Monthly Archives: August 2010
Fisherking: Circles … a confident debut LP from a band to watch
islands mp3 Fisherking (only available here for three days – go sign up for their mailing list after that and get it from them!) Fisherking hails from Sydney, Australia, a place that has brought many good bands to me over … Continue reading
Lightning Bolt and Dan Deacon… what the fuck more can you ask for people??
Colossus mp3 Lightning Bolt Earthly Delights … buy it! Get Older mp3 Dan Deacon … buy it! If you follow my insane twitter feed you saw me go apeshit over Lightning Bolt (and misspell it all day) at Pitchfork Fest … Continue reading
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Filed under don't blame me if you hate it, electro, experimental, noise
What do you get when you plug a dancing monkey into an electric keyboard? Casiokids!
Today I bring you the first, in what I hope will be many guest posts, by a writer new to Chicago, Mike Gutierrez. He writes for QRO, Drowned In Sound, the Ampeater Review, and the Deli Magazine, and we’re very … Continue reading
Polly And The Billets Doux: To Be A Fighter
Polly And The Billets Doux brought out their album, Fiction, Half-Truths & Downright Lies last year (I missed it, alas) but you needent! (get it on itunes, it’s the only US distributor I could find, or Amazon has it as … Continue reading
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Filed under Indie
Casiokids: Topp stemning på lokal bar come to Schubas, Wednesday, August 25 with Light Pollution
Fot i hose (fits like a glove) mp3 Casiokids Topp stemning på lokal bar ….. buy it! Finn bikkjen! (Find the dog!) mp3 Casiokids Discovered by of Montreal, Casiokids have grown from a group banging out electro melodies on casio … Continue reading
Monday Melange… more music for you to munch on: Peter Case, Frankie Rose and The Outs, Eagle Winged Palace, Matthew and The Atlas, and Anberlin
Look Out! mp3 Peter Case Whig! … buy it! The great Peter Case has belted out a new record, Wig!, and Chicago, he’s bringing himself to FitzGeralds’ in the Side Bar Music Room in Berwyn, on Sept. 18. Recorded in only … Continue reading
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Filed under @House of Blues, @The Empty Bottle, Blues, folk, Folk-Rock, Indie
Can I love this simply because it sounds like playing two songs at once? Cloudland Canyon: Mothlight Part 2
Yes, I said it. It sounds like when you play a song on your music player of choice and also happen to have opened a MySpace page that autoplays at the same time. Two entirely different songs played over one … Continue reading
Filed under no idea what this is
Whoa, time flies! Mark your calendars for Gayngs @ Metro 9/30
Gaudy Side of Town mp3 Gayngs Relayted…. buy it! Faded High mp3 Yeah, September 30th you’ll most likely find me at Metro to hear Gayngs. I’m more than a little fascinated by this supergroup whose album Relayted got its chops … Continue reading
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Women: Public Strain … September 28, pre-order it now! Art Rock, This Heat, and What is Women really about?
Eyesore mp3 Women, Public Strain… pre-order here and with both LP and CD pre-orders there will be delivered with a bonus 7” featuring two exclusive non-album tracks – “Grey Skies” and “Service Animal”, not available anywhere else. Art Rock: a … Continue reading
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Filed under experimental, Indie
Bombadil: “Barcelona” … a lost track from Tarpits and Canyonlands, get lost in it why don’t you?
Barcelona mp3 Well, Bombadil’s Tarpits and Canyonlands was on my best of 2009 albums list and I honestly still listen to it for the humor of it and the sense of escape in it’s storytelling. Those songs are musically so … Continue reading
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Filed under folk
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