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Thao With The Get Down Stay Down & Portland Cello Project - new albums & shows (Bowery Ballroom)
DOWNLOAD: Portland Cello Project – Travel (feat. Justin Power) (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Portland Cello Project – Tallymarks (feat. Thao) (MP3)
Thao With The Get Down Stay Down @ BV party – SXSW 09 (more by Leia Jospe)
Thao with the Get Down Stay Down will be playing a show at the Bowery Ballroom on Wednesday, November 4th…
Jeff Hanson, RIP (1978-2009)
DOWNLOAD: Jeff Hanson – Hiding Behind the Moon (MP3)
Jeff Hanson 1978-2009
We are deeply shocked and saddened to report that Kill Rock Stars artist Jeff Hanson passed away on June 5, 2009 in his home, a victim of a terrible accident…
Thermals/Shaky Hands here, Horse Feathers touring (dates)
DOWNLOAD: The Thermals – Now We Can See (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Horse Feathers- Curs in the Weeds (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: The Shaky Hands – We Are Young (MP3)
The Thermals are in town for the NYC leg of their tour…
Mecca Normal - 25th Anniversary tour dates & lectures
The duo of Jean Smith and Dave Lester have revived Mecca Normal, their vocals-and-guitar indie-punk act that, since starting in 1984, has released discs on K Records, Matador, Sub Pop, and Kill Rock Stars – who put out the band’s most recent release, 2006’s The Observer (featuring the single “Attraction is Ephemeral,” video below)…
Thao with The Get Down Stay Down - 2009 Tour Dates w/ Sister Suvi, SXSW & stuff
DOWNLOAD: Thao with The Get Down Stay Down – Bag of Hammers (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Thao with The Get Down Stay Down – Beat (MP3)
Thao @ Mercury Lounge 6/4/08 (more by Kyle Dean Reinford)
Kill Rock Stars’ Thao with The Get Down Stay Down will play SXSW before heading out on a monthlong US tour with Sister Suvi and Samantha Crain…
The Thermals - 2009 Tour Dates w/ Shaky Hands, new MP3
DOWNLOAD: The Thermals – Now We Can See (MP3)
The Thermals @ the Bell House in January (more by Kyle Dean Reinford)
The bad news (for me at least) is that The Thermals aren’t playing any of the TBA BrooklynVegan shows at SXSW this year…
The Thermals - 2009 Tour Dates (Brooklyn, Europe, SXSW)
“…So much else is new and wonderful for us! We have a new record label, Kill Rock Stars. Not only has Kill Rock Stars released some of Portland’s (and the Northwest’s) best punk and indie records to date (Elliott Smith, Sleater-Kinney, The Gossip), but the label has recently relocated to Portland, and is quickly filling it’s roster with even more great Portland bands (Shaky Hands, Panther, Horse Feathers)…
The Thermals, Titus Andronicus, new labels & shows
The Thermals @ Fontana’s (more)
NJ’s Titus Andronicus recently signed with XL, who will release the band’s future TBA recordings. First, XL will re-release The Airing of Grievances (previously on Troubleman Unlimited) on January 20th…
Horse Feathers - MP3, 2008 Tour Dates (KF tonight)
DOWNLOAD: Horse Feathers- Curs in the Weeds (MP3)
If you’re looking for something quiet to see after a long and loud CMJ, Portland’s Horse Feathers, described nicely by their label Kill Rock Stars as “minimalist Americana”, are in town to play a show at Knitting Factory…
Jeff Hanson has strep throat, NYC shows cancelled
DOWNLOAD: Jeff Hanson – If I Only Knew (MP3)
I was about to do a post about the two shows (Pianos and Southpaw) Jeff Hanson was scheduled to play in NYC this weekend, but then I found out they are now both cancelled because Jeff has strep throat…
