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May 9, 2008
Anna Ternheim @ Bowery Ballroom, NYC - pics, MP3
photos by Bao Nguyen
DOWNLOAD: Anna Ternheim - To Be Gone (MP3)
The gloomy Swede, starved for sunlight, is a cliché, she insisted. It takes resolve not to mention that the cover photograph for Ms. Ternheim's American debut, "Halfway to Five Points" (Decca), features the singer-songwriter with her head bowed, standing beneath a sky of blackening clouds. But we've only just met.Like her tour-mates Lykke Li and El Perro Del Mar, Anna Ternheim is from Sweden, but she recently moved to NYC. Last night the aforementioned tour hit Bowery Ballroom in Anna's new hometown (May 8, 2008). More pictures of Anna playing that show below...."Some part of it is true, of course," she said. "I don't know why, but all Swedish folk music has that melancholy to it. Also, there's a lot of melody to Swedish pop music while not as much rhythm. There's definitely a color to the Nordic music. We don't surprise people. It's like, I'm the Swedish singer-songwriter girl from Sweden in the north, singing sad melancholic songs!" [NY Sun]
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This Week In METAL (05/09/08)
by Black Bubblegum
DOWNLOAD: Pulling Teeth - Live @ Sound & Fury 2K7 (ALBUM ZIP)
DOWNLOAD: Gnaw Their Tongues - Bubonic Burial Rites (ALBUM ZIP), ALBUM ART
DOWNLOAD: Gnaw Their Tongues - Vomiting Helplessly (ALBUM ZIP), ALBUM ART
Opeth!
Twenty six. Thats how many days we have left until the new Opeth record hits the streets. Mikael Akerfeldt & the boys have put in WORK when it comes to publicity for this record so check out a few interviews that they did here, here, here, here, here, and a seven-parter here. Whew! And here's a taste of their setlist from the Universal City, CA date (May 2nd) of the Progressive Nation Tour:
Master's ApprenticesTickets are still on sale for Opeth's two shows at Terminal 5. We have a pair to giveaway too. Want them? Email BVCONTESTS@HOTMAIL.COM (subject: Opeth). Include your first and last name. One winner will be picked at random and contacted.
Baying of the Hounds
In My Time of Need
Wreath
Heir Apparent
The Drapery Falls
More dates have been added to the Cavalera Conspiracy tour.... check for the full tour dates below. Missed the presale? Don't worry, tickets are back on sale as of Friday morning @ 10am.
Speaking of the Cavaleras, check out the cover for the new Soulfly record Conquer here, as well as the tracklisting below. Conquer will feature guest appearances by David Vincent (Morbid Angel) and Dave Peters (Throwdown).
Speaking of two nights at the venue formerly known as Irving Plaza, tickets are still on sale for the first of two At the Gates reunion shows. The second night is sold out.
much, much more...............
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May 8, 2008
OHBIJOU - Toronto band in NYC for 2 shows with STARS LIKE FLEAS & TAKKA TAKKA -- MP3/video/dates
DOWNLOAD: Ohbijou - St. Francis (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Ohbijou - Steep (MP3)
The band, who play an array of instruments center around Casey Mecija's tales of whimsy, include sister Jennifer on violin/organ, Heather Kirby on bass/banjo, Ryan Carley on piano/keyboard, James Bunton on drums/trumpet, Anissa Hart on cello and Andrew Kinoshita on mandolin/guitar, have shared the stage with such artists as Joanna Newsom, Bright Eyes, The Walkmen, Sarah Harmer, The Dears, amongst other. The Mecija sisters also appeared on Final Fantasy's acclaimed lp, He Poos Clouds, providing backing vocals.Ohbijou - 2008 Tour Dates
May 8 - The Knitting Factory, NYC w/ Stars Like Fleas (TONIGHT) (tix)
May 9 - Union Hall, Brooklyn, NY w/ Takka Takka (Friday) (tix)
These two NYC shows will be Ohbijou's U.S. debut. Check out the videos below....
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Indian Jewelry - 2008 Tour Dates (Cake Shop/DBA), MP3s
DOWNLOAD:Z Indian Jewelry - Swans (MP3)
DOWNLOAD:Z Indian Jewelry - Temporary Famine Ship (MP3)
Indian Jewelry are from Texas. Their album "Free Gold" will be released on May 20th.
The band's closest contemporaries are Excepter. Like them, their music is deliberately primitive, partially improvised, menacing and boring and inventive in equal measure. But even as Free Gold! invites a broader audience with the solid hooks on "Bird Is Broke (Won't Sing)" and "Temporary Famine Ship," Indian Jewelry's latest move harks back to certain '90s post-rock acts as much as it accommodates itself to a psych common ground, shared with bands like Wooden Shjips. [Dusted]You can listen above and see them at the places listed below...
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MGMT - Time To Pretend (VIOLENS remix) (MP3), tour dates
DOWNLOAD: MGMT - Time To Pretend (Jorge Elbrecht of Violens remix) (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Violens - Violent Sensation Descends (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: MGMT - Time to Pretend (MP3)
Violens' debut release is out now
As just mentioned, Violens are playing Music Hall of Williamsburg tonight (May 8). Violens are also playing Union Pool tomorrow (May 9th), and they were recently named one of L Magazine's bands you need to hear.
MGMT are playing with Beck & Spoon in LA. More tour dates below...
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May 7, 2008
Broken Social Scene - new Brendan Canning album/MP3, Siren
DOWNLOAD: Brendan Canning (BSS) - Hit the Wall (MP3)
That reminded me....
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The Presets - remixes & other MP3's & stuff
DOWNLOAD: The Presets - This Boy's in Love (LifeLike Rmx) (Sendspace MP3)
DOWNLOAD: The Presets - Are You The One? (LifeLike Rmx) (MP3 in a ZIP)
The Presets new album Apocalypso is out in the U.S. on May 13th. In celebration of this (and to get you on the mailing list), they are giving away an exclusive track called "My People".
We're also giving away two of our favorite Preset remixes - both of them by Lifelike who we were just talking about. Download those above.
The Presets play Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn on June 4th, and then Bowery Ballroom in Manhattan the next day. Tickets are still on sale for those dates and others. All the tour dates are listed HERE. We (Finger on the Pulse) will also be hosting an album release party at Royal Oak this Friday (May 9). We'll be giving away free posters, stickers and a couple copies of the record. The flyer for Friday, and the video for "This Boy's In Love", below....
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VETIVER & Phosphorescent - 2008 Tour Dates ++ a mixtape, new covers album & an MP3
DOWNLOAD: Vetiver - Blue Driver (MP3)
Andy Cabic of the San Francisco based group Vetiver has given us his Top Ten Songs To Listen To While Coming Up With Lists of Ten Songs To Listen To Mixtape! With a number of rare folk and country based singer songwriter tunes interspersed with the likes of John Cale, The Beau Brummels and Ms. Skeeter Davis, this is a supremely unique and must have mixtape for those who love unknown gems. [get that mixtape @ When You Awake]Tickets are on sale for a Vetiver / Phosphorescent show at Bowery Ballroom on August 2nd and for one the very next day at Music Hall of Williamsburg. Those are the only dates I see that both bands are playing together, but I wouldn't be surprised if more get announced.
Vetiver's next album Thing Of The Past is a "set of cover versions of songs by some of band-leader Andy Cabic's favourite artists". It's being released soon on Gnomonsong which is the label run by Andy and Devendra Banhart. One of the songs is a cover of Michael Hurley's "Blue Driver" and you can download that above.
Phosphorescent is currently touring Europe. Vetiver is on the West coast, but they'll be in Europe soon too. All dates for everyone below....
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May 5, 2008
free Channel 101 screenings before Rock 'n' ROFL tonight
DOWNLOAD: The Acorn - Crooked Legs (MP3)
What is Channel 101?The monthly screenings happen the first Monday of every month at Pianos. They are the reason we aren't starting Rock n ROFL until 9pm tonight.... make that a bit after 9:00 (May 5, 2008). Their first screening starts at 7:00. Their second screening starts at 8:30 tonight (which I didn't know when we started planning). The screening runs "less than an hour" though, and they'll already have the chairs set up so we can go right into the comedy hour with our host Max Silvestri. The even better news is that you can ALSO come for the screenings, AND that we'll have $2.00 Svedka vodka drinks. So, tonight now looks something like this:Every month, five-minute TV shows are screened for a live audience in New York City. The audience votes to renew some shows and cancel others.
The top five shows become the new "prime time" lineup; losing shows are banished forever.
The next month, prime time shows return with new episodes, pitted against each other and a crop of fresh new pilots.
At Channel 101, your entertainment destiny is in your hands. If you like a show, nurture it with your votes and it will bloom into a series. If you don't like a show, it goes away. Wouldn't it be great if "real" television worked this way?
tonight - May 5, 2008 @ Pianos
8:30 - free Channel 101 screening
9:?? - Greg Johnson & 4 other comedy acts (including the Perfect Storm) (ROFL)
10:?? - The War on Drugs (rock)
11:?? - The Acorn (rock again)
First person to email BVCONTESTS@HOTMAIL.COM (subject: rofl) right now (include your first and last name) will win a pair of tickets to the show. $10 tickets will be available at the door. $2.00 vodka drinks. See you there.
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May 2, 2008
This Week In METAL (05/02/08)
by Black Bubblegum
DOWNLOAD: Opeth - "Lotus Eater" (edit) (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: The Gates Of Slumber - Ice Worm (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: The Gates Of Slumber - Trapped In The Web (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Leviathan - Made As The Stale Wine Of Wrath (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Lurker Of Chalice - I (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Wold - Frost Crystal Symmetry (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Ascend - Ample Fire Within (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Wolfbrigade - "Prowler" (MP3)
Intronaut Live in Barcelona, 2007 (buckyrocks)
New Century Media signees Intronaut will be back in town in August 8th at the Knitting Factory (on sale NOW), this time bringing Behold... The Arctopus and Mouth Of The Architect! Following up last year's excellent yet grab-baggy The Challenger sort-of-EP, the boys will head back into the studio in April to record a new LP. Mouth Of The Architect have a new album on the way as well, Quietly, and you can preview first single "Hate And Heartache" at the Translation Loss MySpace.
Speaking of Colin Marston, the new record for his black metal project with Mick Barr, Krallice, is in the can and is due in July via Profound Lore. Mick Barr's Ocrilim are on board to play a Todd P show opening for the mighty Thrones at Death By Audio on May 22nd. Thrones, aka Joe Preston of Melvins, High On Fire, and many other esteemed projects was spotted playing guitar with the mighty Harvey Milk at SXSW and WFMU has the whole thing available for download.
more...........
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