NYC band Murder Mystery are back with a new single entitled “The World” that is a nice mellow tune that draws on the best of the Psychedelic Furs, The Cure and the Strokes. Above all the chiming guitars and pulsing synth is vocalist Jeremy Coleman’s charming vocals and lyrics. If you’re starving for some new Strokes material, this will definitely hold you over.
January 13, 2009
New Murder Mystery Song
December 21, 2008
Cheers Elephant to Release Debut Album in Jan ’09!
Cheers Elephant is a band based out of the city of brotherly love, and whose sound has its roots in everything from 60′s psychedelia, alternative country, folk, and rock. The band is composed of lead vocalist and guitarist Derek Krzywicki, bassist Travelin’ Mat, lead guitarist Jordan del Rosario, and drummer Roberto Kingston. Their songs run through a gamut of melodic guitars, hazy swooning harmonies, phaser effects, and some irresistable classic rock stylings. Known for their fevered live shows and love of dark beer, if these cheerful elephants happen to be in your neck of the jungle, check them out. With bands like Ra Ra Riot and Vampire Weekend blowing up, these guys might soon be taking to larger venues as well. They are set to play an album release party January 17 at the North Star in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Cheers Elephant – Mr. Marvelous
November 26, 2008
Guest Blogger Reviews El Ten Eleven @ The Bug Jar!
Since I can’t be everywhere at once, I’ve decided to start outsourcing some articles to some of my friends if they feel like writing. Don’t worry there’s no India tech support in the pipeline, but there is a review and photos of El Ten Eleven’s performance at the Bug Jar, courtesy of my congenial cohort, miss Sarah Heppel.
“So, I made the trip to Rochester Sunday morning with the main purpose to go to the Bug Jar and see El Ten Eleven.
We had about an hour to kill before doors opened, but we wanted to go there even later than that so we headed to a coffee shop that a friend recommended. Turns out it was closed so we ended up going to this other diner to get coffee. It wasn’t as fun and we weren’t there very long. We headed to the Bug Jar, but the show wasn’t going to start until like 10:30 or later so we were confused about what to do next. Soooo, we ended up going to another coffee house, Boulder Coffee. It was interesting because it was open mic comedy night! It was Semi-entertaining. We hung out for a while.. I didn’t get anything there because I just had coffee at our previous stop.
Finally, when we arrived @ the Bug Jar, the first band was about to start. My boyfriend Tim and I took a shot and had a beer to warm up. We went outside and stood for a while. We didn’t really care for the first band, The Cheetah Whores, at all. The second band, The Ideas, (?) were good but I felt the electric violin in the band wasn’t as prominent as it could have been. They still were good, though.
A few beers later, El Ten Eleven starts piling their stuff on stage. If you remember my post a month or so ago, I promoted this band, and when I saw the documentary Helvetica, there was a band I fell in love with who had a bunch of songs on the documentaries soundtrack.. Well this is them.
They have quite the gear load for a duo. The bassist/guitarist has a pedal board as long as I am tall, or so it seemed. He has 2 double neck bass/guitars and a few other guitars he uses. He was mainly lovin’ on the double neck and his single bass. He uses a loop pedal and manages to make the tunes sound not repetitive. He’s constantly tapping his feet on different pedals. He is the busiest guitarist I’ve ever seen. Their music was dead on and their attitudes showed they were loving Rochester.”
El Ten Eleven – I Like van Halen Because My Sister Says They are Cool
For more from my amicable alcoholic amigo (JK!) check out her blog here.
October 11, 2008
Longwave’s Forthcoming Album "Secrets Are Sinister" Features huge atmosphere and epic hooks!
Longwave, the Brooklyn, NY based indie rock quartet are set to release their fourth album “Secrets are Sinister” November 11. Their new album features soaring guitar melodies, huge epic atmosphere, grinding bass and Steve Schiltz’s voice ringing louder and clearer than ever before. They were previously dropped from the RCA record label, presumably because of the shake up of the band’s line-up which at the time seemed rather ridiculous because I felt that their “There’s a Fire” album showed incredible potential, even moreso than “The Strangest Things”. The indie label “Original Signal”, intelligently, picked up Longwave and is about to release “Secrets are Sinister”. I suppose the joke’s on RCA now, since this new Longwave endeavor is the loudest, coolest, and most concise Longwave have sounded to date.
Here is their fall tour schedule:
Oct 24 2008 8:00P Bowery Ballroom — w/ Jay Reatard — CMJ Show New York City, New York
Dec 9 2008 8:00P The Casbah (21+) San Diego, California
Dec 10 2008 8:00P The Troubadour West Hollywood, California
Dec 11 2008 8:00P Rickshaw Stop San Fransisco, California
Dec 12 2008 8:00P The Phoenix Theatre Petaluma, California
Dec 13 2008 8:00P Dante’s Portland, Oregon
Dec 14 2008 8:00P Chop Suey Seattle, Washington
Dec 16 2008 8:00P 7th St Entry Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dec 17 2008 8:00P Double Door Chicago, Illinois
Dec 18 2008 8:00P The Pike Room @ The Crofoot Pontiac, Michigan
Dec 19 2008 8:00P Mohawk Place Buffalo, New York
Dec 20 2008 8:00P TBD —- New York City, New York
