The Mae Shi

pictures from the 2009 Pitchfork Festival

Happy Holidays! I take on more than I can handle. That results in a lot of unposted content. In the name of catching up, while also taking it easy during this final week of the year, here’s some of that lost material…

Live At The Smell on DVD, online ++ No Age add 4th NY show

“Featuring over 2 hours of live bands from Los Angeles and beyond, “Live at The Smell” captures the live energy that pumps through LA’s legendary independent DIY all-ages venue…

Vivian Girls & The Beets played Death by Audio w/ Best Fwends & Real Estate (pics), now on tour (dates & video!)

“Hey everyone! We just started the first leg of our crazy nine week tour (which ends in NYC on Halloween). These next few weeks we will be joined by our brothers, the Beets, on what we’ve named the Nightmare of Sound tour…

Pitchfork Fest's updated lineup w/ DOOM, Beirut, Frightened Rabbit & updated 2009 JAPANDROIDS tour dates

DOWNLOAD: Japandroids – Young Hearts Spark Fire (MP3) Beirut @ Coco 66 (more by Ryan Muir) More bands were recently added to the previously announced lineup of the 2009 Pitchfork Festival…

SXSW 2009 - Day 3 in photos by Leia

“CD sales are down. Digital hasn’t caught up. Record companies are consolidating. New bands are trying to find their own way. Despite all the challenging news, thousands of industry professionals and eager music fans turned out for the South by Southwest (SXSW) festival in Austin, Texas, over the weekend…

The Mae Shi wrote a tribute to Christian Bale freaking out

DOWNLOAD: Christian Bale freaking out (MP3) DOWNLOAD: The Mae Shi – R U Professional (4 Xtian) (MP3) Bale first caught the public eye when he was cast in the starring role of Steven Spielberg’s Empire of the Sun at the age of 13, playing an English boy who becomes separated from his parents and subsequently finds himself lost in a Japanese internment camp during World War II…

The Mae Shi - 2008 Tour Dates, 2 NYC shows, more KF pics

The Mae Shi return to NYC this week to play two shows – one in Manhattan and one in Brooklyn. Details, all dates, and more pics Leia took at the show they played at the BrooklynVegan party at Knitting Factory in October, below…

The Mae Shi @ Knitting Factory (BV CMJ), NYC - pics

From their gig in the Knitting Factory Old Office (10/25), I’d say that that seeing The Mae Shi live is a lot like walking into a Mae Shi practice, with the band kicking through a set of rough sounding punk ditties that eventually settle into their charming power-pop shtick…

Lightspeed Champion added to BV show @ Knitting Factory!

The Mae Shi @ Market Hotel, NYC (more by Leia Jospe) The Carps @ Gramercy Theatre, NYC (more by Leia Jospe) Lightspeed Champion‘s last NYC show was headlining Bowery Ballroom on June 7th (which was the day after he played Conan O’Brien)…

Lemonade - MP3s, 2008 tour dates (3 CMJ shows, El Guincho)

DOWNLOAD: Lemonade – Big Weekend (Delorean Remix) (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Lemonade – Real Slime (Mashepest Remix) (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Lemonade – Sunchips (Ghosts On Tape remix) (MP3) “Lemonade marries big beats with heavy psychedelic noises, while touching on elements of North African rai, dub, breakbeat, and samba and much more in their self-titled debut…
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