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Album Reviews: A Camp, Paper Route, Pilot Speed
»Album Reviews For Release Date: 04.28.09
by Joshua Krage
OK firstly, this Manchester Orchestra album is kickin’ my @$$. It’s great. But on to more recent musicks, this week has a small but powerful punch of great sounds, in many flavors and colors. Singer/songwriters of the barely-born and the long-legendary varieties, sample-happy tune assemblers, dream-pop and downtempo [...]
Austin City Limits Lineup Announced
Held in Zilker Park, Austin City Limits is just one more testament to the fact that Texas knows how to do music festivals better than the rest of the country.
This year the ACL intends to draw you in with names such as Pearl Jam, Dave Matthews Band, and Beastie Boys, but we’re more excited for [...]
Our New CD. Truth on Tape. A Blog by Ryan
Smile Smile have completed the recording process of Truth On Tape, and Ryan explains the importance of the final step: listening.
Time Machine: Pink Floyd, “Wish You Were Here”
A smile from a veil? Do you think you can tell?
“…Either the music comes first and the lyrics are added, or music and lyrics come together. Only once have the lyrics been written down first- ‘Wish You Were Here’. But this is unusual; it hasn’t happened before.” – Roger Waters
This is another song that I [...]
We Found Songs by Ólafur Arnalds
No one is expecting you to know Ólafur Arnalds. We’re not going to tip our pretentious hat in your direction and make some snide remark about how we can’t believe how you wouldn’t know a great Icelandic neo-classical composer when you heard one.
None of that.
If you’re that person who always thinks about listening to classical [...]
Time Machine: Augustana, “Stars and Boulevards”
I fear, sunrise will come too soon and you’ll disappear.
Seems like I’m always on my own… Back in the frozen District for a week now, following almost two delightful ones in balmy, sunny Florida. Don’t mistake me, D.C. is exciting, engaging and good to me. It’s been an incredible and life changing experience. The sort [...]
Introducing: The Submarines
Blake Hazard and John Dragonetti form the band The Submarines. Some people say business and pleasure don’t mix. The Submarines, on the other hand, beg to differ–they’re married. This duo have released a slew of albums and EPs in the last few years and seem to be doing things right.
We know what a remix is. [...]
Album Reviews: Cage the Elephant, Chester French, Manchester Orchestra
»Album Reviews For Release Date: 04.20.09
by Joshua Krage
So much going on over this last weekend, what with Record Store Day, Coachella (vote – McCartney or My Bloody Valentine?), Picnic Day (for you Davis rezzies), and every pothead’s favorite holiday today (Monday), it’s easy to forget all the good news that’s hitting the board in the [...]
The Lollapalooza 2009 Lineup
The Lolla lineup is here, and the Lollapalooza press team left no stone unturned this year.
The lineup announcement comes with the expected poster, a video, and! a free mp3 download of a mashup track featuring some of the Lollapalooza 2009 artists.
Video:
… and free mp3 download. (It’s on the left.)
I would’ve been fine with, well, the [...]
Amoeba Music and Free Music Downloads
We’re still kinda stuck on this Record Store Day thing. Because every day should be Record Store Day!… right? Besides, if record stores become the dinosaur version of iTunes, where will all those dudes with ponytails and goatees disperse their endless knowledge on every album ever recorded?!
Imagine a world where you have to explain the [...]