NYC’s INTERPOL are gearing up for their highly anticipated new album, Our Love To Admire.
It’s the band’s 3rd studio album and first for Capitol Records. The band recently stopped by the AOL studios to perform some new songs live in their studios for their Spinner Sessions. Those performances can be seen now.
RA RA RIOT performed their first show since the untimely death of drummer John Pike last night at South Street Seaport. The band performed a new track dedicated to Pike, which can be found in acoustic form on their MySpace page.
The sound guy mixed the music poorly, but Ra Ra Riot still put on a fun show. The band dance-rocked the crowd’s faces off with their high-hat heavy beats and wonderfully executed string section. The buzz they have been receiving lately is definitely justified. Expect big things from this band with their next release.
MP3: Ra Ra Riot :: “Each Year”
More photos after the jump. (more…)
In addition to being the pioneer of the Post Punk Laptop Rap genre, MC LARS is a funny guy. He hosts a video podcast and in episode 8 he tries to get another soft drink to sponsor him and his “bubble”. Watch it now, hilarity ensues.
“Art is difficult! Art is difficult!”
MUSTACHE! have launched a contest that defines the word awesome. Not only do you win their new album Babes Say The Hottest Things (which rocks!) but you can also win their stuff including an 8 Bit Nintendo, Excite Bike Game Cartridge and a Walk Man w/ Mustache! Tape.
After parting ways with Island Records earlier this year, THURSDAY have announced that they will be teaming up with with indie label Victory Records to put out a DVD/CD retrospective. Victory was the home to the band and released their album Full Collapse, a groundbreaking album in both style and substance that made many youth of the time pick up a guitar and start their own band.
The DVD/CD will be a retrospective of the band’s career, spanning the last 9 years of their career with a bunch of live footage. The cd portion of the album will have some new tracks as well as re-workings of popular songs. Think of it as a B-Sides type album.
It’s common knowledge that the band’s inital departure from the label was rocky but the band is using this as a chance to settle some long-running problems between them as a band and the label.
The official statement from the band and label can be read after the jump. (more…)
Most of my life philosophy is based around my deeply held belief that true love exists, and everyone can find it if they look hard enough. I’m not talking about some kind of fairytale bullshit where some dude rescues some chick from a dragon or whatnot, but the kind of love that makes you realize you have found your reflection in another person. The movie Eagle vs. Shark confirms this notion for me. That’s not to say that this movie is a Notebook-style love story; I say this simply because if the two main characters found each other, anybody should be able to do the same.
Quirky is a word there just begins to describe the mood of Eagle vs. Shark. Many people had described it to me as a “New Zealand Napoleon Dynamite“, and I can see where they draw the resemblance. I tend to like Eagle vs. Shark much better for two reasons: there is A, a plot, and B, character development. It follows the developing relationship of Lily and Jarrod, the male and female winners for the Most Awkward Person contest. Lily is a painfully shy Meaty Boy checkout girl who develops a raging crush on one of her regular customers. The Meaty Boy loving Jarrod is a space cadet in the highest sense of the term, so wrapped up in the fantasy world he has created for himself that he would fail to recognize his face in the mirror, let alone another person’s undying love for him. (more…)
Announcing the winners of our first Synner Mix Tape Contest!
It was a tough race! We had a box full of submissions, and we thank everyone who sent one in. We had some very diverse mixes, heard some exciting new bands and love the time and energy put into the mixes!
And the winners are: (more…)
THE ALIENS, the band that rose fom the ashes of the equally awesome BETA BAND have launched a new series of internet space-based sitcoms. In it they they spoof popular culture and space shows. The first episode of their show, titled “Maintinence” has launched now.
BRAND NEW are hitting the road again this fall. This time around they are bringing out the big guns for the road. Both THRICE and MEWITHOUTYOU have been tapped as the band’s opening act. We can only hope that the decision from Thrice to hit the road comes because they have finished up their new album as well as sorted out all the craziness that is their recent decision to party ways with Island Records.
Tour dates after the jump. (more…)
During game 3 of the NBA Finals, BEN HARPER was asked to come and perform the National Anthem.
Harper brought out his lap guitar and did his best instrumental Hendrix-like impression and ripped it up!
VIDEO: Ben Harper :: “Star Spangled Banner” at the The NBA Finals
VAUX have announced their breakup via their myspace blog. The band willl finish up their current string of local area tour dates and end things up at the end of July in Denver.
Bluebird Theater will be the last VAUX show ever. Ryder will be re-joining us for the finale. Don’t miss this show. We will be releasing a final 5 song EP in the months to come. It is over 30 minutes long. We truly appreciate the support from our fans, friends, and families over the last 9 years.
Sincerely.
Chris, Greg, Adam, Joe, Ryder, Quentin
The band’s last two dates will be played and then the band will walk off into the sunset.
7.26.2007: Fort Collins Guitar Center - Fort Collins, CO
7.28.2007: Bluebird Theater - Denver, CO
Fresh off the release of their latest album It’s A Bit Complicated, ART BRUT have decided to go Greek on us and put out a video for the track “Direct Hit”. Focus your eyeballs on it.
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