Bathhouse, Wellington Photos by Carmen Gaffney More Brunettes, Sarah Blasko and Family Cactus Photos
No Comments » - Posted in Live photos by Nick Fulton
Saturday, November 7th, 2009
Chad VanGaalen: Free B-sides EP
Celestial Microscope Canadian experimental musician Chad VanGaalen‘s Soft Airplane was one of my favourite albums of 2008, an amazing foray into the mind of an eclectic DIY mastermind, severely underrated around the world. A year after this release, VanGaalen has put up for free download an EP of nine bent and skewered songs that for [...]
