This past Saturday our annual summer party, HOODSTOCK rematched Pirate! Promotion’s summer party, FLAG DAY. It was a fight to the finish (of the beer) on the battleground of Fontana’s. Who won? We have no idea. We were too busy having fun.

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Musicsnobbery is having a 3 year anniversary party on April 10th at Maxwell’s in NJ. The lineup seemed secured until the recent breakup of the Philly, The Teeth. See, The Teeth were to be the headlining act for the show, and their breakup put a hole in the headlining spot for the show.

After asking 61 area acts to fill the void with no luck, it seems Chris is taking a more drastic approach to the situation. He’s released a video for the audience of just 4 musicians - Moby, Ben Gibbard, Kate Nash, and Win Butler pleading them to consider his show.

It’s a great idea and spoof of the classic SNL skit where the show’s producer Lorne Michaels tried to reunite The Beatles on the air for the bargain basement price of $3,000.

Oh and he’s 100% serious about this! You can get tickets to the party on ticketweb.

One of our favorite DJ’s to grace the turntables at our parties is DJ Stereo Faith. He is able to seamlessly transition from Bad Brains to Hot Chip to Kurtis Blow to Jawbreaker, and mix old new wave songs in with the newest indie rock. I love him because he throws in some rare gems which make people actually pause their dancing to say “Holy shit, I haven’t heard this in AGES!”

But if you want to check out Stereo Faith, then you can head to Fontana’s this Friday (and every third Friday of the month) from 10pm-4am for his new Lush Life party.

We’re always down for a get together so it was no surprise to catch us at The Annex last night for a little party put on by Vice Records to celebrate the release of the new album Lust Lust Lust by THE RAVEONETTES. The Newcastle was flowing at the bar and the dj was playing the tunes. Not much more one needs than that.

The band’s sounds is a blend of vintage garage rock and fuzz, packed into what often sounds like the soundtrack to a classic black and white horror film. Check out their first single “Aly Walk With Me”.

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MP3: The Raveonettes :: “Aly Walk With Me”

WHAT MADE MILWAUKEE FAMOUS are currently prepping the world for their next album, What Doesn’t Kill Us which is due out on March 4th on Barsuk Records.

We’ve been axiously awaiting a new record from the Austin, TX group ever since their last album Trying To Never Catch Up first made us stand up and take notice. We’ve been wondering what made Milwaukee famous ever since. And frankly, we hope we never figure it out.

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MP3: What Made Milwaukee Famous :: “Resistance St.”

You can check out some pictures for the “Resistance St.” video shoot here.

Also, if you are still in the picture mood, you can catch some pics of them performing live, and in at The Syndicate’s 8th Annual Conflict Of Interest Party back in 2006 here as well.

The band will be on the road at the end of February in suport of the record. Tour dates with Louis XIV after the jump. (more…)

The 8th Annual Heavy Rotation Records CD Release Concert will take place February 6th at the Berklee Performance Center in Boston Massachusetts. Featuring a new line up of up and coming artists including, The Peasantry, Kevin Ross, Annie Lynch And The Beekeepers, With Engines, Rebel And The Truth, Black Tea, Christopher Barnes, Turkuaz, and Honest Thomas.

Heavy Rotation Records is Berklee College of Music’s student run record label that has been overseen by professor Jeffrey Dorenfeld (former manger for rock group Boston) for the last ten years and has brought you acts such as The Click Five, Saint Vincent, Big D And The Kids Table, Apollo Sunshine and countless others. If you are in the Boston area on February 6th the show starts at 7:30 P.M. and is a bargain at only ten bucks!

Last night Spin Magazine held their year in music party featuring performances by Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Brother Ali, and Eagles of Death Metal.

Brother Ali opened up the show with some smooth rhymes, before Ted Leo took the stage and rocked some faces off. Ted played material mostly from his latest release Living With The Living with fan favorite “Where Have All The Rudeboys Gone” thrown in the middle. Closing out the night was mustache sporting bar rockers Eagles of Death Metal, who unfortunately performed to a half filled room. An after midnight set on a Tuesday perhaps wasn’t very appealing to most. Check below for a few pictures from the show. (more…)

New The End Records signing ENEMY OF THE SUN are streaming their debut album, Shadows, in its entirety at mp3.com. The band features Waldemar Sorychta, best known as a producer for Lacuna Coil, The Gathering, and Moonspell and member of Dave Lombardo’s in-between-Slayer project Grip Inc.

In advance of the album’s January 22 release date, Sorychta will be making an appearance at a CD release party for the album in Brooklyn on Thursday (January 17) at Club Europa. While Enemy of the Sun won’t be playing, Waldemar will be there to hang out with fans.

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