tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29437771817339448962024-03-06T00:03:46.509-05:00Deckfightindie rock with a southeast bentDeckfighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04278894562197115677noreply@blogger.comBlogger372125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2943777181733944896.post-29102579316111252532010-07-07T09:08:00.004-04:002010-07-07T09:12:04.127-04:00MORE OF THIS & MORE OF THAT.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjwfk0KojSL_8_zHgkwzL_fSRyExrBvZ30hiDEgKlknpxUqE-RJbIhWNudktCO2LlaoBukcDjBuip0Op0asFl7NkHClBluzhww2eiwv22ZDaifztiaC0OdkJEc_gpM13wKdSXQ97i1kFU/s1600/The+Kiwifruit+News+and+Exciting+Happenings+Newsreader.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 353px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjwfk0KojSL_8_zHgkwzL_fSRyExrBvZ30hiDEgKlknpxUqE-RJbIhWNudktCO2LlaoBukcDjBuip0Op0asFl7NkHClBluzhww2eiwv22ZDaifztiaC0OdkJEc_gpM13wKdSXQ97i1kFU/s400/The+Kiwifruit+News+and+Exciting+Happenings+Newsreader.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491151001087282002" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:130%;" ><br /><br />Happenings, lots of them.<br /><br />-new site on the way.<br /><br />-& deckfight is moving. i mean physical locations. will let that cat out soon.<br /><br />-still at <a href="http://deckfight.tumblr.com/">TUMBLR</a>. we gots some cool stuff <a href="http://deckfight.tumblr.com/">over there</a>. join us.<br /></span><br /><br /><span class="fullpost"></span>Deckfighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04278894562197115677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2943777181733944896.post-80852469461392811882010-06-12T19:20:00.004-04:002010-06-12T19:29:28.606-04:00WHAT IS GOING ON.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivefUW6aRXVJ43L4hypk1dRK_RyD09sJRBCkvwJJERHAVzKQGheeSX97CwBsJQ1hHUSEAGVvnhVHYvJult_OM7u9xnXhBwD-uObaxXtCtG7yYs0lhyphenhyphenKpD2XRg4xyI4R2tmFkAIcfL6JhQ/s1600/cash-for-clunkers1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 263px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivefUW6aRXVJ43L4hypk1dRK_RyD09sJRBCkvwJJERHAVzKQGheeSX97CwBsJQ1hHUSEAGVvnhVHYvJult_OM7u9xnXhBwD-uObaxXtCtG7yYs0lhyphenhyphenKpD2XRg4xyI4R2tmFkAIcfL6JhQ/s400/cash-for-clunkers1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482032569742567842" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:180%;" ><br />Reboot and redesign. Shutting down, but only for a short time. The archives are kind of whack right now.<br /><br />For your Deckfight fix in the meantime, check <a href="http://www.twitter.com/deckfight">Twitter</a> & <a href="http://www.deckfight.tumblr.com/">Tumblr</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:180%;" ><br />Any more to say--deckfight [at] gmail [dot] com </span><br /><br /><br /><span class="fullpost"></span>Deckfighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04278894562197115677noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2943777181733944896.post-45255332602391832382010-06-10T11:14:00.005-04:002010-06-10T11:23:03.022-04:00review: Mouse Fire -- Big Emotion<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDMz7KCZex0OPKXTY944n7UtP2HYs_vF4f1L_4TDmk2j7Ay10OUlTycGrBEGfs-Zl_UoGypAgCfh1fii3f_K_MUV8q06Drh0MxhQG3BIOBVrg54b2mS0QSTEtHkR-Wl8upd36b0QTwrs0/s1600/LUJO_bigemotioncd.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDMz7KCZex0OPKXTY944n7UtP2HYs_vF4f1L_4TDmk2j7Ay10OUlTycGrBEGfs-Zl_UoGypAgCfh1fii3f_K_MUV8q06Drh0MxhQG3BIOBVrg54b2mS0QSTEtHkR-Wl8upd36b0QTwrs0/s400/LUJO_bigemotioncd.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481164875226759954" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:130%;" ><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.myspace.com/mousefire">Mouse Fire</a><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: arial;font-size:130%;" >Big Emotion</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:130%;" ><br /><a href="http://www.lujorecords.com/">Lujo Records</a>, 2010<br /><br />mp3: <a href="http://www.lujorecords.com/media/04%20True%20I%20May%20Have%20Lost%20It.mp3">Mouse Fire -- "True I May Have Lost It"</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Where does Mouse Fire exist?</span></span><br /><span class="fullpost"><br /><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:130%;" >Do they exist in the soft malleable, danceable part of your heart, the place where you feel guilty for liking a Top 40 song, a pop song? That place where you are just starting to understand that everyone, even you, even them, even your heroes, wants love, recognition, a Top 40 song, a pop song, a truly memorable song that has feet & minds & hearts twirling, wandering, wondering?<br /><br /></span></span><span class="fullpost"><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:130%;" >Or Florida, in most instances. But I don't usually find them in the usual Florida circles (maybe I'm not looking hard enough). </span></span><br /><span class="fullpost"><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:130%;" ><br />First disc--</span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: arial;font-size:130%;" >Wooden Teeth</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:130%;" > on Lujo Records. A favorite record label.<br /><br />Then almost nothing. Never really heard of them touring (i'm sure they did).<br />never heard people talking about them (i'm sure they were).<br />not sure what was going on.<br /><br />What was going on was a massive writing project that has turned out to be Big Emotion. But, where does Mouse Fire exist?<br /><br />Not on any cool indie lists, for the most part, somehow outside of that mainstream punk rock realm. No Vans or Osiris.<br /><br />But here's music like Cursive, No Knife, Minus the Bear possibly.<br /><br />"Desert Woman" explains it slowly.<br /><br />"Don't Mess With A Texan" bleeds goodness.<br /><br />"True I May Have Lost It" exudes smoothness.<br /><br />"The Comedy Of" plays what the kids love.<br /><br />"But It's Not What You Think," follows the rules by the end.<br /><br />Not so much on "Silly Boy From Tampa Bay" and "Tic Toc." <br /><br />You are where Mouse Fire exists (I'm sure now).</span><br /></span>Deckfighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04278894562197115677noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2943777181733944896.post-43542130505957167612010-06-07T11:43:00.004-04:002010-06-07T11:49:56.218-04:00mp3: Megafaun -- "Volunteers"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4kTJEjIuLyzwNFfzwNTOUdSIj8TpaG1fhOva3Upcnc1ah2xj3OTGgcKU84umtFIrag3tFMT7-8y4onQo_qh_OgpBjhEGLaPoQfsGv9uydk1qXnaNtEPEhT10xl7A33vxb8BWOZP1Un9Y/s1600/tumblr_l3ni648sRC1qzqm26o1_500.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4kTJEjIuLyzwNFfzwNTOUdSIj8TpaG1fhOva3Upcnc1ah2xj3OTGgcKU84umtFIrag3tFMT7-8y4onQo_qh_OgpBjhEGLaPoQfsGv9uydk1qXnaNtEPEhT10xl7A33vxb8BWOZP1Un9Y/s400/tumblr_l3ni648sRC1qzqm26o1_500.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480058947695177554" border="0" /></a><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><br />mp3: <a href="http://home-tapes.com/mp3/Megafaun%20-%20Volunteers.mp3">Megafaun -- "Volunteers"</a><br /><br />Durham's <a href="http://www.myspace.com/megafaun">Megafaun</a> is putting out a mini-album on Sept. 14. Read about the process on <a href="http://hometapes.tumblr.com/post/673367609/megafauns-new-mini-album-heretofore-set-for">Hometapes' Tumblr</a>.<br /><br />Here are some Megafaun tour dates... </span><span class="fullpost"><br /><br /> <span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >06/08/10 Arlington, VA @ IOTA Club & Cafe #<br /> 06/09/10 Hoboken, NJ @ Maxwell’s #<br /> 06/10/10 Cambridge, MA @ Regattabar<br /> 06/11/10 Northampton, MA @ Iron Horse Music Hall #<br /> 06/12/10 Buffalo, NY @ Sound Lab #<br /> 06/13/10 Ann Arbor, MI @ Blind Big #<br /> 06/15/10 Milwaukee, WI @ Club Girabaldi #<br /> 06/16/10 Eau Claire, WI @ House of Rock #<br /> 06/17/10 Madison, WI @ High Noon Saloon #<br /> 06/19/10 Bloomington, IN @ The Bishop #<br /> 06/21/10 Nashville, TN @ Exit/In<br /> 06/22/10 Knoxville, TN @ Pilot Light<br /> 06/23/10 Asheville, NC @ The Grey Eagle<br /> 08/06/10 Portland, OR @ Pickathon<br /> 08/07/10 Portland, OR @ Pickathon<br /> 09/11/10 Raleigh, NC @ Hopscotch Fest - King’s<br /> ^ with Tift Merritt<br /># with Sam Quinn</span><br /><br /><br /></span>Deckfighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04278894562197115677noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2943777181733944896.post-60378713774712856662010-06-07T10:01:00.004-04:002010-06-07T10:14:20.335-04:00Swing South: Native / This Town Needs Guns<object height="385" width="420"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/IhPljk5EZ0Q&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/IhPljk5EZ0Q&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="385" width="420"></embed></object><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><br />mp3: <a href="http://www.canyouseethesunset.com/music/native_ride_the_tide.mp3">Native -- "Ride The Tide"</a><br /><br />Yeah, frantic math rock. <a href="http://www.myspace.com/nativein">Native</a> is from Indiana and are kicking it hard with their new release, <span style="font-style: italic;">Wrestling Moves</span>. Late 90s complex math rock.<br /><br />The UK's <a href="http://www.myspace.com/thistownneedsguns">This Town Needs Guns</a> is a little gentler on the ears, tends more towards a poppier American Football or something like that. (Is that reference out of date?)<br /><br />Anyway see the bands. Dates after the jump...</span><br /><br /><span class="fullpost"><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >Jun 7 Black Cat w/ This Town Needs Guns Washington, Washington<br />Jun 8 2010 Local 506 w/ This Town Needs Guns Chapel Hill, North Caro, US<br />Jun 9 2010 Masquerade (Purgatory) w/ This Town Needs Guns Atlanta, Georgia<br />Jun 10 2010 Skull Alley w/ This Town Needs Guns Louisville, Kentucky , US</span><br /><br /></span>Deckfighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04278894562197115677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2943777181733944896.post-30452635907478212152010-06-03T06:00:00.001-04:002010-06-03T06:00:04.883-04:00review: Beta Radio -- Seven Sisters<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheoWmFoprFGMym0okewuI0TztHZiHQSDv7e3ULrLNPwGqXq9ZzoQCQChzmueb9WGRaciTOzhr5N1Qc9sxhOsRmwwQ9ulLdlunW_EZucwupOTOZIGbQxO_kF1MGzWZVJrb4eHYNsZ1k3k0/s1600/large.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheoWmFoprFGMym0okewuI0TztHZiHQSDv7e3ULrLNPwGqXq9ZzoQCQChzmueb9WGRaciTOzhr5N1Qc9sxhOsRmwwQ9ulLdlunW_EZucwupOTOZIGbQxO_kF1MGzWZVJrb4eHYNsZ1k3k0/s400/large.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478005499647544754" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><br /><br /><a href="http://betaradio.squarespace.com/">Beta Radio</a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Seven Sisters</span><br />Self-released, 2010</span><br /><br /><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" height="100" width="400"><param name="movie" value="http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer.swf/album=2738296269/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB/"><param name="quality" value="high"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="never"><param name="allowNetworking" value="always"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><embed src="http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer.swf/album=2738296269/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB/" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" quality="high" allowscriptaccess="never" allownetworking="always" wmode="transparent" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" height="100" width="400"></embed><noembed>&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="http://betaradio.bandcamp.com/album/seven-sisters"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Either Way by Beta Radio&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;</noembed></object><br /><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >Wilmington, North Carolina’s Beta Radio threw their hat into the Americana-Folk ring in early May with their debut album Seven Sisters. Ben Mabry and Brent Holloman (the duo behind Beta Radio) have offered up an album that is instantly familiar and undeniably catchy.<br /><span class="fullpost"><br />Musically reminiscent at times of Bon Iver’s atmosphere heavy <span style="font-style: italic;">For Emma, Forever</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">Ago</span> or the Grateful Dead’s<span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><span>"Mountains of the Moon"</span> from their 1969 release <span style="font-style: italic;">Aoxomoxoa</span>, the sonic landscape of <span style="font-style: italic;">Seven Sisters</span> is sparse but far from empty. On tracks like "Khima," "Borderline" and "Brother, Sister," the slow scrawl of the banjo melody floats through the song and surrounds you like birdsong, coming at you predictably but surprisingly from several directions at once. Each of the songs on this album stays with you, forming a soundtrack for and changing the shape of the rest of your day.<br /><br />It’s appropriate that a debut album concern itself with creation and <span style="font-style: italic;">Seven Sisters</span> is no exception. Whether it is the creation of love and a place for that love, as the narrative of the album suggests; or the creation of the universe, as the album’s title and repetition of astronomical and astrological imagery suggests; Beta Radio’s lyrics and music carve out a space in your head and find a way to fit into your own cosmology.<br /><br />Lyrically, <span style="font-style: italic;">Seven Sisters</span> explores religion, albeit from a couch rather than a pulpit. The religious allusions are subtle and unobtrusive, concerning themselves more with mysticism than proselytization, much like David Eugene Edwards’ 16 Horsepower and Wovenhand.<br /><br />Line for line, the lyrics are beautiful and surprising. In "A Place for Me" the lines “I wanted not to fight / With my heart but I’ll fight with my fists all night” evoke the heartache of leaving, of lovers’ spats of loss and regret.<br /><br />The album leaves you with a simple but urgent lyric refrain in "Return to Darden Road"-- “Where do you go? / Come back to me / ‘Cause I love you so.</span>"<br /></span>Deckfighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04278894562197115677noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2943777181733944896.post-52890880750988359842010-06-01T22:26:00.005-04:002010-06-01T22:47:23.991-04:00review: Jamie Lidell's Compass 'doesn't get where it's trying to go'<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhUHveTsoIf5_n2sKx8GAi_m_meWDpP5CbeNBzR36mLMeOew2HSWeFlWnKRG3nOdBpTswmRIPcZZ6T9S5UgwQ89T0I7RUNPg4vlgsZoGgyExp6xdL_-IpyVb2cMfN97ZTaYseTYxVb8y4/s1600/jamie-lidell-compass.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhUHveTsoIf5_n2sKx8GAi_m_meWDpP5CbeNBzR36mLMeOew2HSWeFlWnKRG3nOdBpTswmRIPcZZ6T9S5UgwQ89T0I7RUNPg4vlgsZoGgyExp6xdL_-IpyVb2cMfN97ZTaYseTYxVb8y4/s400/jamie-lidell-compass.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477998030689380178" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://jamielidell.com/"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >Jamie Lidell</span></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >Compass</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><br />Warp Records, 2010</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Review by </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://twitter.com/RvrntlNtgrtE">Quentin Kenny</a><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >Unfortunately, <span style="font-style: italic;">Compass</span> by Jamie Lidell too often doesn’t feel like enough of anything.<span class="fullpost"> It’s tough to hear <span style="font-style: italic;">Compass</span> and not want to like it. It sounds fantastic. But gone is the relatively straightforward soul-pop of <span style="font-style: italic;">Jim</span>, which frankly sounds almost boring in comparison, lost in a cacophony of distorted sounds and general weirdness.<br /><br />It would be undeniable if it all went somewhere. But even on the tracks I like a lot, such as “I Wanna Be Your Telephone” or “Enough is Enough”, I find myself jumping back to the beginning, wondering if I missed the part where they turned into a song rather than an assortment of things that I like tenuously, though joyfully, set together. Muddled under the distortion and EFX, it can be tough to find that connection.<br /><br />It’s the beats that keep it interesting though, sort of like that Sleigh Bells record but with a sophistication and craft that’ll actually keep it interesting for more than the length of time it took you to read this sentence. While that sound manages to keep Compass from feeling half thought-out, overall it’s still only taking me halfway there.<span style="font-weight: bold;"> I don't like or dislike the album. I'm more disappointed that it doesn't get to where it seems to be trying to go.</span></span><br /><br /><object width="420" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Z4dhMIz3jvc&rel=0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xd0d0d0&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Z4dhMIz3jvc&rel=0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xd0d0d0&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="420" height="385"></embed></object><br /></span>Deckfighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04278894562197115677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2943777181733944896.post-13481216257787248442010-05-31T13:33:00.007-04:002010-05-31T15:07:13.982-04:00mp3: Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band -- "Leaving Trails" & more<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXYCm0aT67xJEKiYng6spl1bV09BW_JtIkT9fF6HEWO-5gv1o9bmP3ut0Rn6OrlTuONZaLMOl0mBNoOqaUVBYTgtiKcm8ru5hBC26xMAeIfiMzRv7PBGtjnWjxAHaScVdyELTOr1kyptI/s1600/DOC041.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXYCm0aT67xJEKiYng6spl1bV09BW_JtIkT9fF6HEWO-5gv1o9bmP3ut0Rn6OrlTuONZaLMOl0mBNoOqaUVBYTgtiKcm8ru5hBC26xMAeIfiMzRv7PBGtjnWjxAHaScVdyELTOr1kyptI/s400/DOC041.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477490146247152722" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >mp3: <a href="http://www.scjag.com/mp3/do/leavingtrails.mp3">Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band -- "Leaving Trails"</a><br /><br />Seems deeper, maybe more fuzzed, maybe less playful than the previous release, though no big changes. Still a good song. Their s/t was one of <a href="http://www.deckfight.com/2009/12/in-most-respects-2009-was-pretty-good.html">my faves in 2009</a>, this time around I hope they get the recognition they deserve. <a href="http://www.myspace.com/mtsthelensvietnamband">Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band</a>'s new album, </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >Where The Messengers Meet</span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >, is out in August.<br /></span><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >mp3: <a href="http://lefserecords.com/tracks/Sunglasses-Whiplash.mp3">Sunglasses -- "Whiplash" </a><br />Really like this band from GA. Get another mp3 "Stand Fast" <a href="http://www.deckfight.com/2010/05/mp3-sunglasses-stand-fast.html">here</a>.</span><br /><span class="fullpost"><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >mp3: <a href="http://lefserecords.com/tracks/Woodsman-WhenTheMorningComes.mp3">Woodsman -- "When The Morning Comes"</a><br /><br />mp3: <a href="http://www.fanaticpromotion.com/projects/thenewloud-measuresmelt/mp3/thenewloud-wrappedinplastic.mp3">The New Loud -- "Wrapped in Plastic"</a><br />mp3<span style="text-decoration: underline;">:</span><a href="http://www.fanaticpromotion.com/projects/cawcaw/mp3/cawcaw-sonsofsonsofsaviors.mp3"> CAW! CAW! -- “Sons of Sons of Saviors”</a><br />mp3: <a href="http://beartrappr.com/press/Banquets/02%20Eleanor,%20I%20Need%20a%20Garden.mp3">Banquets -- "Eleanor, I Need A Garden!"</a><br />mp3: <a href="http://www.fanaticpromotion.com/projects/bellflur-lp/mp3/bellflur-insectpolitics.mp3">Bellflur -- "Insect Politics"</a></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span>Deckfighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04278894562197115677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2943777181733944896.post-18299542761493710552010-05-27T11:34:00.007-04:002010-05-27T12:16:40.350-04:00WE Fest Preview -- Eskimo Kiss Records Showcase & Goodbye Throwdown<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.northelementary.com/images/wefest_2010.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 500px;" src="http://www.northelementary.com/images/wefest_2010.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The Eskimo Kiss Records showcase at the Soapbox in Wilmington is Sunday night, May 30 at 9pm. See our WE Fest </span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.deckfight.com/2010/05/we-fest-preview-wilmington-nc.html">preview here</a><span style="font-style: italic;"> & the fest site </span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://wefestival.com/music/_index.php">here</a><span style="font-style: italic;">.</span><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><br />mp3: <a href="http://www.eskimokissrecords.com/tambourines/The%20Good%20Graces%20-%20Working%20Title.mp3">The Good Graces -- "Working Title" </a></span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >My first experience of <a href="http://www.eskimokissrecords.com/index.html">Eskimo Kiss Records</a> was a sticker on a fire hydrant in Decatur, GA. Later when I moved to Wilmington, NC and wrote a story about Eskimo Kiss, I found out that <a href="http://www.eskimokissrecords.com/index.html">Eskimo Kiss</a> was started in Wilmington and that founder Kim Ware had moved to Atlanta.<br /><br />What a weird, wired, small world.<br /><br />Anyway, Kim is closing up Eskimo Kiss after 10 years and is returning to <a href="http://wefestival.com/music/_index.php">WE Fest</a> in Wilmington for a shutdown celebration or something. She's bringing along Chapel Hill's <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.myspace.com/northelementary">North Elementary</a>, which is one of the bands I totally enjoy--and I found out about them thanks to Kim.<br /><br />Eskimo Kiss has one last release, called "Let's Do Art and Be Best Friends" which is a ten year recap and will be released in June.<br /><br />The label has a crazy beginning story, so I'll let Kim tell it and talk about "Let's Do Art" after the jump...</span><span class="fullpost"><br /><blockquote><br />I started eskimo kiss records on a cold winter’s day in early 2000. It was snowing, which was somewhat atypical for the southeastern tip of North Carolina. Not a fan of cold weather, I felt sort of trapped, I think both due to the snow and also the confines of our tiny coastal town. Perhaps I was bored.<br /><br />A few months prior to that snowstorm, which became known as the “Blizzard of 2000,” my then-husband had randomly won an all-expenses paid vacation to Las Vegas. While we were there I hit the jackpot on a slot machine. I came home with $4,000, not a huge sum by most people’s standards, but still, you can do a lot with $4,000. It just so happened that our band was sitting on a record we had just finished recording, wondering what to do with it. Suddenly, we had the money to put it out. And so on that snowy day, we decided it made sense to start a record label.<br /><br />But since then, eskimo kiss has released 21 records. And me, I’ve divorced, moved<br />(several times), and fallen in love again. I’ve made lots of new friends, many through this label. I’ve lost some people really close to me. I’ve changed careers. And I’ve written songs about all of the above. Through it all, the only real day-to-day constant has been my label, the songs, and my cat. (I wrote a song about him too.) So as I began putting together this collection of songs, to serve as the final release for eskimo kiss, I realized it’s basically a documentation of the past 10 years of my life. As I listened to all the releases, trying to decide which songs to include, I couldn’t help but think of the moves, the new friends, the old ones … the heartbreak and the happiness that I felt along the way.<br /></blockquote><br /><br /><br /></span>Deckfighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04278894562197115677noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2943777181733944896.post-16965751237051001112010-05-25T16:45:00.006-04:002010-05-25T17:41:06.572-04:00WE Fest Preview -- Wilmington, NC<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQkRrLlneIk90MiDcEzcySI_O3C4kbPwm0x76LgBcaLkTs-3UgrwbcLGeJQ5An8Ho385kSsH0S0hzZtNT8NPAdnWBMiqorEk2HNSbS8lJzbWpbXTOK_j3S_umEDpwDapdN3aI9gMbcX0U/s1600/wefestxiV_logo.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 120px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQkRrLlneIk90MiDcEzcySI_O3C4kbPwm0x76LgBcaLkTs-3UgrwbcLGeJQ5An8Ho385kSsH0S0hzZtNT8NPAdnWBMiqorEk2HNSbS8lJzbWpbXTOK_j3S_umEDpwDapdN3aI9gMbcX0U/s400/wefestxiV_logo.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475323905374811250" border="0" /></a><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><br /><a href="http://wefestival.com/music/_index.php">WE Fest</a> is a funny little bird. It's a Wilmington, NC staple--kind of the definition of the underground. Starting as a zine-exchange festival, each day is only $1 (or $3 for underage) and bands come not expecting to get a cent.<br /><br />The fest's heyday feels past, not that I knew that heyday, but hey (ha!) I've been here three years and every year WE Fest catches me by surprise.<br /><br />I always forget about it. I'm an innocent bystander. I don't know what the machinations of the fest are. I think I spoke to the famed Kenyatta once. I don't see his band on the schedule this year. Don't know what's going on. I always feel that it could be bigger, better than it is, that its ideals are kind of holding it back, or that it's no longer holding up its ideals (a lot of local bands...) or that the industry has passed it by (bands no longer wanting to take a chance in a small town by the beach anymore).<br /><br />But that's WE Fest by design. You're not supposed to know the bands. You're supposed to discover bands. You're supposed to take a chance and stumble in somewhere That's how I found this <a href="http://www.myspace.com/terminalreynaldo">band</a> who unfortunately isn't playing this year.<br /><br />I'll go ahead and compare it to <a href="http://www.radfestnc.com/main.html">Rad Fest</a>. Sure, the music was more closely aligned, but there was punk, hardcore, math-rock, folk stuff. You got the sense the bands really wanted to be near one another. But it costs $25. Not $1.<br /><br />Maybe $1 worked 14 years ago, but gas money is a lot, and food is a lot and people only buy their albums from large fruit companies they can access on their desktop.<br /><br />So (by design? by ignorance? by laziness?) I don't know most of the bands playing (the full schedule is <a href="http://wefestival.com/music/_index.php">here</a>), but here are the few that I can recommend. You should check them out even if you aren't finding your way to <a href="http://wefestival.com/music/_index.php">WE Fest</a> this year.</span><br /><br /><span class="fullpost"><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >All bands are at the <a href="http://www.thesoapboxlive.com/">Soapbox</a>:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Thursday, May 27th:</span><br />8pm- <a href="http://www.myspace.com/coupdegracerock">Coup De Grace</a><br />12am-<a href="http://www.myspace.com/todaythemoontomorrowthesun">Today The Moon, Tomorrow The Sun</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Friday, May 28th:</span><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/avenuemagazinepresents">Bootleg Mag</a> showcase<br /></span> <div class="artist" style="font-family:arial;"><div class="artist_info"><span style="font-size:130%;">9pm -<a href="http://www.dylangilbert.com/" target="_blank" class="artist_link">Dylan Gilbert</a></span></div></div><div class="artist" style="font-family:arial;"><div class="artist_info"><span style="font-size:130%;">10pm -<a href="http://www.myspace.com/grayyoung" target="_blank" class="artist_link">Gray Young</a><br />11pm- <a href="http://www.myspace.com/icrime">I, Crime</a><br /></span></div></div><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >12pm-<a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.myspace.com/iwtdi">I Was Totally Destroying It</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Saturday, May 29th</span><br /></span><div class="artist" style="font-family:arial;"><div class="artist_info"><span style="font-size:130%;">7pm -<a href="http://www.myspace.com/thepaperjets" target="_blank" class="artist_link">The Paperjets</a></span></div></div><div class="artist"><div class="artist_info"><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >8pm -<a href="http://www.myspace.com/unholytongues" target="_blank" class="artist_link">Unholy Tongues</a></span><div class="location"><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >12am-<a href="http://www.myspace.com/zachbroocke">Zach Broocke</a></span><div class="artist" style="font-family:arial;"><div class="artist_info"><div class="location"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sunday, May 30th</span><br />2pm-<a href="http://www.myspace.com/marionettebandpage" target="_blank" class="artist_link">Marionette</a><br />5pm-<a href="http://www.myspace.com/theponchosmusic">Ponchos</a><br /><br /></span><div class="artist"><div class="time"><span style="font-size:130%;">Showcase: - </span></div><div class="artist_info"><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.eskimokissrecords.com/" target="_blank" class="artist_link">Eskimo Kiss Records</a><br /></span></div></div><div class="artist"><div class="artist_info"><span style="font-size:130%;">9pm -<a href="http://thegoodgraces.com/" target="_blank" class="artist_link">The Good Graces</a></span></div></div><div class="artist"><div class="artist_info"><span style="font-size:130%;">9:30pm -<a href="http://www.myspace.com/actualpersonslivingordead" target="_blank" class="artist_link">Actual Persons Living or Dead</a></span></div></div><div class="artist"><div class="artist_info"><span style="font-size:130%;">10:15pm -<a href="http://www.northelementary.com/" target="_blank" class="artist_link">North Elementary</a></span></div></div><div class="artist"><div class="artist_info"><span style="font-size:130%;">11pm -<a href="http://www.myspace.com/citified" target="_blank" class="artist_link">Citified</a></span></div></div><div class="artist"><div class="artist_info"><span style="font-size:130%;">11:45pm -<a href="http://www.velvetpop.com/" target="_blank" class="artist_link">Jay Manley & Jane Francis (of Velvet)</a></span></div></div><div class="time"><span style="font-size:130%;">12:30am -<a href="http://www.myspace.com/goner" target="_blank" class="artist_link">Goner</a><br /></span></div></div></div></div><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><br />(The fest is on Monday as well, but I don't know any of those bands...I'll be at the beach, I guess.)</span><br /></div></div></div><br /><br /></span>Deckfighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04278894562197115677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2943777181733944896.post-37073658413454128292010-05-25T07:00:00.001-04:002010-05-25T10:10:49.385-04:00mp3: Sunglasses -- "Stand Fast"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDYQIqe3EM4NgyTnhGUaWR_VtWP8fvlTG7rp3qpPvTk5JtRVeTpo0dkURHsYnrcfXCoSRKjZNhcwbn0MeL9QFxb2E73xdEIa9C4lG5qJnwLvRvGwR4aDUqi0VG1aGGyJhpb-4mS3WMQyI/s1600/620.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDYQIqe3EM4NgyTnhGUaWR_VtWP8fvlTG7rp3qpPvTk5JtRVeTpo0dkURHsYnrcfXCoSRKjZNhcwbn0MeL9QFxb2E73xdEIa9C4lG5qJnwLvRvGwR4aDUqi0VG1aGGyJhpb-4mS3WMQyI/s400/620.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475048794430165938" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><a href="http://www.forcefieldpr.com/sunglassesstandfast.mp3">mp3: Sunglasses: "Stand Fast"</a><br /><br />Happy go lucky, maybe? <a href="http://www.myspace.com/putsunglasseson">Sunglasses</a> are Savannah, GA inspired dance-pop. Yes, Samuel Cooper and Brady Keehn met at art school. No, that doesn't mean it sucks. Yes, they made an art film together. No, that doesn't mean you shouldn't like the band.<br /><br />Their S/T EP comes out June 15 from <a href="http://lefserecords.com/">Lefse</a>.</span>Deckfighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04278894562197115677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2943777181733944896.post-8437443897988425532010-05-21T14:41:00.005-04:002010-05-21T15:01:59.649-04:00mp3: Mouse Fire -- "True I May Have Lost It" & tour dates<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://c1.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/74/l_9b7277f90bea7f27538f20bde5249da0.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 500px;" src="http://c1.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/74/l_9b7277f90bea7f27538f20bde5249da0.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">mp3: </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.lujorecords.com/media/04%20True%20I%20May%20Have%20Lost%20It.mp3">Mouse Fire -- "True I May Have Lost It"</a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Florida band <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.myspace.com/mousefire">Mouse Fire</a> is out of the gates on tour in promotion of their new album, <span style="font-style: italic;">Big Emotion</span>, out June 8 from <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.lujorecords.com/artist.php?artistid=63">Lujo Records</a>.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">Their new single, "True I May Have Lost It" is above.<br /><br />Loose alt-rock, it really reminds me of this </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.myspace.com/hnmtf">fav band</a><span style="font-family:arial;">.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">I love Mouse Fire, I love </span></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >Big Emotion</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">. You will love them too. I think Louisiana people love this band--2 dates in Shreveport!?!?</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">More Mouse Fire on </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.deckfight.com/search?q=mouse+fire">Deckfight</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Dates below...</span> </span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.merchline.com/storeimages/LUJO_bigemotioncd.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 420px; height: 420px;" src="http://www.merchline.com/storeimages/LUJO_bigemotioncd.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span class="fullpost"><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">5/21 Gainesville, FL @ The Atlantic</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />5/22 Pensacola, FL @ A House</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />5/24 Lafayette, LA @ Artmosphere</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />5/25 Shreveport, LA @ Dalzell House</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />5/26 Hot Springs, AR @ Maxine's</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />5/27 Little Rock, AR @ Vino's</span><br />5/28 Oklahoma City, OK @ Sauced<br />5/29 Austin, TX @ The Ghost Room<br />5/30 San Antonio, TX @ The Ten Eleven<br />6/2 El Paso, TX @ Percolator<br />6/3 Las Cruces, NM @ The Equinox<br />6/4 Tucson, AZ @ The Hut<br />6/5 Scottsdale, AZ @ Rogue<br />6/9 San Diego, CA @ Beauty Bar<br />6/10 Santa Monica, CA @ Trip Lounge<br />6/11 Mountain View, CA @ Red Rock<br />6/14 San Francisco, CA @ Kimo's<br />6/16 Salt Lake City, UT @ Bar Deluxe<br />6/17 Denver, CO @ Lion's Lair<br />6/18 Wichita, KS @ Kirby's<br />6/23 Denton, TX @ Hailey's<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">6/24 Shreveport, LA @ The Collective</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">6/27 New Orleans, LA @ The Circle Bar</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">6/30 Pensacola, FL @ Handlebar</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">7/2 Marietta, GA @ The Local</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">7/3 Atlanta, GA @ The Drunken Unicorn </span></span><br /><br /></span>Deckfighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04278894562197115677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2943777181733944896.post-10508098719158942182010-05-21T08:00:00.001-04:002010-05-21T14:32:11.859-04:00review: Band of Horses -- Infinite Arms<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5KpKozAfiph_U2UN3aoSmXMw_x1jLgx2vL9sS0m5GQqoqzNM5kb7qHLnn8jHxQrcrnvzWAIGyHXWUS7ppUR8kJTtKsFBskO9W9dkJhk8BJf-TPQ4A0DjrzRY7vJpFj_5wqKFTunose7E/s1600/infinite_arms.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5KpKozAfiph_U2UN3aoSmXMw_x1jLgx2vL9sS0m5GQqoqzNM5kb7qHLnn8jHxQrcrnvzWAIGyHXWUS7ppUR8kJTtKsFBskO9W9dkJhk8BJf-TPQ4A0DjrzRY7vJpFj_5wqKFTunose7E/s400/infinite_arms.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473545948602612130" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><p face="arial" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.myspace.com/bandofhorses"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="">Band of Horses</span></span></a></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style=""><i>Infinite Arms</i></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="">Columbia Records, May 18, 2010</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.indierockcafe.com/mp3s/2010/may/5-18/bandofhorses_factory1.mp3"><br /></a></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.indierockcafe.com/mp3s/2010/may/5-18/bandofhorses_factory1.mp3">mp3: Band of Horses -- "Factory"</a></span><br /></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:arial;"><br /><span style="font-size:12pt;"></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Review by <a href="http://teakettlejunctionproductions.wordpress.com/">Jason Frye</a></span><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style=""><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="">Call it a knife in the wound, call it a restless night waiting for her to call, <i>Infinite Arms</i></span><span style=""> embodies that last beautiful gasp of unrequited love and forces you to relive it. But don’t worry, you come out the other side better for the journey.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style=""><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="">Here’s</span> <span style="">our song-by-song breakdown of the new album from South Carolina's Band of Horses...</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style=""><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="">“Factory” is like seeing a movie alone; like hearing a voice in an empty house.</span><br /></span></p><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style=""><br />“Compliments” is a failed escape attempt.</span></span><span class="fullpost"><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style=""> </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style=""> </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style=""> </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style=""> </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style=""><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="">“Laredo” is the lovesick moment when you know you’re not over her.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style=""> </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style=""><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="">“Blue Beard” and “On My Way Back Home” are the Beach Boys on Xanax; the continuation of the story from <i>Pet Sounds’</i></span><span style=""> “Sloop John B” with our hero finally home but finding himself filled with longing for the sea.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style=""> </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style=""><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="">“Infinite Arms” is a codeine dream you don’t want to wake from.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style=""> </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style=""><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="">“Dilly” is a sad summertime pop song.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style=""> </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style=""><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="">“Evening Kitchen” plays like a gritty, slow motion film of a boy and girl on swings intercut with their last date, flowers forgotten on the table.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style=""> </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style=""><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="">“Older” is the revelation that leaving was the best thing to do.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style=""> </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style=""><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="">“For Annabelle” is an empty field stretching an impossible distance to the horizon.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style=""> </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style=""><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="">“NW Apartment” is the excitement of something new, the promise of a closed door.</span></span></p> <p face="arial" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style=""> </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style=""><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="">“Neighbor” is the relief of seeing the porch light left on for your return.</span></span></p><br /></span>Deckfighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04278894562197115677noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2943777181733944896.post-27457201450540721872010-05-20T14:23:00.005-04:002010-05-20T15:13:59.845-04:00mp3: This Piano Plays Itself -- "Who We Were"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiznyvwfkrvJJ0DG235r0VPOuW0tMK9bIZefF1NcZDYPWKVo0ijgS0fOsbC7RxZ8cSBdMJgAmg6gAWDHd8kWulCy7fVh5qi9LXnabqT0YwQ85b98tjRaMOjGSZBA9pJepgCr-qfeUTi10/s1600/-1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiznyvwfkrvJJ0DG235r0VPOuW0tMK9bIZefF1NcZDYPWKVo0ijgS0fOsbC7RxZ8cSBdMJgAmg6gAWDHd8kWulCy7fVh5qi9LXnabqT0YwQ85b98tjRaMOjGSZBA9pJepgCr-qfeUTi10/s400/-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473429173425922850" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />mp3: <a href="http://southeastpublicity.com/02%20Who%20We%20Were.mp3">This Piano Plays Itself -- "Who We Were"</a><br /><br />Atlanta's <a href="http://www.myspace.com/thispianoplaysitself">This Piano Plays Itself</a> is busting out an album release party tomorrow night for their new release, <span style="font-style: italic;">As The House</span>.<br /><br />It's at </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.thedrunkenunicorn.net/#">The Drunken Unicorn</a><span style="font-family:arial;"> with </span></span><span style="border-collapse: collapse;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;" ><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.myspace.com/nomennovum"><span style="font-family:arial;">Nomen Novum</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> and </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Untied States.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">Still taking this one in, but other people are saying stuff like "Mogwai" and "Explosions in The Sky" and "Slint."<br /><br />Not sure what I'm going to say yet.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">The full track list for "As The House" is after the jump...</span></span><b><br /></b></span><br /><br /><span class="fullpost"><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >1. As The House...<br />2. Who We Were<br />3. Where We Lived<br />4. What Happened<br />5. How We Left<br />6. When We Got There<br />7. Why We Stayed<br />8. ...It Fills With Light</span><br /><br /></span>Deckfighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04278894562197115677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2943777181733944896.post-66432753293429339702010-05-19T09:29:00.002-04:002010-05-19T09:35:21.174-04:00video: Caddywhompus -- "Guilt"<object height="300" width="400"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=11824102&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=11824102&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="300" width="400"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/11824102">Caddywhompus "GUILT"</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user969408">Neko Neko Films</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</p><br /><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:130%;" >NOLA's <a href="www.Caddywhompusband.com">Caddywhompus</a> releases this vid for "Guilt."<br /><br />Look for the crazy-catchy breakdown around the 50 second mark.<br /><br />Caddywhompus is also going on tour. Full dates after the jump...</span><br /><br /><span class="fullpost"><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><br />5/19 Los Angeles, CA -- Kaos Network<br />5/20 Cathedral City, CA -- 31235 Whispering Palms Trail (house show)<br />5/22 Santa Barbara, CA -- Biko Co-op Garage Performance Space<br />5/26 Corvallis, OR -- Cloud 9<br />5/27 Portland, OR -- Ella Street Social Club<br />5/28 Portland, OR -- In Other Words (early show)<br />5/28 Portland, OR -- 110 N Falling St. (house show)<br />6/02 Boulder, CO -- Astroland<br />6/04 Austin, TX -- Mohawk<br />6/05 Houston, TX -- Free Press Summer Fest<br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >6/19 Lafayette, LA -- Artmosphere<br />6/22 Hattiesburg, MS -- Thirsty Hippo<br />6/23 Birmingham, AL -- Magic City Wholesale<br />6/24 Nashville,TN -- Little Hamilton</span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><br />6/25 Carbondale, IL -- The Swamp<br />6/26 St. Louis, MO -- The Floating Laboratories<br />6/30 Madison, WI -- The Project Lodge<br />7/01 Chicago, IL -- Ronny's<br />7/4 Philadelphia, PA -- Mouse Trap<br />7/5 Pittsburgh, PA -- House show w/Jean-Eric<br />7/11 New York, NY -- Piano's<br />7/12 New York, NY -- Bruar Falls<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">7/23 Atlanta, GA -- The Wonder Root</span></span><br /><br /><br /><br /></span>Deckfighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04278894562197115677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2943777181733944896.post-38271793073931133032010-05-17T09:00:00.002-04:002010-05-17T09:14:31.400-04:00The Totally RT-able Day-and-a-half of Radfest recap<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt3AP3r1lKljKfMr18PHn0KwlquzIb-zMX-43sTJHc8P7RKpOO-kK3b5xrBDMSh8cmj7Ns3wToVzl5SToqdnFngA9FNxrUia9_uFNOqg5rnLlCi6iQtIzTrUYDe12vPmyDG9U8-pHHNmM/s1600/poster-copy.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 171px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt3AP3r1lKljKfMr18PHn0KwlquzIb-zMX-43sTJHc8P7RKpOO-kK3b5xrBDMSh8cmj7Ns3wToVzl5SToqdnFngA9FNxrUia9_uFNOqg5rnLlCi6iQtIzTrUYDe12vPmyDG9U8-pHHNmM/s400/poster-copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472071410550172082" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.radfestnc.com/">Radfest</a><span style="font-family:arial;"> was this past weekend in Wilmington, NC. I saw some bands.<br /><br />Not every band I saw is mentioned below, and unfortunately I had to leave early Saturday before most of the headliners.</span><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Instead of trying to describe every show, h</span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">ere's the Totally RT-able day-and-a-half of Radfest recap.<br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Every entry in 140 characters or less.</span></span><span class="fullpost"> <span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >Oh yeah, follow me on Twitter: <a href="http://www.twitter.com/deckfight">@deckfight</a>.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >Friday</span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><br /><br /><a href="http://greenlandismelting.com/">Greenland is Melting</a>: Punx do bluegrass right. If they changed their name to "Fickle Meek" they would blow up Americana.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/blacklistroyals">Blacklist Royals</a>: Never knew you, but I wanted to. Had to walk my dog. Will keep Night Owl apparel in mind though.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6bFjRszvQ6hEsZjOSoD3u6a1-64AqLbROFDWtrm0IRDZgOtcsTy6X0Z-YEFhlNUg3FBSLHRmQnFtIFSek-kTl0S4Hoadd1igKuvmh6qiZrED2BuBmsDHLZFmTkvqJ0XghlcPKl240HGU/s1600/pj+bond.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6bFjRszvQ6hEsZjOSoD3u6a1-64AqLbROFDWtrm0IRDZgOtcsTy6X0Z-YEFhlNUg3FBSLHRmQnFtIFSek-kTl0S4Hoadd1igKuvmh6qiZrED2BuBmsDHLZFmTkvqJ0XghlcPKl240HGU/s400/pj+bond.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472072360440170018" border="0" /></a><br />PJ Bond<br /><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/pjbondmusic">PJ Bond</a>: "I think it's okay to call off work on a sunny day." Me too.<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/themeasuresa"><br />The Measure (SA)</a>: Packed venue & not a bad set to boot.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.myspace.com/tigersandroses">White Tiger and The Bed of Roses</a>: More long hair in the crowd than anywhere else.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHEv-UwgxwmAbldYR4Ojiz8O11mwDbXoKtbdxqV32WkXJayfefXwXXt9gCWCUbH5qsBdxKb32t_qCZboCAo5kfCrO2cgigWRqoZ2sr-THiVH9rxaHf89v2E0Zbo5zm1CZfBS9S_GYSCiA/s1600/one+win+choice.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHEv-UwgxwmAbldYR4Ojiz8O11mwDbXoKtbdxqV32WkXJayfefXwXXt9gCWCUbH5qsBdxKb32t_qCZboCAo5kfCrO2cgigWRqoZ2sr-THiVH9rxaHf89v2E0Zbo5zm1CZfBS9S_GYSCiA/s400/one+win+choice.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472073667473299154" border="0" /></a><br />One Win Choice<br /><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/onewinchoice">One Win Choice</a>: Energetic is an understatement.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.myspace.com/captainweresinking">Captain We're Sinking</a>: Punchy and wall-to-wall nonstop. Most impressive performance from a band I didn't know.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.myspace.com/redcityradio">Red City Radio</a>: A standout. Sucker for gang vox. Best (and only?) rendition of "You've lost that loving feeling" at Radfest.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.myspace.com/spanishgamble">Spanish Gamble</a>: Good to see the wolfpack reunited.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/finfangfoom">Fin Fang Foom</a>: NC faves. Sometimes punk doesn't sound like punk.<br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><br />Saturday </span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQXWu_n-W5gHrzd6SqaOtuQddhlsECc2ElPQUqLVkirsizq2X37xnYiZRukWlQYPva3y3h99hMXQTGEPaICMtqwa5RCIEVTF8iGgbrHmy5hOODkLDRss_XWhdwRGM3PS27aoVfYkuOAWs/s1600/red+collar.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQXWu_n-W5gHrzd6SqaOtuQddhlsECc2ElPQUqLVkirsizq2X37xnYiZRukWlQYPva3y3h99hMXQTGEPaICMtqwa5RCIEVTF8iGgbrHmy5hOODkLDRss_XWhdwRGM3PS27aoVfYkuOAWs/s400/red+collar.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472073985006044754" border="0" /></a><br />Red Collar<br /><br /><a href="http://apps.facebook.com/ilike/artist/Red+Collar">Red Collar</a>: The light in the tunnel speech, pumped fists, and sing-a-longs by Mike. They give everything, every time. Best 4pm show ever.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/lemuria">Lemuria</a>: I'm now a fan, but little bit of a letdown after Red Collar madness.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsQylMbltHrHRUryL5SdRUOMlTDsFVU84Ke4sCrkXezONXtyv3ISFKpcXoIsC1TD4-wcXLEU2aAxxLyibYSF_RXriv-oBE8SdD3pND17oBZ3-RJgoKg8UQlS1_u1gLgDGCLmToH2PnVX4/s1600/o+pioneers.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsQylMbltHrHRUryL5SdRUOMlTDsFVU84Ke4sCrkXezONXtyv3ISFKpcXoIsC1TD4-wcXLEU2aAxxLyibYSF_RXriv-oBE8SdD3pND17oBZ3-RJgoKg8UQlS1_u1gLgDGCLmToH2PnVX4/s400/o+pioneers.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472074318824960578" border="0" /></a><br />O Pioneers!!!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.myspace.com/opioneers">O Pioneers!!!</a>: Thought they were the same as Junior Battles. They're not. They're better. Oh, yeah "shirts off, dudes on!" & on & on & on.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw6vfN6LMYt_Ue4NLbt3T6tGdm0s-CKNpBlWrg4pCRSIxLwyxx5O0Zu1DtxXjO-4eBMtDzMMmYWfioLXw-fMhvID9VcqY8zXwSt9cRfgvfe_MZLy2NdSB1fsN8Pe67oFmSneimGd3628A/s1600/cheap+girls-2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw6vfN6LMYt_Ue4NLbt3T6tGdm0s-CKNpBlWrg4pCRSIxLwyxx5O0Zu1DtxXjO-4eBMtDzMMmYWfioLXw-fMhvID9VcqY8zXwSt9cRfgvfe_MZLy2NdSB1fsN8Pe67oFmSneimGd3628A/s400/cheap+girls-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472075001859224194" border="0" /></a><br />Cheap Girls<br /><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.myspace.com/cheapgirls">Cheap Girls</a>: The band all the other bands came to see. Crowd built from a few into a mass, complete with Chason crowd surf.<br /><br /><a href="http://rvivr.wordpress.com/">RVIVR</a>: Actually punk in music and lyrics. Thought this no longer existed.<br /><br />(>>>And that's it...I had to leave early<<<) </span></span>Deckfighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04278894562197115677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2943777181733944896.post-24631613546736049362010-05-14T07:00:00.000-04:002010-05-13T19:12:13.275-04:00review: Caddywhompus -- Remainder<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.communityrecords.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/remainder-front500px2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 395px;" src="http://www.communityrecords.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/remainder-front500px2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:130%;" ><a href="http://www.myspace.com/caddywhompusband"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Caddywhompus</span></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Remainder</span><br /><a href="http://www.communityrecords.org/news/?page_id=2049">Community Records</a>, 2010</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">(download the record free </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.communityrecords.org/news/?page_id=2049">here</a><span style="font-family: arial;">...)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.communityrecords.org/caddywhompus/01%20Let%20The%20Water%20Hit%20The%20Floor.mp3">mp3: Caddywhompus - "Let The Water Hit The Floor"</a></span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >This album was dangerously close to being in that zone--the zone of "I listened to long to this album, haven't I reviewed it already?" But the flip side of an album being in that zone is that I've lived it, inhabited it, taken it in and made it my own.<span class="fullpost"><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.communityrecords.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/l_be710c10ad9343e3b8adededa0f226b0-306x380.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 306px; height: 380px;" src="http://www.communityrecords.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/l_be710c10ad9343e3b8adededa0f226b0-306x380.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />New Orleans' Caddywhompus has carved that place into my life with their latest, <span style="font-style: italic;">Remainder</span>. This is a clash of garage and electro, like if The Black Lips covered Dan Deacon songs. It's amazing. And it's amazing that Community Records is giving this thing <a href="http://www.communityrecords.org/news/?p=2150">away for free. Yes, free</a>.<br /><br />"Guilt" is my favorite song--their ups and downs, and this amazing groove beat in the middle of it while the cymbals clash all around. This might be math rock for all I know, because Caddywhompus' equations run all over the place. Following it is very difficult, where they go next I'm not sure, but it's all kept together, somehow in some way, and it's this mystery that I've lived, inhabited, taken in and made my own.<br /><br />Other standouts--"Congo Half-Mask" and "Let The Water Hit The Floor."<br /><br /></span><br /><br /></span>Deckfighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04278894562197115677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2943777181733944896.post-52986450861587774252010-05-12T09:51:00.005-04:002010-05-12T10:02:41.000-04:00Swing South: Annabel<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v290/onlyinclouds/annabelmyspace2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266.5px;" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v290/onlyinclouds/annabelmyspace2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >mp3: <a href="http://soundaslanguage.com/wp-content/audio/01%20Sleeping%20Lions.mp3">Annabel -- "Sleeping Lions"</a></span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >From Kent, Ohio, <a href="http://www.myspace.com/annabelrock">Annabel</a> is pop-punk with an edge. Been enjoying their stuff for a few months & they kick of their summer tour in the south land including <a href="http://www.deckfight.com/2010/05/radfest-preview-wilmington-nc.html">RadFest</a>!!!<br /><br />Their album, <span style="font-style: italic;">Everyone and Everywhere</span> was released last year by Count Your Lucky Stars.<br /><br />Here's a vid and the tour dates are after the jump...<br /></span><br /><br /><object height="302" width="400"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=3312099&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=3312099&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="302" width="400"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/3312099">Annabel - People & Places</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user655803">Michael Ormiston</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</p><br /><br /><span class="fullpost"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >MAY 13 - Charlotte, NC @ The Milestone ( Beartrap Fest! )<br />MAY 14 - Wilmington, NC @ Rad Fest<br />MAY 15 - Wilmington, NC @ Rad Fest<br />MAY 16 - Atlanta, GA @ Wonderroot</span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><br />MAY 18 - Fort Worth, TX @ 1919 Hemphill<br />MAY 19 - Austin, TX @ Red 7<br />MAY 20 - Las Cruces, NM @ Equinox Music Venue<br />MAY 21 - Tucson, AZ @ Skrappy’s<br />MAY 22 - San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar<br />MAY 23 - Los Angeles, CA @ Dig In<br />MAY 24 - Los Angeles, CA @ Eastside Cafe<br />MAY 25 - Stockton, CA @ Plea for Peace Venue<br />MAY 26 - Eugene, OR @ The Muse Lounge<br />MAY 27 - Seattle, WA @ The Comet Tavern<br />MAY 28 - Tacoma, WA @ The Den<br />MAY 29 - Portland, OR @ Laughing Horse Books<br />MAY 30 - Boise, ID @ Terrapin Station<br />JUN 01 - Denver, CO @ Astroland<br />JUN 02 - Kansas City, MO @ TBA<br />JUN 03 - St Louis, MO @ Cicero’s<br />JUN 04 - Columbus, OH @ TBA<br /></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span>Deckfighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04278894562197115677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2943777181733944896.post-73379625004467632562010-05-10T16:30:00.002-04:002010-05-10T21:43:25.343-04:00RadFest Preview Wilmington, NC May 14-15<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.radfestnc.com/splash.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 420px; height: 350px;" src="http://www.radfestnc.com/splash.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >Wow, this is amazing. I live in this silly little coastal town--it took one Chason Huggins to put <a href="http://www.radfestnc.com/">this sucker</a> together.<br /><br />Really, it's kind of beyond words that a lot of <span style="font-weight: bold;">the punk community will be in Wilmington, NC</span> for a weekend of <span style="font-weight: bold;">Rad Fest</span> radness.<br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >The breakdown is: 2-day passes this wknd May 14-15 only $25 over 5 venues. Tix available <a href="http://www.radfestnc.com/">here</a>. Snazzy.</span><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><br />Whole thing is highlighted by a <span style="font-weight: bold;">New Mexican Disaster Squad</span> reunion show on Saturday night.<br /><br />Bands I want to see:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Friday:</span><br />Greenland is Melting--3:40pm @ Charley Brownz<br />Beard of Antlers------5:40pm @ The Whiskey (I've never heard this band, but that's a cool name)<br />Coffee Project--------6:10 pm @ Charley Brownz<br />Blacklist Royals------6:20 pm @ 16 Taps<br />PJ Bond---------------7:00 pm @ Charley Brownz<br />We Are The Union------7:20 pm @ The Soapbox Lounge<br />White Tiger &<br />The Bed of Roses------8:10pm @ The Whiskey<br />One Win Choice--------9:00pm @ The Soapbox Lounge<br />Colossus--------------10:40pm @ The Whiskey<br />Landmines-------------12:10pm @ 16 Taps<br />Fin Fang Foom---------12:20pm @ The Whiskey<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Saturday</span>:<br />Junior Battles--------3:30pm @ 16 Taps<br />Red Collar-------------4:00pm @ The Soapbox Upstairs<br />Lemuria---------------5:00pm @ The Soapbox Upstairs<br />O Pioneers-------------5:20pm @ 16 Taps<br />Cheap Girls------------6:20pm @ 16 Taps<br />Annabel---------------7:50pm @ Charley Brownz<br />Cloak/Dagger----------8:00pm @ The Soapbox Lounge<br />Museum Mouth-------8:40pm @ Charley Brownz<br />New Mexican<br />Disaster Squad--------9:00pm @ The Soapbox Upstairs<br />Monikers--------------10:30pm @ The Soapbox Lounge<br /><br /><br />The Full Schedule after the jump....</span><br /><br /><span class="fullpost"><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >Friday</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">THE SOAPBOX-UPSTAIRS</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">None More Black 12:00 ‐ 1:00</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The Sainte Catherines 10:40 ‐ 11:40</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Toys That Kill 9:35 ‐ 10:20</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Rehasher 8:30 ‐ 9:15</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The Measure (SA) 7:30 ‐ 8:10</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Nothington 6:30 ‐ 7:10</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">$20 (for both floors) or FREE w/ RAD FEST PASS! ALL AGES!</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Doors: 6pm</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">THE SOAPBOX-LOUNGE</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The Emotron 1:10 ‐ 1:40</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Dirty Tactics 12:20 ‐ 12:50</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The Shaking Hands 11:30 ‐ 12:00</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Virgins 10:40 ‐ 11:10</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">After The Fall 9:50 ‐ 10:20</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">One Win Choice 9:00 ‐ 9:30</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Mose Giganticus 8:10 ‐ 8:40</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">We Are The Union 7:20 ‐ 7:50</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">How Dare You 6:30 ‐ 7:00</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Gatorface 5:40 ‐ 6:10</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The Anchor 4:50 ‐ 5:20</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">$20 (for both floors) or FREE w/ RAD FEST PASS! ALL AGES!</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Doors: 4:20pm</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">16 taps</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The Riot Before 1:00 ‐ 1:40</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Landmines 12: 10 ‐ 12:40</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Spanish Gamble 11: 20 ‐ 11:50</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Red City Radio 10:30 ‐ 11:00</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Captain, We’re Sinking! 9:40 ‐ 10:10</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The Snips 8:50 ‐ 9:20</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Criminal Culture 8:00 ‐ 8:30</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Freeman 7:10 ‐ 7:40</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Blacklist Royals 6:20 ‐ 6:50</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">GDP 5:30 ‐ 6:00</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Assassinate The Scientist 4:40 ‐ 5:10</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The Holy Mess 3:50 ‐ 4:20</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">$10 or FREE w/ RAD FEST PASS! 18+</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Doors: 3:20pm</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The Whiskey</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The Future Now 1:10 ‐ 1:40</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Fin Fang Foom 12:20 ‐ 12:50</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Worn In Red 11:30 ‐ 12:00</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Colossus 10:40 ‐ 11:10</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Lighten Up 9:50 ‐ 10:20</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Mouthbreather 9:00 ‐ 9:30</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">White Tiger &</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The Bed Of Roses 8:10 ‐ 8:40</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Liquid Limbs 7:20 ‐ 7:50</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Constrictor 6:30 ‐ 7:00</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Beard of Antlers 5:40 ‐ 6:10</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Vegan Coke 4:50 ‐ 5:20</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Battle! 4:00 ‐ 4:30</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">FREE w/ RAD FEST PASS! 21+</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Doors: 3:30pm</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Charley Brownz</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The Takers 10:20 ‐ 11:00</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Rob Huddleston 9:30 ‐ 10:00</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Red Clay River 8:40 ‐ 9:10</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Todd Congelliere 7:50 ‐ 8:20</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">PJ Bond 7:00 ‐ 7:30</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Coffee Project 6:10 ‐ 6:40</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Jon Gaunt 5:20 ‐ 5:50</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Mourning Is For Suckers 4:30 ‐ 5:00</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Greenland Is Melting 3:40 ‐ 4:10</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Fossil Arm 2:50 ‐ 3:20</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">$10 or FREE w/ RAD FEST PASS! 18+</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Doors: 2:20pm</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >Saturday</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">THE SOAPBOX-UPSTAIRS</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Leatherface 11:40 ‐ 1:00</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Ann Beretta 10:20 ‐ 11:20</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">New Mexican</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Disaster Squad 9:00 ‐ 10:00</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Young Livers 8:00 ‐ 8:40</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">RVIVR 7:00 ‐ 7:40</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">New Bruises 6:00 ‐ 6:40</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Lemuria 5:00 ‐ 5:40</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Red Collar 4:00 ‐ 4:40</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">$20 (for both floors) or FREE w/ RAD FEST PASS! ALL AGES!</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Doors: 3:30pm</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">THE SOAPBOX-LOUNGE</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Ninja Gun 1:00 ‐ 1:40</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Panthro UK United 13 12:10 ‐ 12:40</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The Cardinal Health 11:20 ‐ 11:50</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Monikers 10:30 ‐ 11:00</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Sharks Come Cruisin 9:40 ‐ 10:10</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Underground Railroad</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">To Candyland 8:50 ‐ 9:20</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Cloak/Dagger 8:00 ‐ 8:30</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Protagonist 7:10 ‐ 7:40</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">NoMore 6:20 ‐ 6:50</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Barnaby Jones 5:30 ‐ 6:00</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Photoclub 4:50 ‐ 5:10</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Anchor Arms 4:00 ‐ 4:30</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">$20 (for both floors) or FREE w/ RAD FEST PASS! ALL AGES!</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Doors: 3:30pm</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">16 taps</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Army of Ponch 7:20 ‐ 8:00</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Cheap Girls 6:20 ‐ 7:00</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">O Pioneers!!! 5:20 ‐ 6:00</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Grabass Charlestons 4:20 ‐ 5:00</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Junior Battles 3:30 ‐ 4:00</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The Slow Death 2:40 ‐ 3:10</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Senders 1:50 ‐ 2:20</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Reverse The Curse 1:00 ‐ 1:30</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">$10 or FREE w/ RAD FEST PASS! 18+</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Doors: 12:30pm</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The whiskey</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Madison Bloodbath 1:00 ‐ 1:40</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Nothing In The Dark 12:10 ‐ 12:40</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The Dopamines 11:20 ‐ 11:50</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Something Fierce 10:30 ‐ 11:00</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Mockingbird Wish Me Luck 9:40 ‐ 10:10</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">American Armada 8:50 ‐ 9:20</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Black Wine 8:00 ‐ 8:30</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Dude Jams 7:10 ‐ 7:40</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Homemade Handgrenade 6:20 ‐ 6:50</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Prevenge 5:30 ‐ 6:00</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Too Many Daves 4:40 ‐ 5:10</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Night Birds 3:50 ‐ 4:20</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">10‐4 Eleanor 3:00 ‐ 3:30</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">FREE w/ RAD FEST PASS! 21+</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Doors: 2:30pm</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Charley Brownz</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">P.S. Eliot 10:20 ‐ 10:50</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Tin Armor 9:30 ‐ 10:00</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Museum Mouth 8:40 ‐ 9:10</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Annabel 7:50 ‐ 8:20</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Sleepies 7:00 ‐ 7:30</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Little League 6:10 ‐ 6:40</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Imadethismistake 5:20 ‐ 5:50</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Polygon 4:30 ‐ 5:00</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Two Hand Fools 3:40 ‐ 4:10</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Very Magic 2:50 ‐ 3:20</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Over Stars and Gutters 2:00 ‐ 2:30</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">$10 or FREE w/ RAD</span></span><br /><br /><br /><br /></span>Deckfighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04278894562197115677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2943777181733944896.post-10811861730084276622010-05-09T18:22:00.004-04:002010-05-09T18:29:29.652-04:00The Year of Reading Faulker: As I Lay Dying<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhY3MlTzuP-MKVgZ-GB7Xn_2BIbG189v_LpIz-jKDCoAFVLqCzNn2l16ik3zxhxRqUIpF3rJ-tGsej7wXAc7QRrQX2H9oMgn3YwdTGUMK8C66NVyeCIhbomp_AR6ns0AcWzzlJ7z9Rrog/s1600/P1000547.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhY3MlTzuP-MKVgZ-GB7Xn_2BIbG189v_LpIz-jKDCoAFVLqCzNn2l16ik3zxhxRqUIpF3rJ-tGsej7wXAc7QRrQX2H9oMgn3YwdTGUMK8C66NVyeCIhbomp_AR6ns0AcWzzlJ7z9Rrog/s400/P1000547.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469400713109590642" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">This book sucked. I'm done with it. Darl, Cash, Tull, don't care what happens to your mom or where you bury her.<br /><br />I was supposed to be done with it a long time ago. Onward to <span style="font-style: italic;">Light in August</span> (I think). <br /><br /><br /><br /></span>Deckfighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04278894562197115677noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2943777181733944896.post-29573449288753416142010-05-07T13:31:00.004-04:002010-05-07T15:37:25.716-04:00Rebuild This City on Rock and Roll<object height="385" width="418"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/H7byIfAqgsQ&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xd0d0d0&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/H7byIfAqgsQ&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xd0d0d0&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="385" width="418"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >Been trying to figure out what to write or post or what about this Nashville flood business.<br /><br />Just decided to post up the vid from Nashville Scene about the benefit show held the other night at the Mercy Lounge in Nashville. Think they roped in $11,000. That's not Taylor Swift or Ke$ha money, but still it's pretty good.<br /><br />Check <a href="http://nashvillest.com/2010/05/03/so-nashville-is-flooded-how-can-i-help/">here for places to donate</a> or buy this good <a href="http://www.coolpeoplecare.org/article/2010/05/07/we-are-nashville/">WE ARE NASHVILLE shirt</a>. I'm ordering one.<br /></span>Deckfighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04278894562197115677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2943777181733944896.post-9457336466961428232010-05-06T22:56:00.004-04:002010-05-06T23:06:36.276-04:00video: Saredren Wells - "To Live In Dreams and Memories"<span style="font-size:85%;"><object width="400" height="300"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=11361192&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=11361192&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.saredrenwells.com">Saredren Wells</a>: "To Live in Dreams and Memories"<br /><br />Wells is from Louisville. Kentucky, that is. His album<span style="font-style: italic;"> Memory is Hunting Horns</span> is out next week from <a href="http://louisvilleisforlovers.com/content/buy/">Louisville is For Lovers</a>.</span><br /><br /><br /><span class="fullpost"></span>Deckfighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04278894562197115677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2943777181733944896.post-78922397970302656292010-05-05T08:00:00.001-04:002010-05-04T23:18:31.186-04:00review: Discover America - Future Paths<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVKyDmDPcQx3XRvuVNyURXpRLOFUEwSOLIbcvbCXRcNC86Rss2jjDOSSuwZ_12jNDTMrT5UOMkOdIwlXiYIMv3d75rf5Y_EU2yzZgJnqt1I8kfbkiqLQakJ8MM70RMI_IgUb11sH3OMjw/s1600/l_abaac8d613bf443aaf0c5f8f078dbe3f.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVKyDmDPcQx3XRvuVNyURXpRLOFUEwSOLIbcvbCXRcNC86Rss2jjDOSSuwZ_12jNDTMrT5UOMkOdIwlXiYIMv3d75rf5Y_EU2yzZgJnqt1I8kfbkiqLQakJ8MM70RMI_IgUb11sH3OMjw/s400/l_abaac8d613bf443aaf0c5f8f078dbe3f.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467618678258657138" border="0" /></a><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><br /><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/discoveramerica">Discover America</a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Future Paths</span><br /><a href="http://www.lujorecords.com/">Lujo Records</a>, 2010</span><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.lujorecords.com/media/01%20Force%20of%20Proper%20Wind.mp3"><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >mp3: Discover America: "Force of Proper Wind"</span></a><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >A few years ago Iron and Wine was on the tip of all the tongues, now it's chillwave or whatever. So it goes for trends, for singer songwriters and singer songwriters from Seattle maybe as well.<br /><br />Definitely want to lump Discover America (nee Chris Staples) into the Damian Jurado / David Bazan camp. Too many things are in common. There's that Seattle thing. There's that complicated relationship with Christian faith. There's that understated yet visceral acoustic-type output.</span> <span class="fullpost"><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >Staples seems more folk than both of those guys, though the opener "Force of Proper Wind" has the piano meandering on the edge of the more honest parts of say, Twothirtyeight's Regulate the Chemicals, a release from Staples' previous band. He reins it end in the following track--"1979"--a weary ballad of indie rock honesty if there ever was one.<br /><br />Actually, the album begins to separate into two distinct parts--like oil and water. The salt-of-the-earth side is represented by songs like "1979," "Sawdust in My Clothes," the verses of "A Lock of Samson's Hair" and "Time Is A Bird."<br /><br />The other songs have another edge, utilizing more mechanical means--drum machines, more delay--rock songs almost but more melodic than anything by Twothirtyeight. "Devil In The Woods" is my favorite of these, followed almost immediately by "When You Were Young" and "Out of the Valley" falls somewhere in between the two structures. Sometimes Staples has the jam band Death Cab for Cutie nailed, other times he is doing his best Florida to Seattle impression of the lonesome Southern road less traveled.<br /><br />It's maddening--give me the programmed drum beats anyday--I want this enforced mechanical isolation to box Staples in--those times he is the most honest, the most complete songwriter and at his best. Forget any of the slightly alt-folk jingles and stick to the bitter, the inhumane, the computational. Sounds awful, I know, but it's Staples at his best.</span><br /><br /><br /></span>Deckfighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04278894562197115677noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2943777181733944896.post-68204670008372499852010-05-01T10:01:00.003-04:002010-05-01T10:27:10.892-04:00Swing South: American Aquarium cd release and dates<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsnbT2_jV1UzKSlKsOqpAAHMMxfSrwEhvGaEY8JmSresLs_sIP7tynWFywZEIVWNXi-rm1XX55hVcFRtK1J98vR2WeQDHR9WxvvVMOGbCWHUVJodtKMd8h-z_8fOCIHt8m8YKVxjU-R4w/s1600/l_3bb21102a42f4a6fa64568269e479f8d.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsnbT2_jV1UzKSlKsOqpAAHMMxfSrwEhvGaEY8JmSresLs_sIP7tynWFywZEIVWNXi-rm1XX55hVcFRtK1J98vR2WeQDHR9WxvvVMOGbCWHUVJodtKMd8h-z_8fOCIHt8m8YKVxjU-R4w/s400/l_3bb21102a42f4a6fa64568269e479f8d.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466306579688459602" border="0" /></a><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><br /><br />Takes something special for me to post on the weekend. Weekends are for rest and not remembering anything.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">But that something special is the release of </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.myspace.com/americanaquarium">American Aquarium</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">'s new album,</span></span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" > <a href="http://www.lastchancerecords.com/products/American-Aquarium-%22Small-Town-Hymns%22-NEW-CD.html">Small Town Hymns</a> </span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">on Last Chance Records.</span><br /><br /><img style="visibility: hidden; width: 0px; height: 0px;" src="http://counters.gigya.com/wildfire/IMP/CXNID=2000002.0NXC/bT*xJmx*PTEyNzI3MjM5ODIxMTImcHQ9MTI3MjcyMzk4OTMzNSZwPTI3MDgxJmQ9cHJvX3BsYXllcl9maXJzdF9nZW4mZz*xJm89/MmQ3ZWExM2MyOWE2NGU1NGJhZGI1M2Q*MTdiMGY2MjYmb2Y9MA==.gif" border="0" width="0" height="0" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://cache.reverbnation.com/widgets/swf/40/pro_widget.swf" bgcolor="#ffffff" loop="false" wmode="opaque" quality="best" allowscriptaccess="always" allownetworking="all" allowfullscreen="true" seamlesstabbing="false" flashvars="id=artist_90512&skin_id=PWAS1003&background_color=EEEEEE&border_color=000000&auto_play=false&shuffle=false&song_ids=3687001" align="top" width="262" height="200"></embed><br /><img style="visibility: hidden; width: 0px; height: 0px;" src="http://www.reverbnation.com/widgets/trk/40/artist_90512//t.gif" border="0" width="0" height="0" /><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >CD release party is tonight at The Pour House in Raleigh.<br /><br />Maybe alt-country, maybe bar rock, maybe your new favorite band. Usually I don't get into stuff like this, but their live set totally wins me over every time.<br /><br />If you're wondering what Lucero was like before they were LUCERO, then listen to American Aquarium.<br /><br />All southeast dates after the jump (and there are a bunch of them....)</span><br /><br /><span class="fullpost"><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >May 1 2010 10:00P CD RELEASE PARTY @ THE POUR HOUSE Raleigh, North Caro, US <br />May 2 2010 9:00P New Brookland Tavern w/ Sons of Bill Columbia, South Caro, US <br />May 3 2010 10:00P The Jinx Savannah, Georgia, US <br />May 4 2010 9:00P Skippers w/ Sons of Bill Tampa, Florida, US <br />May 5 2010 9:00P Jack Rabbits w/ Sons of Bill Jacksonville, Florida, US <br />May 6 2010 9:00P Peachtree Tavern w/ Sons of Bill Atlanta, Georgia, US <br />May 7 2010 7:00P The Windjammer w/ Sons of Bill Charleston, South Caro, US <br />May 8 2010 12:15P Beaufort Music Festival Beaufort, North Caro, US <br />May 8 2010 9:00P Evening Muse w/ Sons of Bill Charlotte, North Caro, US <br />May 13 2010 9:00P The 8X10 w/ Sons of Bill Baltimore, Maryland, US <br />May 14 2010 9:00P The Studio at Webster Hall w/ Sons of Bill New York, New York, US<br />May 15 2010 9:00P The State Theatre w/ Sons of Bill Falls Church, Virginia, US <br />May 16 2010 10:00P The Triple Richmond, Virginia, US <br />May 17 2010 9:00P Clementine Cafe Harrisonburg, Virginia, US <br />May 18 2010 10:00P Rhythm & Brews Chattanooga, Tennessee , US <br />May 19 2010 9:00P Zydeco w/ Sons of Bill Birmingham, Alabama, US <br />May 29 2010 7:00P Private Event Elkin, North Caro, US <br />Jun 1 2010 9:00P The Garage Winston Salem, North Caro, US <br />Jun 2 2010 9:00P The Blind Tiger Greensboro, North Caro, US <br />Jun 3 2010 9:00P LOCAL 506 CHAPEL HILL, North Caro, US <br />Jun 4 2010 9:00P The Soapbox Laundro-Lounge Wilmington, North Caro, US <br />Jun 5 2010 9:00P Hot Summer Nights Myrtle Beach, South Caro, US <br />Jun 10 2010 9:00P Sky City Augusta, Georgia , US <br />Jun 11 2010 9:00P The Hummingbird Macon, Georgia , US <br />Jun 12 2010 9:00P Rafters St. Simons, Georgia, US <br />Jun 14 2010 9:00P The Engine Room Tallahassee, Florida, US <br />Jun 16 2010 9:00P Chelsea’s Baton Rouge, Louisiana, US <br />Jun 18 2010 9:00P The Boiler Room w/ Roger Clyne & the Peacemakers Denton, Texas, <br />Jun 19 2010 9:00P LaGrange Dallas, Texas, US <br />Jun 21 2010 9:00P Woody’s Tupelo, Mississipp, US <br />Jun 22 2010 9:00P The Blind Pig Oxford, Mississipp, US <br />Jun 23 2010 9:00P Hi Tone Memphis, Tennessee , US <br />Jun 24 2010 9:00P White Water Tavern Little Rock, Arkansas , US <br />Jun 25 2010 9:00P Landry’s Fort Smith, Arkansas , US <br />Jun 26 2010 9:00P George’s Majestic Fayetteville, Arkansas , US <br />Jun 27 2010 9:00P Fat Jacks Texarkana, Arkansas , US</span><br /><br /><span class="fullpost"><br /></span></span>Deckfighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04278894562197115677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2943777181733944896.post-11175271095792831162010-04-30T14:44:00.004-04:002010-04-30T14:51:39.575-04:00Swing South: Local Natives<object height="344" width="420"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/C6alOzpuURo&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/C6alOzpuURo&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="420"></embed></object><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Local Natives.</span><br /><br />Album is <span style="font-style: italic;">Gorilla Manor</span>. Find more stuff <a href="http://www.thelocalnatives.com/home.html">here</a>.<br /><br />A few southeast dates below (I missed most of them)...</span><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><p style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" ><span style="font-size:130%;">Apr 30 2010 8:00P<br /> The Basement Nashville, TN (door sales only)*</span></p> <p style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" ><span style="font-size:130%;">May 1 2010 8:00P<br /> Masquerade -Hell Stage Atlanta, GA *</span></p> <p style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" ><span style="font-size:130%;">May 4 2010 8:00P<br /> Local 506 Chapel Hill, NC *</span></p> <p style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" ><span style="font-size:130%;">May 5 2010 8:00P<br /> Rock and Roll Hotel Washington DC (sold out) *</span></p><span class="fullpost"></span>Deckfighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04278894562197115677noreply@blogger.com0