Troy, NY. September 8, 2009 – Super 400 is gearing up to release their fifth studio album, Sweet Fist, out September 15th, 2009 on Response Records/Rock Ridge Music. Recorded on tape at the famed Ardent Studios in Memphis, TN, with cover art by Klaus Voormann, the renowned creator of the Beatles' 'Revolver' album cover, this album is the band's most skillful work to date, holding strong to their influences from legends like Jimi Hendrix, Cream, Blind Faith and Zeppelin.
SUPER 400 To Release The Highly Anticipated "Sweet Fist" September 15th!
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Category: music news
Paste Magazine Gets To Know PEASANT with front-page feature & interview!
“Getting To Know” Peasant is a humbling yet adventurous journey that we should all take a minute to do. And that’s exactly what Paste Magazine sought out to do a few short weeks ago in Peasant’s hometown of Doylestown, PA. Quickly diving into Peasant’s past, present, and exciting new future, Paste Magazine’s Catherine Prewitt sat down with Damien DeRose (a.k.a. Peasant) in order to gain some true insight and new perspective what exactly it is that has inspired the man behind the music to make such a unique and intriguing sound.
With a bit of a sneak preview into what to expect from Peasant’s 2010 album release of “Shady Retreat”, Paste digs up several other
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Portland filmmaker Matt McCormick launches the trailer for Some Days are Better than Others
Shot primarily in Portland and the surrounding areas, Some Days are Better than Others is a poetic, character-driven independent feature film starring James Mercer, Carrie Brownstein, Renee Roman Nose, and David Wodehouse. A charmingly melancholy look at abandonment, Some Days are Better Than Others asks the question, “Why do the good times slip by so fast while the sad times seem so sticky?” The film thematically explores heartbreak, abandonment, and alternative forms of communication while observing an interweaving web of awkward characters who seem to get kicked down by life time and time again. Above all else, Some Days are Better Than Others is a quirky black comedy about the disposable relics of our always-consuming society. It’s a film about growing up, growing old, and holding on to hope while looking for second chances.
Trailer link: http://www.somedaysthemovie.
Category: news
THE GLAD HEARTS - The Oak and the Acorn
With a sound that touches upon both alt-country and artful indie-rock, GLAD
HEARTS have crafted an album that wouldn’t seem out of place on the CD shelves of fans of NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL or Cassadaga-era BRIGHT EYES.
The band delivers fragile, summery folk hymns that quiver with equal parts indie rock sensitivity and dusty, booksmart poetry. Simultaneously, singer-songwriter Ryan Bing dumpster dives through the darkest moments of life – both his and others – and lays out his findings for all to see. However, what he's mining for isn't cheap tragedy, but hope.
Lending their talents to the album is a veritable who's-who of indie engineers, producers and mixers, such as Grammy Award winner Matt Shane (FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS), Chris Moore (TV ON THE RADIO, YEAH YEAH YEAHS, SCARLETT JOHANSSON), Michael White (TALKING HEADS, DAVID BYRNE, DAVID BOWIE) and John Schmersal (ENON, BRANIAC). Adding to the nuance of the songs is a grab bag of instruments that includes guitar, mandolin, bass, keys, drums, piano, organ, banjo, accordion, saw, drums, trumpet and bottles. The result is a communal back-porch party for the inner English major in all of us. The Oak and the Acorn is something quiet, seemingly plaintive and intensely personal, yet ultimately joyful and something to be shared, over fine china, paper plates or marshmallows on a stick.
The band has been making waves throughout its home region and is poised to break out on a national level by combining heartfelt and honest songwriting, an earnest DIY work ethic and a serious case of wanderlust. GLAD HEARTS' house tour lasts from last week until the end of time
DOWNLOAD THE ALBUM HERE:
www.mediafire.com/?lzil2q2jwdi
Category: new album
new video by Loquat ("SF's Best Indie Act" -SF Bay Guardian)

Loquat is among SF's most critically lauded local bands, recognized for their singular ability to combine beauty and innovation. "Lots of bands mix electronic and acoustic instruments," says the SF Chronicle, "but few pull it off with the grace—or even the shimmering melodies—exhibited by this San Francisco group fronted by Kylee Swenson." Nylon magazine says, "In a genre marred by overproduction and, sometimes, a lack of imagination, Loquat is not only wonderfully organic but refreshingly inventive."
Loquat's second full length album, Secrets of the Sea, has been on numerous influential blogs' lists of favorite albums, and is available on iTunes, Amazon and the Talking House Store.
Category: new video
Thom Yorke (feat. Andy Yorke) - "All For The Best" Video
Monday, September 21, 2009
Thom Yorke's video for "All For The Best" (featuring Andy Yorke) is now available at RollingStone.com. The song is from the Mark Mulcahy tribute album, Ciao My Shining Star (September 29), which features the eponymous track from Andy Yorke's former band, Unbelievable Truth.
Category: new video
Jump CLubb
Sunday, September 20, 2009

Category: new album
Something Barrowed, Something Blue...
Friday, September 18, 2009
Wednesday 23rd September 09
PETER HOOK & SECTION 25 'ROCKING THE BLUE PLAQUES'
Back Door Music Project, Rochdale
Peter Hook and Section 25 join forces to play a special one-off gig in celebration of blue plaques being unveiled on two seminal recording studios in Rochdale; Tractor Sound Studios (which John Peel helped fund with his Dandelion record label after having lived in Rochdale and working in the Townhead Cotton Mill in 1959) and Kenion Street Music Building (Cargo & Suit 16 studios) where Joy Division and The Stones Roses recorded. Hookie only played Rochdale once, in 1980, despite recording there for years so we've been told to expect some Joy Division
Category: concert
MYSPACE MUSIC "CELEBRATES" MADONNA ON NEW HOMEPAGE WITH EXCLUSIVE VIDEO AND FAN CONTEST
Today MySpace Music officially unveils its brand new homepage with the exclusive premiere of Madonna's highly anticipated "Celebration" fan video directed by Jonas Akerlund, the singer's long time creative collaborator (Ray of Light). To watch the "Celebration" video featuring dozens of Madonna's biggest fans visit the MySpace Music homepage at http://www.myspace.com/music. The video can also be found here:
http://vids.myspace.com/index.
Category: music news
Daytrotter Presents: Dead Confederate / Meat Puppets Tour & Free Digital 7”

Hot off a UK tour with Dinosaur Jr, Dead Confederate kick off their co-headline tour with the Meat Puppets. Click here to get a free 7" digital EP featuring music from both bands - Dead Confederate's "The Rat" (Live from Laundromatinee.com) and The Meat Puppets "Go To Your Head "(from Daytrotter's SXSW sessions)".
John Clinebell Releases "Make It Land"
John Clinebell will release his second album, Make It Land, on October 25.
According to Stardum Entertainment Magazine, "John Clinebell is an artist to watch out for as the Summer turns to Fall and his infectious songs continue to permeate the consciousness of music listeners throughout California and the world."
From the House of Blues Sunset Strip main stage to the ArtsPalooza studio, from Oregon Institute of Technology and San Diego State University to Los Angeles bars and coffee houses on the west side, John is quickly gaining a reputation as a stellar performer, who simply enjoys what he does, does it well, helps others, remains humble, and strives to take his abilities to the national stage.
John Clinebell can be found online:
www.johnclinebell.com
www.youtube.com/johnclinebell
www.facebook.com/johnclinebell
Category: new album
ÓLAFUR ARNALDS TO RELEASE 'FOUND SONGS' ON ERASED TAPES + 'LJÓSIÐ' VIDEO
In April 2009, Iceland's neo-classical export Ólafur Arnalds created the 7-song series 'Found Songs' - recording a song a day for 7 days and instantly making each track available via Twitter. With artwork contributions from fans via Flickr, this modern release awakens memories of a tradition that seemed lost in the digital age we live in. Ólafur's 'Found Songs' will now see a proper North American release on cinematic pop label Erased Tapes on November 10.
Born in 1987, Ólafur hails from the suburban Icelandic town, Mosfellsbær, just a few kilometers outside of Reykjavík. He has immersed himself completely in a world of delicate symphonic compositions generating near weightless orchestral pieces. Arnalds explores the crossover from classical to pop by mixing chamber strings and piano with discreet electronics which makes him a perfect fit for Erased Tapes. His motivations are clear: "The classical scene is kind of closed to people who haven't been studying music all their lives. I would like to bring my classical influence to the people who don't usually listen to this kind of music...open people's minds."
This young artist is steadily gaining recognition worldwide since his 2007 debut 'Eulogy for Evolution'. The 2008 follow-up EP 'Variations of Static' earned Ólafur acclaim from both the contemporary and classical field - transcending a traditional divide by uniting their ideals. After filling London's world-famous Barbican Hall, fellow Icelanders Sigur Rós
Category: new talent
Vulture Premieres a Clip From the White Stripes' New Concert Movie
From nymag.com’s Vulture blog:
Making its world premiere tonight at the Toronto Film Festival (9 p.m. at the Elgin Theatre!) is Under the Great White Northern Lights, the new concert film from Earth's hardest-rocking, non-related electric-blues duo the White Stripes. Directed by Emmett Malloy and shot with a pair of sixteen-millimeter cameras, Lights follows Jack and Meg on their first-ever Canadian tour, in support of 2007's Icky Thump, dropping anchor in every territory and province and concluding with the band's tenth-anniversary show in Nova Scotia.
See an exclusive clip from the film at Vulture Premiers
Category: concert
Mystery of Two - Early Talking Heads Meets Sonic Youth
Thursday, September 17, 2009
At a time when music descended from “punk” and “new wave” has been reducedto it’s most rudimentary and lo-fi elements, Mystery of Two continues to pursue the original artistic aspirations of the genre---believing that art and music can be unfamiliar and challenging, without sacrificing accessibility. Much like their musical touchstones—The Feelies, The Voidoids, Talking Heads, and Pere Ubu—Mystery of Two follow the axiom that the unconventional can be created through paramount musicianship, attention to song-craft, and sonic structuring.
Their self-titled follow up to 2006’s Arrows are all you know
Category: mp3
CATHERINE FEENY ANNOUNCES TOUR, PRE-RELEASE SALE OF NEW LP ON HER SITE
PORTLAND, OREGON, SEPTEMBER 15, 2009: Catherine Feeny is embarking on an 18-date tour--her first since relocating to Portland from her former base in Norwich, Norfolk, UK—and has just announced the availability of an exclusive pre-release version of her upcoming album, “People In The Hole”, via her site, www.catherinefeeny.com. Aside from being able to purchase the album in advance directly from Feeny’s site, fans can hear a sneak peak of five streaming songs from the full-length.
Although she is American-born (she grew up in the suburbs of Philadelphia in a house where George Washington once slept), Feeny began garnering popular and critical acclaim in the UK early in her career with the 2003 release of her eponymous full-length debut. In 2006, as Feeny split her time between the UK and Los Angeles and was signed to EMI, her stateside following continued to grow. There, in 2006, LA-based tastemaker Nic Harcourt played her on Morning Becomes Eclectic, his KCRW radio show, and her song “Mr. Blue” off that year’s “Hurricane Glass” LP was featured in the film “Running With Scissors”. That same track reached the A-list at Britain’s most listened-to radio station, BBC Radio 2
Category: new album
New Video from Swollen Members "Warrior"
Swollen Members have released their video for the track "Warrior" online at http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=62987008 (Youtube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9PSCfrIgiA)
Category: new video
EMANUEL AND THE FEAR Garners New Fans In Rock Luminaries - David Byrne, TV on The Radio and Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson from Joe¹s Pub performance
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
“Just another night in NYC” doesn’t quite cut it for the surreal happenings of Friday, September 4th, 2009 during Emanuel and the Fear’s performance at Joe’s Pub. What was expected to be a fairly quiet night for Emanuel and the Fear with so many people leaving the city for the weekend quickly turned into a sold-out room with everyone from David Byrne to TV On The Radio and Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson in attendance. To top it all off, David Byrne even mentioned the show in his journal! Check it out here: http://journal.davidbyrne.com/2009/09/090509-ny-bike-share-coming.html
And now we can all collectively celebrate the grandeur memory of this thanks to our new friends at NYC Taper. While recording 11 people on stage definitely has its challenges, NYC Taper recorded the whole set from the upstairs soundboard area. Emanuel and the Fear will also be playing NYC Taper’s CMJ show at Bruar Falls on Thursday October 22. Check out NYC Taper’s coverage and recording here: http://www.nyctaper.com/?p=1639
Download Emanuel and the Fear’s “The Rain Becomes the Clouds” mp3 here
9/17 – New York, NY @ Spike Hill w/ Phonograph
10/1 – Montreal, QB @ Pop Montreal/Bar le Syndrome (Paper Garden Records Presents: Carnaval! w/ Darla Farmer)
10/2 – Montreal, QB @ Pop Montreal/Square St. Louis (Paper Garden Picnic! w/ Darla Farmer)
10/22 – Brooklyn, NY @ CMJ/ Bruar Falls (NYC Taper showcase)
11/7 – New York, NY @ 3rd Ward (Paper Garden Records Presents: Multiverse Playground – an exploration into the evolution of music, art, and comedy)
Myspace: www.myspace.com/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/
Label: www.papergardenrecords.com/
Purchase EP from Paper Garden Records: http://papergardenrecords.com/
Category: mp3, music news
The Jealous Sound :: on tour / free MP3
THE JEALOUS SOUND hit the road on a full U.S. tour with Sunny Day Real Estate starting this week.
Two shows have been added featuring The Jealous Sound as headliners (no Sunny Day on these shows):
Sept. 29 - Brooklyn, NY @ South Paw (w/o Sunny Day)
Oct. 12 - Anaheim, CA @ Chain Reaction (w/o Sunny Day)
Josh Staples (Velvet Teen / The New Trust) plays bass for The Jealous Sound on this tour!
BLOG EXCLUSIVE - FREE MP3:
Category: mp3, tour dates
CD's out & on AOL (400K downloads this week)
Just a quick update, with all that's going on -- today's national launch day for The Lovemakers physical CD, Let's Be Friends.
If you hadn't heard, we had over 400,000 iTunes downloads of "Love Is Dead" in the last 6 days! Nice.
This week you can hear the whole album streamed free, on AOL Spinner (a "listening party")
so, a good time to hear the variety of the album, some of the deeper and darker tracks.
That Spinner feature is linked here -
http://www.spinner.com/new-
Category: music news
NEW VIDEO FROM GREAT LAKE SWIMMERS "STILL" - BAND ON TOUR AND NOMINATED FOR POLARIS
Off Great Lake Swimmers latest album, Lost Channels, check out the new music video for "Still." The video was directed by Scott Cudmore, who has also worked with the Swimmers on past videos.
Category: new video
JUPITER ONE’s “Flaming Arrow” music video featured on Indiefeed + new “Sunshower” album released today
Watch Jupiter One’s “Flaming Arrow” music video feature on Indiefeed.com here:http://www.indiefeed.com
Stream or download Jupiter One’s “Flaming Arrow” new music video here:
THE CITY AND SKYWAY
The members of the Enid, OK, rock band’s former lineups comprise a veritable who's who of seminal ’00s rock, including DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL, THE PROMISE RING, LIFETIME, HEY MERCEDES, LIMBECK and MARITIME, among others. As you know by now, oft-hyped musical “super groups” rarely live up to the hype or songwriting acumen of their members' original bands. But THE CITY AND SKYWAY prove with their self-released debut full-length Everything Looks Worse In Black & White that - nepotism be damned - they're determined to err on the side of overachievement.
Category: new album
Cursive Live on Luxury Wafers
Tim Kasher and co. recently dropped by Chessvolt Studios for a Luxury Wafers Live Session and did what they do best...be Cursive. After 14 years and 8 records, they still know how to rock. They layed down five tracks for the session, three from their upcoming album Mama, I'm Swollen (out now on Saddle Creek), as well as two old faves, not to mention a live video for Caveman. Click on over and give it a listen!
The Luxury Wafers Live Sessions is an ongoing series in which artists are hand-selected to record a handful of “live” tracks in an intimate studio setting. The songs are recorded, mixed, and mastered for your listening pleasure, many of which will be available shortly via iTunes. Adding to the experience, Luxury Wafers also accompanies the tracks with a professionally edited video of the session.
Category: new music
RIOT ACT MEDIA AT MFNW 2009!
This year's MFNW is going to be a doozy--and we have NINE--count 'em--NINE bands playing this year! Portland Cello Project, Black Whales, Norfolk & Western, Blunt Mechanic, Weinland, BOAT, Finn Riggins, All Smiles and Loch Lomond are going to cover this town with so many jams, you'll need a whole peanut butter factory to even everything out!
Category: concert
SALLY SHAPIRO RELEASES BRAND NEW VIDEO FOR SINGLE "MIRACLE"
Swedish italo-disco artist Sally Shapiro is excited to release a brand new video for the first single, "Miracle," off her sophomore release, My Guilty Pleasure, out now on Paper Bag Records!
A little bit about the making of "Miracle" according to Sally and her producer Johan Agebjörn, "This music video is directed by Will Joines, whom we had the pleasure to shortly meet during our one and only (and short) DJ tour to North America. He photographed us during the appearance in New York and was really nice. We like his work so we had him to direct this music video together with the producer Gilana Lobel and a few more people."
Following on the success and
Category: new video
new album from Sweden's FREDRIK
Monday, September 14, 2009
check out the first single from Fredrik'sTrilogi, "Locked in the Basement"
Category: mp3
Video: Alice In Chains "Check My Brain"
"Check My Brain" is the second song to be released off of the forthcoming "Black Gives Way To Blue". It's a punchy mid-tempo rocker that highlights the rock-steady rhythm section of drummer Sean Kinney and bassist Mike Inez. Once again, William DuVall manages to harmonize well with Jerry Cantrell, giving vocal depth to the track. It's a strong song and a good follow-up to first single, "A Looking In View".
Category: new video
Royal Native
Royal Native is the work of folk and blues singer/guitarist Glass Williams and electro music producer Cornelius R. Pennington Esq. Here they unite the twin disciplines of yelling in a high pitched voice and sitting in chairs.
Category: new talent
Neon Indian Tour the World & The Traditionist on Daytrotter!
Saturday, September 12, 2009
On his way up to Northern California to officiate his sister’s wedding after being ordained for the event, The Traditionist aka Joey Barro stopped in San Francisco to lay down some tracks for Daytrotter. The outcome is four beautiful tracks, two of which can be found on their debut album Season to Season, the other two will appear on the follow up record to be released in early 2010. The upcoming release will be back from the studio in the next couple of weeks where it is currently being mixed by producer Scott Solter (John Vanderslice, Pattern Is Movement) and features drummer Jon Wurster of Superchunk and Mountain Goats.
Category: music news
"A Tribute to Grace Jones" by Magnum 38 on Tigerbass
Break!
Magnum 38 is the unpredictable guy on Shitkatapult/Music and now on Tigerbass. After he played guitar in some independent bands he started his electronic producer career with glitchy breakbeat tracks. Now he surprises us with a tribute to disco legend Grace Jones. He has always been a fan of her dark and androgynous voice, of her as a person in general. Before thousands of Michael Jackson Remixes will be spread all over the world, listen to his hurray to her: “A Tribute to Grace Jones”.
mp3: Magnum 38 - Suffer
Magnum 38 - Slave
Category: mp3
Darrin James Band Reveals "The Lovely Ugly Truth" October 6
Much is known about the way music impacts the brain; very little is known about its effect on the heart. That instant, visceral sensation when a song connects is universal; while sincerity and authenticity are intangible qualities, they are always present in the positive listening experience. Darrin James has been a guitarist for 15 years and a songwriter for just under a decade, drawing on his love for blues, soul, country and other roots genres to create songs with a timeless quality. “As a songwriter, I have wanted to combine honest, dark lyrics with old school blues and a fusion of styles, to express the emotions and stories of tragic or flawed characters.” Darrin has succeeded mightily at this aim. His debut album; Thrones of Gold earned a wealth of kudos in the music press. The Deli Magazine had this to say, “The man’s got Joe Henry versatility, a crackerjack studio band and a great sense of craft…from a Lovett/Waits blues into a John Prine diatribe then rocketing off with an Elvis Costello pop gem.” The title track placed in American Songwriter’s Lyric Writing Contest with the lyrics appearing in the Nov/Dec 2006 issue. “Crazy World” was used in the segment of Emmy-nominated reality TV fave The Deadliest Catch in which the crew demonstrate advanced cases of “Bering Sea Dementia”.
Category: music news, new album
THE NEW COLLISIONS
Suddenly a three-month-old band was selling out large clubs in Boston. The first tracks garnered full pages in The Boston Globe, The Boston Phoenix, and The Boston Herald, and wild praise from every blog tuned in to the local scene. It wasn't long before the phone rang, with an offer to go on tour this summer: The B-52s had chosen The New Collisions as their support act. Soon another offer came: Blondie--the band's number one influence--asked The New Collisions to be direct support at an upcoming show.
Category: concert, new talent
The Notwist with The Andromeda Mega Express Orchestra, London 12th Dec
After a series of celebrated shows in Hamburg, Amsterdam, Munich and Cologne, The Notwist and The Andromeda Mega Express Orchestra will be playing at the Union Chapel in London on the 12th December.
This combination of a 20-piece orchestra with a 5-piece band from Bavaria holds a lot more promise than the typical "Rock meets Classical" set up. Instead, old and new Notwist songs are elaborated upon to form extremely complex orchestral arrangements that are sometimes moody and often happily insane.
The Andromeda Mega Express Orchestra make music in their very own galaxy - a similar one to which Raymond Scott, Sun Ra or Bach and Beethoven must have once passed by.
These evenings celebrate a new interpretation and elaboration of the Notwistian songbook, which due to the obvious logistical reasons involved can only take place on a few very special occasions.
Last year, The Notwist released their album "The Devil, You and Me" on City Slang, for which the The Andromeda Mega Express Orchestra, conducted by Daniel Glatzel, contributed important orchestral arrangements. The Andromeda Mega Express Orchestra released their first album "Take Off" in May, on Notwist's own label, Alien Transistor. Over the last two years the Munich based documentary filmmaker, Jörg Adolph, filmed the coming together of these two ensembles on stage and off. The DVD of the film "Music, No Music" will be available in stores from December, right on time for the tour.
Support comes from The Sleeping Years: http://www.myspace.com/
Tickets for this show go on sale this Friday 11 Sept from Wegotickets http://www.wegottickets.com/
Category: concert
60 Watt Kid to Release "We Come From the Bright Side" Out October 20th
check out the first single “We Come From the Bright Side”
Category: new album
ARMS (Harlem Shakes) "Kids Aflame" mp3
It's the title track "Kids Aflame" off their upcoming US debut, played on ukulele no less! ARMS is essentially Todd Goldstein, guitarist for Brooklyn group the Harlem Shakes. It started out as a lo-fi bedroom project a few years back, but there was such a great response to this album that it's quickly turned into a full-on touring band. Previously only on import, Kids Aflame will now get a proper US release with bonus tracks on Gigantic Music (The Walkmen, Harlem Shakes).
"Kids Aflame" mp3 Download (cleared for posting):
http://www.armsarms.com/songs/
Todd's a very charming guy, and it comes through in his songwriting. His voice is like sizzurp too.
MySpace here: http://www.myspace.com/
Category: new talent
new music from London's STRICKEN CITY
Thursday, September 10, 2009
The Good Graces, pretty new song
the Good Graces just released a new song aptly titled "Pretty New Song",
Mp3: Pretty New Song
Category: mp3
Lovemakers get big iTunes boost: Single of the Week
The Lovemakers have found a champion in the world’s top music retailer. iTunes has picked their song “Love is Dead” for the rare and coveted iTunes "Single of the Week" beginning today. An awesome and deserved boost for an amazing indie act, and perfect timing as Apple announced the release of iTunes 9 just this afternoon.
The new album, Let’s Be Friends, also dropped this week exclusively on iTunes with national retail hitting September 15. The Lovemakers celebrate with a special performance at Apple Store San Francisco on September 12th at 1:00pm, and Record Release shows this week in San Francisco, San Jose and Sacramento.
You can get The Lovemakers' Single of the Week free here:
http://itunes.apple.com/
Category: music news
YACHT bring their light, dark ways to Noisemakers on Noisevox with John Norris
YACHT bring their light, dark ways to Noisemakers on Noisevox with John Norris - make one of our lights go POP and perform a secret show! Don't fret, we filmed it for ya!
New York, NY (September 10, 2009) NOISEVOX – Maybe it was something we said. Or, more likely, something they said. Less than five minutes into John Norris’s interview with this week’s Noisemakers on Noisevox guests, the Portland-by-way-of-Marfa-Texas duo YACHT, one of our lights blew. Not just at any point, mind you, but at the exact moment in the conversation when YACHT”s Jona Bechtolt began to discuss the Marfa Lights – the spooky unexplained phenomenon that occurs nightly near the small west Texas town – and how they became the inspiration for the band’s acclaimed new album See Mystery Lights.
“Whoa. Stuff like this has been happening a lot lately,” says Bechtolt, “every time we start to talk about lights, something happens. It’s really weird.”
That’s kind of how it goes in the weirdly fascinating world of YACHT’s Captain Bechtolt and his first mate, Claire Evans, who traffic in mantras (the new album began as a collection of them), question materialism, heaven and hell, and distribute pamphlets explaining their ever-present use of triangles – all topics they touch on in the latest Noisemakers. As is the need to assure people that they are not a cult – and that their “Team YACHT” community is an inclusive bunch where all are welcome. “We say in our mission statement that YACHT is whatever YACHT is when YACHT is standing before you,” says Evans. “So if there is someone who’s just jumped on stage and started dancing, then, they’re in YACHT.” For all her spiritual musings, Evans also reveals a more down-to-earth chapter from her pre-YACHT days: as a youth, she ran the world’s second most-trafficked Weezer fan site.
Category: music news
The Oswald debut single "These Days" has finally been released
The debut single "These Days" has finally been released! The long awaited single from Oswald is being released yesterday on major digital music distributors such as iTunes, Amazon, and Play.
"These Days" has received nationwide critical acclaim and has been playlisted on almost every major radio station in Scotland. BBC Radio Scotland even chose "These Days" as their Single of the Month and highlighted the band several times during that month.
Here's their official - http://www.official.
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