Bearded Magazine (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
The Roundhouse is packed with indie kids of a certain age, come to pay respect to one of the most credible yet mysterious American bands. Veterans Yo La Tengo have mastered more genres than most, but this lack of an obvious style means they’re a hard sell.
Spinner.com (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Filed under: UK , Band of the Week Coldplay 's Chris Martin , for one, loves them. The High Wire had in fact only been playing as their current line-up for a few weeks when the Coldplay frontman invited them to open for the band at their December 2008 arena shows. That's some baptism of fire. The High Wire's sound, however, is far removed from the swooping stadium soundtrack of Coldplay. Instead you've...
Auto Channel (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Confidence Returns to Classic AuctionsMELBOURNE – November 24, 2009: Consumer confidence is back with a bang in the classic vehicle auction market if the results from Shannons November 23 Melbourne Summer sale are any measure.With over 90 per cent of all lots sold for a total result of nearly $1 million, the auction delivered one of the best regional auction outcomes of the year, prompting Shannons...
Music Musings and Miscellany (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
Vlor are a Silber Records supergroup comprising a dozen musicians from various bands, the best known of whom is probably Jessica Bailiff. Starting out with guitar and bass lines from team captain Brian John Mitchell, the tracks were all completed by various people from all over the world. Comparisons with This Mortal Coil are inevitable. [...]
Stereogum (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
When we meditated on Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally's gorgeous sophomore album Devotion we had the following to say: [Y]ou can't fall back on Mazzy Star or Galaxie 500 references because they've pushed themselves into their own, unique solar system. Victoria's voice and woozy after-hours organ tones are more assured, Alex has lost the beard but gained more inventive, atmospheric guitar lines. For...
A Head Full of Wishes (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
p> Just a quick reminder that Dean & Britta are playing in London for the first time in over two years tomorrow (Wednesday) night. The show takes place at the very lovely St Giles in the Fields church just off Tottenham Court Road. Tickets are £12 and are still available from wegottickets. The promise is that Dean [...]
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
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Stereogum (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
A couple months ago we introduced you to Piper and Skylar, aka L.A. dream-pop duo Pearl Harbor, via " Luv Goon ," a song from their Mexican Summer 12". The track calmly transformed a bedroom into a wave pool with its slippery guitar and warm vocals. Or, as I said then, "Think about Washed Out's hazier ambiance combined with Real Estate's margarita-sipping Galaxie 500-isms."...
A Head Full of Wishes (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Photo by boltron- The 15th A Head Full of Wishes survey has just kicked off. Head over to cast your vote for favourite albums and tracks by Galaxie 500, Luna, Damon & Naomi and Dean & Britta. I have no incentives to get people to vote this year so you’ll all have to do it for the [...]
Stereogum (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Ex-Titus Andronicus and Glen Rock, NJ resident Andrew Cedermark (he lives in Charlottesville, Virginia now) is releasing a split 7" with Family Portrait next week via Underwater Peoples. Cedermark represents on Side A with "Untruth" and "Hard Livin'," two things that can often go hand in hand. In his brief bio at Underwater Peoples he notes: I have only ever played one show...
Jalopnik (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Welcome to Down On The Street , where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. Lots of Scouts on the island! Let's take a look at the others before we admire today's street survivor: First, this '72. Another '72. Yet another '72. This '76. This '77 Traveler. And this final-year '80. OK, now on to today's truck! This truck, built during...
Jalopnik (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
Welcome to Down On The Street , where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. We've seen another nice Galaxie 500 in this series, but that was a hardtop. Convertible time! The Galaxie 500 was the middle-of-the-road trim level for the full-sized Ford in 1964; much spiffier than the Custom but not quite as glitzed-out as the Galaxie 500XL....
highwayfive (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
My Favorite 100 LPS since I was born. My Top 100 LPs since I was born! 1. American Music Club – California 2. New Order – Low Life 3. The National – Alligator 4. Momus – Tender Pervert 5. Tricky – Maxinquaye 6. Pixies – Surfer Rosa 7. Joy Division – Unknown Pleasures 8. Burial – Untrue 9. Portishead – Dummy 10. PJ Harvey – Rid of Me 11. The...
SoundsXP (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
Maps: Turning The Mind The influence of bands like Spiritualized, Galaxie 500, My Bloody Valentine and Ride shone through We Can Create by Maps, aka James Chapman. He wrapped a shoegaze-inspired dreampop cloak around a skeleton of soaring melodies to produce a memorable debut album. His second album, though, is a darker sort of synthpop and is tougher listening. It’s not that there are fewer...
The Mad Mackerel (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
Back at the start of the year, Real Estate were a new band to us, but one that immediately brightened up the winter days. Not only that, but they (to MM's mind) also delivered one of the best songs of the year in Fake Blues. Not only that, they then followed it up with a number of excellent EPs and other tracks. Now the scuzzy, fuzzy, lo-fi folksters have a self titled album coming out on the
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