Monthly Archives: June 2009
Legion Within: Mouth of Madness released 06/16
Damn, I missed another new release! Did you know the Tart has a special place in her heart for industrial, dark, gothic rock? Yes, as much as I love sweet gooey love songs, I really need a jolt of this … Continue reading
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Filed under Gothic rock, Industrial, Lyrics, Synth-Rock
Anna Ternheim on tour this Fall, album release in the US 8/11
If you’ve heard Anna Ternheim’s Leaving on a mayday, you’ll be excited to know that she’ll be the special guest on the co-headlining Loney Dear / Asobi Seksu tour. Leaving on a mayday makes it’s US debut on August 11. … Continue reading
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Filed under new music
Benjy Davis Project: Dust
Well this one escaped my notice last year! Hopefully you didn’t miss it because Benjy Davis Project’s Dust is a beautiful, Southern ode to love. Is that a corny intro for this review? Perhaps, but once you hear it you’ll … Continue reading
Filed under country, Indie, lovesongs, pop, Rock and Roll
Eaten By Monsters: Scaring the Pets EP
Eaten by Monsters is a duo out of London that has released their second EP, Scaring the Pets. It’s got me a bit perplexed… and that’s a good thing. I like being jarred a little by music. It gets quite … Continue reading
Filed under Confessions, Indie
The Appleseed Cast @The Subteranean this Friday, June 26
The Appleseed Cast is coming to Chicago to play at the Sub-T on tomorrow night and as luck would have it, my sweetie, MChutney has tickets for us to go to Ravinia and see The Indigo Girls! Well that’s a … Continue reading
Filed under @the Subterranean, Indie
Wherein the Tart is (somewhat) revealed…
Eeek! I’ve been revealed. Or should I say I’ve been revealing Over on the Contrast Podcast, Tim, the brain behind that wonderful enterprise, has just finished up the Third Annual CD Swap. You make a mixtape for someone (Tim tells … Continue reading
Filed under Confessions, Contrast Podcast
Filthy Little Angels bring you Hyperbubble and The Lovely Eggs
Do you know the label, Filthy Little Angels? Well you should! I found them last xmas season on my mission to bring you the naughtiest xmas songs on the internet. They are a truly independent record label based in the … Continue reading
Elizabeth & The Catapult: New Video for “Taller Children”
This is a pretty catchy pop tune from Elizabeth & The Catapult, “Taller Children” and there’s a cool new video. At least I was given permission to give ya the track, eh? If you like Fiest, you’ll dig this, says … Continue reading
O’death @the Empty Bottle 06/20
Have you heard O’death‘s album, Broken Hymns, Limbs and Skin? It came out in October of last year and it’s been on constant rotation at Chez Tart ever since. It’s been characterized as “a giddy junkyard hoedown” that’s part gospel, … Continue reading
Filed under @The Empty Bottle, Folk-Rock
Bombadil: Tarpits and Canyonlands out 7/7
I couldn’t be sure that I loved this record simply on the grounds that it was truly a genius collection of songs, tenderly arranged, and wonderfully presented. Or was it that I happened to listen to this record when I … Continue reading
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