Featured Site: Get Out of Jail free Music
Title: Get Out of Jail Free Music
URL: http://getoutofjailfreemusic.blogspot.com/
Description: The source for Matt Henshaw’s solo CDs ranging from noise, to drone, to ambient, to straightforward guitar instrumentals.
Featured Site: Indie Music Club
Title: INDIE MUSIC CLUB
URL: http://indymusic.blogspot.com/
Description: Indie music: new albums, interesting videos, articles and other stuff spiced with a bit of humour..
Featured Site: Memory Wave Transmission
Title: Memory Wave Transmission
URL: http://memorywavetransmission.wordpress.com
Description: This blog, I’m hoping, will be non-fiction observations, rants, raves, music reviews, memories, adventures, fiction stories, and a place to just come and talk.
Featured Site: 52 Song Marathon
Title: 52 Song Marathon
URL: http://52songmarathon.blogspot.com/
A songwriter’s challenge to complete and document one new song every week for a year.
Description: Adam Blinov is the songwriter behind the 52 Song Marathon. He is musician and producer living in Toronto, Ontario. Working with artists across Canada to help them craft their unique sound over the past 5 years has given him unique insight into the creative process. With the “52 Song Marathon” he is challenging himself to consistently be true to this idea and to invite people inside the beginning stages of songwriting and musical creativity.
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Death Cab to Release New Album
Narrow Stairs is the confirmed title of Death Cab for Cutie’s new album scheduled to be released this May on Atlantic Records.
This will be the first LP since Plans in 2005, and the second release on the major label Atlantic.
Guitarist and producer Chris Walla also has some new solo material in the works. It’s Unsustainable is the working title of his side project and is tentatively scheduled for release this fall.
My Bloody Valentine Slated to Play Roskilde
My Bloody Valentine has been confirmed to play the Roskilde festival this summer in the UK. Other notable names include Holy Fuck, Yeasayer, Teitur, and At the Gates.
The confirmed festival dates:
July 2008
20th - London Roundhouse
21st - London Roundhouse
22nd - London Roundhouse
23rd - London Roundhouse
24th - London Roundhouse
28th - Manchester Apollo
29th - Manchester Apollo
July 2008 Dates:
2nd - Glasgow Barrowlands
3rd - Glasgow Barrowlands
This announcement comes shortly after Valentine announed their much anticipated comeback shows which have already sold out. There are, however, plenty of tickets availble for Roskilde. Check it our here
Featured Artist: Vampire Weekend
Vampire Weekend aren’t your average indie rock band. This New York City quartet’s songs are vibrant, fun, and deceivingly complex.
It’s impossible to describe their style in a few simple adjectives, or at least we just didn’t want to try. But, according to them their music is best described as “Upper West Side Soweto,” whatever that means.
Their influences are diverse, ranging from African popular music to Western Classical. Their offbeat humor and effective use of strings and other instruments not usually associated with indie rock serve them well.
Featured Artist: White Denim
White Denim, a trio from Austin, Texas almost never happened. I know what you’re thinking. If you’ve ever seen VH1’s Behind the Music then you, of course know, that any good band ‘almost never happened.’ But seriously.
Frontman, James Petralli, was a baseball player and nearly followed the rest of his family into a professional baseball career.
Petralli’s grandfather was a catcher for the Washington Senators. His dad, Gino Petralli was a catcher for the Texas Rangers, who coincidentally are the incarnation of the former Washington Senators, and his brother is currently being heavily scouted by Major League teams. James’ rebellious attitude and party mentality, however, proved too much for the wide world of sports and he turned to garage-rock mayhem.
One part White Stripes, one part Iggy and the Stooges, and a dash of Psychadelia, and you’ve got our featured artist - White Denim. Check them out here.
The Charlatans to Give Away New Album Free
The UK band The Charlatans (not to be confused with the influential San Francisco band of the same name) have announced they will be releasing their latest album, You Cross My Path, for free download.
It will be available from either the band’s official website or from xfm.co.uk on March 3rd. Here is the official track listing:
Oh! Vanity
Bad Days
Mis-takes
The Misbegotten
A Day For Letting Go
You Cross My Path
Missing Beats (Of A Generation)
My Name Is Despair
Bird / Reprise
This Is The End
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