In this modern music age of iTunes and myspace pages, it’s easy to forget about the simple pleasure of laying a needle to vinyl and awaiting the warm sounds that almost always follow. Lucky for us, not everyone has forgotten. Local rock group Ole Mossy Face and Lawrence, KS band The Ants have just released their split EP Chinese Democracy on twelve-inch vinyl, and the sounds contained in the grooves - as well as the simple fact that the record exists - are quite a refreshing change of musical pace.
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We don’t want to spoil it for you, so just go take a peek at who appears on the new Queen tribute album, Killer Queen. Then come back and discuss.
Oh crap. Didn’t they understand how stupid Dig made them look too? It’s not like they were the heroes of the film or something. Nonetheless, the Dandy Warhols are riding the tiny crest of revived interest in their band and releasing a new album. It’s called ODDITORIUM OR WARLORDS OF MARS. It will be a tremendous hit.
You can get the new Weezer record that features the craptastic first single “Beverly Hills” here for $4.99. Oh yeah, isn’t one of those guys from Nashville or Knoxville or something?
How into Fugazi are you? Saw a show of theirs that you thought was really cool? Well chances are, they’ve got it on tape and they’re putting on CD for you. Check out the Fugazi Live Series.
Every now and then a band comes along that is so truly bi-polar that you can’t say a word about their recording without mentioning their live show. This is the case with Looner and their latest E.P. “Rules.” The happy couple Zoe and Angel Roche have put together a blissfully-charming-to-ultra-dark recording in the public’s hands. The couples vocal arrangements and lyrical stylings will remind listeners of mid-nineties indie pop. But calling it fluff pop will not suffice, because there are definite dark areas on this e.p.
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It’s now offically December which means it’s time to break out those Christmas CD’s you have laying around your house. But this year if you want to hear something other then your mothers Christmas albums, then you should give these three a try; Maybe This Christmas, Maybe This Christmas Too, and Maybe This Christmas Tree. They are full of all your traditional Christmas songs but by great various artists such as, Pedro the Lion, Ben Folds, Death Cab for Cutie, Coldplay, Bright Eyes, and tons more. So go get one or all of these albums, pop one in your car and drive through the neighborhood looking at decorative Christmas lights…and most importantly get in the Christmas spirit.
Yeh, the publicity machine is in overdrive. Yeh, we’re taking the bait. But we don’t care. It’s Shatner, baby!
In the mail this week, we received a sampler of William Shatner’s new album, Has Been (the official release date is Oct 5). You know by now it was produced by Ben Folds who did most of the music and features guest appearances by Joe Jackson, Aimee Man, Henry Rollins and (gag me) Brad Paisley. We ordinarily wouldn’t care too much, but the CD rules.
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The Bubblegum Complex’s new EP Wonderkids is now available for pre-order from Heatstroke Records. This is their first recording with their current lineup and the upgrade from last year’s Looking Down at Cloud Nine is pretty drastic. You can find mp3s from the new record here. The official release show for the EP is October 2nd.
In other BGC news, you can download their acoustic performance from the 5 Spot here.
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