Archive for March, 2009

Zola Jesus Enraptures SXSW Audiences

  • March 30th, 2009
  • Posted in News

Each year, SXSW dominates music news coverage while it’s going on and for weeks thereafter. Many news outlets push their favorites for ‘best band at SXSW.’ No band garnered that tag as much as The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, but one of the biggest sleeper hits was Madison’s own Zola Jesus. In the [ READ MORE ]

Because Money Grows On Trees…

Another week gone by, another batch of excuses to head to your local record store. Here are my favorites: >>An Horse – Rearrange Beds (Mom & Pop) Download: Company (MP3) [from Not Really Scared] buy it at insound! Camp Out (Performed on Letterman 3/11/09): >>Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy – Beware (Drag City) buy it at insound! [ READ MORE ]

The Return of Viva Voce

  • March 15th, 2009
  • Posted in News

Originating in Muscle Shoals, AL, in the late ’90s, Kevin and Anita Robinson quickly found the environs of Portland, OR to their liking. They’ve been there ever since, crafting sleeper hits like ’04s The Heat Can Melt Your Brain and the magnificent ’06 record Get Yr Blood Sucked Out. These quiet successes are suiting and [ READ MORE ]

Tonight: AA Bondy @ Memorial Union

The Alabama native and former frontman for rock outfit Verbena will perform the Union’s Der Rathskeller this evening. The cavernous venue should provide the perfect backdrop to Bondy’s stripped down tales of murder, drug use and desolation. With just a guitar and his voice, which often sounds like it’s sung through gritted teeth, Bondy quickly [ READ MORE ]

It’s Time for the Remix

  • March 6th, 2009
  • Posted in Remixes

Mmm…remixes. Enjoy! Jensen Sportag – Cocktease (Max Tundra Remix) (MP3) (via Pitchfork) Gordon Voidwell – Ivy League (Circus Remix) (via RCRD LBL) The Long Lost – Amiss (Tunng Remix) (via RCRD LBL) *The Long Lost is Daedelus, aka Alfred Darlington, and his wife, Laura. Nickel Eye ft. Wale – Brandy of the Damned (Ronson Remix) [ READ MORE ]

The Almight Mixtape

  • March 4th, 2009
  • Posted in Remixes

Mixtapes are not new phenomenons. Some sources have them originating as early as the ’60s. However, a mixtape nowadays can serve an artist as well or better than a social networking page. Through the internet, label/PR connections, word-of-mouth hype and other various methods the latest tape can achieve the same notoriety as any official release. [ READ MORE ]

For Your Viewing Pleasure…

Kanye West – Robocop (VH1 Storytellers) (MP3): Download: Stronger (VH1 Storytellers) (MP3) (via I Guess I’m Floating) Art Brut – Alcoholics Unanimous: Grizzly Bear – Deep Blue Sea (Live @ BAM, NYC): Download: He Hit Me (MP3) (off the Friend EP) The Rosebuds – Life Like: Download: Blue Bird (MP3) (off of Birds Make Good [ READ MORE ]

Because Money Grows On Trees…

This week is a great one for music collectors with new releases from U2 and Neko Case along with vinyl reissues from M. Ward and Townes Van Zandt. Get my full recommendations below: The Antlers – Hospice (self-released) Download: Bear (MP3), Two (MP3) Neko Case – Middle Cyclone (Anti-) Download: People Got A Lotta Nerve [ READ MORE ]

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