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In Honor of My Fast & Apparently Reprehensible Driving Skills
Posted on March 20, 2008 | No CommentsI shouldn't be allowed on the road. I'm not fucking kidding dudes. I mean, for a while I didn't get ANY tickets or get into ANY accidents, but since December I've managed to rack up 4 moving violations (all for different reasons, and all within the same 2 mile radius), smash up my front bumper, have it repaired, and then total my car, and put some totally undeniable damage on -
New Portishead [Video] ‘Machine Gun’ and [MP3] ‘The Rip’
Posted on March 19, 2008 | 1 CommentI was so overly excited to hear the new Portishead record, Third, which is scheduled for release on April 29th in the US, that I jumped the gun and figured out how to download the whole thing for free. Two weeks ago. I KNOW, I'M SORRY! I kinda feel like I ruined Christmas or something, BUT I JUST COULDN'T WAIT. And you know what? I wish I had, because I
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The Dodos – Visiter
Posted on March 18, 2008 | No Commentsthe dodos are awesome. their new CD came out today on french kiss records, and if you click on this picture you can listen to it (and buy it)! how clever. i'm silas. this is my first post for fantastic weapon. it's gonna be short. -
Ancestors: SXSW or Bust?
Posted on March 17, 2008 | 2 CommentsI didn't go to SXSW, and to be quite honest I didn't pay much attention to what was going on down there, either. One morning I did listen to the radio and heard something about the emergency room being really packed, and like, Deadly Syndrome or some other band bumping into their booking agent there?? Whatever. This I know for certain: Ancestors had a wild ride/walk/hitch-hike. Epic journey, to be
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MASHED POTATOS with Crystal Castles at the Detroit Bar in April
Posted on March 16, 2008 | No CommentsIf you live in or around the general Long Beach area and you go anywhere at all after dark, you've undoubtedly heard the buzz about DJ duo MASHED POTATOS (that is spelled correctly. cross my heart). DJ's Dan & Dan are most noted for packing the walls of 7th & Cherry's Que Sera on bi-weekly dance night, CALL SICK on FRIDAY , hosted by MikeyB (The Militia Group, M For -
Glenn Branca Seeks 100 Guitarists for Next ‘Hallucination City’ Performance
Posted on March 15, 2008 | No Comments(view original craigslist post here.) Glenn Branca seeks 80 guitarists and 20 bass players to perform his Symphony #13, Hallucination City. The concert will be held in Seattle, WA on May 16th as part of Party-in-the-Park: a fundraising event in celebration of the Seattle Art Museum's 75th birthday. The event will host 700 guests and showcase other musicians and artists, but it will feature the Branca +100 performance. All guitarists will be -
fantastic picks: Fascinoma, whisperkid, and The Gift Machine at the Echo Curio (3/22)
Posted on March 14, 2008 | No CommentsWho is whisper kid? I looked 'em up and I still don't really know. Their myspace page lists band members, "Rhea and anyone else who wants to play with her. This has included: Champ, Ryan, Katya, Tracey, Christian..." Rhea-the-ring-leader (whose myspace blog is definitely worth a read) and her sporadic entourage played their first show at the Echo Curio on December 29th and boast an astounding 47 friends on their
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Instant Automatons Discography Available for Download
Posted on March 14, 2008 | 1 CommentSo I think Henry Rollins is a genius, and if you read The Orphan Review, you've undoubtedly heard me gush over the man on several occasions. How do the Instant Automatons provide me with another occasion on which to do so? A few months ago I was listening to Henry Rollins' radio show (Harmony in My Head), and he played a track from the Instant Automatons. I was sure it
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Beach House and Papercuts Tonight at The Echo
Posted on March 13, 2008 | No CommentsIf you were lucky enough to be at The Echo last year to see Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, then you were not only lucky enough to see The Haunted Graffiti made up of members of Swans, Bubonic Plague, and Friends in the Mountains, but also to bear witness to the majesty that is Beach House. Their self-titled debut was probably one of the best records that came out of -
APHEX TWIN and GOLDFRAPP added to Coachella 2008 Lineup!
Posted on March 13, 2008 | No CommentsJust announced on Tuesday, March 11th: Aphex Twin and Goldfrapp have been added to this year's already stellar Coachella lineup! Aphex Twin is a big deal, mainly because he's completely out of his mind and I pretty much figured he'd never perform in the states again. Other artists that can't be missed: Portishead, My Morning Jacket, & Love and Rockets (to name a few). There are too many must-sees to
