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• art, video

  The Arcade Fire – We Used to Wait

  08.30.10 | Permalink | Comment?

  The Arcade Fire just released a new video for their song We Used to Wait.  The video was written and directed by Chris Milk in conjunction with a team at Google using the new HTML 5 web standard – which is worth noting because all of the interactive elements of the video are displayed without [...]

• Tour, music

  8th day

  06.21.10 | Permalink | Comment?

  Tonight we are staying in Altoona, Iowa at the same hotel we stayed in for 4 days while our van was broken down last summer.  It feels odd to be back.  It’s kind of satisfying even though I hated every second of being here last summer. Hopefully tomorrow we have time to go visit the [...]

• music

  Tigers Jaw – Tigers Jaw

  02.02.10 | Permalink | Comment?

  [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Tigers Jaw’s sound is reminiscent of bands like The Get Up Kids or early Taking Back Sunday – not so much musically as in the overall “feeling” of the album, which I know is a very generalized statement but just trust me – after you listen, you’ll know. [...]

• music

  Best of ’09: Alex Champagne

  01.13.10 | Permalink | Comment?

  My friend Alex, of the Baltimore-based folk group A Cat Called Cricket, just sent me a list of his favorite albums of 2009.  (See, I told you, if you send me a list, I will post it.)  Coincidentally, he just relocated his online musings to a new dirt lot on the internet - Scenic Route Recordings. [...]

• music

  Native – Wrestling Moves

  10.29.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  Native is streaming their new album Wrestling Moves HERE. I’m on my first listen through right now.  So far so good. I distinctly remember watching them perform the album’s opening track (Backseat Crew) in College park a few months ago because the intro to that song builds and builds – and when the build up [...]

• music

  Albums that have been stuck in my head at work

  09.30.09 | Permalink | 4 Comments

  + Have Heart – Songs to Scream at the Sun “She’s a song unsung She’s the wild orchid in your ugly swamp She’s a song unsung” These lyrics have been stuck in my head all week long.  It probably has something to do with how catchy their vocal patterns are.  No doubt you’ve heard about [...]

• music, video

  Native – Live at Scott’s House

  06.26.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  Native rules live.  After they played I felt jealous because of how good they were (and how nice their guitar rigs were).  Super nice dudes also.  They’re finishing up their east coast tour with La Dispute pretty soon so go check their myspace to see if they’ll be in your area. ps.  These videos aren’t [...]

• music

  Pttrns + Fuckuismyname Split 7″

  06.11.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  Here’s a split from two German bands that I had never heard of before today.  Very similar to Q and Not U/Les Savy Fav.  I’m digging Fuckuismyname’s track a bit more than Pttrns.  I haven’t heard “dance-punk” that I enjoy since Q and not U broke up.  Excellent.  Now I need to track down a [...]

• music

  My Heart to Joy at the Same Tone – Seasons in Verse

  05.15.09 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  [Audio clip: view full post to listen] We were lucky enough to play a stretch of shows with My Heart to Joy last summer near the tail end of our tour.  My Heart to Joy, who recently dropped ‘at the same tone’ from their name, play a mixture of emotional indie rock and 90′s Midwestern [...]

• articles, music, video

  The Get Up Kids, Touche Amore, Photobomb, Jonas Brothers

  05.05.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  + The Get Up Kids Reunion Show – I’m a Loner, Dottie, A Rebel (via The Punk Guy) + Touche Amore – Touche Amore Touche Amore hails from LA.  They kind of remind me of Modern Life is War’s general disposition + Ruiner’s vocals & a bit of their instrumentation as well.  In other words, [...]