Brooklyn, N.Y. / Easton, P.A. duo Slingshot Dakota begins a six-week trek across the U.S. today. The tour – which covers both coasts and just about everything in between – is in support of the band’s latest self-released record, Their Dreams Are Dead, But Ours Is The Golden Ghost. The Slingshot kids are currently streaming five tracks from the album… Read more »
Some people say it sucks. I think they’re mistaken and here’s why.
Check out this incredible video for “You Come Into My House, While I Sleep?” It features animation by Travis Miller and illustrations by Look Mexico’s drummer Joshua Mikel. Very crazy, very cool. Don’t miss Look Mexico on tour: MAR 14 – Austin, TX @ SXSW Team Grizzly Showcase / Pangaea’s Patio w/ Band Marino, Clock Hands StrangleMAR 15 – Dallas,… Read more »
March 12, 2008, Baltimore Chop Books, Baltimore, Maryland This was a night of endangered and lost arts: folk music, storytelling, community…and geography. That’s right, geography. Over the course of an intimate night of folk music in a small (and very cool) independent book store, Sarah and Claire Bowman, through the stories attached to and included in their music, illustrated the… Read more »
Label: self-released Released: October 2007 The Russians’ founder Scott Janovitz is a veteran of the Boston music scene and recently lent his talents to Graham Parker as one of the Latest Clowns, so the well-crafted pop of their second EP should come as no surprise. They aren’t shy about their love of the Beatles (even segueing each song into the… Read more »
Label: self-released Released: 2007 Syracuse’s Mistletoe plays some wild punk rock. It’s not quite focused though. “Ghost Relatives” leans toward churning hardcore, “Poor Timing” toward angular Fugazi-influenced post-hardcore and “Stop Growing Up” toward the gritty rootsiness of Avail. Still, they do manage to find the commonality in all of that to make up their sound. That mixes with a great… Read more »
This one’s over-the-top, but we expect no less from Lizzy and company.
This movie is likely more about insanity than music, but it delves into the mind of Mark David Chapman’s obsession with John Lennon. The film is based on crime journalist Jack Jones’ 1992 book Let Me Take You Down: Inside the Mind of Mark David Chapman. The film, whose title comes from Chapman’s idea of an unwritten 27th chapter to… Read more »
Label: self-released Released: 2007 Dirty Penny’s clear love of Mötley Crüe might be hard to take had the Crüe not stopped making good records way too early (two records, good as they were, is a short legacy), but under the circumstances, it turns out to be a lot of fun. I’m not exactly the world’s biggest hair metal fan. Sure… Read more »
w/Protest The Hero, ChiodosApr 11 Vancouver, BC Croatian Cultural CentreApr 13 Calgary, AB MacEwan Hall BallroomApr 14 Edmonton, AB Edmonton Events CentreApr 15 Saskatoon, SK The OdeonApr 16 Winnipeg, MB Burton Cummings Theater w/The Dear Hunter, Foxy Shazam, Tera MelosApr 19 Lawrence, KS The BottleneckApr 20 Minneapolis, MN Triple RockApr 22 Chicago, IL Reggie’s LiveApr 23 Detroit, MI Magic StickApr… Read more »